William Cogswell

WILLIAM COGSWELL

Bio written in part by tenth Direct and verified Great Granddaughter, Melissa Ann Gibson

He was the eldest son of John & Elizabeth Cogswell. His record of Baptism is in Westbury register and reads "1619 Will Fil. John Cogswell, March" He was only 16 years old when he came with his parents to America in 1635 and he was age 30 when he married. He was a man of Christian character and was one of the most influential citizens of Ipswich, Mass. He established a Parish of Chebacco in 1679. He was a successful farmer and also served as a selectman. Records from this period show his farm included a malt house, a saw mill or grist mill, orchards, and crops of barley, hay, and salt marsh hay. In 1656, William was granted compensation by the Town of Ipswich for a highway that crossed the property, leading from Ipswich to Gloucester. He was also given permission to operate a ferry across the Chebacco (now Essex) River as part of the highway, charging two pence a person; the ferry was replaced by a horse bridge in 1666. On William’s death, he left his property to his four sons in fifty- to 100-acre parcels.

This is Albert E. Cogswell's line, a direct decendant mentioned in the coat of arms of Lord Humphrey Cogswell.

Migrated with his parents, along with Adam Hawks & Ann (Brown/Hutchinson), & siblings to ME. aboard the wrecked ship 'Angel Gabriel' in Aug. 1635. Christian character & influential citizen of Ipswich. Gave land on which to erect a meeting house known as 'Meeting-house Hill'. He entertained at his house the Ecclesiastical Council that met Aug. 12, 1683, to organize the church & obtain a pastor. William was the defendant in the 'historic' suit ~ Cogswell vs Cogswell brought by his nephew John Cogswell, son of John, who had appointed William guardian of his children & who died at sea. After two years of trials/appeals William was found innocent & John was ordered to pay the courts costs.

Source:

• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 for William Cogswell, Great Migration, Vol 2, C-F
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988-denotes parents and death date
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 #47511
• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975-Baptism is in Westbury, Wiltshire, England.

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The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)

http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n71/mode/2up

• A fellow passendger in the "Angel Gabriel" with John Tuttle of Dover was John Cogswell "of Chebasco." He had been a merchant in London. He lost considerable property in the wreck. After living ashore some time in a tent he embarked, a passenger, in a vessel commanded by Capt. Galleys, and took up his abode in Ipswich. He had an unusually large grant of land, 300 acres at Chebasco the next Oct., when there were only two families residing in that parish. He was a wealthy and prominent inhabitant of Ipswich. He d. Nov. 29, 1669, a. about 58. His wife, Elizabeth, d. June 2, 1676; chil.

I. William, b. 1621; dea. at Ipswich, and d. thr. Dec. 15, 1700, a. 81; m. Susanna __. As an evidence of his standing, the historian of Ipswich says that after his d. his wid. sat in the meeting with the minister's wife. His s. John was f. of Nathaniel, f. of Col. Amos, f. of Francis, who d. 1881, in his 91st year. A sis. of Francis, was mo. of Hon. John Wentworth of Chicago, Author of the Wentworth Genealogy.

II. John, b. 1623; d. 1653, leaving 3 chil.

III. Edward.

IV. Mary, "perhaps," says Savage, "that maid servant of Gov. Bellingham that joined the Boston chh., Aug. 29, 1677;" m. Godrey Armitage of Boston.

V. Hannah, m. Cornelius Waldo, who moved to Chelmsford, Mass. 1657, and was deacon there. All lived at Ipswich.

VI. Abigail, m. Thomas Clark.

VII. Sarah, m. Simon Tuttle.

VIII. Elizabeth, m. 1657, John Paine.

Besides the above chil. of John Cogswell, the Rev. E. O. Jamieson, genealogist of the Cogswell family, says there was an elder dau. who m. and lived in London.

According to Savage, Vol 1, page 422, William Cogswell was in Ipswich in 1646.

One of his most notable sons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cogswell

https://archive.org/details/prindlegenealogy00prin/page/256/mode/2up mentioned on page 256