Hannah (Goodhue) Perley (1673 - 1742)

Born 4 Jul 1673 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Cogswell Jr — married about 1692 (to 13 Mar 1710) in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Perley — married after 18 Apr 1713 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1742 at age 69 in Boxford, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Goodhue was born on 4 Jul 1673, in Ipswich, in Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of William Goodhue, Jr. and Hannah Dane.^[1]

Hannah married John Cogswell, Jr. in about 1692, since their first child was born in 1693, although no record of the marriage has yet surfaced. Torrey's summary of the available information supports this hypothesis, although he can cite only secondary sources.^[2][3]

Hannah and John Cogswell, Jr., had ten children who figured as heirs to his estate^[4]:

• Hannah Cogswell (b. 27 Mar 1693)^[5]
• William Cogswell (b. 12 Sep 1694)^[6]
• Elizabeth Cogswell (b. ca. 1695, known from father's probate papers; she signs a receipt for herself and is unwed in December of 1716)^[7]
• Susanna Cogswell (b. 10 Mar 1695/6)^[8]
• John Cogswell (b. ca. 1699, known from father's probate papers; he is of age by April of 1721)^[9]
• Francis Cogswell (b. ca. 1701, known from father's probate papers; he is of age by January 1723) ^[10]
• Joseph Cogswell (b. ca. 1704, known from father's probate papers; he is of age by August of 1726)^[11]
• Margery Cogswell (b. ca. 1705, known from father's probate papers; she is married by January of 1723)
• Nathaniel Cogswell (b. 19 Jan 1707, known from father's probate papers; he is still under guardianship in November of 1726)
• Bethiah Cogswell (b. ca. 1709, known from father's probate papers; she is still under guardianship in March of 1727)^[12]

It should be noted that the list apparently provided by William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs (no page number referenced), shows Margery as "Margaret" Cogswell. She is consistently "Margery" (or a spelling variant of that) in the probate papers, as well as in the records of her marriage, children and death.

Lt. John Cogswell, Jr. died intestate at the age of 43, on 13 Mar 1710, in Ipswich.^[13] on 5 Jun 1710, Hannah assumed the administration of his estate with the assistance of Nathaniel Goodhue (possibly her brother) and Thomas Choate.^[14]

Hannah Goodhue Cogswell and Lt. Thomas Perley, himself a widower with children, recorded their intention to marry on 18 Apr 1713, at the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich.^[15] No record has yet been found to document their actual marriage.

Hannah and Thomas relocated her family to Boxford after their marriage, and it was in Boxford that their first child was born, in 1714. They had three children^[16]:

• Mary Perley (7 Jun 1714-1773)
• Sarah Perley (b. 5 Dec 1716)
• Jeremiah Perley (b. 30 Jun 1719, Boxford; d. 28 Nov 1737, 19th year, Harmony cemetery, East Boxford)^[17]

Thomas Perley died at the age of 72, on 24 Oct 1740, in Boxford.^[18]

Under the terms of his Last Will and Testament, dated 29 Aug 1740, Thomas provided for his widow, Hannah, and specifically gave her the household goods she had inherited as her share of the estate of her "Mother Goodhue." All this was in lieu of the third of his estate which she could have claimed as her dower right.^[19]

Hannah (Goodhue) Cogswell Perley died at the age of 70, on 25 Dec 1742, in Boxford.^[20]She is buried at Harmony Cemetery, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849, Volume I Ipswich Births; Page 163
2. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, v. 1, p. 344: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-marriages-to-1700/image/?rId=426881273&volumeId=21174&pageName=344 (accessed 29 Jun 2017)
3. ↑ See also: Tarbox, "William Cogswell, D.D.," p. 117.
4. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849, Volume I Ipswich Births; Pages 95-99
5. ↑ "Coggswell, Hannah, d. John Jr." No mother's name is provided; Ipswich Births
6. ↑ "Coggswell, William, s. John Jr." No mother's name is provided; Ipswich Births
7. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:5&volumeId=13763&rId=30117534 (accessed 29 Jun 2017)
8. ↑ "Coggswell, Susanna, d. John Jr, at Chebacco." No mother's name is provided; Ipswich Births
9. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:28&volumeId=13763&rId=30117557 (accessed 29 Jun 2017)
10. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:18&volumeId=13763&rId=30117547 (accessed 29 Jun 2017)
11. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:42&volumeId=13763&rId=30117571 (accessed 30 Jun 2017)
12. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:11&volumeId=13763&rId=30117540 (accessed 29 Jun 2017)
13. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 v.2; Ipswich Deaths; Page 529
14. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=5831:34&volumeId=13763&rId=30117563 (accessed 30 Jun 2017)
15. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 v.2; Ipswich Marriages; Page 106
16. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Boxford Births; Pages 74-76
17. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Boxford Deaths; Pages 257
18. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Boxford Deaths; Pages 258
19. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image/?pageName=21525:12&volumeId=13789&rId=30400257 (accessed 1 Jul 2017)
20. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Boxford Deaths; Pages 256

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
• Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, "William Cogswell, D.D.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 37 (1883), pp. 117-128, esp. 117.
• Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31066152