Joseph Cowles (1677 - 1760)

Born 18 Jun 1677 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Royce) Cowles — married 13 Jul 1699 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Anna (Peck) Cowles — married 1 Apr 1715 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Mindwell (Way) Cowles — married 29 May 1717 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1760 at age 83 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Joseph Cowles was born 18 June 1677 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony to parents Samuel Cowles and Abigail Stanley. He came to Wallingford, probably in the late 1690s, shortly before his first marriage, to Abigail Royce. (See below.). His father-in-law gave him first a farm in what would become Meriden Parish, followed in 1701 by a gift of 107 acres on Ox Hill. ^[1]

He married first, on 13 July 1699 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Abigail Royce, daughter of Deacon Samuel Royce and Hannah (Churchill) Royce, of Wallingford. Together they had the following children:

1. Lois, born 25 April 1700,
2. Ledia, also born 25 April 1700,^[2]
3. Samuel, born 10 December 1701; died 18 February 1701/2,
4. Abigail, born 18 January 1702/3,
5. Samuel, born 2 Feb 1704/5; died 15 February 1704/5,
6. Hannah, born 11 April 1706,
7. Eunice, born 28 April 1708,
8. Joseph, born 4 March 1710,
9. Samuel, born 14 March 1712.^[1]

Joseph's wife Abigail died 24 May 1714.^[1]

He married, second, on 1 April 1715 in Wallingford, Anna (Peck) Yale, daughter of John Peck of Wallingford, and widow of Nathaniel Yale. She died 26 February 2016, likely from complications of birth. She had given birth to son Benjamin a few days before, on 23 February. Benjamin died soon after, on 15 March.^[1]

He married third, on 29 May 1717 in Wallingford, Mindful [unknown] Whaples, widow of Ephraim. They had one child together, Ebenezer, born 26 February 1718.^[1]

Joseph Cowles died 30 November, 1760 in Meriden Parish, Wallingford. He and his wife Mindful are buried on the Old Meeting House Cemetery in Meriden.ref name=cowles />^[3]

NOTE: [Andrews-1460|Sarah (Andrews) Cowles) has been disconnected as a wife of Joseph Cowles. Rather, on 1 November 1709 she married Isaac Cowles in Farmington.

• Fact: Alternate Birth Date (28 March 1675) Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, British America

• Fact: Burial (1760) Meeting House Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America

• Fact: Alternate Death Data (20 February 1775) East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British America

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Find A Grave Memorial for Joseph Cowles Sr.:

Birth: Jun. 18, 1677 Farmington Hartford County Connecticut, USA Death: Nov. 30, 1760 Wallingford New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Son of Samuel Cowles (1639-1691) and Abigail Stanley Cowles (1637-1734).

Family links: Parents: Samuel Cowles (1639 - 1691) Abigail Stanley Cowles (1637 - 1734)

Spouses: Abigail Royce Cowles (1677 - 1714)* Anna Peck Yale Cowles (1686 - 1716)* Mindwell Whaples Cowles (1681 - 1770)*

Children: Hannah Cowles Penfield (1706 - 1777)* Samuel Cowles (1711 - 1798)* Ebenezer Cowls (1718 - 1800)*

Siblings: Samuel Cowles (1662 - 1748)* Abigail Cowles Porter (1663 - 1718)* Hannah Cowles Porter (1664 - 1701)* Timothy Cowles (1666 - 1736)* John Cowles (1670 - 1748)* Nathaniel Cowles (1672 - 1729)* Isaac Cowles (1675 - 1756)* Joseph Cowles (1677 - 1760) Elizabeth Cowles Thomson (1679 - 1727)* Caleb Cowles (1682 - 1725)*

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Inscription: In memory of Mr. Joseph Cowles who died Nov'b'r 30 1760 in ye 83rd[84th] year of his age.

Note: from "A Century of Meriden", 1906

Burial: Meeting House Cemetery Meriden New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Genealogy of the Cowles families in America (New Haven, Conn., Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1929.) Volume 1, pages 44-46. Courtesy of Hathitrust, viewable online (accessed 2 October 2017) ,
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-D4P : 11 February 2018), Abigall in entry for Ledia Cooles, 25 Apr 1700; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ See also Find A Grave: Memorial #6144808

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 July 2020, 21:16), entry for Joseph Cowles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCQQ-LK1); contributed by various users.
• Gillespie, Charles Bancroft. An Historic Record And Pictorial Description Of The Town Of Meriden, Connecticut And Men Who Have Made It (Journal Pub. Co., Meriden, Conn., 1906) Page 161.