Henry Coggins (abt. 1743)

Born about 3 May 1743 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Ellenwood) Coggins — married 25 Dec 1764 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Biography

Henry Coggins was born May 3, 1743, the son of Josiah and Mary (Heard) Coggins of Tewskbury, Mass^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 1755-6 he was noted as a Private in the Company of John Worthington in the Crown Point expedition during the French and Indian War^[4]. He likely received a land grant in Nova Scotia in recognition of his service.

Circa 1762, he emigrated to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia^{[5] [6]}. He is noted on the list of grantees in 1767, and was on guard duty in Annapolis in 1776^[7]

On December 25, 1764, he married Mary Ellenwood, the daughter of Andrew Ellenwood and Elizabeth Wallis of Beverly, Mass^{[8] [2] [9]}, and in 1773 he had 3 sons and two daughters^[3], which possibly included:

1. Henry, who married Sarah Crosby, daughter of Lemuel Crosby and Sarah Wing of Barrington^[10], and Yarmouth^[11]
2. Anna, who married Henry Higgins of Mount Desert (Digby) on September 20, 1791 ^[11]
3. Sarah, who married Peter Raymond in Digby on May 9, 1797^[12].
4. Elizabeth, born July 6, 1766 in Yarmouth^[9]
5. An Andrew Coggin is also noted in Digby
6. possibly others

This family also had interests in Maine. On December 10, 1782, Henry Coggin of Frenchman's Bay, Lincoln County, Maine, with the consent of his wife Mary, sold their interests in her father's estate to Robert Haskell^[9]

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Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Tewksbury Volume 1, page 23, also shown on [http://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7812/23/142710421 NEHGS}, which states COGGIN (Cogin) Henery, s. Josiah and Mary, May 3, 1743
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Early Cogans English And American (Continued) by George E. McCracken, published in Volume 111, page 168-87 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). See page 182 for Henry
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982
4. ↑ Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), see page 43
5. ↑ A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia By John Roy Campbell Publisher, J. & A. McMillan, 1876 Original fromHarvard University; Digitized 6 Oct 2007; Henry Coggins is noted on the list of grantees on page 156
6. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto; Not in copyright; Henry Coggins is noted on pages 171 and 180
7. ↑ History of the County of Annapolis : including old Port Royal and Acadia : with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families by Calnek, W. A. (William Arthur), 1822-1892; Savary, A. W. (Alfred William), 1831-1920; Publication date 1897; Publisher Toronto : W. Briggs, see page 208 for Henry Coggin
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Beverly Volume 2, page 65, also shown in [http://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7659/65/141383307 NEHGS}, which states COGGAN Henry, and Mary Ellinwood, Dec. 25, 1764
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} The John Wallis Family of Cape Ann, Massachusetts (Part two) Volume 152, page 402 of Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
10. ↑ A history of Barrington township and vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870; with a biographical and genealogical appendix by Crowell, Edwin, see page 452 for Sarah
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; see page 15 for her parents and marriage, page 213 for her marriage, and 214 for Anna Coggin and Henry Higgins
12. ↑ A Geography and History of the County of Digby, Nova Scotia by Isaiah W. Wilson; Publication date 1900; Publisher Holloway Bros