Prudence Gill ^{1 2 3 4}

  Research Notes:

From FindaGrave.com:
Prudence was the daughter of Stephen Gill (died 17 Feb 1734) and Elizabeth (Haubert/Hubbard/Hubbert) Gill. She was baptized at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland.

On 14 May 1753, Prudence signed a marriage contract with Thomas Cockey, and it was witnessed by Stephen and Elinor Gill.

Prudence and Thomas Cockey (24 Dec 1724 - 22 Nov 1784) married on 15 May 1753 at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church.

Thomas was the son of Capt. John Cockey, Sr., (1680-1746) and Elizabeth (Slade) Cockey Baker (c.1685-1780).

According to Thomas and Prudence's grandson, Mordecai Gist Cockey, Thomas had some stipulations about who could be buried on the family property called "Melinda's Prospect." However, when the property left the Cockey family, Thomas, Prudence, and Thomas, Jr., all ended up together at a cemetery. Mordecai said you could hear the bodies rolling.

Mordecai Gist Cockey (1802-1872) was the son of Thomas Cockey, Jr., and Ruth (Brown) Cockey.

  Birth Notes:

FindaGrave.com has b. 6 Feb 1727. Another source has b. 26 Jan 1727.

  Burial Notes:

From FindaGrave.com:
Written in 1966 - "The Cockey family cemetery in the Worthington Valley was on the estate known as "Melinda's Prospect." In March 1930, the bodies and markers were removed by the Cockey family to the graveyard of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, at Owings Mills, Baltimore County. Here a plot, located in the old section, against a north wall, they were re-interred and the original markers remain in place to this day."

Prudence married Thomas Cockey, son of Capt. John Cockey and Elizabeth Slade, on 17 May 1753 in St. Thomas Anglican Church, Garrison, Baltimore, Maryland, (United States). (Thomas Cockey was born on 13 Dec 1724 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States), died on 22 Nov 1784 in Greenspring Valley, Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was buried in St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, (United States) ⁶.)