Descendants of Francis Cooke
Generation No. 2
3. MARY2 COOKE (FRANCIS1) daughter of Francis1 Cooke and Hester Le Mahieu, was born Abt. 1626 in Plymouth, MA, and died 21 May 1714 in Massachusetts. She married JOHN THOMPSON 26 Dec 1645 in Plymouth, MA. He was born Bet. 1616 - 1617 in North Wales, England, and died 16 Jun 1696 in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.
Notes for JOHN THOMPSON:
Burial: Jun 1969, Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleborrough, Plymouth Co., MA
Source: Ancestors of Captain Philip Reade, 3d Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army : who, in a military capacity, aided to create, defend and preserve the colonies of North America between 1607 and 1776. by Philip Hildreth Reade, 1844- Fort Snelling, Minn. (1886) pg 5 / Reel/Fiche Number: Genealogy and local history ; G5266
Excerpt: Lieut. John Thompson. -1616-1696 of Cummaquid and Patuxet, renamed Barnstable and Plymouth, Mass. He was Sergeant 17 Dec. 1673; was reported, Aug. 1643, in the list of males of Plymouth between 16 and 60 years able to bear arms; had dealings, 1 Nov 1673, with the Sachem of the Neponsets in what is now the town of Middleborough, Mass. Was Lieut. in 1675-6 and was by the Govenor and Council given command of the garrison and the garrison in the field. Served actively in such command during King Philip's War. When the Dutch occupied New York and New jersey, 1673, the Plymouth Court declared war against them and the Govenor bestowed a halbert upon Sergent Thompson. His grave stone bears the inscription: "In memory of Lieut. John Thompson", etc. His wife was Mary Cooke, daughter of Francis Cooke, of the "Mayflower" Company. His daughter Esther married William Reade of Weymouth, Mass. The descendants of William Reade and Esther (Thompson) Read thus trace their ancestors to the Pilgrim Company of the "Mayflower", who landed in Plymouth Rock in 1620.
Children of MARY COOKE and JOHN THOMPSON are:
i. ADAM3 TOMSON, b. Abt. 1646, Plymouth Co., MA; d. Abt. 1648, Plymouth, MA.
ii. JOHN TOMSON, b. 24 Nov 1649, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 25 Nov 1725, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA; m. MARY TINKHAM, Abt. 1680, Plymouth, MA; b. 05 Aug 1661, Plymouth, MA.
iii. MARY TOMSON, b. Abt. 1651, Plymouth Co., MA; d. Abt. 1723; m. THOMAS TABER, Abt. 1672, Massachusetts; b. Feb 1645/46, Massachusetts.
5. iv. ESTHER TOMSON, b. 28 Jul 1652, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 26 Oct 1705, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA.
v. ELIZABETH TOMSON, b. 28 Jan 1653/54, Barnstable, MA; d. Bet. 1716 - 1717; m. WILLIAM SWIFT, 22 Sep 1687, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; b. 28 Aug 1654, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.
vi. SARAH TOMSON, b. 04 Apr 1657, Barnstable, MA; d. 19 Jun 1696, Plymouth, MA.
vii. LYDIA TOMSON, b. 05 Oct 1659, Barnstable, MA; d. 14 Mar 1740/41, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA; m. JAMES SOULE, 14 Dec 1693, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA; b. 04 Oct 1659, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA.
viii. JACOB TOMSON, b. 24 Apr 1662, Barnstable, MA; d. 01 Sep 1726, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA; m. ABIGAIL WADSWORTH, 28 Dec 1693, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA; b. 25 Oct 1670, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA.
ix. THOMAS TOMSON, b. 19 Oct 1664, Barnstable, MA; d. 26 Oct 1742, Halifax, Plymouth, MA; m. MARY MORTON, 13 Dec 1715, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA; b. 15 Dec 1689, Plymouth, MA.
x. PETER TOMSON, b. Abt. 1668, Barnstable, MA; d. Abt. 1731, Halifax, Plymouth, MA; m. SARAH SIMMONS; b. Abt. 1670, Plymouth Co., MA.
xi. MERCY TOMSON, b. Abt. 1671, Barnstable, MA; d. 19 Apr 1756, Halifax, Plymouth, MA.
