James Cook
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James Cook (bef. 1693 - bef. 1779)

James Cook
Born before in Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married 10 Oct 1725 in Stainton, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Died before at about age 86 in Redcar, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biography

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James Cook was born in Scotland.

James was born in about 1694 at Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland and baptised on 4 March 1694 at the parish of Ednam[1]. He was the son of John Cook and Jean Duncane.

He married Grace Pace on 10 October 1725 at Stainton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire[2]. They had eight children.

  1. John (1726[3] - 1750[4]
  2. James (1728[5] - 1779[6]
  3. Christiana (who married a Cocker of Staithes) (1730[7] - )
  4. Mary (1733[8] - 1737[9])
  5. Jane (1738[10] - 1742[11])
  6. Mary (1740[12] - 1741[13])
  7. Margaret (who married James Fleck of Redcar) (1742[14] - 1804[15])
  8. William (1744[16] - 1748[17])

The five children who died before he did are buried with his wife, being recorded on the back of her headstone. His second son James became Captain James Cook, FRS, RN, explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

Grace died on 18 February 1765 at Great Ayton[18]. She was buried at All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Yorkshire. The inscription reads:

IN MEMORY OF
GRACE COOK WHO DIED FEB. 18 1765, AGED 63 YEARS
AND OF JAMES COOK WHO WAS BURIED AT MARSKE APRIL 1ST 1779
THE ABOVE JAMES AND GRACE COOK WERE THE PARENTS OF THE
CELEBRATED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR JAMES COOK,
WHO WAS BORN AT MARTON OCT 27TH 1728, EDUCATED IN THIS VILLAGE
AND KILLED AT OWHYHEE DEC. 14TH 1779. (note this should be FEB)

He went to live with his daughter, Margaret Fleck, at Redcar.

James died in 1779 at Redcar, Yorkshire[19] He was buried on 1 April 1779 at St. Germain Churchyard, Marske, Yorkshire[20]. A gravestone erected later contains a memorial to him as follows:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN JAMES ROBINSON JUNR. OF BLENAVON HOUSE
WHO WAS LOST AT SEA SEPT. 9TH 1904 AGED 22 YEARS
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS FATHER & MOTHER & TO MARK
THE SPOT WHERE JAMES COOK FATHER OF CAPTAIN COOK R.N.
THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR WAS BURIED APRIL 1ST 1779

Sources

  1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X11N-2QR : 12 February 2020), James Cook, 1694. Accessed 17 Dec 2022
  2. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66G4-Y71V : 11 August 2022), Grace Pace in entry for James Cook, 1725. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N548-JQR : 18 September 2020), John Cooke, 1726. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141468281/john-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for John Cook (1726–20 Sep 1750), Find A Grave: Memorial #141468281, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  5. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:682W-TWL7 : 23 September 2021), James Cook, 1728. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10951/james-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for James Cook (27 Oct 1728–14 Feb 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #10951, citing Kealakekua Bay, Captain Cook, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
  7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N548-VXH : 18 September 2020), Christiana Cook, 1730. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWFH-V4W : 20 March 2020), Mary Cook, 1733. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141468278/mary-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for Mary Cook (May 1733–30 Jun 1737), Find A Grave: Memorial #141468278, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPBT-7Z7 : 20 March 2020), Jane Cook, 1738. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141468283/jane-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for Jane Cook (May 1738–12 May 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #141468283, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  12. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPBT-F2C : 20 March 2020), Mary Cook, 1740. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141468279/mary-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for Mary Cook (Dec 1740–17 Jun 1741), Find A Grave: Memorial #141468279, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  14. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3DK-993 : 20 March 2020), Margaret Cook, 1742. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143988571/margaret-fleck: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for Margaret Cook Fleck (20 Jul 1742–16 Oct 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #143988571, citing St. Germain Churchyard, Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  16. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB9Q-NQJ : 20 March 2020), William Cook, 1744. Accessed 8 Dec 2022
  17. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141468280/william-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for William Cook (12 Jan 1744–29 Jan 1748), Find A Grave: Memorial #141468280, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  18. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141355662/grace-cook: accessed 08 December 2022), memorial page for Grace Pace Cook (10 Oct 1702–18 Feb 1765), Find A Grave: Memorial #141355662, citing All Saints Churchyard, Great Ayton, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  19. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141355990/james-cook: accessed 17 December 2022), memorial page for James Cook Sr. (Mar 1693–1 Apr 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #141355990, citing St. Germain Churchyard, Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).
  20. ↑ Ancestry.com. Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873 (database). James Cook, 1 Apr 1779, burial (accessed 2 Dec 2019); citing Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, UK; Yorkshire: Marske-in-Cleveland Parish Register, 1570-1812. Ancestry Record 61630 #292673. Free Ancestry Image.




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Grave stone for Grace Cook, with information for her husband James Cook and son Captain James Cook
Grave stone for Grace Cook, with information for her husband James Cook and son Captain James Cook


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Sidaway-71 Judith (Sidaway) Brooksbank
Mrs Robinson's house, Blenavon House, High Street, Marske-by-the-Sea, was later - and for many years - the home of my grandparents Arthur Ernest Julius Sidaway and Sarah Edith Sidaway (born Pallant). My grandfather had a dentistry practice there and it was their family home. My father, George Evelyn Pallant Sidaway, and his siblings lived there as children. My father told one of my sisters that Captain Cook's parents once lived in a building which later became a garden shed in the garden of Blenavon House. I haven't been able to find any evidence of this but the building behind Blenavon House could have been much older. The address of the small building was more likely St Germain's Lane than High Street; there is a path from St Germain's Lane to the back garden where the little building is. I lived at the house next door to Blenavon House.
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