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COGSWELL, NATH'L, b. 1684, son of Samuel, Sen., of Say- brook, settled in Lyme. Joseph, his brother, settled in that part of Farmington called Southington. Joseph Cogswell, of Farmington, deeds to his " brother, Nathaniel Cogswell, of Lyme, all his right" in the ninth part of a 2,000 acre right in the town of Hebron, that accrued from his honored father, dated April 10, 1710. (Vol. 2, p. 276, Say. Rec.) Same page, John, another brother, of Saybrook, gives a similar deed, dated April 21, 1710.
COGSWELL, SAMUEL, JUN., son of Samuel, Sen., of Saybrook, b. 1677 ; m. Anne Denison, " each to the other, the 3d day of March, 1700-1." " Their son Samuel was born ye 25th of Dec., 1701; their dau'r Anne was born ye - of Dec., 1703; their son Hezekiah was born ye first day of ffeby, 1705-6." (Entered July ye 9th, 1707, vol. 2, p. 124.)
The funeral sermon at the decease of Dr. James Cogswell, a son of Samuel and Anne, says he (James) was also born at Saybrook in January, 1720, but his birth is not found at Saybrook ; but it was probably as stated. Samuel, Jun., and his wife Anne, removed with their family from Saybrook to Lebanon, where they remained until himself and his wife had become aged, and their children left them and settled in separate families, when the father and mother, by age,
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needed the fostering care of a dutiful and affectionate son to comfort them after they had arrived to the helpless state of threescore years and ten. They removed to Scotland society in the town of Wind- ham, to the hospitable house of their son, Rev. James Cogswell, D. D., of that place, where they both died in the care of their son. The father d. (Samuel, Jun.) in 1752, and his wife about two years after.
COGSWELL, REV. JAMES, son of Samuel, Jun. and Anne, b. at Saybrook in 1720, removed with his parents to Lebanon, probably when quite young. He became a youth of great promise, and grad- uated at Yale College in 1742. After his graduation he immediately turned his attention to the study of divinity, and Dr. Trumbull says was ordained in the ministry at Canterbury, Dec. 28, 1744, where he continued their able and faithful pastor until 1771, when he was dismissed from the charge of that church, and the next year he was installed over the church in the parish of Scotland, in Windham. While in this place, he was honored by Yale College with the title of D. D., which few more justly merited. He continued his minis- terial services at Scotland, until Dec., 1804, when he by a life of industry and usefulness and being far advanced in life, had become enfeebled and unable to pursue his pastoral charge. Thus aged and infirm, by an invitation from his affectionate son to reside with him, he removed into the kind family of his son, Dr. Mason F. Cogs- well, at Hartford, where he was kindly cared for and tenderly nour- ished, as he had previously done by his own aged parents. He died at the house of his son, Dr. Cogswell, Jan. 2, 1807, nearly 87 years old. He was three times married ; first, m. Alice Fitch, dau'r of Jabez, Esq., of Canterbury. She was the mother of all his chil- dren, and died April, 1772, aged 47 years. He m. second, Martha Devotion, the widow of Rev. Ebenezer Devotion, dec'd, of Scotland in Windham. He m. for his third wife, Mrs. Hibbard, of said Scot- land. Ifis children were :
1. James, Jun., b. July, 1746; d. Nov. 20, 1792.
2. Alice, b. Dec., 1749; d. May 9, 1772.
3. Samuel, b. May, 1754; d. Aug. 24, 1790.
4. Dr. Mason Fitch, b. Sept., 1761 ; d. at Hartford, Dec. 17, 1830.
5. Septimius, b. Aug., 1769; d. Oct., 1773.
Their mother, Alice, d. 1772, having lost no children by death at her decease, while Rev. James lived to inter his three wives and all his children, except Dr. M. F. Cogswell, of Hartford.
COGSWELL, DR. MASON F., son of Rev. James and Alice
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Fitch, of Canterbury, graduated at Yale College in 1780, and soon after located himself as physician and surgeon in the city of Hart- ford, Conn., where his talents, education and skill in his profession, within a few years elevated him to the head of his profession, not only in the city, but in a large extent of country in Conn. He married" Mary Ledyard, of Hartford, one of the noted Ledyard family of Conn. (The widow of Austen Ledyard m. Butler for second husband.) His children were :
1. Mary A. She m. Rev. Lewis Weld, son of Rev. Ludovicus Weld, dec'd, of Hampton, Conn., May, 1823, a finished scholar, who for many years has been the principal of the deaf and dumb institution at Hartford, where he died the past year, soon after his return from a visit to Europe, hoping to improve his previous declining health. (See WELD.)
2. Elizabeth, m. Hon. John T. Norton, of Farmington, Conn.
3. Alice, a deaf mute and a most interesting, intelligent and lovely girl. She died single, Dec., 1830, aged 25. (See Note.)
4. Dr. Mason Fitch, of Albany, graduated at Yale College in 1829, and set- tled in Albany as physician and surgeon, where he has proved himself a ripe scholar in the profession his father had so much honored. He m. Lydia, dau'r of Rev. John Bradford, D. D., who was an eloquent pulpit orator.
5. Catherine Ledyard, m. Rev. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, D. D., of Burling- ton, N. J., son of the former patroon, of Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. Dixon, the wife of Hon. James Dixon, of Hartford, and dau'r of Rev. Dr. Cogswell, of N. Jersey, is a descendant of the Cogswell family of Mass.
Five persons by the name of Cogswell, had graduated at Harvard College before 1817, and eight at Yale before 1848:
COGSWELL, JOHN, freeman in Mass., March 3, 1635-6. Rev. Wm. Cogswell, D. D., dec'd, at Gilmanton, N. H., who died 1850, aged 62, son of Rev. Wm., of Atkinson, N. H., was the author of many published discourses, and aided in several periodical publica- tions, a member of many literary societies, and for a time connected with the publication of the N. E. His. Gen. Register, also with the American Quarterly Register, and proprietor and editor of the New Hampshire Repository ; was a descendant of John, of London, who afterward settled in Ipswich, Mass , about 1635. Wife Elizabeth d. June 2, 1676, and he d. Nov. 29, 1669. Had children, Wm., John, Edward, Mary, Hannah, Abigail and Sarah. (See His. Reg.) These are the first branches of John Cogswell, of Ipswich, Mass. The Cogswells were connected by marriage with the Uphams, Went- worths, Badgers, Otis's, and many others of the best families in New England.
William, son of John, Sen., of Ipswich, in 1648.
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John Cogswell has the title of Mr. on the Ipswich record.
Mr. Wm. Cogswell is in the list of those who had a right of com- monage in Ipswich, Feb., 1678, as was Mr. Jno. Cogswell.
JOHN, SEN., of Ipswich, had no son Samuel in his list of children. Farmer notices John, of Ipswich ; came to N. E. in 1635 ; admit- ted freeman, 1636 ; that he was wrecked on his passage at Pema- quid, and names his three sons, John, b. 1623, d. 1653, and left three children ; William, of Ipswich, 1648, and Edward, b. about 1629.
Samuel, Sen., of Saybrook, was probably not a descendant of the Ipswich family.
COIT, JOHN, (and wife, Mary Jenners, ) is found at Dorchester, Mass., in 1635, and a grantee of land there before 1636, where the name is spelled Goite and Goyt. He is also claimed to have been at Salem, and a grantee of land there in 1638. He was selectman in Gloucester in 1649. When he came to N. England is not known. He was probably from England, as the name of Coit is found there.
NOTE. Epitaph of Dr. Nath'l Ledyard. In memory of Doct. Nathaniel Ledyard, who de parted this life June ye Ist, A. D. 1766, in the 26th year of his age.
Just when deliv'd from her boding fears,
My chearful country wiped away her tears, Materials wrought the public joys to aid, With dire explosion snapp'd my vital thread, And lif's rich zest, the bliss of being free, Pov'd the sad cause of bitter death to me.
(Blown up in the school house.) Father of the wife of Doct. M. F. Cogswell. (See p. 414, ante.)
NOTE. Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell, who died at Hartford, was not only a skillful and learned physician, but one of the kindest and most affectionate of fathers, and his affections for his fam- ily were most kindly reciprocated by all his children. His daughter Alice, who possessed all the good qualities of her father, was unfortunately a deaf mute, yet as intellectual as any of his children, and most affectionately loved her father. It was her misfortune in being a mute, which was the great first cause of establishing the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at Hartford. Dr. Cogswell's energies were all bent upon this subject, to relieve his distressed child from her sit- uation as far as his exertions and means could be put forth. And by the aid of Mr. Gallaudet and some few others, an act of incorporation was obtained from the Legislature of Connecticut, and Mr. Gallaudet went to France to procure an experienced teacher, and soon after opened a school for deaf mutes at Hartford. The great success of the school is known through the coun- try, and the immense pleasure it has afforded this unfortunate class of the community. Dr. Cogswell lived to see his exertions crowned with success, and his darling daughter attending the school, and fast learning to converse with her school-inates and her own affectionate father and family. But in the midst of joys, he was taken sick with a severe cold, which closed his earthly career on the fifth day of his illness. This so affected his daughter Alice, for slie loved her father most tenderly, that it entirely unnerved her, and the night after his decease, she was taken with spasms, and died thirteen days after the death of her father, laniented by the whole city, which was attributed entirely to her grief at the death of her father.
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The original hame was probably Coit, though the name on the rec- ord at Dorchester, and upon the probate record at Hartford, where his will was proved, is spelled Goite and Goyt, but not spelled by himself. He came to New London about the time Mr. Blynman came there, or soon after followed him to N. L. from Gloucester about 1651. His son, John, Jun., held land in N. London, and per- haps came there, but he finally settled at Gloucester, and had chil- dren there, viz .: John, Mary, Abigail, Nathaniel and Job, of whom the three last married and had children. But the name of Coit was soon lost in Gloucester, nor is it known that there lives a descendant of John, Jun., by the name of Coit.
Coit, John, Sen., d. in N. London, Aug. 29, 1659. His widow, Mary, survived him until Jan. 2, 1676, when she died, aged 80 .* His will, dated Aug. 1, 1659, is on file in Hartford. In the inven- tory of his estate, the name reads Coite, and so in the copy of the will found on the town records at New London. In this will men- tion is made of his two sons and two daughters, absent, besides his son Joseph and daughters Mary and Martha, then with him in New London.
MARTHA, m. Hugh Mould, from Barnstable, June 11, 1662.
MARY, m. John Stevens, (says Miss Caulkins.)
JOSEPH, m. Martha Harris, daughter of Wm., of Wethersfield,
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* The Last will and Testaman of John Goit of Newlondonn August the first 1659-
Impr I give unto my wife and my son Joseph, the house and houshold stuf wh the orchard and all lands about my house. As also all my great catle-as also half my meadows. And they shall enjoy itt togather as long as my wife lives, except they both agree to the contrary. And also I give to ym my ground on ye other side of ye river, that is the lot of 22 acres, as also half my land in the neck.
I give unto my two daughters Mary and Martha my farm up Mohegin river, as also two-thirds of the sheepe, as also my other lot of thirty acres upon the other side of the river, as also half my meadow, as also the other half of my land in ye neck.
Also I give to my two sons and two daughters twenty shillings a piece I mean thos absent from me in case they bee living-to bee payd out of the whole. I give to my son Joseph one- third of my sheep. Also after all iny debts bee pay'd, I give the remaynder to my wife, son and two daughters wh me.
Also 1 leave my loving friends, Mr. Thomson and James Avery and Win. Nickols to bee my Exequtors to look after ye dispose of my children wth my wife And if any of the children dye be- fore mariage their estate shall be divided by the other now at home.
The Mark / of John Goit.
In the prsens of William Younglove Gabriell Harres.
(An exact copy of John Goit's will on file in probate office, Hartford.)
Inventory dated 1660, (June 25, 1661, £103.)
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July 15, 1667. He was the first deacon of the church there. He was a partner of his brother-in-law, Mould, in ship building, at New London. He d. March 27, 1704. His widow d. July 14, 1713. His estate £312, 17s. 4d. He and his wife were confirmed in the church, April 3, 1680. His property was divided between his widow and his sons John, Joseph and Solomon, and the heirs of his son Wm., deceased. His sons Daniel and Samuel, probably died young, and unmarried, before their father, as they are not known in settling his estate. Inventory of estate May 3, 1704, ££312, 17s. 4d. Joseph, Sen., and Martha's children were :
1. John, b. Dec. 1, 1670 ; m. Mehetabel Chandler, of Woodstock, June 25, 1695.
2. Joseph, (Rev.,) b. April 4, 1673.
3. William, b. Jan. 25, 1675.
4. Dartyell, b. Dec. S, 1677, probably d. young.
5. Solomon, b. Nov. 29, 1679.
6. Samuel, bap. Aug. 14, 1682, probably d. young.
Joseph was presented for a freeman at Hartford, Oct., 1669.
COIT, JOHN, son of Joseph and Martha, is supposed to have fol- lowed his father's business in New London. He m. Mehitabel, (dau'r of John and Elizabeth Chandler, of Woodstock, a most amiable lady,) June 25, 1695, and had children, viz .:
1. John, b. May 25, 1696 ; m. Grace Christophers, 1719, and raised a family in New London.
2. Joseph, b. Nov. 15, 1698; m. Lydia Lathrop, 1718, and was father of Hon. Joshua, and grandfather of Rev. Mr. Learned, of Canterbury, &c., &c.
3. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1700, supposed died young.
4. Thomas, b. June 1, 1702 ; m. Mary Prentiss, 1723; great-great-grand- father of Rev. Dr. T. W. Coit, of Hartford.
5. Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1704 ; m. Samuel Gardiner in 1720.
6. Martha, b. April 1, 1706 ; m. Daniel Hubbard, 1731, and m. 2d, Thomas Green, 1744.
John Coit, the father, d. Oct. 22, 1744, aged 74, and Mehitabel, his widow, d. Nov. 3, 1759, aged 86.
COIT, REV. JOSEPH,* (son of Joseph and Martha,) b. 1673, graduated at Harvard College in 1697, and afterward took a degree with the first class at Yale in 1702. He preached a while at Glou-
* In the absence of all church records, it is difficult, at this late period, to gather the fruits of Rev. Mr. Coit's ministerial labors. His memory at Plainfield is cherished with respect and ven- eration by the older descendants of those to whom he ministered for nearly half a century. He held a good standing with the clergy of his day, and was often called to preside at their meet- ings, and was one of the excellent men of his generation, and a blessing to the people among whom he settled in the infancy of the town and the church, to the improvement and prosperity of which he seems to have contributed a large share.
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cester and at Norwich, after Rev. James Fitch (the father of the Fitches of Conn.) had become disabled, and they gave him a call to settle, which he declined, for the reason that he disagreed with the church at Norwich. June 12, 1699, Plainfield voted to give him a call, for one quarter of a year. The town being in want of means, continued to engage him in short periods from three to six months and a year, until January 7, 1705, (O. S.,) when he was ordained over the church and society at Plainfield, (Dr. Trumbull says in Jan., 1703, which is an error,) and continued their pastor about forty-four years, and was dismissed at the time of settling a suc- cessor, and died July 1, 1750, aged 77 years. He m. Experience Wheeler, daughter of Isaac, of Stonington, Sept. 18, 1705. She d. Jan. 8, 1759, and had ten children, viz .:
1. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1706-7, (O. S.,) probably d. young.
2. Samuel, b. 1708 ; settled in North Preston, and was the ancestor of all the Preston Coits. He m. Sarah Spalding, daughter of Benjamin, of Plainfield, in 1730, and removed to Preston, (now Griswold,) where he was colonel of mili- tia, and principal man of the town. He died Oct. 4, 1792, aged 84 years.
3. Joseph, Jun., b. about 1711 ; he d. young, though he m. Mary Spalding, of Preston, removed to Griswold and had two dau'rs, Elizabeth and Mary, and d. July 21, 1741, and liis widow m. Gen. John Tyler, of Griswold, for second husband.
4. Martha, b. about 1713, (uncertain.) She m. 1. Lemuel Smith, of Volun- town ; had several children, one of whom was the late Luther S., of P. After the death of Mr. Smith, she m. 2. Humphrey Avery, of Norwich.
5. Isaac, b. Dec. 26, 1714. He m. Ruth Spalding, of Plainfield, and settled at Plainfield. After his wife d., 1773, he m. Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, widow of Rev. Mr. W., of Uxbridge, Mass .; had children by neither, and d. April 23, 1776, aged 61 years ; was one of the principal men of Plainfield. He left a leg- acy of £250 for the education of indigent youth at the academy in P. His widow m. Rev. Mr. Jones, of Weston, Mass., Nov. 30, 1779. Isaac and his wife, members of the church in Plainfield, 1768.
6. Abigail, b. about 1716, (uncertain.) She m. Thomas Gates, of Plainfield.
7. Mary, b. about 1718, (uncertain ;) m. Nathaniel Stanton, of Preston or Groton.
8. William, b. Nov. 27, 1720 ; name of his wife not known. He removed to Sheffield, Mass., before 1750, and his line lost track of. He d. in 1776.
9. Experience, b. about 1722, (uncertain.) She m. John Stevens, of Plain- field.
10. Daniel, b. in 1731. He m. Tamasore Kimball, of Methuen, Mass., and settled in Plainfield, and d. there April 23, 1762, and left a dau'r Experience, who d. young. His widow m. (about 1764) Dr. Elisha Lord, of Abington, (Pomfret.) She had children by Dr. Lord, a son Elisha, and five dau'rs, viz .: Experience, wife of Dr. Nehemiah Cleveland, of Topsfield, Mass .; Alathea, w. of Rev. Asahel Huntington, of Topsfield, Mass .; Sarah, wife of Gen. James Danielson, of Killingly ; Mary, wife of Dr. Josiah Fuller, of Plainfield; Pamela,
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wife of Major John Douglass, of Plainfield, and afterward wife of Judge Joseph Eaton, of Plainfield. (This is a digression to name some excellent ladies.)
COIT, JOHN, b. 1670, son of Deacon Joseph, and grandson of John, Sen., and Mary Jenners, of N. London,) m. Mehetibel Chand- ler, (dau'r of John, of Woodstock, ) June 25, 1695. They had chil- dren, viz .:
1. John, b. May 25, 1696 ; m. Grace Christophers, b. Nov. 14, 1698, (dau'r of Richard and Grace,) m. July 2, 1719.
2. Joseph, b. Nov. 15, 1698 ; m. Lydia, dau'r of Thomas Lathrop, 1739.
3. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1700.
4. Thomas, b. June 1, 1702; m. Mary Prentiss, dau'r of Thomas, of N. L., 1723.
5. Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1704; m. Samuel Gardiner, Nov. 8, 1720.
6. Martha, b. April 1, 1706; m. Daniel Hubbard, Aug. 13, 1731, and Tho's Green, 1744.
John, the father, d. Oct. 22, 1744, aged 74, and his widow Me- hitabel, d. Nov. 3, 1759, aged 86.
COIT, JOSEPH, b. 1698, (son of John and Mehitabel,) m. Lidia Lathrop, (dau'r of Tho's and Lydia, of Norwich,) Jan., 1739-40. Issue :
1. Lydia, b. June 17, 1741 ; m. Wm. Hubbard, of Boston, Aug. 28, 1764.
2. Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1743; m. Christopher Leffingwell, Aug. 28, 1764.
3. Lucy, b. July 2, 1746; m. And'w Huntington, Nov. 26, 1766.
4. Lucretia, b. April 15, 1748 ; d. unmarried.
5. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1750; m. Elizabeth Palmes, of Preston, Feb. 10, 1773.
6. Thomas, b. July 17, 1752; m. Sarah Chester, of Wethersfield, Oct., 1782.
7. Daniel L , b. Sept. 20, 1754 ; m. Eliz'th Bill, of Nor'h, Nov. 23, 1786.
8. Jerusha, b. June 21, 1756 ; d. single.
9. Joshua, b. Oct. 7, 1758 ; m. Ann Barradil Hallam, Jan. 2, 1785.
JOSEPH, above, b. 1698, m. for his first wife, Mary Hunting, of E. Hampton, L. I., and had a son Jonathan, b. March 25, 1723, d. aged ten days. His wife Mary d. Lydia, his second wife, d. Jan. 10, 1794. Joseph, the father, was received into the church as early as March 16, 1717-18, and his second wife received Aug. 21, 1763. He d. at Norwich. He had ten children. Most of the Coits in- creased and multiplied.
COIT, THOMAS, (son of John and Mehitabel,) b. 1702, m. Mary Prentiss, (daughter of Tho's and Mary,) Nov. 5th, 1723. They had an only son, (great-grandfather of Dr. T. W. Coit, of Hartford,) Thomas, b. Aug. 15, 1725, and Thomas, his father, d. March 10, 1724, aged 22 years. His widow, Mary, m. Dr. E. Gray, of Wind- ham, (then of Lebanon, ) Feb. 20, 1727-8. His estate, £145, 2s. 9d. distributed to his widow Mary and only son, Tho's Coit. "Thomas
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Coit, son of John Coit," received to the church May 17, 1719. " Wid" Mary received Feb. 18," 1727-8.
COIT, THOMAS, JUN., (only son of Thomas and Mary, ) b. 1725, m. 1. Abigail Richards, his cousin, dau'r of John, May 23, 1756, and had children :
1. Abigail, b. March 5, 1757 ; d. June 21, 1757.
2. Thomas, b. Aug. 5, 1758 ; d. Sept. 16, 1758.
3. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 16, 1759 ; m. Nathaniel Richards.
4. Second Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1761 ; m. George Hallam, Nov. 3, 1784.
Abigail, wife of Tho's, the father, d. Aug. 19, 1761, and Tho's m. for his second wife, Mary, dau'r of David and Eliz'th Gardiner, Jan. 12, 1764, (of the family of Gardiner's Island, ) and had ch., viz .:
5. Thomas, b. April 2, 1767; m. Mary Wanton Saltonstall, dau'r of W. and Anne, Nov. 29, 1789.
6. David, b. May 3, 1769; m. Betsey Caulkins, dau'r of Pember, April 28, 1797.
7. Jonathan, b. Aug. 6, 1771.
8. Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1773, d. 1771.
9. Charles, b. Feb. 9, 1776.
10. Mary, b. May 9, 1778; m. Benj'n Richards, Dec. 20, 1795.
11. Henry, b. Oct. 21, 1780 ; mn. Ann Tolman.
12. Susannah, b. July 11, 1783.
13. James, b. Jan. 31, 1786 ; m. Frances Tabor, dau'r of Pardon.
COIT, THOMAS, b. 1767, (son of Thomas and Mary, his second wife,) m. Mary Wanton Saltonstall, of N. L., Nov. 29, 1789, and had children, viz .:
1. Ann W., b. Sept. 11, 1790; d. Aug. 30, 1794.
2. Mary Gardiner Coit, b. April 28, 1792.
3. Hannah Saltonstall, b. June 18, 1795; d. Aug. 23, 1796.
4. Augusta Dudley, b March 31, 1797; d. 1822.
5. Martha, b. March 13, 1802; d. March 17, 1802.
6. Dr. Thomas Winthrop, b. June 28, 1803; m. Elcaner Forrester.
7. Elizabeth Richards, b. May 25, 1806 ; m. Edward Coit, of Norwich, and d. Feb. 25, 1837.
8. Gurdon Saltonstall Coit, b. Oct. 28, 1808; m. Eleaner F. Carlile.
This is the branch of Rev. T. W. Coit, D. D., of Hartford. Sur- rounded by the blood of the Saltonstalls, Prentiss's, Richards's, Chandlers and Gardiners, we might well expect of him what we find, a ripe scholar, and one of the most literary men in New England, as well as one of the most liberal. He graduated at Yale College in 1821; M. A., 1831 ; and now Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Trinity College, and Lecturer on Chemistry and Natural Science. A lineal descendant of Martin Luther.
COIT, JOHN, b. 1696, (son of John and Mehitabel Chandler,) m. Grace Christophers, b. 1698, (dau'r of Richard and Grace,) July 2, 1719, and had issue :
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1. John, b. April 7, 1720; m. Pierce, June 13, 1742, daughter of Robert and Ann.
2. Richard, b. July 8, 1722 ; m. Abigail, daughter of Capt. John and Mary Bradick, of L. I., Oct. 12, 1743.
3. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1724 or 1725, d. same year.
4. Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1756; m. Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9, 1733, m. Feb. 18, 1753.
5. Joseph, b. Oct. 3, 1728 ; m. Mosier, of Montville.
Grace, wife of John, d. Nov. 9, 1745, and John m. for his second wife, Hannah Potter, of Newport, R. I., widow of Thomas Potter, and dau'r of Henry Gardiner, June 20, 1748, and had three children, viz .:
6. Desire, b. Oct. 15, 1749; d. at Newport.
7. John, b. Oct. 30, 1752.
8. Mehitabel, b. June 16, 1755.
COIT, RICHARD, b. 1722, son of John and Grace, m. Abigail Bradick, of Southold, L. I., Oct. 12, 1743. He had an only dau'r Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1744. She m. John Holt. Her father, Richard, d. Oct. 3, 1745, and Abigail, his widow, m. James Chapman, June 7,1767.
COIT, SAMUEL, b. 1726, son of John and Grace, m. Elizabeth Richards, (dau'r of David, ) b. Feb. 9, 1733, m. 1753. Had issue :
1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1753 ; m. Joseph Fox, Jan. 16, 1772.
2. Samuel, b. Feb. 22, 1755; d. Sept. 10, 1756.
3. Rhoda, b. April 1, 1757 ; m. Benj'n Rogers.
4. Lydia, m. Joshua Potter, of Rhode Island,
5. Grace, m. Walter Gracie.
6. Lucretia, m. 1. Henry Young, and John Carroll, Sept., 1813.
7. Second Samuel, m. Silvia Lewis, Nov. 28, 1782
8. David.
9. Second John, m. Lucy Smith, dau'r of James, Dec. 3, 1789.
10. Richard, d. young.
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Coit, received to the church, 1790.
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