Henry Hezekiah Cogswell (1776 - 1854)

Born 12 Apr 1776 in Cornwallis, Kings Co., Nova scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Ellis) Cogswell — married after 1803 (to 7 May 1850) in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1854 at age 78 in Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia

Henry Cogswell is Notable.

Biography

Henry was born in 1776 to Capt. Mason Cogswell and Lydia Huntington. He married Isabella Ellis in 1803/1804 at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia. (See further information below on Hon. Henry Cogswell). He M.L.C. He died Nov. 9, 1854 at Halifax and was buried at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax.

Sources

• "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25489-29943-83?cc=1925428 : 21 May 2014), Kings > Cornwallis Square > Church of England in Canada St John > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1718-1911 > image 66 of 751; Catholic Church and Church of England parishes, Nova Scotia.
• Nova Scotia births, marriages and deaths.
• Family Search Community Trees project:person ID I3207 Family ID F1432
• The History of Kings Co., NS
• Henry Hezekiah Cogswell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLS's
• Canadian philanthropists
• David A. Sutherland, “COGSWELL, HENRY HEZEKIAH,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 8, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cogswell_henry_hezekiah_8E.html.

Children born to Henry Cogswell and Isabella Ellis: Still researching seven more children reported to have been born to this couple.

• Rev. William Cogswell 1809-1847
• Isabella Binney Cogswell 1819-1874
• James Colquhoun Cogswell 1820-1867

HON. HENRY HEZEKIAH COGSWELL (Sourced from Wikipedia)

Henry Hezekiah Cogswell (April 12m,m 1776 - Nov. 9, 1854) was a lawyer, political figure and philanthropist in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Halifax in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1820.

He was born in Cornwallis Township, the son of Mason Cogswell and Lydia Huntingon and was educated at King's College. He studied law with Richard John Uniacke and was called to the bar in 1798, setting up practice in Halifax. In 1805, he married Isabella Ellis. He was named deputy provincial secretary in 1812 and, in 1818, Registrar of the Court of Chancery. In 1816, he purchased The Carleton.

With Martin Gay Black and other, he helped establish the Halifax Banking Company in 1825, serving as first president for the bank. In 1831, Cogswell was named to the province's Council. He also served as commissioner of the vice admiralty court and president of the Halifax Board of Health. Cogswell was president of the Albion Fire and Life Insurance Company and of the Annapolis Iron Mining Company. An obvious tarhet for political reformers, he lost most of his political appoinytments by 1841. Cogswell helped support the Halifax Mechanics' Institute, with a generous support of King's College and contributed to Halifax Charities. In his later years, he lobbied for a railway link between Halifax and Quebec City. He died at Halifax at the age of 78. (He is buried at Camp Hill Cemetery).

His daughter Isabella Binney Cogswell went on to become a prominent philanthropist and his son James Colquhoun Cogswell later served as president of the Halifax Banking Company.

LEGACY:

• Namesake of Cogswell Street, Halifax

REFERENCES:

• Sutherland, David A. (1985). "Henry Hezekiah Cogswell" Dictionary of Canadian Biography.