In a message dated 10/19/2006 2:48:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: >4--Jacob Cooke (1690-1753) 1. Phebe Hall, 2. Mary Hersey, 3 >Rebecca Axtell {1706- } Per MFIP Cooke 2nd Ed., Jacob's second wife was Mary (Tirrell) Hersey, born 22-Aug-1689 Weymouth, daughter of William and Abigail (Pratt) Tirrell, who bore him 2 children; she married 1st 21-May-1718 Abington Stephen Hersey, by whom she bore 1 child. Dale H. Cook Dale: You didn't indicate a year for the publication of the MFIP Cooke 2nd Ed. Was this pubished before or after the 12th volume of the silver book which addresses the line of Francis Cooke published in 1996? There was also a revised edition published in 1999 and I do see a MFIP published in 2000. Is the one you are citing? In the 1996 edition of vol. 12, p. 163 it only says this: Jacob married (2) in Abington 21 January 1728/9 (intention in Kingston 4 January 1728/9) Mary (Tirrell) Hearsey of Abington. As you can see there is nothing to indicate her year of birth or even her parentage in the passage about Jacob Cooke. Further the date you give for the birth of Mary is the same date for the daughter Abigail in the family of William and Abigail (Pratt) Tirrell. Was Mary a twin of Abigail? I don't have a Mary in this family, other than adding her based on your email to the list. That is when I noticed the conflict. In addition, neither Abigail nor Mary's birth are recorded in the Weymouth, MA VRs, so proving her exact birth date has to come from another source. I reviewed some time ago Chamberlain's book on Weymouth families as well as Orcutts version of the truth and neither one, that I recall, had a Mary in the family. I would like to have the complete citation for the MFIP that you are citing, which includes the page your information is found. I do note that in the 1996 edition it has Daniel as probable child of Jacob and Rebecca born 10 Dec 1739 possibly in Berkley. Has something come to light to now place the two children that are listed as possible as now for sure a proven fact to be in the family of Jacob and Rebecca. Does the Society accept the three children listed in the 1996 version as possible or probable into the society? Or are they hesitate to accept applications at this time because of this. In the 1996 version it makes a comment at the bottom of the page that says this about Daniel's brother, John: "Evidence based on primary sources is not in hand for the births of children viii and ix. See TAG 62:210, 213-4. It is doubtful that John Cooke is a son of Jacob Cooke although there is some evidence of his existence." John is child viii and Daniel is child ix in the 1996 version. Christie Trapp