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His wife, Temperance died young after giving birth to two children, Thomas and Richard. Cocke married Mary Aston the daughter of [[Walter Aston|Lt. Walter Aston]] and had several more children. Including another son named Richard who was referred to as “the Younger.”

His wife, Temperance died young after giving birth to two children, Thomas and Richard. Cocke married Mary Aston the daughter of [[Walter Aston|Lt. Walter Aston]] and had several more children. Including another son named Richard who was referred to as “the Younger.”

Cocke served as County Lieutenant various times and served as a representative from Henrico in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1644 to 1654.<ref>Documents, chiefly unpublished, relating to the Huguenot emigration to Virginia and to the settlement at Manakin-Town: with an appendix of genealogies, presenting data of the Fontaine, Maury, Dupuy, Trabue, Marye, Chastain, Cocke, and other families, Robert Alonzo Brock, 1886, page 193.</ref> He eventually owned three plantations, Curles, Bremo, and Malvern Hills. They totaled over 7,000 acres and would remain in the family for generations.<ref>Richard Cocke of Henrico, Virginia, Steven R. Day, November 1, 2007]</ref>

Cocke served as County Lieutenant various times and served as a representative from Henrico in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1644 to 1654.<ref>Documents, chiefly unpublished, relating to the Huguenot emigration to Virginia and to the settlement at Manakin-Town: with an appendix of genealogies, presenting data of the Fontaine, Maury, Dupuy, Trabue, Marye, Chastain, Cocke, and other families, Robert Alonzo Brock, 1886, page 193.</ref> He eventually owned three plantations, Curles, Bremo, and Malvern Hills. They totaled over 7,000 acres and would remain in the family for generations.<ref>Richard Cocke of Henrico, Virginia, Steven R. Day, November 1, 2007]</ref> Lt. Cocke died in 1665 in Henrico Co., Virginia.

Lt. Cocke died in 1665 in Henrico Co., Virginia. [[United States President]]s [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]] are descended from Richard Cocke.<ref>''The Royal Descents of Five Hundred Immigrants'', by Gary Boyd Roberts.</ref><ref>''Ancestors of American Presidents'', by Gary Boyd Roberts</ref>

[[United States President]]s [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]] are descended from Richard Cocke.<ref>''The Royal Descents of Five Hundred Immigrants'', by Gary Boyd Roberts.</ref><ref>''Ancestors of American Presidents'', by Gary Boyd Roberts</ref>

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