John COGGESHALL

1601 - 1647  (~ 45 years)

• Name	John COGGESHALL  [1]
  	He arrived at Boston in September, 1632, in the ship "Lyon", the vessel which also brought the Indian Apostle John Eliot and Roger Williams. Where he first located is still a matter of conjecture, though it is presumed to have been Roxbury, as he joined the First Church of that place, then under the pastoral charge of the Apostle John Eliot. This must have been done very soon after his arrival as he was admitted a freeman November 6, 1632, and one of the necessary qualifications for this membership, was the fellowship of some one of the churches. On the list of church members, his name appears number thirty and that of his wife number thirty-one. For some unknown reason, possibly because of the better business outlook, he withdrew from the Roxbury church and united with the First Church of Boston, April 20, 1634, Rev. John Wilson, pastor, where he was soon elected a deacon. He lived on Washington Street, opposite Water Street, next to the home of Anne Hutchinson. We note from old records, that in the allotment of lands for pasturage to the inhabitants of Boston, from territory adjoining the town, one William Townsend received from Muddy River, now called Brookline, eight acres--"bounded on the northwest with a swamp by Mr. John Coggeshall's wigwam." By 'wigwam' was meant a shelter for his cattle. A further grant was alloted him of two hundred acres of pasturage at the south of Saugus River, which must have embraced a portion, if not the whole, of the present Point of Pines. Wherever his name occurs, it invariably has the prefix "Mr.," signifying in those times dignity and quality, and indicating something more than the simple form of polite address of the present day. [1] Mr. John Clarke, one of fifty-eight disfranchised church members, proposed to some of his censured brethren, among these being John Coggshall, to remove from the jurisdiction. Their purpose was to go southward, but while their vessel was passing around Cape Cod, they crossed by land, with a view to sail afterwards to Long Island or Delaware Bay. At Providence they met with friends at Plymouth, they concluded to settle at Aquidneck, now part of Rhode Island. Acting upon this determination, they went back to Boston and prepared for their removal. Early in the spring they took their final leave of Massachusetts, and pursuing their tedious journeys though the wilderness, which could not have been exempt from many difficulties and discomforts, reached their new point of settlement, the northern end of the island called by the Indians, Pocasset, which name was retained by the settlers till changed to Portsmouth. [1]
  Birth	co. Essex, England
  Christening	9 Dec 1601	Halstead, co. Essex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1647	Newport, Rhode Island   [1]
  Person ID	I100827	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John the Younger COGGESHALL,   b. 24 Jul 1576   d. 4 Aug 1615, Halstead, co. Essex, England (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Anne BUTTER
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F41816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary ?,   b. Abt 1604, England d. 8 Nov 1684, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. Act.Gov Major John COGGESHALL,   b. Abt 1620, co. Essex, England d. 1 Oct 1708, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 88 years)  [Birth] + 2. Joshua COGGESHALL,   b. Abt 1623, Essex Co., England d. 01 May 1688, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F41815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S12059] Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Russell Coggeshall, The Coggeshalls in American Genealogy of the Descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport with a Brief Notice of their English Antecedents.