At 05:48 PM 11/4/2006, Helen wrote: >Mary Cooke was not married to the John Rickard born in 1652, son of Giles2, >but to his cousin John born in 1657, son of John. It is written >that this John >"probably married Mary Snow". Although there has long been speculation that Mary, wife of John^3 Rickard (Giles^2, Giles^1) was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and Rebecca^2 Brown (Peter^1), no evidence has been found to support that speculation and it has been rejected by the GSMD. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml