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COCK AND CRACKNEL BRANCH
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Last revision 19 Aug 2012
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The Cock family is descended from Agnes Johnson, daughter of Edward Johnson and Mary Greenfield who are the common ancestors
The following surnames appear in this list (apart from COCK(S)). Please click on the name which interests you
Annear...Arnold...Bailey...Bidgood...Bull...Cracknel...Day...Dobson ...Ezzy...Field
Fisher...Fletcher...Forby...Freyburg...Gale...Gannon...George...Graham...Greenfield...Grimmer...Hiscock
Hooper...Hubbard...Johnson...Marshall...Manborn...Matthews...Payne...Penny...Perry
Pettit...Rowley...Rudland...Spraggs...Warne...Whittaker...Wiltshire
There are two marriages recorded in Weeting in the seventeenth century one of which may be the parents of No 1 Edward
John COCK m Margaret RUSSELL 2 Jun 1664
Abraham COCK m Rose RANDS 18 Apr 1667
GENERATION 1
1 Edward COCK bur 25 Apr 1747 Hockwold m Ann bur 6 Sep 1768 Hockwold
Children of Edward and Ann
2......John bap 28 Feb 1702/3 Hockwold
3......William 1 Aug 1706 Hockwold
GENERATION 2
2 John COCK m Margaret Hockwold
Children of John and Margaret
4......Joseph bap 1 May 1744 Hockwold
5......Ann bap 3 Jul 1757 Hockwold
GENERATION 3
4 Joseph COCK m Sarah (?FIELD) Hockwold
Children of Joseph and Sarah
6......Joseph bap 2 Jan 1768 Hockwold m Elizabeth
Note: Joseph was a farmer in Hockwold in 1841 when they had two servants, John DENT aged 13 and Jane HOWLET aged 17 living in.
7......Field bap 27 Dec 1769 Hockwold d 1st qr 1838 [Thetford 13 214]
8......John bap 25 Oct 1771 Hockwold (living with parents in Hockwold 1841
8a....Robert dob unknown
GENERATION 4
6 Joseph COCK m SusanChild of Joseph and Susan
6a......Joseph b 1803 m Ann b 1797 Great Cressingham
Note: In 1851 Joseph was a master wheelwright and had his father aged 84, widower and retired farmer, living with him, along with his brother Robert
6b......Field b 1809 Feltwell
9 John CRACKNEL b abt 1755 d 10 Sep 1821 Feltwell m Sarah
Children of John and Sarah Cracknel
10......Mary bap 5 Aug 1794 in Feltwell d 5 Jan 1872
11......Robert (ag lab in 1861 living at "Barracks", Feltwell m Mary Ann PETTIT b 1897 Feltwell
12......John d 11 Aug 1782
13...... Elizabeth m John MANBORN
7 Field COCK bap 27 Dec 1769 Hockwold m [a] Elizabeth [b] Jane of Feltwell, [c] 7a Margaret GRIMMER [see Matthews branch]
Children of Field and Elizabeth
14......Thomas bap 18 May 1784 Feltwell
15......Lydia bap 28 Apr 1786
Children of Field and Jane of Feltwell
16......Esther bap 3 May 1789 Wilton
Children of Field and Margaret Cock
17......Field bap 15 Sep 1799 Wilton
Note: In 1841 Field was a "machine man", living at the Barracks Feltwell
18......Robert bap 6 Aug 1801 Wilton m Mary b abt 1798.
Note: Robert was a farmer in 1841 in Hockwold
18a....Grimmer b abt 1805 Hockwold
19......Sarah bap 30 Nov 1806 Hockwold
20......Mary bap 7 July 1808 Hockwold
21......Edward bap 20 Sep 1809 bur 1 Oct 1809
22......Joseph bap 14 Jun 1811 bur 16 Jun 1811
Note: Joseph lived in Feltwell in 1841 and in 1851 he was in Hockwold as a master wheelwright
Note: there was also a Joseph COCK who kept the "Ball" public house in 1845.
GENERATION 5
17 Field COCK m 10 Mary CRACKNEL (b 1804 d 15 Jan 1872) 20 Nov 1816 Feltwell
Note: Witnesses to the wedding were John CRACKNELL and Wm GRAHAM. Field was a carpenter in 1841and 1851 living in Wilton Street, Hockwold , and had two servants - James GORE aged 20 and Jane WATSON aged 15. In 1851 Jane was at home, and John CRACKNELL was an apprentice carpenter to Field, living in. In 1861 Field and Mary had a servant, Elizabeth JOHNSON b 1794 Feltwell
Auction notice from the Bury & Norwich Post of 14th September 1831
Children of Field and Mary Cock
22a....Field b 1811 d 4th qr 1862 [Thetford 4b 299]
Note: The 1841 census shows Field as deaf and a farmer of 123 acres employing 3 men: Mary, his sister was housekeeper. He had inherited the copyhold from his father, Field Cock, and was admitted on 20 Oct 1840 by the Manor court in Mildenhall, which you can see here.. When Field died his will provided that his estate should pass to his sister Mary (24a below) and she was admitted to the copyhold tenancy of small parcels of land on 24 Aug 1864 at the Manor Court in Mildenhall of that date. (I have the transfer on the original vellum)
23......Robert bap 14 Sep 1817 [Carpenter in Feltwell] d 11 Apr 1886
24......Jane bap 21 Apr 1820 Feltwell m Joseph RUDLAND (b 1817, d 1869) abt 1842
24a....Mary dob unknown
18a Grimmer COCK m Sarah abt 1827
Note: Grimmer was a farmer in Hockwold in 1841 and in 1851 when he was shown as having 18 acres and employing one labourer
Children of Grimmer and Sarah
18b......Sarah b 1828
18c......Sally b 1829 Hockwold
18d......Susan b 1831
Note: There was also a James COCK a machine man, aged 30 living at Feltwell in 1841, and John COCK b abt 1836 Felwell in charge of "his father's mill" at Hockwold aged 15 in 1851: living with him at Mill House were his sister Sally aged 17, a dressmaker, b in Feltwell Caroline b abt 1846 Feltwell, and Anthony BROWN b 1837, a visitor
GENERATION 6
22a Field COCK m (a) Elizabeth (b 1816) (b) Mary FORBY (b 1809) 2nd qr 1870 [Thetford 4b 636]
Note: Field was an ag lab living at Barracks, Feltwell in 1841. In 1881 he was an ag lab at Bell Street, Mud Island, Feltwell In 1891 he and Mary were living on their own means at the same address.
Children of Field and Elizabeth
24b....Frances b 1835
24e....Elizabeth b 1st qr 1838 [Thetford 13 274]
24c....Thomas b 1st qr 1839 [Thetford 13 278]
24d....George b 1st qr 1840 [Thetford 13 297]
23 Robert COCK m (a) Mary RAIVER ( d 3rd qr 1842 [Thetford 13 199) 3rd qr 1840 [Thetford 13 425] (b) Elizabeth GREENFIELD (b 1 Jan 1817 Buckenham d 17 Nov 1890 in Buckenham) 4th qr 1842 [Thetford 13 747]
Note: Robert and Elizabeth were living at the Kings Arms in Feltwell in 1861 where Robert is described as a carpenter. In 1871 they were at Main Street, Hockwold cum Wilton, and Robert was described as landowner and farmer
Children of Robert and Elizabeth Cock
25......Mary Ann b 3rd qr 1843 [Thetford 13 273]
26......Greenfield b 3rd qr 1845 Wilton [Thetford XII 309] d 31 Aug 1904 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 210] m Mary Edwards FLETCHER (b 23 Jul 1846) in 1870 [see Johnson branch here and Matthews branch here]
Note: Greenfield seems to have been a man of many parts. In 1861 he is described as an apprentice carpenter, but he became a wheelwright in later years. In 1871 he was a carpenter living in Wilton.In 1879/80 he is listed in a directory as a "steam miller" . In 1881 he appears in the census as a builder and wheelwright employing 4 men and one boy living in Bell Street, Feltwell. In 1891 he was living in Bell Street, Feltwell as a builder and miller and he was described in a directory of 1892 just as a miller. When he died he was described as a builder.He lived in Bell Street, Feltwell, in a house later occupied by Mr Parnell, the village barber. An account of his funeral may be seen here
27...... Amelia Jane b 13 Apr 1847 d 4 Sep 1923 The Upper Mill, Southend Catford.
Note: She is buried with brother Alfred and his wife Mary in Lewisham cemetery
28......Alfred b 26 Feb 1849
Note: Alfred changed his name to COOK
29......Charles Jabez b 2nd qr 1851 [ [Thetford 13 355] bap 1 May 1851, carpenter, d 26 July 1913 in a fall from his horse in Kemps Lane, Hockwold. See Johnson branch here
30......George Herbert b 3rd qr 1856 [Thetford 4b 348]
Note: A theory that George was involved in the Indian Mutiny as a soldier has been disproved, but there must have been another branch of the Cock family in Feltwell at the same time.
31......Arthur b 1st qr 1859 [Thetford 4b 425]
32...... Edith Theresa b 2nd qr 1862 Hockwold bap 1863
GENERATION 7
24c Thomas COCK m Thirza SPRAGGS 3rd qr 1869 [Thetford 4b 657]
Note: In 1891 Thomas was an ag lab living in Feltwell.
Children of Thomas and Thirza
S1......Emma b 2nd qr 1871 [Thetford 4b 389] d 1892 Henstead
S2......Alice Maud b 1st qr 1876 [Thetford 4b 391]
25 Mary Ann COCK m Robert GEORGE ( b 1844 Ringsfield, Suffolk) 25 Jun 1851 Wesleyan Chapel, Methwold
Note: Robert was a draper and lived all their married life at 38 Ber Street, Norwich
Children of Robert and Mary Ann
25b......Harry b 2nd qr 1869 [Norwich 4b 123]
25c......May b 3rd qr 1871 [Norwich 4b 125]
25d......Edgar b 3rd qr 1873 [Norwich 4b 121]
25e......Edith b 1st qr 1876 [Norwich 4b 127]
Note: In 1901 Edith was an assistant draper
25f......Alfred b 1st qr 1876 [Norwich 4b 127]
25g......George Robert b 1st qr 1877 [Norwich 4b 135]
Note: In 1901 George was a carpenter
25h......Mary Kate b 2nd qr 1879 [Norwich 4b 138]
Note: In 1901 Kate was an assistant draper
25i......Gertrude Eleanor b 1st qr 1882 [Norwich 4b 142]
25j......Frank b 1883 Norwich [census]
25k......William Thomas b 3rd qr 1884 [Norwich 4b 145]
26 Greenfield COCK m Mary Edwards FLETCHER (b 23 Jul 1846 Lakenheath d 4 Dec 1930)27 Oct 1869 Thetford Wesleyan Chapel
Note: In 1871 Greenfield, a carpenter, and family were living at Main Street, Hockwold cum Wilton. In 1881 Greenfield was a builder and wheelwright employing 4 men and one boy living at Bell St, Feltwell.In 1891 he was a builder and miller living at Bell Street, Feltwell
Children of Greenfield and Mary
33......Evangeline Charlotte E b 4th qr 1870 Wilton [Thetford 4b 363] d 3rd qr 1887 Norfolk
34......Ada Mary b 4 May 1872 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 394] m Walter CLEMENTS 3rd qr 1900
35......Gertrude Annie b 3rd qr 1873 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 363] d 1958 m Sidney JOHNSON [See Johnson Branch]
36......Ethel Sarah b 2nd qr 1875 [Thetford 4b 377] m Harry JOHNSON [See Johnson Branch]
37......William Robert b 1st qr 1877 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 396] M Annie Elizabeth KEMP (b 1877 d 1912) Sep 1905
38......Dora Lilian b 3rd qr 1878 [Thetford 4b 373] d 26 Mar 1959 m Ernest Russell MATTHEWS Jun 1905 Kent
[ see Matthews Branch ]
39......Kate Louise b 3rd qr 1881 [Thetford 4b 392]
Note: Kate emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts arriving on 5 Oct 1905
40......Elsie Winifred Gwendoline b 6 Nov 1883 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 381] m Edward Stratton SMITH Dec 1906
27 Jane Amelia COCK m Jacob PERRY (b 15 May 1858 Charlton d 10 Sep 1931) 13 Jul 1881 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Thetford
Note: Jacob left school at a very early age and became a shepherd in Charlton, nr Pewsey, Wiltshire but moved to Burgess Hill, Sussex about 1879 where he met Jane. He subsequently became a farmer. Jane changed her name to Jane Amelia for the marriage but was always known as Jane and was registerd at birth as Amalia Jane. About 1883 they moved to Lewisham where the family was raised. Jacob was buried in a pauper's grave
Children of Jacob and Jane 
P1......George Frank b 15 Apr 1882 Sussex d 18 Jul 1951
P2......Ernest b 23 Jan 1884 d, unmarried in Eltham, New Zealand 20 Sep1909
Note: Ernest was driving his bakers cart along a road in Eltham, NZ., and his cart overturned as the result of the poor condition of the road (ie: there was a big hole in it!)
P3......Edith Mary b 23 May 1885 d 23 Oct 1912 (of TB - she was unmarried)
P4......Willie b 9 Aug 1887 d 28 May 1972
P5......Amelia b 28 Feb 1889 d 29 May 1909 (of TB - she was unmarried)
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Charles Jabez COCK m Agnes JOHNSON (b 25 Aug 1854 d 4 Feb 1939 in Hockwold) 4th qr 1879 [Thetford 4b 1157
9 Nov 1879, at Hockwold. Charles was a farmer and coal dealer in 1883
Children of Charles and Agnes
42a....Garnet b 4th qr 1880 Hockwold [Thetford 4b 379]
42......Gordon Cook b 3rd qr 1885 Hockwold [Thetford 4b 370] d Feb 1939 in Concord, Sydney, Australia
Note: There may be a connection with the Walden branch which you can see here
31 Arthur COCK m Maria WARNE (b abt 1858 Ely) 4th qr 1883 [Ely 3b 1263]
Note: In 1891 the family was at High Street, Hockwold cum Wilton. Arthur was a grocer, draper and carpenter and Maria was a dressmaker. They had a servant, Emma E ARNOLD b 1873 Wilton
Children of Arthur and Maria
W1......Reginald Arthur b 2nd qr 1885 Hockwold [Thetford 4b 381] m Ellen C DAY 2nd qr 1925 [Guildford 2a 201]
Note: Reginald was a chemist's assistant in 1911 boarding at 129 High Street, Guildford
W2......Jeanette Marguerite b 3rd qr 1887 Hockwold [Thetford 4b 376] m Frank J FREYBURG 1st qr 1926 [Croydon 2a 532]
32 Edith Teresa COCK m Thomas Henry YELF (b Jun 1860 Middlesex) 3rd qr 1884
Note: The family emigrated to Canada. In 1901 Edith was atying with Francis YELF her husband's brother at Avondale Rd, Newport, Isle of Wight with Dorothy
Children of Thomas and Edith
32b......Florence b 1888 Norwich
32c......Donald Harry b 1892 [Norwich 4b 190] d 18 Jun 1943 Vancouver, Canada m Edith Grace SHOCKLEY 29 Apr 1920 Prince Rupert, Canada
32d......Dorothy A b 1893 Norwich
GENERATION 8
S1 Emma COCK m Henry BAILEY 2nd qr 1890 [Thetford 4b 621]
Child of Henry and Emma
S3......Winifred Cicely T b 1st qr 1891 [Thetford 4b 385]
Note: Winifred was in the Orphanage at Newington Green, Islington in 1901. In 1911 she was a servant at the House for Incurables at St Marylebone, London
P1 George Frank PERRY m (a) Jessie PAYNE 11 Jun 1907 (b) Gladys DOBSON 14 Mar 1923
Note: Jessie died at the age of 40, and George took on a housekeeper, Gladys Dobson, whom he subsequently married
Children of George and Jessie
P6......Isobel Mary b 9 Jul 1910 Pewsey, [Pewsey 5a 138] Wilts d 11 Apr 1991
P7......Elsie Grace b 28 Sep 1911 [Pewsey 5a 242] d 12 Jan 1995 m Hubert PENNY 16 Nov 1946
Child of George and Gladys
P8......Joyce b 22 Feb 1936 d 28 Aug 2002
P4 Willie PERRY m (a) Mary HUBBARD 22 May 1912 (b) Emma BULL 26 Apr 1939
P9......Willie b 15 Aug 1913 d 20 Aug 1913
P10....Ernest b 22 Jun 1914 d Jan 1994
P11....Gladys b 4 Jan 1916 d 26 Mar 1916
P12....Charles b 20 Nov 1917 d 3 Apr 1968
P13....Gladys b 22 Jul 1920 m Leslie GALE 31 Aug 1943
42a Garnet COCKS (Note the added “s”) m Catherine JOHNSON 4th qr 1819 [Newcatle on Tyne 10b 184]
Children of Garnet and Catherine Cocks
43......Joseph b 19 May 1917 [Newcstle on Tyne 1b D46]
44......Catherine Agnes b 4th qr 1919 [Castle Ward 10b 770]
45......Theresa Doreen b 2nd qr 1922 [Castle Ward 10b 706]
42 Gordon COCKS m ?
Child of Gordon Cocks
.38......Valerie
GENERATION 9
P6 Isobel Mary PERRY m Douglas WILTSHIRE 20 Oct 1934 [Pewsey 5a 417]
Children of Douglas and Isobel
P14......Barbara Joy (known as Joy) b 30 Aug 1936 m Peter ROWLEY 1 Aug 1959 (now div)
P15......Rosemary Jean (Rose) b 26 Jul 1941 m Eric John HOOPER 20 Mar 1971
P8 Joyce PERRY m Donald HISCOCK 30 Aug 1969
Child of Donald and Joyce
P16......Carol Anne b 19 Jun 1970 m Justin BIDGOOD 25 Jul 2004
P10 Ernest PERRY m Ivy
Children of Ernest and Ivy
P17......Phyllis Margaret b 23 Feb 1940
P18......Jean Barbara (now ANNEAR) b 9 Mar 1954 (now div)
P12 Charles PERRY m Iris HATCHARD 16 Jun 1940
Children of Charles and Iris
P19......Jack b 24 Aug 1941 believed married twice
P20......Patricia b 17 Dec 1947 m David BRISTOW 19 Jun 1971
35 Agnes COCKS m John GANNON2nd qr 1941 [Don Valley 9c 2546]
Children of John and Agnes
46......John
47......Michael b 2nd qr 1947 [Don Valley 2b 747]
48......Anthony b 4th qr 1952 [Don Valley 2b 552]
49......Maria C b 2nd qr 1959 [Don Valley 2b 691]
36 Theresa Doreen COCKS m John T H MARSHALL 2nd qr 1944 [Don Valley 9c 1916]
Children of John and Doreen
43...... Peter b 1st qr 1946 [Don Valley 9c 1541]
50......Linda A b 5th qr 1951 [Don Valley 2b 537]
51......John b 4th qr 1961 [Don Valley 2b 684]
37 Joe COCKS m Jess WHITTAKER
Child of Joe and Jess COCKS
52......Maureen Ann b Oct 3 1945 Doncaster m Martin FISHER
38 Valarie COCKS m EZZY
Children of Ezzy and Valerie Ezzy
53......Alan [policeman, plumber and Mayor]
54......Ralph
GENERATION 10
47 Alan EZZY m Patricia (a nurse)
Note: Alan is currently (2002) State co-ordinator for the Court and legal service section of the police force in New South Wales, having been a senior prosecutor for 34 years. He is a counsellor for the Holroyd district of Sydney and has been mayor there. He is chairman of the State flood mitigation authorities, and is heavily involved with Rotary International
Children of Alan and Patricia
55......Simone b abt 1972 Sydney Australia [studying arts/law]
56......Renee b abt 1975 Sydney Australia [works for Sydney North Beach Council]
57......Vanessa dob unknown.
Many thanks to Martin and 46 Maureen FISHER , P15 Rose HOOPER and P18 Jane ANNEAR for their research which has enabled most of this page.
You can contact Martin and Maureen
and Rose
© Richard Green 2012