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Mallhcw Whip/'lc, of " Ipswich, in tht- t'ounty of Essex, in the Province of Massachusetts
Bav, yeom.in," bought of Edward Cogswell, Oct 24, 1747,
" one half of the Iron Works in New
Milford, Xorth Purchase, standing on a stream called Aspetuck . . . with all the appurte-
nances, privileges, and accommodations belonging thereunto, with the privilege of the iron ore.
as I, said Edward Cogswell, have of Elisha Williams and Martin Kellogg." From which il
appears that Edward Cogswell and his brother-in-law, Matthew Whipple, carried on the first
manufacturing interest in that part of New Milford.
Martha Deiiisoii, Matthew Whipjjle's mother, was a daughter of John Denison, who was
the only son of Major Daniel Denison. Martha Denison married 'Thomas Wiggin, a grandson
of Gov. Thomas Wiggin, also of Gov. .Simon Bradstreet. .She married, July, 1693, ^Capt.
Jonathan Thing, of Exeter, N. H., who died Oct. 30, 1694. They had one son, Daniel, born
May 12, 1694. She then married 'Major .Matthew Whipple. The "wife of Maj. Matthew
Whipple, Esq., died Sept. 12, 172S, in ye 60th year of her age."
Ca/'t. Jonathan Thing's first wife was Marv Gilman. Thev had two sons, Edward and
Moses Thine.
EMERSOX COGSWELL.
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(iSrnraltisttal.
Emerson^ Cogswell, {Williatii^, Willianr, yoltn^), son of William^
141 and Martha (Emerson) Cogswell, was born 1700. in Chebacco,
Ipswich, Mass. He married, Dec. 30, 1736, Mary Pecker, daughter of
Capt James and Mrs. Bridget (Papillion) Pecker. She was born in
Boston. The\- resided in Ipswich and Boston, and subsequently in
Concord, Mass., where Mr. Cogswell died, March 29, 1788. Mrs.
Cogswell died Dec. 23, 1795.
THEIR CHII.DRE.N WERE;
Makv, [87] bapt. June iS, 1738: m. Capt. William Burhy.
William, [88] bapt. .March 23, 1739.
.Martha, [89] bapt. .March 21, 1741 : m. Jan. 8, 1767, Capt. John Whipple; d. March
29, 1816.
Emerson, [90] bapt. Feb. 12, 1743; m. 1773, ^Eunice Robinson; m. May 3, 1789,
'^Ann Learnard; m. 1-94. '\trs. Elizabeth Buttrick ; d. May 13, 180S.
ScSANNAH, [91] bapt. March 17, 1745: m. ^Jeremiah Robinson, Jr.; m. Jan. 15, 1819,
'Capt. John Whipple; d. Dec. 18. 1836.
Bridget, [92] bapt. April 14, 1751 ; m. Jan. 18. 1770. Col. Edu\ir,l Wi^i^lesworth.
Ja.mes, [93] bapt. 1755; in. Dec. 3, 1780, Sfrs. Rebecca Baldivin ; A. Aug. 19, 1837.
Ciojjrapnital.
Emerson Cogswell, after marri.igc, rebided some years in Ipswich. His
house stood near the present station on the Eastern Railroad, the site, 1884,
of Damon's Block. He was a tanner and currier, and carried on the business