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Richard Cocke1

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Facts and Notes

  • Anecdote: See notes section1
  • Note: Henry Miller Cox wrote the following about Richard Cocke:

    "Richard Cocke, founder of the Henrico county branch of the Cocke family; settled in Virginia about 1627; patented 100 acres of land in Elizabeth City in 1628; member of the House of Burgesses from Weyanoke, Charles City County, in 1632 ; patented 3,000 acres in Henrico County, 1636; added to his holdings, the same year, 700 acres near "the Bremoes dividend"; established his family seat at Bremor, or Bremo, on the James River, about eighteen miles below the present city of Richmond.

    His landed estate, acquired at various times, aggregated upwards of 8,000 acres; member of the House of Burgesses again, in 1644: also held the office of County Commandant, or Lieutenant Colonel of. the County; said to have been a descendant of Captain George Cocke, of England, frequently mentioned in Pepy's Diary ; perhaps of the same family to which belonged Sir Henry Cocke, of Hertfordshire, whose daughter, Elizabeth, married Robert West, son of Lord De La Warr, and nephew of Captain Francis West, who had his seat at Westover on the James River, a few miles below Bremo.

    Children: i. Thomas, ii. Richard, iii. William, iv. John, v. a son, name not given; no record of daughters."

Citations

  1. [S896] Henry Miller Cox, The Cox Family in America, pp 46-47, A copy of this book was available for download from the Internet Archives as of 2 July 2025.