Capt.
Thomas
Cocke
II
Born in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas S. Cocke Sr
and Agnes (Powell) Cocke
Brother of
Stephen Cocke, James Cocke I, Temperance (Cocke) Harwood, William Cocke and Agnes (Cocke) Harwood
Husband of
Mary (Brasseur) Cocke
— married
1687 [location unknown]
Husband of
Frances (Anderson) Wynne
— married
1700 in Henrico, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Cocke III, James Powell Cocke I, Brazure Cocke, Henry Cocke, Mary (Cocke) Finney and Elizabeth Pleasants (Cocke) Poythress
Died
at about age 45
in Malvern Hills, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Thomas Cocke II is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
Thomas Cocke II was a Virginia colonist.
Thomas Cocke, Jr. [1]
Thomas, son of Thomas Cocke and Agnes Powell, was born about 1662 in Henrico County, Virginia.
Thomas Cocke, Jr., was elected to the House of Burgessess from Henrico County, Virginia in 1698, 1699, 1701, 1702. He served as sheriff of the County in 1699, 1702 and 1707.[2]
In 1704 a Capt. Thomas Cocke is listed on the Princess Anne Co., Virginia Quit Rent Rolls. And a Capt. Thomas Cock was listed on the 1705 Quit Rent Rolls for Henrico Co., Virginia.[3]
Marriages & Children
Captain Thomas Cocke married Mary Brasseur in 1687 in Henrico County.
Children:
- Thomas Cocke b: ABT 1687
- James Powell Cocke b: 1688
- Henry Cocke b: 1695
- Brazure Cocke b: 1694
- Mary Cocke
- Elizabeth Cocke
"Genealogies of Virginia Families" from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography shows: THOMAS COCKE, (JR.)(3) (Captain), (son of Thomas Cocke) born c. 1662; died 1707 (at age 45); married first, about 1687 Mary Brazier (Brazure, Brashear, Brasier, Brassieux, Brashure) of Nansemond; married second Frances -------- [4]
Death & Legcy
Will of Thomas Cocke. Henrico Co., VA, DB/WB 1706-1709, pp. 24-28, w. 16 Jan 1706 (o.s.), codicil w. 14 Feb 1706 (o.s.), p. Apr Court 1707. Digital image at Ancestry.com - [5] [4]
Thomas Cocke's will was admitted to probate 1707. He appointed his son Thomas his executor, and his "beloved friends Thomas Farrar, Littlebury Epes and Sam'l Harwood (his brother-in-law), Gent., overseers of his last will and testament". He left six children: Thomas, James Powell, Henry, Brassuir, Mary, Elizabeth.
His wife (Frances) had a separate estate settled on her by her father, which she retains intact.
The testator first devises 650 acres of land to his son Thomas; then to James Powell Cock the tract on which testator lives (Malvern Hills); also another tract of 200 acres to same; and also to said James Powell Cocke a third tract lying in Charles City County, containing 920 acres; to son Henry he gives a tract of land in Henrico and another tract containing 943 acres; to Brassuir two tracts, containing 1650 acres. He devises in all about 6,000 acres of land in Henrico, and another tract containing 943 acres; to Brassuir two tracts, containing 1650 acres. He devises in all about 6,000 acres of land. He gives land, Negroes, tobacco and money to his two daughters, and certain Negroes to his sons, and divides, excepting certain special legacies, all his personal property equally among the four sons with certain provisions for the support of his daughters.
As Thomas receives much less land than the other sons, it is probable (he was older) that he had been advanced in the testator's life-time.
Sources
- ↑ Cocke, Thomas - A1713; born 1662, died 1707, Henrico Co.: 1698-99 (Burgess). accessed 16 July 2021
- ↑ Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Pages 92, 94
- ↑ https://www.vagenweb.org/newkent/1704va.txt
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bruce, Philip Alexander and William Glover Stanard, Editors. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 4, 1893. Richmond, Virginia Historical Society. Page 86-88
- ↑ https://preview.tinyurl.com/yx44e7rl
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgmathis&id=I59428
- http://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Thomas-Cocke/6000000004593191577
- Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
- Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808 complied by Joyce H. Lindsay, Richmond, Virginia, 1960. FHL Collection. Quote from page 20: 11 January 1691. James COCKE and Elizabeth Pleasants. Sur. Capt. Thomas Cocke, Jr. and Will Cocke, Jr. Deeds, Wills, 1677-1692. p 357.
- http://reynoldspatova.org/documents/Va_Magazine_Jun_1897_VOL-IV.pdf
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ptid=hvd.32044021203278&view=2up&seq=246
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~0.39%
Larry Richardson
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~0.39%
Patricia Stanifer :
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~0.39%
Joyce (Clark) Luxton :
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~0.39%
Bercell Donohoo :
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The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct., 1896), pp. 212-217 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241954
The Cocke Family of Virginia The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct., 1896), pp. 212-217 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241954
Text has that Thomas Cocke married (2) Frances.
(Text also has his father as Richard. Also, the separate estate that Frances retained intact may have been from her first husband rather than father. The site referenced has language about her 3rd marriage that's essentially a prenup.)