COWLES. The name is also written Cowl, Coul, Cowle, Coule, Coules, Coales, Coale, Cole, Colles, and may have originated at the battle of Hastings, 1066; the founder having worn a hood, or cowl, at this battle.
Daddy's family hails mostly from the Northeastern United States. Immediately, there are:
Hovey, Everybody's Um-Dad
Denis, Daddy's Oldest Brother, who is married to Jaime, and her daughter Kayleigh
Erika (Myers), Daddy's Favorite Sister, her ex-husband but still very involved Daddy Eric to their children, Kiara and Ava
and another sibling who would prefer to not be splashed all over the web along with his two children! He changed his name to O'Connor.
Starting with our first steps on the New World, here's how we muster out:
(I) John Cowles, The founder of the Cowles family in America, who came from the West of England in the year 1635, settling in Hartford, Conn., in that year. In 1640 he was one of the eighty-four original proprietors of the town of Farmington, Conn., member of General Court of Connecticut, and one of the seven original founders of the Church of that place. His lot contained nine acres on the public green, and just south of the meeting house, was inherited by his three grandsons, and divided into three equal parts, a division which has been kept up to the present day. The old homestead is now occupied by the heirs of Timothy Cowles. John Cowles married Hannah --- (her maiden name not being now remembered). They had seven children, viz.: Samuel, born in 1639; John, born in 1641; Hannah, born in 1644; Sarah, born in 1646; Esther, born in 1649; Mary, born in 1654; and Elizabeth, born in 1656. John came to Hartford 1635-39; Farmington, 1640; Hadley, Massachusetts, 1659; Hatfield, 1660, where he died 1675; John and Hannah's wills are on file at Northampton and Hartford.
(II) Samuel Cowles, eldest son of John, born 1639, died April 17, 1691, Farmington. January 14, 1660 he married Abigail Stanley, daughter of Timothy Stanley. and by her had the following children: Samuel, born May 17, 1861; Abigail, in 1663; Hannah, in 1664; Timothy, in 1666, Sarah, in 1668; John in 1670; Nathaniel, 11 February 1672/1673; Isaac, in 1675; Joseph, in 1677; Elizabeth, in 1680; and Cabel in 1682.
(III) Nathaniel Cowles, the seventh of the above children, married Phoebe (Phebe) Woodruff, February 11, 1697, by whom he had three children, viz.: Nathaniel, born 28 April 1698, Thankful, in 1700; and Timothy, in 1704. The mother of these dying in February, 1712. Nathaniel married Mary Andrews in 1713, by whom he had the following children: Benjamin, born in 1713; Joseph, in 1715; Phoebe, in 1718; Samuel, in 1720; Daniel, in 1722; and Nathaniel, in 1730.
(IV) Nathaniel Cowles, Jr., the eldest son of Nathaniel and Phoebe, married Sara Gridley 15 March/May 1722. Had two children: Esther, July 1723; and Nathaniel, 31 March 1725.
(V) Nathaniel Cowles married Phoeb Cole 5 November 1745. and had 11 children: Nathaniel, 1746; Phoebe, 1748; John, 1750; Sarah, 1754; Timothy, 1754; Asa, 1757; Phineas, b. 4 June 1762, d. 28 February 1839; Abigail, 1765; Levi, 1767; Job, 1768; Ruth, 1770.
(VI) Phineas, b. June 4, 1762, d. February 22, 1839 enlisted in the Connecticut Militia on June 1, 1779. Married Catherine (Catharine?) Stone 2 April 1789 and had 9 children: Abigail, 1792; Catherine, 1794 (d. 1798); Phoebe; 1797 (d. 1798); Sarah, 1798; Catherine (Christmas Day) 1801; Susanna, 1803; Charlotte, 1805; Charles M., 1 August 1808.
(VII) Charles Cowles, youngest child of Phineas and Catherine, married Anna Metcalf.
(VIII) Madison Cowles, son of Charles M. and Anna, 7 April 1833, married Mary Ann Hovey.
(IX) Clarence Porter Cowles, son of Madison and Mary, 30 August 1875, married Laura Elizabeth Golden.
(X) John T. Cowles, son of Clarence and Laura, married Viola Maud Hovey (b. 17 May 1910), and had 4 children, Hovey, 13 January 1940; Ethan, Roger, Cleveland.
(XI) Hovey Madison Cowles, eldest son of John and Viola, married Maureen Elise O'Connor, and had 4 children: Denis Gregoire, 10 February 1964; Erika Kirsten (Myers), 13 May 1965; Jean-Marc (O'Connor), 24 December 1966); Kristofer Dylan, 26 April 1969.
(XII) Kristofer Dylan Cowles married Elizabeth Adele Novak, 9 November 1996. They have 3 children: Kristofer Dylan Cowles, II 26 December 1999; Andrew Robert Cowles, 27 March 2005, Nathaniel Madison Cowles, 11 April 2007.
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