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John Hall¹

Biography

• Marriage: John Hall and Sarah Wellman were married on 7 March 1726 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBG.¹

• Last Edited: 15 November 2015 16:53:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

Asaph Lane¹

Biography

• Birth: Asaph Lane was born about 1678.¹
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth Wellman were married on 17 April 1711 in Taunton, Bristo, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.^1,2
• Death: He died on 19 July 1719, at age ~41.²

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html, First husband.
2. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 82-86

• Relationship: 6th great-grandmother of Roger Jens Jorgenson

Maren Eriksdatter

• References: Ancestors of Roger J. Jorgenson

Biography

• Marriage: Maren Eriksdatter and Kristen Pedersen were married.
• Death: She died in 1735.

• Last Edited: 21 April 2018 20:18:00

Phillip Parmenter¹

Biography

• Birth: Phillip Parmenter was born about 1676.¹
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth Wellman were married on 9 May 1734 in Attleborough City, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBGO.^1,2

• Last Edited: 17 July 2011

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html, Third marriage
2. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 82-86

James Powell¹

Biography

• Birth: James Powell was born about 1678.¹
• Marriage: He and Abigail Wellman were married on 11 November 1730 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBG.^1,2

• Last Edited: 17 July 2011

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html
2. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 82-86

Caleb Coye¹

Biography

• Birth: Caleb Coye was born about 1680.¹
• Marriage: He and Mary Wellman were married on 2 October 1718.^1,2

• Last Edited: 17 July 2011

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html
2. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 82-86

• Relationship: Great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Richard Golden Thornton

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Richard Golden Thornton was born on 29 March 1853 in Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.^1,2
• Marriage: He and Sophrena Page Coffin were married on 25 December 1870 in Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.^3,4,5
• Marriage: He and Jennie Celeste Ladd were married on 10 November 1909 in Ankeny, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: He died on 29 May 1933, at age 80, in Ankeny, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 28 March 1853 and Iowa, United StatesBGO.⁶
• Household Member: Richard appeared in the household of Riley H. Thornton in a census in 1856 in Delaware Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
  
  1) Riley H. Thornton, male, age 30, married, born in Ohio, resident in state for ten years, farmer, native voter, militia, and owns land.
  2) Rachael Thornton, age 30, born in Illinois, married, resident of state for ten years.
  3) Nathan Thornton, male, age 10, born in Illinois; Charity Thornton, female, age 8, born in Iowa.
  4) Susanah Thornton, female, age 7, born in Iowa.
  5) George H. Thornton, male, age 5, born in Iowa.
  6) Richard G. Thornton, male, age 3, born in Iowa.
  7) Martin Luther Thornton, male, age 1, born in Iowa.^7,8
• Household Member: Richard appeared in the household of Riley H. Thornton in a census on 30 June 1860 in Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
  
  1) Riley Thornton, head, male, age 34, value of real estate $3,000, birth place Ohio.
  2) R. Thornton, female, age 34, birth place Illinois.
  3) Nathan Thornton, male, age 15, birth place Illinois.
  4) C. Thornton, female, age 12, birth place Iowa.
  5) S. Thornton, female, age 11, birth place Iowa.
  6) George Thornton, male, age 9, birth place Iowa
  7) R.G. Thornton, male, age 7, birth place Iowa.
  8)( M.L. Thornton, male, age 5, birth place Iowa.
  9) C. Thornton, female, age 3, birth place Iowa.^9,8
• Household Member: Richard appeared in the household of Riley H. Thornton in a census on 2 August 1870 in Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
  
  1) R. Thornton, male, white, age 44, farmer, value of real estate $11.600 and personal property $4,100, born in Ohio.
  2) Rachel, female, white, age 44, born in Illinois.
  2) George, white male, age 19, born in Iowa.
  3) Richard white male, age 17, born in Iowa.
  4) Martin, white male, age 15, born in Iowa.
  5) Clara, white female, age 13, born in Iowa.
  6) Daniel, white male, age 11, born in Iowa.
  7) John, white male, age 6, born in Iowa.
  8) Peter, white male, age 4, born in Iowa/
  9) Ada, white female, age 1, born in Iowa.^10,8
• Residence: He had a residence in 1880 in Delaware Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Residence: He had a residence in 1880 in Delaware Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Residence: He had a residence in 1900 in Saylor, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Residence: He had a residence in 1920 in Crocker, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 11 July 2023 18:59:00

Citations

1. [S39] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 18 Apr 2017), entry for Richard Golden Thornton, person ID 278W-5G8.
2. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 3 May 2017, Richard G. Thornton, 80365226.
3. [S366] Clarke County, Iowa Probate Record, Vol. 4 1898-1912, Name Of Person: Riley H. Thornton, File Number: Cla-49
4. [S367] Mary Thornton, Thornton, Mary Application for assignment of dower: In the matter of the estate of R.H. Thornton, deceased, Second Party: George Thornton et al, Record Info: In the matter of the estate of R. H. Thornton, deceased
5. [S368] Compiler: Iowa Genealogical Society, Polk County Iowa Marriages Early Marriages Book B
6. [S1435] MyHeritage (USA) Inc. [online database], Lehi, UT, USA, "Iowa Death Index, 1900-1939," database, MyHeritage.com, accessed 7 Nov 2019), Richard Golden Thornton.
7. [S1214] Iowa, Polk County, 1856 state census, population schedule, Delaware, p. 647, dwelling 62, family 62, line 10, Riley H. Thornton; (http://www.ancestry.com)
8. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 26 Jun 2020, George H. Thornton (19 May 1851-14 Nov 1938), 207484547, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; maintained by Suzy & Rob (contributor 46950534).
9. [S1844] Iowa, Polk County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M653, roll 338, Douglas, p. 111, dwelling 814, family 720, Riley Thornton household
10. [S1845] Iowa, Polk County, 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M593, roll 415, Douglas, p. 304B, dwelling 96, family 97, Riley Thornton household

Ebenezer¹

Biography

• Birth: Ebenezer was born about 1682.¹
• Marriage: He and Martha Wellman were married on 27 April 1736 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBG.^1,2

• Last Edited: 24 April 2024 10:54:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html
2. [S2132] Rev. Joshua Wyman Wellman D.D., Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, p. 84.

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Isaac Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Isaac Wellman was born in 1687 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBG.¹
• Death: He died in 1740, at age ~53, in Mansfield, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBG.¹

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Ebenezer Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Ebenezer Wellman was born in 1690 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBG.¹

• Last Edited: 17 July 2011

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Joseph Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Joseph Wellman was born in 1693 in Attleborough, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, England ColoniesBG.¹
• Death: He died on 10 July 1770, at age ~77, in Wrentham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBG.¹

• Last Edited: 7 July 2018 16:00:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Timothy Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Timothy Wellman was born in 1696 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.¹
• Marriage: He and Rebecca Scarlett were married on 10 January 1722 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: He died on 5 February 1787, at age ~91.¹

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

Rebecca Scarlett¹

Biography

• Marriage: Rebecca Scarlett and Timothy Wellman were married on 10 January 1722 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 15 November 2015 16:53:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Samuel Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Samuel Wellman was born in 1699 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.¹
• Death: He died on 20 July 1770, at age ~71, in Mansfield, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBG.¹

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Benjamin Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Benjamin Wellman was born in 1702 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 17 July 2011

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Adam Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Adam Wellman was born in 1702 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.¹
• Marriage: He and Ruth Riggs were married on 1 January 1728 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: He died on 3 January 1766, at age ~64.¹

• Last Edited: 6 May 2012

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

Ruth Riggs¹

Biography

• Marriage: Ruth Riggs and Adam Wellman were married on 1 January 1728 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 15 November 2015 16:53:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: Great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

John C. Thornton¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John C. Thornton was born about 1864 in Iowa, United StatesBGO.
• Marriage: He and Zella Adamson were married on 4 November 1883 in Greenwood, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBG.^2,3

• Household Member: John appeared in the household of Riley H. Thornton in a census on 2 August 1870 in Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
  
  1) R. Thornton, male, white, age 44, farmer, value of real estate $11.600 and personal property $4,100, born in Ohio.
  2) Rachel, female, white, age 44, born in Illinois.
  2) George, white male, age 19, born in Iowa.
  3) Richard white male, age 17, born in Iowa.
  4) Martin, white male, age 15, born in Iowa.
  5) Clara, white female, age 13, born in Iowa.
  6) Daniel, white male, age 11, born in Iowa.
  7) John, white male, age 6, born in Iowa.
  8) Peter, white male, age 4, born in Iowa/
  9) Ada, white female, age 1, born in Iowa.^4,5
• Household Member: John appeared in the household of Riley H. Thornton in a census on 30 June 1880 in Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United StatesBGO.
  
  1) Riley Thornton,head, male, white, age 54, married, born in Ohio, father born in North Carolina, mother born in Ohio, farmer.
  2) Mary Thornton, wife, female, white, age 34, born in Indiana, both parents born in Ohio.
  3) John Thornton, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended scool, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana.
  4) Milton Reynolds, son, male, age 17, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina, unemployed laborer.
  5) Eliza Reynolds, daughter, female, single, age 14, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  6) Laura B. Reynolds, daughter, female, age 12, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana,mother born in North Carolina.
  7) William Reynolds, son, male, age 7, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  8) T. Reynolds, son, age 7, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  9) Irena Reynolds, daughter, age 4, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  10) Peter Thornton, son, age 14, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  11) Ada Thorngon, daughter, age 11, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.
  12) Ruth Thornton, daughter, age 1, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in North Carolina.⁶
• Residence: He had a residence in 1918 in Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, United StatesBGO.⁷

• Last Edited: 9 March 2018 11:24:00

Citations

1. [S366] Clarke County, Iowa Probate Record, Vol. 4 1898-1912, Name Of Person: Riley H. Thornton, File Number: Cla-49, Source for middle initial
2. [S366] Clarke County, Iowa Probate Record, Vol. 4 1898-1912, Name Of Person: Riley H. Thornton, File Number: Cla-49
3. [S367] Mary Thornton, Thornton, Mary Application for assignment of dower: In the matter of the estate of R.H. Thornton, deceased, Second Party: George Thornton et al, Record Info: In the matter of the estate of R. H. Thornton, deceased
4. [S1845] Iowa, Polk County, 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M593, roll 415, Douglas, p. 304B, dwelling 96, family 97, Riley Thornton household
5. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 26 Jun 2020, George H. Thornton (19 May 1851-14 Nov 1938), 207484547, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; maintained by Suzy & Rob (contributor 46950534).
6. [S385] Iowa, Polk County, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T9, roll 360, Douglas, enumeration district (ED) 171, p. 516D, dwelling 214, family 214
7. [S1594] The Osceola Democrat: Memorial Services Held Sunday, Location: Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa

• Relationship: 8th great-grandfather of Debra Sue Loghry

John Cogswell^1,2

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Parents

Biography

• Marriage: John Cogswell was married about 1647 in EnglandBG.²
• Death: He died on 27 September 1653.³

• Christening: John Cogswell was christened on 25 July 1622 in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, EnglandBG.²

• Last Edited: 20 March 2024 16:16:00

Citations

1. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 71-81, "daughter of John Cogswell of Ipswich and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Cogswell who came in the "Angel gabriel" from Bristol and were wrecked off Pemaquid in 1635, but escaping death, finally reached Ipswich.
2. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 139.
3. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. 1.

• Relationship: 9th great-grandfather of Debra Sue Loghry

John Cogswell^1,2

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Cogswell was born in 1592 in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, EnglandBG.^3,2
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth Thompson were married on 10 September 1615 in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, EnglandBG.^1,4,5,6,3,2
• Death: He died on 29 November 1669, at age ~77, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandBG.⁴

• Christening: John Cogswell was christened on 2 April 1592 in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, EnglandBGO.⁴
• Court: Records from Charles First, Trinity Term, Term 1635 show Anthony Selfe and Henry Allyn, Plaintiff, and John Cogswell and Elizabeth, his wife, Defendants, whereby Anthony and Henry give to John and Elizabeth £40 sterling for one messuage (a dwelling house with its outbuildings, garden, and the adjoining land used for the household), two Cottages, one barn, two gardens, two orchards, 4½ acres of land, one of meadow and four of Pasture, with the appurtenances in Westbury and Westbury Leigh, County Wilts. This was undoubtedly the sale of John Cogswell's homestead just on the eve of his d eparture for New England.²
• Residence: He had a residence in 1635 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandBG.⁷
• Story:
  After the harrowing shipwreck of the Angel Gabriel, Mr. Cogswell swiftly erected a large tent he had brought from England. The family took shelter and salvaged what they could from the wreckage. The following day, they continued to recover their belongings, gathering whatever had washed ashore overnight or remained afloat in the water.
  
  Determined to find a new home, Mr. Cogswell departed for Boston as soon as possible. There, he arranged passage with Capt. Gallup on a small barque, intending to transport his family to Ipswich, Massachusetts. This newly settled town, known by the native people as "Aggawam," lay to the east of Boston. Ipswich was founded only two years prior by John Winthrop Jr. (son of Gov. John Winthrop) and ten companions, and officially incorporated in August of 1634. The name "Ipswich" has Saxon origins, honoring the Saxon Queen Eba and meaning "Eba's house."
  
  Upon their arrival near the end of August 1635, Capt. Gallup brought Mr. and Mrs. Cogswell, their eight children, and a selection of their salvaged possessions up the Agawam River. The settlers of Ipswich warmly welcomed the new arrivals, demonstrated by generous land grants offered to John Cogswell. Municipal records show the following:
  
  In 1636, Mr. John Cogswell received 300 acres of land at Chebkoe. It bordered the River to the southeast, William White's land to the northwest, and had creeks to the northeast and west. Additionally, he was granted eight acres of land where he built a house. This corner lot on Bridge street bordered Goodman Bradstreet's property to the southeast.
  
  John Cogswell's 300-acre land grant, located five miles east of Ipswich in the area that became Essex in 1819, was awarded in 1636. This prime piece of land bordered the Chebacco River to the south, a brook (marking the Choate farm boundary) to the north, and the Ipswich-Gloucester road to the west. The eastern border reached an arm of the sea.
  
  His separate eight-acre grant, where he built his house soon after arrival, was near the present courthouse site. This house stood on the land now occupied by the Edward L. Kimball residence.
  
  In 1636, Mr. Cogswell built a log house on his land at "further Chebokoe", where he would reside for the remainder of his life. For an incredible two hundred and fifty years, his descendants continued to farm these ancestral acres.
  
  A short distance from that original log cabin, stood an ancient dwelling. This house, the third built on the site, was erected in 1732 by William Cogswell and was still home to the Cogswell family – direct descendants of John Cogswell of Westbury, England. For over 150 years, "The Cogswell House" has endured, sheltering six generations under its roof.
  
  Treasured within were relics that survived the wreck of the "Angel Gabriel" in 1635: household items and family heirlooms passed down through generations, accompanied by rich stories about their great ancestor. This well-preserved house stands as a testament to the family's remarkable history.
  
  The anchient dwelling-house is represented by an engraving created by Miss Charlotte Broome Cogswell of Brooklyn, New York. A skilled teacher of drawing and engraving, and a direct descendant of John Cogswell, she visited Essex, Massachusetts, in 1882. There she sketched the Cogswell homestead and later completed the engraving herself.
  
  Today it is known as Cogswell's Grant, which was the summer home of renowned collectors Bertram and Nina Fletcher Little. They purchased the 165-acre property overlooking the Essex River in 1937 and carefully restored the 1728 farmhouse. In 1998 Cogswell's Grant opened to the public and became the only place in the country where such a major, pioneering collection of American folk art could be seen in the home setting for which it was assembled. Objects are arranged as the Littles lived with them, not as period rooms, but in a comfortable and natural way that still feels like a home. Cogswell's Grant is still a working farm, honoring nearly four centuries of that tradition, and keeping alive an important part of the Little family life here. Since the property opened, collectors, scholars, and decorative arts enthusiasts have flocked to the museum, reveling in the rarity and quality of the collection, and beginning a new chapter for the house, experiencing firsthand the Littles' passion for collecting and for sharing their collections with others.
  
  John Cogswell's chest is in the museum at Colonial Pemaquid.A sign posted near the chest reads, "Made of wood, covered in Horse Hide, and still including its original key, this sea chest is in remarkably good condition for its age, which dates back to 1635. Passed down from generation to generation, this sea chest was found by its owner, John Cogswell, along the shore at Pemaquid after the hurricane of 1635, which shipwrecked the Angel Gabriel. John Cogswell, who had been a passenger onboard the ship, spent his entire savings in order to buy goods for a new business venture in the New World. These goods, representiing his entire fortune, were aboard the Angel Gabriel when it went down off Pemaquid. In an attempt to salvage his enterprise, John Cogswell rescued what washed ashore after the storm, including this sea chest, which carries his mark, or initials.⁸
  
• Story:
  The Angel Gabriel,a 240-ton English passenger galleon originally commissioned for Sir Walter Raleigh's 1617 expedition to America, sank in a hurricane off Pemaquid Point, Maine, on 15 August 1635. The occurred while carrying the Cogswell family and their belongings as part of a five-ship fleet saling to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Cogswell, his wife Elizabeth, eight of their children, and several servants survived, though some of their provisions were lost in the shipwreck.
  
  They embarked on 23 May 1635 at Bristol, England. The children included three sons, William, John, and Edward, and five of the couple's six daughters. One daughter was left in England, who afterward married and resided in London. He also took with him several farm and household servants, an amount of valuable furniture, farming implements, housekeeping utensils, and a considerable amount of money. They did not depart from Bristol until 4 Jun 1653, due to lack of wind.
  
  As they approached New England, an unusually powerful early season hurricane struck, known as the "Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635," and the Angel Gabriel were forced to ride it out just off the coast of in area of the modern-day Hampton, New Hampshire. According to the ship's log and the journal of Increase Mather (a New England Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and president of Harvard College for twenty years (1681-1701), the following was recorded:
  
  "And I must confess, I have peculiar reason to commemorate that solemn providence, inasmuch as my father and mother and four of my brethren wore then in a vessel upon the east of New-England, being at anchor amongst the rocks at the Isles of Shoals when the storm began; but their cables broke, and the ship was driving directly upon a mighty rock, so that all their lives were given up for lost; but then in an instant of time, God turned the wind about, which carried them from the rock of death before their eyes."
  
  The Angel Gabriel became a total wreck, passengers, cattle, and goods were all cast upon the angry waves. Among those who reached the shore with their lives were Mr. Cogswelel and his family. Three or four passengers and one seaman perished, and there was the loss of cattle and much property.
  
  There are several plaques commemorating the loss of the Angel Gabriel near Pemaquid. One reads:
  
  Here at Pemaquid Harbor on 15 August 1635, the 250-ton galleon Angel Gabriel was wrecked in a fierce hurricane one day after her arrival from Bristol, England. Many of the vessel's immigrants to the new world had come ashore at the small Pemaquid settlement before the storm struck, but several crew members and passengers still aboard the ship perished. The surviving passengers eventually departed Pemaquid for towns in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.^9,10
  
• Story:
  In 1635 or 1635, "Mr. John Coggswell" was granted at Ipswich "three hundred acres of land at the further Cheboky, ... also ... a parcel of ground containing eight acres, upon part whereof the said John Coggswell hath built an house, it being the corner lot in Bridge Street, ... also ... six acres of ground, late Mr. Spencer's, ... which said six acres of ground the same John Coggswell hath sold to John Perkins the younger." On an unknown date, John Perkins Jr. sold to "Mr. John Cogswell" "five and forty acres and the weirs."
  
  On 2 Jan 1651/2, "John Coggeswell Sen'r," with the consent of "Elizabeth my wife," deeded to "my son-in-law Cornelius Waldoe my dwelling house at Chebacco Falls," with 49 adjoining acres. On 3 Feb 1651[/2], John Cogswell Sr., with the consent of is wife Elizabeth, exchanged lands with son John Cogswell, trading sixty aces on Chebacco River and ten acres bounded by "my son William's ground" for the younger John's right in "the house and lands at the falls." On 16 Apr 1657, John Cogswell and his wife Elizabeth, confirmed the granting of land to sons John and William, being 300 acres called "Westberry Lee," excepting property sold to Roger Hascall.⁷
  

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Citations

1. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 71-81, "daughter of John Cogswell of Ipswich and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Cogswell who came in the "Angel gabriel" from Bristol and were wrecked off Pemaquid in 1635, but escaping death, finally reached Ipswich.
2. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xv.
3. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xiii.
4. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 138.
5. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. viii.
6. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xii.
7. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 137.
8. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, pp. 2-3.
9. [S523] Wikipedia Contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia., accessed 19 Mar 2024), Angel Gabriel (ship)
10. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xvi.

• Relationship: 9th great-grandmother of Debra Sue Loghry

Elizabeth Thompson^1,2,3,4

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Parents

Biography

• Marriage: Elizabeth Thompson and John Cogswell were married on 10 September 1615 in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, EnglandBG.^1,3,5,6,4,7
• Death: She died on 2 June 1676 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandBG.³

• Name: Elizabeth Thompson was also known as Elizabeth Cogswell.¹

• Last Edited: 20 March 2024 15:35:00

Citations

1. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 71-81, "daughter of John Cogswell of Ipswich and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Cogswell who came in the "Angel gabriel" from Bristol and were wrecked off Pemaquid in 1635, but escaping death, finally reached Ipswich.
2. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 137.
3. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 138.
4. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xiii.
5. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. viii.
6. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xii.
7. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xv.

• Relationship: 10th great-grandfather of Debra Sue Loghry

Rev. William Thompson^1,2,3

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Biography

• Marriage: Rev. William Thompson and Phillis were married.
• Marriage: He and Elizabeth were married after 1608 in EnglandBG.³

• Occupation: He was Vicar of Westbury Parish, Wiltshire between 1603 and 1623 in EnglandBG. His wife, Mrs. Phillis Thompson, died in 1608.³

• Last Edited: 20 March 2024 15:41:00

Citations

1. [S388] Joshua Wyman Wellman; George Walter Chamberlain; Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Descendants of Thomas Wellman of Lynn, Massachusetts, Pages 71-81, "Elizabeth Thompson was the daughter of Rev. William Thompson, vicar of Wesbury Leigh in Wiltshire and her brother was Rev. SamuelThompson, D.D., of London."
2. [S390] Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde LutZ Sanborn, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 6 volumes, Vol. 2: p. 138.
3. [S391] E. O. Jameson, The Cogswells in America, https://archive.org/details/cogswellsinameri00jame/page/n5/mode/1up, p. xv.

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Abraham Wellman¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Abraham Wellman was born on 18 August 1718.¹
• Marriage: He and Abigail Wellman were married.
• Marriage: He and Mehitable Cowing were married on 31 October 1765.¹
• Death: He died on 9 January 1781, at age 62, in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.¹

• Note: Abraham lived through life on the old Wellman farm in Lynnfield. His four daughters were his only children. His daughter Ruth (Wellman) Bancroft outlived all the other members of her father's family. Her sisters never married and she had no children. On August 15, 1848, Mr. George Wellman Wright of Boston and Rev. Joshua Wyman Wellman, later of Maiden, made a visit to Lynnfield and called upon Mrs. Ruth (Wellman) Bancroft and her husband. She was then 78 years old and for a person of her age was remarkably vigorous in both mind and body. She had always known of something of the Wellmans in Cornish and their relation to her own family. She said, "My father, Abraham Wellman, was a brother of Rev. James Wellman, the first minister of Cornish, N.H. and I remember perfectly well that once one of his sons, James Wellman, Jr., came to my father's house to make us a visit." When asked the name of her father's father, she said "Abraham Wellman, and he was in the army under General Pepperell and died at the siege of Louisburg." When asked the name of her great grandfather, she replied Abraham Wellman. She was also able to provide the name of her great-great grandfather as Thomas Wellman, who died in 1672 "and he came from Wales, Great Britain." When asked the names of the children of Thomas Wellman who died in 1672, she hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Abraham, Isaac, and Stephen, and John."
  
  Abraham Wellman and his wife and four daughters were the last to reside in the ancient Wellman homestead at Lynn End where five generations lived and died.¹
• Marriage Bann: Marriage Bann: 19 March 1758, in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO. It seems probable that the aforesaid Abraham Wellman is the Abraham Wellman who entered his intention of marriage at Lynn March 19, 1758, with his cousin Abigail (Welman-Cooper) Ranger of Attleborough, widow of Thomas Cooper and of Ranger of Attleborough, and daughter of Stephen and Abigail (boston) Wellman of Lynn. That she did not marry Abraham Wellman is certain from the fact that she signed the quitclaim deed to Adam Wellman on May 19, 1772, as Abigail Ranger and acknowledged it at Attleborough.¹

• Last Edited: 19 September 2021 09:58:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html

• Relationship: 5th great-grandfather of Debra Sue Loghry

Capt. Jacob Wellman^1,2

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Parents

revolutionary war patriot

Biography

• Birth: Capt. Jacob Wellman was born on 24 April 1720 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.^1,2
• Marriage: He and Jenny Jane Johnson were married on 9 January 1743 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial AmericaBGO.^3,4
• Marriage: He and Hannah (Hardy) Jennings were married about 1785.³
• Death: He died on 22 September 1797, at age 77, in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United StatesBGO.²

• Story:
  Captain Wellman lived at Johnson's Corner on the place now occupied by Mr. Frank Carson. He had two sons, Jacob and John, respectively, ten and eight years of age. About the year 1758, the boys were left alone by their parents one day. The gun hung in its accustomed place, and they were warned not to use it, for it was heavily loaded for bear. They were also ordered not to leave the house for fear the bears might catch them. But no sooner were the parents out of sight than the boys took down the gun and started off into the woods. When about a half a mile from home they met a huge bear, which stood up before them. Jacob rested the gun on John's shoulder and fired, and shot the bear dead. The boys then went home. When the parents returned they soon learned what had happened, and with the assistance of neighbors the bear was brought home. [Note: I believe this was actually Jacob and James.].⁵
  
• Story:
  Lyndeborough [Hillsborough County, New Hampshire] had the military honor of furnishing five captains of the War for Independence. Their names were William Barron, Peter Clark, Jonas Kider, William Lee and Levi Spaulding. Some of these did service in more than one campaign, and for the sake of both brevity and convenience, the service will be indicated as follows: Capt. Spaulding's men at Bunker Hill and Winter Hill will be indicated respectively by the capitals, B. H. and W. H.; Capt. Clark's men, on the Alarm at Bennington and Saratoga will be marked A., B. and S.; Captain Barron's men marched for Canada and served at Ticonderoga, indicated by C or Ti.; Captain Lee's men servied, as indicated, in R. I.; Captain Kidder's men raised for service at West Point in 1780, will be marked as W. P.
  
  Men who served included my Wellman ancestors:
  
  163. Stephenson, Capt. John. According to our town roll, "Capt. John Stephenson did a whole turn." He hired Joseph Ellinwood, Jr., paying him £12. He also paid two months' bounty towards hiring Isaac Carkin to serve a year in the Continental Army; and further, one month's bounty for a man to serve three months at W. P.
  
  When Lyndeborough was chartered by the Provincial Government in 1764, (April 2), John Stephenson was appointed to call the firstmeting under the charter. At that meeting, May 15, 1764, he was chosen town clerk, and continued his service till March 12, 171. Oct. 4, 1765, according to W. H. Grant, Esq., "John Stephenson was commissioned Capt. and Jacob Wellman, Ensign of the tenth company in the Sixth Regt. of the Militia of the Province, by Benning Wentworth, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief" of "His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire in New England & c."
  
  ....
  
  177. Wellman, Abraham. Abraham Wellman was the third son of Capt. Jacob Wellman, one of the early proprietors of Salem-Canada, and a Revolutionary soldier. He lived after the close of the war, and was a pensioner. He married Rebecca Parsons, and about 1785 removed to Belgrade, Me., and about 1820 to Ohio.
  
  178. Wellman, Jacob Jr. Capt. Jacob Wellman, Jr., volunteered to serve ins country in Capt. Levi Spaulding's Co.; was in the battle of B. H., and first reported mortally wounded; was carried off the field, and the next day carried to a hospital in Cambridge. When sufficiently recovered to take the journey, he received a furlough, and "was welcomed home by his dear wife and children." He was wounded in the shoulder, and probably disabled for army service. He died Apr. 20, 1834, aged 88 years.
  
  179. Wellman, James. James Wellman was born in Salem-Canada in 1747 and died in the Revolutionary Army.
  
  180. Wellman, John. John Wellman was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1776, he did service for some Wilton man,unnamed in our town records. Of his subsequent services we have no record.
  
  The Wellmans above named, Abraham, Jacob, Jr., James and John, were sons of Capt. Jacob Wellman, who served in the militia of our town before the Revolution. His commission, received from the Royal Governor, Benning Wentworth, as ensign bears date of Oct. 12, 1764, the same year in which our town was chartered. The captain's commission is thought to have been issued in 1765.⁶
  
• Note: A letter from Jacob to brother Rev. James Wellman 31 Jan 1781. Dear Brother, Let these inform you that I am sumthing Comfortable at present. I have had a fall off a Log about four months ago and was much hurt so as to be unlikely to Labour any more but I am well to what I ever expected to be. My wife is in a very poore State of health and I never expect she will be well. I hope she is not near her end. Our Brother Abraham Wellman is Dead. He died on the ninth Day of this January and not far from the middle of the night. He has left his family in a poore way having young Children and no man belongs to the family. My son James is there and I expect will stay this winter and take Care of the family.
  
  Mr. Wellman was called "Captain" and "faithfully discharged all the duties pertaining to many offices which were conferred upon him." On July 15, 1782, he wrote a letter to his brother, Rev. James Wellman, in which he indicated how rapidly his wife was failing. In the same letter he said, "Sister Elizabeth is harty as any body. Brother has willed her the keeping of one cow and two sheep on the farm and one acre of the field southwest of the Barn and the orchard north of the house, and to live in the house. She is to have the privileges thereto belonging during her unmarried life and no longer. Sister Wellman does very well and sister Brown is well; that parish is yet to be a destrict and the name of it is Lynnfield."
  
  Capt. Wellman purchased a proprietor's right in the township of Lyndeborough, N.H. in 1742 and removed to the new town. He was the first clerk of the Parish and Church in Lyndeborough and signed the records thus: "Jacob Wellman, Society Clerk."
  
  He was assessed at Lynn End in 1741, 53, but his name does not appear there in any later lists.
  
  Jacob Wellman, writing to his brother Rev. James Wellman, Pastor of the Church of Cornish said, "I would inform you that my oldest son was in the army last yere. At Bunker Hill he was Shoot threw the Right leg so as to shater it...my son John listed the sixth day and was sent from thence to New York to a place cauled Hell and I suppose is now at west Chester...he hath had the small pox...my son Abraham wold agon...he and fifteen year old, yet he is a drumer...my daughter Ann is mared to John [Hewes]...have got a new house between Brother Abraham and Stephen Wellman's...Elizabeth is mared to Joseph Robeson...they have had one daughter caled mary and it is dead," etc. (Fragment of a letter, Lyndeborough, October 1776.)³
• Milit-Beg: Milit-Beg: 1764. Revolutionary War Veteran. Commissioned as Ensign by Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1764. In 1765 he was promoted to Caption in the New Hampshire Militia and is recognised and proved by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Patriot. His son Abraham Wellman, my 4th great grandfather, was also in the war and was wounded in the legs.
• Alt. Death: He has conflicting death information of 8 September 1797 and Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United StatesBGO.

• Last Edited: 21 September 2023 08:58:00

Citations

1. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html
2. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 11 Mar 2018, Capt Jacob “Captain” Wellman (24 Apr 1720–22 Sep 1797), 52171888, citing Johnson Corner Cemetery, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by InSearchOf (contributor 47282406).
3. [S377] THE WELLMANS- Leonard H. & Nellie (Simpson) Home Page--Descendants of Thomas Wellman, Url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Leonard-H-Wellman-1/GENE3-0001.html, intention to marry
4. [S174] Ancestry.com, "Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., accessed 13 Feb 2020), entry for Jacob Wellman and Jenny Jane's 1743 marriage.
5. [S1637] Dennis Donovan and Jacob Andrews Woodward, The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1905, p. 117.
6. [S1637] Dennis Donovan and Jacob Andrews Woodward, The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1905, pp. 202-203.

• Relationship: 5th great-grandmother of Roger Jens Jorgenson

Giertrud Toresdatter

• References: Ancestors of Roger J. Jorgenson

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Giertrud Toresdatter was born about 1738 in NorwayBGO.¹
• Marriage: She and Mikkel Kristensen were married.
• Death: She died in 1813, at age ~75, in Stjordal, Nord, Trondelag, NorwayBG.

• Household Member: Giertrud appeared in the household of Thore Michaelsen in a census in 1801 in Stjørdal Nord-Trøndelag, NorwayBG.
  1) Tore Mikalsen, male, married, age 34, City Stjørdal, county Nord-Trøndelag.
  2) Gunille Christophersdatter, female, married, age 36.
  3) Christian Toresen, male, age 9.
  4) Christopher Toresen, male, age 7.
  5) Nicolay Toresen, male, age 4.
  6) Eleazer Toresen, male, age 2.
  7) Giertrud Toresdatter, female, widow, age 63, husband's mother.¹

• Last Edited: 13 March 2024 11:06:00

Citations

1. [S1444] 1801 Norge Folketelling of Norway, Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, p. 28 (circled), family 3, Tore Mikalsen householdaccessed 6 Feb 2022.