Col.
William
Cogswell
aka Coggeswell
Born in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Cogswell
and Bridget (Cleveland) Cogswell
Brother of
Eunice (Cogswell) Kinne [half], Huldah (Cogswell) Kinney [half], Nathaniel Cogswell II [half], Lois (Cogswell) Willcox [half], Judith (Cogswell) Badger [half], John Cogswell Sr. [half], Martha (Cogswell) Payne [half], Zerviah (Cogswell) Averill [half], Elizabeth (Cogswell) Hart [half], Nathan Cogswell [half], Bridget Cogswell and Hannah Cogswell
Husband of
Mercia (Brewster) Cogswell
— married
22 May 1791 in New London, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Cogswell, Abigail Belcher (Cogswell) Tyler, Sarah Cogswell, William Henry Cogswell, James Mason Cogswell Esq., Joanna (Cogswell) Tucker and Frederick Fanning Cogswell
Died
at age 61
in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2012
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Biography
Son of Capt. Nathaniel & Bridget Cleaveland/Cleveland Cogswell
He married first Abigail Belcher 11 Oct 1787 in New London, CT - he then married Mercy Brewster (widow of Daniel Colt with whom she had two daughters) 22 May 1791 in New London, CT. William & Mercy had William II, Abigail, Sarah, William Henry, James Mason, Joanna, & Frederick
He is buried at Pachaug Cemetery Griswold, New London, CT
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #48390332: Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut
- Brigham, Willard I. Tyler, William Tyler Genealogy: The Descendants of William Tyler, of Salem, New Jersey, 1625-1701. (D.A. Thompson, Albany, N.Y, 1912) Brigham-#520
- "The Ancestors and the Descendants of Asa Ferris Cogswell and Arobine Haldeman Cogswell (with Allied Lines" by Helen Cogswell Trostel, Big Mountain Press, 1966
- CT Town Birth Records
- CT Town Marriages
- CT Death & Burials Index
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.39%
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