The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

piled an English baronage. HHesiod'
Cooke was the popular nickname Of
Thomas Cooke, who translated Hesiod.
He had the honor of being mentioned in
the fhed Dqncaid by Pope, whom he had Of
A musician and composer was Cap
tain Henry Cooke, also soldier, who
fought for King Charles I. At. the
coronation Of Charles II. he wrote, all
the special music performed at West
minister Abbey, and was organist of
the royal chapel. He is often men
toned by Pepys. "After the sermon,
a brave anthem by Captain Cooke,
was well ,pleased:'' Upon another oe-
casion, "A poor, dry sermon, but very
Francis Cooke was obliging enough
to come over in the MayfloWer. He
was one Of the signers Of the memoir
able compact, in the cabin of the May
flower, Saturday, Nov: q, 1920. With
John, who was born in Holland. Francis
Cooke was probably born in England.
He died in Plymouth, 1868.
Another Immigrant ancestor was Cap
tain Thomas Cooke, who came from
England to the plymouth colony in
1888: Other settlers were John, Ed
ward, William, Arthur, George, Rich.
ard, Garrett and Mordecai Cook. The
latter is the prosgenitor Of the Virginia
| wife he married Joan Constable, one of
the maidens who came over, from Lon
don with shipload Of others, as wives
for the eolonists. Mordecai paid for
| his bride his extra hogshead of to-
bacco.' The story is that he was.
hunting when the ship arrived. He had
spoken for first choice Of maidens; sec
ond choice he would have none. AS he
wished to finish his hunt, he sent word
extra bonus if no7one was allowed to see.
the ships fair cargo until he arrived.
He and his sons became large land
owners in Virginia.
When there has been a call to arms
the Cooks have responded manfu11y. One
division at Waterloo was commanded
! by Sir George Cooke. In the new world
they were loyalists. John Cooke was in
command Of a regiment during the rev.
olutionary war Lemuel Cooke entered
the army when only II years of age,
and was in the campaign against Corn
wallis in Virginia. He received hon.
orable discharge at the end of the war,
signed by Washington. James Cooke
piloted the boats Of the squadron sent
to cooperate with Wolfe at Quebec.
Mayor John Cooke served calamity in
the Mexican war.
The family has it's characters. There
was John Cook, grandson Of Morde-
cal, who always rode in an ox-cart
lin her fine carriage. William Cook
also had his ieccentricities. New clothes
4 were horror to him, so much so that
s Whenever he was obliged to don a new
d hat he went out to the barn at once
Ito, get a. coating Of DUST with a few
cobwebs on it" to take off that new
look" he explained. He was very
standing his aversion to new clothes,
and an autocrat in his circle. To earn
mis- favor was glory enough for his
, neighbors.
Another eccentric one of the family
!. was Robert Cook, Englishman, time
about the middle Of the seventeeth
SsLinen Cook for it it, was part Of his
only linen. He was kind of Pytha-
, gorean philosopher, and for years ate
, neither fish, flesh nor fowl, "or wore
{ wooden clothing,' or any other product
of an animal, but linen only, and he
3 shroud should be of the same material
( He further displayed his eccentricity
!. by erecting a pile of stones on rock
J in Bristol channel, because his wife had
l come from Bristol. It went by the
Y name of 'sCook Is Folly.'
8 The Cook arms reproduced are pei
( pale azure and griles, three eagles dis
! played q and armed or. guttee de polk
7 sable. sCrest--an eagle displayed, or
9 guttee de polk, armed sable, having
T about his neck a collar sable. The lior
r is one of the most ancient and honor
b able of heraldic symbols, and the same
+ can be said Of the eagle--a 1spreat
/ eagle cording to description.
; # McLane thought it strange, thi