Elizabeth Greenwood (Garrett) Coghill (1795 - 1849)

Born 1795 in Essex Co, VA

Ancestors

Wife of Smallwood Atwell Coghill — married 1815 in Essex, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1849 at about age 54 in Essex Co, VA

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Biography

Elizabeth Greenwood Garrett, was born in 1795, a daughter of William Garrett and Elizabeth Taylor. On February 8, 1815, in Essex county, Virgnia, Elizabeth married Smallwood Atwell Coghill, the youngest son of John Coghill, born circa 1764 and Anne "Nancy" Wise. ^[1]

Elizabeth and Smallwood became the parents of ten children, all but one surviving both parents:

• Martha Smith Coghill, born January 2, 1816, married late in life to George Edmonston

• James Henry Coghill, born September 25, 1817, married 1) Sarah P. Eastman, a daughter of J.S. Eastman, Esq. of Baltimore on July 1, 1847. Sarah died March 13, 1849, at the age of twenty, and James Henry married 2) Mary Mulford, a daughter of James Hervey Mulford, Esq. and Rebecca Gorham. He had two children by each marriage

• Nancy Coghill, died young

• Lawrence Atwell Coghill, born March 12, 1821, married Ann Elizabeth Shaddock of Caroline county, Virginia. They had eight children

• Mary Cynthia Coghill, born May 10, 1824

• William Newton Coghill, born May 10, 1826, in Essex county, Virginia, died May 24, 1869, in San Francisco, California, married Elizabeth J. "Lizzie" Beck, from Kentucky ^[2] After William's death, his widow married Reverend John Hemphill

• Andrew Jackson Coghill, born November 3, 1828, in Lloyds, Essex county, Virginia, died July 4, 1901, in Oakland, Alameda county, California, married Rosina Gummer ^[3]

• Mildred Jane Coghill, born November 20, 1832, married Charles F. Bayliss

• Elizabeth Ann Coghill, born October 20, 1834, died July 1, 1875, in Old Church, Hanover county, Virginia, married Silas P. Bayliss

• Thomas Benton Coghill, born May 31, 1836, died February 4, 1914, in Alemada county, California, married Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Stanley, a daughter of Judge J.A. Stanely, of San Francisco (originally from North Carolina) ^[4]

Elizabeth Greenwood (Garrett) Coghill died December 13, 1849. Smallwood Atwell Coghill died August 8, 1853.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRW3-VY3 : 29 January 2020), Smallwood Coghill, 1815
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65351602/william-newton-coghill
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130847566/andrew-jackson-coghill
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134260476/thomas-benjamin-coghill

• The information regarding the children comes from pages 122-142 of The Family of Coghill. 1377 to 1879: With Some Sketches of Their Maternal Ancestors, the Slingsbys, of Scriven Hall. 1135 to 1879 by James Henry Coghill, Riveside Press, 1879
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.