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He was also engaged in agriculture. He married Sibel Holmes. Jonathan Holmes, born July 8, , died March 12, , mentioned below. Nancy Miller, born Feb. Children: i. Isaac Richard. Hepza M. Sibbel, born April 18, , died March 8, William, born Oct. Cary, second, , Candida Cazenova. Amelia, born , married May 7, , Jesse Holmes. Lemuel, born July 28, , died Nov. Otis, born Kezia, born May 31, , married Jan.

Warren, born June 28, , married, Sept. He prepared for college at Milton Academy, and was graduated from Harvard in He then entered the law office of William Dunbar, Esq.

Dunkin, a prominent lawyer of that city. In Charleston he opened a classical and English school, but on the outbreak of the epidemic of yellow fever in he returned to Massachusetts and entred the law office of Jabez Chickering, in Dedham, Mass. In Sept. Subsequently he opened another office in Boston, and for a few years was editor of the Village Register, published in Dedham.

In he engaged in the manufacture of silk, and published a work on that subject. In Feb. Several editions of the manual were printed, and afterward by special act of congress, it was issued by the government and distributed throughout the country. In he established a manufactory of sewing silk, of which he was the principal owner and superintendent.

He conducted the enterprise until , when the plant was destroyed by fire. Upon the retirement of Judge Haven in he was appointed register of probate for Norfolk county, a position which he held until , when he was succeeded by his son, Jonathan Cobb.

For thirty consecutive years he served as town clerk of Dedham, declining a re-election in , and for forty years was an active magistrate in Norfolk county. For many years he was an important factor in financial circles, and in was actively instrumental in founding the Dedham Institution for Savings.

He was a deacon of the First Church for more than forty years. He died in Dedham, Mass. He was married, in Roxbury, Mass. Maria Elizabeth, born in Dedham, Aug. Jonathan, born in Dedham, March 2, , mentioned below. Samuel Doggett, born in Dedham, Aug. Shumway, March, Abby, born in Dedham, May 17, ; married, Jan. John Doggett, born in Dedham, April 28, ; served in the war of the rebellion three years, wrote "History of Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment," at present register of probate and insolvencey for Norfolk county.

William Austin, born in Dedham, Aug. Rollin, Sept. He was educated in the public schools and had several teachers of languages. He entered an importing store in Boston as clerk in , remaining there until , when he went overland to California by way of Mexico. In he returned to Dedham and was employed for about two years in the probate office. In March, , he returned to Dedham and entered the probate office. He was appointed assistant register of probate and insolvency in Jan.

Jonathan Cobb was a member of the Unitarian church, and clerk of the First Parish for about twenty years. In politics he was a Republican. He was married, in Dedham, Mass. She was born in Boston, Mass. Edward Sigourney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, May 21, Benjamin Wales, born in Dedham, July 15, Charles Augustine, born in Dedham, April 11, Frederic Copeland, born in Dedham, Oct. Henry Worcester, born in Dedham, Nov. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Doggett and Daggett were often applied at different periods to the same individual in early times, and the name Doggett has been changed and continued as Daggett by people of the present day.

The larger part of the family in America, whether Doggett or Daggett, must look for their ancestors to the Doggett family of England. It is one of the oldest of surnames. There is no instance of a de prefixed to it from which to conclude it to be a name derived from the name of a place, as is often the case with other surnames. Many expressions of opinion have been made as to the derivation of the name. Lower in his "Dictionary of Names," says it is probably corrupted from Dowgate, one of the Roman gateways of the city.

Robert Ferguson thinks it belongs to the roots of Anglo-Saxon dugan, to be of use or value. Akin to the Anglo-Saxon dugan are the old High German tugan, to be virtuous, good, honorable, and Old High German dau , morals, behavior. Professor John Marshall Doggett of Richmond, Virginia, formerly professor of languages in Vanderbilt University, has made a special study of the subject, and gives it as his opinion that the name Doggett is derived from the Aryan word Dok or Dog, meaning point or cut.

Sir George Duckett, Bart. The name is also found in the twelfth year of the Conquest; again as Duchet in the oldest oll now extant next to Domesday, the great Roll of the Exchequer, sixty or seventy years after the Conquest, commonly called the Great Roll, ; and it is also recorded in the "Chronicles of the Abby of St. Albans," A. From the time of the Conqueror to the reign of Henry VII, and from that again to the reign of Elizabeth, the name is found varied in different ways according as the Saxon pronunciation came in time to prevail over the Norman and to reappear as the common language of the country.

All this because you wanted to read about the COBB family? Hardy, on the orthogrtaphical variations of proper names of persons and the arbitrary mode of spelling in ancient times, often regulated by etymology, sound or abbreviations, remarks that names were latinized or gallicized, whenever it was possible to do so, according to the fancy of the scribe, one document frequently exhibiting material variations in the spelling of the same name, and to such a degree that a person would scarcely be able to recognize the modern name.

The fault, therefore, rested with the scribe alone, whether writing from dictation or copying from the original writ. Member of the Doggett family figure frequently in English records.

Sir John Doget is mentioned in as changing lands in Morningthorp. He died in , and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. He was for a time a member of a travelling company before he made his appearance in in London, where he became a great favorite.

Colley Cibber considered him the most original observer of nature of all his contemporaries. He was a shrewd man of business, and later in life took an active interest in politics. In commemoration of the accession of George I Aug. The match is open to six young watermen recently out of their apprenticeship, and the first prize is an orange-colored waterman's coat and a silver badge representing the white horse of Hanover. William Doggett, who also called himself Daggett, was a lieutenant in the navy.

He was on board the "Royal George," Admiral Kemperfieldt being first cousin to his father, and whlie he was sent on shore to the library, the ship was lost, and about eight hundred persons drowned. On his marriage he left eh navy, and engaged in cotton spinning in Manchester, in John Doggett, of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

He settled first in Salem, Mass. He increased his landed possessions and doubtless engged in agricultural pursuits. He next moved to Rehotobht, Mass. He set up a weir; was chosen deputy ; served on the committee for the court, ; was admitted freeman, ; and also acted as surveyor of highways and exciseman, He moved for the last time to Edgarton, Martha's Vineyard, where he had obtained a grant of land, and was probably occupied in agricultural pursuits. He died in Plymouth, Mass.

William Daggett, of Saco, Maine, was born in He was constable in Saco in , and continued to reside there until some time between and , when he removed to Marblehead, Mass.

Here he became a house carpenter and husbandman. He died in Sutton, Mass. The Rev. Benjamin Daggett, of Lancaster, Virginia, was a clergyman of the Established Church of England, and emigrated to America previous to The church of which he was rector he named White Chapel, the main body of which still remains. He died in Lancaster, Virginia, in Surname COBB. His name is recorded in the Rolls Office, London, England, in a small parchment volume containing a list of persons "desirous to passe beyond seas.

They were immigrants whose passage was paid generally by some relative or friend in consideration of a stated term of service.

In fact, it was a common thing for gentlemen of some means in leaving England for America to take an apprentice or servant, paying the expenses of his passage, and after their arrival, employing him to work to repay the amount. This being customary, men of distinction were enabled to escape to America as servants to those permitted to come, who would have been prevented if they had attempted to come in their own name.

Possibly Thomas Doggett may have engaged himself to Thomas Oliver to obtain permission to leave England or he may have engaged himself as apprentice to pay his passage to New England, where he wished, either for religious freedom, or because he felt he could better his condition, as there seems to be no evidence of property in his possession for several years after his arrival in New England, there is every reason to believe that he was without means when he arrived.

He settled in Concord, Mass. Here he became a proprietor, and was elected to the office of townsman or selectman. In he changed his home for the last time, by moving to Marshfield, Mass. He became prominent in public affairs and held many positions of trust, serving as juryman, grand juryman, constable, surveyor, selectman, tax collector, and as a member of several committees. He died in Marshfield, Mass. The name of his first wife is unknown; she died in Concord, Mass.

John, born probably in Concord, Mass. Hannah, born in Weymouth, Mass. Sarah, born in Weymouth, Mass. Samuel, born in Weymouth, Mass. Rebecca, born in Marshfield, Mass. He received from his father, March 20, , one-half of all his lands in Middleboro and places adjacent, and in the instrument is called "my well beloved son. In the record of the town meetings of Marshfield is the following: "In pursuance of the order of the last court for the raising money for the present expedition against the barbarous enemy Indians, Samuel Doggett, Anthony Eames, Ephraim Little and John Foster promised to lend the town 20 s apiece to be repaid again by the next town rate.

He married first in Marshfield, Mass. Samuel Arnold, died in Marshfield Apri. Children, b. Samuel, b. April 7, Mary, April 26, Sarah, April 7, Elizabeth, Nov. May 17, Ebenezer, Nov. Bathsheba, June 18, John, March 29, Isaac, Feb. Lydia, Oct. Seth, Oct. Abigail, March 14, Like his older brothers he was called both "mariner" and "yeoman," the first being his occupation when he lived at Marshfield, the latter after he had married and settled in Braintree, Mass. He probably resided in that part of Braintree now called Randolph, as he connected himself with the church in that precinct in He was elected surveyor of highways in , tithingman in , constable in , and taught school in He died between Feb.

He married in Braintree, Mass. Bathsheba, born in Braintree June 12, , died there June 26, Samuel, born in Marshfield, May 30, , mentioned below. Abigail, born in Braintree, Dec. Isaac, born in Braintree, Dec. Bathsheba, born in Braintree, Feb. Seth, born in Braintree Nov.

Eunice, born in Dorchester, Mass. Elizabeth, born in , baptized in Milton, Mass. He lived in Braintree and Milton, Mass. After his marriage in Dorchester he removed to Dedham, Mass. March 6, , and was buried in the old cemetery there. He married, in Dorchester, Mass. Jonathan, Aug. Samuel, Oct. Mary, Nov. Isaac, Jan. Jesse, Jan.

Elisha, May 10, John, April 15, , died in Dedham June 29, On the commencement of hostilities in he entered the American army and served in the eight months' service in On Jan. After having served for one year he was honorably discharged in consequence of the expiration of the term of service for which he had engaged.

On Oct. They were in service in Rhode Island from July 29 to Sept. He took a great interest in all movements for the welfare of his native town, where he spent his entire life. He was by occupation a millwright and housewright, or carpenter, and later in life was jailer of Dedham, Mass, Nov.

He married, in Dedham, Mass. Betsey, b. June 24, John, Sept. Samuel, Feb. He learned the trade of carving and gilding, and opened a factory in Roxbury, Mass. About this tiem a knowledge of weaving was obtained from a traveling English artisan and the manufacture of rugs was begun, which soon came into general use and laid the foundation for an extensive carpet business.

The manufacture of looking glasses, which was a specialty of the firm, had its origin in the embargo laws of Importations eing then forbidden, window glass was quicksilvered and met with a ready sale. The business of the firm increased to such an extent that a warehouse was opened in on Market street, now Cornhill, Boston, and in removed to Tremont Row, a branch house being established in Philadelphia.

John Doggett was a member of the Boston city council in He resided in Roxbury until , when he removed to Boston, from whence he moved to Dedham, , and during the latter part of his life occupied his father's house there, where he died June 17, He married first, in Charlestown, Mass. July 28, , died in Boston, Mass.

May 15, ; married second, in Boston, Oct. Mary Jones, widow; died in Boston, Aug. Sophia, born in Roxbury, Mass. Jane Miller, born in Roxbury, Dec. John, born in Roxbury, June 7, Elizabeth, born in Roxbury, Oct. Francis Miller, born in Roxbury, Sept. Samuel, born in Roxbury, Oct. William Francis, born in Boston, Mass. Stephen Badlam, born in Boston, Nov. Maria, born in Boston, Feb. Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston, Feb.

Sure wish they'd just put all the material in one place. In he built the Cogswell house, which is still standing. He doubtless was the William Cogswell who was appointed June 25, , on a "committee to go and view the land and see the qualification thereof, and report to the proprietors as soon as may be," in regard to the settlement of Winchendon, Mass.

She was betrothed to Ebenezer Choate, who died in , and Ebenezer thus became a family name with the Cogswell in his memory. She died June 16, , having borne her husband nine children, and William Cogswell married second, March 13, , Mrs. Elizabeth Appleton, widow of Benjamin Appleton, Esq. She died Dec.

Children of Wm. Cogswell: 1. Ebenezer, born June 13, , died Nov. John, born Feb. Mary, born Sept. Jonathan, born May 9, ; see forward. Jacob, born May 18, , died Dec. Lucy, born June 28, , died Nov. Sarah, born Feb. William, born in May, , died May 16, Sarah, born March 3, , died in January, Hannah, baptized Dec.

Hannah, baptized June 7, ; married published Feb. William, born March 5, , died Aug. Susanna, born April 19, , died June 1, Samuel, born March 15, , died Dec. Susanna, born July 9, , died Nov.

William, born May 31, , died Feb. He lived in the Cogswell house in Chebacco parish, which was built when he was seven years old, He was chosen a deacon of the church thirty-two years from April 7, , to Feb.

Nehemiah, born , died Dec. William, born Aug. Jonathan, born Jan. Elizabeth, born June 7, ; married Nov. Joseph, born Dec. Benjamin, born June 27, , died April 30, Mary, born Dec. Hannah, born Aug. Benjamin, born Oct. Benjamin, born Aug. Nathaniel, born May 17, , died July 17, ; married first, Feb.

Sarah, born Jan. Aaron, born Dec. Child, born Oct. Aaron, born Feb. Hannah Stacy Burnham. Albert, born Oct. Lucy, born July 17, ; married July 1, , Aaron L. Jonathan, born March 5, , died His business occupation was farming, which he carried on with good success, for he was a practical man and managed his farm with good judgment; and as he was in respect to his personal concerns so he was in business tranactions with others, always practical and thoroughly honest, hence for many years he commanded the respect and confidence of the people of his town.

Albert E. Aaron, born July 20, , see below. He was given the benefit of a good education in public schools of his native town and afterward took a business course in the Boston Commercial College, graduating with the class of In politics he is a Republican, and in years passed has taken an active interest in public affairs, though not for personal advantage. He is a member of Ocean Lodge, No. Cogswell married Sally A. Wright, born in Marshfield, Mass.

She was educated in Dummer Academy, class of Children of Ezra and Sally Holmes Wright; 1. Ruth B. Wright, now Mrs. Richard A. Windsor, of Duxbury, Mass. Josephine Wright, widow of Henry W. Swift, formerly of Plymouth, Mass. Tripp, of Plymouth.