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Charles Cosby 1585 – 1696 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Sep 1585

Birth Location: Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland

Death Date: 1696

Death Location: Planter, York, Virginia, United States

Father: Alexander (Cosbie)

Mother: Mary Sydney

Spouse(s): Constance Brigham, Mary Loftus

Children(s): Col Cosby

Charles Cosby was born in 1585 in Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland, the child of Alexander Cosby (Cosbie) and Mary Dorcas Sydney. Charles Cosby married Constance Brigham, Mary Loftus, and had children including Col John Cosby. Charles Cosby passed away in 1696 in Planter, York, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Charles Cosby was born in 1585 in Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland, the child of Alexander Cosby (Cosbie) and Mary Dorcas Sydney.
  • Charles Cosby married Constance Brigham, Mary Loftus, and had children including Col John Cosby.
  • Charles Cosby passed away in 1696 in Planter, York, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander (Cosbie)
1552 – 1596
Birth Location: Stradbally Hall, Queens, Ireland
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Mary Sydney
1550 – 1623
Birth Location: Oxford, Kent, , England
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Spouses(s)

Constance Brigham
1602 – 1683
Birth Location: Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
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Mary Loftus
1585 – 1623
Birth Location: Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
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Children(s)

Col Cosby
1623 – 1696
Birth Location: Stradbally Abbey, Queens County, Clare, Ireland
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Charles Cosby's Ancestors

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Charles Cosby
1585 – 1696
Birth Place: Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland
Parents
Alexander Cosby (Cosbie)
1552 – 1596
Stradbally Hall, Queens, Ireland
Mary (Dorcas) Sydney
1550 – 1623
Oxford, Kent, , England
Grandparents
Francis Cosbie,
1525 – 1580
Great Leake, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Mary) Seymour
1512 – 1570
Dorset, England
William (Sydney of Oxford,) Kent
Anne Pakenham
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Charles Cosby's Descendants

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Charles Cosby (12 Sep 1585 – 1696) m. Constance Brigham (1602 – 25 Jan 1683) m. Mary Loftus (1585 – 23 Nov 1623)
  1. 1. Col (John) Cosby (20 Nov 1623 – 24 Nov 1696) m. Sarah (Higgason) (Hiaginisar) (1626 – 21 Jul 1740) m. Sarah Higginson (1626 – Aft. 1650)
    1. 1. Charles Cosby (1670 – 26 May 1761) m. Jane Meriwether (1678 – 1763)
      1. 1. James Cosby (1703 – 1783)
      2. 2. David Cosby (17 Jan 1703 – 10 September 1768) m. Mary (Garland) Overton (1705 – 9 Mar 1795)
        1. 1. David Cosby (1728 – 20 Jul 1803)
        2. 2. Charles Cosby (1736 – 10 March 1800) m. Elizabeth (Garland) Washington-Cosby (1736 – 1769)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Cosby (1736 – 1800)
        4. 4. Overton Cosby (1739 – 23 Nov 1806)
        5. 5. JOHN COSBY (19 Sep 1741 – 23 Apr 1827)
        6. 6. Barbara (Overton) Cosby (11 Feb 1752 – 21 Sep 1778)
    2. 2. John Cosby (1680 – 26 May 1761) m. Margaret (Martha Peggy) Garland (1690 – 26 May 1749) m. Anne Meriwether (15 Jul 1694 – 9 Mar 1785)
      1. 1. David Cosby (17 Jan 1705 – 10 Sep 1770)
      2. 2. John Cosby (1711 – 1785)
      3. 3. William Cosby (1713 – 1733)
      4. 4. Louise (Amy) Cosby (1718 – 1760) m. Griffith Dickerson, (1704 – 1778)
        1. 1. Charles Dickerson (1743 – 2 Mar 1816)
        2. 2. Vicarious Dickenson (1751 – 16 May 1826)
      5. 5. Amediah Cosby (1718 – 1750)
      6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Cosby (1720 – 1785) m. Pvt (Griffith Dickerson Dickenson) Jr, (1729 – 16 Aug 1785) m. Clevears (Chisholm) Duke (1717 – 1785)
        1. 1. Obediah Dickerson (1749 – 1810)
        2. 2. Cosby (John) Dickerson (1750 – JAN 5)
        3. 3. Nathaniel (Terry) Dickerson, (31 Aug 1751 – 04 Apr 1795) m. Rebecca Terry (1756 – 1784)
        4. 4. Frances Dickenson (7 Feb 1754 – 1789) m. Bartlett Anderson (17 Jun 1748 – 1824)
        5. 5. Pvt (Elijah) Dickenson (1755 – 4 Sep 1834) m. Susannah Smith (1746 – 1828)
        6. 6. Pvt (Robert Amos) Dickerson, (1755 – 1829) m. Nancy Dickerson
        7. 7. David Dickerson (1756 – Abt. 1823) m. Jane Martin (1772 – Feb 1850)
        8. 8. Milly Dickenson (1758 – )
        9. 9. Ann Dickerson (1760 – 1812)
        10. 10. Penelope Dickenson (1762 – )
        11. 11. Sarah Dickenson (1764 – )
        12. 12. William (Julian) Dickenson (1768 – 5 Feb 1803) m. ROSANNA Jordan m. Frankey Mayse
        13. 13. David Dickenson (1770 – 1823) m. Jane Martin (1772 – 1843)
        14. 14. Matthew Dickenson (1774 – )
        15. 15. Jemima Dickenson (1776 – May 26)
        16. 16. James Duke (1740 – 1771)
    3. 3. Mary Cosby (1648 – 30 Nov 1657)
    4. 4. James Cosby (1650 – 1747)

Charles Cosby's Timeline

2 Records

1585
12 Sep 1585
Birth of Charles Cosby in Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland
Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland
1696
1696
Age 111
Death of Charles Cosby in Planter, York, Virginia, United States
Planter, York, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1585
    Event Place: Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 24057.004; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 7

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1654
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1654; Page Number: 79

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1696
    Event Place: Planter, York, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Millennium File
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