John Cogswell, III

Margaret Gifford, possibly a widow as her name is given in the Ipswich records as "Mrs. Margrett Giffard," married John Cogswell on 22 Jul 1674, in Ipswich, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]

Margaret and John had seven children whose births appear in the Ipswich records: [2]

1. Gifford Cogswell (b. 4 Aug 1679)
2. Sarah Cogswell (b. 16 Sep 1681)
3. Elizabeth Cogswell (b. 1 Aug 1677)
4. [[Cogswell-233|Margaret (Cogswell) Hawkes (b. 6 Sep 1675)
5. Mary Cogswell (b. 1685)
6. Samuel Cogswell (b. 23 Feb 1693/4)
7. [[Cogswell-230|Susannah (Cogswell) Parsons (b. 5 May 1691)

It should be noted that, at the birth of Samuel Cogswell, on 23 Feb 1693/4, the record indicated that the father was "John, Sr.," which would seem to indicate that there had been a birth, not reflected in the surviving records, of a child named John. Indeed, in the next generation, there is a John Cogswell, Jr. siring children in Ipswich.

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gifford-822
• http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~kristin/fambly/Cogswell/John3Cogswell....

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