Ebenezer Cook

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Ebenezer Cook


Born
London , The United Kingdom

-spelled Cook in his published works
-little is known of Cooke's life
-1722: Cooke's name virtually disappeared from public records
-existence can only be traced through his poems
-born in London
-moved to Lord Baltimore's province shortly before the end of the seventeenth century
-1694: lives in St. Mary's City
-divided his time between the Old and New World
-c. 1700: returns to London
-1708: returns to London
-came back to America sometime before 1717
-admitted to the bar of Prince George's County
-seems to have practiced law on occasion since at least September 1700
-Deputy Receiver General of Henry Lowe II at Cecil County in 1720
-land agent for Lowe, Bennett Lowe, and John Gresham

Chronology

1694: Cooke's signature appeared for the first time in Maryl
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