John COGGESHALL

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He arrived at Boston in September, 1632, in the ship "Lyon", the vessel which also brought the Indian Apostle John Eliot and Roger Williams. Where he first located is still a matter of conjecture, though it is presumed to have been Roxbury, as he joined the First Church of that place, then under the pastoral charge of the Apostle John Eliot. This must have been done very soon after his arrival as he was admitted a freeman November 6, 1632, and one of the necessary qualifications for this membership, was the fellowship of some one of the churches. On the list of church members, his name appears number thirty and that of his wife number thirty-one.

For some unknown reason, possibly because of the better business outlook, he withdrew from the Roxbury church and united with the First Church of Boston, April 20, 1634, Rev. John Wilson, pastor, where he was soon elected a deacon. He lived on Washington Street, opposite Water Street, next to the home of Anne Hutchinson. We note from old records, that in the allotment of lands for pasturage to the inhabitants of Boston, from territory adjoining the town, one William Townsend received from Muddy River, now called Brookline, eight acres--"bounded on the northwest with a swamp by Mr. John Coggeshall's wigwam." By 'wigwam' was meant a shelter for his cattle. A further grant was alloted him of two hundred acres of pasturage at the south of Saugus River, which must have embraced a portion, if not the whole, of the present Point of Pines. Wherever his name occurs, it invariably has the prefix "Mr.," signifying in those times dignity and quality, and indicating something more than the simple form of polite address of the present day.



Mr. John Clarke, one of fifty-eight disfranchised church members, proposed to some of his censured brethren, among these being John Coggshall, to remove from the jurisdiction. Their purpose was to go southward, but while their vessel was passing around Cape Cod, they crossed by land, with a view to sail afterwards to Long Island or Delaware Bay. At Providence they met with friends at Plymouth, they concluded to settle at Aquidneck, now part of Rhode Island. Acting upon this determination, they went back to Boston and prepared for their removal. Early in the spring they took their final leave of Massachusetts, and pursuing their tedious journeys though the wilderness, which could not have been exempt from many difficulties and discomforts, reached their new point of settlement, the northern end of the island called by the Indians, Pocasset, which name was retained by the settlers till changed to Portsmouth.

Family/Spouse: Mary ?. Mary was born about 1604 in England; died on 8 Nov 1684 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Act.Gov Major John COGGESHALL was born about 1620 in co. Essex, England; died on 1 Oct 1708 in Newport, Rhode Island.
2. Joshua COGGESHALL was born about 1623 in Essex Co., England; died on 01 May 1688 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

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John Coggshall called 'the Younger' to distinguish him from his half brother, John Coggeshall, 'the Elder,' of Halstead, co. Essex, gentleman, born 24 July and baptized at Halstead 29 July 1576, was buried at Halstead 4 Aug. 1615. He married Anne Butter, who, as Anne Coggeshall of Castle Hedingham, co. Essex, widow, made her will (v. N.E. Gen. reg., loc, cit.) 16 Apr. 1645, which was proved 10 Nov 1648. She was a sister of John Butter of Thornington, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 1624/5, who in his will. . . names many of his relatives, and leaves L40 to each of the three children of his sister, Anne Coggeshall. In 1640 Anne Coggeshall, widow, was defendant in a bill of complaint . . brought in Chancery by Moses Greenewood of Hingham, co. Norfolk, England, who claimed the L40 which had been left to her son, John Coggeshall, by his uncle, John Butter, said Greenewood having, as he alleged, sold merchandise to John Coggeshall after the later had settled in New England. 'John Coggeshall was seised of sundry parcels of land in Halstead, which in 1605 he mortgaged to John Sydaye of Pebmarsh, co. Essex, gentleman, as is et forth in the bill of complaint brought in Chancery in 1620 by his son John. . 'In the lay subsidies for co.Essex, under date of 22 mar 1608/9, he and his mother are taxed 5s. on goods valued at L3.

John married Anne BUTTER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]