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VIRGINIA HERALDICA 83
1728. He was one of the founders of William and JIary CoUese, of
which he was one of the first trustees.
COCK. Lancaster and Middlesex counties.
Arms: Argent a chevron engrailed gules between three eagle's
heads erased sable, on a canton azure an anchor or.
In 1653 there is a patent to Nicholas Cock for 600 acres In Lancaster
county, and in 1663 a grant to Maurice Cock, son of the
above, of a like amount. In 16S3 there is a grant recorded to
Nicholas Cock of 346 acres in Middlesex. It is evident that Nicholas
Cock was a Dutch settler, as he was naturalized with Minor
Dcodes and other Dutchmen in Middlesex in 1673. He died 25 Oct.,
16S7, and his tombstone in Middlesex bears the above arms, which
are those of Cocke of the counties of Lancashire and Cornwall.
There was a Nicholas Cock of South Pederwyn, Cornwall, who was
married to Elizabeth Lower, daughter of Ferdinando Lower of
Lesaunt, Cornwall, and whose pedigree is given in the Visitation
of Cornwall for 1620. It is possible that this Nicholas might have
been the father of Nicholas who came to Virginia. During the
period of the Civil War in England many Englishmen went to
Holland and became Dutch subjects, and it is possible that Nicholas
may have done the same and, after settling in Virginia, became
once more an English subject. He married, about 1661, Jane,
widow of Bartholomew Curtis. By her second husband she had
issue, Jane Cock, who married Rice Jones, and a son, Maurice
Cock, who married Elizabeth, widow of Doodes Minor, son of
Minor Doodes. Maurice Cock made his will 15 May, 1696, and
with him the male line of this family became extinct.
WILLOUGHBY. Elizabeth City county.
Arms: Or on two bars gules three water bougets argent.
Crest: A griflSn argent.
According to family tradition, Thomas Willoughby, the Virginia
immigrant, was a nephew of Sir Percival Willoughby of Wallaton.
He was bom in 1601 and, according to Hotten, came to the colony
in 1610. He was a Justice of Elizabeth City in 1628, member of
the House of Burgesses 1629-32 and of the Council 1644-46. He
was a large land ov.ner in Lower Norfolk county, which his descendants
owned for many generations. His wife's name is not
known, but he had an only son. Col. Thomas Willoughby. born
in Va., 25 Dec, 1632, and educated at Merchant Taylors School,
London. He married Sarah, daughter of Richard and Ursula
(Bisshe) Thompson of Northumberland county. He died in 1672
and his widow, Sarah, in 1673, leaving children, Thomas and Sarah.
WORMELEY. Middlesex coimty.
Arms: Gules on a chief indented argent, three lions rampant
sable.
The immigrant, Ralph Wormeley, was descended from Sir John
de Wormeley of Hadfield, Yorkshire. He was a member of the
Council and died in 1649. His son Ralph of "Rosegill," Middlesex