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SECOND GENERATION
MARY COGSWELL.
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Makv Co\vlli., (jFo/iii^), dau-'htcr of John'
(Thom]5son) Cop;s\vell, was born in W'esthury Leiy
Enjjland. She married, 1649, Goiifiry Aniiita:;i\
Boston, Mass.
Samuel, b. April. 1651.
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of Wilts,
Thev resided in
(I'.iDFKEV Armitage was of Lynn in 1630. He was tlie son or brother
of 'rbomas Armitage, who came over in the ship "James" in 1635. He was
a tailor, and afterwards a merchant. Mrs. Sarah Armitage was his first wife.
They had two cliildren, viz., Samuel and Rebecca ; Samuel, born Oct. 7, 1645,
died in cliildhood. Mr. .Armitage was made freeman March 14. 1639. in Boston,
Mass. Mention is made of him in the letter of Joiin- Cogswell, written to his
parents March, 1653, from London. Mr. Armitage appears a man of ample
means. He was one of the executors named in John^ Cogswell's will. Mrs.
Mary (Cogswell) Armitage may have been the Mary Cogswell who was in the
family of Gov. Bellingham, and joined the Boston Church, Aug. 29, 1647. Mrs.
Armitage made a deposition April 5, 1677, in the case of Cogswell vs. Cogswell.
The date of her death is unknown.
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