Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

li)0 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
The record of his lands in Barnstable was not made till 3d
Feb. 1661-2. His home lot containing ten and one-half acres,
was bounded easterly by Coggins's, now called Great Pond,
southerlj' by the highway, and John Finney's land, westerly by
Henry Bourne's land, and northerly by the meadow. His house
stood near the spot where Sturgis Gorham, Esq., built the house
now owned by the Smiths. The lot originall}' contained eleven
acres and a half, one acre, before the record was made, had been
sold to John Finney. This acre was near the present railroad
crossing, and was bounded on the south by the highway, and on
other sides by the land of Henry Coggiu, deceased.
He also owned four acres of marsh adjoining his home lot
four on Jewell's island ; eight of marsh and one acre of upland
at Scorton ; fifty acres of land at the Indian pond ; and two
shares in the Calve's pasture.
He married,
father, probably,
perhaps in England, Abigail
never came to New England.
Bishop. Her
Circumstance
favors the supposition that Henry Coggin was a sea captain, and
that his death, June 16, 1649, in England, occurred, not while he
was on a visit to that country, as Mr. Savage supposes but while
pursuing the regular course of his business as a trader between
London and Boston. This is probably the fact. Nothing is
positively known on the subject. The case which he had with
John Tilly shows that he had some connection with ships, and the
fact that he was entited to be called Mr. in Massachusetts, shows
•that he was a man of good standing, not a common sailor. His
widow married John Finney, according to the Church Records,
July 9, 1650, and according to the Colony Records, 10th June,
1650 ; she died 6th May, 1653.
Children of Mr. Henry Coggin.
I. Abigail, born probably in Scituate, about the year 1637.
She married 21st June, 1659, John French, of Billerica.
He was a son of William, and came over in the Defence
with his parents at the age of 5 months. She died soon
after ,her marriage leaving no issue.
II. Thomas, baptized at the Barnstable Church March 2, 1639-
40, died 26th Feb. 1658-9 ; but according to the Colony
Records he was buried 28th Jan. 1658-9. I
III. John, baptized Feb. 12, 1642-3. In 1654 his parents were
dead, and all his brothers and sisters excepting Abigail.
His father-in-law had taken a third wife who had no sympathy
for these children. Mar. 1, 1658-9 Mr. Isaac Robinson
and Gyles Rickard, Sen'r., of Plymouth, complained to the
1 1 usually follow the dates on the Church EecoriJs. These are noted in the order in
which they occuiTed. The Town Eecords from which the Colony were copied, hare been
transcribed sevci-al times, and the order in which they are arranged affords no clue for
detecting errors.