The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

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whicli usi;d to develop the muscle and induce vigorous health, evils accrued
which alarmed those acquainted with sanitary science. To them it was clear
that the monotony of daily labor, without wholesome recreation, and especially
when the scene was transferred from the open field to the "store," counting-
house, and office, was seriously affecting the public health, both physical and
moral. To remedy this, a systematic return to the athletic games of the old
countries was sucessfully recommended some quarter of a century ago, and
now the bat, the oar of the amateur, and the volunteer's rifle are familiar among
not only the youthful, but the adult population of New Scotland.
HEZEKIAH COGSWELL.
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(ScntaloQital.
Hezekiah*^ Cogswell, (Smnucl*, Saniuel'-K Jolufi, yohn^), son of
Samuel'' (68! and Mrs. Ann (Denison) Cogswell, Ji'e Masi>n, was born,
1709, in Sa^-brook, Conn. He married Susanna Baihy. She was born
in Mansfield, Conn. They lived in Lebanon and Hebron, Conn., and
in Cornwallis, Nova -Scotia. Mrs. Cogswell died at the age of about
ninety years. Mr. Cogswell died at the age of about ninety-seven
years.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE :
Daniel, [467] b. Oct. 12. 1731. He died, unmarried, in Betket, Mass.. Jan. 30, 1S19.
Ezra, [468] bapt. March iS, 1733; m. Oct. 30, 1760, Elizabeth Dewey ; A. June 27,
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Aaron, [469] m. ^Suseitum E(fgiirfon ; m. Feb. 19, 1778, ^Ruth Parish.
Oli\-er, [470] m. Dec. 23, x--]},, Abigail Ells ; d. May 14, i 7.S3.
Sarah, [471] m. yathanicl Kinsman.
Christiana, [472] m. Oct. 31, 1771, John English ; A. April 3, 1796.
Naomi, [473] b. Sept. 16, 1740.
Ann, [474] m. ^Capt. Jeremiah Post ; m. ^Lieut.-Goi\ Paul Spooner, M. D.
Diademia, [475] b. June 16, 1742; m. Jeremiah Dewey.
Martha, [476] m. Densviore.
Mason, [477] b. 1750; m. Oct 31, 1771, Lydia Huntington ; A. Dec. 12, 1816.
Hezekiah Cogswell settled in Lebanon, Conn. The record of the First
Church in that town shows that Hezekiah owned the Covenant, Jan. 2, 1732.
He received a con\-ey.qnce of land Nov. 6, J 731, from his parents, and made
purchase of other land. May 19, 1732, in Hebron, Conn., where, from mention
made, it appears he resided in 1758. In 1761 Mr. Cogswell with his family
emigrated to Nova Scotia. The youngest child was perhaps ten years of age