 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Henry Cooke akabva kumhuri yevaPuritan vanogara muCounty Down kubva kuDevonshire. Akanga ari mwanakomana muduku waJohn Cooke, murimi wevarimi veGrillagh, pedyo neMaghera, County Londonderry, nemudzimai wake wechipiri, Jane Howie kana Howe, wokuScotland, uye akaberekwa musi wa 11 May 1788. Kubva kuna amai vake akagamuchira simba rake romunhu, ndangariro yake inoshamisa, uye simba rake rokuseka. Chiratidzo chakajeka, chakachengetwa muupenyu hwose, chezviitiko zve1798, Kupandukira kweIrelandkufurira nheyo dzake dzezvematongerwe enyika. Pashure pokurwira dzidzo muzvikoro zvomumaruwa zvisina kunaka, akapinda muGlasgow College muna November 1802. Nemhaka yokurwara haana kupedza kudzidza, asi akapedza makosi ounyanzvi nouMwari, asingavheneki somudzidzi, asi achiita nhamburiko huru kuti azvikwanirise somukurukuri wavose. Achangobva kuGlasgow, akaoneka pamberi pechechi yeBallymena akapfeka chipfeko chisiri chomufundisi chebhachi rebhuruu, chipfeko chisina kupfeka, mabhurugwa machena nemapfekero epamusoro, akaratidza kuti aiva muKristu wechokwadi pakutongwa, uye akapiwa rezenisi rokuparidza. 