Elias Cook - Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts

Sacred
to the Memory of
Mr. Elias Cook
Ob. Sept. 7^th 1828
Aged 72.
Earth's ??? last station ends in
there he lies
And dust to dust concludes her
noblest songs

Cemetery: Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts

Cook, Elias. Private, Capt. Stephen Kent's co.; enlisted July 13, 1775; discharged Dec. 9, 1775; service, 5 mos. 7 days, at Newbury in defence of seacoast; also, same co.; orders for wages for service on seacoast in Essex Co. dated Gloucester, Dec. 4, 1775, and Watertown, Dec. 15, 1775. 2

Cook, Elias. Private, Capt. Richard Titcomb's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's (Essex Co.) regt.; enlisted July 4, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 20 days, travel included; company raised in Newburyport, Salisbury and Amesbury, to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. 2


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Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Elias Cook Ob. Sept. 7^th 1828 Aged 72. Earth's ??? last station ends in there he lies And dust to dust concludes her noblest songs Cemetery: Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts Cook, Elias. Private, Capt. Stephen Kent's co.; enlisted July 13, 1775; discharged Dec. 9, 1775; service, 5 mos. 7 days, at Newbury in defence of seacoast; also, same co.; orders for wages for service on seacoast in Essex Co. dated Gloucester, Dec. 4, 1775, and Watertown, Dec. 15, 1775. 2 Cook, Elias. Private, Capt. Richard Titcomb's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's (Essex Co.) regt.; enlisted July 4, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 20 days, travel included; company raised in Newburyport, Salisbury and Amesbury, to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. 2 Copyright © 2001 - 2004, Jenn Marcelais. a Soul Oyster Web Studios production. Web Site Design, Development, and Innovation