William Cogswell
b. 4 December 1659, d. 14 April 1708
William Cogswell|b. 4 Dec 1659\nd. 14 Apr 1708|p669.htm|William Cogswell|b. Mar 1619\nd. 15 Dec 1700|p657.htm|Susannah Hawkes|b. 13 Aug 1633\nd. b 5 Aug 1696|p664.htm|John Cogswell|b. 2 Apr 1592\nd. 29 Nov 1669|p647.htm|Elizabeth Thompson|b. s 1595\nd. 2 Jun 1676|p654.htm|Adam Hawkes|b. 26 Jan 1605\nd. 13 Mar 1672|p1648.htm|Anne (---)|b. s 1605\nd. 4 Dec 1669|p1649.htm|
| Father* | William Cogswell1 b. Mar 1619, d. 15 Dec 1700 |
| Mother* | Susannah Hawkes b. 13 Aug 1633, d. b 5 Aug 1696 |
William Cogswell was born 4 December 1659 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of William Cogswell and Susannah Hawkes.1 He married Martha Emerson, daughter of John Emerson and Ruth Symonds, 9 October 1685 at Ipswich, Massachusetts.2 He died 14 April 1708 at Ipswich, Massachusetts, at age 48.3
When William was a youngster (about 12), he observed some men trying to save acow from choking on a potato. Martha Emerson, then about 8 or 10, also was watching. When all efforts failed to relieve the cow, someone suggested reaching down the cow's throat to dislodge it. Martha said at once, "My arm is small; I can do it best; you hold her mouth." They did so, and she drew out the potato, to the great relief of the poor cow and all present. William observed, "That young Miss by and by shall be my wife." And later it was so.
When William died, he left an estate of 741 pounds, 2 shillings, divided among his children. His brothers Jonathon and Lieutenant John Cogswell and his son Edward were joint administrators. His estate included among other things, 70 acres of upland and marsh, the homestead in Chebacco with housing of all sorts valued at 243 pounds. Twenty-six acres of land at the neck and point of rocks, 60 acres at Loblolly Cove (now part of Rockport), mills in Gloucester, and a one-fourth share in the Little River Saw Mill. His house was mentioned to contain a parlor and chamber, kitchen and chamber, and porch chamber.4
When William was a youngster (about 12), he observed some men trying to save acow from choking on a potato. Martha Emerson, then about 8 or 10, also was watching. When all efforts failed to relieve the cow, someone suggested reaching down the cow's throat to dislodge it. Martha said at once, "My arm is small; I can do it best; you hold her mouth." They did so, and she drew out the potato, to the great relief of the poor cow and all present. William observed, "That young Miss by and by shall be my wife." And later it was so.
When William died, he left an estate of 741 pounds, 2 shillings, divided among his children. His brothers Jonathon and Lieutenant John Cogswell and his son Edward were joint administrators. His estate included among other things, 70 acres of upland and marsh, the homestead in Chebacco with housing of all sorts valued at 243 pounds. Twenty-six acres of land at the neck and point of rocks, 60 acres at Loblolly Cove (now part of Rockport), mills in Gloucester, and a one-fourth share in the Little River Saw Mill. His house was mentioned to contain a parlor and chamber, kitchen and chamber, and porch chamber.4
Family | Martha Emerson b. 28 Nov 1662 |
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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.
- [S665] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volumne II. Marriages and Deaths, (Salem, Massachusetts: p.p., 1910), 105-109.
- [S665] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, 527-530.
- [S296] Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, The Cogswells in America, (n.p.: p.p., 1884), microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #897112, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 23-24. Hereafter cited as Cogswell Family.
- [S691] Benjamin Kendall Emerson and Capt. Geo. A. Gordon, Ipswich Emersons A.D. 1636--1900, (Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1900), 57. Hereafter cited as Emersons.
- [S691] Benjamin Kendall Emerson and Capt. Geo. A. Gordon, Emersons, 43-46.