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Mary Lc-eoi-tt, wife of Cul. John l)eni>on. «a-- the daughter of Hon. John I-ev-
erett, F. R. S.. president of Harvard College from 1708 to 1724, and granddaughter of Clov.
John Leverett, governor of Massachusetts from 1673 to 1679.
Kr.: John IVisc, grandfather of Mrs. Cogswell, was the first settled pastor of the church
in Chebacco Parish. He was born Aug., 1652, in Koxbury, Mass. ; graduated from Harvard
College in 1673; settled over the church in Chebacco Parish, Aug. 12, 16S3, where he continued
in office until his death, April S, 1725. Rev. Mr. Wise has been described as "a man
of majestic aspect and great bodily strength ; resembled Washington." He was the first ni.in
in America known to have opposed the idea of " ta.\ation without representation." This
he did oppose a hundred years before the Revolution, and publicly instructed his people to
resist taxes levied under Sir Edmund Andros, for which he was imprisoned -Aug., 1687, and
sentenced to pay a heavy fine. A monument marks the grave of Rev. John Wise, in the
centre of the churchyard, and bears this inscription :
" Underneath Lies the Body of the
REV. JOHN WISE, A. M.,
First Pastor of the Second Church in Ipswich ;
Graduated at Harvard College in 1673:
Ordained Pastor of said Church in 1681
And died April 8th, 1725,
Aged 73.
He shone as a star of the
First Magnitude."
"//.f?.v,7/, M„ss.,0,l. 10, 177S. We. the ^ul)>criber^, jjromise in behalf of the town to
pay unto Aaaon Goodhue who has engaged to serve as soldier in the Regt under command of
Col. Jonathan Cogswell, ordered to march to Hoston, and to continue in the service till the
first dav of Januarv next, unless sooner discharged, the sum of eighteen pounds a month,
including the Continental and .State wages.
ii7, Jn/y 18. (.)n Krid.iy night the h..n>e of Col. Jonathan Cog
uken oiitn, and one bundled dnll.u> taken. The burglar wa> no
JOHN COGSWELL.
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John-' Cogswell, {Francis^ yonathan\ Williani^, John^), son of
Francis-" 135] and Elizabeth (Rogers) Cogswejl, was born Sept. 17,
1738, in Ipswich, Mass. He married Sarah They resided in
Boston, Mass. Mr. Cogswell died Jan., 181S, at the age of eighty
years.
THK'R CHILDREN WERE:
Sar.ah, [294,;] 111. Thomas Fa^ic. Al'.ic.Air, [294A] m. LiUic