Paternal Family Tree: Cocks
On 26th April 1716 John Somers 1st Baron Somers [aged 65] died unmarried and without issue. Baron Somers extinct. His great nephew Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers became 1st Baron Somers of the second creation in 1784.
On 3rd September 1724 [his father] John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire and [his mother] Mary Cocks were married. They were uncle and niece.
On 29th June 1725 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers was born to John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire and Mary Cocks. Coefficient of inbreeding 12.50%.
On 8th August 1759 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 34] and Elizabeth Eliot were married.
On 6th May 1760 [his son] John Cocks 1st Earl Somers was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Eliot.
In 1771 [his wife] Elizabeth Eliot died.
On 24th June 1771 [his father] John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire died.
On 14th March 1773 [his daughter] Anna Maria Cocks was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 47] and [his wife] Anne Pole [aged 21]. She married 4th December 1797 her second cousin Philip Yorke, son of Bishop James Yorke and Mary Maddox, and had issue.
On 2nd December 1774 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel Philip James Cocks was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 49] and [his wife] Anne Pole [aged 22].
On 4th February 1779 [his mother] Mary Cocks died.
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On 17th May 1784 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 58] was created 1st Baron Somers. His great-uncle was John Somers 1st Baron Somers.
On 4th December 1797 [his son-in-law] Philip Yorke [aged 27] and [his daughter] Anna Maria Cocks [aged 24] were married. He the son of Bishop James Yorke [aged 67] and Mary Maddox. They were second cousins.
On 30th January 1806 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 80] died. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baron Somers.
On 25th April 1833 [his former wife] Anne Pole [aged 81] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cocks of Castleditch Herefordshire
Grandfather: Charles Cocks
Father: John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Somers
Grandmother: Mary Somers
Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cocks of Castleditch Herefordshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cocks
Grandfather: Reverend Thomas Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Somers
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Somers
Mother: Mary Cocks
