Eleazer COWLES

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Eleazer Cowles married May 1787, at East Haddam, Conn., Mary Spencer of Glastonbury, Conn., who was baptized in the First Church in Hartland, Conn., Oct. 7, 1787, and she and her husband were admitted as members on that date. He bought, in East Hartland, Conn., June 13, 1793, 57 1/2 acres of land for $1,000, and lived on it until 1798, when he sold it. He subsequently settled in Rome, N.Y., but at what date is not known nor the date and place of his first wife's death. He m. (2) April 27, 1806, in Eastbury, Conn., Mabel Hubbard. Eastbury is in the town of East Hartford and it is possible that after his wife's death he returned there with his family to live and removed to Rome after his second marriage but this is merely a conjecture.

Eleazer married Mary SPENCER in May 1787 in East Haddam, Connecticut. Mary was christened on 7 Oct 1787 in First Church in Hartland, Connecticut; died before 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth COWLES was born on 10 Mar 1790 in Hartland, Connecticut; was christened on 21 Mar 1790 in Hartland, Connecticut; died on 16 Nov 1862 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

Eleazer married Mabel HUBBARD on 27 Apr 1806 in Eastbury, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleazer Cowles resided at East Hartford, Conn.; served 16 days in Capt. Wadsworth's company from Farmington in the campaign of 1757, French and Indian War. He was collector for the Ecclesiastical Society in 1758. His will dated march 17, 1801 and proved April 6, 1801, at Hartford, Conn., and is on file, State Library.

Eleazer married Ruth COWLES. Ruth (daughter of William COWLES and Elizabeth HUBBARD) was born on 14 Aug 1732 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 6 Apr 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]