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Deacon William Cowdrey
b.Cal 1602
- H. Deacon William CowdreyCal 1602 - 1687
- W. Alice _____Est 1620 - Aft 1684
m. 5 Dec 1666
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Deacon William Cowdrey |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
Cal 1602 |
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| Marriage |
17 Apr 1626 |
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Englandto Joanna Licence |
| Emigration[4] |
Bef 1638 |
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| Residence[4] |
1638 |
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence[2] |
1642 |
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
5 Dec 1666 |
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Alice _____ |
| Will[1] |
12 Feb 1684 |
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Will[1] |
24 Aug 1685 |
Codicil. |
| Death[1][5] |
10 Nov 1687 |
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Estate Inventory[1] |
14 Dec 1687 |
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| Probate[1] |
17 Dec 1689 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Mehling, Mary Bryant Alverson. Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdery of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and His Descendants. (New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1911)
37-50. - ↑ Dea. William Cowdrey, in Eaton, Lilley. Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass: Including the Present Towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with Chronological and Historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874. (Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1874)
58-59.
"Cowdrey, Dea. William, b. 1602, d. 1687, aged 85; his wife's name was Joanna, who d. in, 1666. Chil.: Nathaniel, b. ____; Matthias, b. 1641, and d. 1663; Bethiah, b. 1643, and married probably _____ Polley. He settled first at Lynn, removed thence to Reading in 1642, lived on the present site of the late 'Quannapowitt House' on the Common, was deacon, clerk of the writs, town clerk, selectman, and representative, and was for a long time a most influential and useful citizen. He willed 'half of homestead to son Nathaniel and half to grandson Nathaniel; also, to son Nathaniel what he lives on.'
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon, "Marriages in England of Early American Immigrants", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
10 [Jul 1933] : 14.
William Cowdrey of Reading, Mass., deposed 27 Sept. 1672, aged 69 years, and in another deposition, not long afterward, was called about 70. (Middlesex County Court Records.)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Newhall, James R., and Alonzo Lewis. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant. (Lynn, Massachusetts: Printed for James R. Newhall, 1865)
171.
"These lands following were given to the inhabitants of the town of Lynn, Anno Domini 1638. … William Cowdrey, 60."
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1912)
508.
"Cowdry, … William, Dea., [died] Nov. 10, 1687. (An aged man, (Middlesex court record.)"
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