Mary GOODWIN

Female 1702 - Aft 1770  (~ 68 years)


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  1. 1.  Mary GOODWIN was christened on 18 Jan 1701/2; died after 14 Aug 1770.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Deacon John Goodwin

    Family/Spouse: Joseph COWLES. Joseph (son of Timothy COWLES and Hannah PITKIN) was born on 13 Jan 1695 in East Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 13 Jan 1694/5 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 20 Feb 175 in East Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Eleazer COWLES  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1728 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 19 Mar 1801.
    2. 3. Elisha COWLES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1745 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 19 Sep 1786 in East Hartland, Connecticut.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eleazer COWLES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born in 1728 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 19 Mar 1801.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Eleazer Cowles resided at East Hartford, Conn.; served 16 days in Capt. Wadsworth's company from Farmington in the campaign of 1757, French and Indian War. He was collector for the Ecclesiastical Society in 1758. His will dated march 17, 1801 and proved April 6, 1801, at Hartford, Conn., and is on file, State Library.

    Family/Spouse: Ruth COWLES. Ruth (daughter of William COWLES and Elizabeth HUBBARD) was born on 14 Aug 1732 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 6 Apr 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Eleazer COWLES  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1763 in East Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 9 Jan 1763 in East Hartford, Connecticut.

  2. 3.  Elisha COWLES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mary1) was born about 1745 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 19 Sep 1786 in East Hartland, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Joseph Cowles

    Notes:

    Name:
    By the terms of an agreement made April 1, 1776, by his father's heirs, Elisha Cowles received "one piece of land lying in Hartland, in the county of Litchfield, Conn. o the West Mountain, in said Hartland...that is to say the one moity of said lot is bounded west on Colebrook line and north on land of William Cowles all of which is to Elisha Cowles."

    During the Revolutionary War he served from Hartford in the Connecticut Line, but there is not record of dates (Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol.12). Pay was due him for nine half-days training in the trainband at East Hartford under col. George Pitkin, from Oct. 1774 to May 1, 1775, 5 shillings, 6 pence. (MS. Rev. War, Vol. 2, A. 65 d. State Library, Hartford)

    He made his will at Hartland, Aug. 3, 1786, which is the first record of him there. He died soon afterwards. His will was proved Jan. 2, 1787 and is on file in State Library, Hartford. Inventory L390-7-4; gives to wife Thankful Cowles and others and to his child if it survive after his death; mentions land in Hartland and East Hartford. His widow joined the church at Hartland, Aug. 26, 1787. She married (2) Dec 20, 1804, Gideon Perkins of Barkhamsted, Conn., whose wife Sarah died Feb. 1, 1804, No children by second marriage.

    Family/Spouse: Thankful PITKIN. Thankful (daughter of Nathaniel PITKIN and Thankful PORTER) was born on 17 Dec 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]