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SAMUEL COGSWELL.
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GSfncalofiital.
Samuel'" Cogswell, {Sau/iu!', yo/iii'-, Jolni^), son of Samuel'' [22]
and Susanna (Haven) Cogswell, was born Aug. 3, 1677, in Saybrook,
Conn. He married, March 17, 1701, 'J/;-j. Ann (Mason) Dcnisoit,
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daughter of Capt. John Mason, and widow of John Deiiison, Jr. The)'
resided in Lebanon, Conn. Mrs. Ann Cogswell died, and Mr. Cogswell
married "^Abigail They lived in Canterbury, Conn. Mr,
Cogswell died March 21, 1752. Mrs. Abigail Cogswell died June 17,
1753-
THE CHILDREN OF THE FIRST .MARRI.AGE WERE :
Samiel, [189] h. Dec. 23, 1701. He probably died in infancy.
Anna, [190] b. Dec. 22. 1703: m. Jan. 22, 1729, Samuel Bushncll.
Hezekiah, [191] b. Feb. i. 1706. He probably died young.
Sa.muel, [192] I). 1707; m Feb. 7, 1727, Elizabeth Bingham.
Hezekiah, [193] b. 1709; m. Susanna Bailey.
Robert. [194] b.171 1 ; m. Jan. 16. 1733, Sarah Bailey.
Jedediah, [195] b. 1713.
James, [196] b. Jan. 0. 1720: m. April 24, 1745. ^Aliu- Fitch : m. 1773, -Mrs. Martha
{Lothropi Devotion; m. ^Mrs. Hibbard; d. Jan 2, 1.S07.
Sfofirapljital.
Samuel Cogswell probably li\ed a few years after marriage in Say-
brook, Conn. ; but certain lands coining into his possession in Lebanon, he
removed to that place. In advanced life Mr. Cogswell made his home with
his son. Rev. James Cogswell, of Canterbury. Conn. There was a Samuel
Cogswell received to the communion of the church in Lebanon, June 30, 1728,
and an Ann Cogswell, Aug. 29, 1742. These were probably Samuel and his
wife, Mrs. Ann Cogswell.
Mrs. Ann (Denison) Cogsweli., hA- ^L\Sll.^. was the daughter of Capt.
John Mason, who was in King Philip's \\'ar, and died of wounds received in
a battle with the Indians at Narragansett Ford, in 1675. Mrs. Cogswell had
one brother, John Mason. Mrs. Cogswell's grandfather was Major John
Mason, who was born in 1600, in England; came to America in 1630; settled
in Dorchester, Mass., but removed to Connecticut in 1635 ; was one of the
founders of Windsor ; took an active part in the Pequot War, after which, lived
in Saybrook, and removed, in 1659, to Norwich, Conn. He was for thirty
years Major of the colonial forces, a magistrate from 1642 to 1668, and Deputy-
Governor of Connecticut from 1660 to 1670 By the request of the General
Court of Connecticut, he prepared an account of the Pequot War, which was
published by Increase Matiier. and rt-printed in 1677.