VENN: Adm. pens. (age 19) at CAIUS, Nov. 9, 1743. S. of Thomas, late of Yarmouth, collector of Revenue. B. there. Schools, Yarmouth and Charterhouse. Scholar, 1743-8; ' Matric. 1744; B.A. 1747-8. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 5, 1748; priest (Norwich) Sept. 23, 1750, as C. of Beccles. Missionary under the S.P.G. in New Jersey and New Brunswick, 1750-95. Deputy Chaplain to Brigade of Guards during the American War. His property confiscated. Commissary of the Bishop of Nova Scotia. Drowned, in St John river, May 23, 1795. (Venn, II. 54.)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1748 | Ordi(ordination) | Cooke, Samuel | / | deacon | View |
1750 | Ordi(ordination) | Cooke, Samuel | / | priest | View |
1750 | Ordi(ordination) | Cooke, Samuel | / | priest | View |
1751 | Subsc | Cooke, Samuel | Monmouth County / | Minister | View |