Thank you to all who responded to this question. I have had a time trying to figure the lineage of a 3rd gr-grandmother. Her name was Abigail Reynolds born 1811 in R.I and married to Simeon Clarke. My search took me to this Susannah Cooke. Arlene Clarke Haddock --- Bob & Dee Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 6, 2006, Arlene Haddock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone have this couple in their line? Is > Susanna a Mayflower > > Cooke? > > Torrey Marriages cites "JENKINS, John (-1684) & > [?Susanna] _____; by > 1649; Sandwich" > Sources are {MD 16:122; Barnstable Fam. 2:101; > Barnstable Co. Prob. > 2:338} > Otis, in Barns Families says two John Jenkins came > early. The elder > married widow Mary Ewer in Barnsable. > The other John Jenkins "was a younger man, early > joined the Quakers and > settled in Sandwich, where he died in 1684" [p I-90] > "In 1648 he became a resident of Sandwich. He > married a daughter of one > of the prominent Quaker families in that town:" He > and the family were > persecuted in Plymouth. She would hardly seem to be > a Mayflower Cooke. > > Kardell, VR of Sandwich, NEHGS 1996, p 1-xxx, > describes persecution of > the Quakers and lists the 18 early families in > Sandwich. John Jenkins > is mentioned as one of them. No Cooke. Quaker > Monthly Meeting records > in Sandwich [Kardell, p1243] list children of John > Jenkens and Susanah, > starting in 1649, but not the marriage or any clue > of which family > Susanna came from. > '"Job coock jenkens was born to them, 2nd month > 1655. Annotated as > "Surely one of the earliest uses of a middle name." > Perhaps this gives > a clue as the origin of claims that Susannah was a > Cooke? > > Regards, Bob Carroll. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.