Hester Mayhieu

     Hester Mayhieu was born in 1592 at Leiden, Holland. She was the daughter of Jean Mayhieu and Jane (?). Hester Mayhieu married Francis Cooke on 20 July 1603 at Leiden, Holland.¹ Hester Mayhieu died on 18 June 1686.
     Hester was a Huguenot who had lived in both Canterbury, England and Leiden, Holland. She arrived in Plymouth Colony on "The Anne" with three of her children by Francis Cooke.