The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

FIRST GENERATION.
JOHN COGSWELL.
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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.