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COCKING, Joseph

Male 1778 - 1858  (79 years)


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  • Name COCKING, Joseph 
    Birth 14 Apr 1778  Upton by Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • See death record for source of date. Place from transcription in Lincolnshire FHS Mar 1999 (Vol 10 No 1): Compiler Rev. Thomas Cocking, dated 21 Dec. 1864.
    Gender Male 
    Will
    • Will contains ledger showing: a r p L s d L s d
      10. 0.0 Wheat on fallows 5 ploughings at 7/- 17.10.0
      ? 2 draggings at 1/6 an acre 1.10.0
      ? Manuring 6 loads per a at 10/- per a 5. 0.0
      ? 4 harrowings at 1/- 2. 0. 0 26. 0. 0
      6. 2. 0 Wheat on tare stubbles Broad sharing (?)
      ? cleaning at 12/ per a. 3. 12.0
      ? manuring 6 loads per a at 10/- 3. 5.0
      ? 1 ploughing at 7/- 2. 5. 6
      ? 4 harrowings at 1/- 1. 6. 0 10. 4. 6
      15. 0. 0 Wheat on rape 1 ploughing at 7/- 5. 5. 0
      ? 4 harrowings at 1/- 3. 0. 0 8. 5. 0
      16. 0 .0 Wheat on seeds 1 ploughing at 7/- 5. 12. 0
      ? manuring 6 loads per a at 10/- 8. 0. 0
      ? 6 harrowings at 1/- 4. 16. 0 18. 8. 0
      47.2. 0 The whole drilling at 1/6 3. 11. 6
      Seed on 47 1/2 a. 7 pks per a.=
      10 qrs. 3bs. At 55/- 28. 10.7 1/2
      16. 0. 0 New Seeds - harrowing & drilling at 2/- 1. 12. 0
      ? cost of seeds as per bill 5. 13. 8 7. 5. 8
      6. 2. 0 Tares 1 ploughing at 7/- 2. 5. 6
      ? 4 harrowings at 1/- 1. 6. 0
      2? 1 qr. 5bs. Seed tares at 40/ 3. 5. 0 6.16. 0.
      49.0.0 Winter ploughing at 7/- 17. 3.0
      9 Quarters of barley in sacks at 32/- 14. 8.0
      25 do. Wheat unthrashed at 42/- 52.10.0
      5 Cows at ?14 each 70.0.0
      6 calves at ?2 each 12.0.0
      6 yearling beasts at 6 ? each 36.0.0
      5 steers & heifers at 11 ? each 55.0.0 173.0.0
      6 working horses at 15 ? each 90.0.0
      2 foals- (one useless being lame) 14.0.0 104.0.0
      carried over 470.12. 9 ?

      Inventory brought forward- L s d L s d 470.12. 9 ?
      40 Lambed & Inlambed ewes at 50/- 100.0.0
      28 He & She hogs at 40/- 56.00 1 56.0 .0
      2 Guilts in pig at 50/- 5.0.0
      1 Wagon & 3 Carts (very old) 20.0.0
      1 Carr 8.0.0
      3 ploughs 3.0.0
      3 pair of harrows 3.0.0
      1 drag 1.10.0
      Cake breaker 1.10.0
      Turnip Cutter 2.10.0
      Weighing machine & weights 2.10.0
      Scarifier 1. 5. 0
      50 sacks 2.10.0
      carried on -


      5 Tumbrils 4. 0.0
      Ladders, forks, spades & c 5. 0.0
      Gears & Tackling for horses 6. 0.0
      Stone Troughs 4. 0.0
      Household furniture 50. 0.0
      Money in hand 14. 0.0
      760. 7. 9 ?
      On a scrap of paper pinned to this account:-


      Growing crops 109, 11, 9 ?
      Plowing (sic) 17. 3. 0
      Corn 66. 18. 0
      Beasts 173. 0. 0
      Horses 104. 0. 0
      Sheep 156. 0. 0
      Pigs 5. 0. 0
      Implements 64.15. 0
      Household furniture 50. 0. 0
      Money 14. 0. 0
      760.7.9.1/2
      From Nicola Pike [resident of Fulstow] Sept 2011.
    Death 27 Mar 1858  Fulstow, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Est 29 Mar 1858  Fulstow, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • tomb inscribed "Through a long life of piety and rectitude he enjoyed the respect of all but his favourite sentiment was " How vain is flattery on a tomb .....etc" sent by Nicola Pike Sept 2011 [a Fulstow resident & history researcher] Sept 2011.
    Person ID I8633  Ward
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2011 

    Father COCKING, Joseph,   b. Abt 1743, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1828, Upton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother WARRINER, Sarah,   b. Abt 1744, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 27 Nov 1821, Upton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jul 1772  Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Cocking of Parish of Upton marriage to Sarah Warrener of this parish [Tuxford]. [the evidence suggests we have the correct people] From England Collection Bishops Transcripts 1698 - 1800. LDS film # 504052. Looked at film Oct 2011.
    Family ID F2236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BOOTH, Ann,   b. Abt 1789, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1863, Fulstow, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 06 Mar 1806  Morton by Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Cocking marriage to Ann Rooth. [have assumed this is same person] From England Marriages 1538 - 1973. LDS film # 504522. [I believe Rooth is a transcription error, as on the 1841 census Joseph & Ann are living with a John Booth age 85, not born in Lincs.] June 2011. Also Pallot's marriages on ancestry.com .
    Children 
    +1. COCKING, John,   b. Abt 1806, Morton by Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1890, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. COCKING, Robert,   b. 1809, Upton by Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1810, Upton by Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. COCKING, Ann,   b. Abt 1812, Upton by Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1880, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
    Family ID F2247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 06 Mar 1806 - Morton by Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Mar 1858 - Fulstow, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Est 29 Mar 1858 - Fulstow, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
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