Descendants of William Cowdery
of Weymouth, England (1602-1687): Nine Generations
index of main Cowdery names in report | index of other names
Generation No. 1
1.WILLIAM1 COWDERY was born 1602 in Weymouth, ENG, and died November 10, 1687 in Reading, Middlesex,
MA. He married JOANNA LISCENCE 1638 in Lynn, Essex, MA.
William Cowdrey/Cowdery (1602-1687) was the ancestor of all the other Cowderies whose names are listed below. Although he was not the only Cowdery to arrive in America in colonial days his descendants appear to outnumber all the other American Cowdery family members combined. According to Stanley R. Gunn, William was "a direct descendant of the family of Lord Cowdery whose family resided in South Downs, England, for many generations, and whose ancestors were known to be the owners of Cowdery Castle located at Midhurst, even at such an early date as 1304." Patrick Hanks, in his Dictionary of Surnames, says that "Cowdrey" is a Norman French "habitation name" occurring in France and Sussex. The word is derived from coudre -- meaning "a grove of hazelnut trees."
William was born in 1602 in Weymouth, on the Dorset coast of England. Presumably his father was a certain George Cowdrey of Dorset. Whatever his family background may have been, William sailed from Southampton to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. He was most likely a Puritan and when he arrived in America he found a ready welcome among the Pilgrim Colonists of the Plymouth region -- who were by then finally getting their little colony firmly established on the Massachusetts coast. William settled in Lynn (Essex Co.) and there married Joanna Liscence/License in 1638. She died 6 May 1666 and was the mother of his four children. He married again a year or two later; this time to a lady named Alse/Alice. They appear to have had no children.
In 1644 the township of Reading (Middlesex Co.) was founded a few miles northwest of Essex. Either William moved there or the change in boundary lines caused his farm to be located in the new town. Some sources say that William and Joanna had a fourth child, Hannah, who was born in Reading. Other sources show Hannah as being a nickname for their third child, Bethia. Of the couple's three or four children, only Nathaniel (1639-1690) provided them with Cowdery offspring.
The Children of WILLIAM COWDERY and JOANNA LISCENCE were:
2 i. NATHANIEL SR.2 COWDERY, b. 1639, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. June 16, 1690, Lynn, Essex, MA.
ii. MATHIAS COWDERY, b. September 30, 1641, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. March 25, 1663.
iii. BETHIA COWDERY, b. April 17, 1643, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. ? m. SAMUEL CARTER, September 18, 1667.
iv. HANNAH COWDERY, b. Abt. 1645, <Reading, Middlesex>, MA; d. ?; m. JOHN POLLY, September 18, 1667, <Roxbury, Suffolk, MA>.
Generation No. 2
2. NATHANIEL SR.2 COWDERY (WILLIAM1) was born 1639 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, and died June 16, 1690 in Reading, Middlesex, MA. He married (1) ELIZABETH CARTER November 22, 1654 in Reading, Middlesex, MA. He married (2) MARY BACHELDER November 22, 1660 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, daughter of JOHN BATCHELDER and REBECCA (or MARY?) UNKNOWN.
Nathaniel Cowdrey, Sr. (1639-1690) was the first son of William Cowdrey, the Puritan emigrant from Weymouth, England, and Joanna Liscense. The parents moved to the newly organized town of Reading c. 1644 when Nathaniel was about six years old, and Nathaniel lived there until his death. The name "Nathaniel" was a very common one among the early American Cowdery familes and particular care must be taken so as not to confuse all these relatives having the same name one with another.
Nathaniel, Sr. first married on 22 Nov 1654 to Elizabeth Carter, and they had two children. She died on 9 Oct 1659 and he remarried the following year with Mary Bachelder/Batchelder. She bore Nathaniel seven children and outlived him by 39 years, dying in 1729. The first of those seven children, Samuel (1657-1742), became the g-g-Grandfather of Oliver Cowdery.
The children of NATHANIEL COWDERY and ELIZABETH CARTER were:
3 i. SAMUEL SR.3 COWDERY, b. May 16, 1657, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. November 17, 1742, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA.
ii. ELIZABETH COWDERY, b. August 13, 1659, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. October 20, 1659, Reading, Middlesex,
MA.
The children of NATHANIEL COWDERY and MARY BACHELDER were:
4 iii NATHANIEL JR.3 COWDERY, b. August 18, 1661, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. Aft. 1689.
iv. REBECCA COWDERY, b. October 25, 1663, Reading, Middlesex, MA; m. GEORGE TOWNSEND, February 27, 1687/88.
v. WILLIAM COWDERY, b. March 13, 1665/66, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
vi. MARY COWDERY, b. August 07, 1668, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
vii. JOANNA "JEANNA" COWDERY, b. April 23, 1673, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. July 1736.
viii. SUSANNA COWDERY, b. May 01, 1676, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
ix. MATHIAS COWDERY, b. April 11, 1679, Reading, Middlesex, MA; m. SARAH UNKNOWN, Abt. 1700.
Generation No. 3
3. SAMUEL SR.3 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born May 16, 1657 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, and died November 17, 1742 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA. He married ELIZABETH PARKER April 28, 1685 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, daughter of HANANIAH PARKER and ELIZABETH BROWN.
Both Samuel Sr. (1657-1742) and his brother Nathaniel Jr. (1661-c. 1690?) are listed in most sources as having married ladies named Elizabeth/Elisabeth Parker. It is unknown whether or not this was the same woman. If she was a wife to both brothers, then one of their marriage dates as given below must be incorrect. Also, both brothers are shown as having a daughter Mary who died in 1670. One of these dates must be wrong. The problem does not affect the lineage of Oliver Cowdery, however. Between the two brothers, only Samuel's son Nathaniel (1691-1751) had Cowdery progeny. He became Oliver's Great Grandfather.
The children of SAMUEL COWDERY and ELIZABETH PARKER were:
i. RUTH4 COWDERY, b. June 11, 1687, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. ?
ii. MARY COWDERY, b. April 01, 1689, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. May 04, 1760, Chelmsford, Middlesex,
MA.
5 iii. NATHANIEL SR. COWDERY, b. November 16, 1691, Reading, Essex, MA; d. April 23, 1751, Hadley, Hampshire,
MA.
iv. MARTHA COWDERY, b. 1693, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. ?
v. SAMUEL JR. COWDERY, b. 1695, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. aft. 1728. He married (1) Alice Mean Nov. 19, 1718 and (2) Sarah Nicholson. He had at least 6 children.
4. NATHANIEL JR.3 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born August 18, 1661 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, and died Aft. 1689. He married ELISABETH PARKER April 28, 1685 in Reading, Middlesex, MA.
The child of NATHANIEL COWDERY and ELISABETH PARKER probably was:
i. MARY4 COWDERY, b. 1689, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. May 04, 1760?, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
Generation No. 4
5. NATHANIEL SR.4 COWDERY (SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born November 16, 1691 in Reading, Essex, MA, and died April 23, 1751 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA. He married MEHITABEL DAMON September 16, 1718 in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA, daughter of THOMAS DAMON and LUCY EMERSON.
The complexities of Oliver Cowdry's kinship begin in charting the offspring of his Great Grandfather Nathaniel Sr. Cowdery (1691-1751). Nathaniel had four sons who lived to produce Cowdery offspring (through a total of six different wives). Practically every Cowdery whom Oliver might have likely encountered during his lifetime were the children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren of these four men and six women. A fifth brother, Nathaniel (1719-1756) married Mary Gates, a cousin of Lydia Gates, the mother of Lucy Mack Smith. There is no record of this couple having children.
Between about 1732 and 1737 Nathaniel and Mehitable emigrated to the wilds of East Haddam, Middlesex, CT. The couple were early pioneers along the Connecticut River but they gave up their homesteading efforts there following some troubles with the Indians. They returned home to Massachusetts by about 1738-41 (when their last two children were born, both apparently in MA). Some of Nathaniel's family eventually returned to East Haddam to live, after the area had become more civilized. His wife outlived him by eight years and she died in East Haddam in 1699. According to Stanley R. Gunn, their son William (1737-1831) and his family "moved from Massachusetts to Reading, Vermont where they purchased a thirty acre farm" in June 1786. After having spent their first hundred years in the Bay Colony, the Cowdery families were finally moving out to explore new frontiers.
The children of NATHANIEL COWDERY and MEHITABEL DAMON were:
i. NATHANIEL JR.5 COWDERY, b. June 1719, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA; d. December 07, 1768, E. Haddam, Middlesex,
CT; m. MARY GATES, May 27, 1756, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>.
(no record of their having children)
ii. JONATHAN COWDERY, b. May 22, 1720, Reading, Essex, MA; d. ?
8 iii. JACOB MSR. COWDERY, b. 1721?, <Montague, Franklin, MA>; d. April 11, 1820, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
iv. LYDIA 1 COWDERY, b. January 10, 1724/25, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. 1725, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
v. THOMAS 1 COWDERY, b. July 21, 1726, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. Abt. 1727, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
vi. THOMAS 2 COWDERY, b. September 14, 1729, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. Abt. 1829, Reading, Middlesex,
MA.
6 vii. MOSES SR. COWDERY, b. November 01, 1731, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. December 17, 1813, W. Hartland,
Hartford, CT.
viii. EDMUND COWDERY, b. Abt. 1732, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. 1756, Cape Breton.
ix. THOMAS 3 COWDERY, b. June 11, 1732, Reading, Middlesex, MA; d. Abt. 1733, Reading, Middlesex, MA.
x. HULDAH COWDERY, b. December 14, 1733, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>; d. March 04, 1770, E. Haddam, Middlesex,
CT; m. OBEDIAH GATES, Abt. 1753, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>.
xi. MEHITABEL COWDERY, b. July 24, 1735, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>; d. ?
xii. LYDIA 2 COWDERY, b. 1736, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>; died in infancy.
7 xiii. WILLIAM SR. COWDERY, b. September 05, 1737, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>; d. 1831, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
9 xiv. JABEZ SR. COWDERY, b. May 29, 1741, Montague, Franklin, MA; d. September 07, 1826, Tunbridge, Orange,
VT.
Generation No. 5
6. MOSES SR.5 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born November 01, 1731 in Reading, Middlesex, MA, and died December 17, 1813 in W. Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married MARTHA BUSHNELL Abt. 1755 in <, Middlesex, CT>.
Shortly after the birth of their first child in 1758, Moses Sr. Cowdery (1731-1813) and his wife Martha moved far up a tributary of the Connecticut River, almost to the MA border. Here, in Hartland twp. They were the first of many Cowderies who still inhabit the region.
The children of MOSES COWDERY and MARTHA BUSHNELL were:
10 i. ASA SR.6 COWDERY, b. February 19, 1758, E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. Aft. 1807.
ii. OLIVE "ANNA" COWDERY, b. November 11, 1759, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. June 16, 1837.
11 iii. AMBROSE SR. COWDERY, b. January 01, 1762, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. October 03, 1835.
iv. MEHITABEL COWDERY, b. December 12, 1763, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. January 20, 1829, Summer Hill,
, CT; m. EBENEZER HATHAWAY, July 27, 1785, E. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
v. MARTHA COWDERY, b. January 16, 1768, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>; d. March 12, 1828; m. URIAH CHURCH , JR., Abt. 1786, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>.
vi. DEMARIS COWDERY, b. August 06, 1768, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. July 05, 1838; m. BENJAMIN REED, April 29, 1790, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vii. ELIZABETH COWDERY, b. October 12, 1770, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. September 29, 1844.
12 viii. MOSES JR. COWDERY, b. April 21, 1773, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>; d. Aft. 1817.
ix. HULDAH COWDERY, b. July 07, 1776, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>; d. 1841.
7. WILLIAM SR.5 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born September 05, 1737 in E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT, and died 1831 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT. He married (1) HANNAH EMMONS September 18, 1760 in Millington, Middlesex, CT, daughter of SAMUEL Sr. EMMONS and RUTH CONE. Hannah died in 1769, probably in E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT. William married (2) PRUDENCE BECKET Abt. 1771 in <, , probably in MA.
As mentioned above, in June 1786 William Sr. Cowdery (1737-1831) and his family moved from Massachusetts to Reading, Windsor, Vermont (see area map) where they purchased a thirty acre farm. Hannah Emmons Cowdery (Oliver's Grandmother) died in 1769, so her children were raised by William's second wife, Prudence.
William and his family arrived in Reading during the period when it was part of the independent republic of New Conneticut (1777-1791). Five years after their arrival Vermont joined the newly forming union and William's family became citizens of the United States of America. William was a founding member and a lay preacher in Congregational Church of Reading. William's first son, William Jr. (1765-1847), spent most of his first 55 years in Vermont, so it is likely that his son Oliver knew his Grandfather William Sr. and step-Grandmother Prudence well. William likely named his son Oliver after a younger sister, Olive Cowdery, (who perhaps died as a child).
The children of WILLIAM COWDERY and HANNAH EMMONS were:
i. DOROTHY6 COWDERY, b. 1763, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT; m. JONATHAN TINKER, Abt. 1783, <, , CT>.
ii. HANNAH COWDERY, b. 1763, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT; m. WILLIAM SABIN, February 23, 1786, E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
iii. MOLLY COWDERY, b. 1764, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
13 iv. WILLIAM JR. COWDERY, b. September 05, 1765, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. February 26, 1847, Kirtland,
Lake, OH.
v. OLIVE COWDERY, b. June 23, 1767, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
vi. DIADAMIA COWDERY, b. December 29, 1768, E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT; m. GEORGE W. WILLEY, May 11, 1788, Millington, Franklin, MA.
The children of WILLIAM COWDERY and PRUDENCE BECKET were:
vii. PRUDENCE6 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1772, <, Middlesex, CT>; d. December 25, 1851, Reading, Windham, VT; m. JOHN EMERSON, July 23, 1794, <, Windsor, VT>.
14 viii. DANIEL SR. COWDERY, b. 1774, <, , MA>; d. 1812, , Middlesex, CT.
15 ix. ANSEL SR. COWDERY, b. March 14, 1776, <, Middlesex, CT>.
8. JACOB M. SR.5 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1721? in <, , MA>, and died April 11, 1820 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married (1) MARY ANNA BECKWITH December 18, 1755 in E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT; he also joined with (2) LUTICO CROSSMAN Abt. 1796, prob. in NY.
Jacob M. Sr. Cowdery (c. 1743-1820) grew up in East Haddam, CT. He was a doctor (as was his brother Jabez). Jacob was also a Major in the Revolutionary War. He joined the Hartland Congregational Church on 7 Nov 1774 and his wife joined on 6 Sept 1778. They were both dismissed on 17 Dec 1785 (perhaps in preparation for a move to Vermont). If Jacob's commonly given birth and death dates were correct, he would have lived to be almost 100 years old; however, it is very likely that he was born in 1743 and not in 1721.
Jacob joined with (married?) Lutico Crossman, probably prior to 1796, and by June 1796 (when he recorded a deed there) they were in Canandaigua, Ontario, NY. Jacob's wife Mary remained behind in New York. The issue of Jacob and Lutico was John Cowdery, b. 1 June 1799 in Canandaigua. Jacob's transient residence in Ontario, NY may have been connected with his cousin William's temporary relocation to the same area. William Cowdery, Jr. (1865-1847) is listed as living the in the extreme northwest of Ontario Co. in the 1810 Census. William's daughter Rebecca Marie was born in Williamstown, Ontario, NY on December 10, 1810. Soon after this William returned to Rutland Co., VT.
Jacob and Lutico apparently moved to Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT, (c. 1805?) but their son John either remained behind or returned to Ontario at an early date. He is perhaps the John Cowdery recorded living at Freeport, Ontario, NY in the 1820 Census and at Geneseo, Livingston, NY in the 1830 Census. John married Christina Peters (b. 1802) on 20 Sep 1817 in Rush, Genesee (later Monroe), NY. The couple moved to Lodi (later S. Gowanda) in about 1826, where John is thought to have been connected with the Lodi Pioneer, later called the Cattaraugus Freeman. There is a "John Codry" in the 1850 Census of Cattaraugus -- living at Leon (a few miles south of Lodi), but "John Coodery" is shown in the 1840, 50, & 60 Census reports as living in Collins, Erie, NY (adjacent to Lodi, on the north). John died 18 Dec 1866 in Gowanda, and is presumed to be buried in Collins. Christina died in the same place 27 Nov 1885. John's children are listed beow, along with their probable places of birth.
01. Samantha -- b: 18 Nov 1818; Rush, Genesee, NY
02. Sarah Ann -- b: 10 Jan 1821; Rush, Genesee, NY
03. Joseph -- b: 15 Aug 1823; Rush, Genesee, NY
04. John, Jr. -- b: 14 Feb 1825; Sheldon (near Attica), Genesee, NY
05. Roxy -- b: 22 Dec 1829; Lodi, Cattaraugus, NY
06. Henry -- b: 11 Oct 1831; Lodi, Cattaraugus, NY
07. Caroline -- b: 9 Sep 1833; Lodi, Cattaraugus, NY
08. Matilda -- b: 25 Dec 1835; Lodi, Cattaraugus, NY
09. Albert -- b: 4 Dec 1840; Collins, Erie, NY
10. David -- b: c. 1842; Collins, Erie, NY
11. Jerome -- b: 13 Nov 1844; Collins, Erie, NY
The children of JACOB COWDERY and MARY BECKWITH were:
16 i. AZUBAH6 COWDERY, b. August 01, 1756, <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>; d. February 19, 1841, <Hartford,
Trumbull, OH>.
ii. LYDIA COWDERY, b. October 24, 1757, E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT; m. TIMOTHY STANLEY, December 18, 1777, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
17 iii. EDWARD SR. COWDERY, b. 1760, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>.
18 iv. JACOB M. JR. COWDERY, b. December 18, 1762, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
v. SQUIRE B. COWDERY, b. 1764, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. ABIGAIL ADAMS, 1822? Meigs Co., OH?.
vi. KITTY COWDERY, b. Abt. 1766, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
19 vii. JOEL SR. COWDERY, b. Abt. 1768, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The child of JACOB COWDERY and LUTICO CROSSMAN was:
viii. JOHN6 COWDERY, b. June 01, 1799, Canandaigua, Ontario, NY; d. Nov. 27, 1886 at Gowanda, Erie, NY. He married CHRISTINA PETERS Sept. 20, 1817 in Rush, Monroe, NY (near the intersection of Ontario, Livingston and Monroe counties. They had 12 children.
9. JABEZ SR.5 COWDERY (NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born May 29, 1741 in Montague, Franklin, MA, and died September 07, 1826 in Tunbridge,
Orange, VT. He married RUTH WICKHAM September 05, 1765 in Glastonbury, Hartford, VT.
The children of JABEZ COWDERY and RUTH WICKHAM were:
i. JONATHAN6 COWDERY, b. April 22, 1767, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. November 20, 1852, Norfolk, Norfolk,
VA; m. (1) MARY BRYANT, 1789, New Marlboro, Berkshire, MA. Jonathan and Mary had at least two children: FRANKLIN BENJAMIN COWDERY (1790-1867) and ISAAC NEWTON COWDERY (1792-?). Benjamin was a printer and newspaper editor in western NY in the early 1800s. Jonathan Cowdery m. (2) ELIZABETH UNKNOWN, February 13, 1808, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA. No record of their having children exists.
20 ii. ZACHARIAH COWDERY, b. February 21, 1769, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA.
iii. JABEZ JR. COWDERY, b. January 08, 1771, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. January 1795.
iv. RUTH COWDERY, b. January 22, 1773, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. November 25, 1815, Tunbridge,
Orange, VT; m. SIMEON HUNT, January 03, 1793.
v. DOROTHY COWDERY, b. September 27, 1774, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. April 19, 1827; m. LEVI STEDMAN, March 27, 1794.
vi. CHLOE COWDERY, b. February 15, 1776, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. June 12, 1800, Tunbridge, Orange,
VT; m. SAMUEL AUSTIN, August 01, 1793, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
vii. PENELOPE COWDERY, b. May 10, 1778, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. April 19, 1803; m. CHARLES DIBBLE, April 06, 1802.
viii. LUCY COWDERY, b. June 04, 1780, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; m. ELEAZER KINGSBURY, February 03, 1799.
21 ix. ELIHU COWDERY, b. May 20, 1782, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. September 16, 1854, Tunbridge, Orange,
VT.
x. STILLULA COWDERY, b. November 08, 1786, Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA; d. April 09, 1859, Tunbridge,
Orange, VT; m. DANIEL SANFORD, Abt. 1806.
Generation No. 6
10. ASA SR.6 COWDERY (MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born February 19, 1758 in E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT, and died Aft. 1807. He married ABIGAIL MARIE ENSIGN January 09, 1783 in Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The children of ASA COWDERY and ABIGAIL ENSIGN were:
i. ASAHEL7 COWDERY, b. May 16, 1783, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
ii. JAMES COWDERY, b. September 30, 1785, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
iii. LUCYNA OR LUSINA COWDERY, b. September 17, 1788, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. JESSE HART, April 05, 1810, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
iv. ABIGAIL COWDERY, b. February 27, 1792, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
v. FANNY COWDERY, b. December 03, 1795, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
22 vi. ASA JR. COWDERY, b. November 09, 1798, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vii. ELIZA COWDERY, b. February 02, 1807, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
11. AMBROSE SR.6 COWDERY (MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born January 01, 1762 in Hartland, Hartford, CT, and died October 03, 1835. He married (1) MARY GREEN REED August 18, 1784 in Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married (2) LUCRETIA WRIGHT January 12, 1801 in E. Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married (3) CHLORSIS URSULA HITCHCOCK Abt. 1817.
The children of AMBROSE COWDERY and MARY REED were:
23 i. AMBROSE HUTCHENS JR.7 COWDERY, b. December 15, 1784, E. Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. October 25, 1862.
24 ii. ALMON COWDERY, b. June 25, 1787, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. Aft. 1826.
iii. LYMAN W. COWDERY, b. June 05, 1789, E. Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. WFT Est. 1790-1879.
iv. LINUS COWDERY, b. September 19, 1792, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. 1814, Plattesburg, , NY.
v. SARAH (SALLY) COWDERY, b. December 15, 1794, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. August 09, 1869, Winsted, , CT;
m. (1) ELIJAH P. PAINE, Abt. 1809; m. (2) JOSEPH MARSH, Abt. 1842.
vi. POLLY COWDERY, b. February 25, 1796, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vii. DESDEMONIA COWDERY, b. April 30, 1798, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. LORIAN GIDDINGS, Abt. 1815, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
viii. VESTA COWDERY, b. May 05, 1800, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. JOHN MESSENGER, Abt. 1820.
The children of AMBROSE COWDERY and LUCRETIA WRIGHT were:
ix. EDITH7 COWDERY, b. Jan. 13, 1802, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1802.
x. BERIAH COWDERY, b. Feb. 16, 1803, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1869.
xi. EDMOND COWDERY, b. July 13, 1804, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1861.
xii. PHILO COWDERY, b. September 06, 1805, E. Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. 1846
xiii. WILLIAM W. COWDERY, b. March 23, 1807, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. ?.
xiv. JOHN FLAVEL COWDERY, b. March 5, 1808, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1832; md. Almarine Banan c. 1829.
xv. EDITH COWDERY, b. Feb. 18, 1810, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1855.
xvi. MARTHA COWDERY, b. April 16, 1811, E. Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. 1846
xvii. CORDELIA COWDERY, b. Jan. 29, 1814, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. 1873.
xv. LUCRETIA COWDERY, b. March 16, 1815, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. ?
xvi. LYMAN L. COWDERY, b. Nov. 25, 1816, <E. Hartland, Hartford, CT> d. ?
12. MOSES JR.6 COWDERY (MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born April 21, 1773 in <Hartland, Hartford, CT>, and died Aft. 1817. He married (1) ZERUAH (ZERUIAH) PHELPS Abt. 1797 in <Hartland, Hartford, CT>. He married (2) LYDIA BALDWIN October 1805 in Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The children of MOSES COWDERY and ZERUAH PHELPS were:
25 i. LESTER L. SR.7 COWDERY, b. November 23, 1798, Hartland, Hartford, CT; d. January 1889, E. Hartland, Hartford,
CT.
ii. LUCY COWDERY, b. November 25, 1800, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>.
iii. LYDIA COWDERY, b. November 25, 1800, <Hartland, Hartford, CT>.
iv. ALMY COWDERY, b. August 12, 1805, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The children of MOSES COWDERY and LYDIA BALDWIN were:
26 v. PHELPS7 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1811, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vi. JULINA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1816, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vii. JERUSHA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1809, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
viii. LESTER COWDERY, b. Abt. 1815, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
ix. MELISSA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1817, W. Hartland, Hartford, CT.
Area Maps: Vermont 1795 Rutland & Windsor counties
13. WILLIAM JR.6 COWDERY (WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born September 05, 1765 in East Haddam, Middlesex, CT, and died February 26, 1847 in Kirtland, Lake, OH. William married (1) REBECCA FULLER Abt. 1787 in <, , VT or CT>, daughter of WILLIAM FULLER (1729-1768) and REBECCA SPENCER (1737-1780). William Fuller's parents were John Fuller and Mary Cornwall. Rebecca Spencer's parents were Micajah Spencer and Sarah Booge. William married (2) KEZIAH PEARCE (AUSTIN) 1810 in Poultney, Rutland, VT, the daughter of PHINEAS SR. PEARCE and RUTH GAINES. Phineas' parents were Amos Pearce and Mary Spalding (1705-1768, of Plainfield, Windham, CT). Keziah had previously married a Mr. Austin and had a son by him, Silas Austin, b. c. 1806, probably in Rutland Co., VT.
William Cowdery, Jr. (1765-1847) was born on September 5, 1765 in the village of East Haddam, Middlesex County, in the British Colony of Connecticut. He married Rebecca Fuller (1768-1809) in about 1787. Rebecca's Grandfather was John Fuller (c. 1656-1726) and John Fuller's brother was Shubael Fuller (c. 1684-1748). Shubael's Granddaughter, in turn, was Lydia Gates (1732-1818), mother of Lucy Mack Smith. In other words, Rebecca Fuller and Lydia Gates were full cousins, both born in East Haddam. The two Granddaughters no doubt knew each other and their respective children, Oliver Cowdery and Lucy Mack Smith, almost certainly knew of each other prior to their supposed initial meeting in Manchester, Ontario, NY in the fall of 1828.
Some sources say that the William Jr. Cowdery and Josesph Smith Sr. knew each other as members of a "fraternity of Vermont rodsmen" as early as 1800. William Jr. probably married Rebecca Fuller in East Haddam in 1786 or 1787. The couple were in Wells, Rutland, VT by 31 Aug 1788 when their first child (Warren) was born. Lucy Mack moved to Tunbridge, Orange, VT in about 1789, shortly after the death of her sister Lovina. There she met Joseph Smith Sr. and they were married 24 Jan 1796 in Tunbridge. Between 1796 and 1816 William Sr. and Prudence Cowdery were living within 20 miles of their relatives Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. William's brother, Dr. Jabez Cowdery, lived in Tunbridge within walking distance of the Smith family. There is no proof showing that Joseph Smith Sr. ever visited William Cowdery Jr.'s family in neighboring Rutland Co., but William Jr. certainly visited his father (and perhaps his Uncle Jabez) who lived much closer to the Smiths -- (see enlargement map).
William Jr.'s family lived in Wells, Rutland, VT from about 1787 until shortly after the death of Rebecca Fuller Cowdery on 3 Sep 1809. Early in 1810 William married Keziah Pearce, who had recently become a widow following the death of her first husband (a Mr. Austin, possibly Samuel Austin). Their son, Silas Austin, was probably born about 1808 -- in 1836 he was living in Franklin Co., OH near Columbus. William and Keziah moved to Williamson, Ontario (after 1823 Wayne) Co., NY, perhaps leaving some of William's younger children and Keziah's son, Silas Austin, in the care of relatives in VT. Keziah's first Cowdery child, Rebecca Marie, was born in Williamson on 10 Dec. 1810 and William was recorded in Ontario Census earlier that same year. Perhaps his sojourn to NY was made in connection to his cousin Jacob M. Cowdery's temporary relocation in Canandaigua, Ontario, NY.
William Jr. and Keziah returned to Rutland Co., VT prior to 3 Jun 1814 when their second daughter Lucy Pearce Cowdery was born in Poultney. Their third daughter, Phebe L. Cowdery was born in Middleton, Rutland Co. in 1817 and in August of 1818 they had all three daughters baptized at what would later be Ethan Smith's Congregational church in Poultney. In 1820 William was recorded as living in Poultney in the Rutland Census. Not too long after that he and Keziah they moved their family back to Ontario Co., NY, probably to Arcadia, where William's son Lyman Cowdery was living. In 1823 Wayne Co. was created and thereafter William Jr. Cowdery, his son Lyman, and other family members resided in Arcadia, Wayne, NY, the township immediately east of Palmyra.
If William Jr. was an early acquaintance of Joseph Smith, Sr. in VT, there is no record of his renewing their friendship after he and Keziah moved to the Palmyra area. Their son Lyman had dealings in neighboring Palmyra at least as early as 1825, however, and he apparently knew who the Smiths were at least by the fall of 1828 when he got his brother Oliver a schoolmaster's job in Manchester, Ontario Co. William is not known to have taken any interest in his son's activities in the founding of Mormonism, nor did he join the LDS Church until about 1835. At that time he moved to Kirtland and remained there until his death in 1847. His wife Keziah remained behind and resided in Ellery, Chautauqa, NY until her death in 1861.
After the excommunication of his sons, Oliver and Warren, from the LDS Church in 1838, William Jr. appears to have joined with the dissident Mormons at Kirtland and eventually supported the leadership claims of James J. Strang.
The children of WILLIAM COWDERY and REBECCA FULLER were:
27 i. WARREN A.7 COWDERY, b. October 17, 1788, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. February 23, 1851, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
28 ii. STEPHEN FULLER COWDERY, b. February 16, 1791, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. May 02, 1848, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
iii. DYAR COWDERY, b. October 04, 1793, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. July 28, 1829, Farmerstown, Cattaraugus, NY.
iv. ERASTUS COWDERY, b. August 13, 1796, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. June 16, 1833, Youngstown, Trumbull, OH; m. REBECCA PAWLEY, August 26, 1819, <Youngstown>, Trumbull, OH;
the names of their two daughters remain unknown. Some sources show Erastus marrying a Rebecca McCormick -- Pawley/Polley may have been her first married name.
29 v. SALLY COWDERY, b. June 30, 1799, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. April 18, 1844.
30 vi. LYMAN <W.> COWDERY, b. March 12, 1802, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. April 22, 1881, Elkhorn, Walworth, WI.
31 vii. OLIVE COWDERY, b. June 16, 1805, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. May 24, 1891, Thompson, Geauga, OH; md. c. 1834 Winslow Shepherd Wilbur.
32 viii. OLIVER COWDERY, b. October 03, 1806, Wells, Rutland, VT; d. March 03, 1850, Richmond, Ray, MO.
The children of WILLIAM COWDERY and KEZIAH AUSTIN were:
ix. REBECCA MARIE7 COWDERY, b. December 10, 1810, Williamson, Wayne, NY; d. September 04, 1894, <Galt, Sacramento,
CA>; m. LAWRENCE H. FRANK, September 28, 1836, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
x. LUCY PEARCE COWDERY, b. June 03, 1814, Poultney, Rutland, VT; d. November 29, 1898, Park City, Summit,
UT; m. PHINEAS HOWE YOUNG, September 28, 1836, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
xi. PHEBE L. COWDERY, b. January 07, 1817, Middleton Sprs., Rutland, VT; d. January 1892, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA; m. DANIEL JACKSON, December 15, 1836, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
14. DANIEL SR.6 COWDERY (WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1774 in <, , MA>, and died 1812 in , , MA. He married LYDIA UNKNOWN Abt. 1798 in <, , MA>.
The children of DANIEL COWDERY and LYDIA UNKNOWN were:
i. ISAAC JEROME7 COWDERY, b. February 28, 1808, Millington, Franklin, MA.
ii. LYMAN COWDERY, b. October 11, 1809, Millington, Franklin, MA.
iii. DANIEL JR. COWDERY, b. September 17, 1811, Millington, Franklin, MA.
iv. DAVID COWDERY, b. September 17, 1811, Millington, Franklin, MA.
15. ANSEL SR.6 COWDERY (WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born March 14, 1776 in <, , MA>. He married (1) LUCY KENDALL 1804 in <, , MA> d. aft. 1840 <, , VT>. He married (2) PHEBE THOMAS 1811 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT. He married (3) NANCY CODY 1830 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
The children of ANSEL COWDERY and LUCY KENDALL were:
i. CYNTHIA7 COWDERY, b. March 27, 1809, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
ii. ANN COWDERY, b. June 01, 1807, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
The children of ANSEL COWDERY and PHEBE THOMAS were:
iii. ANSEL JR.7 COWDERY, b. 1813, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
iv. DUDLEY COWDERY, b. 1813, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
33 v. WILLIAM COWDERY, b. March 08, 1815, Woodstock, Windsor, VT; d. December 22, 1897, Woodstock, Windsor,
VT.
vi. DOLLY COWDERY, b. October 15, 1817, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
The children of ANSEL COWDERY and NANCY CODY were:
vii. ATHELRIDA ALMIRA7 COWDERY, b. December 03, 1832, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
viii. ROSETTA M. COWDERY, b. March 09, 1834, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
ix. ROXANNA E. COWDERY, b. November 01, 1835, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
x. RUTH A. COWDERY, b. May 29, 1837, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
xi. JOHN QUINCY COWDERY, b. December 15, 1839, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
xii. WILLIAM COWDERY, b. November 16, 1840, Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
16. AZUBAH6 COWDERY (JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born August 01, 1756 in <E. Haddam, Middlesex, CT>, and died February 19, 1841
in <Hartford, Trumbull, OH>. She married EZEKIEL BEACH February 24, 1774 in Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The children of AZUBAH COWDERY and EZEKIEL BEACH were:
34 i. EZEKIEL STRONG7 BEACH, b. January 24, 1775, <Hartland, Hartford>, CT; d. November 03, 1854.
ii. EZRA BECKWITH BEACH, b. July 30, 1781, , , CT.
iii. ARIEL BEACH, b. 1786, , , CT.
iv. ABEL BEACH, b. 1786, , , CT.
v. DIADEMA BEACH, b. March 31, 1789, , , CT.
vi. DYER BEACH, b. 1791, , , CT.
vii. JAY RIAL BEACH, b. 1796, <, , CT>.
17. EDWARD SR.6 COWDERY (JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1760 in <Hartland, Hartford, CT>. He married (1) SUBMIT WILCOX Abt. 1783 in <Williamstown, Orange, VT>. He married (2) POLLY OTIS Abt. 1786 in <Williamstown, Orange, VT>.
The children of EDWARD COWDERY and SUBMIT WILCOX were:
35 i. LUTHER7 COWDERY, b. February 1784, Williamstown, Orange, VT; d. Aft. 1811, <, , VT>.
ii. SALLY COWDERY, b. abt. 1784, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
36 iii. DAMON COWDERY, b. February 05, 1785, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
The children of EDWARD COWDERY and POLLY OTIS were:
iv. JOHN7 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1787, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
v. DAVID COWDERY, b. Abt. 1789, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
vi. ELIHU COWDERY, b. Abt. 1791, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
vii. NATHANIEL COWDERY, b. January 11, 1793, <Williamstown, Orange, VT> d. aft. 1822.
37 viii. CALVIN COWDERY, b. March 12, 1796, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
ix. ORPHA COWDERY, b. April 03, 1798, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; d. 1878.
x. SALLY COWDERY, b. Abt. 1800, Williamstown, Orange, VT.
xi. EDWARD JR. COWDERY, b. June 23, 1803, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
xii. HIRAM COWDERY, b. Abt. 1805, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
18. JACOB M. JR.6 COWDERY (JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born December 18, 1762 in Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married ABIGAIL OLMSTEAD BECKWITH Abt. 1784 in <, , CT>.
The children of JACOB COWDERY and ABIGAIL BECKWITH were:
i. SALLY7 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1785; m. W. RUSSELL, Abt. 1804.
ii. MILLICENT COWDERY, b. 1786; d. 1788.
38 iii. ETHAN COWDERY, b. 1788; d. 1848, , , ME.
iv. MILLIE COWDERY, b. January 20, 1791; d. April 11, 1870, LaBaron, VanBuren, IA; m. ASAHEL A. JR. COOLEY, Abt. 1809, , Athens, OH.
v. ABIGAIL COWDERY, b. January 27, 1797.
vi. JACOB COWDERY, b. 1799.
vii. SOPHIA COWDERY, b. December 02, 1802, <, Meigs, OH>; m. RUSSELL TUBBS, January 13, 1823, , , Meigs, OH.
viii. ACHSAH R. COWDERY, b. April 13, 1807, <Chester>, Meigs, OH; m. ORIGIN L. PACKARD, June 24, 1836, <Chester>, Meigs, OH.
39 ix. CHARLES BECKWITH COWDERY, b. September 07, 1813, <Chester, Meigs, OH>; d. Aft. 1864, <Chester, Meigs, OH>.
19. JOEL SR.6 COWDERY (JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1768 in Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married (1) TEMPERANCE BRANCH Abt. 1793 in <, , CT>. He married (2) SARAH RING December 01, 1797 in <. . MA>.
The children of JOEL COWDERY and TEMPERANCE BRANCH were:
i. CYRUS7 COWDERY, b. June 11, 1794, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. SARAH THORN, Abt. 1816.
ii. ROSWELL 1 COWDERY, b. 1795; d. 1796.
iii. TEMPERANCE COWDERY, b. February 03, 1796, <, , VT or CT>.
The children of JOEL COWDERY and SARAH RING were:
iv. ROSWELL 27 COWDERY, b. November 26, 1797, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; d. October 13, 1876, Brooklyn, Schuyler,
IL; m. MERCY HOYT, June 20, 1822, , Meigs, OH.
40 v. JOEL JR. COWDERY, b. July 30, 1799, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
vi. NANCY COWDERY, b. May 29, 1802, Granthon, Sullivan, NH.
vii. JACOB COWDERY, b. February 01, 1804, <Granthon, Sullivan, NH>.
viii. SARAH COWDERY, b. October 15, 1806, Granthon, Sullivan, NH.
ix. MARTHA COWDERY, b. 1808, Granthon, Sullivan, NH; m. SAMUEL PAINE, May 28, 1830, , , Meigs, OH.
x. MARY COWDERY, b. March 20, 1812, Granthon, Sullivan, NH.
20. ZACHARIAH6 COWDERY (JABEZ SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born February 21, 1769 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA. He married LUCY PRATT Abt. 1792 in <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
The children of ZACHARIAH COWDERY and LUCY PRATT were:
i. JABEZ7 COWDERY, b. February 07, 1796, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; m. BETSEY SMITH, May 7, 1818, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; they had 6 children between 1819 and 1838.
ii. DOROTHY COWDERY, b. September 30, 1801, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
iii. JOHN COWDERY, b. April 25, 1806, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
iv. LUCY COWDERY, b. December 08, 1811, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>; m. UNNAMED UNKNOWN, November 08, 1860, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
21. ELIHU6 COWDERY (JABEZ SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born May 20, 1782 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA, and died September 16, 1854
in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married HANNAH FIFIELD August 19, 1810 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
The children of ELIHU COWDERY and HANNAH FIFIELD were:
i. DAVID WICKHAM7 COWDERY, b. May 26, 1811, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; m. CLARISSA TARBELL, December 26, 1837, Chelsea, Orange, VT. They had 7 children, all born in VT between 1838 and 1864.
ii. CHLOE COWDERY, b. September 23, 1812, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
iii. JOHN FITCH COWDERY, b. June 13, 1814, Tunbridge, Orange, VT; d. 1841.
iv. RUTH COWDERY, b. December 12, 1815, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
v. HANNAH ADELIA COWDERY, b. October 18, 1817, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
vi. GEORGE LIVINGSTONE COWDERY, b. September 10, 1819, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
vii. MARY F. COWDERY, b. October 10, 1821, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
Generation No. 7
22. ASA JR.7 COWDERY (ASA SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born November 09, 1798 in Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married LAURA FARR Abt. 1826 in <, , CT>.
The child of ASA COWDERY and LAURA FARR was:
i. ASA III8 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1832.
23. AMBROSE HUTCHENS JR.7 COWDERY (AMBROSE SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born December 15, 1784 in E. Hartland, Hartford, CT, and died October 25, 1862. He married DENCY COE February 27, 1807 in <Otis, Berkshire, MA>.
The children of AMBROSE COWDERY and DENCY COE were:
i. LESTER COE8 COWDERY, b. July 11, 1807, Otis, Berkshire, MA; d. in infancy?.
41 ii. ELIJAH COE COWDERY, b. December 02, 1808, Otis, Berkshire, MA.
iii. ALMON COWDERY, b. Abt. 1810, <Green, Trumbull, OH>.
42 iv. AMBROSE HUTCHENS III COWDERY, b. June 13, 1813, <Otis, Berkshire, MA>; d. 1844.
v. WILLIAM W. COWDERY, b. October 9, 1819, Otis, Berkshire, MA; m. MARY ANN COWDERY, his cousin, April 29, 1840, in Warren, Trumbull, OH. -- They had at least one child: Julius N. Cowdery, b. abt. 1842.
vi. LESTER LEANDER COWDERY, b. June 10, 1821, Otis, Berkshire, MA.
vii. GEORGE WILLIS COWDERY, b. April 14, 1824, Otis, Berkshire, MA.
43 viii. JAMES CORNISH COWDERY, b. December 14, 1826, Otis, Berkshire, MA.
ix. LYMAN P. COWDERY, b. June 22, 1828, <Otis, Berkshire, MA>.
24. ALMON7 COWDERY (AMBROSE SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born June 25, 1787 in Hartland, Hartford, CT, and died Aft. 1826, probably in Ohio. He married MARY "POLLY" NORTON November 30, 1810 in Hartland, Hartford, CT.
The children of ALMON COWDERY and POLLY NORTON were:
i. LINUS ARTIMUS8 COWDERY, b. May 12, 1812, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. MARY SUTLIFF, July 4, 1838, Mecca, Trumbull, OH.
ii. JONATHAN NORTON COWDERY, b. June 8, 1814, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
ii. HULDAH COWDERY, b. abt. 1816, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
iv. MARY ANN COWDERY, b. May 28, 1818, Hartland, Hartford, CT; m. WILLIAM W. COWDERY, her cousin, April 29, 1840, in Warren, Trumbull, OH. They had at least one child: Julius N. Cowdery, b. abt. 1842.
v. CLARISSA COWDERY, b. Jun 25, 1822, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vi. RHODA URSULA COWDERY, b. abt. 1824, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
vii. ALMON NELSON COWDERY, b. 1826, Hartland, Hartford, CT.
25. LESTER L. SR.7 COWDERY (MOSES JR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born November 23, 1798 in Hartland, Hartford, CT, and died January 1889 in E. Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married EMELINE EMMONS January 04, 1839 in <Hartland, Hartford, CT>.
The children of LESTER COWDERY and EMELINE EMMONS were:
i. ALMARINE8 COWDERY, b. January 23, 1848.
ii. MARTHA J. COWDERY, b. January 22, 1852.
iii. LESTER L. JR. COWDERY, b. March 08, 1854.
iv. KATE COWDERY, b. July 04, 1861.
26. PHELPS7 COWDERY (MOSES JR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1811 in W. Hartland, Hartford, CT. He married EMILY HOLCOMB September 04, 1833 in Granby, Hartford, CT.
The children of PHELPS COWDERY and EMILY HOLCOMB were:
i. ZERUAH M.8 COWDERY, b. January 06, 1835.
ii. LYDIA T. COWDERY, b. October 21, 1836.
iii. EMILY J. COWDERY, b. October 09, 1839.
iv. ALMA E. COWDERY, b. December 27, 1843.
27. WARREN A.7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born October 17, 1788 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died February 23, 1851 in Kirtland, Lake, OH. He married PATIENCE SIMMONDS September 22, 1814 in Pawlet, Rutland, VT.
Warren A. Cowdery (1788-1851) was a doctor, druggist, minister, and farmer. After marrying Patience Simmonds, he moved to Freedom twp., Cattaraugus Co., NY, about 35 miles southeast of Buffalo. Warren practiced medicine in VT, NY, OH and MO -- though he was perhaps more of a "root doctor" (like his brother-in-law Hiram Page) than he was a licensed physician.
Warren and Patience moved to Freedom in 1815 and he became the local Postmaster in 1824. Warren received pre-publication proof sheets of the Book of Mormon, sent to him from Palmyra by his brother Oliver. Although he apparently baptized late in 1831, it wasn't until after a visit of Joseph Smith in 1834 that Warren became an active Mormon. Even then he did not "gather" to OH or MO as most converts of the period did. He was appointed president of the LDS congregation at Freedom and remained there until finally moving his family to Kirtland, Ohio in Feb. 1836. There he became a clerk and scribe for Joseph Smith. He also managed the printing office and book bindery.
Warren took over the editorship of the "Messenger and Advocate" in Kirtland between Mar. and Sep. 1837, at a time when he, Oliver, and their friends and relatives were becoming increasingly disaffected with the leadership of Joseph Smith. Warren was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 1838, but he maintained enough interest in the movement to visit Joseph Smith at Liberty jail and to join with the dissident Mormons in Kirtland. He remained in Kirtland until his death in 1851.
His wife Patience
eventually moved to Erie County where she appears to have taken up residence with her son Marcellus at Sandusky. She died there on May 14, 1862. Patience Simmonds Cowdery kept a diary (which is now held by the LDS Historian's Office, copy at BYU's Lee Library)
The children of WARREN COWDERY and PATIENCE SIMMONDS were:
44 i. MARCELLUS F.8 COWDERY, b. August 31, 1815, Pawlet, Rutland, VT; d. September 26, 1885, Sandusky, Erie,
OH.
45 ii. WARREN FRANKLIN COWDERY, b. Sep. 12, 1819, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY. Probably died young.
iii. MARTIUS DYAR COWDERY, b. October 20, 1819, LeRoy, Genesee, NY; d. April 16, 1898 in WI -- no children.
iv. MARY O. COWDERY, b. April 26, 1823, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY. Probably died young.
v. MARTHA M. COWDERY, b. May 11, 1825, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY. Probably died young.
46 vi. LYMAN HERVEY COWDERY, b. November 23, 1826 (1821?), LeRoy, Genesee, NY; d. March 24, 1906, Rochester, Monroe,
NY.
vii. OLIVER PLINY COWDERY, b. January 15, 1827, LeRoy, Genesee, NY; m. CHARLOTTE L. MACOMB, May 08, 1856, , Franklin, OH.
viii. ELEANOR CAROLINE COWDERY, b. March 10, 1829, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY; d. December 17, 1910, Sandusky, Erie,
OH; m. WILLIAM D. CURTIS, July 17, 1851, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
ix. JAY WILLIAM COWDERY, b. July 28, 1831, <Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY>; m. ANNA INMAN, 1860, Pawlet, Rutland, VT.
x. JOHN SIMMONDS COWDERY, b. January 12 (Dec. 13?), 1839, <Kirtland, Lake, OH>.
xi. SARAH E. COWDERY, b. Jan. 12 1839, <Kirtland, Lake, OH>.
28. STEPHEN FULLER7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born February 16, 1791 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died May 02, 1848 in Kirtland,
Lake, OH. He married BETSEY BRADSHAW Abt. 1816 in <, , VT>.
Stephen Fuller Cowdery (1791-1848) was one of Oliver's lesser known siblings. He apparently migrated from VT to western NY in about 1820, or perhaps even earlier. As his name does not appear in the NY Census reports, he probably lived with either his Father and brother Lyman in Ontario Co. or with his brother Warren in Cattauragus Co. The "Suthen F. Cowdery" whose name appears in the 1830 NY Census for Rochester is very likely Stephen F.
If so, perhaps his children were born in Monroe Co., NY. By the early 1830s Stephen had moved his family to Buffalo. From there he likely moved to live with his brother Warren in Kirtland in the mid-1830s. He died there in 1848. Some accounts show his wife Betsey as dying on the same day. If this is true, perhaps they died together in an accident.
The children of STEPHEN COWDERY and BETSEY BRADSHAW were:
i. WILLIAM8 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1824.
ii. ELIZABETH COWDERY, b. Abt. 1826.
iii. MELANCTHON COWDERY, b. Abt. 1828.
iv. CHARLES C. COWDERY, b. Abt. 1830; m. ELIZA COWLE, April 07, 1861, Cleveland, Cuyhoga, OH; d. aft. 1898, prob. in Cleveland.
v. AUGUSTINA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1832; m. DAN V. STOWE, September 10, 1868, Cleveland, Cuyhoga, OH.
29. SALLY7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born June 30, 1799 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died April 18, 1844. She married ENOCH HOWLETT January 01, 1832 in Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY.
The children of SALLY COWDERY and ENOCH HOWLETT were:
i. SUSAN C.8 HOWLETT, b. October 10, 1832, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY; m. UNNAMED UNKNOWN, May 30, 1863, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY.
ii. SARAH HOWLETT, b. April 27, 1834, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY.
iii. MARTHA M. HOWLETT, b. June 27, 1836, Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY.
30. LYMAN <W.>7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born March 12, 1802 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died April 22, 1881 in Elkhorn, Walworth, WI. He married ELIZA ALEXANDER April 20, 1825 in Arcadia, Wayne, NY.
Lyman (Lyman W.?) Cowdery (1802-1881) grew up in VT but moved to Wayne Co., NY at a young age -- perhaps as early as 1815-1818. According to Dan Vogel, Lyman began his legal career after marrying Eliza Alexander in 1825. Two old neighbors who knew Lyman during his NY days both described him as a "pettifogger, " a shyster who "was not a regular lawyer, but took small cases and practiced before justices of the peace." Lyman was further described as "loose Cowdery," a man whose only religion was freemasonry. Although Lyman may have begun work in his profession at this low level he rose to become a reputable attorney. He became a probate judge in Ontario Co., NY and served in the state legislature. Presumably Lyman moved his family from Arcadia, Wayne Co. to Manchester, Ontario Co. in about 1834. He is listed in the 1830 NY Census as living in Arcadia; ten years later the OH Census shows him residing in Kirtland near his elder brother Warren. No doubt the brothers' Father and step-Mother, William Jr. and Keziah also lived with them. Lyman is listed as being a Mormon is Susan E. Black's Membership of the Church... 1830-1848, but she provides no date for his supposed baptism.
William Cowdery remained a Mormon (though not a follower of Brigham Young) and he and his sons, Warren and Lyman, all maintained contacts with dissident Latter Day Saints living in Kirtland. By 1846 many of the Saints still living in Kirtland had begun to favor the cause of James J. Strang, who was then building a new Mormon gathering place in Voree, Walworth Co., WI. William Cowdery Jr. was among those who were inclined to follow Strang, but he died in 1847 before making any decision to move to Voree. His son Lyman did move to Walworth Co., however. Although not a Strangite himself, Lyman probably moved to the Voree area in association with some of Strang's followers who left Kirtland c. 1845-46. Lyman relocated his family in Elkhorn, the county seat of Walworth, and there continued his career as a lawyer and dabbler in politics.
After the death of his Father, Oliver followed Lyman to Elkhorn and joined him in his law practice there. Oliver also became the co-editor of the Walworth County Democrat for a few months. Oliver left Elkhorn in the fall of 1848 but Lyman remained, dying there in 1881.
The children of LYMAN COWDERY and ELIZA ALEXANDER were:
i. HELEN MAR8 COWDERY, b. January 10, 1827, Arcadia, Wayne, NY.
ii. SOPHIA AMANDA COWDERY, b. September 21, 1831, <Arcadia, Wayne, NY>; d. <Elkhorn, Walworth, WI>.
47 iii. DYAR LAMOTTE COWDERY, b. January 05, 1833, Arcadia, Wayne, NY.
iv. LYMAN EMMETT COWDERY, b. February 18, 1836, Manchester, Ontario, NY.
31. OLIVE7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born June 16, 1805 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died May 24, 1891 in Thompson, Geauga, OH. She married WINSLOW SHEPARD WILBUR Abt. 1827 in <Ellery, Chautauqua, NY>.
The child of OLIVE COWDERY and WINSLOW WILBUR was:
i. WILLIAM DAVID8 WILBUR, b. September 27, 1830, Ellery, Chautauqua, NY; d. November 05, 1909, Thompson, Geauga, OH; m. LUCY WHITE, June 20, 1852.
32. OLIVER7 COWDERY (WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born October 03, 1806 in Wells, Rutland, VT, and died March 03, 1850 in Richmond, Ray, MO. He married ELIZABETH ANN WHITMER December 18, 1832 in Kaw, Jackson, MO, daughter of PETER WHITMER and MARY MUSSELMAN.
Cowdery, Oliver (1806-1850),
teacher, lawyer, newspaper editor, was born at Wells, Rutland County, Vermont. He assisted Joseph Smith as a scribe during translation of the Book of Mormon and with other church writings. Witness to early events connected with the foundation of Mormonism. One of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and a participant in the priesthood restoration. Married Elizabeth Ann Whitmer, 1832. Member of the Kirtland high council. Appointed assistant president of the Church in 1834. He left the Church in 1838 but returned ten years later. Practiced law in Ohio and Wisconsin. Died at Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. (Cook, "Revelations," 14; Jenson, "Biographical Encyclopedia," 1:246-51; R. L. Anderson, "Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses," 37-65; Stanley P. Gunn, "Oliver Cowdery, Second Elder and Scribe" (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc., 1962).)
The children of OLIVER COWDERY and ELIZABETH WHITMER were:
i. MARIA LOUISE8 COWDERY, b. August 11, 1835, Kirtland, Lake, OH; d. January 11, 1892, Southwest City, McDonald,
MO; m. CHARLES JOHNSON, September 07, 1856, Richmond, Ray, MO.
Maria/Marie Louise Cowdery (1835-1892) was the only child of Oliver who reached adulthood. She and he husband, Dr. Charles Johnson, had no children. Lived successively in Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. She died at Southwest City, McDonald, MO on 11 Jan 1892.
ii. ELIZABETH ANN COWDERY, b. November 14, 1836, Kirtland, Lake, OH; d. May 09, 1837, Kirtland, Lake, OH.
iii. JOSEPHINE REBECCA COWDERY, b. May 21, 1838, Tiffin, Seneca, OH; d. October 21, 1844, Tiffin, Seneca, OH.
iv. OLIVER PETER COWDERY, b. August 08, 1840, Tiffin, Seneca, OH; d. August 13, 1840, Tiffin, Seneca, OH.
v. ADELINE FULLER COWDERY, b. September 29, 1844, Tiffin, Seneca, OH; d. October 13, 1844, Tiffin, Seneca,
OH.
vi. JULIA OLIVE COWDERY, b. May 29, 1846, Tiffin, Seneca, OH; d. July 03, 1846, Tiffin, Seneca, OH.
33. WILLIAM7 COWDERY (ANSEL SR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born March 08, 1815 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT, and died December 22, 1897 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT. He married SOPHIA DINSMORE November 16, 1840 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT.
The children of WILLIAM COWDERY and SOPHIA DINSMORE were:
i. WILLIAM HENRY8 COWDERY, b. November 09, 1841.
ii. CAROLINE ELIZA COWDERY, b. February 24, 1844.
iii. CHARLES FREDERICK COWDERY, b. March 10, 1848.
iv. ALBERT AUGUSTUS COWDERY, b. April 23, 1853.
34. EZEKIEL STRONG7 BEACH (AZUBAH6 COWDERY, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born January 24, 1775 in <Hartland, Hartford>, CT, and died November 03, 1854. He married MERCY LOBRION 1800.
The child of EZEKIEL BEACH and MERCY LOBRION was:
i. FLORA PLUMA8 BEACH, b. July 15, 1821, <, Trumbull, OH> m. NELSON ALMON COWDERY, October 14, 1844, Vernon, Trumbull, OH. He was born c. 1820. A Nelson Cowdery is shown living in Mecca twp. in the 1840 and 1850 census. He may have been the son of Erastus Cowdery who died in Trumbull Co. in 1833.
Supplement:
unverified/unindexed list of children of Nelson and Flora:
i. Pluma Cowdery, b. 11 Mar 1846 Vernon, Trumbull, OH; m. Harvey MaHannah, 1 Jan 1879, , Trumbull, OH
ii. Lillie Elizabeth Cowdery, b. 6 Nov 1849 Vernon, Trumbull, OH
iii. Albert Linus Cowdery, b. 2 Jan 1848 Vernon, Trumbull, OH
35. DAMON7 COWDERY (EDWARD SR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born February 05, 1785 in Williamstown, Orange, VT. He married SALLY UNKNOWN December 13, 1807 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
The children of DAMON COWDERY and SALLY UNKNOWN were:
i. NANCY8 COWDERY, b. June 12, 1811, Mt. Vernon, Knox, OH.
ii. CYRUS COWDERY, b. March 11, 1813, Mt. Vernon, Knox, OH.
iii. WILLIAM SQUIRE COWDERY, b. April 10, 1815, Barnhamsted, Litchfield, CT.
iv. ALMIRA COWDERY, b. March 06, 1819, <, , CT>.
v. CHAUNCEY S. COWDERY, b. January 04, 1824, , , CT.
36. LUTHER7 COWDERY (EDWARD SR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1784 in Williamstown, Orange, VT, and died Aft. 1811 in <, , VT>. He married
(1) LUCY CHAMBERLAIN April 05, 1808 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married (2) MATILDA BENNET December 06, 1821 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
The child of LUTHER COWDERY and LUCY CHAMBERLAIN was:
48 i. GILBERT8 COWDERY, b. 1811, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
The child of LUTHER COWDERY and MATILDA BENNET was:
ii. CYNTHIA8 COWDERY, b. October 25, 1823, <Tunbridge, Orange, VT>.
37. CALVIN7 COWDERY (EDWARD SR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born March 12, 1796 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married (1) MARY WELLS CHAPPEL, abt. 1813, in Tunbridge, Orange, VT.. He married (2) LUCY M. ALDRICH, 1826, in Bradford, Orange, VT.
The children of CALVIN COWDERY and MARY WELLS CHAPPEL were:
i. JOHN 8 COWDREY, b. Oct. 24, 1814, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH; m. ORINDA NICHOLS, Nov. 17, 1836, Athens, Athens, OH -- They had 12 children: Mary, b. 16 Sep 1837, Athens; Loren G., b. 10 Jul 1839, Athens; Margarette O., b. 28 Feb 1841, Athens; Eliza Abigail, b. 11 Apr 1843, Athens, Athens; Violet J., b. 9 Oct 1846, Frankfurt, Clinton, IN; Joseph A. Warren, b. 30 Apr 1849, Frankfurt; John E., b. 7 Jan 1853, Frankfurt; Aaron M., b. 2 May 1851, Frankfurt; Julia Alice, b. 9 Apr 1854, Frankfurt; Clarina, b. 2 Jun 1856; Frankfurt; Alta May, b. 30 Nov 1856; Frankfurt; and James Edgar, b. 21 Aug 1858; Frankfurt. Note: Aaron M. Cowdrey married Calista Coon, 6 Mar 1882 at Lyndon, Osage, KS. Their son was Clyde Edgar Cowdrey, b. 27 Feb [Mar] 1884; Kerwin, Rice, KS, d. 25 Oct 1943; Los Angeles, CA. Clyde was the grandfather of Wayne L. Cowdrey, a co-author of the 1977 book, Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?
ii. CHARLES COWDERY, b. April 17, 1817, Corinth, Orange, VT.
iii. HIRAM C. COWDERY, b. Nov. 22, 1819, Corinth, Orange, VT; m. UNNAMED UNKNOWN, Aug. 22, 1847, Chicago, Cook, IL.
iv. [JOHN?] COWDERY, b. Sep. 17, 1823, Tunbridge, Orange, VT.
v. ORPHA COWDERY, b. 1824, Boston, Suffolk, MA.
The children of CALVIN COWDERY and LUCY ALDRICH were:
i. ASA ALDRICH COWDERY, b. March 24, 1828, Bradford, Orange, VT; m. UNNAMED UNKNOWN, 1855, Bradford, Orange, VT.
ii. HARRIET COWDERY, b. Abt. 1830, <Bradford, Orange, VT>; d. 1889, <Concord, Merr., NH>.
38. ETHAN7 COWDERY (JACOB M. JR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1788, and died 1848 in , , ME. He married (1) MARY WEBSTER Abt. 1813 in <Chester, Meigs, OH>. He married (2) BETTY SIMPSON Abt. 1833 in <, Meigs, OH>.
The children of ETHAN COWDERY and MARY WEBSTER were:
i. MYRANDA B.8 COWDERY, b. 1814, <Chester, Meigs, OH>; d. 1823.
49 ii. NELSON ETHAN SR. COWDERY, b. May 27, 1818, <Chester, Meigs, OH>; d. Abt. 1856.
iii. GEORGE COWDERY, b. 1820, <Chester, Meigs, OH>.
iv. ISAAC COWDERY, b. 1822, <Chester, Meigs, OH>.
v. LORENZO DOW COWDERY, b. Abt. 1824, <Chester, Meigs, OH>.
vi. EZRA LORIAN COWDERY, b. 1824, <Chester, Meigs, OH>; d. 1825.
vii. RUFUS COWDERY, b. 1826, <Chester, Meigs, OH>.
viii. LOVICA COWDERY, b. 1827, Chester, Meigs, OH.
ix. SAMANTHA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1828, Chester, Meigs, OH.
x. ABIGAIL COWDERY, b. Abt. 1831, Chester, Meigs, OH.
The children of ETHAN COWDERY and BETTY SIMPSON were:
xi. JOSIAH SIMPSON8 COWDERY, b. May 1835, , Meigs, OH.
xii. MARY A. COWDERY, b. Abt. 1843, , , ME.
xiii. MILDRED C. COWDERY, b. September 1844, , , ME.
39. CHARLES BECKWITH7 COWDERY (JACOB M. JR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born September 07, 1813 in <Chester, Meigs, OH>, and died Aft. 1864 in <Chester,
Meigs, OH>. He married CHARLOTTE D. PACKARD February 07, 1836 in <Chester>, Meigs, OH.
The children of CHARLES COWDERY and CHARLOTTE PACKARD were:
i. JACOB EDWIN8 COWDERY, b. 1837, <, Meigs, OH>; m. UNAMED UNKNOWN, April 11, 1861, Richmond, Ray, MO.
ii. ARTHUR R. COWDERY, b. 1838, <, Meigs, OH>; m. MARIA WORTHEN, March 14, 1860, Keno, Meigs, OH.
iii. CHARLOTTE COWDERY, b. January 11, 1841, Cowderys Mills, Meigs, OH.
iv. ALICE LUCETTE COWDERY, b. 1844, Cowderys Mills, Meigs, OH.
v. CYRENIA COWDERY, b. August 1847, Cowderys Mills, Meigs, OH.
vi. HARRIET COWDERY, b. April 18, 1850, Cowderys Mills, Meigs, OH.
vii. EDWARD COWDERY, b. Abt. 1858, , Meigs, OH.
viii. FREDERICK COWDERY, b. Abt. 1856, , Meigs, OH.
ix. ALVA ROSALIE COWDERY, b. July 05, 1864, Adams Mills, Meigs, OH.
40. JOEL JR.7 COWDERY (JOEL SR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born July 30, 1799 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married MARY "POLLY" BRANCH June 12, 1821 in , , Meigs, OH.
The children of JOEL COWDERY and MARY BRANCH were:
i. JOEL ENSLEY8 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1834.
ii. TEMPERANCE COWDERY, b. November 21, 1821, <, Meigs, OH>; m. NELSON LYONS, May 25, 1844, , Pickaway, OH.
Generation No. 8
41. ELIJAH COE8 COWDERY (AMBROSE HUTCHENS JR.7, AMBROSE SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born December 02, 1808 in Otis, Berkshire, MA. He married MARY AMANDA PRESTON November 06, 1836 in Farmington, Trumbull, OH.
The children of ELIJAH COWDERY and MARY A. PRESTON were:
i. MELANCTHON COLLINS9 COWDERY, b. July 09, 1839, Farmington, Trumbull, OH; m. MARTHA A. BROOKS, March 04, 1864, Farmington, Trumbull, OH.
ii. AMBROSE H. COWDERY, b. January 08, 1841, <Plattsville, Grant, WI>.
iii. LESTER LEANDER COWDERY, b. Abt. 1848; <Plattsville, Grant, WI> m. UNNAMED UNKNOWN, September 05, 1870, Mecca, Trumbull, OH.
iv. ARTHUR PURPLE COWDERY, b. November 15, 1849, <Plattsville, Grant, WI>.
42. AMBROSE HUTCHENS III8 COWDERY (AMBROSE HUTCHENS JR.7, AMBROSE SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born June 13, 1813 in <Otis, Berkshire, MA>, and died May 1844. He married HESTER SARGENT April 05, 1840 in , Crawford, OH.
The children of AMBROSE COWDERY and HESTER SARGENT were:
i. HARRIET E.9 COWDERY, b. Abt. 1843, Homer, Champaign, IL.
ii. AMBROSE HUTCHENS IIII COWDERY, b. Abt. 1844, Homer, Champaign, IL.
43. JAMES CORNISH8 COWDERY (AMBROSE HUTCHENS JR.7, AMBROSE SR.6, MOSES SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born December 14, 1826 in Otis, Berkshire, MA. He married SOPHRONIA KNAPP April 30, 1846 in Mecca, Trumbull, OH.
The Children of JAMES COWDERY and SOPHRONIA KNAPP were:
i. BENJAMIN R.9 COWDERY, b. February 15, 1847, <Mecca, Trumbull, OH>.
ii. ALICE M. COWDERY, b. February 19, 1849, Mecca, Trumbull, OH.
iii. HENRY COWDERY, b. Abt. 1850, <Mecca, Trumbull, OH>.
44. MARCELLUS F.8 COWDERY (WARREN A.7, WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born August 31, 1815 in Pawlet, Rutland, VT, and died September 26, 1885 in Sandusky,
Erie, OH. He married HARRIET WELLS May 11, 1847 in Farmington, Trumbull, OH, daughter of ABSALOM WELLS.
The child of MARCELLUS COWDERY and HARRIET WELLS was:
i. LAURA9 COWDERY, b. April 03, 1845, Sandusky, Erie, OH; d. February 06, 1868; m. HENRY C. HUNTINGTON, June 1867, Sandusky, Erie, OH.
45. WARREN FRANKLIN8 COWDERY (WARREN A.7, WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1819 in Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY. He married JANE POMEROY REED April 22, 1847 in , Wayne, OH.
The child of WARREN COWDERY and JANE REED was:
i. ANNA ELIZABETH9 COWDERY, b. May 04, 1848, Wheeling, Ohio, WV.
46. LYMAN HERVEY8 COWDERY (WARREN A.7, WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born November 23, 1826 in LeRoy, Genesee, NY, and died March 24, 1906 in Rochester,
Monroe, NY. He married SARAH H. HOLMES August 30, 1849 in Kirtland, Lake, OH.
The children of LYMAN COWDERY and SARAH HOLMES were:
i. HARRIET MARIE9 COWDERY, b. July 12, 1851, Kirtland, Lake, OH>.
ii. WARREN HERVEY COWDERY, b. May 21, 1853, Perry, Lake, OH.
iii. GRACE PATIENCE COWDERY, b. January 16, 1855, Marguretta, Lake, OH.
iv. GEORGE HOLMES COWDERY, b. January 23, 1857, Mentor, Lake, OH.
v. FRANK MARCELLUS COWDERY, b. February 01, 1859, Mentor, Lake, OH.
vi. ARTHUR HOWARD COWDERY, b. May 06, 1861, Perry, Lake, OH.
vii. LAURA COWDERY, b. Abt. 1863, Perry, Lake, OH.
viii. CLARENCE CLAYTON COWDERY, b. 1865, Perry, Lake, OH.
47. DYAR LAMOTTE8 COWDERY (LYMAN <W.>7, WILLIAM JR.6, WILLIAM SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born January 05, 1833 in Arcadia, Wayne, NY. He married LYDIA M. ALDRICH November 24, 1864 in Richmond, McHenry, IL, daughter of ALANSON ALDRICH and MISBAH MILLER.
The child of DYAR L. COWDERY and LYDIA ALDRICH was:
i. EDITH ALDRICH9 COWDERY, b. July 15, 1872, Elkhorn, Walworth, WI.
48. GILBERT8 COWDERY (LUTHER7, EDWARD SR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born 1811 in Tunbridge, Orange, VT. He married MARY BURNHAM Abt. 1829 in , , VT.
The children of GILBERT COWDERY and MARY BURNHAM were:
i. GEORGE FRANKLIN9 COWDERY, b. February 18, 1835, , , VT.
ii. JEANETTE COWDERY, b. January 29, 1837, , , VT.
iii. MARTHA ANN COWDERY, b. April 1839, , , VT.
iv. ALBERT R. COWDERY, b. April 1843, Newberry, Orange, VT.
v. MILO G. COWDERY, b. 1844, Newberry, Orange, VT.
vi. LEWIS S. COWDERY, b. October 29, 1846, Newberry, Orange, VT.
vii. CHARLES H. COWDERY, b. December 29, 1850, Bradford, Orange, VT.
49. NELSON ETHAN SR.8 COWDERY (ETHAN7, JACOB M. JR.6, JACOB SR.5, NATHANIEL SR.4, SAMUEL SR.3, NATHANIEL SR.2, WILLIAM1) was born May 27, 1818 in <Chester, Meigs, OH>, and died Abt. 1856. He married LAVINA ECKERT December 31, 1840 in , Athens, OH.
The children of NELSON COWDERY and LAVINA ECKERT were:
i. ANTHONY W.9 COWDERY, b. 1841, , Meigs, OH; d. 1820; m. CATHERINE PARKER, Abt. 1863.
ii. NELSON ETHAN JR. COWDERY, b. 1843, , Meigs, OH; d. 1855.
iii. DAVID COWDERY, b. December 02, 1845, , Meigs, OH; m. NANCY J. GARDEN, November 15, 1866, , Meigs, OH.
iv. JACOB A. COWDERY, b. March 31, 1847, <, Meigs, OH>; m. ABIGAIL J. WOOLF, June 07, 1871, , Meigs, OH.
v. AUGUSTA COWDERY, b. August 01, 1849, Racine, Meigs, OH; d. 1907; m. LEWIS W. PHILSON, April 17, 1870, , Meigs, OH.
vi. MARY M. COWDERY, b. Abt. 1842, Chester, Meigs, OH; d. September 18, 1907; m. JOHN W. HART, 1860, Washington, DC.
vii. SAMANTHA COWDERY, b. 1855; d. 1856.
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