MAHIEU Esther

Notes:

Bio: Came to America on the ship Anne in 1623. She was of Walloon (French Protestant) stock but
came to Leyden, Holland from Canterbury, England where there was a Walloon church, in the records
of which the name of Mahieu was common. The marriage intentions state Hester Mahieu was from
Canterbury, England and she was accompanied by her mother, Jennie Mahieu and her sister Jennie
Mahieu. In his book "Hypocrisie Unmasked", Edward Winslow stated she was a "Walloone" and came
from the French "Mayflower Descendant" 27:145 shows she was admitted to the French Reformed
Church in Leiden in 1603. "Take notice of our practie at Leyden, viz. that one Samuel Terry was
received from the French Church there, into communion with us; also the wife of Francis Cooke being
a Walloone, holds communion with the Church at Plymouth , as she came from the French, to this
day, by virtue of communion of churches." [Winslow's "Hypocrisie Unmasked" in "Mayflower
Descendant" 27:64] Daughter of Jacques an d Jenne/Jeanne (___) Mahieu, Walloon refugees from
the area around Lille (now in France). If 19 at marriage and 42 at the birth of her last known child
about late 1626, then Hester was born about 1584 and thus was about two years younger than her
husband. As Hester was about 82 in 1666, it seems likely she died closer to 1666 than to 1675.
Hester Mahie was admited to communion in the Walloon church by confession of faith on June 1,
1603, about a month and a half before her marriage.

Half Siblings:
Marie Mahieu De Lannoy
Maire Le Mahieu DeLannoy 1580-1650

Died:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16220034/hester-cooke

Esther married COOKE Francis on 20 Jul 1603 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Francis was born in Aug 1583 in England; died on 07 Apr 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. COOKE John Soule was born on 20 May 1608 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 23 Nov 1695 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA.
2. COOKE Infant was born on 20 May 1608; died on 20 May 1608.
3. COOKE Jane was born about 1609 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died before 1641 in Plymouth, MA.
4. COOKE Elizabeth was born before 16 Dec 1611 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died about 22 May 1627.
5. COOKE Jacob was born in 1618 in Leyden, South Holland; died on 07 Jul 1676 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.
6. COOKE Hester was born about 1620 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA; died before 07 Dec 1675 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.
7. COOKE Mary was born about 22 Mar 1625 in Plymouth, MA; died on 21 Mar 1714 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA.
8. COOKE Mercy was born about 1627 in Plymouth, MA; died about 1628.

Jacques married LEMAN Jeanne "Jennie". Jeanne was born in 1563; died in 1609. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possible spelling: Laman