Person:Nathaniel Cowles (9)

m. 11 Feb 1696/97
  1. Nathaniel Cowles1698 - Bef 1724
  • HNathaniel Cowles1698 - Bef 1724
  • WSarah Gridley1694 - 1743/44
m. 15 Mar 1721/22
  1. Esther Cowles1723 - 1775
  2. Nathaniel Cowles1725 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Nathaniel Cowles
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 28 Apr 1698 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 15 Mar 1721/22 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Gridley
Death[3] Bef 26 Dec 1724 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 26 Dec 1724 Taken Thomas Thompson, Isaac Cowles and James Gridley.
Probate[3] 6 Jan 1724/25 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 100. Nathaniel4 Cowles, in Cowles, Calvin Duvall, and Cowles Family Association. Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1929)
    59-60.

    "100. Nathaniel4 Cowles, son of Nathaniel3 (15), b. April 28, 1698, at Farmington, Conn.; d. there about Dec. 1724; … Nathaniel Cowles lived with his Uncle John (No. 14), at Farmington, and it is said that after his death his widow and children continued to live with and care for him."

  2. Farmington Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    40.

    "Cowles, … Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel & Phebe, b. Apr. 28, 1698 [LR2:99]"
    "Cowles, … Nathaniel, s. Nathaniell, 2nd, decd. & Sarah, b. May 31, 1725 [LR2:65]"

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cowles, Nathaniel, Jr., in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:493.

    "Probate Records. Vol. X, 1723 to 1729. Page 41.

    Cowles, Nathaniel, Jr. Inventory taken 26 December, 1724, by Thomas Thompson, Isaac Cowles and James Gridley.

    Court Record, Page 64—6 January, 1724-5: Adms. to Sarah Cowles, widow.

    Page 117—1st March, 1725-6: Isaac Cowles, who was appointed Adms., exhibits an account of his Adms. Accepted. Order to dist. as followeth:

    To Sarah Cowles, widow, £35-04s-04d; To Nathaniel, 203-12-06; To Sarah Cowles, daughter, 101-16-03 [there was only one daughter, Esther, not Sarah - apparently an error either in the original record or the transcription.]

    And appoint Isaac Cowles, James Gridley and Timothy Porter, distributors.

    Page 170—5 December, 1727: This Court appoint John Cowles of Farmington to be guardian to Nathaniel Cowles, a minor, 2 years of age. Recog., £50.

    Page 87 (Vol. XIII) 7 April, 1741: Nathaniel Cowles, 16 years of age, chose Deacon John Hart to be his guardian. Recog., £300. Cert: William Wadsworth, J. P."