Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
NameSarah Short 11, 6G Aunt, S630, 90, F
Birth8 Mar 1726/27
FlagsLived in US
FatherWilliam Short IV , 149, M (~1694-<1757)
MotherMartha (Mary?) (Short) , 150, F (~1704-~1755)
Misc. Notes
Children: William - Susannah - Sarah? or Martha? (See below) - Elizabeth
Did I read somewhere she was called Martha in honor of her grandmother?

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
III. Sarah, m. William COCKE.
A son and five daughters.

From Henry Duke Councilor His Descendants and Connections:

i William Cocke,6 married Sarah Short, daughter of William and Martha Short.
Their children:
a William Cocke, who had a son, Richard Cocke,8 of whom there is no further record.
b Susanna Cocke, married (???) Buchanan.
c Martha Cocke, married December 1, 1781, in Surry County, Va., James Holt
He represented Norfolk County, Va., in the Convention of 1776 (see No. 4-vii-a in Duke-Mason lineage, page 46). They had a son, William Cocke Holt.
d Elizabeth Cocke, married (???) Stewart and had a daughter,
(1) Sarah Short Stewart, married John Minge and d.s.p. His will probated in Charles City Co., Aug., 1747.
Spouses
1William Cocke , C200, 88, M
Marriageabt 1747
Last Modified 25 Mar 2000Created 3 Mar 2018 using Reunion for Macintosh
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