The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

Jonathan Rochu.-U.
Jc-remiah Rogers.
Samuel Starr.
Johtt Steadman.
Nathan Styles.
Stephen Strong.
John Terry.
Oliver Thorf.
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Eliakim Tuffer's
Elias Tupfer.
IVilliam Tufper.
Abraham Webste,
Stephen West.
M'llliatn West.
IVilliam West.
Caleb Wheaton.
Peter Wichui'ise.
Dr. Samuel Willowby
Amasa Woodworth.
Jonathan Wood.
Benjamin Woodworti
Silas Woodworth.
Thomas Woodworth.
William Wood-worth.
The name of Hezekiah Cogswell appears the seventeenth on this recorded list of sixtv-
three colonists. His farm was located near the Upper Dyke Bridge, which was erected by the
French. This was known as Canard Street.
I).\xiEL Cogswell [ 467 ] died unmarried, 1S19, in Becket, Mass., with no legal heirs in
the State, except Ezra Cogswell [ 468 ], of Chesterfield. Papers show that he had a sister
Diademia, wife of Jeremiah Dewey, brothers. Aaron and Mason, and a sister, Widow Martha
Densmore.
Daniel Cogs-well, oi Hebron, Conn., purchased fifty acres of land in Lenox, Mass., for £(>oi
dated " i6th day of Aug., 1772." Widow Mary Baker, of Lenox, purchased of Daniel Cogswell
of Chesterfield, Mass., for ;i£'i20, fifty acres of land, dated " 27 Aug., 1777." Daniel Cogswell,
of Hebron, bought of David Lee, Jr., of Manchester, Vt., for ;if 1,000 continental money,
ninety-six acres of land, situated in Becket, Mass., dated "May 19, 1779."
JAMES COGSWELL.
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James''' Cogswell, {Samuel'*, Sainnel^, John-, Jolin^), son of SamueH
[68] and Mrs. Ann (Denison) Cogswell, ncc Mason, was born Jan. 6,
1720, in Saybrook, Conn. His parents removed to Lebanon, 1724.
He married, April 24, 1745, K-llicc Fitch, daughter of Hon. Jabez and
Lydia (Gale) Fitch. She was born, 1725, in Canterbury, Conn., where
th.cy resided. Mrs. Alice Cogswell died April, 1772. Rev. Mr. Cogswell
married, 1773, "^Alrs. Martlia {Lothrop) Deiwtiou, widow of Rev.
Ebenezer Devotion, his predecessor in Scotland Parish, Windham,
Conn. Mrs. Martha Cogswell died Dec. 6, 1795. Rev. Dr. Cogswell
married ^J/;x Hibbai-d. They lived in Scotland Parish, Windham
Conn. Rev. James Cogswell, D. D., died Jan. 2, 1807, at the house of
his son. Dr. Mason F. Cogswell, in Hartford, Conn.
THE CHILDRE.N OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE WERE:
James, [478] b. July 31, 1746; m. Aug. 8, 1776, ^Elizabeth Da-veiiport : m. May i.s.
I7JS3, '^Abif^ait Lloyd; d. Nov. 20, 1792.
Alice, [479] b. Dec. 7, 1749. She died in early womanhood. May 9, 1772.
Samiel, [480] b. May 23, 1754; m. 17S5, Maria Backus ; A. Aug. 29, 1790.
Maso.n Fitch, [481] b. Sept. 2.S, 1761 ; m. Afaiy A. Lcdyani ; d. Dec. 10, 1.S30.
Sei'TIMi-s, [482] h. .Aug. 30, 1769. He died in boyhood, Oct., 1773.