SnowBeri@aol.com wrote: >I'm just starting to trace down this Wright/Cooke line: >1. Esther WRIGHT, b. 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim >TINKHAM, b. 1 Aug 1649 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, (son of Ephraim >TINKHAM and Mary BROWN). > > Children: > + 2. i Martha TINKHAM b. ABOUT 1678. > + 3. ii John TINKHAM b. 22 Aug 1680. > + 4. iii Ephraim TINKHAM b. 7 Oct 1682. > + 5. iv Isaac TINKHAM b. 30 Jun 1685. > + 6. v Samuel TINKHAM b. 19 Mar 1686/87. > + 7. vi Mary TINKHAM b. 1690/91. > > I've been told that Esther was the granddaughter of Mayflower's Francis >Cooke. > Yes she is, she is the daughter of Hester Cooke and Richard Wright, and Hester was Francis' daughter. Additionally, Ephraim Tinkham is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Perter Brown, as you probably know. > Are there any good sites about Francis and Hester Cooke, their children >and grandchildren, and what Francis did. > You might wish to spend a very few dollars and buy a book with the most up to date genealogical information available. There's not a great deal of biographical information known about Francis. Scroll down on this page to the paperback books and you can order _Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his Descendants of Four Generations_ from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Service is very quick. http://www.mayflower.org/book.htm This page mentions some misinformation to watch out for. http://members.aol.com/calebj/cooke.html You might want to pursue this on theRootsweb Mayflower mailing list as well as you have two Mayflower passengers here and there will probably be several people on the list with connections. Incidentally, I have been trying, off and on, to collect the descendants of Richard Wright, and I'd be interested in where your line goes if you'd like to share that. If you haven't looked into Richard yet, you may find on the web many instances where he is said to be the son of William Wright and Priscilla Carpenter. He is not. His origin is unknown. > > >