 1601 - 1647
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| Prefix |
Governor |
| Born |
9 Dec 1601 |
Halstead, Essex, England  |
| Christened |
9 Dec 1601 |
Halstead, Essex, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Nov 1647 |
Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island |
| Buried |
27 Nov 1647 |
Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island |
- He was buried in the Coggeshall burial place at the corner ofCoggeshall and Victoria Avenues in Newport.
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| _CRE |
15 Feb 2015 |
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| Notes |
- He resided before 1632 in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England. He emigrated in 1632 to Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts from England on the "Lyon". He was listed as a freeman in 1632 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. In 1634 he moved to Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He was elected as auditor on Mar 4 1634/35. He was elected as Deputy to General Court for Boston from May 14, 1634 to Mar 9 1636/37. He was elected as Boston Selectman from Sep 1 1634 to Oct 8 1637. He was elected as Assessor fromMay 25 1636 to Sep 8 1636. In 1638 he moved to Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He was elected as Assisstant for combined government of Portsmouth and Newport from Mar 12 1639/40 to Mar 13 1643/44. He was elected as Treasurer in 1640. He was elected as President on May 21 1647 in Colony of Rhode Islandand Providence Plantations. His occupation was listed as Silk Merchant.
John W. Coggeshall
Coggeshall is an early English surname of local origin, and denotes residence in the parish of St. Albans, in the town of Coggeshall.
Arms - Argent a cross between four escallops sable.
Crest - A stag lodged sable, attired or.
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The Coggeshall family, whose history is wrapped inseparably with that of Rhode Island, from the very earliest times, is one of the most distinguished in the annals of the colony and in its later history. The progenitor of the Coggeshalls in America, JohnCoggeshall, was the first president of the struggling little Colony of Rhode Island; a man of great prominence and public influence. The family has been honorably connected with the several wars of the country since its establishment here, and has borne well its part in the making of the Nation. Its sons have held high places in the councils of the State.The late Hon. James Haydon Coggeshall, one of the most prominent public men of his day, was a direct descendant in the seventh generation of the founder,John Coggeshall.
(I) John Coggeshall, progenitor of the family in America, and firs tpresident of the Colony of Rhode Island, was a member of an ancient and honorable English family, whose lineage has been traced to th eearly part of the twelfth century, to one Thomas deCoggeshall, the owner of vast estates in Essex and Suffolk, England, in 1135-54. He was born in Essex, England, about 1591, and died at Newport, R. I., November 27, 1647. He emigrated from England to the New World in the ship "Lyon," arriving at the portof Boston, Mass., in 1632, with his wife Mary Surgis*, and three children, John, Joshua, and Anne, on September 16, 1632. His name and that of his wife are on the original records of the church of Roxbury, of which John Eliot was pastor.
He was admitted a freeman of Roxbury, November 6, 1632, and two years later, in 1634; removed to Boston, where he became a merchant. John Coggeshall became one of the leading citizens of Boston, and in the year of his arrival, there was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen and a deacon of the church. His name also heads the list of deputies to the General Court of Massachusetts from Boston, May 14,1634, and he served, with three interruptions, until November 1637. He was one of the staunchest supporters and defenders of Anne Hutchinson, and upon her banishment was expelled from the Court, and from the State of Massachusetts, in company with eighteen other men, who were also identified with her. These eighteen men, and; a company including William Coddington, John Clarke, the Hutchinson family, and others, settled on the island of Aquidneck, by the advice of Roger Williams, who had already settled in Providence. The land was purchased from the Narragansett sachems, and the form of government there established was one of the first in New England which separated the civic from the religious issues. The colony grew with great rapidity and to accommodate newcomers and the over flow, the town of Newport, R. I., was established. On the return of Roger Williams from England with a charter; they organized a government, in September, 1644. In May,1647, John Coggeshall was elected president of Rhode Island, with Roger Williams as assistant for Providence, William Coddington for Newport, and Randall Holden forWarwick. While in this office, he was the founder or was largely influential in founding two cities, two states and two separate and independent governments. He died in office, November 27, 1647. at the age of fifty-six years, and is buried on his estatein Newport. He married, in England, Mary Surgis*,born in 1604, died November 8, 1684, at the age of eighty.
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| Person ID |
I24076 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
John Coggeshall, b. 24 Jul 1576, Halstead, Essex, England , d. Bef 4 Aug 1615, Halstead, Essex, England |
| Mother |
Ann Butter, b. Abt 1583, Halstead, Essex, England , d. Bef 10 Nov 1648, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England |
| Married |
Abt 1600 |
| Family ID |
F3004 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Mary Sturgis, b. Abt 1604, Halstead, Essex, England , d. 8 Nov 1684, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island |
| Married |
Bef 1622 |
Essex England, |
| Children |
| | 1. Ann Coggeshall, b. Abt 1622, Essex England, , d. 6 Mar 1688/89, Newport RI, |
| | 2. Joshua Coggeshall, b. Abt 1623, Halstead, Essex, England , d. 1 May 1688, Portsmouth RI, |
| | 3. Mary Coggeshall, b. Abt 1624, Essex England, |
| | 4. Major John C. Coggeshall, Major, b. Abt 1626, Essex England, , d. 1 Oct 1708, Newport RI, |
| | 5. James Coggeshall, b. Abt 1628, Essex England, |
| | 6. Hananeel Coggeshall, b. 3 May 1635, Newport Rhode Island, |
| | 7. Wait Coggeshall, b. Bef 11 Sep 1636, Boston, Suffolk, MA , d. 9 Jul 1718, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island |
| | 8. Bediah Coggeshall, b. Bef 30 Jul 1637, Newport Rhode Island, |
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| Family ID |
F4475 |
Group Sheet |
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