Twelfth Generation

3278. John* COWLES^{799,1911,2181,2627,2628,2629} was born in 1598 in , Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in 1675 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.²⁶³⁰ Old cemetery on Prospect Street. New monument there. He died on 15 Sep 1675 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA. He signed a will on 16 Dec 1676 in , Hartford Co., CT.²⁶³¹ This will is mentioned in his wife's will of 1680.

Came from England and settled in Hartford CT 1635-39. Member of the General Court of CT; townsman, and one of the "seven pillars of the church" in Farmington where he ived on the place formerly owned by Anson Cowles, 1640, Hartford in 1644, Farmington in 1652, removed to Hadley, MA in 1659 and Hatfield, 1660. Member of the church, with his wife.. John* COWLES and Hannah* HART were married about 1638 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.

3279. Hannah* HART^{799,1911,2186,2627,2632,2633} was born in 1613. Figured back for an age of 70 from her death year. She signed a will on 27 Oct 1680 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.²⁶³¹ Digest of the Early CT Probate Records 1677 to 1687. Page 116-117

"I Hanna Cowles, Late of Hatfield, now resident in Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut, being Stricken in years, doe make this my Last Will and Testament: I doe give unto my son Samuel Cowles œ6. I give unto my son John Cowles œ6. I give unto my daughter Hannah Standly Tenn pownds. I give unto my daughter Ester Bull fower pounds. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Lyman œ12. I give unto my daughter Mary Dickinson the sum of œ10. I give unto the children of my daughter Sarah Goodwin, that shall be surviving at my decease, œ6, to be devided equally amongst them. My will & pleasure is that the Legacy of œ8 given unto my daughter Goodwin by my husband John Cowles in his Last Will, bearing date 11 December, 1676, be payd by my son John Cowles unto the Children of my daughter Sarah Goodwin, Decd, that shall be living at my decease, equally to be divided amongst them; & this is also my will concerning the rest of those Legacies given by my husband in his Last will unto any other of my daughters, which dispose I thus order, being whole & soale Executrix unto his last Will. I give unto my grand children Hannah & Elizabeth Stanly one payre of sheets. I give unto my three daughters, Ester, Mary & Elizabeth, all my wearing apparell & Lining, to be equally divided amongst them. I give unto my daughter Hannah Standly the value of one fourth part of all my apparell & Linnine given to my Three daughters, out of any other of my Estate that she shall choose before it be divided otherwise, in stead of apparell, & doe also give her the flock bed that I had of my son Stanly, at the price my husband bought it of him, as part of the Ten pownds given her above. I doe also desire my daughter Elizabeth Lyman may have the Feather bed in her Keeping, as part of what is given her in this my Last Will. I appoint my son Samuel Cowles and Caleb Standly to be Executors. I doe give them the remaynder of my Estate, if any should be that is not given away.
Caleb Standly, Hannah Standly.
Hannah X Cowles. Ls."

She died on 16 Mar 1683 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.²⁶³⁴ Inventory taken by John Marsh and Daniel Clark. Miller has 6 March 1683, and calls her Hannah Varian. She had her estate probated after 16 Mar 1683 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Inventory value:107-05-02. Taken by John Marsh, Daniel Clarke. She was buried on 16 Mar 1684/85 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.²⁶³⁰ Ancient Burying Ground, Center Church. Good early stone by George Griswold of Windsor. As for her name: Hannah, Mehitable, or Rachel:
"The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart [Bassett Gen 391; Flagg 258]. but evidence taken largely from the Winthrop medical records shows that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart. In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother," and on 1 February 1657/8 he treated throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight [WM 98, 115, 151]. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains [WMJ 579, 608, 611, 624, 637, 646, 653, 725, 909]. In his will of 12 September 1689 "John Coale Sr. of Farmington made a bequest to "my beloved wife Rachel," and asked Thomas Hart and Thomas Porter to be overseers [Manwaring 1:426-27]; Thomas Hart was brother of Rachel Hart, and Thomas Porter had married her elder sister, Sarah. John and Rachel (Hart) Cole had a son John who married in 1691 Mehitable Loomis, and this may be the source of the claim that Stephen Hart had a daughter Mehitable who married John Cole [Farmington LR 2:123]." from commentary on Andrews' book at http://www.ultranet.com/~harts/family/andrews/p043.html Children were:

	i.	Samuel COWLES2635,2636 was born in 1639 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT. He died on 17 Apr 1690 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.
1634	ii.	John* COWLES.
1639	iii.	Hannah* COWLES.
	iv.	Sarah COWLES1911 was born on 8 Feb 1645/46 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.2630 She died on 8 Jul 1676 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.2630
	v.	Esther COWLES was born in 1649 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.2630 She died on 17 Apr 1691 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.2630
	vi.	Mary COWLES was born on 24 Jun 1654 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT. She died after 1699.
	vii.	Elizabeth COWLES2637 was born in 1656 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.2630 She died in 1696 in Lebanon, New London Co., CT?.2630