Capt Isaac COWLES

Male 1675 - 1756  (80 years)


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  • Name Isaac COWLES  [1, 2
    • Capt. Isaac Cowles lived in Farmington, on the north part of William Porter's house lot, being the southwest corner of William Whitman's lot, about 1850. He was appointed ensign, May 1717, lieutenant, May 1723, and Captain, May 1731, of the Second Company, or Trainband, in Farmington; he was clerk of the Company in 1714; collector of the minister's rate, 1698-1700; constable several years; representative in 1726, and often held important town offices. He was a man of great energy and enterprise and became an extensive landman of great energy and enterprise and became an extensive landholder. He was a tailor by trade. Will dated Oct. 20, 1740. Proved at Hartford, Ct., march 2, 1756. In 1763 the last five sons divided the estate amount themselves as sole heirs, amounting to about 2,500 pounds. [1]
    Prefix Capt 
    Birth 28 Mar 1675  Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Feb 1756  Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I83029  Main Tree
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2020 

    Father Samuel COWLES,   b. 1639, prob. Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1691, Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
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    Mother Abigail STANLEY,   b. Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1736, Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Marriage 14 Jan 1660/1  [1, 2
    Family ID F33915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary ANDREWS,   b. 9 Dec 1674   d. 19 Jul 1708 (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1694  [1, 2
    Family ID F33922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Sarah ANDREWS,   b. 27 Oct 1676   d. 14 Jun 1715 (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1709  [1, 2
    Family ID F33923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2020 

    Family 3 Elizabeth SMITH,   c. 16 Feb 1689/90, Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1767 (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1715/6  [1, 2
    Family ID F33924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2020 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S12064] Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America Vol.I .

    2. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.