Francis Cooke arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower with son John; his wife and other children arrived on the Anne in 1623. [1,2] Descendants of two of Francis Cooke’s children (Mary Cooke and John Cooke) descend to the author’s 1st great grandparents, Sarah Gordon Hunt and Robert Snow.
Notes
[1] See the letter to Cooke and his nephew Philip Delano for more information and a brief background on the Huguenots.
[2] Two resources (of many) for Francis Cooke and his work and efforts in the colony:
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Twelve, Francis Cooke. First Printing, 1996.
The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. I, New England Genealogical Society, 1995: 467-475.