Information needed about Marcellus COOK born
1867 at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard. His
father was said to have been "a Nova Scotia
man" and his mother native American.
Marcellus joined the whaling ship the
"Swallow" in 1883 and jumped ship at Russel,
Bay of Islands in New Zealand where he married
(twice) and had 10 cnildren. He spent his life
there as a fisherman. Any information about
his forebears would be greatly appreciated.