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SIXTH GENERATION.
EDWARD COGSWELL.
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Edward'' Cogswell, {Samuel^, Edivard^, Williavi^, Williaiii^.
yohi"), son of SanuieP [74] and Lydia (Starkweather) Cogswell, was
born March 5, 1735, in Preston, Conn. He married, April 17, 1758,
yane Owen. They resided in New Milford, Conn., where he died,
1808.
THEIK CHILDREN WERE:
Lydia, [534] b. Nov. jS, 17O0.
Hax.nah, [535] b. Sept. 24, 1762.
Molly, [536] b. Sept. 4, 1764.
Edward, [537], b. March 24, 17O7; m. Bcthin Beeiiian j d. Sept. 4, 1S31.
Reuel, [538] b. 1769; m. Rhoda Smith; d. 182S.
Joel, [539] b. Sept. 17, 1771 ; m. Tamar Wright.
Daniel, [540] in. Nov. S, 1S03, 'Pjiidence Hubbcllj m. -Polly Tcny.
Ruth, [541] m. /^iiia Beewati.
Samuel, [542] b. Sept. 26, 1779; m. Nov. 6, 1803, Cynthia Ht-.L'itt ; d. Jan. 4. 1830.
Jerusha, [543] b. 1785; m. AiVVH Bt-L'iimii ; d. 1.S82.
19toQra9i)fcal.
Edward Cogswell was a drummer in the old French and Indian War.
He went to the northward and suffered great privations and hardships, nearly
losing the use of his right hand. In the leisure of the camp he decorated a
powder-horn very beautifully with engravings cut with a penknife. This powder-
horn is a rare curiosity. It is in the possession of Dr. Niram J.'-* Cogswell
[1720], of Silvara, Pa., who is the great-grandson of Edward Cogswell. This
curious relic is finely decorated with various quaint figures, and inscribed on one
side as follows :
EDWARD COGSWELL, HIS HORN.
STILLWATER, SEPTEMBER y 26, 1758.