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PVT Samuel Cook Jr.

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PVT Samuel Cook Jr.

Birth
Death
19 Apr 1775
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot
Unknown. Memorial plaque at entrance and memorial stone within cemetery.
Memorial ID
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American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was thirty-three years old at the time of his death.

The other six men of Danvers killed that day:
Benjamin Deland, Jr
George Southwick, Jr
Jotham Webb
Henry Jacobs, Jr
Ebenezer Goldthwaite
Perley Putnam

Monument to all seven men
American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was thirty-three years old at the time of his death.

The other six men of Danvers killed that day:
Benjamin Deland, Jr
George Southwick, Jr
Jotham Webb
Henry Jacobs, Jr
Ebenezer Goldthwaite
Perley Putnam

Monument to all seven men

Inscription

In Memory of
Samuel
Cook Jr
Pvt
Col Pickering's
Regt
Minute Man
Rev War
Apr 19 1775

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  • Created by: Eric Thomsen
  • Added: May 26, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7497187/samuel-cook: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Samuel Cook Jr. (unknown–19 Apr 1775), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7497187, citing Old South Cemetery, Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Eric Thomsen (contributor 29506898).