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Francis Cooke
Original settler of Plymouth Colony (1583–1663) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Francis Cooke, see Francis Cooke (disambiguation).
Francis Cooke (c.1583 – April 7, 1663) was a Leiden Separatist, who went to America in 1620 on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower, which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact.
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