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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Mary (Polly) Cook: Birth: 01 AUG 1803 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 14 AUG 1893 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada

  2. Lois Cook: Birth: 13 OCT 1805 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 1852 in Cookshire, Quebec, Canada

  3. Susan Cook: Birth: 15 FEB 1807 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 09 SEP 1859 in Sawyerville, Quebec, CANADA

  4. Esther Cook: Birth: 17 MAY 1809 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 20 MAY 1884 in Sawyerville, Quebec, CANADA

  5. John Craig Cook: Birth: 15 MAY 1811 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 16 AUG 1882 in Cookshire, Quebec, Canada

  6. James Henry Cook: Birth: 11 FEB 1813 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 04 NOV 1816 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada

  7. David Noble Cook: Birth: 24 JAN 1815 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 1829 in Cookshire, Quebec, Canada

  8. James Henry Cook: Birth: 19 JAN 1817 in Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Death: 1882 in Cookshire, Quebec, Canada


Notes
a. Note:   John Cook came to Canada originally from Connecticut, about 1800. He and a friend of 19 years of age followed the Connecticut River to Canaan, VT and then the Eaton River to what is now Cookshire, Quebec. Just below what is now Cookshire, he found a stretch of many acres of majestic pine and spruce, with the uplands well watered with bubbling springs. Here he chose the site for his homestead, and the following year, he returned with his bride, Esther Abbott, and they built a log house just north of the village of Cookshire. In 1810, their house was destroyed by fire, but they rebuilt one of the first frame houses in the area. Captain Cook died in May of 1819, and the home farm was carried on by his sons John Craig Cook and James Cook.
  The Cookshire Chronicle states that Cook was a rather small man, but muscular and strong. It is said that on one occasion, accompanied by several neighbours, he walked to the nearest town to obtain supplies. On the return trip each man carried about 60 pounds on his back. One of the companions became tired and decided to leave part of his load beside the road. Cook, fearing the loss of these precious goods, took half of the burden of his tiring companion, and carried an estimated 90 pounds the rest of the way home. This shows the courage, determination and tenacity that marked his character.
  In 1820, his US associate Col. Ellsworth Taylor, came North to visit him only to find that he had died the year before. He suggested that the town be called Cookshire in honor of Captain John Cook.

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