Samuel Cogswell (abt. 1651 - abt. 1701)

Born about 1651 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Haven) Cogswell — married 27 Oct 1668 in Saybrook, Connecticticut, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 1701 at about age 50 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Samuel Cogswell, son of John Cogswell, was born in Chebacco, Ipswich, Mass.

Samuel married, Oct. 27, 1668, Susanna Haven, daughter of Richard and Susanna (Newhall) Haven, born in Saybrook, Conn. 1645 Richard Haven Mrs. Cogswell's father, was a farmer in Saybrook, Conn.,

Samuel Cogswell died prior to 1701.

THEIR CHILDREN WERE :

1. Hannah, b. June 4, 1670; m. Jan. 20, 1692, Josiah Dibell.
2. Susanna, b. Nov. 23, 1672,
3. Wastall, b. Feb. 17, 1674; m. (1) Hannah ; m. May 24, 1697, Martha; d. prior to 1709.
4. Samuel, b. Aug. 3, 1677 (1675 ?); m. Mrs. Ann (Mason) Denison.
5. Robert, b. July 7, 1679.
6. Joseph, b. April 10, 1682: m. Aug. 25, 1710, Anna Orvis.
7. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 16, 1684.

3#John, b. Aug. 6, 1688.

"Samuel Cogswell came to Saybrook, unmarried, about 1665, and settled on a farm. The Colonial Records of Connecticut state that he was made freeman, May, 1669. There has been some uncertainty expressed by different writers as to his parentage and whence he came to Saybrook, also as to the person he married. There is little doubt he was born in Ipswich, Mass., and was the son of John Cogswell [4], who died on his return passage from London in 1653, and that he married, as above given, Susanna Haven, of the town of Lyme, Conn. Lyme was Saybrook until 1667. " ^[1]

• 9 Feb 1675 Samuel Cogswell, of Savbrook, Conn., sold five acres of land in Lyme, Conn., to Edward DeWolf.
• "1674 Samuel Cogswell sold 10 acres of salt marsh in Chebacque to Abraham Perkins." This was land let to his father, John Cogswell, for 1,000 years. The land record shows that the land willed by Joshua, Sachem, was divided into eightv-six shares among the proprietors

of Hebron, in 1702, the quantity being according to quality. John Wastall owned shares Nos. 44, 66, and 83, about two hundred and sixty-three acres. .Samuel Cogswell owned two shares, Nos. 9 and 84, making one hundred and nine and three fifths acres. The disposal of these lands does not appear on the town records of Hebron ; probably to be found in probate records, now in the Andover District, Tolland Co., Conn. "

It has been suggested by the author of Cogswells in America that Joshua Coggeshall (abt.1695-aft.1752) was the son of Samuel Cogswell (abt.1651-abt.1701) and Susannah (Haven) Cogswell (1653-abt.1690) who were residents of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and then New London County, Connecticut. He stated: "Samuel Cogswell, of Saybrook, Conn., devised 3,000 acres of land in Hebron that belonged to his estate. This was in nine undivided parts, doubtless belonging to his nine children, but onlv eight appear recorded ; counting Joshua we have the nine. This and other incidental evidences go to show that Joshua Cogswell [ 73 ] was Samuel Cogswell's youngest son."^[2] However, it was then customary to give the eldest son a double share of a father's son, which explains why there were nine shares and only eight children. The author doesn't mention the other incidentals.

Sources

1. ↑ Jameson, E. O. (Ephraim Orcutt). The Cogswells in America ( [Boston, A. Mudge & son, printers] [c1884]) Samuel
2. ↑ Jameson, E. O. (Ephraim Orcutt). The Cogswells in America ( [Boston, A. Mudge & son, printers] [c1884]) p. 58 Samuel

• Jameson, E. O. (Ephraim Orcutt). The Cogswells in America ( [Boston, A. Mudge & son, printers] [c1884]) Samuel

See also

• A History of the Orvis Family in America by Francis Wayland Orvis page 17