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James Cook, Commander RN

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shadwell, London, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 25, 1794 (30-31) (Lost his life in going from Pool, to the Spitfire Sloop of War)
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain James Cook and Elizabeth Cook
Brother of Nathaniel Cook; Elizabeth Cook; Joseph Cook; George Cook and Hugh Cook

Managed by: Sharon Doubell
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About Commander James Cook

James Cook, Esq; Commander in the Royal Navy, who lost his Life on the 25th of January, 1794; in going from Pool, to the Spitfire Sloop of War, which he commanded; in the 31st Year of his Age. http://www.antarctic-circle.org/E50.htm

Goodman, Judith (Ed): ‘Coal & Calico, Letters & Papers of the Bennett & Leach Families of Merton & Wandworth’, 2008, Wimbledon, Merton Historical Society. Queries: Tony Leach

Capt Cook's Family Tree

John Cook Born: Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
x 19 Jan 1693, Ednam Jean Duncan Born: Smailholm

b1 James Cook Born:4 Mar 1694, Ednam? Baptised:12 Mar 1694, Ednam Died: 1 Apr 1779, Redcar, North Yorkshire Buried:1 Apr 1779, St Germain's, Marske-by-Sea
x10 Oct 1725, St Peter and St Paul, Stainton in Cleveland Grace Pace of Thornaby Born:1702 Died: 15 Feb 1765 Buried: All Saints, Great Ayton

b1c1 John Baptised: 10 Jan 1727/8, Ormesby Died: 20 Sep 1749 Buried: Great Ayton
b1c2 James Born: 27 Oct 1728, Marton Baptised: St. Cuthbert's Died: 14 Feb 1779, Hawaii Buried: Hawaii
x 21 Dec 1762, St Margaret's, Barking, Essex Elizabeth Batts

b1c2d1 James Born: 13 Oct 1763, Shadwell, London Baptised: St Pauls, Shadwell Died: 25 Jan 1794 Appointed Jan 1794 Commander of Sloop Spitfire Lost in an open boat, Poole Harbour off Isle of Wight Buried: St-Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge dsp
b1c2d2 Nathaniel Born: 14 Dec 1764, Mile End Old Town, London Baptised: St Pauls, Shadwell Died: 5 Oct 1780 Midshipman in Thunderer lost with all hands at sea in a hurricane off West Indies dsp
b1c2d3 Elizabeth Born: 1767 Died 9 Apr 1771 Buried: St-Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge dsp
b1c2d4 Joseph Born: 26 Aug 1768 Died: 13 Sep 1768 Buried: St-Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge dsp
b1c2d5 George Born: 8 Jul 1772 Died: 1 Oct 1772 Buried: St-Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge dsp
b1c2d6 Hugh Born: 23 May 1776 Died: 21 Dec 1793 of scarlet fever whilst a student at Christ College, Cambridge Buried: St-Andrew-the-Great, Cambridge dsp

b1c3 Christiana Baptised: 31 Jan 1731/2, Ormesby Died: 1795
x NN Cocker

b1c3d1 NN daughter Died: Asdown
b1c3d2 NN daughter
x NN Tree

b1c3d2e1 Ann Tree Born:1765 Died: 1867
x Wm Rumsey

b1c3d2e1f1 James Rumsey No known children

b1c4 Mary Baptised: 13 May 1733, Marton Died: 30 Jun 1737, Great Ayton Buried: 1 Jul 1737
b1c5 Jane Baptised: 21 May 1738 Died: 12 May 1742, Great Ayton
b1c6 Mary Baptised: 7 Dec 1740 Died:17 Jun 1741, Great Ayton Buried: July 1741
b1c7 Margaret Baptised: 20 Jul 1742 Buried: 17 Oct 1804
x 4 Sep 1764, All Saints, Great Ayton, James Fleck Born: 14 Feb 1739, Redcar Died: 1817

b1c7d1 James Baptised: 12 Jun 1765 Died: 1828
x 4 Feb 1794, Kirby Margaret Rowntree Known children
b1c7d2 Margaret Baptised: 18 Apr 1767 Died: 15 Dec 1800
x 15 Mar 1795, Marske Palister Thompson Known children
b1c7d3 Grace Baptised: 17 June 1770
x 21 Aug 1787, Marske John Carter Known children
b1c7d4 Mary Baptised: 21 Aug 1772
x 9 Sep 1794, Easington George Duck Known children
b1c7d5 Thomas Henry Baptised: 23 May 1775 Died: 1817, Boston, Lincs.
x 9 May 1799, Marske Hannah Potts Known children
b1c7d6 William Baptised: 2 Apr 1777 Died: 14 Apr 1777, Marske
b1c7d7 John Baptised: 9 Mar 1779 Died: 9 Oct 1835
x 30 Jan 1819, Monkwearmouth Isabella Cropton No known children
xx Isabella Black Known children
b1c7d8 Christiana Baptised: 31 Jul 1781 Buried: Naval almshouses, Deptford, London
x Thomas Hustler No known children

b1c8 William Born: 12 Jan 1745 Baptised: 26 Feb 1745 Died: 29 Jan 1748, Great Ayton Buried: 30 Jan 1748

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Commander James Cook's Timeline

1763
1763
Shadwell, London, England (United Kingdom)
1794
January 25, 1794
Age 31
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