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Name: Joseph Cooke Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 02 Mar 1680 BirthPlace: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: John Cooke Father's BirthPlace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mary Buxton Mother's BirthPlace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04442-7 System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy GS Film Number: 877468 Reference ID:
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHLR-XS8 : 10 February 2018), John Cooke in entry for Joseph Cooke, 02 Mar 1680; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England 1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
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