Cook, Caleb (1793-1871)

Name:

Cook, Caleb (1793-1871)

Born:

08/16/1793

Birthplace:

Bellingham, MA

Died:

08/29/1871

Death Location:

Bellingham, MA

Residence:

Mendon, MA 1820 (US Census)
Hillsborough, NH 1835-1840s (Adams Bacon attended school; Cooks name appears in 1841 newspaper article)
Nashua (Nashville), NH 1850 (US Census)
Hillsborough, NH 1860 (US Census)
Nashua, NH 1870 (US Census)
Bellingham, MA 1871; dies but lives in Nashua NH (MA death record)

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Millwright, built mill buildings, constructed machinery, water wheels, etc.
Constructed the machinery for the John Smith mills at Hillsborough Bridge, NH.
Granted a patent in Nashua, NH in1854 for the "arrangement of valve-motions for locomotive-engines".

Father:

Cook, David (1751-1836)

Mother:

Cook, Susanna Legg (1754-1797)

Spouse:

Cook, Margaret Pickering (b. 1795; m. 07/15/1816 in Mendon, MA; daughter of Ichabod Pickering (1755-1813))

Children:

Cook, Aldrich Barden (1817-1818)
Cook, Emily D (b. 1819)
Cook, Emeline D. (b. 1826)
Cook, Adams Bacon (b.1827; made Civil War uniforms)
Cook, Emiliza D. (b. 1831)
Cook, Ellen D. (b. 1835)

Notes:

See: US Cenus records 1820-1870
Newspaper, NH Patriot and State Gazette 01/11/1836 p. 1
The Farmer's Cabinet 02/26/1841 p. 3
William Richard Cutter, "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Vol 2 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1908) p. 965.