Family tree Cowgill-Stackhouse » Isaac Cowgill (1703-1766)

Personal data Isaac Cowgill 

• He was born on June 4, 1703 in Bulington County, NJ.
• He died on December 6, 1766 in Chesterfield Twp, Burlington County, NJ, he was 63 years old.
• A child of Ralph Cowgill and Susanna Pancoast

Household of Isaac Cowgill

He is married to Rachel Brigs.

They got married on December 31, 1730 at Haddonfield MM, he was 27 years old.

Child(ren):

1. George Morris Cowgill  1731-1801 
2. John Cowgill  ± 1735-????
3. Rachel Cowgill  ± 1737-????
4. Isaac Cowgill  ± 1740-????

Event (Death of Spouse).

Notes about Isaac Cowgill

Isaac Cowgill b 4 Jun 1703, Burlington Co., NJ, d 6 Dec 1766, Chesterfield Twp, Burlington Co., NJ, m 31 Dec 1730, Haddonfield MM, Rachel Briggs, b 16 May 1709, d 8 May 1782, dau of John and Sarah (Smith) Briggs, of Burlington Co. Sarah was sister of Joyce (Smith) Cowgill, wife of Nehemiah Cowgill. Isaac’s will, dated 9 Jan 1765, proved 31 Dec 1766 in Burlington Co., NJ, provided to his wife, Rachel, profits of several tracts of land, and after her death, said lands to go to his sons George and Isaac; son, John, £50; daughter, Rachel Hall, £50; granddaughters, Lydia and Rachel Cowgill (daus of John and Jemima), £15 each when aged 18. Executors were wife Rachel, Joseph Curtis, and Aaron Watson. Rachel’s will, proved 25 May 1782, provided dau Rachel Hall her apparel, son Isaac “all my grain”, and the residue of her estate to children George, John, Isaac, and Rachel. Isaac was co-executor (with George Briggs) of his father-in-law’s estate.

Children: known are - George, John, Sarah and Lydia (twins), Jacob, Isaac, Rachel

1 George Cowgill Sr b 6 Sep 1731, NJ, d ???, m 12 Mar 1755, Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ, Elizabeth Crammer, “spinster” (signed by uncle; bondsman Samuel Woodard, witnesses Joseph Hollingshead and Samuel Peart – see p286, New Jersey Marriages, PA Gen Soc). Elizabeth, a Quaker, had transferred membership from Little Egg Harbor MM to Burlington MM on 1 Jan 1755. She was "condemned" for "marrying out of unity" 6 Mar 1758. George was bequeathed “my riding creature” in his grandfather’s (John Briggs) will; he is shown on the tax lists of Evesham Twp, Burlington Co., NJ, for Sep and Aug 1774. He is also shown as the seller in two land transactions in Burlington Co. dated 30 and 31 Mar 1774. In that year, George and family moved to VA, where he purchased 200 acres on Cedar Run, in southern Culpeper Co. near the Madison and Orange county lines, on 2 May 1774 (Culpeper Co. Deed Book G:214-218). He sold this parcel 15 Mar 1784, and bought (same date) another 200 acre parcel, apparently nearby, from the purchaser of his original plot (Culpeper Co. Deed Book M:112-115 and 107-109). He and Elizabeth are shown as sellers of this 2nd parcel on 21 Mar 1786 (Culpeper Co. Deed Book N:190-192). George is shown on tax lists for Culpeper, Orange, and Madison (formed from Culpeper in 1792) counties through 1800, but is not on the 1801 list. George and Elizabeth are listed in 1807 Warren Co., OH, marriage records as agreeing to the marriage of their granddaughter Elizabeth Cowgill (who is she?) to Thomas Hudgell. Note: Culpeper Co. marriages list the marriage of a Susannah Cowgill to George Peyton, 15 Apr 1792, by John Coons or Koonts, MG (Baptist). If a Cowgill, Susannah would be another child of George’s. She is more likely a Coghill – there were several Coghill families near George in Culpeper and Madison counties. There is no mention of Susannah in Mary Cowgill’s will.

Note: The discovery of Mary Cowgill’s will (see below) by Maryln Wolever resulted in a major revision to this line from what is printed in “Cowgill History”. What follows is a change from the original text – the George (and descendents) formerly listed here as descendents of George Sr are now listed in an appendix as a “stray”.

Children: known are – Daniel, Jacob, Ralph, Beulah, John, George, Isaac, Mary, Hannah, Sarah (order uncertain)

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