Nathaniel Cook RN (1764 - 1780)

Born 14 Dec 1764 in Mile End Old Town, Stepney, Middlesex, England

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Died 3 Oct 1780 at age 15 in At sea, on board HMS Thunderer off the coast of Jamaica

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Biography

Nathaniel Cook RN was born in Middlesex, England.

Midshipman Nathaniel Cook RN was the second son of British explorer and naval officer Captain James Cook RN and his wife Elizabeth Batts. He was born on 14 December 1764 in the hamlet of Mile End Old Town, in the parish of Stepney in London's east end.^[1][2] He was baptised at St Dunstan, Stepney, on 8 January 1765.^[2]

He followed in his father's and eldest brother's footsteps, becoming an officer the Royal Navy.^[1][3]

He died on 3 October 1780, aged 15, serving on board HMS Thunderer in the West Indies. HMS Thunderer, under the command of Captain Boyle Walsingham, foundered in a hurricane off the coast of Jamaica with the loss of all 617 lives on board.^[1][3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Andrew Kippis, The life of Captain James Cook, 1788, volume 2, page 315. Google Books (accessed 30 Nov 2019).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (database and images). Nathaniel Cook, 8 Jan 1765, baptism (accessed 1 Dec 2019); citing London Metropolitan Archives, Reference: P93/DUN/004. Ancestry Record 1624 #3452757. Free Ancestry Image.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Arthur Kitson, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., “The Circumnavigator”, New York: E P Dutton & Company, 1907, pages 507-8. Internet Archive (accessed 1 Dec 2019).
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "HMS Thunderer (1760)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 2 Dec 2019).
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "St Andrew the Great," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 3 Dec 2019).

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