Cook, John (4)
Cook, John (1)
a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1648; was presented to the living at Eccles in 1663; deprived in 1689 for not praying for the king and queen, and other acts of disloyalty. He died in 1691, aged about sixty-three years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:412.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cook, John (2)
a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1732; called to the living at Abercrombie in 1734, and ordained. He died June 24, 1751. His son John became professor of moral philosophy at St. Andrews. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2, page 403.
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Cook, John (3)
a Scotch clergyman, was born November 24, 1771. He took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1788; was licensed to preach in 1792; appointed minister at Kilmany in 1793, and ordained; appointed professor of Hebrew at St. Mary’s College, St. Andrews, and resigned in 1802. He died November 28, 1824. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:499.
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Cook, John (4)
an early Wesleyan missionary, was sent to the island of Dominica, W.I., in 1794. On his arrival at Tortola he was seized with putrid fever, and in five days died, “in the prime of his life and the triumph of faith,” in 1795 (according to Hill). See Atmore, Meth. Memorial, s.v.