Person:John Cousins (18)

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John Cousins
b.1630
d.1698 Elk River Basin, Cecil, Maryland, United States
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  • H.  John Cousins1630 - 1698
  • W.  Mary BoyerAbt 1635 -
m. 1657
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Name John Cousins
Alt Name John Cousine
Alt Name John Cousen
Alt Name John Corsins
Alt Name John Cozens
Alt Name John Coursine
Alt Name John Corzine
Alt Name[2] Jan Cosyns
Gender Male
Birth? 1630
Marriage 1657 to Mary Boyer
Death? 1698 Elk River Basin, Cecil, Maryland, United States
References
  1.   Craig, Peter Stebbins. 1671 census of the Delaware. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, c1999)
    Page 41.

    The Soldiers’ Tract

    West of Christina, on the north side of Christina Creek, extending westward to Anders the Finn’s Creek was a tract of land patented 1 Oct 1669 to four English soldiers, Robert Scott, John Marshall, John Cousins and Jan Boyer. By 1671 nothing had been done to develop the property. All four owners were bachelors, living at the fort in New Castle or nearby. Jan Boyer was the son of Alexander (Sander) Boyer, one of the original residents of Fort Casimir (New Castle), and his Swedish wife. Jan Boyer later acquired a lot on the Strand in New Castle, which was sold by his three daughters, Elisabeth, Catharina and Helena and their husbands on 20 Jun 1708. John Marshall soon married Jan Boyer’s sister Josyn, but had died by 1675 when Josyn, the widow of John Marshall, and the other three men sold the tract to Justa Andersson (see #83). Robert Scott left Delaware with John Carr and was a resident of Calvert County when granted head rights in 1673. John Cousins also went to Maryland with Captain John Carr in 1673.

  2. ↑ Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Records of the court of New Castle on Delaware, 1676-1681. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, c1904, c1934 (Lancaster, Pa. : Wickersham Print.))
    Vol. 1, Page 61, 62.

    Last Will & Testament

    “Know all men by these presents that I John Carr of Elk River in Cecil County in ye Province of Maryland, hath made out all my Right and title of my real or personal Estate now Lying or being In Delaware River which by Patent or otherwise may appear to be mine, unto my well beloved wife Peteronela Carr, provided that my said wife shall pay my debts due to any person or person in New York or the said River of Delaware. Further I do give my wife Peternella Power to sell or dispose all or any of the said Estate either by herself, or her attorney, and further I do give her or her attorney full power to ask demand Sue Recover, Imprison or Impeach for all debts due to me in the said River of Delaware, and to Give discharges or acquittances for such debts b her or her attorney Received. In Witness whereof I have herunto set my hand & seal this tenth day of April 1675.
    Signed & Sealed in the presence of us:
    Jan Cosyns
    (The mark of)
    Patrick P C Carr

    Signed John Carr (L S)

  3.   Bidlack, Russell E. Sparks Family Association and Quarterly, Whole No. 192, p. 5450, Dec 2000. (The Sparks Family Association published The Sparks Quarterly for fifty years, with Dr. Russell E. Bidlack as editor. Dr. Bidlack passed away in September 2003, and the last issue (volume 50, whole number 200) was published in December 2003. The Sparks Quarterly is the best family quarterly I have ever seen. It is available in many libraries.).
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