Stephen Cooke

Stephen Cooke was a prominent merchant in Kingston, Jamaica. He began corresponding with John Rippon in the early 1790s concerning the black Baptist minister, George Liele, and his work among the slaves on that island. Cooke continued to correspond with Rippon and various leaders of the Baptist Missionary Society for many years. His first letter to Rippon, dated 26 November 1791, appeared in Rippon's Baptist Annual Register, 1:338-339.