Samuel Cowdrey Esq.

b. 11 January 1782, d. 18 August 1843
Samuel Cowdrey Esq.|b. 11 Jan 1782\nd. 18 Aug 1843|p262.htm|Jonathan Cowdrey|b. 26 Oct 1753\nd. 3 Sep 1816|p254.htm|Sally Hoyt|b. 18 Sep 1759\nd. 3 Mar 1851|p261.htm|Jonathan Cowdrey|b. 1719\nd. Dec 1797|p246.htm|Jane Martin|d. bef. 1772|p253.htm|David Hoyt|b. 3 Oct 1728\nd. 23 Jun 1810|p897.htm|Hannah Crissey|b. 14 Jul 1730\nd. bef. 1805|p906.htm|
Father*Jonathan Cowdrey1,2 b. 26 Oct 1753, d. 3 Sep 1816
Mother*Sally Hoyt2 b. 18 Sep 1759, d. 3 Mar 1851
ChartsAncestors of Edward Ambrose Cooke
Gerald R. Ford - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Samuel Cowdrey Esq. was born 11 January 1782 at Long Ridge, Connecticut.3 He married Eliza Anderson, daughter of Elbert Anderson and Elizabeth Pierce, 16 February 1803.4 He died 18 August 1843 at New York, New York Co., New York.2

Samuel Cowdrey had the benefit of a good education, became an eminent lawyer and was elected Alderman several times. When the completion of the Erie Canal was celebrated, he was chosen to represent the City of New York and welcome the guests. He was a friend of LaFayette and it was through this friendship that his son, Peter Anderson Cowdrey, took such a prominent part in his visit in 1824.2

Family

Eliza Anderson b. 11 May 1779, d. 4 Apr 1857
Marriage*He married Eliza Anderson, daughter of Elbert Anderson and Elizabeth Pierce, 16 February 1803.4 
Children

Citations

  1. [S1034] New York Co., New York, Record of wills, 1665-1916; index to wills, 1662-1923, 53 (1815-1817): 340-344, FHL microfilm 874537 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as New York Co. Wills.
  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), 215-219. Hereafter cited as Cowdrey Family.
  3. [S15] Mehling, Cowdrey Family.
  4. [S136] New York Co., New York, Record of will libers, New York City, 1662-1927; index, 1665-1870, Vol. 52-53 (1814-1817) 52:335-338, FHL microfilm 481359 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as New York City Wills.
  5. [S1034] New York Co. Wills, 88 (1843): 57-61; FHL #874570.
  6. [S15] Mehling, Cowdrey Family, 295-301.
Close