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9. STEPHEN.
STEPHEN CLARK, son of Ebenezer, b. Dec. 7, 1696; m. (1) Lydia Hotchkiss, of Cheshire, who died Nov. 1, 1737, aged 41; (2) Ruth He died Nov. 25, 1750.
CHILDREN .- 20. Lydia, b. Nov. 25, 1718; 21. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1721; 22. Andrew, b. Oct. 24, 1727; 23. Desmania, b. Sept. 26, 1751; 24. Amasa, b. Nov. 25, 1753; 25. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1756; 26. Stephen, b. Dec. 16, 1758; 27. Levi, b. Jan. 11, 1761.
24. AMASA.
AMASA CLARK, son of Stephen (9), b. Nov. 25, 1753; m. Dec. 28, 1785, Lydia, daughter of Deacon Zephaniah Hull, of Cheshire, and widow of Joseph Judson, of Woodbury; she born July 23, 1753, and died July 29, 1840. He died Dec. 30, 1833.
CHILDREN .- 28. Belostee and Bellina (twins), b. Nov. 25, 1786; 29. Theodosius, b. Oct. 22, 1788; m. Chloe Clark; 30. Lydia A., 6. Feb. 15, 1791; 31. Augustus, b. Jan. 13, 1799.
29. THEODOSIUS.
THEODOSIUS CLARK, b. Oct. 22, 1788; m. Chloe Clark, of Middletown. He was for several years a teacher of common schools in Farmington and Southington, and finally located on a farm, at what is now known as Clark Mills, or Milldale. He was admitted to the Congregational church of Southington Aug. 1, 1819, and was appointed Deacon Feb. 16, 1834; an office he honored by his consistent walk and faithful service for more than thirty years. He died July 27, 1865, and his wife April 5, 1848. (See Biog. Sketch.) His sons are successful manufacturers, and own Clark Mills in the south part of the town.
CHILDREN .- 32. Harriet, 6. June 7, 1819; m. Nov. 20, 1845, Hezekiah C. Cummings, who died Sept. 26, 1850; 33. Francis J., 6. July 17, 1821; d. Sept. 23, 1824; 34. William J., b. Aug. 19, 1825; m. Nov. 15, 1855, Sarah J. Bradley ; 35. Henry H., b. May 14, 1829; m. (1) Sept. 29, 1852, Mary C. Davis, who died Aug. 7, 1866; (2) Jan. 29, 1874, Susan Curtiss; 36. Charles H., b. Oct. 24, 1832; m. Aug. 21, 1862, Mary C. Dickerman.
32. HARRIET.
HARRIET CLARK, daughter of Theodosius (29), b. June 7, 1819; m. Nov. 20, 1845, Hezekiah C. Cummings. Mr. Cummings was a manu- facturer, and highly esteemed as a citizen.
CHILDREN .- 37. Frances L., 6. Oct. 1, 1846; m. April 11, 1866, Rev. Sandford S. Mar- tyn, now of Nashua, N. H .; 38. William H., 6. April 9, 1849, and is a manufacturer at Clark Mills.
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37. FRANCES L.
FRANCES L. CUMMINGS, daughter of Harriet (32), b. Oct. 1, 1846; m. Apr. 11, 1866, Rev. Sandford S. Martyn. Mr. Martyn graduated at Yale College in 1865, and at the Divinity School in 1868, and is now pastor of a Congregational church in Nashua, N. H. He is the son of Rev. Job H. Martyn, a well known minister of the Gospel, and is him- self a young man of promise in his profession.
CHILDREN .- 39. Grace F., b. June 27, 1867; 40. William C., b. June 16, 1869; 41. Her- bert S., b. Sept. 21, 1871; 42. Frederick S., 6. June 29, 1874.
COGSWELL.
SAMUEL COGSWELL settled in Saybrook, Ct., about 1665, where he married Oct. 27, 1668, Susannah Hearn. His parentage and date of birth are unknown, but it is thought that he was the son of Robert Cogswell, an early settler of New Haven. He was made a freeman of Saybrook in 1669.
CHILDREN .- 2. Hannah, b. June 4, 1670; m. Josialı Dibble; 3. Susannah, b. Nov. 23; 1672; 4. Wastall, b. Feb. 17, 1674; 5. Samuel, 6. Aug. 8, 1677; m. Anna Denison; 6. Rob- ert, b. July 7, 1679; 7. Joseph, 6. April 10, 1682; 8. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 16, 1684; 9. John, b. Aug. 7, 1688.
7. JOSEPH.
JOSEPH COGSWELL, son of Samuel (1), b. April 10, 1682; settled in Farmington, where he married Aug. 25, 1710, Anna, daughter of Samuel and Deborah Orvis, of Farmington. He lived within the bounds of the Southington parish, as his wife was admitted to the church Dec. 7, 1729, a year after its organization, and he Dec. 28 of the same year.
CHILDREN .- 10. Joseph, b. May 24, 1711; 11. Samuel, b. May 23, 1713; 12. Nathan, b. May 20, 1716; 13. Susannah, b. Aug. 18. 1718; m. Jedediah Smith; 14. Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1721; 15. Daniel, b. Marclı 26, 1725; 16. Mary, b. May 21, 1728; 17. Deborah, b. Ang. 23,1731.
10. JOSEPH.
JOSEPHI COGSWELL, son of Joseph (7), b. May 24, 1711; m. May 3, 1732, Johannah, daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Gridley) Andrews, of Southington. He was admitted to the church March 5, 1733, and on the 11th had his first child baptized. Late in life he removed to Richmond, Mass.
CHILDREN .- 18. Anna, b. March 6, 1732-3; 19. Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1735; m. Ebenezer Hurlburt; 20. Lurana, b. July 13, 1737; 21. Nathan, bap. Oct. 11, 1741; 22. Isaac, b. 174 -; 23. Lucy, bap. Nov. 9, 1746; 24. Samuel, b. 174 -; 25. Rachel, b. 174 -; 26. Joseph, bap. May 20, 1753; 27. Simeon, bap. Sept. 16, 1759; 28. Levi, bap. Sept. 16, 1759.
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1 1. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL COGSWELL, son of Joseph (7), b. May 23, 1713; m. Nov. 28, 1734, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Cowles) Langdon, of Southington.
CHILDREN .- Child, d. Sept. 21, 1735; child, d. Jan. 15, 1736; 29. Mary, b. April 1, 1739; 30. Asahel, 6. April 16, 1741; 31. Rhoda, bap. April 17, 1743; 32. Isaac, bap. June 30, 1745; 33. Samuel, bap. June 21, 1747; 34. Rachel, bap. July 16, 1749; 35. Lydia, bap. Aug. 9, 1752; 36. Samuel 2d, b. Sept. 14, 1754; 37. Reuben, b. March 1, 1756; 38. Levi, b. Sept. 6, 1759; 39. Jerusha, bap. Aug., 1761.
12. NATHAN.
NATHAN COGSWELL, son of Joseph (7), b. May 20, 1716; m. Nov. 24. 1737. Susanna Warner, of Southington.
CHILDREN .- 40. Anna, 6. July 24, 1738; 41. Solomon, b. March 20, 1743; 42. Asahel, b. 1744.
15. DAVID.
DAVID COGSWELL, son of Joseph (7), b. March 26, 1725, in Southing- ton; m. July 10, 1749, Mary, daughter of David and Mary (Porter) Woodruff, who died Aug. 17, 1782; when he married (2) Naomi, widow of Levi Brown, and daughter of Samuel Frost, of Wallingford. He lived north of Burying-ground Hill, in Southington, and died Feb. 15, 1806.
CHILDREN .- 43. Ruth, b. Dec. 6, 1749; m. William Barritt; 44. Huldah, b. Sept. 22, 1751; m. David Peck; 45. Phebe, b. 1754; bap. June 5, 1755; 46. David, b. 1757; bap. Feb. 6, 1757; 47. Noah, 6. Sept. 26, 1761; 48. Salmon, b. March 18, 1768.
43. RUTH.
RUTH COGSWELL, daughter of David (15), b. Dec. 6, 1749; m. April 7, 1766, William Barret, son of James, and born in Southington, May 15, 1743. [James Barret was from Wethersfield, and married in Southington, - -, Dec. 10, 1747. Mr. Curtiss, who performed the service, did not record the wife's name. ]
CHILDREN .- 49. Phebe, b. 1767; m. Nov. 25, 1790, Martin Potter; 50. Elsie, b. 1767; m. Asahel Foote; 51. Ruth, b. -; m. Job Richmond; 52. Urbane, 6. 1769; 53. Lowly, b. -; m. Jan. 3, 1805, Truman Barnes.
46. DAVID.
DAVID COGSWELL, son of David (15), b. 1757; m. Sept., 1779, Abigail Gridley. He lived north of Burying-ground Hill, on the west side of the turnpike, and died May 4, 1823. His wife died Nov. 18, 1843, aged 90.
CHILDREN .- 54. Polly, b. July 20, 1780; m. Richard Lowrey; 55. Phebe, b. May 15, 1783; m. John Porter.
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-17. NOAIT.
NOAH COGSWELL, son of David (15), b. Sept. 26, 1761; m. April 15, 1798, Lydia, daughter of Asa Woodruff, of Southington. He lived north of Burying-ground Hill, on the east side of the way, and just south of where Martin W. Frisbee now lives. He was sexton of the north burying-ground from 1805 to 1835. He died Dec. 6, 1839, and his wife Oct. 14, 1817, aged 41.
CHILDREN .- 56. Roxana, b. Sept. 3, 1800; m. Artemas J. Gridley ; 57. Wyllys, b. 1804; d. July 30, 1827.
48. SALMON.
SALMON COGSWELL, son of David (15), b. March 18, 1768; m. Feb. 25, 1794, Sarah. daughter of David and Abigail (Lewis) Smith. He settled at East Mountain, in Southington, on what has been recently known as the Miller place. This place he sold in 1813 to Allen Wood- ruff, and removed to the north end of West Street, where his wife died June 9, 1814, aged 41. He married (2) Sept. 21, 1814, Amy Stanley. He died March 9, 1838, and his widow Feb. 8, 1868, aged 88.
CHILDREN .- 58. Levi B., b. 1795; 59. Jesse, b. March 11. 1797; m. Maria Norton; 60. Harriet, b. Aug., 1799; d. March 14, 1875; 61. Selah, b. July 15, 1800; 62. Matilda, b. May 23, 1802; m. Jan. 31, 1826, Thomas McMahon; 63. Sarah, b. 1802; 64. Abigail M., b. Nov. 9, 1807; m. William Judd; 65. Rhoda E., b. -; m. Pentville.
19. POLLY.
POLLY COGSWELL, daughter of David (46), b. July 20, 1780; m. Sept. 29, 1799, Richard Lowrey, son of Nathaniel, who removed from Red- stone Hill to Northern Ohio.
CHILDREN .- 66. Maria, b. July 3, 1800; m. Feb. 11, 1824, Anthony Barnes, son of Levi and Abigail (Curtis) Barnes; 67. Mirza, b. Dec. 15, 1801; m. Sept. 18, 1825, Augustus E. Finch; 68. Polly, b. Oct. 5, 1806; m. April 3, 1832, James W. Finch; 69. Caroline A., 6. Feb. 2, 1812; d. Feb. 2, 1814; infant, b. 1814; d. Feb. 3, 1816.
50. PHEBE.
PHEBE COGSWELL, daughter of David (46), b. May 15, 1783; m. May 10, 1801, John Porter, who died June 28, 1823; when she married (2) Levi Smith. She died April 28, 1869.
CHILDREN .- 70. John, b. Dec. 11, 1803; m. Rachel Potter, of Litchfield; 71. l'hebe J., b. March 25, 1808; d. April 27, 1810; 72. Dennis, b. Dec. 13, 1811; m. Ang., 1836, Eliza Seward,-one child, Benjamin S., b. Aug. 5, 1847; 73. David, b. July 3, 1816.
COOK.1
ROBERT ('OOK is supposed to have been born in Ireland, in 1671. He
1 A second branch of Cooks I have been unable to trace fully, which originated in Wallingford (Cheshire). See History of Wallingford.
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was an early settler in Southington. He seems to have been a warm friend of Rev. Jeremiah Curtiss during the exciting controversies of his ministry.
CHILD .- 2. Robert, b. 1703; m. Nov. 19, 1729, Hannah Hunn.
2. ROBERT.
ROBERT COOK, son of Robert (1), b. 1703; m. (1) Nov. 19, 1729, Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Martha Hunn; she born Oct. 4, 1705. and died Oct. 29, 1756; (2) Dec. 14; 1758, Esther, widow of Hawkins Hart, who died Sept. 8, 1774.
CHILDREN .- 3. John, 6. Aug. 28, 1730; m. (as is supposed) - Gridley, daughter of Ebenezer and Patience (Orvice) Gridley; 4. Azubah, b. Jan. 23, 1732-3; m. (1) March 1. 1753, Samuel Benham; (2) Amos Hitchcock; 5. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 25, 1735; m. March 8, 1754, Martha, daughter of Samuel Scott; 6. Margaret, b. Sept. 25, 1735; m. Jan. 21, 1762, Samuel Stent Squire; 7. Rebeckah, b. Sept. 10, 1737; m. Jan. 21, 1762, Nathaniel Hitch- cock.
5. NATHANIEL.
NATHANIEL COOK, son of Robert (2), b. Sept. 25, 1735; m. March 8, 1754, Martha, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pynchon) Scott, who died June 14, 1819, aged 84. He died Nov. 27, 1822.
CHILDREN .- 8. Raphael, bap. April 27, 1755; 9. Hannah, bop. July 11, 1756; m. Dec. 4. 1780, Jeremiah Neal; 10. Philomela, bap. June 7, 1761; 11. Archibald, bap. Ang. 26, 1763; 12. Selah, bap. July 21, 1765; m. July 30, 1782, Lucy Beckwith; 13. Martin, b. Aug. 9, 1767; m. Lucinda Webster: 14. Polly, b. April, 1769; m. Nov. 23, 1786, Benjamin Chap- man; d. July 2, 1789: 15. l'atty, b. -; m. Whitehead Howd.
13. MARTIN.
MARTIN COOK, son of Nathaniel (5), b. Aug. 9, 1767; m. Lucinda Webster.
CHILDREN .- Child, d. 1787; 16. Robert, b. 1792; m. July 9, 1818, Emeline Clark ; 17. Roswell, b. 1787; m. Oct. 1, 1816, Sally W. Clark; 18. Polly, 6. 1790; d. Nov. 15, 1793; 19. Sally, b. 1794; d. Sept. 4, 1796; child, b. 1796; d. Feb. 20, 1800.
COLE, OR COWLES.
JOIN COLE, or COWLES, was an early settler in New England, and among the first at Hartford. Not long after 1640 he located in Farm- ington, and in 1652 was one of the number to organize the church in that place. He bought land on the corner at the north end of Farm- ington village, known at present as the Dr. Thompson and Bodwell places; this he sold, and bought three lots just south of the present meeting-house, now known as the Timothy Cowles, Simeon Hart, and Dr. Carrington places; on one of these lots he built a house. While residing here, or at Hartford. he was induced to change his name from
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Cole to Cowles, in order to avoid the inconvenience of being taken at times for another John, living in the same place. From that time the descendants of his eldest son, Samuel, have spelled the name Cowles; while those of the youngest son, John, have, until the beginning of the present century, spelled their name Cowls. He was a farmer; a deputy from Farmington to the General Court in 1653-4; removed to Hadley, Mass., (that part now Hatfield,) in 1662, taking his children, excepting the eldest son, Samuel; died in Hadley, Sept., 1675. His wife's name was Hannah, who, after his death, lived with her son-in- law, Caleb Stanley, of Hartford, where she died, March 6, 1683, aged about 70.
CHILDREN .- 2. Samuel, 6. 1639; 3. John, 6. 1641; 4. Hannah, b. 1644; m. Caleb Stan- ley, of Hartford; d. Feb. 4, 1689; 5. Sarah, 6. 1646; m., 1664, Nathaniel Goodwin; d. May 8, 1676; 6. Esther, 6. 1649; m. April 29, 1669, Thomas Bull; d. April 17, 1691; 7. Elizabeth, 6. 1651; m. May 26, 1675, Richard Lyman; 8. Mary, b. June 24, 1654; m. Nehemiah Dick- inson, of Hadley.
. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL COWLES, son of John (1), b. 1639; m. Feb. 14, 1660, Abi- gail, daughter of Timothy Stanley, of Hartford; resided in Farming- ton, and was one of the eighty-four proprietors of that town in 1672. He died April 17, 1691.
CHILDREN .- 9. Samuel, 6. March 17, 1661; 10. Abigail, b. Jan., 1663; m. May, 1678, Thomas Porter, of Farmington; 11. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1664; d. June 9, 1746; 12. Timo- thy, b. Nov. 4, 1666; m. Hannah Pitkin, of East Hartford-went there to live; 13. Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1668; m. Dec. 18, 1689, Stephen Hart; 14. John, b. Jan. 28, 1670; d. Oct. 10, 1748-never married; 15. Nathaniel, 6. Feb. 15, 1673; m. Feb. 11, 1696, Phebe Woodruff; (19. Isaac, b. March 23, 1674-5; m. Jan. 2, 1696, Mary Andrews; 17. Joseph, b. Jan. 18, 1677-8; m. July 13, 1699, Abigail Royce, of Meriden, and went there to live; 18. Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1680; d. Nov. 8, 1727; 19. Caleb, b. June 20, 1682; m. Aug. 7, 1710, Abigail Woodford, and resided in Kensington.
9. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL COWLES, son of Samuel (2), b. March 17, 1661, in Farming- ton; m. May 12, 1685, Rachel Porter. He resided in Farmington; in- herited the Pitkin place, south of the present meeting-house, now known as the Dr. Carrington place; this he gave to his son Thomas, and removed to Kensington before 1716. He died in Kensington, Oct. 14, 1748. His wife died Oct. 4, 1743.
CHILDREN .- 20. Thomas, b. Feb. 4, 1686; 21. Ruth, b. Nov. 11, 1688; m. Joseph Root; 22. Rachel, 6. 1690; m. Dec. 24, 1713, Joseph Langdon, Jr .; 23. Samuel, b. May 16, 1692; m. Nov. 28, 1716, Sarah Wadsworth; 24. John, 6. Aug. 24, 1694; m. July 12, 1720, Mary Porter; 25. Hester, b. May 18, 1697; m. Oct. 30, 1720, Thomas Stanley.
20. THOMAS.
THOMAS COWLES, son of Samuel (9), b. Feb. 4, 1686, in Farmington; m. Jan. 6, 1714, Martha Judd, of Waterbury, eldest daughter of Thos.
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and Sarah (Freeman) Judd. He resided in Farmington, on the place given him by his father, now known as the Dr. Carrington place, where he died March 11, 1751. His widow died Oct. 15, 1768, aged 77.
CHILDREN .- 26. Son, b. May 30, 1715; d. June 4, 1715; 27. Josiah, b. Nov. 20, 1716; 28. Thomas, b. 1719: m. (1) Ruth Newell; (2) Mary Williams; 29. Zachariah, b. April 18, 1723; d. April 29, 1723; 30. Martha, b. Dec. 29, 1724; d. Jan. 27, 1725; 31. twins, b. June 24, 1727; 32. Phineas, b. March 5, 1730; m. Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Hawley.
27. JOSIAH.
JOSIAH COWLES, son of Thomas (20), b. Nov. 20, 1716, in Farming- ton. He married Nov. 11, 1739, Jemima Dickinson, and not long after settled in that part of Farmington which is now Southington, on what was then called Little or Two-mile Plain, where he bought land extensively. His wife died Oct. 19, 1746, aged 29 years, and was in- terred in the north burial-yard. He married, for second wife, Nov. 22, 1748, Mary Scott, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pynchon) Scott, of Southington. He was a leading man in church and society, and held many important town offices, the military rank of Captain, Justice of Peace, etc. He resided at or near where Andrew H. Barnes now lives. He was a man of great energy of character; and in personal appearance was of medium size, but in later years very fleshy; brown hair, blue eyes; was jocose, active and talkative, of strong passions, good mind, and studious habits. He had eighteen children. His descendants are very numerous and much scattered. He died June 6, 1793, and his widow died Nov. 29, 1809, aged 77 years.
CHILDREN .- 33. Ashbel, b. Sept. 29, 1740; 34. Gamaliel, b. July 12, 1742; 35. Esther, b. 1744; 36. Jemima D., b. Oct. 1, 1746; m. Dec. 5, 1768, Nathan Lewis, Jr .; d. June 14, 1800; 37. Calvin, b. Nov. 14, 1749; 38. Martha, b. Aug. 23, 1751; m. Amos Atwater; d. Jan. 11, 1786; 39. Thomas, b. Sept. 27, 1753; 40. Samuel, b. Nov. 28, 1755; d. Nov. 27, 1825; 41. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1757; m. Jan. 4, 1781, James Upson ; d. Sept. 2, 1842; 42. Wickliff, b. Aug. 22, 1759; m. Martha -; d. Aug. 5, 1793; 43. George, b. July 29, 1761; 44. Whitfield, b. 1764; 45. Ruth, bap. May 11, 1766; m. Abraham Atwater; 46. Sophronia, b. 1768; d. Aug. 1, 1790; 47. Pitt, bap. Aug., 1770; 48. Nancy, b. 1773; m. Oct. 9, 1791, Selah Barnes ; d. April 7, 1831; 49. George Washington, b. Dec., 1775; 50. Timothy, bap. Jan. 30, 1780; d. at sea, in 1803.
33. ASHBEL.
ASHBEL COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. Sept. 29, 1740, in Southing- ton; m. April 29, 1769, Rhoda, daughter of Jared and Rhoda (Judd) Lee. He resided in Southington, at the first house west of Plantsville burial-yard, on the south side of the road,-house recently removed. His wife died July 20, 1812, aged 68. He died by suicide, Sept. 19, 1815. Mr. Cowles was a man of strong and deep feeling; his intense sorrow at the loss of friends by death knew no bounds (see inscriptions on the tombstones of his wife and son). He was subject to turns of
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melancholy, in which he would remain for weeks without speaking to any one; he was probably in one of these moods when he took his own life. He was a man of much reading and possessed a very retentive memory, and was well versed in historical facts and dates. He held many offices in the gift of the town; was Constable for years, and first Selectman in 1792, and also held the military rank of Captain.
CHILDREN .- 51. Addison, b. Feb. 17, 1770; 52. Jemima D., b. Feb. 20, 1772; m. March 20, 1814, Chauncey Hart; d. June 23, 1846; 53. Josiah, b. July 14, 1774; d. July 4, 1790; 54. Pitkin, b. April 7, 1777; 55. Pollicarpus, b. Feb., 1780; d. March 23, 1780; 56. Cathe- rine, b. 1783; m. Dec. 27, 1812, Miles Hotchkiss; d. Sept. 5, 1855.
34. GAMALIEL.
GAMALIEL COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. July 12, 1742, in South- ington; m. Anna, daughter of Abel and Mary (Coach) Carter. He resided in Marion district; his house on the same site as that now known as the Woodward-Bates house. He was a shoemaker by trade. His wife died July 30, 1786, aged 27. He died June 26, 1787.
CHILDREN .- 57. Sarah, b. 1777; d. April 30, 1783; 58. Alpheus, b. Oct. 30, 1779; 59. Oliver, b. Sept. 26, 1781,-removed from Cheshire to Granville, N. Y .; 60. Leonard, Jan. 16, 1784.
37. CALVIN.
CALVIN COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. Nov. 14, 1749, in Marion district, Southington; m., 1773, Marian, daughter of Titus and Mar- garet (Scott) Atwater, of Cheshire. In 1776 he removed to that part of Southington known as the parish of Farmingbury. His wife died March, 1798, aged 44, after which he removed back to Marion district, where he died, Dec. 19, 1801.
CHILDREN .- 61. Juba, b. 1775; 62. Loly, bap. Sept. 21, 1777; d. June 4, 1778; 63. Loly, b. May 1779; m. Sept. 30, 1802, Luman Andrews; d. Feb. 28, 1819; 64. Sylvia, b. June 5, 1781; m. March 7, 1799, Ezra Norton; d. April 17, 1816; 65. Mary, bap. Nov. 2, 1783; d. Dec. 23, 1794; 66. Martha, bap. Jan. 8, 1786; m. Sept., 1806, Joseph Benham; d. Dec. 6, 1821; 67. Anselm, b. Dec., 1787; d. June 1, 1788; 68. Josiah, b. April 3, 1791; 60. Amos Atwater; m. Elizabeth Cook, of Hamptonville, N. C .; d. Nov. 1, 1826.
39. THOMAS.
THOMAS COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. Sept. 27, 1753, in Southing- ton; m. Theodosia, daughter of John Webster, who died Oct. 3, 1784; when he married (2) March 9, 1786, Tamar, daughter of Samuel Hitch- cock. He died July 29, 1807. His widow died July 10, 1855.
CHILDREN .- 70. Roxana, b. May 27, 1780; m. Shubel Upson; d. Dec. 7, 1815; 71. Euse- bius, b. Jan. 15, 1782; d. March 10, 1810; 72. Theodosia, b. March 29, 1784; d. March 29, 1807; 73. Tamar, b. Sept. 12, 1787; m. Sept. 23, 1810, Philander B. Roys; d. Sept., 1828; 73. Sophia, b. April 17, 1790; m. Joab Andrews; d. Nov. 7, 1815; 75. Nancy, b. Aug. 17, 1792; m. Samuel J. Roys; d. Oct. 3, 1875; 76. Rhoda, b. July 22, 1796; m. May 6, 1819, Selah Lewis; d. Sept. 18, 1875; 77. William Y., b. June 21, 1799; m. Lucy Spriggs, of Vir- ginia; d. May, 1839; 78. Olevia, b. May 16, 1802; m. April 22, 1824, Benjamin K. Hart, Kensington; 79. Lucinda, b. Feb. 5, 1806; m. Emelius Bartholomew; d. Dec. 22, 1835.
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43. GEORGE.
GEORGE COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. July 29, 1761; m. Naomi, daughter of Asa and Phebe (Adkins) Barnes, of Southington. He was a carpenter by trade. Removed in 1807 to Westfield, Mass., where he died in 1827.
CHILDREN .- 80. Martin A .; 81. Apollos, 6. 1784; d. 1808; 82. Lucy, m. Samuel Jones; 83. Martin, m. (1) Jerusha Fox; (2) Catherine Holcomb; 84. child; 85. Gamaliel, 6. 1796; m. (1) Maria Everton; (2) Harriet Lamberton; 86. Sally, b. 1798; m. James Loomis; 87. Lucas, b. 1800; m. Lydia Noble; 88. Seth, b. 1803; m. Harriet M. Loomis; 89. Orrin, b. 1805; m. Lucretia Rising.
44. WHITFIELD.
REV. WHITFIELD COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. 1764; graduated at Yale College, in 1788, and studied for the ministry; was ordained pastor of the Congregational church and society in Turkey Hills, now East Granby, June 18, 1794, on a salary of £86, with interest, if not paid punctually; m. (1) Gloriana, daughter of Nichol Havens, who died April 12, 1802; (2) in 1804, Desire Brown; who died Dec. 10, 1850. Mr. Cowles, for some years before the termination of his ministry at Turkey Hills, having undergone a change in his religious views, became unpopular with a large portion of his congregation, though a majority adhered to him. His connection with the society was terminated in the autumn of 1808, by the sentence of an ecclesiastical tribunal, which also dismissed him from the ministry. He soon after removed to Ohio. where he preached for a time. He afterward returned to Turkey Hills, and settled three miles south of the meeting-house, on the place now occupied by his son, William B. Cowles, Esq., where he died Nov. 19, 1840. He was, for many of the last years of his life, a believer in the doctrine of Universal Salvation. (See sketch, p. 487.)
CHILDREN .- 90. Rensellaer W., 6. 1798; m. Laura Kilbourn; 91. Mary H., b. 1798; m. . Byron Kilbourn; 92. Madison, b. 1803; d. in Virginia; 93. Gilbert, 6. Jan. 2, 1806; m. Orpha Winchel; 94. Sylvester Deering, 6. 1809; m. Sarah Ann Ostrander; 95. Gloriana Haven, 6. 1811; m. (1) Dorrance Matthews; (2) Francis Cowles; 96. William B., b. May 13, 1813; 97. Henry W., b. 1815; 98. Henry W., b. 1817; m. Martha G. Burchett ; 99. Ezra L., 6. 1823.
17. PITT.
PITT COWLES, son of Josiah (27), bap. Aug., 1770; m. Aug. 19, 1792, Margaret, daughter of Capt. Ambrose Sloper, who died May 2, 1812, aged 42; when he married Beda Brooks. He died in Southington, Jan. 5, 1831.
CHILDREN .- 100. Son, b. Nov., 1793; d. Dec. 17, 1793; 101. Sarah, b. Nov., 1794; d. Sept. 13, 1795; 102. Jonathan S., b. July 31, 1799; 103. Justus; Sarah; Goodwin; Clarissa; Noble Pitt; John; Calvin; Samuel.
49. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
GEORGE WASHINGTON COWLES, son of Josiah (27), b. Dec., 1775, in Southington; m. Amy Adkins. Lived in Marion district, where he died May 6, 1828; when she married (2), in 1842, Benjamin Kingsley.
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CHILDREN .- 104. Harriet, b. 1803; d. Nov. 12, 1808; 105. Henry, b. . Jan. 1, 1805; m. Lydia Thorp; 106. Timothy, b. 1806; m. Hila Thorp; 107. Mary Ann, b. about 1808; d. in Wind- ham, N. Y .; 108. Harriet, b. about 1811; m. May 2, 1834, Henry Hart; 109. Orpha, b. Dec. 13, 1815; m. July 13, 1842, Ard Woodruff; 110. Lewis P'., b. about 1819; m. Grace Tryon, of Middletown; 111. Josiah W., b. 1822; d. June 30, 1842.
51. ADDISON.
ADDISON COWLES, son of Ashbel (33), and Rhoda (Lee) Cowles, b. Feb. 17, 1770, in Southington; m. Feb. 24, 1800, Phebe, daughter of Dr. Jesse Cole. He built himself a house near his father's, just west of Plantsville cemetery, where his wife died March 13, 1824, aged 46. He died Feb. 23, 1828.
CHILDREN .- 112. Child, b. Aug. 29, 1801; 113. Child, b. Jan. 30, 1804; 114. Philip A., b. April 19, 1806; m. Ursula Savage; 115. Charles A., b. Jan. 1, 1808; 116. Henrietta Maria, b. June 19, 1809: m. Aug. 29, 1831, George Clark; 117. Nancy Sophia, b. Aug. 29, 1811; m. Miles Holmes; 118. Frederick Adolphus, b. April 24, 1813; d. Nov. 2, 1835; 119. Phiebe Ann, b. Nov. 2, 1816; m. Henry Pardee, of New Haven; 120. Twins, b. Feb. 23, 1821.
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