Lemuel
Cook
Born in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of David Newcomb Cook
and Salome (Lombard) Cook
Brother of
Rebecca Cook, Martha (Cook) Stanford, Rebecca (Cook) Lothrop, Salome Cook, Rosetta (Cook) Hall, Thomas Dunlap Cook, Benjamin Lombard Cook and Eliza Bryant (Cook) Dolliver
Husband of
Mary Jones (Weeks) Cook
— married
5 Feb 1841 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Husband of
Ann Atwood (Lewis) Cook
— married
17 Mar 1861 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2022
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Biography
Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.
Lemuel was born in 1811. He was the son of David Cook and Salome Lombard. He passed away in 1888.
On February 5, 1841, in Provincetown, Lemuel Cook married Mary J. Weeks.[1]
He was head lighthouse keeper at Race Point Lighthouse from 1847 to 1853.[2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274551-00037
- ↑ https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=523
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD98-758 : 22 December 2020), Lemuel Cook, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWYT-W4V : 16 November 2022), Lemuel Cook and Ann A. Atwood Rich, 1861.
- "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQL-351 : 6 April 2020), Lemuel Cook, 1888.
| Preceded by Elijah Dyer |
Head Keeper, Race Point Lighthouse 1847 – 1853 |
Succeeded by Waterman Crocker |
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lemuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lemuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lemuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lemuel:
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~0.39%
Margi (Cook) Underwood
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