Reverend Dr. James Cogswell

Rev James Cogswell BIRTH 6 Jan 1720 DEATH 2 Jun 1807 (aged 87), Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA, PLOT Section A / Lot 47, MEMORIAL ID 130578799, Age 86

JAMES COGSWELL Born 1720 Jan 6 Saybrook, Connecticut Died 1807 June 2 Hartford, CT

James Cogswell, the youngest son of: Father Samuel Cogswell 1677 Aug 7-1752 Mar 21 Canterbury, CT Mother Ann (Mason) Denison 1669 Norwich, CT-1753 Jun 17 Lebanon, CT

His family moved to Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1724, and Cogswell spent his youth in that town. He graduated from Yale with the Class of 1742. After graduation, he studied theology with the Reverend Solomon Williams and on December 28, 1774, Cogswell became the pastor of the church at Canterbury, Connecticut. He remained at Canterbury for twenty-seven years.

First Marriage April 24, 1745, Alice Fitch Born 1725 Apr 11 Canterbury, CT Died 1772 Apr 8 Scotland, CT Age 48 Burial Old Scotland Cemetery, Scotland, CT FAG 70942793 Father Jabez Fitch 1704-1784 Mother Lydia Gale 1699-1753

Children of James and Alice Cogswell

1. James (1746-1792) Born 1746 July 31 Died 1792 Nov 20-Yellow Fever Burial Christ Church Cemetery Manhasset, NY FAG 44233560 First Married August 8, 1776 Elizabeth Davenport Born 1756 Died 1779 Nov 15 They had one child, Alice Cogswell Fisher 1777-1850 Born June 15, 1777 Stamford, CT Died 1850. May 9, Orange, NJ Married August 22, 1805. Samuel Fisher (1777-1856) They had six children: 1. Elizabeth D. (1806-1871) 2. James Cogswell (1808-1880) 3. Catherine Avery (b. 1810) 4. Harriet Cogswell (1812-1831) 5. Samuel Ware (1814-1874) 6. Mary D. (1817-1865)

He studied medicine and began his practice in Preston, Connecticut until the American Revolution interrupted his career and then he served as army surgeon at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the battle of Bunker Hill. As the war progressed, Cogswell once again aided the patriot cause with his services. During the years 1776 and 1777, he was assigned as regimental surgeon to General Gold Selleck Silliman, who was on duty at New York with the Connecticut militia. While at New York, Cogswell's younger brother, Mason Fitch, served as his assistant. After the war ended James returned to Stamford, CT.

Second marriage May 18, 1783. Abigail Lloyd Born 1751 Died 1830

The Cogswells moved to New York 4 Children with Abigail Lloyd 1. James Lloyd Cogswell (1784-1831) Born 1784 April 26 Stamford, CT Died on January 5, 1832. Married May 2, 1819 Sarah Burr Sherwood (1788-1830) Resided at Lloyd's Neck, Long Island 3 children: A. Sarah B. (1820-1875), B. James A. (1822-1837) C. Mary Ledyard (1824-1841) 2. Sarah Lloyd Cogswell (b. 1786), 3. John Lloyd Cogswell 1789-1831) Born 1789. New York City Died 1831 Apr 13 Married 1821 Oct 31 Love B. Coffin (1792-1857) Served United States Army during the War of 1812 They resided at Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. Five children: A. John T. (1823-1866) B. Charlotte Broome (b. 1825) C. Samuel F. (1827-1858) D. Alice Fisher (b. 1829) E. Mason Fitch (1830-1832) 4. Harriet Broome Cogswell MOTT (1790-1843). Born 1790. Mar 6, New York City Died Sep 6, 1843. Married Sept 17, 1819 Robert Willis Mott (d. 1846) Resided at Great Neck, Long Island One child; Harriet Stella Mott Onderdonk (1820-1902?)

James Cogswell continued his medical practice at New York with Mason Fitch as his assistant. They both maintained an apothecary business. James Cogswell contracted yellow fever while attending a stricken patient; and died on November 20, 1792.

2. Alice Cogsell Born 1749 Died 1772 May 9 Scotland, CT Age 23 Burial Old Scotland Cemetery (North)-Scotland, CT FAG 70943005

3. Samuel (1754-1790), Born 1754 May 23, Canterbury, CT Died 1790 Aug 20 Killed in a hunting accident Burial Lansburgh Village Cemetery, Lansburgh FAG 44869294

His father prepared him for college, and he graduated from Yale in 1777. Samuel Cogswell joined the Continental Army and fought throughout the Revolution and with his brigade until November, 1783. After the war ended, he began a mercantile business in Lansingburg, New York.

Married 1784 Mary Backus. 3 Children of Samuel and Mary Cogswell A. Mason Backus (1787-1790) B James Fitch (1789-1862) C Maria (1790-1870).

Cogswell's business was unsuccessful, he decided to study medicine. Before he could embark upon a new career, he was killed in a hunting accident on August 20, 1790.

4. Mason Fitch (1761-1830) Born 1761 Sept 28 Canterbury, CT Died 1830 Dec 10 Hartford, CT Burial Old North Cemetery, Hartford, CT FAG 6168694

Graduated from Yale College in 1780Mason served as assistant to his brother James during the Revolutionary War and afterwards at New York.In 1789 as a surgeon opened he opened his own practice in Hartford, CT, where he pioneered the technique of removing a cataract from the eye by extracting it whole, rather than breaking it, as had been done until that time.

Married April 13, 1800 Mary Austin Ledyard Born 1775 Died 1849 Burial Old North Cemetery Hartford, CT FAG 130578889 Their 5 children A. Mary Austin (1801-1868) B. Elizabeth (1803-1856) C. Alice (1805-1830) D. Mason Fitch (1809-1865) E. Catharine Ledyard (1811-1882)

Mason's daughter Alice was rendered Deaf through an affliction when she was six years old. Dr. Cogswell made another significant contribution to medicine. Largely because of Cogswell's influence, Thomas Gallaudet visited Paris, where he learned as much as he could about the work taking place in France to educate children handicapped by deafness. Gallaudet returned to America in 1816, with an assistant, Laurent Clerc. Shortly afterwards, Gallaudet, Clerc and Cogswell established the Hartford Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb as the first institution of its kind in the United States.

Cogswell remained active in the medical profession throughout his life. He served as president of the Connecticut Medical Society from 1812 to 1822.

Mason Cogswell died in Hartford on December 10, 1830.

5. Septimus Cogswell Born 1769 Died 17732 Oct 28 Scotland, CT Burial Old Scotland Cemetery (North)-Scotland, CT FAG 70942641

Reverend Cogswell resigned his pastorate at Canterbury on November 5, 1771. The following February he accepted the office of pastor at Scotland Parish, in Windham, Connecticut. Two months later, Alice Fitch Cogswell died.

Second Marriage 1773 Jan 31 Hampton, CT Martha Lathrop Devotion Born 1716 May 17 New London, CT Died-1795 Dec 6 Windham, CT Age 80 yrs Burial Old Scotland Cemetery, Scotland, CT FAG 51987864

Father Col. Simon Lothrop Mother his cousin Martha Lothrop

She was the widow of Cogswell's predecessor in Windham, the Reverend Ebenezer Devotion. After twenty-two years of marriage, Martha died on December 6, 1795.

Third Marriage May 5, 1797 Irene Ripley Hebard [Hibbard?] Born 1729 Feb 11 Windham, CT Died 1804 Feb 24 Wyndham, CT Burial Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, CT FAG 65301390 Her first husband Dr. Timothy Warner died 1749 Jan 11 Her second husband Nathan Heard died 1763 Dec 4

1804, Cogswell resigned his ministerial duties at Scotland and retired to his son Mason's home in Hartford, Connecticut.

Rev James Cogswell died in Hartford on January 2, 1807.

SOURCES

Rev James Cogswellin the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 Name: Rev James Cogswell Birth Date: abt 1720 Death Date: 2 Jan 1807 Death Place: Hartford, Connecticut Age at Death: 87

Rev James Cogswell in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 Name: Rev James Cogswell Birth Date: abt 1721 Death Date: 2 Jun 1807 Age at Death: 86 Cemetery: Old North Cemetery Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Sterling Memorial Library 128 Wall Street P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Web: http://web.library.yale.edu/mssa Email: mssa.assist@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-1735 Fax: (203) 432-7441 Call Number: MS 141 Creator: Cogswell family. Title: Cogswell family papers Dates: 1740-1924

Rev James Coggswell in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Name: Rev James Coggswell Birth Year: abt 1720 Event: Death Death Date: Abt 1807 Death Place: Hartford Age at Death: 87 Newspaper: Columbian Centinel Publication Date: 10 Jan 1807 Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA

James Cogswell in the Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Name: James Cogswell Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1745 Marriage Place: Canterbury, Connecticut, USA Spouse: Ellis Fitch

Rev James Cogswell in the Early Connecticut Marriages Name: Rev James Cogswell Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Irene Hebard Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 5 May 1797 Marriage Place: Scotland, Windham

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 for Rev James Cogswell Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 20A P45 Old North Cemetery, Hartford, CT Headstone Section a Lot 47

Per Sheron “OBITUARY. “The Rev. Doctor COGSWELL, whose death was mentioned in the last week’s Courant, was born January 6, 1720. He was pastor of the first Church in Canterbury about 26 years. Being dismissed from his pastoral relation to that Church and Congregation, he was soon after installed in the Society of Scotland, part of the town of Windham, where he continued upwards of 30 years. In December 1804, having through age become unable to preach, he removed to this town to live with Doctor M. F. Cogswell, his only surviving child. Here he gradually decayed under the infirmities of age and disease until the afternoon of the 2d inst. when he finished his earthly course, and went, as we trust, to receive the rewards of a faithful servant.

His funeral was attended on Tuesday the 6th inst. the anniversary of his birth day, by a number of the neighboring clergy, and a numerous concourse of people, when a sermon well adapted to the occasion was delivered by the Rev. Nathan Strong, D. D. from Genesis xv. 15. Thous shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. Through a long life, many of the scenes of which were peculiarly trying, Doctor Cogswell supported the character of a good man, an exemplary christian, and a faithful minister of Christ. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright man, for the end of that man is peace.” —The Connecticut Courant newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, January 14, 1807, p. 3, col. 4.

Spouses Allice Fitch Cogswell, 1725–1772 (m. 1745) Martha Lothrop Cogswell, 1716–1795 (m. 1773) Irene Ripley Cogswell, 1728–1804 (m. 1797)

Children James Cogswell, unknown–1792 Alice Cogswell, 1749–1772 Samuel Cogswell, 1754–1790 Mason Fitch Cogswell, 1760–1830 Septimius Cogswell, 1769–1772

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Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College..., page 701 details his father and grandparents, his birth info. Page 702 has his marriages with details on each of the 3 wives and states that he had 4 sons and 1 daughter with no info on them. (Link - https://books.google.com/books?id=A6vceOAal2oC&pg=PA701&lpg=PA701&d...)

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