m Julia Parks in Virginia
Children:
- George Henry Cossingham (1869-21 May 1956) m Ella Trescott (-27 Feb 1947)
- Richard Cossingham m1 Gertrude Trescott, m2 Mabel Blackstone
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The first Cossingham in Norwich was Richard Cossingham Sr. He was born into slavery on December 15, 1835, in Virginia. He was freed as a young boy and became a cook on a steamer on the James River. During the Civil War he cooked for General Robert E. Lee and other generals on Lee’s staff. According to his obituary, Cossingham held Lee’s horse during his surrender to General Grant at Appomattox in 1865.
After the war, Cossingham and his two sons, Richard Jr. and George, moved to New York City. Beginning in 1883, Cossingham worked as a cook on the surveying trips of Elihu Thayer Quimby, a surveyor, mapmaker, and professor at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Richard Cossingham Sr. moved to Norwich in 1894 after purchasing 114 acres on Bragg Hill from Harvey Ladd for $1,300. After the expeditions, Cossingham became the chef at the Norwich Inn for eleven years. He died in 1906. His home is on what is now Happy Hill Road, which is named after the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin which once stood at the end of the road.
The Cossinghams farmed in the area of the roads now named Happy Hill, Cossingham, and Bragg Hill. Their descendants continued to live in this area for generations. The last Cossinghams to live in the Cossingham Farmhouse on Happy Hill Road sold it in 1998.
Source:
- vital records
- New England Ancestors: Newsmagazine of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 1 (2002)
- The Cossingham Family and the Cossingham Trail by Kevin Hybels; reprinted with permission of the Norwich Historical Society
Children:
- George Henry Cossingham (1869-21 May 1956) m Ella Trescott (-27 Feb 1947)
- Richard Cossingham m1 Gertrude Trescott, m2 Mabel Blackstone
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The first Cossingham in Norwich was Richard Cossingham Sr. He was born into slavery on December 15, 1835, in Virginia. He was freed as a young boy and became a cook on a steamer on the James River. During the Civil War he cooked for General Robert E. Lee and other generals on Lee’s staff. According to his obituary, Cossingham held Lee’s horse during his surrender to General Grant at Appomattox in 1865.
After the war, Cossingham and his two sons, Richard Jr. and George, moved to New York City. Beginning in 1883, Cossingham worked as a cook on the surveying trips of Elihu Thayer Quimby, a surveyor, mapmaker, and professor at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Richard Cossingham Sr. moved to Norwich in 1894 after purchasing 114 acres on Bragg Hill from Harvey Ladd for $1,300. After the expeditions, Cossingham became the chef at the Norwich Inn for eleven years. He died in 1906. His home is on what is now Happy Hill Road, which is named after the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin which once stood at the end of the road.
The Cossinghams farmed in the area of the roads now named Happy Hill, Cossingham, and Bragg Hill. Their descendants continued to live in this area for generations. The last Cossinghams to live in the Cossingham Farmhouse on Happy Hill Road sold it in 1998.
Source:
- vital records
- New England Ancestors: Newsmagazine of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 1 (2002)
- The Cossingham Family and the Cossingham Trail by Kevin Hybels; reprinted with permission of the Norwich Historical Society
m Julia Parks in Virginia
Children:
- George Henry Cossingham (1869-21 May 1956) m Ella Trescott (-27 Feb 1947)
- Richard Cossingham m1 Gertrude Trescott, m2 Mabel Blackstone
----
The first Cossingham in Norwich was Richard Cossingham Sr. He was born into slavery on December 15, 1835, in Virginia. He was freed as a young boy and became a cook on a steamer on the James River. During the Civil War he cooked for General Robert E. Lee and other generals on Lee’s staff. According to his obituary, Cossingham held Lee’s horse during his surrender to General Grant at Appomattox in 1865.
After the war, Cossingham and his two sons, Richard Jr. and George, moved to New York City. Beginning in 1883, Cossingham worked as a cook on the surveying trips of Elihu Thayer Quimby, a surveyor, mapmaker, and professor at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Richard Cossingham Sr. moved to Norwich in 1894 after purchasing 114 acres on Bragg Hill from Harvey Ladd for $1,300. After the expeditions, Cossingham became the chef at the Norwich Inn for eleven years. He died in 1906. His home is on what is now Happy Hill Road, which is named after the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin which once stood at the end of the road.
The Cossinghams farmed in the area of the roads now named Happy Hill, Cossingham, and Bragg Hill. Their descendants continued to live in this area for generations. The last Cossinghams to live in the Cossingham Farmhouse on Happy Hill Road sold it in 1998.
Source:
- vital records
- New England Ancestors: Newsmagazine of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 1 (2002)
- The Cossingham Family and the Cossingham Trail by Kevin Hybels; reprinted with permission of the Norwich Historical Society
Children:
- George Henry Cossingham (1869-21 May 1956) m Ella Trescott (-27 Feb 1947)
- Richard Cossingham m1 Gertrude Trescott, m2 Mabel Blackstone
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The first Cossingham in Norwich was Richard Cossingham Sr. He was born into slavery on December 15, 1835, in Virginia. He was freed as a young boy and became a cook on a steamer on the James River. During the Civil War he cooked for General Robert E. Lee and other generals on Lee’s staff. According to his obituary, Cossingham held Lee’s horse during his surrender to General Grant at Appomattox in 1865.
After the war, Cossingham and his two sons, Richard Jr. and George, moved to New York City. Beginning in 1883, Cossingham worked as a cook on the surveying trips of Elihu Thayer Quimby, a surveyor, mapmaker, and professor at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Richard Cossingham Sr. moved to Norwich in 1894 after purchasing 114 acres on Bragg Hill from Harvey Ladd for $1,300. After the expeditions, Cossingham became the chef at the Norwich Inn for eleven years. He died in 1906. His home is on what is now Happy Hill Road, which is named after the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin which once stood at the end of the road.
The Cossinghams farmed in the area of the roads now named Happy Hill, Cossingham, and Bragg Hill. Their descendants continued to live in this area for generations. The last Cossinghams to live in the Cossingham Farmhouse on Happy Hill Road sold it in 1998.
Source:
- vital records
- New England Ancestors: Newsmagazine of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 1 (2002)
- The Cossingham Family and the Cossingham Trail by Kevin Hybels; reprinted with permission of the Norwich Historical Society
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