The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

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" Starting cult in this queer fashion, they must have presented a spectacle both ludicrous
and touching, for they carried heav\ hearts with them, leaving dear ones behind nf whose fate
they were uncertain, and feeling anxious for their own. They were obliged to ask leave to
pass the gates ion the Neck), grandfather, with hat in hand, waiting while an otticial examined
his goods to see that no arms or ammunition were concealed in them. After due search they
were allowed to pass on. They proceeded very well for a time, but came to grief before
night, for. going down a hill in Weston, the horse in the gig, or whatever it might be called,
fell down, throwing out the entire load. The baby's face was badly cut upon the sharp sloncv
and bled profusely, but a brook was near by (Stony Urook), at which they bathed the child's
face and rested.
" In after years, as the family journeyed back and forth to and from Boston, this brook was
pointed ont as the scene of their peril and delivery. In due time they reached Marlboro'.
They lived for a time in a few hired rooms, and afterwards rented a house in the middle of
the town, where grandfather began a small trading business. Afterwards, when he had decided
to remain there, he bought a very pleasant house, which had been owned by Col. Harnes. a
Tory, and confiscated, and there resided until his death." Vid. " Dawes Gene.m.oc.v."
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