Elisha COWLES

Abt 1745 - 1786  (41 years)

• Name	Elisha COWLES  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1745	East Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Joseph Cowles   [2]
  Death	19 Sep 1786	East Hartland, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I13354	Main Tree
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph COWLES,   b. 13 Jan 1695, East Hartford, Connecticut d. 20 Feb 175, East Hartford, Connecticut
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary GOODWIN,   c. 18 Jan 1701/2   d. Aft 14 Aug 1770 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F19538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thankful PITKIN,   b. 17 Dec 1758
  Family ID	F19508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1745 - East Hartford, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12064] Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America Vol.I . [S02944] A.P. Pitkin, Pitkin Family of America - A Genealogy of the Des. of William Pitkin, (Name: Name: Hartford, Conn. 1887;;).