The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

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FIRST GENERATION. JOHN COGSWELL. [1] tSitntaloQital. John' Cogswell, son of Edward and Alice Cogswell, was born 1592, in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, England. He married, Sept. 10, 161 5, Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Rev. William and Phillis Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Cogswell resided in Westbury until 1635 ; they then emigrated to America, and settled in Ipswich, Mass. He died Nov. 29, 1669. She died June 2, 1676. THEIR CHILDREN WERE: \ DAUGHTER, who married and resided in London, England. Mary, [2] m. 1649, Godfrey Armiiage. William, [3] *a/A March, 1619; m. 1650, Susanna Hawkes ; d. Dec 15, 1700. John, [4] /^«/A July 35. 1622: m. ; d. Sept. 27, 1653. Hannah, [5] m. 1652, Dea. Cornelius Waldo. Abigail, [6] m. Thomas Clark. Edward, [7] b. 1629, of whom little is known. Sarah, [8] m. 1663, Simon Tuttle ; d. 1692. Elizabeth, [9] m. July 31, 1657, Nathaniel Masterson. iStofir apt) teal. John Cogswell, the ancestor of the Cogswells in America, as already nar- rated, was the son of Edward and Alice Cogswell, of Westbury Leigh, in the County of Wilts, England. At the age of twenty-three years he married the daughter of the parish vicar, succeeded to his father's business, and settled down in the old homestead. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received by inheritance "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood," together with the home place and certain personal property.

Et PaTRIBUS ET POSTERITATE."<br />

.>^'<br />

v^fiERe bt of Ihtm thai babt Itft a namt bth'mi! t<br />

Sbat tluir (itaistB might be ri|)ortti)<br />

5nb Bomr tbcrc be bbieb babt no mtmorial,<br />

i?tbo art ^trisbtb as tbougb tbni hub nibrr bctn,<br />

3n!i arc bcto<strong>in</strong>t as Ihongb tbtn bab ntbrr bttii born.<br />

5nb tbtir tbilbrtn after tbnn."<br />

r^<br />

riios,- nho'do not treasure up the memory of their aiuestors<br />

desene to be rememhered t>y posterityr —Y.\'^w^l< KlKKE.

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