Abigail Cogswell
Daughter of Adam Cogswell and probably of Abigail Wise, born at Chebacco in Ipswich in 1688/9. Wife of Thomas Varney Jr. and mother of Abigail (Varney) Low; she died at Ipswich in 1738, aged 49.
Life
- 1688Born21 Mar 1688/9, Ipswich (Chebacco), Massachusetts
"At Chebacco, Mar. 21, 1688-9," daughter of Adam (1:96).
documentedproven - 1738Died5 Sept 1738, Ipswich, Massachusetts
"Abigail, w. Tho[ma]s, Sept. 5, 1738, a. 49 y. 6 m." (2:699).
documentedproven
Family
- Father
- Mother
- Abigail Wise
Adam married Abigail Wise in 1686, two and a half years before this birth.
inferredprobable - Spouse
- Thomas Varney
Marriage date not found.
Pedigree
Notes
Wife of Thomas Varney Jr. The Cogswell Genealogy (p. 28) lists her as “Abigail, [50] b. March 21, 1689; m. Thomas Varney,” a daughter of Capt. Adam Cogswell. Through Adam’s father William she was a great-granddaughter of John Cogswell, who survived the wreck of the Angel Gabriel in 1635. Mollie had Abigail Proctor as Thomas Jr.’s wife; Abigail Proctor was his mother.
Her mother’s brother was Rev. John Wise, the Chebacco pastor, who signed the 1692 petition for John Proctor (Salem Witchcraft Papers no. 107); Proctor was her husband’s uncle. Three of her younger brothers died on the same day, 5 Oct 1720 (Ipswich VR 2:527-528).
Mollie's typescript
- DisprovenCaleb Low's wife was a daughter of the church-raising Abigail Varney
A generation is dropped. Caleb's wife Abigail, born at Chebacco on 14 Oct 1713, was the daughter of Thomas Varney Jr. and Abigail Cogswell. The Abigail Varney who helped raise the meeting house in 1679 was Abigail (Proctor) Varney, her grandmother.
Read it in the book, p. 78 → - DisprovenThomas Varney, born 1682, married Abigail Proctor
He married Abigail Cogswell (b. 1688/9), daughter of Adam Cogswell and Abigail Wise. Abigail Proctor was his mother, the Corporal's wife, and so the grandmother of Abigail (Varney) Low. Thomas Jr. was born 3 Dec 1682 and his daughter Abigail on 14 Oct 1713 (Ipswich vital records).
Read it in the book, p. 101 →
Connections
- In her ancestry
- 6 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Abigail's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.