New Discoveries/Information

 For 325 years following publication of the book "Cogswells in America" by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, the identity of which Cogswell daughter did not remove to the colonies in New England with her family has remained a mystery.  Many popular and wide-spread myths, such as "she was the eldest daughter", "she lived in London", "her name was Elizabeth", and "there were two Cogswell daughters named Elizabeth", evolved.  However, the lead article in the January 2008 edition of "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (volume 162) has brought closure to this issue.  A detailed review of that article can be found in the April 2008 edition of the Cogswell Courier.

The Cogswell daughter that remained in England in 1635, and is often referred to as the "unnamed daughter", has been discovered to be John and Elizabeth Cogswell’s 6th child, Phyllis.  She married John Broadhurst at Chirton, Whitshire, on 23 Jan 1644/5 and the couple had seven children between 1646 and 1664. The Broadhurst - Cogswell marriage, and the baptism of all of their children, were performed by Vicar John White.  He was Phyllis great uncle and brother (or perhaps half-brother) of Vicar William Thomson’s wife, Phyllis.