The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

In making this contribution to the genealogical literature of America, the
autjior is happy to acknowledge the generous co-operation of those connected
with the Cogswell family, and the exceeding courtesy of the thousands with
whom he has had correspondence. Town Clerks, Registrars of Probate, and
others having the custody of public records have rendered a great and willing
service, and sometimes without compensation.
Among those who have generously aided this work in different ways, men-
tion can be made here of only a few, as follows : Hon. George Cogswell, M. D. ;
Edward R. Cogswell, M. D., of Cambridge, Mass. ; Charles Cogswell, M. D., of
London, England ; Col. Leander W. Cogswell, of Henniker, N. H. ; Dr. Henry
D. Cogs-well, of San Francisco, Cal. ; William T. Cograiell, Esq., of Rockville,
Conn. ; Rev. Augustus Caldwell, of Ipswich, Mass. ; Edmund John Cogswell,
LL B., of Kentville, N. S. ; Col. Joseph H. Cogswell, of Titusville, Pa. ; George
E. Morton, Esq., of Halifax, N. S. ; Niram J. Cogswell, of Tuscarora, Pa. ;
Edward Cogswell, Esq., of Sackville, N. B. ; the late Col. Milton Cogswell,
U. S. A., of Washington, D. C. ; Hm. Andrew M. Haines, of Galena. 111. ;
Hon. William J. Cogswell, of New York City : the late David C. Whittlesey,
Esq., of Washington, Conn. ; Alfred Chipman Cogswell, D.D. S., of Halifax,
N. S. ; James Mason Cogswell, Esq., of Parma, Ohio ; Mason
Whittlesey Cogs-
7oell, Esq., of Elyria, Ohio ; William Cogswell, M. D., of Bradford, Mass. ; John
Francis Cogswell, Esq., of Andover, Mass. ;
and Hon. John Wentworth, LL. D.,
of Chicago, 111. These and many others who have co-operated in this under-
taking have the grateful acknowledgments of the author.
This volume is simple in its arrangement, and by a copious Index its con-
tents are made easily available.
The Preface is followed by an Introduction, in which is mention of the
Cogswells in England, and some account of their passage on the ocean lo
\ this country in 1635. The body of the work gives a record of the Cogswells
in America in ten generations, occupying six hundred and thirty-one pages,
exclusive of twenty-nine steel engravings. There is added a Supplementa of
additional data, and of Cogsw^ells whose lineage is unknown. Then follows an
Errata, and the volume concludes with a threefold Index.
The Index refers to the numerical position of the names, and to the page
of persons and things of incidental interest and mention. The abbreviations
used are those common to sucii works.
The edition is limited to five hundred copies, nearly all of which are sub-
scried for prior to publication.
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