James COOK (1763?-1794)

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Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 13 Oct 1763 (cal)

  • Shadwell, Greater London, England, UK

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Nov 1763 (age 19 dys)

  • St Pauls Church, Shadwell, Greater London, England, UK1

  • Occupation:

  • 1794 (age 30-31)

  • Commander, Royal Navy.2

  • Death:

  • 24 Jan 1794 (age 30)

  • Solent Beach, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK3

  • Burial:

  • 5 Feb 1794

  • St Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

  • Monument Inscription:

  • 5 Feb 1794 (age 30)

  • St Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK4

Additional Information

  • Baptism:

  • son of James, mariner, and Elizabeth Cook of Upper Shadwell

  • Death:

  • Cause: Presumed drowned.

    Left Poole in an open boat to sail to Portsmouth, his

    body was found the next day on the beach, Isle of Wight.

  • Burial:

  • in the main aisle with his Mother.

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Baptism of James Cook, St Pauls, Shadwell, Middlesex, England, UK, 1 November 1763.

2.

Walter Besant, 1892, Captain Cook, Macmillan & Co, page 188.

3.

Ibid.

4.

Memorial Inscription for the Cook family at St Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge.