Nathaniel Cowdrey

b. 1630, d. 16 June 1690
Nathaniel Cowdrey|b. 1630\nd. 16 Jun 1690|p224.htm|Deacon William Cowdrey|b. 1604\nd. 10 Nov 1687|p222.htm|Joanna Licence|d. 6 May 1666|p223.htm|||||||||||||
Father*Deacon William Cowdrey1,2 b. 1604, d. 10 Nov 1687
Mother*Joanna Licence2,1 d. 6 May 1666
ChartsAncestors of Edward Ambrose Cooke
Nathaniel Cowdrey was born in 1630.1 He married Elizabeth (---) 22 November 1652 at Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.3,2 He married Mary Bachelder 22 November 1660 at Reading.3,2 He died 16 June 1690 at Reading.4,2

On 22 Jan 1655/6, he deposed that he was about 26 years old. (Middlesex County Court Records).

In 1687, the town of Reading chose Nathaniel to be Town Clerk in place of his father who had just died. Nathaniel settled on Cowdery's Hill, so named for him. He was a deacon in the First Congregational Church of Reading.

His estate was valued at 85-16-00.2,1

Family 1

Elizabeth (---) d. 9 Oct 1659
Marriage*He married Elizabeth (---) 22 November 1652 at Reading.3,2 
Children

Family 2

Mary Bachelder b. 1635, d. 27 Feb 1729
Marriage*He married Mary Bachelder 22 November 1660 at Reading.3,2 
Children

Citations

  1. [S33] Clarence Almon Torrey, "William Cowdrey, High Wycomb," The American Genealogist Vol 10 (July 1933): 14. Hereafter cited as "Cowdrey."
  2. [S15] Mary Bryant Alverson Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdrey of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630 and His Descendants ([New York, New York]: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1905), 49-52. Hereafter cited as Cowdrey Family.
  3. [S347] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Reading Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1912), 312. Hereafter cited as Reading Vital Records.
  4. [S347] Baldwin, Reading Vital Records, 508.
  5. [S347] Baldwin, Reading Vital Records, 57.
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