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COCKING, Rev. Thomas

Male 1790 - 1870  (79 years)


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  • Name COCKING, Thomas 
    Title Rev. 
    Birth 21 Dec 1790  Thorney, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "Family Register" of a Cocking Family; from transcription in Lincolnshire FHS Mar 1999 (Vol 10 No 1): Compiler Rev. Thomas Cocking, dated 21 Dec. 1864.
    Gender Male 
    Death 06 Oct 1870  Alford, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • probate
    Person ID I8685  Ward
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2013 

    Father COCKING, William,   b. 23 Mar 1758, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1826, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother TUSTING, Rebecca,   b. 01 Jul 1764, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1843, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jul 1785  Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • William Cocking, of the parish (Newton on Trent), 26, single, & Rebecca Tusting, of the parish, 21, single. From MB 1785/315&316, from Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegation by LFHS. Sept 2011 FindMy Past. Originally from a transcription in Lincolnshire FHS Mar 1999 (Vol 10 No 1): Compiler Rev. Thomas Cocking, dated 21 Dec. 1864.
    Family ID F2251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 UNKNOWN, Jane,   b. Abt 1799, Malton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1855, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage Est 1820  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. COCKING, Ann,   b. Abt 1834, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1910, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F2266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

    Family 2 THOMPSON, Sarah,   b. Abt 1818, Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900, Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 21 May 1857  Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • At Newton on Trent, on the 21st inst. by the Rev. H. Wynter, vicar), the Rev Thomas Cocking, Wesleyan minister, of Alford, to Miss Sarah Thompson of the former place. In Lincolnshire Chronicle Fri 29 May 1857, marriage notice. Findmypast.com Feb 2013.
    Family ID F2267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Est 1820 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 May 1857 - Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 06 Oct 1870 - Alford, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • At the Conference of 1830 the Rev. Thomas Cocking was appointed to labour in the Aberdeen Circuit. Taken from MEMOIRS OF
      MRS. MARGARET CARGILL, WIFE OF THE REV. DAVID CARGILL, A.M.,
      WESLEYAN MISSIONARY; dated 1841.
    • authored the book: "The History of the Wesleyan Methodism in Grantham and its vicinity".
    • From the Wesleyan Methodist "Minutes of the Methodist Conference, 1871. Thomas Cocking ; who was early converted to God, entered our ministry in 1819, and for more than half a century laboured as a faithful and useful servant of Jesus Christ. His
      preaching was plain, practical, and earnest He was gentle in disposition, and yet firm in the administration of discipline. For the Lord's day he had a high regard, and by the press, the pulpit, and his example, sought to promote its better observance. He
      was diligent in visiting the sick, and was greatly beloved. He died at Alford, October 6th, I87O, in the eighty-first year of his age. June 2011.


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