Nathan H Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Mar 1925 - Ridgewood, New Jersey
Baptism:
Death: 13 Jul 2005 - North Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. Private
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obit, Cape Codder, 22 July 2005:
Nathan H. Cook
Professor, consultant, boatman
NORTH EASTHAM - Nathan H. Cook, 80, died July 13 at his home. He was the husband of Collie Cook for 58 years.
Mr. Cook was born in Ridgewood, N.J. He left high school at 17 to join the Navy, serving as quartermaster aboard the USS Newcomb in the Pacific during World War 11. He was awarded numerous medals for his service including a Purple Heart and 10 Bronze Stars.
After returning from the war Mr. Cook enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a master's degree, a doctorate, and spent 33 years as a professor of mechanical engineering.
In 1968 he and his wife took their family to live in India for a year. In addition to his teaching he was a successful consultant who worked on a wide variety of projects from developing alternate energy sources to expert testimony in court cases. He also held several U. S. patents.
During his retirement years he worked as a board member, software developer, and general counselor to AMTI, a company that had been started by a few of his students from MIT.
Since his retirement in 1985 he lived in North Eastham in a house that he designed.
He participated in the Eastham Historical Society, the MIT Club of Cape Cod and the Nauset Regional High School Scholarship Fund. During the last 15 years he renewed contact with many of his fellow "tin can sailors" from the USS Newcomb.
Mr. Cook was an avid boatman, an amateur carpenter and a world traveler.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four children and nine grandchildren.
A family burial will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Eastham at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Nate and Collie Cook Scholarship Fund for Nauset Regional High School.
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massachusetts institute of technology
news office
MIT Professor Emeritus Nathan Cook dies at 80
Anne Trafton, News Office
July 19, 2005
Nathan H. Cook, an MIT professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, former MacGregor housemaster and World War II veteran, died on July 13 in his Eastham home after a long battle with cancer. He was 80.
Cook, whose teaching and research were primarily in the areas of materials processing, machine tools and instrumentation, had served as head of the materials processing laboratory in the mechanical engineering department.
"Nate was one of those rare persons who was humble, fair, open-minded, caring and extremely intelligent. His personal integrity was one that many of his friends and former students have tried to emulate. His contributions to the field of manufacturing and instrumentation have been internationally recognized and will continue to influence the thinking of future scholars and engineers," said Nam Suh, the Ralph E. and Eloise Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Born in Ridgewood, N.J., in 1925, Cook enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served aboard the destroyer USS Newcomb, based in the Pacific Ocean. Upon his return from the war, he studied at MIT on the GI Bill. Cook received an S.B. in 1950, S.M. in 1951, M.E. in 1954 and Sc.D. in 1955, all from MIT.
Cook joined the MIT faculty in 1953 and became a full professor in 1965. He wrote several textbooks and consulted with dozens of companies, before and after his retirement from MIT.
Cook and his wife, Alice "Collie" (Collins) Cook, served as housemasters at MacGregor House from 1970 to 1985, when he retired from MIT.
"He loved MIT," his wife said. "It was a very big part of his life."
Three of the couple's four children also attended MIT. Cook was actively involved in planning reunions for the Class of 1950 and helped set up the class' scholarship fund, said his classmate and colleague Robert Mann, the Whitaker Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering.
"He was a wonderful person," Mann said. "I hold him in the very, very highest regard."
Cook is survived by his wife; two sons, James Cook of London and Richard Cook of Scituate; two daughters, Nancy Cook of Concord and Anne Cook of Stowe; and nine grandchildren.
A private memorial service was held in Orleans on July 17. Cook's colleagues plan to hold a memorial service at MIT in the fall.
Memorial donations may be made to the Nathan and Alice Cook Scholarship Fund for Nauset Regional High School, c/o Eastham Historical Society, Box 8, Eastham, MA 02642.
URL: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/obit-cook.html
Nathanael Cook
Sex: M
AKA: Nathaniel Cook 1
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jul 1717 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
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Father: Benjamin Cook (1686- )
Mother: Mercy Paine (1686- )
Spouses and Children
Children:
1. Nathaniel Cook (1742- ) 3
2. Shubal Cook (1744- ) 3
Nathaniel Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1820
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1. *Louisa Cook (20 Sep 1823 - 18 Dec 1890)
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Nathaniel Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Jan 1742 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
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Father: Nathanael Cook (1717- )
Mother:
Newcomb Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Aug 1783 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: After 1834
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Father: Paran Cowell Cook (1760-1834)
Mother: Hannah (1756-1836)
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Wells (2 Sep 1786 - 17 Feb 1815)
Marriage: 24 Dec 1807 - Truro, Massachusetts 5
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2. Betsey (Est 1800 - )
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1. Betsey S Cook (1829-1838) 6
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General:
executor for his father's will in Dec 1834
Lieutenant, USN Norman S Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Dec 1879 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 1918 - France 8
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
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Father: Wallace Jewett Cook (1853-1911)
Mother: Susie T Mayo (1855-1924)
Norman S Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1851
Baptism:
Death: 1867 - lost at sea, whaling schooner Etta G Fogg 9
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
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Father: Captain James T Cook (1796-1871) 10
Mother: Bethiah Grozier (1819-1896) 11
Olive Wadsworth Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1818 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
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Father: Captain Jonathan Cook (1780-1862)
Mother: Sabra Brown (1782- )
Otis Pierce Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jul 1900 - New Bedford, Massachusetts 13
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Death: 1980
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Otis Pierce Cook, Jr. was an American painter born in New Bedford , Massachusetts . He was mostly famous for his oil paintings of coastal and landscape scenes and studied under Emile Gruppe of Gloucester . Studied at Swain School of Design, New Bedford. He lived much of his life in Rockport , Massachusetts and Cape Ann was the focal point for much of his work. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association.
parents: Otis P. Cook, b mar 1874 NY, Helen C. Potter, b feb 1878 Ma
wife Grace S, b 1904; son William S, b 1930
Paran Cowell Cook
Sex: M
AKA: Parron Cook
Penne Cowell Cooke 14
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jan 1760 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 15
Baptism: 4 Apr 1762 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Death: 18 Oct 1834 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Cook (1737-1819)
Mother: Betty (1738-1808)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah (1756 - 28 Aug 1836)
Marriage: Cir 1780
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Children:
1. Hannah Cook (1781- ) 16
2. Newcomb Cook (1783-After 1834)
3. Salome Cook (1785-1867)
4. Servia Cook (1787- )
5. Paron Cook (1789-1808) 4
6. Thomas Cook (1792- )
7. Betsey Cook (1795-1826)
8. Rebecca Cook (1798-1832)
Parker Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Aug 1804 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death: 12 Sep 1849 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ephraim Cook (1779-1833)
Mother: Rebecca Lombard (1784-1858) 6
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah H (Est 1807 - )
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1. Naomi H Cook (1835- ) 12
Paron Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Nov 1789 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 2 Nov 1808 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 4
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
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Father: Paran Cowell Cook (1760-1834)
Mother: Hannah (1756-1836)
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stone:
In Memory of
PARAN COOK
died Nov'r 2d 1808
in his 19th year
Here lies the body of a blooming youth
His dying expressions were goodness & truth
His weeping friends around hearing him say
Come my sweet Jesus and take me a way. 6
Patty Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Feb 1806 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death: 14 Aug 1808 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 10
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Father: John Cook (1783- )
Mother: Martha Bush (1784-1868)
Phebe Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Sep 1788 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
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Father: John Cook (1768-1841) 20
Mother: Rachel Doane (Cir 1771-1841)
Phebe Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Mar 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
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Father: Richard Cook (1718- )
Mother: Rebecca Mayo (1725- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Henry Knowles (30 Aug 1729 - After 1810) 23
Marriage: 31 Jul 1776 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
Status:
Children:
1. Marcy Knowles (1777-1841)
2. Abigail Knowles (1779-1820)
3. Henry Knowles (1780- )
4. Desire Knowles (Cir 1786- )
5. Fanny Knowles (Est 1782- )
2. Barnabas Cook (Est 1745 - 24 Sep 1771)
Marriage: 1 Feb 1770 - Eastham, Massachusetts 25
Status:
Children:
1. Marcy Cook (1770-1774)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Henry Knowles)
later children
Fanny Knowles
Desire Knowles
not in Eastham records transcribed
Phebe A Cook
Sex: F
AKA: Phebe N Cook
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Sep 1828 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 26
Baptism:
Death: 13 Nov 1914 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: senility 7
Parents
Father: Captain Samuel Cook (1781-1867)
Mother: Tamsin Brown (1785-1851) 6
Spouses and Children
1. *Eleazer Young (1820 - 20 Apr 1880)
Marriage: 11 Nov 1846 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 7
Status:
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Medical:
age 86-1-20
Phebe N Young
widow of Eleazer Young
475 Commercial St
b Provincetown, d/o Samuel Cook and Tamsin Brown, both b Provincetown
Phebe A Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1836 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: After 1920 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Father: Captain James T Cook (1796-1871) 10
Mother: Louisa Sparks (1809-1846) 27
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain James N Paine (1819 - 13 May 1905)
Marriage: 16 Nov 1857 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Children:
1. Louisa C Paine (1860- )
2. Clara H Paine (1864- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Captain James N Paine)
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 US census, Provincetown
Phebe C W Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jul 1845 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Sep 1845 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Richard Atkins Cook (1804-1862) 28
Mother: Martha Atkins (1805-1845) 29
Phebe L N Cook
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Aug 1834 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 17 Feb 1836 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Isaac Cook (1809-1851)
Mother: Phebe (1811-1868) 6
Philip Cook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Oct 1781 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 9 Apr 1849 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 6
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Cook (1753-1835)
Mother: Mercy Tilton (1750-1832)
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna H Smith (16 Sep 1778 - 3 Feb 1869) 30
Marriage: Feb 1806 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Almira Cook (1808-1851) 9
2. Abigail Cook (1812-1896)
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