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JOHN COGSWELL.
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John" Cogswell, {Sir?/ii/e/'\ Edi^uird^, lVil/iain\ \Vi//iiiii!~, ydiii^),
son of Samuel" [74 1 and Lydia (Starkweather) Cogswell, was born
June 17, 1-3S, in Preston, Conn. He married and resided in Sand-
gate, Vt., where he died, 1832, at the age of ninety-four years.
THEIK CHILDREN WERE:
Ferris, [544] b. >:ay 3, 1 767 ; m. March 6, i jSG, Mrs. Pliche KHau'Uy) Bristol; d, 1.S36.
Joseph, [545].
D.iXIEL, [546].
Asa, [547].
D.4NA, [548].
George, [549].
He lived near Albany, X. Y.
ASA COGSWELL.
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(Grnraloflftal.
AsA« Cogswell, {Samucl-\ EihvarJ\ Williant-, William'^, Johu^),
son of Samuel'' [74] and Lydia (Starkweather) Cogswell, was born
March 30, 1740, in Preston, Conn. He married Charity . They
resided in Southbury, Conn., and in Sandgate, Vt. Mr. Cogswell
died, 1S38, at the age of ninety-eight years, in Sandgate, Vt., where he
and his wife were buried.
their children were:
Asa, [550].
Martin, [553].
Daniel, [551] b. 1770; m. Aiuu- Tiittlt.
Ferris, [552].
k dalghter, [554] m. Burke.
JHrmoranlia.
As,i Cognuell, of .Southbury, Conn., and his wife. Charity Cogswell, appear from 17S9 tn
iSoo upon the Land Records of that town. There is the record of the birth of a negro child,
whose mother was a servant of Asa Cogswell, in 1793. .-Vsa Cogswell appears as a witness
of Peter Hubbell's will, Feb. 22, 17S0, in Xewtown, Conn. He removed to .Sandgate, Vt.,
about iSoo. His sons, .Asa, Ferris, and Martin, went South and West.
" The Cogswells were a bright and respectable race. 'I'hiy wen- always toiisiclind ilic
' first families ' in Sandgate, as they say in Virginia."