Joshua Coggeshall
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Joshua Coggeshall (1706 - 1746)

Joshua Coggeshall
Born in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial Americamap
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Died at about age 40 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial Americamap
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Biography

John Coggeshall
Birth: 1 Dec 1659, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial America
Death: 1 May 1727, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Colonial America
Parents: Joshua and Joan (West) Coggeshall
Spouse: Mary Stanton
John's farm, which he inherited from his father, was partly in Newport, RI and partly in Portsmouth, RI between his brother Joshua's farm on the south and his brother, Daniel's farm on the north. He married Mary Stanton , daughter of John Stanton and Mary Harndell.
The tombstones erected to his memory of John and his wife, Mary on the old family farm were still standing in 1930 when "The Coggeshalls of America" was written. A picture of the home of John Coggeshall can be found in the book mentioned above on p. 14a.
John Coggeshall was secretary of the colony from 1676 to 1677 and from May, 1691 to August, 1692; treasurer of the colony May 17, 1653 to Sept. 12, 1654 and 1664 to 1672.
On March 13, 1676, the court convened to discuss the unrest in Rhode Island by the Indians. Roger Williams met with them and warned them not to attack, but on March 29 or 30, the town was assaulted and 54 homes on the north end were burned. In April of that year, the assembly organized a service of boats for defense of the bay, with a third of the men from Portsmouth. Those in charge of included John Coggeshall.
At another session in April, 1677, it was ordered that the powder, ammunition, and bread, in the custody of John Coggeshall, treasurer, and William Brinkley, Comissary belonging to the Island... to be delivered unto Walter Clarke Governor by him for security. Signed John Coggeshall, Assistant and Joshua Coggeshall, Assistant.
The known children of John and Mary (Stanton) Coggeshall:
  1. Hannah (Coggeshall) Weaver (1698-1788) - m. Benjamin Weaver
  2. Rebecca (Coggeshall) Wood (1699-1762) - m. Peleg Wood
  3. John Coggeshall (1700-1746)
  4. Avis (Coggeshall) Weaver (1702-1763) - m. John Weaver
  5. Joseph Coggeshall (1704-1743) - m. Amy Bull
  6. Mercy Mary (Coggeshall) Fish (1704-1778) - m. Thomas Fish
  7. Joshua Coggeshall (1706-1746)
  8. Humility Coggeshall (1708-1784)
  9. Caleb Coggeshall (1710-1740) - m. Mercy Mitchell
  10. Benjamin Coggeshall (1712-1781) - m. Elizabeth Dunlap  
Burial: John Coggeshall Cemetery, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
 Created by: Nareen, et al
Record added: Jun 06, 2009 

Sources

  1. Source: Ancestry.com - Waller Family Tree 2013.
  2. Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  3. Source: Ancestral Family Trees
  4. Source: John Coggeshall. Web: Rhode Island, Find A Grave: Memorial #38012942
  5. Source: S15; Call Number: RI 929.1 RHO; Title: Rhode Island Roots, Vol.19, #1, March 1993; Author: Jane Fletcher Fiske, F.A.S.G.; Publication: The Family of Giles(2) Slocum of Dartmouth, Mass., and Newport, RI: A corrected Account Based on New Evidence. Abbreviation: Rhode Island Roots, Vol.19, #1, March 1993; Note: NS308493; Source Media Type: Book; Master Listing Source: Y
  6. Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
  7. Source: Ancestral Family Trees
  8. Source: Family Data Collection - Deaths
  9. Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  10. Source: Millennium File
  11. Source: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
  12. Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  13. Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  14. Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


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  • Thanks to Dave Rutherford for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Dave and others.




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