Richard Cooke
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Richard Cooke, Tailor
Richard Cooke was a tailor married to Elizabeth. Their son, Dr. Elisha Cooke Sr, would go on to serve as a physician and the Speaker of the Massachusetts Bay Assembly. After his death in 1673, Richard left his money to the church and to building what was then “New College” in Cambridge, which would eventually become Harvard University.
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645) is a series of articles covering the surviving records of the earliest landowners in the West End.
Article by Mia Sager, edited by Sebastian Belfanti
Source: Annie Haven Thwing; The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the town of Boston; Thwing Database, accessed at the Massachusetts Historical Society archives; Samuel Chester Clough Research Materials Toward a Topographical History of Boston
