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Maj. John COGGESHALL.13128. John COGGESHALL
(168) was born about 1591 in England. He died on 27 Nov 1647 in Newport,Newport,RI.
Per C.P. Coggeshall:
The name, Coggeshall, is of quite an ancient origin, dating from soon after the
conquest, and at that time the family were large landowners. It is not known
from what part of England John Coggeshall, the common ancestor of the name in
this country, came, although it is thought that his home was in Essex or some
one of the adjoining counties, as in the early records the name is often found,
especially in the county of Essex.
John Coggeshall arrived at Boston, Sept. 16, 1632, and in the following November
was made a freeman of the colony. Soon after his arrival he connected himself
with the church in Roxbury, on the records of which both his and the name of
his wife, Mary, are found. He soon removed to Boston, but his stay there was
short, being obliged to leave on account of his religious belief, he taking the
side with Ann Hutchinson. He was one of the original settlers of Portsmouth,
RI, where after starting a settlement he, with others, removed to the southern
part of the island of Aquidneck, where the town of Newport now is. At the union
of the four towns, Newport, Portsmouth, Providence and Warwick, he has made the
first President.
He was buried on his own land in Newport, where his descendants have erected
a monument to his memory, and enclosed a little family burial ground with a neat
and substantial stone wall. It is situated on Coggeshall avenue, near Victoria
avenue.
13129. Mary ________
(168). Children were:
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