Susannah Cogswell
b. 17 March 1745, d. 18 December 1836
Susannah Cogswell|b. 17 Mar 1745\nd. 18 Dec 1836|p161.htm|Emerson Cogswell|b. 1699\nd. 29 Mar 1788|p681.htm|Mary Pecker|b. 15 Sep 1720\nd. 23 Dec 1795|p683.htm|William Cogswell|b. 4 Dec 1659\nd. 14 Apr 1708|p669.htm|Martha Emerson|b. 28 Nov 1662|p675.htm|James Pecker|b. 15 Nov 1684\nd. 28 Apr 1734|p1223.htm|Susannah [Edwards]|d. b 1722|p1224.htm|
| Father* | Emerson Cogswell1 b. 1699, d. 29 Mar 1788 |
| Mother* | Mary Pecker1 b. 15 Sep 1720, d. 23 Dec 1795 |
Susannah Cogswell was baptized 17 March 1745 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Emerson Cogswell and Mary Pecker.1 She married Jeremiah Robinson, son of Dr. Jeremiah Robinson and Lydia (---), 13 October 1767.2 She died 18 December 1836 at Marlboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 91.2
While her husband was at the bridge, Susannah was home cooking food for the soldiers return. She saw the British regulars coming down over the "burying hill" towards her house. The gun was behind her door, as was usual in that time, and she made ready to defend the homestead. All they wanted however, was food, which she gave them through her window as they waited outside, she meanwhile standing ready inside to defend herself in case they attacked her. Later when she heard the regulars were coming back, she went to the meeting house, took the communion plate, brought it home and hid it in her soft-soap barrel in the arch under the great chimney where it was hidden until the "red coats" left Concord.3
While her husband was at the bridge, Susannah was home cooking food for the soldiers return. She saw the British regulars coming down over the "burying hill" towards her house. The gun was behind her door, as was usual in that time, and she made ready to defend the homestead. All they wanted however, was food, which she gave them through her window as they waited outside, she meanwhile standing ready inside to defend herself in case they attacked her. Later when she heard the regulars were coming back, she went to the meeting house, took the communion plate, brought it home and hid it in her soft-soap barrel in the arch under the great chimney where it was hidden until the "red coats" left Concord.3
Family | Jeremiah Robinson b. 4 Apr 1742, d. 16 Jul 1815 |
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Citations
- [S664] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volumne I - Births, (Salem, Massachusetts: p.p., 1910), 95-99.
- [S76] Harriet H. Robinson, "John Robinson of Exeter, and Some of His Descendants", The Robinsons and Their Kin Folk Third Series (July 1906): 116-118. Hereafter cited as "John Robinson of Exeter."
- [S76] Harriet H. Robinson, "John Robinson of Exeter", 118.