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James Coggeshall

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Middletown, Newport County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, (Present USA)
Death: April 15, 1769 (68)
USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Joshua Coggeshall, III and Deborah Coggeshall
Husband of Phebe Turner
Father of Jonathan James Coggeshall; Joshua Coggeshall; Mercy Coggeshall, Twin with Mary; Mary Coggeshall, Twin; Jonas Coggeshall, Twin and 2 others
Brother of Hannah Briggs
Half brother of Sarah Greene; Hannah Coggeshall; Mercy Spencer, twin; Mariah Coggeshall; Joshua Coggeshall and 1 other

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About James Coggeshall

James Coggeshall

Born: 17 Mar 1701, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Christening: Society of Friends, Newport, Rhode Island

Died: 15 Apr 1769, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: Joshua Coggeshall (1656 - 1723)

Mother: Sarah George (1643 - 1697)

Marriage 24 Nov 1723 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, house of Widow Mary Turner

Spouse: Phebe Turner

Children:

  • Joshua Coggeshall
  • Jonas Coggeshall (1746- ) (twin)
  • James Coggeshall (1746- ) (twin)
  • Mary Coggeshall
  • Sarah Coggeshall ( -1795) m. William Hefferman
  • Capt. Jonathan Coggeshall (1748-1796) m. Sarah Wilcox

Joshua Coggeshall, James Coggeshall, Mary Coggeshall, Jonas Coggeshall, Capt. Jonathan Coggeshall, Sarah Coggeshall

Burial:

Coggeshall Lot, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island

Notes:

Will dated 7 Jul 1764, proved 15 May 1769, pps. 70-71. Wife Phebe; Brother-in-law William Turner coexor with wife; Sons: Jonathan, Jonas, Joshua; Daughter Sarah Heffernon; Witnesses: Joseph Church, Josiah Willcock, John Barker.

Sources:

Rhode Island Friends Record, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 52. COGGESHALL, James, of Joshua and Sarah (2nd wife), [born] March 17, 1701

Abstracts of Middletown Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman), 5:327. James Coggeshall of Middletown, yeoman. Will dated 7 Jul 1764, proved 15 May 1769, pps. 70-71

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James Coggeshall's Timeline

1701
March 17, 1701
Middletown, Newport County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, (Present USA)
1729
1729
1736
December 19, 1736
Middletown, Newport County, RI, United States
December 19, 1736
Newport, Newport County, RI, United States
1746
May 25, 1746
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island
May 25, 1746
1748
December 4, 1748
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island
1749
October 19, 1749
Middletown, Newport County, RI, United States
1769
April 15, 1769
Age 68
USA