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Capt Ephraim Cook

Birth	:	1 Jun 1737
Death	:	17 Nov 1821
Burial	:	Oakland Cemetery, Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8964005, -90.1800003
Description	:	From "A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia" By John Roy Campbell: Ephraim Cooke, one of the Committee and the first Registrar of Deeds, is entitled to some notice. He was a seafaring man who had lost one of his legs; and a few still living can recall the days when their childish fancy identified him with the Captain Cook who sailed round the world. He was not one of the first thirteen of 1761; but he was here before any of them; and, as far as we know, he was the first Englishman who set foot on this... Read More	From "A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia" By John Roy Campbell: Ephraim Cooke, one of the Committee and the first Registrar of Deeds, is entitled to some notice. He was a seafaring man who had lost one of his legs; and a few still living can recall the days when their childish fancy identified him with the Captain Cook who sailed round the world. He was not one of the first thirteen of 1761; but he was here before any of them; and, as far as we know, he was the first Englishman who set foot on this County. He was the pioneer of the Yarmouth fishing trade, and he knew these shores for seasons before the year of settlement, having been one of those who came to fish and then return to their New England homes at the end of the season. As the youngest of three sons, he was kept at home (Kingston, Mass.), to work on the farm. In 1755 he accompanied his father, who was a Captain of Militia, and, while building a fort, a log fell and broke his leg, necessitating amputation below the knee. He could farm no longer, and afterwards he became a Surveyor. But he preferred the sea; and it is as shoresman and storekeeper in his future father-in-law's fishing vessel that we first meet with him in the spring of 1761, before the arrival of any intending settlers. He first camped on Tinkham's Island; then at Cook's harbour, where he had a better beach to cure the fish. He busied himself at home in Kingston during the winter of 1761 in getting out the frame of a house, which was of oak, part of which can yet be identified. Being lame, he required a horse for drawing the fish to and from the flakes; and as water was distant from his camping place, he procured a stout canoe, in which he fixed a barrel; and by these expedients he supplemented the loss of his limb. He gradually became a man of considerable influence in the Township. He had a vessel of about 35 or 40 tons, all of oak, in the fishing trade, of which we may describe him as the founder. In her he employed seven or eight men, who, on the well now obsolete mode of payment, were " supplied" from his store. We have already noted that he was the first Registrar; afterwards, he was appointed the first Captain of Militia for both sides of tne Chebogue River; in addition to which he held a commission as Justice of the Peace. He died in the year 1821, leaving behind him a good substance, a large family, and a fair fame.

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Capt Ephraim Cook's memorial is located at: Oakland Cemetery, Clinton, Clinton County, USA.
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Latitude: 41.8964005
Longitude: -90.1800003

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Louisa Ring Cook

(1748 - 1826)

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Children

(1766 - 1855)

(1768 - 1849)

(1772 - 1853)

(1778 - 1839)

(1786 - 1875)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oakland Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8964005, -90.1800003

2. Calvary Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8944016, -90.1808014

3. Saint Boniface Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8960991, -90.1844025

4. Calvary Cemetery
Fulton, Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8758011, -90.1641998

5. Fulton Township Cemetery
Fulton, Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8725014, -90.1603012

6. Dierks Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8880997, -90.2236023

7. Mount Saint Clare Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8514179, -90.1973494

8. Springdale Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8530998, -90.2067032

9. Hess Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8586006, -90.2225037

10. Holy Cross Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8731003, -90.2433014

11. Pine Grove Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8442001, -90.2253036

12. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8417015, -90.2272034

13. Miller-Wilson Cemetery
Almont, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9641991, -90.2118988

14. Baker Cemetery
Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8883018, -90.0828018

15. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8535995, -90.2658005

16. Smith Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9742012, -90.1949997

17. Hollinshead Cemetery
Ustick, Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9053001, -90.0689011

18. Hauntown Cemetery
Elk River Junction, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9889153, -90.1973505

19. Clinton Lawn Cemetery
Clinton, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8172000, -90.2482990

20. Andover Cemetery
Andover, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9750000, -90.2530000

21. Cottonwood Cemetery
Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8532982, -90.0643997

22. Garden Plain Cemetery
Garden Plain, Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8014070, -90.1204100

23. Spring Valley Methodist Cemetery
Fulton, Whiteside County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9055755, -90.0365056

24. Lower York Cemetery
Thomson, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9588890, -90.0555573