Sarah Coggeshall

1704 - 1790  (85 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Sarah Coggeshall
  Birth	22 Dec 1704	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Feb 1790	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	24 Jun 1920	SGEOR
  FamilySearch ID	LCXM-YXF
  Burial	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
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  Person ID	I175767	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Joshua Coggeshall,   b. 13 May 1681, Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States d. 2 Aug 1727, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary Nichols,   b. Abt 1685, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Marriage	11 Mar 1703	Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F12306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 22 Dec 1704 - East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Death - 13 Feb 1790 - Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 24 Jun 1920 - SGEOR Burial - - Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah (Coggeshall) Greene was a great-great-granddaughter of John Cogges h all, the emigrant ancestor, a silk merchant who came from Essex County , E ngland in the ship Lyon, with his wife and three children, arriving i n Bo ston, September 16, 1632. He was Deacon of the First Church at Bost on, 1 634, Selectman, 1634, and Deputy, 1634-7. He removed to Portsmouth , R.I. , in 1638, and in 1640 was recorded at Newport as owner of 389 acr es of l and. He was Assistant, 1640-44, corporal, 1644, Moderator, 1647 , and Pre sident of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1647. He died in office , Novembe r 27, 1647, aged fify-six years, and was buried onhis own land . His so n Joshua, who embraced Quakerism, was also Assistant and Deput y for man y years. In his will, proved in 1688, he bequested tohis son , Joshua, Jr ., 120 acres at Newport. Joshua, son of Joshua, Jr., reside d at East Gre enwich. He married Mercy, daughter of Thomas Nichols, an d was father o f Sarah, wife of Samuel Greene.