Joseph COWLES

1678 - 1760  (82 years)

• Name	Joseph COWLES  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	The graves of Joseph Cowles and his wife, Mindwell, are marked by stones in the Old Meeting House hIll Cemetery, Meriden. upon a monument in the Cemetery are the following inscriptions: "Erected by the Town of Meriden, 1857, in memory of the first settlers of the Town of Meriden who were buried within and near the enclosure, ad whose names are inscribed on this monument. The Meeting House in which they worshipped, and the first erected in the town, stood about fifty rods west of this monument." Among others the following names appear: Joseph Cowles, Nov. 30, 1760, aged 83; Mindwell Cowles, April 17, 1770, aged 89. The following extract if taken from "A Century of Meriden, : published in 1906: "The first of the Cowles family to live in Meriden was Joseph who came from Farmington and married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Royce on July 13, 1699. His father-in-law gave him a farm just south of Archer's corner in South Farms district, and in the year 1701, 107 acres up the hill on the old highway down which we fancy the good parson (Hall) descending after stopping, perhaps, to chat with some of the Cowles family, who were always prominent in church matters. It is difficult to believe that on the summit of this hill, called Ox Hill, there was once a colony of Cowleses and also Rices, for as far as the writer can discover, there is not the least remnant of the depression of a cellar to mark the site of a house anywhere in the vicinity, but there is no doubt that here they lived for several generations." Mr Cowles was a weaver by trade, one of the leading citizens of the ton, and a deacon of the church. [1]
  Birth	18 Jan 1677/8	Farmington, Connecticut   [1, 2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Joseph Cole   [5]
  Death	30 Nov 1760	Wallingford, New Haven Co., Connecticut   [1, 2, 5]
  Burial	Old Graveyard, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut   [5]
  Person ID	I12511	Main Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel COWLES,   b. 1639, prob. Hartford, Connecticut d. 17 Apr 1691, Farmington, Connecticut (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abigail STANLEY,   b. Hartford, Connecticut d. 1736, Farmington, Connecticut
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Jan 1660/1  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F33915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail ROYCE,   b. 24 Nov 1677, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 24 May 1714, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1699	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [1, 5]
  Pastor	Mr. Street   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel COWLES,   b. 14 Mar 1712, Meriden, Connecticut d. 5 Oct 1798, Norfolk or New Hartford, Connecticut (Age 86 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F12048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Anna PECK,   b. Mar 1686   d. 26 Feb 1716 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	01 Apr 1715	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F12123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Mindwell ?,   b. Abt 1681   d. 17 Apr 1770 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1717	Wallingford, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F41917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Jan 1677/8 - Farmington, Connecticut Also Known As - - Joseph Cole  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12064] Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America Vol.I . [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S12077] Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven" Vol. VII-VIII . [S83] Rodney Horace Yale, YALE Genealogy and History of Wales, The British Kings and Princes, Life of Owen Glyndwr. [S00084] "The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote Sr. & Elizabeth Deming" Compiled by Ellwood Count Curtis.