Joseph Cogswell, died 1843, Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire

JOSEPH COGSWELL

Died

Nov. 22, 1848

AGED 86

ABIGAIL COGSWELL

HIS WIFE

Died

April 11, 1825

AGED 62

ALSO

MARY COGSWELL

THEIR DAUGHTER

Died

Feb. 26, 1844

AGED 47

Joseph Cogswell, son of Jonathan Cogswell and Mary Appleton, was born 1 December 1757 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died 22 November 1843 in Derry, New Hampshire.  He married Abigail Cleveland, daughter of the Rev. John Cleaveland and Mary Dodge, on 21 May 1788 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  Both Joseph and I are descendants of the original immigrant Cogswell family, John Cogswell (1592 – 1669) and Elizabeth Thompson, from Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. 

Abigail Cleveland Cogswell, his wife, was born 28 December 1762 in Ipswich, Massachusetts and died 11 April 1824 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  The town of Londonderry split into the two towns of Londonderry and Derry in the time between the two deaths.  Abigail’s mother was Mary Dodge, who was my first cousin 8 generations removed.  Mary’s mother was Mary Choate, my 8^th great aunt, married to Parker Dodge and sister of Anne (Choate) Varney (1691 – 1739), my 7^th great grandmother.

This tombstone also lists their daughter, Mary, who died in 1844.  Joseph and Abigail had seventeen children!  Elisabeth, Jonathan, David, Joseph II, John Cleveland, Abigail, Abigail again, Mary C., a third Abigail, Thomas, Elisabeth again, Moses, Aaron, Thomas again, Ebenezer, William, and Edward Parker. 

This was originally a standing stone, but it now lies flat on the ground in the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  It is broken in at least three places.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Joseph Cogswell, died 1843, Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 18, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/02/joseph-cogswell-died-1843-derry-new.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Sarah Rowe wife of William Cogswell, died 1849, Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire.

SARAH E. ROWE

WIFE OF

WILLIAM COGSWELL

BORN AT EAST KINGSTON

DIED IN THIS TOWN

JULY 18, 1849

AGED 33 YRS.

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Sarah Elizabeth Rowe was born in East Kingston (Kensington), New Hampshire on 4 March 1814, the daughter of Winthrop and Nancy Rowe.  She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) from 1839 - 1840.  She was a teacher in Lancaster, Sanbornton and Exeter, New Hampshire, and then married William Cogwell on 12 August 1846 in Exeter, New Hampshire.  

There must have been several local Derry girls who attended Mount Holyoke. The local Adams Female Academy in East Derry had Mary Lyons as a teacher. Lyons went on to found Mount Holyoke in 1837 after leaving Derry, and some of her students must have followed her.  Sarah Rowe was one of the first students at Mount Holyoke.

William Cogswell was the son of Joseph Cogswell and Abigail Cleaveland, born in Londonderry (now Derry) on 23 October 1806.   He was a selectman in Derry in 1838 and 1839. 

Click here for a blog post about the Adams Female Academy in East Derry:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/adams-female-academy-1824-derry-new.html  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Sarah Rowe wife of William Cogswell, died 1849, Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 27, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/02/tombstone-tuesday-sarah-rowe-wife-of.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ THOMPSON of Westbury, Wiltshire, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts

THOMPSON /  TOMPSON /  TOMSON

I have at least four THOMPSON lineages in my family tree. They are not related at all, but are separate lines.  I have already blogged about David Thompson (1592 – 1628) who owned a trading post in New Hampshire in 1621: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/12/surname-saturday-thompson.html  ;  Nancy Thompson (1804 – after 1847), my brickwall ancestress from Gilmanton, New Hampshire: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/05/surname-saturday-thompson-of-gilmanton.html ; and Alexander Thompson (about 1636 – 1696), the Scots Prisoner of War who settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/surname-saturday-thomson-thompson-of.html

My 10^th great grandfather was the Reverend William Thompson (about 1576 – 1623) vicar of the church in Wesbury, Wiltshire, England from 1603 until his death.  Rev. Thompson never came to America, but several of his descendants immigrated to Massachusetts.   His wife, Phillis, died in 1608 and he remarried to a woman named Elizabeth.  Elizabeth gave him two sons, Samuel, who became a vicar in London, and William, who was sent to Massachusetts to live with his uncle John Cogswell.

Rev. Thompson had five daughters from his first marriage with Phillis, including Elizabeth Thompson (1598 – 1676), my 9^th great grandmother, who married John Cogswell and came to America on board the ship Angel Gabriel.   This ship was wrecked in Pemaquid, Maine, but eventually the family made its way to Ipswich, Massachusetts.  John and Elizabeth had twelve children.  In his Great Migration series Robert Charles Anderson speculates that Elizabeth was married young because she had children from 1616 until about 1645.   I descend two of the twelve Cogswell children:  John (about 1622 – 1653) and also from his sister Sarah (about 1645 – 1733) who married Simon Tuthill.

Some Thompson Resources:

The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn (New England Historic Genealogical Society), Volume II,  page 138.

The Cogswells in America, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, 1884

The New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, April 1871, page 187.

Cogswell – Haldeman: The Ancestors and the Descendants of Asa Ferris Cogswell and Arobine Haldeman Cogswell, by Helen Cogswell Trostel, 1966

You might also want to read my COGSWELL Surname Saturday post:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/11/surname-saturday-cogswell-of-ipswich.html 

My THOMPSON lineage:

Generation 1:  William Thompson, born about 1576 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, died 1623 in Westbury; married first about 1600 to Phillis UNKNOWN (five daughters).  She was buried in Westbury on 19 July 1608. He married second to Elizabeth UNKNOWN (two sons).

Generation 2: Elizabeth Thompson, born in Westbury about 1598 and died on 2 June 1676 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts;  married on 10 September 1615 in Westbury to John Cogswell, son of Edward Cogswell and Alice UNKNOWN.   He was born in Westbury abut 1592 and died on 29 December 1669 in Ipswich. Twelve children.

Lineage A

Generation 3: John Cogswell m. UNKNOWN

Generation 4: John Cogswell m. Margaret Gifford

Generation 5: John Cogswell m. Sarah Brown

Generation 6:  Martha Cogswell m. John Andrews

Generation 7:  James Andrews m. Lucy Presson

Generation 8:  Orpha Andrews m. Joseph Allen

Generation 9:  Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10:  Joseph Elmer  Allen m. Carried Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B

Generation 3:  Sarah Cogswell m. Simon Tuthill

Generation 4:  John Tuthill m. Martha Ward

Generation 5:  Martha Tuthill m. Mark Haskell

Generation 6:  Lucy Haskell m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 7:  Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey

Generation 8:  Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jilling Homan

Generation 9: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 10: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ THOMPSON of Westbury, Wiltshire, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 5, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/08/surname-saturday-thompson-of-westbury.html: accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Ancestral Homestead

Weathervane Wednesday is a a series of photographs I post weekly.  When I began, I only published weathervanes from the Londonderry, New Hampshire area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all over New England.  Some of the weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are very interesting.  Often my readers will send me photos of weather vanes from far away, including other places in the USA or across the globe.

Today's weather vane was photographed in Massachusetts!

Do you know the location of weather vanes #239?  Scroll down to see the answer...

Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Massachusetts

Cogwell's Grant, seen from the Essex River

Today's weather vane was photographed above the barn at the Cogswell's Grant in Essex, Massachusetts.  This grant of 300 acres of land was given to my 9th great grandfather, John Cogswell (1592 - 1669), on the Essex river in 1636.  His original dwelling house is no longer standing, and the current farmhouse was build about 1728.  The land was divided among the sons and grandsons, and the current property is only 165 acres.  The descendants all lived nearby along Spring Street, and you can find many Cogswells in the Spring Street cemetery, just down the road, where many of my ancestors are also buried (including my ALLEN, BURNHAM, MEARS, POLAND and ANDREWS ancestors - right down to my ALLEN grandparents). 

The weathervane on the barn is a typical running horse, one of the most common weather vanes seen in New England on farms. The last owners of the property were Bertram and Nina Little, who bought the farm in 1937.  They were famous folk art and folk furniture collectors.  The house has a fantastic collection of their furniture, decorative arts, books, paintings, and other artifacts, and is open to the public through the organization "Historic New England".  

There is a sketch of John Cogswell and his children at the Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C- F, pages 137 – 140.

Visit Cogswell's Grant, part of the properties run by Historic New England:

http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/cogswells-grant

The Cogswell Family Association webpage:

https://cogswellfam.wordpress.com/

The Cogswell Family Association Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/113661535340209/

My "Surname Saturday" blog post on my two COGSWELL lineages:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/11/surname-saturday-cogswell-of-ipswich.html  

Click here to see the entire series of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Ancestral Homestead", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 16, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/12/weathervane-wednesday-ancestral.html : accessed [access date]).

How can that be? Mother and Daughter- Mrs. Margaret Gifford and Mrs. Margaret Gifford

In the following court case from 1674, my 7^th great grandfather, John Cogswell (1650 – 1724) sued his future in-laws, John Gifford (1623 – 1693) and Mrs. Margaret (Temple) Gifford in Essex County, Massachusetts for delaying his marriage to their daughter, Mrs. Margaret Gifford (b. 1653).

Wait a minute!  How can the daughter be called Mrs. Margaret Gifford?  Was she a widow?

Read the following case, and then the explanations below:

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Salem, Mass:  Published by the Essex Institute, 1916,  Volume 5, pages 380 – 382.

“There being a petition present by John Cogswell concerning a difference between him and Mr. John Gifford, in relation to his proceeding in marriage with Mrs. Margaret, daughter of Mr. Gifford, court seriously considering the case, declared that they could see no reason why the said John and Margaret should be hindered or delayed in marriage.*

Capt. Tho. Marshall testified that in discourse with Mr. John Gifford this morning concerning the marriage, he said that if it was his daughter’s mind to go, he would not hinder her, and further said Gifford told deponent and Mr. Purchass the day before that he would leave it to authority.  Sworn in court.

John Floyd testified that the last winter Mrs. Gifford came to his house, and upon asking her about the marriage, she said she should not trouble about it until her husband came home and did not show any unwillingness.  Sworn in court.

Mr. John Cogswell affirmed that while Mr. Gifford was in England and Mrs. Gifford had the disposal of her daughter, they agreed to the marriage, and Margaret owned in court that there was a solemn promise, which she should ever stand to, with said Cogswell.

*John Cogswell’s petition, dated July 21, 1674, that the persons concerned, Mr. and Mrs. Gifford of Lynn and Mistriss Margaret Gifford, might appear before the court for a hearing.

Mrs. Margarett Giffard affirmed that John Cogswell made a solemn promise to marry her daughter while Mr. Gifford was in England.

Special warrant, dated July 22, 1674, for the appearance of Mr. John Gifford, wife and daughter Margarett, “forewith at the sight hearof,” at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to answer the complaint of John Cogswell, signed by Hilliard Veren+ by special order of the court.

Brief notes of Mr. Coggeswells & Mrs Margaret Gifford’s case, Mr. Gifford himself being at London: “About the middle of february last was 12 monthes hauing bene at mr. Gifford’s hwse 2 or 3 times before, John Cogswell desired her that hee might haue libety to speake with her:  She Answered that she could not except it was her mothers mind or will.  This was in the after no one that day.  Next morning he Came againe.  He asked Mrs. Gifford her leaue that hee might speake with Margarett, her Answer was he might: & then shee went Vp into the Chamber, & left them both below together & they were together aloane an houre or more.  The next time which was within one weeke or fortnight after he went againe, & Mrs. Gifford & her Daughter were then about going to Boston next morning, & Mrs Gifford did inuite him to stay all night.  She said he should be welcome, but she had noe intertainment for his horse, soe he went away & Came againe next morning & he desired to Carry Mrs. Margaret:  she said she would be willing of it, but onely for the discourse of people & she said if the said Coggswell would Carry her selfe shee should be thankfull, & soe he carried her, as farr as capt Marshalles: & then he asked her that he might Carry Margaret & she gaue him leaue.  Soe as they went mrs Gifford haueing occation to speake with a man shee met upon the roade, & young Coggswell & Margarett offered to stay for her, Mrs Gifford bid them goe on; she would follow them, & they tarried upon the roade almost an houre for her.

“The next time (as they remember) John Coggswell Came to the house & Mrs Gifford was at Boston, or not at home, & the said Coggswell went home before Mrs Gifford returned, & in the meane time Margarett tould her mother John had bene there:  The said John Coggswell Came time after time, till about the middle of the summer, & then she hauing some intelligence from Chebacco (as he supposeth) mrs Gifford betweene John Coggswell & her selfe gaue her Consent that hee should haue her daughter, but desired that would not be married till Mr. Gifford Came home, if did Come in some short time.  In the meane time she haueing her mother consent to proceed; the yonge folks did ingage themseues by promise to each other to adioyne together in marriage & this was three or foure monthes before any denyall.  In the beginning of January she gaue him a denyall, which was almost one yeare after his former incouragement was began.  She saith after John Coggswell had bene at mr Giffords twice, some of their neighbors tould her that Coggswell came to be a uter to her & shee tould her mother of it, & she said shee heard soe too.  And about 3 or 4 dayes after he Came to the howse, & she looking out of dores, she tould her mother mr Cogswell was Coeming againe, & she said she did not belieue it was as they heard.  Soe he came in at dores & sat downe a while, & asked which was the way to Reading, & mrs Margaret tould him hee Could not miss the way, but he semed much, that he desired that shee would shew him the way.  But she was pretty unwilling, But mrs Gifford seemed as if she should goe & shew him the way.

“So Margaret standing upon the threshold, John Coggswell desired to speake a word or two with her at a neighbors howse:  She Answered, tould him it did not ley in her power, vnlesse it was with her mothers will, soe John went away & left her.  Soe Margaret went to the dore & tould her mother that she vunderstoode what his business was, but she would not giue him liberty to speake with her without her leaue, for she had left it wholly to her.  And her mother asked her if he was gone.  And Mrs Gifford said she did beleeue he would Come againe the next day & I said Margaret I beleeue soe too.  Soe accordingly he came the next day & Asked her Consent, which she granted, soe shee went up to the stayers, & left them alone below about an houre or more.  After he was gone Margaret tould her mother what had past betweene them, And her mother said, she had nothing against him.  She did not know what might bee, she liked him very well.  Some times John Coggswell Came when my mother was not at home, but allwaies Margaret tould her mother what past betweene them, & when hee Came when Mrs Gifford was at home, she allwaise made him welcome.  Aboute the latter end of August 73, there grew some difference betweene the said John & Margarett & one of their neighbors tould her mother of it.  And her mother Asked Margarett if it was soe.  & she ould her yea, & she asked her what was the reason for it, saying she did beleeue it was because you haue heard your father was Coming ouer with good estate, & that neighbours would be apt to think soe too, & wisht Margaret had bene wiser, you might haue kept him in hand till you father Came home, & let him haue broke it if Margaret had bene soe minded. And afterward the yonge folke were reconciled againe themselues.  And soe haue Continewed to this day.”

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The abbreviation “Mrs.” came from the title “Mistress”, which in 1674 New England was a title of honor for anyone who was of a good station in life.  Women of a lesser social class were called “Goodwife” or “Goody”.  It had nothing to do with marital status.

Why did John Cogswell sue Margaret’s parents?  In Puritan Massachusetts a marriage was not a religious rite, but a legal contract.  From the moment a couple declared their intentions, it was a legally binding contract.  In fact, this court record is dated 22 July 1674, and that is the date of the marriage of John Cogswell and Margaret Gifford recorded in the Ipswich vital records.  They were considered already legally married when this case was closed by the court.

Why did the mother, Mrs. Gifford, say she had “No entertainment for the horse”?   How do you entertain a horse? Well, in 1674 the word entertainment was used to describe maintenance or provision.  A house of entertainment was an inn or tavern not because they put on shows, but because they boarded travelers.  You might see on an antique tavern sign “Good entertainment for Man and Horse”.   There were no horses sitting in the audience of the comedy club.  Mrs. Gifford was stating that she had no stable nor food for the horse to stay overnight.

Why would Mrs. Gifford allow her daughter’s suitor to stay overnight?  In colonial times people worked all day, every day, and the only time for courting was in the evening.  Couples were allowed to stay up all night and visit, chaperoned or not.  In the winter, when it was cold, they were even allowed to get into bed (fully clothed) and stay up and visit with each other.  This was called “bundling”.  Usually the chamber was full of other siblings, guests, and family members and there was no expectation of privacy.

Why did John Cogswell want to carry Margaret around the neighborhood?  He wasn’t offering to carry her in his arms.  He was offering to take her for a ride on his horse around the neighborhood. 

Doesn’t the whole story make more sense now that you understand the archaic terms?

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Draco Malfoy actor may be descended of a real “witch”?

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Tom Felton at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto.
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According to genealogist David Nelson, Tom Felton, the actor who played the evil wizard Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, is a distant relative of John Proctor.   This is also stated in the forward of Emerson Baker’s new book A Storm of Witchcraft, published 2014.  This is extremely interesting to me since John Proctor is my 8th great grandfather, but he was also hung as a witch in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts.  You might know John Proctor as the protagonist in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

This got me to thinking, since I am also a FELTON descendant.  The Felton family lived in Salem, and my ancestor’s home still stands in what is now the town of Peabody, Massachusetts.  The Felton family was allied to John Proctor, and many members of this family signed a petition in his favor.  This was a brave gesture, since many who supported the accused in 1692 Salem were also accused themselves.  Was Tom Felton, the actor, also a Salem Felton descendant?  This is important because it would be fun to involve the younger members of the Felton family at the next reunion with a lineage chart and short lecture on the subject. 

At the website Bloodlines of Salem, www.bloodlinesofsalem.org , there is a list of famous descendants of the “witches” of Salem.  The princes of England, including Prince William, heir to the throne, and his infant son George, are on this list, as well as President George W. Bush,  comedienne Lucille Ball, and Red Cross founder Clara Barton.  The closest I could find to an answer to this question is in Tom Felton’s biography at the Internet Movie Data Base ( www.imdb.com ) where it states “The London Sun claims he is related to John Proctor, one of the accused witches in the 17^th century Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts (see the link below).  Proctor’s son Thorndike Proctor married a Hannah Felton.”   This is also repeated nearly word for word in Tom Felton’s Facebook page.  Of course I am skeptical because there were no "witches" in Salem to begin with, only innocent folks who were accused of this lie by their conniving neighbors. 

As both a descendant of John Proctor and as a descendant of Nathaniel Felton (Hannah’s father),  I know many facts about the 1697 marriage between Thorndike Proctor (1672 – 1759) and his bride Hannah Felton.  I don’t know about you, but as a genealogist I would think that any children of this Proctor-Felton marriage would carry the Proctor name, not the Felton surname, wouldn't you?  I needed more proof that a British actor is descended from colonial New England settlers.  I drew up a brick wall on Tom Felton’s connections, since there seemed to be no lineages available online or in genealogical journals. 

So, next I tested the theory that Prince William was descended of a witch.  The Bloodlines of Salem website gave no clues other than naming Princes William, Harry and George as descendants.  So I turned to my favorite genealogist of the stars, Gary Boyd Roberts.

I knew from a private conversation with Gary Boyd Roberts that I shared a common COGSWELL ancestor with Lady Diana.   John Cogswell (about 1592 – 1669) lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the same town where John Proctor, the witch trial victim hung in 1692 lived.  His article online at NEHGS’s website http://www.americanancestors.org/princes-william-and-harry/ from 27 April 2011 doesn’t mention Tom Felton at all, nor does it connect the princes with anyone from the witch trials.  This was a big clue that the Bloodlines of Salem website was possibly off track with their claims.

I did find this chart on line that shows how Prince William is related to Rev. George Burroughs, who was hung as a witch in 1692.  It does have sources if you mouse-over the names.  And it goes back to a common ancestor who died in England in 1472. You’re your own with this one since I have not checked the sources: http://famouskin.com/famous_kin_chart.php?name=6104+prince+william&kin=11991+george+burroughs 

I left two messages via the contact email on the Bloodlines of Salem website, and received no replies.  I also consulted with Margo Burns, an author who has written about the Salem Witch Trial era, and she agreed that the Felton name was a red herring [my words].  Emerson Baker did not reply to my message on line asking for clarification about the Tom Felton claims, except to refer me to the Sun newspaper link listed below. And if there is an allied kinship, not descendancy from the personalities in the 1692 Witch Hysteria, I’d still like to hear about it from the Bloodlines of Salem administrators.

For the truly curious:

“Harry Potter star related to witches” Metro UK, 22 June 2007
 http://metro.co.uk/2007/06/22/harry-potter-star-related-to-witches-479722/

Also, see this link which was Emerson Baker’s source for Tom Felton being related to real witches:  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/238447/Draco-Malfoy-is-a-witch.html 

A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience, by Emerson W. Baker, 2024, also available on line at Google Books.  See page 12 in the forward for mention of Tom Felton.

A well written article by Gary Boyd Roberts of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) “Notable Kin- the Progeny of “Witches” and “Wizards”: Some Descendants of Rev. George Burroughs and William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne, Parents of Mary Estey and Rebecca Nurse” published date 2 August 1992 http://www.americanancestors.org/the-progeny-of-witches-and-wizards/     This is one I can trust.  No mention of Tom Felton [of course, it was written well before the movie franchise]. 

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Surname Saturday ~ COGSWELL of Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts

Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Massachusetts

John Cogswell arrived in New England with his family aboard the Angel Gabriel in 1635.  This is the famous ship, part of the Winthrop Fleet, that shipwrecked at Pemaquid Point in Maine on its way to Massachusetts from England.  You can read more about the Angel Gabriel HERE .  John Cogswell, and most of the passengers on the Angel Gabriel, made their way to Ipswich, Massachusetts where he was granted 300 acres of land in the part of Ipswich known as Chebacco.

In the 1650s John Cogswell, Jr. went to England and his visit was recorded by relatives in Wiltshire and in a letter from London dated 30 March 1653 [NEHGR 15: 177].   He died on the return voyage in September 1653.  I have seen references of his dying of injuries from a snake bite, but no solid proof.  Why would there be a snake on the ship?  

Cogswell Grant was originally 300 acres in what is now Essex, Massachusetts. It is now a historic house museum on 165 acres along the Essex River. The house was purchased by Bertram and Nina Little in 1937, and donated to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now known as Historic New England.  Bertram Little was the president of the Society for many years.  The home standing on this property was built in 1728 by Jonathan Cogswell, Jr.

Among the more famous COGSWELL descendants are Lady Diana Spencer, mother of Princes William and Henry of England (so they are all Cogswell descendants!); Presidents John Adams,  John Quincy Adams and Calvin Coolidge; Margaret Mead, Tennessee Williams, Oliver Wendall Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Julia Ward Howe.

What is amazing is that this lineage begins and ends in Essex, Massachusetts.  John Cogswell was one of the first settlers in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich in the 1630s, which became the town of Essex, Massachusetts.  All the generations below lived in Ipswich and Essex, including my own mother, who was born in Ipswich.  John Cogswell's mother-in-law was named Phyllis, and he named one of his daughters Phyllis, and this name was passed on for several generations.  My mother's name is Phyllis, too. 

My COGSWELL genealogy:

Generation 1: John Cogswell, son of Edward Cogswell and Alice Unknown, born about 1592 in Westbury, Leigh, Wiltshire, England, died 29 December 1669 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 10 September 1615 in Westbury Leigh to Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Reverend William Thompson and Phillis Unknown.  She was born about 1598, and died 2 June 1676 in Ipswich.  Twelve children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: John Cogswell, born about 1622 and died 27 September 1653 on a ship returning to America from England; married to Unknown.  Three children.

Generation 3: John Cogswell, born 1650 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, died 1724; married on 22 July 1674 in Ipswich to Margaret Gifford, daughter of John Gifford and Margaret Temple.  Six children.

Generation 4: John Cogswell, born 6 September 1683 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, died 3 May 1719 in Ipswich; married in 1708 to Sarah Brown, daughter of John Brown.  She died on 15 July 1752.  Four children.

Generation 5: Martha Cogswell,  born on 1 January 1719 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 23 December 1809 in Ipswich; married on 1 March 1747/48 in Ipswich to John Andrews, son of John Andrews and Elizabeth Wallis.  He was born in 1717 in Ipswich and died 3 May 1779 in Ipswich.

Generation 6: James Andrews, born 13 November 1763 in the Chebacco Parish, died 19 October 1857 in Essex (the former Chebacco Parish), Massachusetts;  married on 15 July 1788 in Ipswich to Lucy Presson, daughter of William Presson and Abigail Sargent.  She was born in May 1763 in Gloucester and died 5 September 1852 in Essex.  Ten children.

Generation 7:  Orpha Andrews, born 3 Feb 1804 in the Chebacco Parish, died 20 April 1869 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 28 October 1824 in Essex to Joseph Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Judith Burnham.  He was born 31 July 1801 in the Chebacco Parish and died 2 August 1894 in Beverly, Massachusetts.  Six children.

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 9:  Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Linage B:

Generation 2:  Sarah Cogswell, born about 1645 in Ipswich, died 24 January 1733 in Ipswich; married about 1663 to Simon Tuthill/Tuttle, son of John Tuthill and Joan Antrobus.  He was born about 1637 in Ipswich and died 11 January 1691 in Lynn, Massachusetts.  Twelve children.

Generation 3:  John Tuthill m. Martha Ward

Generation 4: Martha Tuthill m. Mark Haskell

Generation 5: Lucy Haskell m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 6: Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey

Generation 7: Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jillings Homan

Generation 8: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 9: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m.  Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 10: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (see above)

For the truly curious:

Cogswell’s Grant website

 http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/cogswells-grant

There is a sketch of John Cogswell and his children at the Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C- F, pages 137 – 140.

The Cogswells in America, by E. O. Jameson, 1884

Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, by Mary Walton Ferris, 1943, Volume 1, pages 188 – 189

Cogswell Family Association   www.cogswell.org

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Surname Saturday ~ ANDREWS of Essex, Massachusetts (Ipswich’s Chebacco Parish)

Ipswich, Massachusetts town seal

(see the story below for an explanation)

ANDREWS

Here is another ancestor from whom I descend from three sons.  It is a tangled lineage (scroll to the bottom for genealogy information.

Lieutenant John Andrews was born about 1620 in England.  His parentage is unknown.  Also, there are many Andrews families in Ipswich in the 1600s, and it is unknown if Lt. John was related to Captain Robert Andrews.   He was granted 8 acres of land for his service during the Pequot War in 1637.  He lived “in the part of Ipswich which in 1679 was organized as Chebacco Parish and in 1819 incorporated as the town of Essex, Mass.” [NEHGS Register, Volume 70 (1916) page 103]

Lt. John Andrews was a house carpenter and farmer by trade, and also served in several town offices.  He also participated in the unusual Ipswich tax rebellion of 1687.  “…the inhabitants of Ipswich in 1687 resisted the order of Sir Edmund Andros [no relation] and his council for levying a tax on the King’s subjects… John Andrews was at that time chairman of the selectmen of Ipswich, and John Appleton was town clerk.  They, with John Wise, the minister, and others, called a meeting, at which the command of the Governor to choose a commissioner to assist in assessing the tax was discussed; and at the town meeting the next day (23 Aug.) the town considered that by the laws of England it was enacted “that no Taxes should be Levied upon the Subjects without consent of an Assembly chosen by the Freeholders.”  For this act of the town Mr. Wise, John Andrews, John Appleton, William Goodhue, Robert Kinsman, and Thomas French were arrested, brought before the court at Boston, and tried.. [and found guilty]  This act of resistance has been called “the foundation of American Democracy” and was the beginning of those events which eighty-eight years later culminated in the Revolutionary War.  It is commemorated in the seal of the town of Ipswich, which bears the motto “The Birthplace of American Independence 1687” [NEGHS Register, Volume 70 (1916), page 103]

Of all the men mentioned above, I descend from Lt. John Andrews, William Goodhue and Robert Kinsman.  I also descend from John Proctor of Ipswich, who was hung as a witch in 1692.  Lt. John Andrews and his four sons, along with many Ipswich men, signed a petition in support of John Proctor and his wife during their trials in Salem.  The petition was unsuccessful, and John Proctor was hung, although his wife escaped execution because she was pregnant.

Of John Andrews’ four sons, I descend from William, Thomas and Joseph.

Generation 1:  John Andrews, born about 1620 in England, died 20 April 1708 in the Chebacco Parish; married about 1645 to Jane Jordan, daughter of Stephen Jordan and Susannah Unknown.  She was born about 1622 in England and died after 1705 in the Chebacco Parish.  Five children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: William Andrews, born 1649 in the Chebacco Parish, died 7 February 1716/7 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 20 October 1672 in Ipswich to Margaret Woodward, daughter of Ezekiel Woodward and Anne Beamsley.  She was born 24 February 1655 in Boston and died 22 May 1716 in Scarborough, Maine.  Twelve children.

Generation 3: John Andrews, born 2 February 1676 in Ipswich, died 25 March 1753 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 11 January 1706 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Story, daughter of Seth Story and Elizabeth Cross.

Generation 4: Abigail Andrews married 2 December 1736 in Ipswich to Jeremiah Burnham, son of John Burnham and Ann Choate.

Generation 5: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen

Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews (see below)

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maud Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Thomas Andrews, born about 1654 in the Chebacco Parish, died 22 March 1718/9 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 9 February 1681 to Mary Belcher, daughter of Jeremiah Belcher and Mary Lockwood.  She was born 21 July 1660 and died on 31 March 1731 in Ipswich.

Generation 3: Thomas Andrews, born 1682 in Ipswich, died 13 February 1746 in Ipswich; married on 8 April 1711 in Ipswich to Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Unknown.  She was born 27 September 1685 in Ipswich, and died 31 March 1731 in Ipswich.  Thomas Andrews married second to Rebecca Cole.

Generation 4: Mary Andrews, born about 1712 in Ipswich; married on 16 August 1735 in Ipswich to Stephen Burnham, son of Thomas Burnham and Susannah Boardman.  He was born about 1715 and died 1790 in Milford, New Hampshire. Thirteen children.

Generation 5: Colonel Joshua Burnham m. Jemima Wyman

Generation 6: Jemima Burnham m. Romanus Emerson

Generation 7: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger

Generation 8: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder

Generation 9: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage C:

Generation 2: Joseph Andrews, born 1657 in the Chebacco Parish, died between 13 February and 5 March 1724/5 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 16 February 1680/1 in the Chebacco Parish to Sarah Ring, daughter of Daniel Ring/Rindge and Mary Kinsman.  She was born 17 August 1659 in Ipswich and died after 1714.

Generation 3: John Andrews, born 1 June 1691 in the Chebacco Parish, died October 1762 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 6 December 1716 in Gloucester to Elizabeth Wallis, daughter of James Wallis and Martha Stanford.  She was born about 25 February 1694 in Beverly, died before 7 November 1757 in Ipswich.  John married second to Margaret Crafts on 7 November 1757.

Generation 4: John Andrews, born 1717, died 3 May 1779 in Ipswich; married on 1 March 1747/8 in Ipswich to Martha Cogswell, daughter of John Cogswell and Sarah Brown.  She was born 1 January 1719 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 23 December 1809 in Ipswich.  John had been previously married to Mary Burnham on 5 January 1741/2.

Generation 5: James Andrews, born 13 November 1763 in the Chebacco Parish, died 19 October 1857; married on 15 July 1788 in Ipswich to Lucy Presson, daughter of William Presson and Abigail Sargent.  She was born in May 1763 in Gloucester and died 5 September 1852 in Essex, Massachusetts. Ten chlldren.

Generation 6:  Orpha Andrews, born 3 February 1804 in the Chebacco Parish, died 20 April 1869 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 28 October 1824 in Essex to Joseph Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Judith Burnham.  He was born 31 July 1801 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 2 August 1894 in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Generation 7: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears (see above)

For more information on Lt. John Andrews:

The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts by Betty Andrews Storey, 2009 on CD ROM

New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 70 (1916), page 102-103

also

The Will of Lieut. John Andrews

" In the name of God, Amen, in the thirteenth Day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred adn five, I John Androse, Senior of Sebacco in Ipswich of ye Countie of Essex within ye province of Massachusetts being in New england yeoman being at this time of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god; But calling unto mind ye mortallity of my body and knowing yt it is appointe for men once to Dye. Do make and ordine This my Last will and Testament-that is to say principally and first of all. I give and Recommend My Soul is not yet in the handes of god yet give it and my body I Recommend to ye Earth, to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Descression of my Executors; nothing Doubting but At ye Genneral Resserection I shall receive ye same againe by ye mighty power of god, and As touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this Life. I give Demise and Dispose of ye same in the following manner and forme.

Imprimis. I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jn Androse ye sum of five shillings to be levied out of my Estate adn paid by my executor unto him after my Desease allso Confirming to him what I have alred given him by Deed of Gifte. -

Item. I give adn bequeath to my second son William Androuse one fourthe part of my whole esstate both land or march which I have not allred given away by Deed of gift and allso al my moveable Estate according to a true Inventory threof taken. What shall Remaine to be clear Estate after my funeral Expenses and just Debts are paid, I freely give my Son William androse one fourth part there of only I do herebyu oblige him to pay one fourth part of ye charges of maintaning my Wife So long as Shje shall live after my Decease and when it shall please god to take her Away by Death I do hereby oblige him to pay one fourth part of ye charges of a decent funerall unto her.

Item I give adn bequeathe to my Son Thomas androse one fourth part of my whole Estate both lands or marsh and al other Estate which shall be cleare according to inventory after my funerqall expenses and just Debts are paid onely I do Here by oblige him to Pay one fourth part of ye charges in maintaining my wife so long as she shall live after my Decease and to pay one fourth part of ye charges of Her funerall when God shall please to take her away by Death.

Item. I given and bequeth unto Elizabeth my Daughter wife of James Giddinge one fourth part of my whole Estate both Real and personal as landes marsh or any other Estate according to inventory as shal appear to be clear after my funerall expenses and just Debts Are paid onely I oblige her to pay one fourth part of ye charges for maintaining my funerall expenses and just Debts Are paid onely I oblige her to pay one fourth part of ye charges fo maintaining my Wife So long as she shall live after my Decese and to pay one fourth part of ye charges of her funerall when god shall please to Deprive her of her Naturall lifed allso, I do hereby order and Desire yt my Wife shall Dwell with my Daughter Elizabeth giddinge after my Decease so long as she lives; (further more I do hereby order ordaine and appoint my Trusty friend William Gidding of Sebacco Cordwinder to be my soule executor of this my Last Will and Tesstamernt. ) and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revok and Disanull all and Everry other former testaments Willes legacyes and bequestes adn executors by me in any wayes before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other be my last Will and testaments in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale by Day and year above written."

John Andrews "Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by ye same Jn Androsuse Seniour as his Last Will and testament in ye presentes of us subscribers.

Witnesses: Nathaniel Goodhue, Job Giddings, Solomon Giddings

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The surname COGSWELL. Does that sound familiar?

For years I have admired this painting of Queen Lilioukalani, and I have been lucky to have seen it hanging in Iolani Palace in Honoulu, Hawaii.  I recently noticed that the artist’s name was William F. Cogswell.  Did you ever do a double take when you saw a familiar surname?  This one piqued my interest because it is an ancestor’s name, and Cogswell is not a common name.  John Cogswell (1592 – 1669) was born in Wiltshire, England and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  The name Cogswell is still common in Ipswich and New England.

My mother was born in Ipswich, and generations of her family lived there and in Essex (the former Chebacco Parish of Ipswich).  My grandparents and generations of family are buried at the Spring Street Cemetery, right on the same road as the Cogswell Grant.  This property is now a museum home run by Historic New England.  I was very familiar with the surname. The artist John Cogswell is a very distant cousin- check out the genealogy listed at the bottom of this post.

William F. Cogswell  (1819 – 1903) the artist, was born in Fabius, New York, not too far from where his ancestors lived in Massachusetts. He was a self taught artist who painted portraits in New York City.  He removed to California in 1873 where he lived for the rest of his life, except for a few voyages to Hawaii where he painted the ali’I (nobility).   He also painted Ulysses S. Grant (this painting now hangs in the U.S. Senate) and  Abraham Lincoln (now in the White House).

I love this painting because I had seen it reproduced many times in books and online, but seeing it in person on the walls of Iolani Palace was eye opening.  She is wearing a butterfly ornament in her hair.  I had seen this same piece of jewelry in the palace museum, and bought several replicas for the women in our family.  This is a piece of jewelry she bought in London when she was invited to Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebration, and the same trip when she stopped in Boston to visit with my relatives, her husband’s family in 1887.  The original pin has springs so the wings quiver. 

In the painting the Queen is also wearing her “Hawaiian heirloom” bracelet.  Liliuokalani started this tradition when Queen Victoria gave her a bracelet of mourning jewelry in honor of Prince Albert’s death.  She loved the style and commissioned several to bring back for her ladies in waiting. They were so popular in Hawaii that the tradition spread and changed to include the wearer’s name.  You can see many women wearing them in Hawaii, and you can order one as a souvenir when you visit Hawaii.  Queen Liliuokalani’s bracelet was engraved with the words “Hoomanao mau” ( "a lasting remembrance") and is in the museum at Iolani Palace.  Another one of her bracelets is on display at Washington Place, and another at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

Not only is this painting seen reproduced in print, the image you see here of the Queen Liliuokalani has been reproduced in costumes and dolls wearing the exact same dress and jewelry.  It is truly a favorite painting of the beloved Queen.  And it is serendipity that the artist and I share a common ancestor. 

Costume from the “Take Back Halloween” website http://takebackhalloween.org/liliuokalani/

Doll from the website http://www.enchantedfantasies.com/Enchanted%20Fantasies%20Images/Queen%20Liliuokalani.JPG

William F. Cogswell’s genealogy:

Generation 1: John Cogswell, born about 1592 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England, died 29 December 1669 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 10 September 1615 in Westbury Leigh to Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of William and Phillis Thompson.  These are my 9^th great grandparents.

Generation 2: John Cogswell, born about 1622 in Ipswich and died 27 September 1653 at sea, on a ship returning to America from England, married ?  These are my 8^th great grandparents.

Generation 3: Samuel Cogswell, born 1651 in Ipswich and died 1700 in Lynn, Massachusetts; married on 27 October 1668 in Saybrook, Connecticut to  Susanna Haven, daughter of Richard Haven and Susanna Newhall.  He is my 7^th great uncle.

Generation 4: Joseph Cogswell, born 10 April 1682 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, died 28 December 1729 in Southington, Connecticut; married Anna Orvis.

Generation 5: Nathan Cogswell, born 20 May 1716 in Southington, died 1743; married on 24 November 1737 in Southington to Susanna Warner.

Generation 6: Solomon Cogswell, born 26 March 1743 in Farmington, Connecticut, died 26 May 1806 in Williamstown, Massachusetts;  married Sarah Cowles.

Generation 7: William Cogswell, born 24 July 1789 in Hancock, Massachusetts, died 25 September 1834; married on 3 October 1816 in Fabius, New York to Samantha Petit, daughter of James Petit and Lucy Felt.

Generation 8: William F. Cogswell, born 15 July 1819 in Fabius, New York, died 24 December 1903 at Pasadena, California.  He married Isabelle Williams, born in Ireland,  and they had 10 children.  He is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. William F. Cogswell is my 5^th cousin, 4 generations removed.

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A Lawsuit over a Carpet, 1675, Massachusetts

No, this is not the carpet from the lawsuit

There once was a rug that crossed the ocean in 1635,  survived a ship wreck and several lawsuits, and was passed on as a family heirloom for years and years.   This is the story of that carpet.

In 1675 John Cogswell sued his uncle, William Cogswell over his father’s estate.  A will could not be found, and the local Essex County, Massachusetts court decided in John’s favor for about 54 pounds plus court costs.  Uncle William appealed, and in 1676 the higher court in Boston reversed the judgement and charged John 13 pounds 4 shillings.  John refused to pay, and asked for a hearing.  On 29 May 1677 the whole case was heard again in William’s favor.

John Cogswell (1650 – 1724) is my 7^th great grandfather.  His grandparents, John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Cogswell, were my 9^th great grandparents.  They came to America with the Winthrop Fleet, on board the ship Angel Gabriel, which was wrecked in Pemaquid harbor, Maine during a big hurricane in 1635.  The carpet in question survived the voyage, the shipwreck, and the 40 years before the lawsuit.

Deposition by William Thompson, 1677, aged about 28 years, who lived with John Cogswell in Ipswich. 

“I did frequently see a Turkey-work carpet which my uncle and aunt had:  and I have heard them say it was theirs in Old England, and used to lie on their parlor table there; and I heard my father, Doctor Samuel Thompson, say that he did well remember that my uncle had a Turkey-work carpet, which used to lie upon their parlor table in Old England, and took it away with them.”

More depositions in the 1676 case can be read at this page:   http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Cogswell/John3Cogswell.html

Why was the Turkish carpet on the table?  Well, in the 17^th century carpets were much too valuable to walk on, even in England.  They were usually hung on the wall like a tapestry, or hung over a table or bed.  Why was the original judgement overturned?  Someone must have been fibbing, since several witnesses mentioned the goods owned by Cogswell, as well as the carpet.   

Court cases such as this help fill out the story of our ancestor’s lives beyond birth and death dates.  Since the early colonial residents of New England were particularly litigious, there is a good chance you might find your ancestor mentioned in a court record, as a witness, defendant, plantiff, judge or juror.  This particular case is interesting because of the descriptions of the household goods owned by the Cogswell family.

John Cogswell of Ipswich, Massachusetts is also known for bravely signing a petition in favor of John and Elizabeth (Bassett) Proctor during the Salem Witch Hysteria in 1692.  John Proctor was the witch trial victim immortalized by the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller.  John Proctor and his first wife, Martha Harper , are also my ancestors.   This was considered a brave act, because in 1692 many of the friends and family of the accused had the finger of guilt pointed back at themselves, especially if they tried to prove their loved one’s innocence.

You can still visit the Cogswell family land in the town of Essex, Massachusetts (formerly the Chebacco parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts).   Cogswell's Grant is now a museum home operated by Historic New England. 

For more information:

The Cogswells in America, by E. O. Jameson, published in Boston in 1884 (can be read online at archive.org)

Cogswell Family Association    www.cogswell.org

The Cogswell Family Association blog  http://cogswellfam.wordpress.com/

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts,  Volume VI, 1675 – 1678, page 156 mentions the “turkey work” carpet.  Available to view online at Google Book Search.

Cogswell’s Grant, a historic property managed by “Historic New England”.  It was first owned by John Cogswell (1592 – 1669), born in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England, who came to New England in 1635 aboard the Angel Gabriel with his family.  The Angel Gabriel was wrecked, and they lost 5,000 pounds sterling of property, but all survived.  He called his property in Essex, Massachusetts (Chebacco Parish), Westberry Lee” after his birthplace.   It was passed down in the Cogswell family from 1636 to 1839, when it was sold to Adam Boyd, a prominent shipbuilder.

http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/cogswells-grant

The image above of the carpet is from Wikimedia Commons, Lotto Carpet design Usak 16th century, photographed at the Museum of Islamic Art, World Imaging, 2009. 

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Surname Saturday ~ Tuttle/Tootill/Tuthill

My ancestor Symon Tootill/Tuttle/Tuthill never lived in the New World.  His wife, Isabell Wells, came with her sons, William, John and Richard, on the Planter in 1635.  There is no further record of her in New England, so she probably did not live long after the voyage.  In genealogy we often laugh about the “myth of the three brothers who arrived in America”, but this is the third time I’ve written about three brothers arriving in the New World.  I descend from The brother John, and also from their sister, Dorothy, who married John Bill in England and also came to New England.

Symon Tootill was born about 1560 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England.  He was mentioned in his father’s and also in his father-in-law’s wills.  Simon’s will mentions his sons Richard, Thomas, John, Simon and William.  He was buried at Ringstead on 15 June 1630.  Simon’s will was dated 19 December 1627 and proved at Northampton:

In the Name of God Amen The nyneteeneth Day of December in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand six hundred twentie seaven I Symon Tuttell of Ringsted in the Countie of Northton yeoman strong in minde and of good and pfect memory thanks and praise be to allmighty god and weighing and considering the frailety of mans life and the uncertainty of this world doe make and ordayne this my psent Testamt contayning therein my last will in mann[er] and forme as followeth that ys to say ffirst I [c]om[m]end and com[m]itt my soule into the hands of Allmighty god Creator assuredly believing through the onely meritte of Jesus Christe my saviour to be made ptaker of Everlasting life And my body I comitt to the earth from whence it came to be buried [torn] Christon burialls at the discrecion of my Executrix hereafter named, hopeing assuredly to receive the same again at the gene[ral] resurreccion not a mortall but an immortall and glorious body.

And now as concerning those lands and goodes wch god of his goodness hath lent me I give and bequeath unto Isabell my wife All that moytie or prcell of land meadows and com[m]ons wth theire and each of theire appurtenances wch ys due to me out of the land formerly [?] conveyed to my Edlest sonne Richard and the house messuages or ten[emen]ts wherein I now dwell together with all the houses yards lands meadows pastures com[m]ons comodities and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appurteyning and also All those landes meadows and comons wth thappurtances wch I lately had an purchased of Thomas Holding Edward Asin [?] al[ia]s James, and of Will[ia]m Sillyman and of each of them To ahve and to hold the same for and during the terme of her naturall life and after the naturall death of decease of y saide wyfe I give and bequeath all and singular the said mentioned lands and premisses wth their and each of their appurtenances unto Will[ia]m Tuttell my youngest sonne to have and to holde the same unto the saide Will[ia]m Tuttell and to the heirs of his Body Lawfully to be begotten, and for want of such yssue to the second sonne of my sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever

Itm I give and bequeath unto John Tuttle my second sonne all that dwelling house wherein Mr Wrothfall now dwelleth wth all the houses thereunto belonging and the yarde and orchard thereunto adjoyning, and sometyme in the tenure or occupason of John White to have and to hold the same unto the saide John Tuttell and to his heirs and assignes for ever Itm I give and bequeath unto Isabel my said wyfe the one halfe [torn] that meadow wch I lately purchased of Joane Bateman wydow to have And to hold the same for and during her naturall life, And I give and bequeath the other Mytie or half of the same meadowe to my sonne Will[ia]m to enter [there] upon ymmediately after my decease, and I likewise give and bequeath unto my said sonne Will[ia]m the other Moytie of the same meadow to enter thereuppon after the naturall decease of my said wyfe to have and to hold the same unto him the said Will[ia]m and to the heires of his bodye lawfully to be begotten, so as he my said sonne [re]linquishes the twentie poundes given to him by his grandfather John Welles in and by his last will and testamet and the fyve pounds wch fell to him by the death of his brother Thomas Tuttell and for want of such issue of the body of the said Will[ia]m I give and bequeath the same meadowe unto the eldest sonne of my said sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever and I doe gie to my sonne Richard [illegible] halfe [illegible] the lord mordant [?] on both sides of it.

Itm I give to my sone John and his heirs for ever one dole of meadow [of?] forty foote in same which I purchased of Eusache Morton Thomas Ekins [?]. Itm I give to my sunn John his Daugher Abigaill fiue pounds at the age of fifteene years: Itm I give and bequeath unto the poore of Ringsted aforesaid xxs. to be distributed amongst the poorest sorte at the discreson of the minister and churchwardens. Itm I give to my godchildren xxs. apeece. Itm I give to my sonne Will[ia]m my best bedsted wth the bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, or therewith usd, the table in the hall wth the frame, halfe a duzzen of framd stooles, the yron barres on the chimneys wth the hookes and hangings the bed whereon he lyeth my best brasse pan my best brasse pott, my mault mill as now yt standeth, my bolting [twine and yeelding?] fatt, the barr of yron and the package [?], and I will that all my sheepe be equally devided betweene my said wife and my said sonne Will[ia]m wth the increase thereof so long as he keepeth himselfe unmarried. Itm I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever one acre of leyes wch I purchased of Mr Carier, and half a dusson sheep. Itm I forgive [missing] my said sonne John thirtie pounds. Itm I give more unto my said sonne Will[ia]m my great cubbord in the [missing] the greater chest, two of the biggest chaires, and the chest that standeth by the bedsted. Itm I give untomy grand [childre]n xxs. a peece Divided allwaies And I will that all the said Movable goods herein given to my sonne Will[ia]m carefully to apply and husband his mothers business to the best of his power in [missing] of the person herein bequeathed pformed and my funeral expenses discharged. I give & bequeath unto Isabel my said wife [missing] and to be executrix of this my psent testamt and for the better execuson thereof I order [missing] them supervisores thereof and [missing]s. apeece [missing] and seal the day and year above written.

There is an additional line written in different penmanship (Abigail was born in 1628)

"to my sunn John, his daughter Abigail, five pounds at the age of fifteene years."

The will was signed by Simon T.... (the paper of this will is described as fragile and broken)

Simon’s son John Tuttle came to America on board the Planter with his wife and her three children by a first marriage (two of the Lawrence daughters are my 9x great grandmothers), and his brothers William and Richard and their families.  He settled in the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1651 he returned to England and then to Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland.   On 6 April 1657 his wife, Joan, wrote that he had died there on 30 December 1656.  She probably died there, too. I descend from their son, Simon Tuthill, my 9x great grandmother, who settled in Ipswich and Lynn, Massachusetts.

My lineage from the Tuttles:

Lineage A:

Generation 1:  Symon Tootill, born about 1560 in Ringstead, Northampton, England, died before 15 June 1630; married about 1592 to Isabel Wells, daughter of John Wells.  She was born about 1565 and died about 1635 probably in New Haven, Connecticut. Six children.

Generation 2: Dorothy Tuttle, born about 1592 in England and died about December 1638 in Boston, Massachusetts; married about 1612 in England to John Bill, son of John Bill and Ann Mountford. Five children.

Generation 3: Philip Bill, born April 1629 in Ringstead, died 8 July 1689 in New London, Connecticut; married 8 July 1689 in Groton, Connecticut to Hannah Waite, daughter of Samuel Waite and Mary Ward.  She was born about 1625 probably in Finchingfield, Essex, England, and died about 1709 in Groton, Connecticut.  Eight children.

Generation 4: Samuel Bill m. Mercy Houghton

Generation 5: Ebenezer Bill m. Patience Ingraham

Generation 6: Asahel Bill m. Mary Rand

Generation 7: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Isabella Lyons

Generation 8: Professor Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman

Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m.  Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Dorothy’s brother, John Tuttle married Joan Antrobus in 1627 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.  She was the widow of Thomas Lawrence, who died on 20 March 1625.  Joan and Thomas Lawrence are my 10x great grandparents on my maternal side. John was born about 1656 and died on 30 December 1656 in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.  They had five children together.

Generation 3: Simon Tuthill, born 1637 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; died 11 January 1691 in Lynn, Massachusetts; married about 1663 to Sarah Cogswell, daughter of John Cogswell and Elizabeth Thompson. Twelve children.

Generation 4: John Tuthill, born 22 April 1666 in Ipswich, died 27 Feb 1715 in Ipswich; married on 3 December 1689 in Ipswich to Martha Ward, daughter of Samuel Ward and Abigail Maverick.  She was born 16 September 1672 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 17 August 1723 in Ipswich. Seven children.

Generation 5: Martha Tuthill m. Mark Haskell

Generation 6: Lucy Haskell m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 7: Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey

Generation 8: Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jillings Homan

Generation 9: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 10: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 11: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 12: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

On 28 March 2013 the Fieldstone Common internet radio show featured an interview with Ava Chamberlain, the author of The Notorious Elizabeth Tuttle: Marriage Murder and Madness in the Family of Jonathan Edwards.  Elizabeth Tuttle was the daughter of William Tuttle, Symon and Isabel's son, and niece to Dorothy Tuttle, my 8th great grandmother.  You can find a link to the podcast (archived version) of this interview at the Fieldstone Common blog:

http://www.fieldstonecommon.com/show-notes-the-notorious-elizabeth-tuttle-with-ava-chamberlain/

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo