Hester Mahieu

1592 - 1666

• Born	1592	Canterbury, Kent, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jun 1666	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Notes	!Plymouth Families #974.482/P3 D23d From an Internet Posting: "Mahieu" is a French surname, =not= a variant of an English surname such a "Mayhew." [On the other hand, it's possible that "Mayhew" might have been a variant of "Mahieu" at some earlier time- but I know of no evidence to support such a conclusion. Due to the Norman Conquest (1066) there are many "English" surnames having French origins.] Hester Mahieu was a Huguenot (French Protestant) and a member of the Walloon Church in Leiden; she is supposed to have been born at Canterbury, England, however. If I recall correctly, her family was from an area near Lill (and near the present French / Belgian border). Her English birth is not as anomalous as it might seem - many Huguenots fled to England in the 1500's in the wake of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and a large colony of Huguenots developed at Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I (late 1500s), in particular. Hester's mother is known (Jeanne / Jennie), as well as several of her sisters. Without checking my files, however, I don't recall how solid the identification of Hester's father is [he is believed to have been a Jacques Mahieu]. Hester's sister, Marie, married Phillippe de Lannoy [this surname evolved to Delano] and Francis Cooke was a sponsor (godparent) to one of the de Lannoy / Delano children. [BTW, this Delano line is the source of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's middle name; his mother was Sarah Delano.] BTW, at least three American presidents were descendants of [Jacques?] and Jeanne Mahieu: Ulyssess Simpson Grant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George Herbert Walker Bush. [Grant was a Delano - Mahieu descendant and Bush is a Cooke - Mahieu descendant. FDR has two lines from the Mahieu family, one through Hester, and one through her sister, Marie.] I have photocopies of most (if not all) of the =known= Mahieu info in my files. For a long time, I also wondered about the possibility of a Mahieu / Mayhew connection as the two surnames are nearly identical phonetically. While it is certainly possible that the English Mayhew families that came to New England later were derived from =some= French "Mahieu" family in an earlier generation, I know of =no= connection with the family of Hester having been proved (or even speculated). In short, there is no known evidence to even hint at such a connection. Furthermore, the origins of these English Mayhew families were not at or near Canterbury. [2]
  Person ID	I3621881	7_families
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2006

  
  

  Father	Jacques (Jan) Mahieu,   b. 1559, Leyden, Zuid, Holland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mrs. Jennie Mahieu,   b. Abt 1562, Canterbury, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Jun 1603	Leyden, Zuid, Holland
  Family ID	F1199118	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Francis Cooke, (Mayflower),   b. Aug 1577, Blyth Parish, Austerfield, Nottingham, England ,   d. 7 Apr 1663, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Married	30 Jun 1613	Leyden, Zuid, Holland   [1]
  Children	1. John Cooke, (Mayflower),   b. Jan 1607, Leyden, Zuid, Holland ,   d. 23 Nov 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts > 2. Jane Cooke,   b. Bef 1613, Leyden, Zuid, Holland ,   d. Abt 1650, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts   3. Jacob Cooke,   b. Abt 1618, Leyden, Zuid, Holland ,   d. 18 Dec 1675 > 4. Hester Cooke,   b. Abt 1620, Leyden, Zuid, Holland ,   d. Aft 21 May 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts > 5. Mary Cooke,   b. Abt 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Mar 1696, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2006
  Family ID	F1198657	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 30 Jun 1613 - Leyden, Zuid, Holland Died - 18 Jun 1666 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S7689] Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations, Robert S. Wakefield, (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, c1987), 1 (Reliability: 3). [S307] Plymouth Families, William Thomas Davis, (Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1899).