Thomas Cowdry (1742 - 1828)

Born 6 Mar 1742 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Evans) Cowdry — married 10 Mar 1768 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1828 at age 85 in Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

THOMAS COWDRY, born at Reading, 6 Mar 1742 son of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Hartshorn) Cowdry;^[1] Thomas died at Ashby, 7 Jan 1828;^[2] married at Wilmington, 10 Mar 1768,^[3] LYDIA EVANS , born at Wilmington, 11 Apr 1747 daughter of Thomas Evans and Ruth Ballard;^[4] Lydia died at Ashby, 17 Aug 1814.^[5][6]

Lydia and Thomas resided in Ashby where they kept a farm. In 1790, Thomas’s household was nine persons at Ashby: three males 16 and over, four males under 16, and two females.^[7]

On 15 June 1810, Thomas Cowdry yeoman of Ashby, in consideration of $300, conveyed 20 acres in Ashby to William Cowdry. On 5 September 1812, Thomas Cowdry with Lydia his wife relinquishing her right of dower, in consideration of one thousand dollars, conveyed his 50-acre homestead farm to Jacob Cowdry. This was a farm Thomas obtained by deed from Thomas Jones on 1 January 1771.^[8]

Children

Lydia Evans and Thomas Cowdry were parents of ten children born at Ashby.

i WILLIAM COWDRY, b. 23 Sep 1769; d. at Ashby, 15 Jun 1859; m. at Ashby, 29 Nov 1835, SUBMIT HODGMAN, b. at Ashby, 24 Nov 1792 daughter of Jonas and Orpha (Wright) Hodgman; Submit d. at Ashby, 24 Jul 1855.

ii THOMAS COWDRY, b. 10 Mar 1773; m. at Wakefield, 29 Nov 1795, his first cousin, HANNAH COWDRY, b. at Reading, 7 Jan 1770 daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Parker) Cowdry.

iii JONATHAN COWDRY, b. 10 Apr 1775; d. 30 Sep 1778.

iv JAMES COWDRY, b. 8 Jul 1777; d. 1 Oct 1778.

v JACOB COWDRY, b. 17 Sep 1779; d. at Ashby, 13 Jul 1846; m. at Ashby, 25 Nov 1813, HANNAH BLOOD, b. at Pepperell, 25 Apr 1790 daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail (Sartell) Blood; Hannah d. at Ashby, 25 Nov 1863.

vi SHEREBIAH COWDRY, b. 2 Jan 1782; d. at Westmoreland, NH, 17 May 1866; m. at Shirley, Jan 1810, PRISCILLA DWIGHT, b. at Shirley, 30 May 1782 daughter of John and Susanna (-) Dwight; Priscilla d. at Westmoreland, 20 Jan 1868.

vii LYDIA E. COWDRY, b. 22 Jun 1784; d. at Ashby, 18 Jun 1866; m. 1st at Ashby, 10 Jul 1811, as his second wife, JONATHAN FOSTER, b. at Reading 13 Jun 1751 son of Benjamin and Mary (Lewis) Foster; Jonathan d. at Ashby, 8 Jul 1821. Jonathan was first married to Phebe Foster. Lydia m. 2nd at Reading 2 Apr 1834, her first cousin, SAMUEL EATON, b. at Reading, 17 Oct 1782 son of Samuel Phillips and Sarah (Evans) Eaton; Samuel d. at Lynn, 14 Nov 1871.

viii NATHANIEL COWDRY, b. 25 Feb 1787; d. 2 May 1794.

ix DAVID COWDRY, b. 14 Feb 1790; d. 17 May 1794.

x TABITHA COWDRY, b. 2 Jun 1792; d. 22 May 1798.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-48K1 : 18 October 2022), Thomas Cowdry, 6 Mar 1742; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009686.
2. ↑ Cowdry, Thomas, Jan. 7, 1828. Ashby Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Ashby/Images/Ashby_D201.shtml
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4M-RBW : 10 November 2020), Lydia Evans, 10 Mar 1768; citing Marriage, Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011271.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6X-6QS : 15 January 2020), Lydia Evans, 1747.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117920499/lydia-cowdrey: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for Lydia Cowdrey (1747–17 Aug 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117920499, citing Ashby First Parish Burial Ground, Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Donald Tuttle (contributor 47391979).
6. ↑ Ashby Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Ashby/Images/Ashby_D201.shtml
7. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 17; Image: 29; Family History Library Film: 0568144
8. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Middlesex County, 194:412, 260:228