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Mr. James Cornish, plaintiff, vs. Thomas Lee, defendant ; plain- tiff recovered, and Lee appealed from the decision of the court of as- sistants, in 1666. Edward J. Cornish, graduated at Amherst College, in 1845. One at Harvard College, in 1820.
Farmer names Richard Cornish, Boston, d. Feb. 6, 1694 ; Samuel, of Salem, 1637 ; James, the first school-master and Town-Clerk of Westfield, Mass., also Gabriel, in 1667; Thomas, of Exeter, in 1652.
CORNWALL, WILLIAM, was an original settler, and had 8 acres 1639; he drew 24 acres in the land division in E. H., June 12, 1666, at Hartford ; though not an original proprietor, he had a house- lot in Hartford, No. 54, west of south street, and south from the lane. He removed to Middletown in the early settlement of that town. He was probably married before he came to Hartford, and removed with his family about 1651, to Middletown. He was deputy at the Gen- eral Court, May 18, 1654, and July 11, 1654. He d. there " being well stricken in years;" made his will in 1674, in which he notices his children then living, viz., John, William, Sarah, Samuel, Thomas, Jacob, Ester Wilcock, and Elizabeth Hall, and his wife Mary. He d. Feb. 21, 1677-8. His children, viz. :
John, b. April, 1640, m. Martha Peck, June 8, 1665.
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William, Jr., b. June 24, 1641, m. Mary Bull., Nov. 30, 1670.
Samuel, b. 1642, m. Rebecca Bull, Jan. 15, 1667.
Jacob, b. Sept., 1646, m. Mary White, dau'r of Nathaniel, 1677.
Sarah, b. Oct., 1647.
Thomas, b. Sept., 1648, m. Sarah Clark, Nov. 14, 1672.
Ester, b. May, 1650, m. John Wilcock.
Elizabeth, b. Jan., 1651. m. - Hall.
JOHN CORNWELL, son of Wm., m. Martha Peck, June 8, 1665, and had children, viz., Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1666 ; Martha, b. Aug. 30, 1669, m. Richard Hubbard, March 31, 1692 ; John, b. Aug. 13, 1671, m. Elizabeth Hinsdell, Sept. 15, 1695, and 2d Mary Hilton, March 23, 1698-9; Wm. b. May or Aug. 17, 1673, m. Martha Thompson, Dec., 1699 ; Pall, b. June 6, 1675, m. Susannah Bowden, Sept. 4, 1701 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1677 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 5, 1679, m. Abigail Harris, April 20, 1710 ; Thankful, b. March 1, 1682-3, d. Nov. 22, 1684 ; 2d Thankful, b. July 26, 1685, m. Jonathan Steel, July 6, 1710; Benjamin, b. Dec. 23, 1688, m. Hannah Merry, of Hartford, May 21, 1712.
WILLIAM, Jr., son of Wm. Cornwell, m. Mary Bull, and had issue, William, b. Sept. 13, 1671, m. Esther Ward, Jan. 22, 1691-2 ; Jacob, b. Oct. 3, 1673, d. 1742; Experience, b. April 14, 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 13, 1688; Eliezer, b. Feb. 1, 1691, d. 1692 ; William, the father, d. June 18, 1691. His widow Mary, d. Nov. 25, 1717.
SAMUEL, son of William, sen'r, m. Rebecca Bull, and had issue, Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1667, d. Sept. 28, 1669 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 26, 1670 ; William, b. Jan. 22, 1672 ; Samuel, the father d. Dec. 6, 1728.
JACOB CORNELL, son of William Cornell, m. Mary Bull, and had issue, Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1679, m. Francis Whitmore, May 30, 1698 ; Jacob, Jr., b. Aug., 1681, d. Nov., 1681 ; 2d Jacob, b. Oct. 1, 1682, m. Edith Whitmore, 1710-11; Nathaniel, 1684; Giles, 1686; Daniel, 1688; Isaac, 1690; Wait, b. 1692; Elizabeth, 1697, m. Jacob Dowd, 1716 ; Timothy, b. Aug. 23, 1700; Jacob, sen'r, d. April 18, 1708. His widow m. John Bacon, April, 1710.
THOMAS, the youngest son of William Cornwell, sen'r, of Middle- town, m. Sarah Clark, Nov. 14, 1672, and had issue : Thomas, Jr., b. Dec. 27, 1673 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 27, 1675-6 ; Daniel, b. Aug. 8, 1677; Jonathan, b. Dec. 19, 1679 ; Abraham, b. Sept. 4, 1682 ; Stephen, b. July 6, 1693; David, b. Sept., 1697, d. June 16, 1725. .
These are the five sons of William sen'r, and their children. The lot of eight acres which William Cornwall had in Hartford, was
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held by him only at the " courtice of the town," as he was not an original proprietor of the town ; he also had " liberty to fetch wood and keep cows and swine on the common." Many others were in a similar situation. He was a man of reputation and a Representative to the General Court from Middletown, (Sergeant Cornwall,) as early as May, 1654, July, 1654, and in 1657, and 1664, and in 1665 ; constable in 1664. He drew 24 acres of land at East Hartford, in the division there in 1666. His sons John, Samuel, and William, Jr., were settlers at Middletown, as early as 1671.' He provided liberally in his will for his wife Mary, during her widowhood. Deacon Hall and Deacon Stocking, were overseers of his will. His will dated, 4th, 12th, 1674, which he signed. His dau'r Sara, is called Sara Hubbard, Esther Stowe and Elizabeth Hall; inventory £251, 3s. There was a Paul Cornell, at New Haven, who m. Susanna Bouton, in Aug., 1701; had a dau'r Lois ; his dau'r Lois, of New Haven, m. Nehemiah St. John, of Norwalk, Dec. 8, 1743, and had eight sons and four daughters ; the youngest son, called CORN- WALL. Perhaps Paul's name should have been spelled Cornwall. Hannah Cornwall, m. Daniel Doolittle, of Wallingford ; he d. at Wallingford, in 1755, aged 80. Nathaniel was early a Justice of the Peace in East Haddam. This family is now very numerous and dispersed in every quarter of this country.
PAUL CORNELL, of New Haven, was a different name and family from Cornwall, of Hartford. Coats of arms: Cornwall has 23; Cornewall has 2; Cornell, 3; Cornewale has 1; Cornewayle has 1 coat of arms. One by the name of Cornwall, and 3 spelled Corn- well, graduated at Yale College, before 1843 ; and one Cornwall, and one Cornwell graduated at Williams College, before 1844. The family of Wm. is legion in New England and the West ; it began at Hartford among the first settlers, with five sons and three daughters.
CORROW, or CARROW, PETER, of Milford, mariner, received a quitclaim or release of Edward Fonnell, of " ye Island of Barba- does, planter," for £5 " starling," releasing all actions and causes of actions, suits, &c., as said Fonnell had been grandson of said Corrow ; Dated, Aug. 14, 1689. CARRE, has 4 coats of arms.
CORWIN, MATHIAS, was one of the leading men of Southhold, Long Island, in its first settlement ; the town was originally purchased and settled mostly by New Haven families, and under their govern- ·ment. It was at first called Yennicock. It was purchased in 1640 and 1665; many of the first planters there came with Rev. John Young, who had preached at Hingham, Norfolk, England, and set-
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tled under him at Southhold. Mr. Young, reorganized his church while in New Haven, in Oct., 1640, and went with his church to Southhold, and settled the plantation. The church adopted the fun- damental agreement which had been established there as a rule of their civil conduct. Mr. Young, stood at the head of all civil and religious affairs in the town, aided by Corwin, Masses, Wells, Tut- hill, Horton, and others of hi's church. The name of Corwin, was not strictly a Connecticut name, only at the time Southold, was under the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Colony. Joseph Corwin, gradua- ted at Yale College, 1835.
Perhaps Crerwin, George Curwin, b. at Washington, Co., of Cum- berland, in England, Dec. 10, 1610, came to New England, and settled at Salem, in 1638; free, 1665; selectman, captain and rep- resentative, 1666 ; 9 years, and d. Jan. 6, 1685, aged 74. He m. Elizabeth, widow of John White; (she d. in 1668.) He had issue, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, John and Jonathan. He m. 2d Eliza- beth Brooks, in 1669, and had Penelope, George, d. in infancy, and Susanna. Capt. Curwin left an estate of £5,964. His son John, Capt., of Salem, free 1665, m. Margaret, dau'r of Governor Win- throp, and d. July 12, 1683, aged 45. His wife d. Sept. 28, 1697. (Felts annals.)
JONATHAN, son of the preceding, bap. in Salem, Jan. 17, 1641; free, 1671 ; representative, 1689 ; one of the first council under the new charter 1691, d. June 9, 1718, aged 77; Mathias Curwin, of Ipswich, 1634, probably removed to Southold, Long Island. ( Wood. His. of Long Island, 34.) Samuel Curwin, d. at Boston, Nov., 1698. (See Farmer.) The name Badcock, has changed to Babcock, Bur- nap, to Burnet, and perhaps Curwin, to Corwin.
COSIAR, RICHARD, owned a small tract of land in Norwalk, in 1687. He was £50 in the list of estate of commonage. This name is yet in Connecticut.
COSSETT, RANE, a French gentleman who came to Conn., soon after 1700, and settled in Simsbury, where he m. and raised a respectable family. Children, viz. :
1. Margaret, b. Dec. 4, 1718, or 19, m. Nathaniel Holcomb, of Granby.
2. Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1720.
3. Rane, Jr., b. Sept. 3, 1722.
4. Ruth, b. July 26, 1724, m. Mr. Boore or More.
5. Franceway, b. Nov. 2, 1726 ; he m. Abigail Dibol, of Simsbury, 1749, and had issue, Reuben, Jesse, Roswell, Lydia ; she d. single at Waterbury.
6. Lydia, b. Oct. 1, 1728, d. in Waterbury, supposed unmarried.
7. Timothy, b. Feb. 9, 1731-2; children, Timothy, Martin, and a dau'r, mn. Ezekiel Hayes.
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8. John, b. March 15, 1735; lived in Waterbury, and his son John, and his dau'r Susan.
9. Alexandria, (a son,) b. July 23, 1736 ; lived and d. in Granby, and left children.
COSSITT, RANE, JR., son of Rane of Granby, m. Phebe Hillyer, dau'r of James, and had issue :
1. Phebe, b. 1742-3.
2. Rane, b. 1744, (who was an Episcopal minister.)
3. Ruth, b. June 13, 1747, m. 1st Perrin, 2d Abra'm Pinney.
4. Ambrose, b. 1749, m. Hannah Cole, and lived in Claremont, New Hamp- shire, and d. there.
5. Betsey, b. 1751, m. Bush, of Westfield, Mass.
6. Asa, b. 1754, m. Mary Cole, of Farmington ; lived and d. in Granby.
7. Silas, b. ; m. Shepard, and removed to Ohio.
8. Samuel, b. 1758, m. Anna Hart, of Farmington ; he settled and d. in Wash- ington, Mass.
9. Rosenne, b. May 30, 1759, m. Abel Adams, of Simsbury.
ALMIRA COLE, dau'r of Samuel Cole and grand-daughter of Asa Cossitt, b. 1680, m. Aaron Goodman, of Hartford, in 1804, and had children :
Edward, Esq., attorney at law in Hartford.
Almira.
Julia.
Samuel.
Aaron C. Goodman, merchant in New York.
COSSITT, FRANSAWAY, son of Rane and Abigail, had issue :
1. Jesse, b. at Simsbury, Nov. 30, 1749.
2. Roger, b. Aug. 24, 1752.
3. Lucretia, b. June 23, 1755.
4. Abigail, b. July 22, 1757.
5. Rufus, b. Sept. 28, 1760.
6. Roswell, b. May 22, 1763.
7. Reuben, b. July 24, 1765.
8. Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1768.
9. Theody, b. July 16, 1770.
COSSITT, TIMOTHY, son of Rane, sen'r, m. and had children, viz. :
1. Timothy, Jr., b. Oct. 9, 1754. 1
2. Martin, b. at Simsbury, Jan. 11, 1757, and one dau'r ; she m. Ezekiel Hayes ; lived and d. in Waterbury, had son John and dau'r Susan.
COSSITT, SILAS, son of Rane, Jr., m. Sarah Shepard, of Granby, Conn., and removed to Ohio, about 1813. His sister Rosanna, m. Abel Adams, of Simsbury, and had a large family.
COSSITT, ALEXANDER, lived and d. in Granby, and left children. One graduated at Brown University, in 1771, (Rane,
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Ranna,) Ranna Cossitt, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1798. This has been and now is a very respectable family.
COSTER, MRS. HESTER, d. at New Haven, April 5, 1691.
COSMORE, MR. JOHN, (sometimes spelled on the record Gos- more,) of Southampton, Long Island, where he early located and became a leading and useful settler. The General Court of Conn., in May, 1658, ordered that Mr. Cosmore, Mr. Ogden, Capt. Tappin and Goodman Clark, should make distribution of the payments made to them by the Indians, to those who had suffered loss by fire, except " Mr. Fordam is exempted from any part of this pay for the losse of his owne house and goods therein contuyned," &c. The same session Mr. Cosmore and Mr. Ogden, were magistrates from Long Island, and in their seats in the Upper House at Hartford, Ct. ; Mr. Cosmore was first a magistrate in Conn., and attended the Gen- eral Court at Hartford, as such, with Edward Howell, also a magis- trate from Southampton, Long Island, May 20, 1647; under the association or compact formed between the town of Southampton and Connecticut, placing themselves under the government of Conn., subject to their laws, there established, "according to ye word of God and right reason," &c. (See combination article, towns and lands, Vol. I., No. 7.) Mr. Cosmore and Mr. Howell, again attended the General Court at Hartford, as magistrates in May, 1648; in May, 1649; May, 1650. Mr. Cosmore, and Capt. Thomas Tappin, in May, 1655 ; and Mr. Cosmore and Mr. Ogden, attended in 1657 and 1658. An examination of the Colony records of Connecticut, shows that Hon. John Cosmore, Mr. Edward Howell, Mr. John Ogden, Mr. Young, Capt. Thomas Tappin, Thomas Baker and Robert Band, were the leading men on the eastern half of Long Island, in its early settlement. (See Col. Record.)
NOTE .- COGSHALL, BENJAMIN, m. Elizabeth Dunlap, at Stratford, dau'r of Archibald, April 8, 1735, and had issue b. in Stratford, viz., Mary, b. May 4, 1736 ; John, b. 1737; Sarah, b. 1739 ; Anhibal, b. 1740 ; Caleb, b. 1743; Dunlap, b. July 12, 1747, and Daniel, b. May 28, 1749. This name was in Rhode Island, many years earlier. A town or village by the name of Coggshall, is located in Essex County, in England. Sir Henry de Coggshall and Thomas his brother, were of a very ancient family, and had large estates near Coggshall, from which place they derived their name. Sir Henry, d. in the reign of Edward, 3d, and left Sir William his son and heir, who had four daughters to whom his vast estates descended, the direct male line having failed. (See His. of Essex.) The Coggshalls, of Rhode Island, perhaps derived their name from the same source, if not members of the family.
Benjamin Coggshall, of Stratford, tradition says, was a descendant of Governor Coggshall, of Rhode Island, and emigrated to Stratford, Connecticut, about 1733, where some of his children married St. John's and others, and yet have descendants in that vicinity. One of the name graduated at Harvard College, 1817 ; 2 at Brown University, 1808, and 1827.
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COTHREN .- This name may not strictly come within the rule prescribed by the author of this work, the Cothrens not having been either an original or early family of settlers in Connecticut. Yet when any gentleman, born in another State, becomes an adopted citizen of Connecticut, and devotes his time and money, to preserve, col- lect and publish any part of the unknown history of his adopted State, he is entitled at least to their gratitude, and to the notice of every historian, in and out of Connecticut. The work published by Wm. Cothren, Esq., viz., the History of " Ancient Woodbury," Con- necticut, from the first Indian deed in 1659, to 1854, &c., entitles the author to much credit ; most of which history has been extracted from the old, half-worn and obliterated records of Woodbury, and by him preserved in form, and in a handsome style, for their descend- ants, through all time, when the records from which he collected the facts, shall be no more, and the only evidence that they once existed, shall be his history. And that this historian shall last as long as his valuable work, I violate my rule, and I give his line of his family a place.
This name is found in Scotland, (and is strictly a Scotch name,) in England, Ireland and the United States,-spelled Cochran, Coch- rane, and by this family Cothren. Those of this country descended from the first Earl of Dundonald. Some of the Cochranes, of Paisley, went to the north of Ireland, long since, and from thence some of them came to this country and settled in Pennsylvania ; John Coch- ran, of New York, is of that family, and also the Cochran's of Coch- ransville, in Pennsylvania. The first of this branch were distin- guished in the revolution. Others of the name came to this country and their descendants are now found in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee. But the ancestor of William, Esq., of Wood- bury, Conn., was William Cochrane, who immigrated from Paisley, in Scotland, to Plymouth, in England, about 1740. He was m. and had a son William. He was an extensive manufacturer and ship- owner of wealth. After his arrival at Plymouth, his wife d. and he m. a 2d wife. His son William, then being about 19 years of age, had a disagreement with his mother-in-law, in consequence of which, he privately left his father's mansion, unknown to his father, and sailed for North America. Leaving as he did, he had no means to pay his passage ; he worked his passage to New Eng- land, and landed at Wood's Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts, about 1756. His father's parental affections were soon aroused at the loss of his son, and having vessels sailing to various countries, he made
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inquiries in every direction for him. Yet never until about 1775, learned whether he was living, or where he was located. He obtained this important and long-desired information, from a Fal- mouth sea-captain, when he had nearly ceased inquiring after his son. After satisfying himself it was his son, he sent by the Captain a purse of gold to his son, and a letter which was stolen by the cabin- boy on reaching the shore. The father again solicited his son to return to him as he had no other child to leave his property to. Before he could prepare to leave home, to visit his father, the war of the revolution broke out, and he was prevented in his object. At this time he had gained a handsome property and had a wife and child- ren. Being a firm republican, he entered the service as lieutenant and served one year. After this in preparing to visit his father, and not expecting the war would last long, he turned most of his pro- perty into money. He was by occupation a pilot, and went to pilot a ship out of Falmouth harbor, and not returning, was found four days after floating upon the water, and his paper money being in his pocket was destroyed. This occurred in 1778, in the 40th year of his age. Before he was married he resided at Chilmark, on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, but after he m. he resided at Fal- mouth. William, his father, of Plymouth, was living after the close of the war and again sent for his son, and if not living, for his eldest son to come to England immediately ; but he never went. And William, of Plymouth, England, d. in 1785, aged about 80 years. Here follows the line of William Cochrane, of Chilmark and Falmouth.
COCHRANE, WILLIAM, of Chilmark and Falmouth, Mass., son of William Cochrane, of Plymouth, England, a descendant of the Earl of Dundonald. The blood and breed are Scotch. William, of Chilmark, m. Experience Wicks, of Falmouth, Mass., Nov. 1, 1758 ; she was admitted to the church, Oct. 15, 1780, and her eight children bap. at the same time, and she d. in Chatham, Conn., in 1823. Children of William and Experience, were
1. David, b. Nov., 1768.
2. Maria, b. Nov., 1771, m. Thomas Smith, of New York, died.
3. Tamar, b. Nov., 1771, m. - Hildreth, of New York ; both d.
4. Hannah, b. April, 1773, m. Joseph Small, March 30, 1796; he d. at East- port, of small-pox.
5. Jane, b. July, 1774, m. Loudon Fish, 1793; he d. in 1812, and she survives.
6. William, b. Dec., 1775 ; sea captain, d .; no issue, at Havana, in 1801.
7. Peter, b. June 7, 1777.
8. Mary, b. 1778 ; d. unmarried.
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COTHRIN, DAVID, b. Nov., 1768, eldest son of Willian and Experience, m. Eunice Backhouse, of Falmouth, March 15, 1788. He removed to Maine, and settled in the woods at Farmington, in that State. It was here he changed his name to Cothrin. His brother William, d. in Havana, in 1801, and David went to New York to settle his estate the winter after. He afterward, as had been his custom, went south for his health, and d. in North Carolina, Feb., 1802. Eunice, his widow, m. Stephen Dillingham, in 1808, and d. at Farmington, Me., April 1, 1841, aged 73. Children :
1. Keziah, b. Oct. 14, 1789, m. Montgomery Morrison, in 1808. He was b. April 14, 1783, and d. March 10, 1846, at Fayette, Me.
2. William, b. Oct. 31, 1791.
3. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 6, 1793.
4. Tamar, b. Feb. 12, 1797, in Farmington, Me., m. Rufus Dresser ; he was b. 1795 ; settled in Illinois.
COTHREN, CAPT. WILLIAM, b. at Falmouth, Oct. 31, 1791. He and his brother Nathaniel, spelled their name Cothren. He removed with his father when four years old, to Farmington, Me. And the same little spot of land then taken up by his father, is now his, and forms a part of his farm. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He m. first Hannah Cooper, Jan. 14, 1819. She b. at Pitts- town, Maine, Feb. 19, 1798, and d. at Farmington, Me., Nov. 29, 1831. He m. second, widow Nancy Titcomb, of Farmington, Nov. 15, 1835 ; she d. at that place April 19, 1840, aged 45. Children by Hannah his first wife, were
1. William, Esq., of Woodbury, Conn., b. Nov. 28, 1819.
2. Charles b. June 16, 1822 ; graduated at Bowdoin College, 1849 ; and resides at Eatontown, New Jersey.
3. Nathaniel, b. June 21, 1825; graduated at Bowdoin College, in 1849; resides at Eatontown, New Jersey.
4. George Webber, b. July 12, 1829.
5. Wesley Rogers, b. Dec. 15, 1837, by second wife.
COTHREN, WM., EsQ., who was b. at Farmington, Maine, Nov. 28, 1819, son of Capt. William Cothren, of Farmington, Maine, is the well known historian of Ancient Woodbury. He graduated at Bowdoin College, Maine, in 1843, and received his second degree there in 1846, and Master of Arts, ad eundem, at Yale College, in 1847. He removed to Woodbury, Conn., in Nov., 1844 ; and com- menced the practice of his law profession there in Oct., 1845; and though yet a young man, has become conspicuous at the bar, as a sound and well read jurist. And his history of Woodbury, has given him a reputation at home and abroad. He has been noticed by the Whigs of his Senatorial District, by a nomination for its State
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Senator, in 1855. Though unsuccessful in his election, it shows his standing and character at home. He was elected a corresponding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, May 5, 1847, and of the Connecticut Historical Society, Nov. 23, 1852. Commissioner for Litchfield County, Conn., by the General Assem- bly, in May, 1851. He m. Mary J. Steele, of Woodbury, Sept. 3, 1849.
More than one hundred years since a branch of the Cochrane family resided at " Ancient Woodbury," not known where from, but venture to say he was a Scotchman. His name was Samuel Coch- rane ; not much is found of him. He was a literary man, judging from his extensive library, which consisted of more than 400 vol- umes, large indeed for that day for a farmer, and even now how many farmers in New England, has a library of 400 volumes. It is not known where his family removed, or whom and where he m. His children were
1. James, bap. May 30, 1747.
2. Martha, bap. May 19, 1749, m. Abel Brownson, Aug. 1, 1770.
3. Ruth, bap. May 12, 1751, m. David Perry, Nov. 3, 1789.
4. Samuel, Jr., bap. March 3, 1754.
5. Elizabeth, bap. June 29, 1756, m. Robert Jackson, March 23, 1775.
6. Sarah, bap. Nov. 30, 1758.
7. Stephen Peet, m. Hester Cochran, 1760.
Jean Cochran m. Benajah Strong, Feb. 3, 1761. The two last above, were probably dau'rs of Samuel, and the blood of this Coch- rane family, yet circulates in Ancient Woodbury, in the veins of the Bronsons, Perrys, Jacksons, Peets and Strongs, by marriage. Coch- ran, Cochrane, Cochrain, Cothrin, Cothren, and perhaps Cockran, were probably all originated from the old aristocratic Scotch name of Cochrane, a name which has been worn by Earls, Lords, Barons and Honorables, in early days, for centuries past. The coats of . arms, and a much more full list of the family will be found in Coth- ren's History of Woodbury, from which most of these facts have been extracted. The two Miss Cocrans of Northampton, Mass., perhaps are descendants of this original stock.
COCHRAN, BENJAMIN F., graduated at Harvard College, 1846 ; Joseph G., at Amherst, 1842; 2 at Brown University, in 1799 and 1809; Robert at Yale College, in 1846 ; three at Dart- mouth, viz., Peter, 1798 ; Sylvester, 1835; Thomas H., 1840.
COTTER, WILLIAM, of New Haven, m. Elna, who had been a servant girl to Mr. Winthrop, 3d, 12 mos., 1652. He had a six acre lot in New London, in 1661. His wife was Elenor Cotter, has 2 ` coats of arms.
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COTTON, SAMUEL, of Middletown, was the only son of John Cotton, of Concord, Mass. (deeds.) He m. Mercy, daughter of John Stow, (who, with his father, Thomas, and uncle Samuel Stow, were from Concord.) Nathaniel Stow, son of John, and brother of John Cotton's wife, Mary, (Stow,) not having children, they took young Samuel Cotton to live with them (at Wethersfield.) John Cotton, his father had d. about that time, and his mother had married John Spaulding, of Concord. Nathaniel Stow d. 1705, and having no issue, gave his property to his sister, Mary Cotton, (Spaulding,) and Thankful Hill, of Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding gave their share to her son Samuel Cotton, 1705, and her daughter Thankful (Cotton) Hill, of Guilford. Farmer says, there was a John Cotton living in Concord, 1667 and 1679.
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