Tenth Generation

936. Joshua COGGESHALL³⁸³ was born in 1623 in Halstead, Essex, England. He was born about 1631. He died on 1 May 1688 at the age of 65 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He arrived on September 16, 1632, with his father on the ship Lyon. He held several offices in the colony, but devoted most of his time to farming. After his father's death, he purchased a farm of about two hundred acres near the boundary of Newport and Portsmouth. He made his home near the shore, not far from the Cornell farm at the north. He died of measles. He left the farm in equal shares to three sons. Daniel received the homestead portion and later built a house near the road. This farm is still standing and is known as the Redwood Farm. Joan WEST and Joshua COGGESHALL were married on 22 December 1652 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. They were married on 22 December 1652 in Newport, Newport Co., RI.

937. Joan WEST was born in January 1631 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England (?). She was born in 1631. She died on 24 April 1676 at the age of 45 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Joan died on 24 April 1676 at the age of 45 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

Children were:

	i.	John COGGESHALL³⁸⁴ was born on 14 December 1659 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He died on 1 May 1727 at the age of 67 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. John Coggeshall was a mercer and merchant. On June 22, 1632 he appears on a list of thirty-three men "transported to New England to the Plantation there. He emigrated from England to the New World on the ship "Lyon," arriving on September 16, 1632. He was admitted a freeman of Roxbury, MA, on November 6, 1632, and two years later, in 1634, removed to Boston, where he became a merchant. His name also heads the list of deputies to the General Court of Massachusetts from Boston May 14, 1634. He was one of the staunchest supporters and defenders of Anne Hutchinson and Rev. Wheelwright, and upon her banishment was expelled from the Court and from the State of Massachusetts. He settled on the island of Aquidneck March 7, 1638, by the advice of Roger Williams, who had already settled in Providence. He moved to Newport April 28, 1639 with eight others, signing a new compact. He received 400 acres in the south part of Newport. He was an assistant in 1640-44. In May 1647 John Coggeshall was elected moderator of the first Rhode Island General Assembly and died in office in 1647. He is buried a few rods west of his house. His descendants have erected a monument to his memory in the little burial ground, at the corner of Coggeshall and Victoria Avenues.
	ii.	Caleb COGGESHALL was born (date unknown).
	iii.	Isaac COGGESHALL was born (date unknown).
	iv.	Mary COGGESHALL was born in February 1655.
468	v.	Joshua COGGESHALL.
	vi.	Josiah COGGESHALL was born in November 1662. He was also known as Josias Coggeshall.
	vii.	Daniel COGGESHALL was born in April 1665.
	viii.	Humility COGGESHALL was born in January 1670 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. She died after 1719 at the age of 49.
	ix.	Caleb COGGESHALL was born on 17 December 1672.