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A/rs. Lydta (Robinson) Burditt \\3.i, the graiidniothev of Charles A. liiirditt, of Harrison
Square, Dorchester, Mass.
Dr. Jcnmiali A'ol'inum, of Westford. died Oct. 19, 1771. His son, I.ieut.-Col. Juhn Rob-
inson, was in the Concord fight, .\pril 19, 1775, and Col. William Robinson, a near relative.
BRIDGET COGSWELL.
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Bridget'' Cog.-wf.ll, {Emi>soii\ \\'illia»p, William''-, yolni^), daugh-
ter of EmersoiT* [28] and Mary (Pecker) Cogswell, was bapl. April
1 8, 1751, in Ipswich, Mass. She married. Jan. 18, 1770, Col. Edzvard
Wigghsworth, son of Rev. Samuel and Martha (Brown) Wigglesworth.
He was bom Jan. 3, 1742, in Ipswich Hamlet, Mass., where they
resided. Mrs. Wigglesworth died without children. Col. Wiggle.-;-
worth married again and had children. He died in 1S26.
Ufoflrapfjital.
Er.WARD^ WicGLESwoRTH (SamuiT-, Michael^) graduated from Harvard
College in 1761. He was commissioned in 1776 the colonel of the Thirteentii
Massachusetts Regiment in the army of the Revolution, by the Provincial
Congress of Massachusetts. He held an important command, 1776. in
.•\rnokrs Lake Chaniplain squadron. He served as Colonel until 1779 Pres-
ident WasJiington appointed him Collector of Newburyport, Mass.
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/•.f. S^imiu-l ;f4:,'/,-.w,>;-///, the father of Col. Edward Wigylcsworth, graduated from
Harvard College in 1707: -tndied nitdiciiie and afterward- theology; was ordained t>ct. 27,
1714, in Ijiswich Hamlet. Mass., where he remained in the niinistr> tifty-lour years, until his
death, Sept. 3, 1768.
Kei: Michael Wi^Lsu'orlh, the grandfather of Col. Wigglu.-worth, was born Oct. ;S,
1631, in England : landed, ifijS, when not iinite seven years of .age, in Charlestown, .America ;
gradu.ited from Harvard College in 1651 ; coninicnced preaching in Maiden in 1(153, where he
was settled pa.stor in 1654. .and continued in the office over fifty years, until his death, June 10,
1705. In 16.S4 he declined the presidency of Harvard College.
Ret. Ed-jjjrd tn^xknjoit/i, D. J.)., an uncle of Col. \\ igglesworlh, was the first Hollis
Professor of Theology in Harvard College; elected Jan. .24, 1722. He filled this chair until
his death, Jan. 16, 1763, and /•