Born: 1601 of Castle Hedingham,
Essex England and Christened December 9, 1601.
Died: November 27, 1647 in Newport, Rhode Island
Spouse: Mary Hodge (Sturgie) Coggeshall, m. before
1622. More below.
Children: Joshua Coggeshall
Hananiel Coggeshall
Wait Coggeshall
Bedaiah Coggeshall
Joshua Coggeshall
Ann Coggeshall
John Coggeshall
Hanaleel Coggeshall
Hannah Coggeshall
Anne Coggeshall
James Coggeshall
Mary Coggeshall
Bediah or Hediah Coggeshall
Wayte Coggeshall
Waite Coggeshall
Father’s name: John Coggeshall.
Mother’s name: Ann (Butter or Butler) Coggeshall.
Mary Hodge Sturgie is the daughter of Jeremiah Gould and Priscilla
(Grover) Gould. She was b. in 1604 in
Halstead, England and d. December 19, 1684 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
A mercer and merchant, he
was baptized at Halstead, Essex, England. In 1620, while still a minor, he was
complainant in a bill in Chancery brought for him by his mother and guardian,
the widow Anne Coggeshall, regarding certain lands in
Halstead which had been mortgaged by his father in 1605. On 1 Jun 1629, John Coggeshall, gentleman, and his wife Mary, along with John Warman and his wife, sold lands in Halstead and Sible Hedingham, Essex. On 22 Jun
1632, he appears in a list of 33 men "transported to New-England to the Plantacon there" who have "tendred
and taken the oath of allegeance according to the
Statute." Not long after this, he, his wife Mary, and their children
sailed for New England in the ship Lyon (or Lion), arriving at Boston on 16 Sep
1632. He likely first settled at Roxbury where the names of he and his wife are
found in the list of members of Rev. John Elliot's church there. Not long
afterwards he removed to Boston, where "Mr. John Coggeshall"
and wife Mary were admitted to the First Church 20 Apr 1634, and where he was
chosen a deacon. He served as a selectman of Boston in 1635, and also as a
deputy from Boston to the General Court from 1634-1637. However, as a supporter
of Rev. John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson, he was expelled from the General
Court and disenfranchised on 2 Nov 1637. In 1638, he went to the Island of
Aquidneck (Rhode Island), where he and 18 others signed a compact incorporating
themselves "into a Bodie Politick" at
Pocasset (later Portsmouth) on 7 Mar 1637/38, and on 28 Apr 1639, he and eight
others signed another compact preparatory to settling farther south on the
island, at Newtown, afterwards Newport. At Newport, he received the next to
largest share of land, nearly 400 acres. There he served as an assistant in 1640-1644,
and moderator in 1647 of the first General Assembly of the Colony, which
Assembly elected him to the office of president, an office he was holding at
his death 27 Nov 1647, having served less than a year. (I stole this paragraph from another researcher who didn’t sign
his name to his work. It nicely sums up
many of the various notes that I found scattered. Whoever you are, thank
you.)
Passenger list for the Lyon, showing discrepancies and updates:
http://www.whipple.org/docs/lyon.html
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