Nicole asked: >So my question is just this: if he cannot be of the >Mayflower, how did he get here? Where did he come >from? Hmmm... _________ For many of our ancestors we do not know by what means they came to NE nor their origins. There were many, many ships which came to New England after the Mayflower (1620), Fortune (1621) and Anne & Little James (1623). We pretty well know the passengers from these, mainly from the 1623 land division in which those who received land were classified under the ship in which they came. Records are not clear on other ships. There was another Mayflower in 1629 to Salem which brought settlers for the Bay and Plymouth - they have been identified. The Talbot in 1629 brought 35 for Plymouth - none of whom have been identified. The Handmaid in 1630 to Plymouth brought 60 persons, mostly from Leyden - again, I don't believe any of these have been positively identified. Just open up Drake's Founders of New England and you will find countless passenger lists between 1631-1635. Since Josias Cooke appears to have been in Plymouth by 1633, and he is not listed in the (very) few pre 1633 lists by Drake, he either came by an unknown ship or - likely one of those listed above where at least 95 persons came to Plymouth by 1630 but have not been identified. Susan E. Roser www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html