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Miriam Atwater[1]

Female 1754 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Miriam Atwater 
    Born 1754  Wolcott, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I19069  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 

    Family 1 Calvin Cowles,   b. 13 Nov 1749, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1801, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Josiah Cowles,   b. 3 Apr 1791, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1873, Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F7069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Y  [3
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F9294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=fAD0zcqA7yAC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Calvin+Cowles+%2B+Miriam+Atwater+%2B+1750&source=bl&ots=WLXMunaE_O&sig=r4tGDQAhszN3eApWj5Wmvf-t3I8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI9q_Css3WAhVP7mMKHa6_CkEQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=Calvin%20Cowles%20%2B%20Miriam%20Atwater%20%2B%201750&f=false.
      Miriam Atwater, d/o Titus and Margaret Scott [d/o Samuel of Southington] ch: Chloe b 29 Sep 1750 m. Samuel Cook. Amos b 12 Jun 1752. Mariam b 1754 m. Calvin Cowles. Rhoda, b. 15 May 1756; m. 16 March 1774 Immer Judd, Jr. Rhoda d. 13 May 1826.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63519623.
      Josiah Cowles was a son of Calvin Cowles and his wife Miriam Atwater, of Wolcott, Connecticut. He was twice married, first to Deborah Sandford, of Merien, Connecticut in 1815, and second to Nancy Caroline Carson, the widow Duvall, in North Carolina in 1828.

      There were four children born of the first marriage: Eliza Ann Cowles (30 April 1817), Elvira Deborah Cowles (18 Jan. 1819), Calvin Josiah Cowles (6 Jan. 1821, born in NC), Abel Sanford Cowles (1 Oct. 1824).

      There were seven children born of the second marriage: Josiah Cowles, Jr. (17 Dec. 1829), Andrew Carson Cowles (12 Jan. 1833), Miles Melmouth Cowles (16 April 1835, CSA soldier), Lewis William Cowles (3 Dec. 1837), William Henry Harrison Cowles (22 April 1840), Henry Clay Cowles (17 June 1842) and Caroline Mary "Carrie" Cowles (9 Oct. 1845-20 March 1913, m. Captain M. M. Teague, CSA).

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63519623/josiah-cowles.
      Josiah Cowles
      Birth: 3 Apr 1791, Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut
      Death: 11 Nov 1873 (aged 82)
      Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina
      Burial: Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery
      Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina

      Parents
      Calvin Cowles, 1749?1801

      Spouses
      Deborah Sanford Cowles, 1795?1827 (m. 1815)
      Nancy Caroline Carson Cowles, 1802?1863 (m. 1828)

      Siblings
      Loly Cowles Andrews, 1779?1819,
      Sylvia Cowles Norton, 1781?1816
      Martha Cowles Benham, 1786?1821
      Amos Atwater Cowles, 1794?1826

      Children
      Eliza Ann Cowles Benham, 1817?1904
      Calvin Josiah Cowles, 1821?1907
      Abel Sanford Cowles, 1825?1853
      Josiah Cowles Jr., 1829?1858
      Andrew Carson Cowles, 1833?1881
      Miles Melmouth Cowles, 1835?1862
      COL William Henry Harrison Cowles, 1840?1901
      Henry Clay Cowles Sr., 1842?1914
      Caroline Mary "Carrie" Cowles Teague, 1845?1913
      Josiah Cowles was a son of Calvin Cowles and his wife Miriam Atwater, of Wolcott, Connecticut. He was twice married, first to Deborah Sandford, of Merien, Connecticut in 1815, and second to Nancy Caroline Carson, the widow Duvall, in North Carolina in 1828.

      There were four children born of the first marriage: Eliza Ann Cowles (30 April 1817), Elvira Deborah Cowles (18 Jan. 1819), Calvin Josiah Cowles (6 Jan. 1821, born in NC), Abel Sanford Cowles (1 Oct. 1824).

      There were seven children born of the second marriage: Josiah Cowles, Jr. (17 Dec. 1829), Andrew Carson Cowles (12 Jan. 1833), Miles Melmouth Cowles (16 April 1835, CSA soldier), Lewis William Cowles (3 Dec. 1837), William Henry Harrison Cowles (22 April 1840), Henry Clay Cowles (17 June 1842) and Caroline Mary "Carrie" Cowles (9 Oct. 1845-20 March 1913, m. Captain M. M. Teague, CSA).