Act.Gov Major John COGGESHALL

Male Abt 1620 - 1708  (88 years)


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  • Name John COGGESHALL  [1, 2
    • Major John had a farm in the southern part of Newport, which his father had formerly held. He held many offices in the colony and was deputy governor, 1686 and 1689-90. He was several times treasurer and general assistant, and one of the petitioners to the new charter granted by Charles II in 1663. In May, 1684, two majors of militia were appointed, John Greene for the mainland and john Coggeshall for the island, hence hi title. he was one of the five Rhode Island delegates to the first council held by Governor Andros. At the time of his death his holdings had increased to five hundred ten acres. [1]
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    Prefix Major 
    Birth Abt 1620  co. Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Oct 1708  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I90582  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2020 

    Father John COGGESHALL,   c. 9 Dec 1601, Halstead, co. Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1647, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary ?,   b. Abt 1604, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1684, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F41815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth BAULSTONE,   b. Aug 1639, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1700, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jun 1647  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Divorce 25 May 1655  [1
    Children 
    +1. John COGGESHALL,   b. 12 Feb 1649, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1706, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F41821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Patience THROCKMORTON,   b. Abt 1640   d. 7 Sep 1676, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage Dec 1655  Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
    +1. Patience COGGESHALL,   b. 13 Aug 1669, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F37776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2020 

    Family 3 Mary HEDGE,   b. 1648, Yarmouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1731, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1679  Yarmouth in Plymouth Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F41823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).