Edward Cogswell

EDWARD COGSWELL

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 #884-SAR Membership 88492 denotes father William Cogswell and wife Hannah Brown

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988-denotes parents William & Martha (in source tab)

Burial: New Preston Parish, Washington, Conn.

Edward Cogswell is mentioned as a member of the "New London Society United for Trade and Commerce," in 1732. This probably was Edward of Ipswich, Mass., for we find him soon after, 1735, in Preston, Conn., where he remained some ten years; he then made a purchase of wild land in the northern part of New Milford. On September 10, 1745, he purchased from John Baker and Caleb Mallory the 33rd lot of the south tier of lots in the "North Purchase," and became in 1747, the first settler in that region. Subsequently, he bought other lands in the vicinity, established iron works, the first manufacturing interest in New Milford, and did much to develop the resources of that new country.

It is said that Edward Cogswell made a "Family Record of the Cogswells," and there exists [1844] a copy of it in Cazenovia, Madison County, NY. This has not been found, but his grandson, John, left a record, in the possission of M.W. Cogswell, Esq., Elyria, Ohio, which has been of great service. John Cogswell says that his Uncle John and Aunts Luch and Martha, children of Edward Cogswell, removed to some place in Vermont, near a lake.

Links

• http://www.rockvillemama.com/nmhistory2.htm
• History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882, p. 687
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988-Birth Record in source tab

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@R351077827@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2204::0 1,2204::943851

GEDCOM Source

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