Dancharthos : Genealogos

Descendants of John Cogswell 1800-1892
and Caroline Duston 1804-1885.

Via their son
  • Frank Cogswell 1846-1912 and
  • his wife Mary A. Burgess 1851-1926
    and thence through two of their children:
  • Daniel Burgess Cogswell 1887-1951 (married Rachel Marshall) and
  • Nell Jane Cogswell [Thomas] 1890-1963 (married William Morris Thomas 1888-1950).

    • The reader may also be interested in visiting the Cogswell Family Association web site.

  • This bullet marks the names of descendants. Other names are wives and husbands who have been gracious enough to ally themselves with this descent.

    First Generation (that is, the first detailed in this page; there be eight more generations before them detailed in the book Cogswells in America):

    John Cogswell b 1800 Salem Mass - d 1892 Salem Wis -- descendant of John Cogswell (John-William-John-John-John-John-John) and family who emigrated to New England from Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, in 1635 onboard the ship Angel Gabriel. (So also is Diana Spencer and her sons William and Harry [by Charles Windsor prince of Wales].)

    Caroline Duston b 1804 Haverhill Mass - d 1885 Salem Wis -- descendant of the Indian captive and scalptress Hannah Duston of Haverhill, whose (1697?) exploit is told in Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana -- supposedly he actually interviewed her. That Hannah Duston was also an Emerson and a Webster.

    Second Generation:

    CHILDREN of John Cogswell and Caroline Duston

  • Caroline D. Cogswell [Irwin] b 1827 New Market N.Hamp - d 1855

  • Augustus Cogswell b 1831 Salem Mass - d 1890

  • Charles D. Cogswell b 1838 Kenosha Wis - d 1902 Salem Wis

  • Frank Cogswell b 1846 Salem Wis - d 1912 Seattle Wash
    M: 1878
    Mary A. Burgess b 1851 Somers Wis - d 1926 Seattle Wash (her ancestors can be found by beginning away over here....)

    • Third Generation

    CHILDREN of Frank Cogswell and Mary A. Burgess

  • Caroline Dustin Cogswell b 3-4-1882 Lincoln Kans - d. 9-70 Seattle Wash
    M: 1919
    Ernest Eckelman (professor, German, University of Washington) d 1959 Seattle Wash

  • Robert John Cogswell b 4-11-1884 Lincoln, Kans - d 5-18-66 Santa Monica Calif
    M: 1911
    Mabel Wood

  • Daniel Burgess Cogswell b 4-1-1887 Lincoln Kansas (Neb?no) d 2-4-1951 Alameda Calif
    M: 1913 Children
    Rachel Marshall

  • Nell Jane Cogswell b 7-16-1890 Lincoln Kansas d 7-5-1963 Alameda Ca
    M: 1915 Children
    William Morris Thomas b 1-18-1888 Chesley Ontario d 1950 Alameda Calif

    • Fourth Generation

    CHILDREN of Daniel Burgess Cogswell and Rachel Marshall

  • John Cogswell b 5-11-1916
    M: 1936     Children
    Marjorie Means

  • Hope Isabel Cogswell b 5-31-____ d 1962 Sedrowooley Wash
    M: 1940? Children
    Peter Jansen Weber

    • CHILDREN of Nell Jane Cogswell and William Morris Thomas

  • Jane Nell Thomas b 5-6-1916 Seattle Wash
    M: (1) 1938 (2) 1946
    1. Donavan Smith     Children
    2. William H. Wiley Children

  • William M. Thomas Jr. b 3-11-1921 Seattle Wash d 7-26?-1977 San Diego Calif
    M: 12-14-1944 Children
    Marjorie Oletha Payne b 9-4-1920 San Diego Calif

    • Fifth Generation

    CHILDREN of John Cogswell and Marjorie Means
  • Caroline Lorna Cogswell b 1937
    M: 1963     Children
    Curtis Mason

  • John Marshall Cogswell b 1937
    M: 1962 Children
    Brooke Hurley

  • Mariana Cogswell b 1939
    M: 1965
    Frank Weinhold

  • Martha Cogswell b 1947

  • N.B. : MARJORIE MEANS COGSWELL ENDOWMENT FUND

    The children of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Cogswell of Goodland, Kansas, have established the Marjorie Means Cogswell Endowment Fund for financing teacher enrichment grants. A long-time MTNA member, Marjorie Cogswell was an active piano teacher in western Kansas for more than thirty years.

    (Info from: http://www.mtnafoundation.org/endowfunds.htm -- Music Teacher National Association webpage. A moment here of silence and appreciation for their excellent gift of endowment.)

    • CHILDREN of Hope Isabel Cogswell and Peter Jansen Weber
  • Peter Jansen Weber b 1941

  • David Marshall Weber b 1945

  • Rachel Weber b 1947

    • CHILDREN of Jane Nell Thomas and Donovan Smith
  • Pamela Smith [Wiley?] b 5-22-1941
    M:     Children
    Randal Ryan

    • CHILDREN of Jane Nell Thomas and William H. Wiley
  • Valerie C. Wiley b 4-7-1947

  • Caroline Wiley b 7-29-1948
    M: 1967
    David Rounds

  • Christopher Wiley b 1-31-1950

  • Nicholas Wiley b 6-13-1952

  • Lance Wiley b 5-29-1953

  • Victoria Wiley b 1955

  • Shelley Wiley b 1964

    • CHILDREN of William Morris Thomas Jr. and Marjorie Oletha Payne
  • Daniel Charles Thomas b 10-8-1950 Alameda Calif
    M: (1) 8-29?-1980 (2) 7-10?-1994
    1: Paula Friedman [Robbins]     Children
    2: Kimberly Lynne Scully

  • Bruce William Thomas b 9-16-1958 La Mesa Calif
    M: 5-1992? -- Children
    Lisa McCullough

    • Sixth Generation

    CHILDREN of Caroline Lorna Cogswell and Curtis Mason
  • Caroline Shedd Mason b 1964

  • Elliott K. Mason b 1967

    • CHILDREN of John Marshall Cogswell and Brooke Hurley
  • John Hurley Cogswell b 1964

  • Jennifer Cogswell b 1967
    • CHILDREN of Pamela Smith [Wiley?] and Randy Ryan
  • Katherine Ryan b 1966

  • Gregory Ryan
    • CHILDREN of Daniel Charles Thomas and Paula Friedman [Robbins]
  • Jude William Thomas b 4-16-1980

    • CHILDREN of Bruce William Thomas and Lisa McCullough

  • Claire Elizabeth Thomas b 2-14-1995?

  • Connor McCullough Thomas b 6-30?-2000



    • The author of this page is most interested in receiving further information from his cousins who may wish to add further details, names, dates, etc. Email: dancharthos@yahoo.com

    The above typed listings derive from information compiled in draft form by Marjorie Oletha Payne [Thomas] [Kelly] which she says was previously received from our beloved aunt Caroline Dustin Cogswell [Eckelman] 1882-1970, requisat in pace; information thence transmitted to this writer by Marjorie (Daniel's mother), typed here by same Daniel Charles Thomas and cross-referenced with entries in Charles D. Cogswell's old bible (handwriting appears to be by two or three different writers of possibly 1st through 3rd generation listed here) and with gravestones visited at the old family plot in Prairie Mound cemetery, Salem (Silver Lake -- at the corner of highway 50 and Cogswell Drive), with reference to records at Kenosha county court house, and biographical info contained in the History of Racine and Kenosha County. The interested reader (Burgess/Foster/Cogswell cousin?--write me!) is also refered to the Somers cemetery outside of Kenosha (city), Wisconsin, and Kenosha (Pike River) articles in the Wisconsin state archives available on-line (ADD hyperlinks here).

    For a treatment of the descent of John Cogswell 1800-1892 (and Frank Cogswell 1846-1912) from the original immigrant ancestor family of John Cogswell (who emigrated to New England in 1635), please see the (rare) book The Cogswells in America. The reader of this page may also be interested in knowing that H.R.H. Diana Spencer herself descended from John Cogswell (the 1635 immigrant) and thus also her sons the princes William and Harry by her marriage with H.R.H. Charles [Prince of Wales].

    Dear Cousins: Please write to me if you wish to add information or tell family stories. dancharthos@yahoo.com
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