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John Cosby 1680 – 1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1680

Birth Location: York, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 26 May 1761

Death Location: Louisa, Virginia, USA

Father: Col Cosby

Mother: Sarah (Hiaginisar)

Spouse(s): Margaret Garland, Anne Meriwether

Children(s): David Cosby, John Cosby, William Cosby, Louise Cosby, Amediah Cosby, Sarah Cosby

In 1680, John Cosby Jr entered the world in York, Virginia, USA, born to Col John Cosby and Sarah Higgason (Hiaginisar). John Cosby Jr married Margaret Martha Peggy Garland, Anne Meriwether, and had children including David Cosby, John Cosby, William Cosby, Louise Amy Cosby, Amediah Cosby, Sarah Ann Cosby. John Cosby Jr passed away in 1761 in Louisa, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1680, John Cosby Jr entered the world in York, Virginia, USA, born to Col John Cosby and Sarah Higgason (Hiaginisar).
  • John Cosby Jr married Margaret Martha Peggy Garland, Anne Meriwether, and had children including David Cosby, John Cosby, William Cosby, Louise Amy Cosby, Amediah Cosby, Sarah Ann Cosby.
  • John Cosby Jr passed away in 1761 in Louisa, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Col Cosby
1623 – 1696
Birth Location: Stradbally Abbey, Queens County, Clare, Ireland
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Sarah (Hiaginisar)
1626 – 1740
Birth Location: York County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Garland
1690 – 1749
Birth Location: Plymouth, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
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Anne Meriwether
1694 – 1785
Birth Location: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

David Cosby
1705 – 1770
Birth Location: Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA
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John Cosby
1711 – 1785
Birth Location: New Kent, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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William Cosby
1713 – 1733
Birth Location: New Kent County, Virginia, USA
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Louise Cosby
1718 – 1760
Birth Location: New Kent, Louisa, Virginia, USA
LC
Amediah Cosby
1718 – 1750
Birth Location: New Kent, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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Sarah Cosby
1720 – 1785
Birth Location: New Kent Township, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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John Cosby's Ancestors

Self
John Cosby
1680 – 1761
Birth Place: York, Virginia, USA
Parents
Col John Cosby
1623 – 1696
Stradbally Abbey, Queens County, Clare, Ireland
Sarah (Higgason) (Hiaginisar)
1626 – 1740
York County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Charles Cosby
1585 – 1696
Stradbelly Abbey, Queens, Ireland
Constance Brigham
1602 – 1683
Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Alexander (Cosbie)
1552 – 1596
Mary Sydney
1550 – 1623
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Cosbie,
1525 – 1580
Lady Seymour
1512 – 1570
William Kent
Anne Pakenham

John Cosby's Descendants

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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)
      1. 1. William (Terry) Dickerson (1778 – 1818) m. Nancy Royall (1781 – 1814)
        1. 1. Achilles (Allen) Dickerson (10 Jan 1810 – 11 November 1885) m. Nancy (Mary McWhorter) Jones (11 Sep 1811 – 30 March 1882)
        2. 2. Washington (Riborn) Dickerson (1811 – 1888)
    4. 4. Frances Dickenson (7 Feb 1754 – 1789) m. Bartlett Anderson (17 Jun 1748 – 1824)
      1. 1. Anne Anderson (1772 – 1 MAR 1796)
      2. 2. Charles Anderson (1772 – )
      3. 3. John Anderson (14 SEP 1773 – )
      4. 4. Bartlett Anderson (1774 – 1822)
      5. 5. Benjamin Anderson (1774 – )
      6. 6. Martha (B) Anderson (11 JUN 1777 – 01 Aug 1845) m. Henry (Thomas) Trower (11 Feb 1777 – 1827)
        1. 1. Sarah (Dickerson) Trower (7 Aug 1799 – 27 Jan 1887)
        2. 2. Wesley (Bingham) Trower (5 Jan 1801 – 3 Sep 1858)
        3. 3. Mary (Ann) Trower (10 Oct 1802 – 1844)
        4. 4. Louisa (Fitzallen) Trower (10 Sep 1804 – 24 May 1878)
        5. 5. Janetta (Beveridge) Trower (15 Jan 1806 – )
        6. 6. Permelia (Caroline) Trower (22 Dec 1808 – 1901)
      7. 7. Mary Anderson (10 FEB 1779 – )
      8. 8. Thomas (Dickinson) Anderson (1781 – )
      9. 9. William Anderson (18 MAR 1783 – )
      10. 10. Nathanial Anderson (1784 – 1 MAR 1796)
      11. 11. Louisa Anderson (APR 1785 – )
      12. 12. Elizabeth
    5. 5. Pvt (Elijah) Dickenson (1755 – 4 Sep 1834) m. Susannah Smith (1746 – 1828)
      1. 1. Garland Dickenson (1773 – 1795)
      2. 2. Pvt (Edmund) Dickenson, (13 Aug 1783 – 11 Mar 1875) m. Mary ("Polly") Honaker (2 Jul 1805 – 4 Apr 1878)
        1. 1. Matilda (Jane Whitt) Dickerson (1820 – 18 Aug 1885)
        2. 2. Griffith Dickerson (1823 – )
        3. 3. John (B) Dickerson (1826 – 13 Sep 1864)
        4. 4. Henry (Clay) Dickerson (1832 – 27 Jan 1879) m. Serena Howerton (09 Jan 1830 – 2 Apr 1869)
        5. 5. Nancy (A) Dickerson (1 May 1834 – 1912)
        6. 6. Lewis (C Fulton) Dickerson (18 Feb 1840 – 12 Nov 1915) m. Lucinda (Joanne) Patrick (Jun 1856 – Bef. 1910)
        7. 7. Pvt (Samuel Honaker) Dickenson (4 Jul 1846 – 8 Jun 1909) m. Malinda (P) Gobble (28 Feb 1849 – 21 Aug 1892) m. Lucretta (Belle) Dickenson (1865 – 1911)
      3. 3. Ballard (Smith) Dickerson (19 Jan 1786 – 1831)
      4. 4. Sarah Dickerson (23 Dec 1786 – 08 Apr 1858) m. John (Poteet) Dodd (29 Nov 1784 – 18 Oct 1846)
        1. 1. Elijah Dodd (10 Oct 1808 – 19 Aug 1848)
      5. 5. Elijah Dickerson (1792 – 11 Dec 1867) m. Susannah Dickerson (1 Jan 1787 – 1881)
        1. 1. Fleming Dickerson (30 Jul 1812 – 1 Mar 1908)
    6. 6. Pvt (Robert Amos) Dickerson, (1755 – 1829) m. Nancy Dickerson
      1. 1. Drusilla (Dickerson) Arnold (21 February 1802 – 8 January 1879)
    7. 7. David Dickerson (1756 – Abt. 1823) m. Jane Martin (1772 – Feb 1850)
      1. 1. Nancy Dickerson (Abt. 1810 – Aft. 1850)
      2. 2. Carey (B.) Dickerson (Abt. 1812 – Aft. 1850)
      3. 3. Margaret (L) Dickerson (Abt. 1812 – Aft. 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)
      1. 1. Nancy Dickenson (1810 – Aft. 1850)
      2. 2. Cary (B) Dickenson (1812 – Aft. 1850)
        1. 1. Henry (C.) Dickerson (Abt. 1845 – )
        2. 2. Nathaniel (C) Dickerson (Abt. 1848 – )
        3. 3. Nancy Dickerson (Abt. 1850 – )
      3. 3. Margaret (L.) Dickenson (1813 – Aft. 1850)
    14. 14. Matthew Dickenson (1774 – )
    15. 15. Jemima Dickenson (1776 – May 26)
    16. 16. James Duke (1740 – 1771)

John Cosby's Timeline

2 Records

1680
1680
Birth of John Cosby Jr in York, Virginia, USA
York, Virginia, USA
1761
26 May 1761
Age 81
Death of John Cosby Jr in Louisa, Virginia, USA
Louisa, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: York, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1761
    Event Place: Louisa, Virginia, USA
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