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hold her mouth." They did so, and she drew out the potato, to the great relief
of the poor cow and all present. The young lad said to himself, " That young
miss, by and by, shall be my wife." Her name was Martha Emerson ; and
thus the name of Emerson came into the Cogswell family.
William^ Cogswell left an estate of £-j4i 2S. to be divided among his chil-
dren, and made his two brothers, Jonathan and Lieut. John Cogswell, together
with his oldest son, Edward Cogswell, joint administrators of his estate. His
son-in-law, Matthew Whipple, was made guardian of his daughters, Dorothy
Emerson, and Lury, and John Newman was made guardian of his daughter
Eunice.
J«rmoranTia.
Deputy-Gm\ Samuel Symonds maiiit-d, 164.S, Mrs. Margaret (Reade) Epes, widow of John
Epes, and daughter of Edward Reade, of Wickford, County of Essex, England. .Samuel
Symonds was born in Belden, County of Essex, England. Subsequent to his arrival in
.\merica he lived in Ipswich, Mass., and died prior to 1694. Mrs. Margaret Symonds sur-
vived her husb.-ind some years. Her sister. Miss Elizabeth Reade, became the second wife of
Gov. John Winthrop, of Comi. The children of Deputy-Gov. Samuel and Mrs. Margaret
Symonds were: William; Harluckden; Ruth, m. Rev. John Emerson, of Gloucester, Mass.
I'riscilla, m. Baker.
Ki-i'.John Emerson, pastor of the church in Gloucester, Mass., from Oct. 6, 1663, to his
death, Dec. 2, 1700, was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Emerson, and brother of Rev.
Joseph Emerson, of Concord, Mass., whose son, Edward Emerson, married Rebecca \Valdu,
daughter of Dea. Cornelius and Hannah (Cog.swell) Waldo, who, as we have seen, were ances-
tors of Hon. Ralph Waldo Emerson, of Concord, Mass.
Martha Emerson, daughter of Rev. John Emerson, married William' Cogswell. Her sister
Mary Emerson married Samuel Phillips, who was a goldsmith, son of Rev. Samuel Phillips, of
Rowley, Mass. Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Phillips, of Salem, were the parents of Rev.
Samuel Phillips, who was pastor of the South Church, in Andovcr, Mass., from Oct. 17, 171 1,
to his death, June 5, 1771, and the ancestors of Hon. Wendell Phillips, of Boston, Mass.
Charles A. Burditt, Esq., and his wife, Mrs. Ellen A. (Lord) Burditt, of Dorchester, Mass.,
are both descendants of Cogswells.
Charles A* Burditt, Benjamin' Burditt, Benjamin" and I,ydia (Kohnson) Burditt, Jeremiah-'
and Susanna (Cog^swe/l) Robinson, Emerson' and Mary (Pecker) Co-;smll, ini/iam'' and Martha
(Emerson) Cogswell, William'', John"^.
Ellen A.^ Lord, George W." and Rebecca (/i) Lord, Richard' and Rebecca
(Thompson) Boardman, Abel'' and Lydia (Potter) Boardman, Richard'' and Mrs. Lydia
(Symmes) Potter, n^e Cogswell, Francis* Cog.nuell, John^, William'-, John^.
JONATHAN COGSWELL.
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