Captain Peter Cook, I

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Captain Peter Cook (Cooke), I

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Belilngham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: January 05, 1811 (90)
Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon Nicholas Cook, II and Elizabeth Cook
Husband of Elizabeth Cooke and Mary (Mercy) Cooke
Father of Charles Cooke; William Cooke; Nathaniel Cooke; John Cooke; Stephen Cooke and 16 others
Brother of Jemima Thayer; Reverend Nathaniel Cook, I; Daniel Cooke; William Deacon Cook; Caleb Cook and 6 others

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About Captain Peter Cook, I

Peter Cook & family were of the Society of Friends. He was Captainof the 1st

Company of Scituate of the Providence County Regiment, June 1769 andin June

1770 he was Captain of Scituate Troop of Horse of Second Company ofProvidence.

He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence of Scituate, RI in

September 1774. He is mentioned in "Records of the Colony of RhodeIsland, Vol

VII", pg 283. He supposedly received 700 acres of land in Foster, RIfor his

military services. His residence remained in Scituate after 1768.

SOURCE: "Colonial Families of The United States", Vol. 2. pg 213.Peter

Cooke was a licensed inn-keeper at Scituate, RI in 1755.


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@R-2142985985@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2204::0 SAR Membership Number: 81545 1,2204::853328

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Captain Peter Cook, I's Timeline

1720
August 26, 1720
Belilngham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1741
June 11, 1741
Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1742
1742
Scituate, Rhode Island, United States
1744
June 7, 1744
Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1746
July 12, 1746
Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1747
September 24, 1747
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1749
September 17, 1749
Scituate, Rhode Island, United States
1751
July 23, 1751
Scituate, RI, United States