Abraham Cocke

Biography

Abraham Cocke, son of Stephen Cocke and Martha Batte, was born 1706 and died May 10, 1760. Also seen as son of Mistress Sarah Marston, Stephen's first wife.

He married Mary Batte in 1729 in Charles City, VA. She was the daughter of William Batte and Mary Stratton. They had 10 or 11 children.

See page 8 of "Cockes and Cousins" 1967 (attached)

From “Descendants of Thomas Cocke” < PDF >

13. ABRAHAM6 COCKE (STEPHEN5, THOMAS4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born in Henrico Co., Virginia, and died 10 May 1760 in Amelia Co., Virginia21. He married MARY BATTE22 Abt. 1729 in Charles City, Va., daughter of WILLIAM BATTE and MARY STRATTON.

Children of ABRAHAM COCKE and MARY BATTE are:

1. PETER7 COCKE, d. 1830, Montgomery Co., Tennessee; m. MARY WHITEHEAD.
2. ABRAHAM COCKE II, b. 30 Sep 1730, Bristol Parish Amelia Co., Virginia; d. 1781; m. AGNES MAY, 11 Apr 1767, Lunenburg Co., Va; b. 16 Sep 1749, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia; d. Aft. 1790, Kentucky ?.
3. MARY COCKE, b. Abt. 1735; m. (1) RICHARD ELLIS, 1754, Amelia Co., Va.; b. Abt. 1738; d. 1782, Sussex Co., Virginia; m. (2) RICHARD JONES, Aft. 1754, Amelia Co., Va.; m. (3) WILLIAM ELLIS, Aft. 1754, Virginia.
4. AGNES COCKE, b. 1737; m. CHARLES HAMILN, JR., 28 Dec 1757, Amelia Co., Va.; d. 1786, Lunenburg Co., Va..
5. STEPHEN COCKE, b. 31 Mar 1740, Amelia Co., Virginia; d. Notaway Co., Virginia.
6. THOMAS COCKE, b. Abt. 1741; d. 1839, Mooresburg, Tennessee; m. MARGARET JONES, 23 Feb 1779, Amelia Co., Va.; b. Nottoway Co., Virginia.
7. ELIZABETH COCKE, b. 1741; m. (1) JOHN CROSS, 26 Sep 1765, Amelia Co., Va.; d. Bef. 1795, Virginia; m. (2) WILLIAM SNYDER, 27 Jan 1795, Lunenburg Co., Va; b. 27 Apr 1752.
8. JOHN COCKE, b. Abt. 1742.
9. MARTHA COCKE, b. Abt. 1743; m. THEOPHILUS LACY, 28 Nov 1759, Amelia Co., Va.; d. Bef. 1777, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
10. WILLIAM COCKE, b. 06 Sep 1747, Amelia Co., Virginia; d. 22 Aug 1828, Columbus Mississippi (MS); m. SARAH MACKLIN, 24 Mar 1772, Brunswick Co., Va.

Notes

Residence: Lived in southeast corner of Nottoway county, in the fork of the Great & Little Nottoway rivers

Will dated September 23, 1759; pr. May 22 1760, Amelia County. Married his cousin, Mary Batte about 1729.

References

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/John-R-Bennett-FL/...
• http://home.earthlink.net/~carolet1/WilliamCocke/William_Cocke_Repo... (dead link)
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jecross&i...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cocke William Cocke (1748 – August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislatures of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of the first two United States senators for Tennessee. Cocke was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1748. He was of English descent.[1] He was the sixth of ten or eleven children of Abraham (c.1695–1760) and Mary (Batte) Cocke. … Cocke County, Tennessee is named in his honor.
  • 1. A School History of Tennessee; Dyer; Gustavus W.; p. 52,