Bible, English. The New Testament, Grace Carter's (niece of Captain James Cook family bible with manuscript note of births of the Carter children on fly-leaf (inner hinge strengthened), title slightly soiled, browned, hinges weak, contemporary roan, worn, crudely rebacked with modern cloth, 8vo, Oxford University Press, 1842 § Bennett (Jonathon L., of Merton) & John Thomas of 3 Cross Street, Finsbury) 19 Autograph Letters signed (17 by J.L. Bennett & 2 by J.T. Bennett) to Grace Carter, of Redcar and Rev. Joseph Wilkinson incumbent of Redcar (4 to Carter and 15 to Wilkinson), on the payment of an annuity to Grace Carter from the estate of Elizabeth Cook, wife of Captain James Cook together 31pp. some with conjugate blanks, Merton & 3 Cross Street, Finsbury, 30th December 1842 - 5th April 1853, "Madam If you will draw... 6.6.0. it will be duly honoured, the above being one quarters dividend on the stock specifically bequeathed to you in trust by the late Mrs Eliz Cook...", folds, browned. *** The Fleck/Carter family, descended from Margaret Cook, were the sole surviving members of the family of Captain James Cook Captain James Cook (1728-1778), explorer, married Elizabeth Batts (1740/41-1835), daughter of Samuel Batts (landlord of The Bell inn, Execution Dock, Wapping) on 21 December 1762. They had six children, three survived to adulthood, but none married so there were no direct descendants. Margaret Cook, younger sister of James Cook married James Fleck and moved to Redcar. On Cook's death he left her £10 in his will. Margaret's eldest daughter, Grace Fleck, later Carter (1770-1855), married John William Carter (1766-1848), fisherman, of Redcar. "... Margaret [Fleck]... married a fisherman named James Fleck and moved to Redcar. In 1776, when Cook was already rich and famous, Fleck was indicted for smuggling and appealed for help to his celebrated brother-in-law. Convinced of Fleck's guilt, Cook did nothing to help him." - Frank McLynn. Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, 2012, p. 2. Provenance: By descent in the family.
Bible, English. The New Testament, Grace Carter's (niece of Captain James Cook family bible with manuscript note of births of the Carter children on fly-leaf (inner hinge strengthened), title slightly soiled, browned, hinges weak, contemporary roan, worn, crudely rebacked with modern cloth, 8vo, Oxford University Press, 1842 § Bennett (Jonathon L., of Merton) & John Thomas of 3 Cross Street, Finsbury) 19 Autograph Letters signed (17 by J.L. Bennett & 2 by J.T. Bennett) to Grace Carter, of Redcar and Rev. Joseph Wilkinson incumbent of Redcar (4 to Carter and 15 to Wilkinson), on the payment of an annuity to Grace Carter from the estate of Elizabeth Cook, wife of Captain James Cook together 31pp. some with conjugate blanks, Merton & 3 Cross Street, Finsbury, 30th December 1842 - 5th April 1853, "Madam If you will draw... 6.6.0. it will be duly honoured, the above being one quarters dividend on the stock specifically bequeathed to you in trust by the late Mrs Eliz Cook...", folds, browned. *** The Fleck/Carter family, descended from Margaret Cook, were the sole surviving members of the family of Captain James Cook Captain James Cook (1728-1778), explorer, married Elizabeth Batts (1740/41-1835), daughter of Samuel Batts (landlord of The Bell inn, Execution Dock, Wapping) on 21 December 1762. They had six children, three survived to adulthood, but none married so there were no direct descendants. Margaret Cook, younger sister of James Cook married James Fleck and moved to Redcar. On Cook's death he left her £10 in his will. Margaret's eldest daughter, Grace Fleck, later Carter (1770-1855), married John William Carter (1766-1848), fisherman, of Redcar. "... Margaret [Fleck]... married a fisherman named James Fleck and moved to Redcar. In 1776, when Cook was already rich and famous, Fleck was indicted for smuggling and appealed for help to his celebrated brother-in-law. Convinced of Fleck's guilt, Cook did nothing to help him." - Frank McLynn. Captain Cook: Master of the Seas, 2012, p. 2. Provenance: By descent in the family.
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