Looking for a mary Flint bn c1775 marrying/cohabiting with a Joshua cook around the Suffolk border with Norfolk

Hello Roger You probably know that James COOKE, an agricultural labourer living at Brooke, Norfolk, in 1841 and 1851, was christened at Needham, Norfolk, in 1795 as a son of Josh or Jesh COOK and Mary, late FLINT, although his name was James Cook FLINT when he married Ann SHINGLES at Blofield, Norfolk, in 1827. If Josh or Jesh was Jesse COOK, perhaps Mary was a sister of his wife Elizabeth FLINT (m. Fressingfield 1791). The Suffolk FHS has transcribed these Fressingfield baptisms: Children of Robert & Mary FLINT: 1772 Elizabeth 1774 William 1776 Mary 1777 Mary 1779 Sarah Children of Jesse & Elizabeth COOK: 1792 Sarah 1793 William Burials at Fressingfield include Mary COOK in 1776 and Elizabeth COOK aged 74 in 1852 but the only FLINTs indexed by the SFHS are Robert (c.1739-1813) and Mary (c.1742-1829). More positively, there is a settlement certificate dated 1791 for Jesse COOK and his wife Elizabeth of Needham, Norfolk, among the parish records of Fressingfield at the Suffolk Record Office (https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/collections/getrecord/GB173_EG16_G_7_76). I imagine Elizabeth may have become incapacitated, causing Mary to look after Jesse and his children, while remarriage would not have been a legal option unless he was widowed. However, Edward, son of Jesse and Elizabeth COOK, was baptized at Gissing, Norfolk, in April 1797 (and Jesse COOK was buried there the following month) so the 1795 christening at Needham is still puzzling if the name of James COOKE's mother was indeed Mary. David On Sunday, 1 December 2019, 13:35:56 GMT, Roger Cook via SUFFOLK <suffolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: Looking for a mary Flint bn c1775 marrying/cohabiting with a Joshua cook around the Suffolk border with Norfolk