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Surry county in the house of burgesses m 1756 and 1758. He was father of Colonel Allen Cocke.

Cocke, Bowler, son of Richard Cocke, of "Bremo," and Ann Bowler, daughter of Colonel Thomas Bowler, of Rappahannock. He was brother of Benjamin and Richard Cocke, of Surry. He was member of the house of burgesses for Henrico from 1752

to 1763. He married (first) Sarah.

(second) Elizabeth Hill, daughter of John Carter. After the last marriage he lived at '"Shirley," in Charles City county. He died in 1771.

Cocke, Bowler, Jr., son of Bowler Cocke, was member of the house of burgesses for Henrico county from 1763 to 1769. He was bom in 1726 and died in 1772, a few months after his father. He married Elizabeth, widow of Harry Turner, of King George county, and daughter of Colonel Nicholas Smith.

Cocke, Hartwell, was son of Richard Cocke and Elizabeth Hartwell, daughter of John Hartwell, of Surry. He lived at ""Mount Pleasant." on James river, and rep- resented Surry county in the house of bur- gesses from 1758 to 1773. He married Anne Ruffin, daughter of John Ruffin. His will, dated May 29, 1772, was proved in Surry, August 25. 1772. He was father of John Hartwell Cocke, of Surry, who was member of the state convention of 1788.

Cocke, James, son of Thomas Cocke, was born about 1666; married Elizabeth Pleas- ants, daughter of John and Jane Pleasants, by which marriage he acquired the estate of "Curls," on James river, in Henrico county; member of the house of burgesses

in 1696 and 1699; clerk of Henrico county from 1692 to 1707. He died about 1721.

Cocke, Richard, son of Richard Cocke, and great-grandson of Richard Cocke, of ■"Bremo," in Henrico county, settled in Surry county, where he married (first) Eliz- abeth Hartwell, daughter of John Hartwell, (second) Elizabeth Ruf^n. He represented the count}- in the house of burgesses in 1744, 1745, 1746 and 1747. His will, dated September 13, 1771, was proved in Surry, April 21, 1772.

Cocke, Richard, the emigrant settler, w^as born al)out 1600. He married twice. Name of first wife not known, but his second was Mary Aston, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Aston. He obtained large grants of land, and settled at '"Bremo," on James river, in Henrico county. He was lieutenant- colonel of his county, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1632 from \\>yanke, and in 1644 and 1654 from Hen- rico county. He died in 1665, leaving issue — five sons and one daughter — Thomas, Richard, John, William, Richard, "the \ounger," and Elizabeth. -

Cocke, Captain Thomas, son of Thomas Cocke, and brother of James Cocke, was lorn about 1662. He married (first) Mary Brasier, (second) Frances. He rep- resented Henrico in the house of burgesses in 1696, in 1698, 1699, 1700-1702; sherift in 1699. He left six children: Thomas, James Powell, Henry, Brasier. Mary. Elizabeth. He died in 1707.

Cocke, Thomas, of "Malvern Hill," Hen- rico county, was son of Richard Cocke, of "Bremo." He was a justice of Henrico in 1678, 1680. He was also sheriflf and coroner.