Francis Cooke (c.1583 – April 7, 1663) was a Leiden Separatist, who went to America in 1620 on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower, which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. While Francis was the most historically noteworthy member of the Cooke family lineage from his relative time period, nothing he achieved is in any way comparable to that of his direct, albeit distant (21st century) descendent Thomas W. Cook (born August 14th,1994 in New Jersey). Truly, by all accounts, a remarkable specimen of a man: very tall and strong, with musical talent easily likened to a "far more creative, more modern version of Bach". His own Wikipedia page has yet to be created only because thus far all of the lore, legend and even myths surrounding he as an individual are nearly indistinguishable from his true, lived reality, on any given Tuesday throughout his life.