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JEREMIAH COGSWELL.
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aStntaloQital.
Jeremiah^ Cogswell, {Caleh'^, Adanv', William'^, yohn^), son of
Caleb"" [ 48 ] and Mary (Tyler) Cogswell, was born, 1732, in Ipswich,
Mass He married, April 17, 1760, ^Elizabetli Hall. She was born in
Littleton, Mass., where they lived. After Mrs. Cogswell's death Mr.
Cogswell married, Oct. 31, 1771, '^Sarah Fletcher, daughter of Capt.
Samuel and Mary (Lawrence) Fletcher. She was born Oct. i, [746,
in Westford, Mass. Mrs. Sarah Cogswell died Jan. 11, 1814. Capt.
Cogswell died (dropped dead in the field) April 17, 1820. A marble
tablet marks the spot of their burial in the West Cemetery of West-
ford, Mass.
THE CHILDREN OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE WERE:
Marv, [440] I). Dec. 21, 1761. Jeremiah, [441] b. 22, 1763.
THE CHILDRE.V OF THE SECOND MARRIAGE WERE :
Stephen, [442] b. July 29, 1772; m July 17, I'l^zo, Amelia Caldwell; d. .Mov. 2, 1823.
Sarah, [443] b. Aug. 25, 1773; m. Jan. 15, 1795, Samuel Jones ; d. .March 15, 1814.
BirrsEV, [444] b. Feb. 17, 1775 ; m. Oct. 18, 1797, Thomas K. Green; d. Dec. 20, 1820.
Jonathan, [445] b. June 30, 1776; m. Feb. 24, 1799, Sally Tutile ; d May 9, 1806.
Lccv, [446] b. Nov. 5, 1778; m. Sept. 15, 1801, Samuel Manning ; d. Oct. 4, 1817.
Marv, [447] b. Sept. 6, 1780; m. Sept. 4, 1808, Leonard Jarvis ; d. Aug. 15, 1858.
AijAM, [448] b. Jan. 30, 1783. He died in early manhood, May 19, 1804.
Eve, [449] b. June 20, 1785 ; m. June 26, 1814, Benjamin Kneeland; d. April 18, 1849
Rebecca, [450] b. April 14, 1788; m. Jan. i, 1815. Joel Mansfield.
Nancv, [451] b. Aug. 5, 1791 ; m. May 8, 1814, Solomon Richardson ; d. 1827.
Ieremi.ah Cogswell carried on a large farm in Littleton. L.ite in life he removed,
1S05. to Westford, Mass. There is a record of Jeremiah Cogswell, of Boxford, cordwainer,
who bought land, .^pril 13, 1757, in Littleton, Mass.
Mrs. Mary {Lawrence) Fletcher, mother of Mrs. .Sarah Cogswell, wa> the daughter of
Major Eleazer Lawrence, of Littleton, son of Peleg, son of John Lawrence, who first settled
in Watertown, and removed in 1762 to Groton, Mass. Major Lawrence married -Sarah
Foster, and died, 1789, in Westford, Mass.
Capt. Samuel Fletcher, father of Mrs. Cogswell, was son of William, son of Samuel, son
of Robert Fletcher, who settled, 1630, in Concord, Mass., who was the ancestor of all the
Fletchers in that vicinity.
Samuel Tuttle, who married .Martha Shattuck, daughter of the first minister of Littleton.
was the ancestor of nearly all the Tuttles in that region.
LeonardJan'is, who married Mary Cogswell [447 ], was born in Cambridge, Mass. He
gradu.-Ued from Harvard College in 1797. Capt. Jarvis was a merchant. In 1S12 he removed
tn P.nltiniore Md Ili^ death occurred Nov. 16. 1S55, Capt. and Mrs. J.nvis had no childrL-i.,