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REBFXCA COGSWELL. [ 1532 ] dSeiicaloatcal. Rebecca*' Cogswell, ( William', Masoii'\ Heiekiah^, Samuel'', Savi- itei^, Johir, yolin^), daughter of William" [929] and Eunice (Beckwith) Cogswell, was born July i, 1805, in Cornwallis, N. S. She married, Feb. 19, 1826, //(?;/. Caleb Rand Bill, son of Asahel and Mary (Rand) Bill, He was born 1802, in Cornwallis, N. S. They resided in Bill- town, Cornwallis, N. S. Mrs. Bill died July 15, 1845. Hon. Caleb R. Bill died Jan, 30, I S72.

-i 513 either was aware of the other's existence. They were the Rev. William Cogs- well, D. D. [411], already mentioned in these pages, and the Rev. William Cogswell, M. A., who began and finished his ministry as a C'urate of St. Paul's Church in Halifax, N. S. He with whom we are at present concerned was born in Halifax, in 1809, educated in tlie Halifax Grammar School, and in King's College, Windsor, N. S. He then travelled in Europe, but his affection for his native Province was increased instead of lessened by all he saw. He was ever a ready champion for the land of his birth, and at the time when he lived it was well to have Nova Scotians with courage to assert the merits and resources of their own country, not always recognized even by those who should have been most keenly and proudly awake to them. On returning home he married Eleanor, daughter of the Hon. Andrew Belcher, formerly a member of the Council of Nova Scotia, and the only male representative of the New England family of that name distinguished in the history of Massachusetts. Being appointed Curate of St. Paul's Church under the venerable Archdeacon Willis, he soon attracted a large congregation by his evangelical preaching, and by the affectionate zeal for the spiritual welfare of his flock, which evidently inspired every word of his eloquent discourses. There he continued, with intervals of travel to recruit his health, until his death at the age of thirty-seven years, after fourteen years of earnest labor in the church. The present incumbent of the church in which he ministered is the Rev. G. W. Hill, D. C. L., who has enriched the literature of his country with many valuable contributions. In a lecture on ' Nova Scotia and Nova Scotians,' published in 1858, due honor is paid in graceful words to the memory of the Rev. William Cogswell : ' His piety and talents were known abroad ; his influence and usefulness in Halifax, his birthplace, are felt to the present hour ; his published sermons and lectures have been read and reviewed in England. Cut off at the early age of thirty-seven, William Cogswell's memory is embalmed in the heart of many a one converted to God through his faithful preaching of the Gospel.'" CHARLES COGSWELL. (Grnralofli'cnl. Charles^ Cogswell, (Henry Hczckiali' , Masoif\ Hezckmh^, Samuel'', SaiiineP, yohir, yolui^), son of Hon. Henry Hezekiah' [931] and Isabella (Ellis) Cogswell, was born May 12, 1S13, in Halifax, N. S. He married, Sept. 2, 1848, Fi-anees Rlary Goodrich, daughter of John Wil- liam and Mary (Brownlow) Goodrich. She was born in Bermuda. They resided in London, Elngland. They had no children

REBFXCA COGSWELL.<br />

[ 1532 ]<br />

dSeiicaloatcal.<br />

Rebecca*' Cogswell, ( William', Masoii'\ Heiekiah^, Samuel'', Savi-<br />

itei^, Johir, yol<strong>in</strong>^), daughter of William" [929] and Eunice (Beckwith)<br />

Cogswell, was born July i, 1805, <strong>in</strong> Cornwallis, N. S. She married,<br />

Feb. 19, 1826, //(?;/. Caleb Rand Bill, son of Asahel and Mary (Rand)<br />

Bill, He was born 1802, <strong>in</strong> Cornwallis, N. S. <strong>The</strong>y resided <strong>in</strong> Bill-<br />

town, Cornwallis, N. S. Mrs. Bill died July 15, 1845. Hon. Caleb R.<br />

Bill died Jan, 30, I S72.

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