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Major Mason married, July, 1639, -Anne Peck, of Hartford, Conn. Their
children were Isabel ; Priscilla, b. Oct., 1641, m., Oct., 1664, Rev. James Fitch,
being his second wife ; Rachel ; Anne, b. June, 1650. m. Dr. William Whiting,
of Great Barrington, Mass. ; David ; and Elizabeth, who married James Fitch,
eldest son of Rev. James Fitch, so that father and son married sisters. Rev.
James Fitch, first minister of Saybrook, Conn., was born Dec. 24, 1622. in
Bocking, England. He came to America in 1638, studied seven years, was
ordained in England in 1646, and settled in Saybrook, Conn., but in later life
removed to Norwich, Conn., where he died in 1696. His will was an important
document.
i«rmoranlia.
Ccipt. John Mason, oi Stonington, deeded, March S, 1725,10 .Samuel and .-^nn Cogswell
certain land> in Lebanon, Conn., the con.sideration being a " General Release or quit claim
from Samuel and .\nn Cogswell, daughter of Capt. John Mason, Esq., of Norwich, deceased,
to him, ve said Capt. John Mason, of Stonington, ... of the other real and personal effects
of said John Mason, decea.sed." From which it appears that Capt. John Mason, of Stoning-
ton, was son of Capt. John Mason, Esq., of Norwich, and brother of Mrs. Ann Cogswell.
Mr>. CogswellV first husband, John Denison, Jr., was a grandson of Gen. Daniel Denison,
of Ipswich, Mass. The date of Mr>. Ann Cogswell's death is not ascertained, but we find
Julv 3, 1748, Samuel and Abigail Cogswell, parents of Kev. James Cogswell, admitted to the
church in Canterbury, Conn.
Robert ro^.-iv// received deed of land from his parents, Samuel and .\nn (Mason) Cogs-
well, Sept. 7, 1733. There was a Robert Cogswell, of IIadd.im. Conn., mentioned in 1741.
Robert Cogswell owned a small piece of land in Haddani. which he sold in 1739. His mark
was entered on the Town Records of Haddani. Conn.
jL-didicih Cogs-aicU lived in Hanover, Hunterdon Ct.., N.J. The Town Records of Lebanon,
Conn., under date of Sept. 14, 1733, mention a deed given by Samuel and .^nn (.Mason) Cogs-
well to their son Jedidiah Cogswell, weaver, of Hanover, Hunterdon Co., N. J.
Samuel* Cogs-u'cl! [ 68 ], of Lebanon, Conn., may have had other children, viz. : Alii HE \
Cogswell, who was admitted to the communion in 1730, and who married, March 23, 1731,
David Foster : PheiiE and Hann.\h Coi;swei.l, who were admitted to communion the same
vear, : 1735 also Te.mperanie Cogswell, who married, Nov. 10. 1737, John Hutehinson.
JOSEPH COGSWELL.
^rnralogttal.
Joseph^ Cogswell, {Snmiiel'\ Johf, y;;////'), son of SamuerM22!
and Susanna (Haven) Cogswell, was born April 10, 16S2, in Saybrook,
Conn. He married, Aug. 25, 17 10, Anna Orris, daughter of Samuel
and Deborah Orvis. She was born in Farmington, Conn., now South-
ington, where they resided.