William COWLES

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Mr. Cowles lived in East Hartford, became a deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1752 and member of the church council in 1763 (1st Cong. Ch., E.H., 1702-1902). In May 1739, the General Assembly, in consideration of the memorial of William Cowles, freed and released him for the future, from paying any rates or taxes on his head:
Hi will dated Oct. 12, 1770, was probated at Hartford, June 4, 1771 and is on file in State Library.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HUBBARD. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel HUBBARD and Esther RICE) was born on 05 Apr 1695 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Esther COWLES was born on 13 Sep 1729 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 03 Jan 1803.
2. Ruth COWLES was born on 14 Aug 1732 in East Hartford, Connecticut; died on 6 Apr 1792.

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Timothy m. January 1, 1689/90, Hannah, born 1666 or 1667' d. 1737; daughter of Hon. William and Hannah (Goodwin) Pitkin of East Hartford, Conn. Hannah Goodwin was daughter of Ozias Goodwin, one of the first settlers in East Hartford. Hon. William Pitkin was one of the original settlers and large landholders in East Hartford; principal attorney of the colony; treasurer 1676; assistant 1690, until his death Dec. 16, 1694. His grandson, William Pitkin, son of William and Elizabeth (Stanley) Pitkin, was a great grandson of John Cowles. he was judge of the Superior Court; Deputy or Lieutenant Governor, 1754-1766, and governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1766-1769, the date of his death. After his marriage Timothy Cowles removed to East Hartford, where he first appears in the records in 1695. He owned a three mile lot east and west from the conn. River easterly, part of which was taken in the highway laid out from Richard Gilman's north of Gilman's Brook easterly in 1734. He lived jut south of Gilman's Brook on the East side of Main street before 1700, on the site occupied in 1879 by Mr. I. Carney.

On Dec. 27, 1687 the town of Farmington granted to Timothy Cowles a four-acre lot, lying on the south side of Samuel Cowles senior's four acre lot "provided that he do come and inhabit in the town," from which it appears that he was not then a resident of Farmington.

He was a collector of the 3rd Ecclesiastical Society of Hartford in 1701, and deacon in 1718. Chosen at a Town Meeting, Hartford, Dec. 25, 1701, surveyor for the East Side; Dec. 17, 1706, constable for the year ensuing; constable, Dec. 18, 1711; grand jury man, Dec. 15, 1713; selectman, Dec. 18, 1716, for the year ensuing. In his will on file in the State Library at Hartford, dated march 31, 1728, his wife is not mentioned, indicating that she was not then living. They were admitted to full communion in the First Church at Hartford, Aug. 11, 1695.

Timothy married Hannah PITKIN on 1 Jan 1689/90. Hannah (daughter of William PITKIN and Hannah GOODWIN) was born in 1666; died in 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]