Monday, March 6, 2023

JOHN COGGSWELL 1591-1669

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Mary Barney (Barber), daughter of Israel Barney, son of Elizabeth Brackett (Barney), daughter of Elizabeth Waldo (Brackett), daughter of Hannah Coggswell (Waldo), daughter of John Coggswell.] Plaque 1991, Pemaquid Lighthouse at Bristol, Maine, USA Dedicated by Cogswell Family Association at the sight of the shipwreck of the passengers aboard the "Angel Gabriel".
John Cogswell John Cogswell, like William Ivory, left a very comfortable existence to come to America. Jameson recounts: "...At the age of twenty-three years he married the daughter of the parish vicar, succeeded to his father's business, and settled down in the old homestead. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received by inheritance 'The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood,' together with the home place and certain personal property. Like his father, he was a manufacturer of woollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufactures gave to his 'mylls' a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the [1880s]. [In the 1880s,] [t]here are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by Cogswells, which continue to put upon the markey woollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premiums in the world exhibitions of our times..."[15] So, with the following sale of their estate and home, they headed for America. It appears that the family unit which came over definitely included: John [Sr.], Elizabeth (his wife) and their children Elizabeth, Mary, William, Edward and John [Jr.]. (Abigail and Sarah were born in America.) The question marks remain around Phyllis, Alice, Esther and Ruth; of whom there are no more records save their baptisms. At least one of them is the unnamed daughter who remained in England. She had two children and was visited by her brother John on his ill-fated final voyage to London. Jameson claims that eight of the children born in England went to America[15]. John, Sr. and his family sailed from Bristol on 23 May 1635 on the Angel Gabriel. It was shipwrecked off Pemaquid, Maine on 15 August 1635[10,30]. found on ancestry.com John Cogswell Mr. Cogswell and his family escaped with their lives, but well drenched by the sea and despoiled of valuables to the amount of five thousand pounds sterling. They were more fortunate than some who sailed with them, whom the angry waves gathered to a watery grave. On leaving England Mr. Cogswell had taken along with him a large tent, which now came into good service. This they pitched, and into it they gathered themselves and such stores as they could rescue from the waves. The darkness of that first night of the Cogswells in America found them housed beneath a tent on the beach. The next day they picked up what more of their goods they could, which had come ashore during the night or lay floating about upon the water. As soon as possible Mr. Cogswell, leaving his family, took passage for Boston. He there made a contract with a certain Capt. Gallup, who commanded a small barque, to sail for Pemaquid and transport his family to Ipswich, Massachusetts. This was a newly settled town to the eastward from Boston, and was called by the Indians, "Aggawam." Two years earlier, March, 1633, Mr. John Winthrop, son of Gov. John Winthrop, with ten others, had commenced a settlement in Aggawam. An act of incorporation was secured August 4, 1634, under the name of Ipswich. The name Ipswich is Saxon, in honor of the Saxon queen Eba, called "Eba's wych," i.e., Eba's house; hence Yppyswich or Ipswich. Some derive it from Gippewich, meaning "little city." In the early records are found the following enactments of the General Court: found on ancestry.com The Angel Gabriel and the Great Storm of 1635 The Angel Gabriel and the Great Storm of 1635 August of 1635 had been a fair one for the small settlements which were striving to establish themselves in New England. In the wheel of the year, haying would have just concluded, with the settlers mowing, drying, gathering and storing the hay for the upcoming winter during the hottest, most unforgiving part of summer. Crops would be nearing their peak, nearly ready for the September harvest time. However, for "...[t]he whole of the second week of August the wind had blown from the direction of south-southwest with considerable force..."[110] Suddenly, about midnight on 14 August, the wind changed to the dangerous direction of northeast and soon blew to hurricane strength. The winds blasted the crops in the fields and the small houses of the English settlers. On the shoreline, the winds and storm surge took the waters to heights that none had ever seen before. Boston suffered through two high tides of twenty feet and "[t]he Narragansett Indians were obliged to climb into the tops of trees to save themselves from the great tide in their region. Many of them failed to do so, and were swallowed up by the surging waters..."[110] The storm lasted the 5 or 6 hours such hurricanes do and when the storm at last had passed, the settlers who could do so emerged to a changed world. Crops were flattened. Some houses had lost their roofs or were blown down completely. Most incredibly to the colonial senses, entire swathes of trees were snapped in two or blown down completely. Several ships were lost off the coast of New England, but the most celebrated was the Angel Gabriel - a bark of some 240 tons and 12-16 cannon (depending upon the source of information). From the letters of "John Aubrey, the celebrated antiquary of Wiltshire" the Angel Gabriel was originally built by Sir Charles Snell for Sir Walter Raleigh, "for the designe for Guiana, which cost him the manor of Yatton Regnell, the farm of Easton Piers, Thornhill, and the Church-lease of Bp. Cannins, which ship upon Sir Walter Raleigh's attander was forfeited." [Aubrey's Letters; Vol. 2, p. 514; Mss.; Bodleian Library; Oxford, England] A wonderful account of the voyage of the Angel Gabriel and its sailing partner the James (and the storm which befell them) comes in excerpts from the Journal of The Reverend Richard Mather, who was traveling on the James. The two ships sailed together for a great deal of the voyage. Based upon the several different sources for excerpts for this journal, the journey unfolded as written below. The voyage itself took 12 weeks and 2 days, from the time they left King's Road in Bristol on 23 May 1635 until the James landed in Boston, MA on 17 August 1635. [Mather] 23 May 1635: The Angel Gabriel, Captain Andrews, Master; the James (220 tons), Captain Taylor, Master; the Mary (80 tons), the Bess (or Elizabeth) and the Diligence (150 tons) left King's Road, Bristol, England en route for New England and Newfoundland. [MaryJohn] 24 May to 2 June 1635: They then lay at anchor for these 11 days before departing. [Mather] 27 May 1635: "...While at anchor, Captain Taylor, Mr. Maud, Nathaniel Wale, Barnabas Fower, Thomas Armitage, and myself, Richard Mather went aboard the Angel Gabriel. When we came there we found diverse passengers, and among them some loving and godly Christians that were glad to see us. The next day the visit was returned..."[Mather] Thursday, 4 June 1635: "...the wind serving us, wee set sayle and began our sea voyage with glad hearts, yt God had loosed us from our long stay wherein we had been holden, and with hope and trust that Hee would graciously guide us to the end of our journey..." Meanwhile, the Angel Gabriel had an omen of things to come: "...And even at our setting out we yt were in the James had experience of God's gracious providence over us, in yt the Angel Gabriel haling home one of her ancres, had like, being carried by the force of the tide, to have fallen foule upon ye forept of our ship, w&ch made all the mariners as well as passengers greatly afraid, yet by guidance of God and his care over us, she passed by without touching so much as a cable or a cord, and so we escaped yt danger..." [Mather] 4 to 6 June 1635: The ships spent three full days tacking between King's Road and Lundy [Mather] Island, which lies only 10 miles out in the Bristol Channel [LonelyPlanet]. 6 to 9 June1635: The ships lay at anchor at Lundy Island for three more days, stuck there by "adverse seas and wind". [Mather] 9 June 1635: It only took this one day to sail from Lundy Island to Milford Haven, Pembroke co., Wales. [Mather] 10 to 22 June 1635: However, once at Milford Haven, they lay at anchor there for another 12 days - due first to rough seas and then to a lack of wind. While Mather and the other passengers chafed at the constant delays, "the day was more comfortable to us all in regard to ye company of many godly Christians from ye Angel Gabriel, and from other vessels lyin in the haven with us, who, wanting means and home, were glad to come to us, and we were also glad of their company, and had all of us a very comfortable day, and were much refreshed in the Lord." [Mather] Sunday, 14 June 1635: "...Still lying at Milford Haven. Mr. Maud, Mathews Michael of the James and many of the passengers of the Angel Gabriel went to church on shore at a place called Nangle, where they heard two comportable sermons made by an ancient grave minister living at Pembroke, whose name is Mr. Jessop. Ps XCI-11 "For He shall give his angels charge over Thee to keep Thee in all thy ways..." [Mather] Monday, 22 June 1635: The small fleet finally sets sail from the English coast, bound for America. This was the last sight of land for many weeks and the last sight of home for nearly all the emigrants. 23 June 1635: The Master of the James decided to stay with the Angel Gabriel, since both ships were bound for New England and not Newfoundland. They quickly lost sight of the smaller, faster Mary, Bess and Diligence on the evening of the 23rd. Mather's thoughts on the Angel Gabriel were: "...The Angel Gabriel is a strong ship and well furnished with fourteene or sixteene pieces of ordnance, and therfore oure seamen rather desired her company; but yet she is slow in sailing, and therefore wee went sometimes with trhee sayles less than wee might have done, yt , so we might not overgoe her..." [Mather] Wednesday, 24 June 1635: "...We saw abundance of porpuyses leaping and playing about our ship". And wee spent some time that day in pursuing with the Angel Gabriel what wee supposed was a Turkish pirate, but could not overtake her..." [Mather] Monday, 29 June 1635: The seamen decided to kill one of the porpoises for sport. They had originally planned upon killing it on 28 June, but that day was the Sabbath. Out of respect for the passengers' faith, they waited until the following day. Mather's description of this follows: "...The seeing him haled into the ship like a swyne from ye stye to the tressele, and opened upon ye decke in viewe of all our company, was wonderful to us all, and marvellous merry sport and delightful to our women and children. So good was our God unto us in affordin us the day before, spiritual refreshing to our soules, and ye day morning also delightful recreation to our bodyes, at ye taking and opening of ye huge and strange fish..." [Mather] That afternoon, Captain Taylor, The Reverend Mather and Matthew Mitchell went aboard the Angel Gabriel. "...They found much sickness aboard and two cases of small pox, but the latter were recovered. They had supper with the ship's master and had good cheese, boiled mutton, roasted turkey and good sack..." [MaryJohn] Saturday, 4 July 1635: "...This day ye sea was very rough...Some were very seasicke, but none could stand or go upon ye decke because of the tossing and tumbling of the ship...This day (July 4) we lost sight of the Angel sayling slowly behind us, and we never saw her again any more..." [Mather] Sunday, 2 August 1635: "...And ye wind blew with a coole and comfortable gale at south all day, which carried us away with great speed towards or journeyes end..." [Mather] 3 August 1635: "...But lest wee should grow secure and neglect ye Lord through abundance of prosperity, or wise and loving God was pleased on Monday morning about three of ye clock, when wee were upon the coast of land, to exercise us with a sore storme and tempest of wind and rain, so yt many of us passengers with wind and rain were raised out of our beds, and our seamen were forced to let down all ye sayles, and ye ship was so tossed with fearfull mountains and valleys of water, as if wee should have beene overwhelmed and swallowed up. But ye lasted not long, for at or poore prayers, ye Lord was please to magnify his mercy in assuaging ye winds and seas againe about sun rising..." [Mather] 8 August 1635: The James makes land at Menhiggin [possibly Monhegan, ME?] [Mather] 14 August 1635: At 10 o'clock at night they dropped anchor at the Isle of Shoales and there "slept sweetly the night until daybreak". [Mather] 15 August 1635: The Great Storm hits. The James is anchored off the Isles of Shoals, the Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid, ME. Mather's description of the storm: "...ye Lord sent Forth a most terrible Storme of rain, and ye Angel Gabriel lying in at anchor at Pemaquid, was burst in pieces, and cast away in ye Storme and most of ye cattle and other goodes with one seaman and three or four passengers did also perish therein, besides two of ye passengers died by ye way. Ye rest having lives given ym. ' The Angel Gabriel was the only vessel which miscarried with passengers from Old England to New, so signally did the Lord in his Providence watch over the Plantation of New England." Perley gives an excellent account of how the James survived the hurricane: "...The ship James...was near the Isles of Shoals when the gale came on. The vessel was tun into a strait among the islands, the master thinking probably that he had secured a harbor; but when well in he found that it was an unprotected passage. The anchors were lowered, and all three of them were lost, the violent and almost irresistible wind snapping the cables and leaving the anchors at the bottom of the deep. The Bessel was then placed under sail and run before the northeast gale, but neither canvas nor ropes held, and she dashed through the foaming crests on toward the rocky shore of Piscataqua. Instant destruction seemed inevitable. But, lo! As if a mighty overruling hand controlled the angry elements, when within a cable's length of the ledges, the wind suddenly veered to the northwest, and the ship was blown away from the deadly rocks back toward the islands again...they were plowing along toward rocks as dangerous as those they had just escaped. When about the strike in a last fatal plunge a part of the mainsail was let out, which caused the vessel to veer a little, and she weathered the rocks, almost touching them as she plunged past. The desired harbor was finally reached in safety..." [Perley] Mather records that the reaction of the passengers to this stroke of fortune was thus: "...When news was brought to us in the gun room that the danger was past, oh how our hearts did then relent and melt within us! And how we burst into tears of joy amongst ourselves, in love onto our gracious God, and admiration of his kindness in granting to his poor servants such an extraordinary and miraculous deliverance. His holy name be blessed forever..." [Mather] At Pemaquid, there was no such miracle for the Angel Gabriel. She broke up on the rocks. Luckily, only 3-5 of the passengers and crew lost their lives but all who survived lost virtually everything they owned. A bark commanded by Captain Gallop made several trips, eventually conveying all the survivors to Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts. 16 August 1635: "...This day we went directly before the wind, and had a delight all along the coast as we went, in viewing Cape Anne, the bay of Saugust, the bay of Salem, Marblehead and other places and came to anchor at low tide at Nantasket, in a most pleasant harbor, like to such I had never seen, amongst a great many lands on everyside. After the evening exercise, when it was flowing tide again, we set sail and came the night to anchor again before Boston and so rested that night with glad and thankful hearts that God had put an end to our long journey, being 1,000 leagues, that is 3,000 English miles, over one of the greatest seas of the world. First of all it was very safe and healthful to us, for though we were in a ship with 100 passengers, besides 23 seamen, 23 cows and heifers, 3 suckling calves and 8 mareas, yet not one these died by the way, neither person nor cattell, but came all alive to land, and many of the cattell in better condition than when they first entered the ship. And most of the passengers are in as good health as every and none better than my own family, and my weak wife and little Joseph as well as any other:. They had seasickness but were spared the fever, small pox and other diseases. Richard Beacon lost his right hand in the storm and one woman and her small child had scurvy, "we all conceived to be for want of walking and stirring of her body upon her bed. We had a comfortable variety of food, seeing we were not tied to the ships diet, but did victual ourselveds, we had no want of good and wholesome beer and bread, and as our land stomachs grew wearly of ship diet of salt fish and salt beef and the like, we had liberty to change for other food which might sort better with our health and stomachs and therefore sometimes we used bacon and buttered peas, sometimes buttered bag-pudding made curraynes and raisings, and sometimes drink pottage of beer and oatmeal and sometimes water pottage well buttered..." [Mather] 17 August 1635: The James manages to make it to Boston Harbor proper with "her sails rent in sunder, and split in pieces, as if they had been rotten ragges." [Mather] Mather summed up his trip with "On June 2 we lost sight of our old English coast, until August 8 where we made land again at Menhiggin, it was but six weeks and five days yet from our first entering the ship in King road on May 23 to our landing in Boston on August 17, it was 12 weeks and 2 days. For we lay at anchor in King Roade 11 days before we even set sail and 3 days at Lundy and 12 days at Milford and spent 3 days tacking between Kind Roade and Lundy, one day between Lundy and Milford and 8 days between Menhiggin and Boston. Again, let our gracious God be blessed forever. Amen..." [Mather] John, Sr. took all he owned: "...several farm and household servants [one of whom was Samuel Haines], an amount of valuable furniture, farming implements, housekeeping utensils, and a considerable sum of money..." aboard the Angel Gabriel[34]. After the wreck, he and his family took to Ipswich whatever they could salvage from the water. John, Sr. lost the equivalent of £5000 sterling[15]; yet some say he salvaged nearly that much from the shipwreck[31,32,33]. Some accounts have John, Sr. and his son, John, Jr. walking from Pemaquid, Maine to Boston, Massachusetts to summon help after the hurricane. Other accounts imply that Captain Gallup's ship was already at Pemaquid, Maine and the Cogswells hired him to take them and their belongings to Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts. found on ancestry.com Biographical Sketch BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Containing Life Sketches Citizens of of Leading Essex County Massachusetts JOHN COGSWELL 1592-1669 On September 10, 1615, John Cogswell married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William and Phillis Thompson; and in May, 1635, he with his family sailed for America on board the "Angel Gabriel," commanded by Captain Andrews. The ship, which was wrecked on the coast of Maine in August, 1635, brought other passengers, who settled in Essex; and among them were John and Thomas Burnham, ancestors of the Burnham family of this town. John Cogswell settled in Essex, and engaged in the manufacture of woollen cloth. He owned three hundred and seventy-five acres of land; and the family homestead, where eight generations have resided, is a part of his original tract. He died November 29, 1669; and his wife died June 2, i6676. Their children were as follows: a daughter who married in England and lived in London; Mary, who in 1649 married Godfrey Armitage; William, who was born in England in 1619; John, born in 1622; Hannah, who in 1652 married Deacon Waldo; Abigail, who married Thomas Clark; Edward, born in 1629; Sarah, who married Simeon Tuttle, and died in 1692; and Elizabeth, who on July 31, 1657, wedded Nathaniel Masterson. found on ancestry.com John Cogswell coming to America Cogswell derives its name from the town of Coggeshall, Essex, England. It was a Roman town named Canonium, then called Coed Garr's Hall under the Saxons, then Coggeshael under Canute the Dane and finally Coggeshall. Edward Coggswell was a wool merchant. He passed this on to John Sr. John sold his inhereted property and moved his family to New Englan in 1635. He married Elizabeth the daughter of the parish vicar Rev William Thompson. They left on in 22 Jun 1635 from Bristol with 4 other ships, the James , the Bess, the Mary, the Diligence, and John's ship the Angel Gabriel a 220 ton vessel with 12 cannons built by Sir Charles Snell origin-ally for Sir Walter Raliegh. Only the Angel Gabriel and the James went to New England the rest went somewhere else. They anchored off Maine in Aug of 1635, the James off Isle of Shoals and the Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid Me. A nor-easter came up on 15 Aug 1635 that wrecked the Angel Gabriel. John was able to salvage almost 5,000 pounds sterling of his property. The storm did considerable dammage to crops and buildings in the area. They settled in what is now Ipswich Ma. They arrived in Boston on 17 Aug 1635. John bought 300 acres on the Chebacco River and continued on being a wool merchant. He was also a town leader. He and his wife are buried at the old cemetery on Rt 133 in Ipswich next to the White Elephant Antique Shop. found on ancestry.com John Cogswell, (Princess Dianna Spencer's 10th great-grandfather, making her my 10th cousin once removed.) John Cogswell, son of Edward, was born in 1592 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. At age 23, he succeeded to his fathers' business and settled down in the old homestead. On September 10, 1615 in Westbury Leigh, Wilts, John married Elizabeth Thompson. She was born about 1594 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received his inheritance, "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood," together with the home place and certain personal property. Like his father, he was a manufacturer of wollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufacturers gave his "mylls" a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the present day. There are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by the Cogswells, which continue to put on the market wollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premium in the world exhibitions of our times (1880s?). John Cogswell doubtless found, in London, a market for his manufactures. He may have had a commission house in that city, which would account for his being called, as he sometimes has been, a London merchant. John Cogswell immigrated to the Massachusetts Colony on the ship "Angel Gabriel" from Bristol, England May 23, 1635. He brought his wife and 8 children with him, leaving one daughter in England. He brought his apprentice of 9 years, Samuel Haines, with him on the voyage which lasted 10 weeks. (See below.) John Cogswell was the third original settler of Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Mr. John Cogswell had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635. The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society. The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer. He was made Freeman there March 3, 1636. On March 26, 1641, John Cogswell of Ipswich mortgaged to Mr. William Hubbard his farm of about 300 acres at Chebacco River, with the houses; acknowledged April 5, 1641, before Richard Saltonstall. The Cogswells were also involved in an attempt to prevent the execution of Goodwife Proctor in the Salem witch trials. "Five members of the Cogswell family were among the twenty prominent people who signed the petition drawn up by the Rev. John Wise on behalf of Goodwife Proctor, who stood accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren alleged that she had been threatened and abused by Goodwife proctor, and that she had seen apparitions of people who had long since been murdered by the wife of John Proctor. This evidence prevailed and the good woman was sentenced to death." John Cogswell died on November 29, 1669 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He is buried at the Phipps Street Burying Ground in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Elzabeth Cogswell died on June 2, 1676 at Ipswich, MassachusettsA. She is also buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts. The "Haines Family," by W.L. Holman, 1962, tells the story of Samuel Haines, John Cogswell's apprentice who came with John and his family when they immigrated: "At the age of 15, Samuel was apprenticed to John Cogswell, in Westbury, County, Wilts, a fuller or clothmaker, for 10 years. In 1635, Cogswell came to New England on the "Angel Gabriel," from Kings Road, Bristol, 4 June, and from Milford Haaven, 22 June, and with him came his apprentice. After a voyage of 10 weeks, the ship foundered off the coast of Maine in a bad storm, but most passengers managed to get ashore, and were brought up to Boston, Massachusetts, in Goodman Gallup's Bark. From Boston, Gallup sailed cogswell and his party to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and here in Ipswich, Haines lived for a year and then went up to Northam (later Dover, New Hampshire)." In 1676, age about 65, Samuel Haines testified in litigation between the Cogswells about property brought over on the ill-fatedship..."The desposition of Samuell Haines Sen aged 65 years or thereabouts. This deponent testifyeth and saith, that I lived with Mr John Cogswell, Sen.: in old England about nine years a servant with him, and came over along with him to news England in the ship (called the Angell Gabriell) and were present wih him when my master Cogswell suffered shipwrecke at Pemmyquid, which was about fourty-one yeares agoe the last August when the ship were cast away. I the said Haines doe remember that there were saved then out of my maisters good a Good Quantity of Good Household goods both feather beds and Bedding and also a good quantity of brass and Pewter and also severall Brass pans. Furthermore I Doe Remember that my maister had a turkey worked Carpett in old England which he commonly used to lay upon his parlour table, and this carpet was put aboard amongst my maisters goods and Came safe ashore to the Best of my Remembrance. All which goods together with some provisions wich were saved when Goodman Galhup of Boston Brought to Ipswitch in his barke for my master (Except some of them wich the vessel Could not hold) and I the said Deponent came along with him in the vessel from Pemmyquid, and lived with my maister Cogswell in Ipswitch the same yeare following. And also I Remember that my maister had two maires and two Cowes who were shipt aboarde a ship at South Hampton In old England and came safe ashore to new England that same summer as we came here, and were delivered to my maister; I Doe further testifye that about 4 yeare and a half after)) I brought over for the use of my maister Cogswell between fourscore and an hundredth pounds worth of goods, in severall particulars which were delivered to him. And Furthermore I doe very well remember that my marster Cogswell had three sonses name were William wich were about 14 years of age then, and the second sonne were called John wich were about twelve years of age then, and the third sonnes name was Edward wich were about six years of age at that time and further saith not." Samuel Haines, Senr came and made oath to all ye above written the fist of December 1676. Before me Richard Martyn Commissr" Another deposition in the suit is printed in the NEHGS "Register," Vol 23, pg. 154, reproduced from Paper No. 554, Vol. 39, "Massachusetts Judicial "Records," Cogswell vs. Cogswell: "Deposition of William Thompson aged about 28 years testifieth that I lived with my uncle and aunt Mr. John Cogswell, Senior of Ipswich, and Mrs. Cogswell about 16 years, and I did frequently see a turkie work carpet which they had, and I have heard them say that it was theirs in Old England and used to lie upon their parlour table there, and that they brought it with them into this country when they came, and being this last winter in Old England I heard my father Doctor Samuel Thompson say that he did well remember that my uncle and aunt had a turkie work carpett weh used to lye upon their parlour table in Old England, and took it away with them. 26 May 1677. "The deposition of another apprentice of John Cogswell, William Furber, Sr., age about 62, collaborated Haines' testimony and other depositions were presented. The case is called William Cogswell vs. John Cogswell of Ipswich, 22 Mar. 1677, Massachusetts Archives, 39: 534-535. The Winthrop Papers and Mather's Journal contains details regarding the shipwreck of the "Angel Gabriel" Other Sources: "Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler" at www.ancestry.com. "Ipswich Court Records and Files," in the "Essex Antiquarian," Vol 8, 1904, p. 3. "Ipswich In The Massachusetts Bay Colony", by Thomas Franklin Waters, The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905; pgs. 290-291. "History of Hancock"; Tuttle in History of Hancock , from http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dcurtin1/gene/gen_cog.htm "Stories, Publications, and Memories", at http://www.ancestry.com/ found on ancestry.com John(3) Cogswell was the immigrant ancestor in this Cogswell line. He was born in 1592 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. He was baptized on April 7, 1592. He died on November 29, 1669 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He is buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts. On September 10, 1615 in Westbury Leigh, Wilts, John married Elizabeth Thompson. She was born circa 1594 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. She died on June 2, 1676 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. She is also buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts. At age 23, he succeeded to his fathers' business and settled down in the old homestead. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received his inheritance, "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood," together with the home place and certain personal property. Like his father, he was a manufacturer of wollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufacturers gave his "mylls" a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the present day. There are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by the Cogswells, which continue to put on the market wollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premium in the world exhibitions of our times (1880s?). John Cogswell doubtless found, in London, a market for his manufactures. He may have had a commission house in that city, which would account for his being called, as he sometimes has been, a London merchant. Mrs. Cogswells' mother was Phillis--- and her father was the Rev. William Thompson, vicar of Westbury from 1603 to his death in 1623. About twenty years after their marriage, with a family of nine children about them, and having the accumulations of a prosperous business, Mr. and Mrs. Cogswell determined to emigrate to America. The particular reasons which led them to leave England may have been much the same that influenced others in their times. It appears that early in 1635, Mr. Cogswell made sale of his "mylls" and other real estate, and soon after, with his wife, eight children, and all their personal effects, embarked at Bristol, May 23, 1635, for New England. Their passage was long and disastrous. Their arrival in America was after a most unexpected fashion. Having reached the shores of New England, they were landed unceremoniously at a place called Pemaquid, in Maine, being washed ashore from the broken decks of their ship "Angel Gabriel " which went to pieces in the frightful gale of August 15, 1635, when such a "sudden dismal storm of wind and rain came as had never been known before by white man or Indian." Traces of this storm remained for years. John Cogswell and his wife Elizabeth settled at Ipswich, and had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635, is this entry: "Granted to Mr. John Cogswell three hundred acres of land at the further Chebacco, Having the river on the southeast, the land of Will White on ye Northwest and a Creek Coming out of the river towards Will Whites farme on the Northeast. Bounded also on the west with a creek and a little brooke. Also there was granted to him a percell of ground containing eight acres, upon part whereof the said John Coggswell hath Built an house, it being in ye corner lott in Bridge Streete and has goodman Bradstreet houselott on ye s.e. The was also granted to him six acres of Ground late mr. John Spencers. Butting upon the river on the southeast having a lott of Edmund Gardners' on the Northeast and a lott of Edmund Saywords on the Southwest wch six acres of ground teh sd John Coggswell hath sold to John Perkins teh younger his heirs and assigns." The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society. The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer. The Cogswells were also involved in an attempt to prevent the execution of Goodwife Proctor in the Salem witch trials. According to Ipswich In The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 290-291, by Thomas Franklin Waters, The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905: "Five members of the Cogswell family were among the twenty prominent people who signed the petition drawn up by the Rev. John Wise on behalf of Goodwife Proctor, who stood accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren alleged that she had been threatened and abused by Goodwife proctor, and that she had seen apparitions of people who had long since been murdered by the wife of John Proctor. This evidence prevailed and the good woman was sentenced to death." Mrs. Cogswell survived her husband but a few years. She was a woman of sterling qualities and dearly loved by all who knew her. Side by side in the old churchyard in Ipswich have slept for more than three hundred years, the mortal remains of this godly pair, whose childhood was passed near the banks of the river Avon; who leaving behind the tender associations of the Old World, came with their children to aid in rearing on these shores a pure Christian state. They did greater work than they knew, died in the faith of the Gospel, and while their graves are unmarked by monument of stone, their souls are safe in heaven, their memory blessed, and their names honored by a posterity in numbers second only to that of Abraham. John and Elizabeth Cogswell had the following children:- daughter(4); she married, lived in London, and was the only child of John Cogswell who did not come to America Mary(4); born circa 1617 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England; died in Boston, Massachusetts. William(4); born 1619 John(4); born 1622 Phyllis(4); Baptized July 1624; probably died young. Hannah(4); born circa 1624 Abigail(4); born circa 1626 Edward(4); born 1629, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Alice(4); baptized 1632; she probably died young Ruth(4); baptized 1633; she probably died young Sarah Cogswell; born circa 1632. Elizabeth; born 1635 3.William(4); born 1619, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, 1619 in Westbury Parish Church. died December 15, 1700 4. John(4); born 1622, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, July 25, 1622 in Westbury Parish Church. 6. Hannah(4) born circa 1624, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, April 26, 1626 in Westbury Parish Church. died December 25, 1704 in Charleston, Massachusetts. Buried in Phipps Street burying ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts. 7. Abigail(4) born circa 1626, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, 1627. Died in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Married Thomas Clarke circa 1646. Child:- 11. Sarah Cogswell(4)born circa 1632; married Simon Tuttle in 1663. 12. Elizabeth(4); born 1635, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. found on ancestry.com Ipswich Property Excerpt from Genealogy on Robert Andrews: John Cogswell, mentioned, settled at Ipswich, and had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635, is this entry: Granted to Mr. John Cogswell three hundred acres of land at the further Chebacco, hauing the River on the southeast, the land of Willm White on ye Northwest and a Creek Coming out of the Riuer towards willm whites farme on the northeast. Bounded also on the west with a creeke and a little brooke. Also there was granted to him a percell of ground containing eight acres, upon part whereof the said John Coggswell hath Built an house, it being in ye corner lott in Bridge Streete and has goodman Bradstreete houselott on ye s.e. The was also granted to him six acres of Ground late mr. John Spencers, Butting vpon the river on the south east haueing a lott of Edmund Gardners on the north east and a lott of Edmund Saywords on the south west wch six acres of ground the sd John Coggswell hath sold to John Perkins the younger his heirs and assigns. The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society. The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer. found on ancestry.com

Monday, July 2, 2018

MARGARET DICKEY (BICKMORE) 1768-1852


MARGARET DICKEY BICKMORE 1768-1852 DUP HISTORY
          Margaret Dickey was born in 1768 in Warren, Lincoln, Maine, to Scottish immigrants John Dickey and Nancy Patten.
          Margaret married David Bickmore in Cushing, Knox, Maine on 31 August 1793.  She had 11 children in Maine:  Annie, 1794; Thomas 1794; Isaac Motor, 6 June 1797; William, 14 May 1799; David, 1800; George, 1802; Jacob, 1804; Samuel David, 4 February 1806; Eliza, 1809; Jane Ann, 1811; and Martha Jane, 1814.
          The family left Maine for Illinois probably about 1815/16.  Margaret’s husband, David, must have died before 1820 as eh was listed as head of her household in the 1820 census.  Margaret was also known as Martha or Patsy (a nickname for Martha) in subsequent census reports and land grants.
          Margaret and her son, Isaac Motor Bickmore, and his family joined a company of emigrants who were coming to Utah under the leadersip of Captain John Walker.  On the way, an epidemic of black cholera broke out among them.  Margaret and her son, Isaac Motor, both contracted the disease.  They died on July 6, 1852, and were buried at Loope Ford on the Platte River in Iowa.  Margaret was 94 years old.  Isaac’s widow, Martha Harville Bickmore and children came on to Utah and settled in Wellsville. 

PIONEER WOMEN OF FAITH AND FORTITUDE
          Margaret Dickey was born in 1768 in Warren, Linconln, Maine, to Scottish immigrants John Dickey and Nancy Patten.
          Margaret married David Bickmore in Cushing, Knox, Maine on 31 August 1793.  She had 11 children in Maine.
          The family left Maine probably from Kennebec Co., after March 1815.  The oldest daughter, Annie, married Daniel Pettingill 27 December 1818 in Madison Co., Illinois.  Margaret’s husband David, must have died before 1820 as she was listed as head of her household in the 1820 census. Margaret was also known as Martha or Patsy (a nickname for Martha) in subsequent census reports and land grant records.  Three of her sons were living in the same town in consecutively numbered households.
          Margaret and her son, Isaac Motor Bickmore, and his family joined a company of emigrants who were coming to Utah under the leadership of Captain John Walker.  On the way, an epidemis of black cholera broke out among them.  Margaret and her son, Isaac Motor, both contracted the disease.  They died on July 6, 1852, and were buried at Loop Ford on the Platte River, Iowa.  Margaret was 94 years old.  Isaac’s widow, Martha Harville Bickmore, and children came on to Utah and settled in Wellsville.
Found on FamilySearch.org. Contributed by Lana Horracks 17 November 2013.

Margaret Dickey Bickmore

(A sketch of the life of Margaret Dickey Bickmore and her son Isaac Motor bickmore, who died while crossing the plains.)

In a little town, calle Sterling, in the heart of  Scotland lived John and Nancy Patten Dickey.  They had heard of the opportunities offered in America and with their three little boys, took leave of their native country and came to live in Warren, Maine.  Here they had three more children, the youngest of whom was Margaret, who was born about 1768.

David Bickmore was the son of John Bickmore, who descended from a family of seagoing ancestors.  David was born in Friendship, Maine just a few miles from Warren.  Here David and Margaret were married and lived at Warren for some time.  They were the parents of six boys and four girls.  The second son, Isaac Motor Bickmore was the grandfather of Danford M Bickmore.

The David Bickmore family left Maine and settled in Madison County, Illinois and later moved to Brown County.  Here the gospel found the Bickmore family and som eof them accepted.  Isaac Motor was the first to join the church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints.  Later his wife and family joined as also did her mother, May.

Becaus of bitter feeling that existed agains tthe LDS people, they were advised to dispose of their homes and emigrate to Utah.  In 1852 they joined a company of emigrants who were coming to Utah under the leadership of Captin John Walker.  On the way an epedimic of Black Cholera broke out amng the emigrants.  Margaret and her son Isaac Motor contracted the disease and on 6 July 185__ they both died and were bured at Loop Ford, on the Platte River.  

This left Isaac's widow, Martha Hernitte Bickmore to come to Utah with her family of six.   (can't read this sentence). but Msrtha and the others  ____________ on and settled in Williamsville, Utah.  

(The information for this sketch was obtained from family words and Paton's "?? Maine" Also "Genealogy of Maine by Little) Lottie C Bickmore.

Sinc ethis was ritten by Mrs Bickmore, more information has been obtainef from additoinal sources.  William Bickmore fprobably joined the church before his brother Isaac, as John was orained a High Priest in Mauvoo 3 September 1843.  Wm  ______________ was for years left off the family records of the W___________ Bickmores.

William Bickmore and unmarried children and his brother Samuel David family spent one or ___ years in Utah and then went out to the San Bernardino Valley in California.  William and his wife later returned to Utah for awhile and then went to California where they died in the 1880s.

Mother Harville's olden son, Jackson turned back and joined the Conferderat Army.  Williams' son Gilbert was in the Mormon Bttalion and went to California, was relased in Los Angeles area and returne to Iowa ________________ he met his famioly again and came to Utah and to San Bernardino gain.  Here was another case of brother against brother and wa scousin against cousin.

Jqueline A Hyland


Margaret Dickey Bickmore

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Sir William "Braveheart" Wallace

Sir William "Braveheart" Wallace 1272-1305   (22nd great great grandfather)

Born, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died 23 August 1305 (aged 32––33) Smithfield, London, England
Cause of death Decapitation
Occupation Commander in the Scottish Wars of Independence
Children None recorded
Parents Malcolm Wallace (father), Margaret Crauford (mother)

Sir William Wallace ( Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam Uallas; modern Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas; 1272 –– 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who is known for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and is today remembered in Scotland as a martyr. Along with Andrew Moray, he defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, and was dubbed the Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. A few years later Wallace was captured in Robroyston near Glasgow and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him executed for treason.

Wallace was the inspiration for the poem The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie, by the 15th century minstrel, Blind Harry and this poem was to some extent the basis of Randall Wallace’s (no known relation) screenplay for the 1995 film “Braveheart“.

Background
Little is known for certain of William Wallace's immediate family. The Wallace family may have originally come from Wales or Shropshire as followers of Walter Fitzalan (died June 1177), High Steward of Scotland and ancestor of the Stewart family. The early members of the family are recorded as holding lands including Riccarton, Tarbolton, and Auchincruive in Kyle, and Stenton in Haddingtonshire. The seal attached to a letter sent to the Hanse city of Luubeckin 1297 appears to give his father's name as Alan. His brothers Malcolm and John are known from other sources. Alan Wallace may appear in the Ragman Rolls as a crown tenant in Ayrshire, but this is uncertain.

The traditional view is that Wallace's birthplace was Elderslie in Renfrewshire, but it has been recently claimed to be Ellerslile in Ayrshire. There is no contemporary evidence linking him with either location, although both areas were linked to the wider Wallace family.

At the time of Wallace's birth, which cannot be securely dated, King Alexander III (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair) ruled Scotland. His reign had seen a period of peace and economic stability. Alexander had maintained a positive relationship with the kings of England, while successfully fending off continuing English claims to sovereignty. In 1286 Alexander died after falling from his horse; none of his children survived him. The Scottish lords declared Alexander's four-year-old granddaughter, Margaret (called "the Maid of Norway"), queen. Due to her young age, the Scottish lords set up an interim government to administer Scotland until Margaret came of age. King Edward I of England (popularly known as "Longshanks" among other names) took advantage of the instability by arranging the Treaty of Birgham with the lords, betrothing Margaret to his son, Edward, on the understanding that Scotland would preserve its status as a separate kingdom. Margaret, however, fell ill and died at only seven years of age (1290) on her way from her native Norway to Scotland. Claimants to the Scottish throne came forward almost immediately. With Scotland threatening to descend into a dynastic war, Edward stepped in as arbitrator — as a powerful neighbour and significant jurist he could hardly be ignored. Before the process could begin, he insisted, despite his previous promise to the contrary, that all of the contenders recognize him as Lord Paramount of Scotland. After some initial resistance, all, including John Balliol and Robert Bruce (grandfather of the Robert Bruce who later became king), the chief contenders, accepted this precondition. Finally, in early November 1292, at a great feudal court held in the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed, judgement was given in favour of John Balliol having the strongest claim in law. Formal announcement of the judgement was given by Edward on 17 November. Edward proceeded to reverse the rulings of the Scottish guardians and even summoned King John Balliol to stand before the English court as a common felon. Balliol was a weak king and not the strong leader Scotland needed in these troubled times. Thus he came to be known as "Toom Tabard", or "Empty Coat". Balliol supporters including Fraser, Bishop of St. Andrews and John Comyn, Earl of Buchan appealed to King Edward to keep the promise he had made in the Treaty of Birgham and elsewhere to respect the customs and laws of Scotland. Edward repudiated the treaty, saying he was no longer bound by it. Balliol renounced his homage in March 1296 and by the end of the month Edward stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then-Scottish border town. He slaughtered almost all of his opponents who resided there, even if they fled to their homes. In April, the Scots were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar in East Lothian and by July Edward had forced Balliol to abdicate at Stracathro near Montrose. Edward then instructed his officers to receive formal homage from some 1,800 Scottish nobles (many of the rest being prisoners of war at that time), having previously removed the Stone of Destiny, the Scottish coronation stone, from Scone Palace, and taken it to London.

Military career
Early exploits
Blind Harry invented a tale that Wallace's father was killed along with his brother John in a skirmish at Loudoun Hill in 1291 by the notorious Lambies, who came from the Clan Lamont. According to local Ayrshire legend, two English soldiers challenged Wallace in the Lanark marketplace regarding his catching of fish. According to various historians, including John Strawhorn, author of The History of Irvine, the legend has Wallace fishing on the River Irvine. He had been staying with his uncle in Riccarton. A group of English soldiers approached, whereupon the leader of the band came forward and demanded the entire catch. Even after Wallace offered half of his fish, the English refused such diplomacy and threatened him with death if he refused. Wallace allegedly floored the approaching soldier with his fishing rod and took up the assailant's sword. He set upon the entire team of English soldiers with stereotypical success. The argument had escalated into a brawl and two English soldiers were killed. Blind Harry places this incident along the River Irvine with five soldiers being killed. The authorities issued a warrant for his arrest shortly thereafter.

According to a plaque outside St. Paul’s Cathedal in Dundee, however, William Wallace began his war for independence by killing the son of the English governor of Dundee, who had made a habit of bullying Wallace and his family. This story perhaps has more weight because it is speculated that Wallace may have attended what is now the High School of Dundee, and spent some of his time growing up in the nearby village of Kilspindie. In 1291, or 1292, William Wallace killed the son of an English noble, named Selby, with a dirk. Wallace enters history when he killed William Heselrig, the English Sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297. According to later legend this was to avenge the death of Marion Braidfute of Lamington— the young maiden Wallace courted and married in Blind Harry's tale. Soon, he achieved victory in skirmishes at Loudon Hill (near Darvel, Ayrshire) and Ayr; he also fought alongside Sir William Douglas the Hardy at Scone, routing the English justiciar, William Ormesby from cities such as Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Scone and Dundee. Supporters of the growing revolt suffered a major blow when Scottish nobles agreed to personal terms with the English at Irvine in July. In August, Wallace left Selkirk Forest with his followers to join Andrew Moray, who had begun another uprising, at Stirling, where they prepared to meet the English in battle. As Wallace's ranks swelled, information obtained by John de Graham prompted Wallace to move his force from Selkirk Forest to the Highlands; there is no historical evidence to suggest that Wallace ever left the Lowlands area of Scotland other than his visit to France and his trip to the scaffold in London. Battle of Stirling Bridge On September 11, 1297, Wallace's forces won the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish forces led by Wallace and Andrew Moray routed the English army. John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey’s professional army of 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 to 10,000 infantry met disaster as they crossed over to the north side of the river. The narrowness of the bridge prevented many soldiers from crossing together (possibly as few as three men abreast), so while the English soldiers crossed, the Scots held back until half of them had passed and then killed the English as quickly as they could cross. The infantry were sent on first, followed by heavy cavalry. But the Scots' sheltron formations forced the infantry back into the advancing cavalry. A pivotal charge, led by one of Wallace's captains, caused some of the English soldiers to retreat as others pushed forward, and under the overwhelming weight, the bridge collapsed and many English soldiers drowned. Some claim that the bridge was rigged to collapse by the action of a man hidden beneath the bridge. The Scots won a significant victory which boosted the confidence of their army. Hugh Cressingham, Edward's treasurer in Scotland, died in the fighting and it is reputed that his body was subsequently flayed and the skin cut into small pieces as tokens of the victory. The Lanercost Chronicle records that Wallace had "a broad strip [of Cressingham’s skin] ... taken from the head to the heel, to make therewith a baldrick for his sword". William Crawford led 400 Scottish heavy cavalry to complete the action by running the English out of Scotland. It is widely believed that Moray died of wounds suffered on the battlefield sometime in the winter of 1297, but an inquisition into the affairs of his uncle, Sir William Moray of Bothwell, held at Berwick in late November 1300, records he was "slain at Stirling against the king." Upon his return from the battle,

Wallace was knighted along with his second-in-command John de Graham, possibly by Robert the Bruce, and Wallace was named "Guardian of Scotland and Leader of its armies". The type of engagement used by Wallace was contrary to the contemporary views on chivalric warfare whereby strength of arms and knightly combat was espoused in the stead of tactical engagements and strategic use of terrain. The battle thus embittered relations between the two antagonistic nations, whilst also perhaps providing a new departure in the type of warfare with which England had hitherto engaged. The numerical and material inferiority of the Scottish forces would be mirrored by the English in the Hundred Years’ War, who, in turn, abandoned chivalric warfare to achieve decisive victory in similar engagements such as Creecy and Poitiers.

In the six months following Stirling Bridge, Wallace led a raid into northern England. His intent was to take the battle to English soil to demonstrate to Edward that Scotland also had the power to inflict the same sort of damage south of the border.

Battle of Falkirk
A year later, Wallace lost the Battle of Falkirk. On 1 April 1298, the English invaded Scotland at Roxburgh. They plundered Lothian and regained some castles, but had failed to bring Wallace to combat. The Scots adopted a scorched earth policy in their own country, and English quartermasters' failure to prepare for the expedition left morale and food low, but Edward's search for Wallace would not end at Falkirk. Wallace arranged his spearmen in four "schiltrons" —— circular, hedgehog formations surrounded by a defensive wall of wooden stakes. The English however employed Welsh longbowmen which swung strategic superiority in their favour. The English proceeded to attack with cavalry, and breaking up the Scottish archers. Under the command of the Scottish nobles, the Scottish knights withdrew, and Edward's men began to attack the schiltrons. It remains unclear whether the infantry shooting bolts, arrows and stones at the spearmen proved the deciding factor, although it is very likely that it was the arrows of Edward's bowmen. Gaps in the schiltrons soon appeared, and the English exploited these to crush the remaining resistance. The Scots lost many men, including John de Graham. Wallace escaped, though his military reputation suffered badly.

By September 1298, Wallace had decided to resign as Guardian of Scotland in favour of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick (the future king) and John Comyn of Badenoch, King John Balliol's brother-in-law. Bruce became reconciled with King Edward in 1302, while Wallace spurned such moves towards peace. According to Harry, Wallace left with William Crawford in late 1298 on a mission to the court of King Philip IV of France to plead the case for assistance in the Scottish struggle for independence. Backing this claim is a surviving letter from the French king dated 7 November 1300 to his envoys in Rome demanding that they should help Sir William. Whether or not Wallace made it to Rome is uncertain. Harry also states that on their trip down the English coast, the small convoy ran into the infamous pirate Thomas Longoville, also known as the Red Reiver for his red sails and ruthless raids. Hiding in the hold of the ship while Crawford and a small contingent of men sailed, Wallace surprised the pirates as they boarded the ship. Longoville was captured and taken to Paris where the Scots convinced Philip to grant amnesty so that Longoville could prey on English ships. This last story is one of many recorded by Blind Harry for which there is no evidence. Harry also invented a major action against Edward I at Biggar, which, though often cited, never actually occurred.

In 1303, Squire Guthrie was sent to France to ask Wallace and his men to return to Scotland, which they did that same year. They slipped in under the cover of darkness to recover on the farm of William Crawford, near Elcho Wood. Having heard rumours of Wallace's appearance in the area, the English moved in on the farm. A chase ensued and the band of men slipped away after being surrounded in Elcho Wood. Here, Wallace took the life of one of his men that he suspected of disloyalty, in order to divert the English from the trail.

In 1304 he was involved in skirmishes at Happrew and Earnside. Capture and execution Wallace evaded capture by the English until 5 August 1305 when John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to Edward, turned Wallace over to English soldiers at Robroyston near Glasgow. Wallace was transported to London and taken to Westminster Hall, where he was tried for treason and was crowned with a garland of oak to suggest he was the king of outlaws. He responded to the treason charge, "I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject." With this, Wallace asserted that the absent John Balliol was officially his king. Wallace was declared guilty. Following the trial, on 23 August 1305, Wallace was taken from the hall, stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered—— strangled by hanging but released while he was still alive, eviscerated and his bowels burnt before him, beheaded, then cut into four parts. His preserved head (dipped in tar) was placed on a pike atop London Bridge. It was later joined by the heads of the brothers, John and Simon on Fraser. His limbs were displayed, separately, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Stirling, and Aberdeen. The Wallace Sword, which supposedly belonged to Wallace although some parts are at least 160 years later in origin, was held for many years in Loudoun Castle and is now in the Wallace Monument near Stirling.

In 2002 William Wallace was ranked #48 as one of the 100 Greatest Britons in an extensive UK poll conducted by the BBC. In 2005, David Ross undertook a 450 mile walk in commemoration of the septicantennial of Wallace's execution.


Thursday, March 17, 2016

ABRAHAM BIRT 1844-1893



[Ancestral Link: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge), daughter of Abraham Birt.]





Family History of Abraham Birt and Catherine Norris by Florence Cragun Leishman, grand-daughter                         
Abraham Birt, my grandfather, was born 21 December 1844 in the beautiful little village of Painswick, Gloucester County, England, the son of Peter Birt and Harriot Ireland Birt.

In the 1840s growing urban demand increased scientific knowledge, and better methods of producing glass jars and tin receptacles permitted the introduction of canned foods, and by the 1960s fresh fruits, fish and vegetables were being canned in considerable quantities. Gail Borden in America had just patented "condensed milk" and dried milk was first made in England in 1855. Together with submarine cable to America successfully laid in 1866, the telegraph made it possible to get news transmitted with unheard of rapidity which gave a stimulus to newspapers, which were likewise aided by mechanical steam presses and cheaper paper.

Photography was a new industry, although the first crude photograph had been made in 1822, it was a Frenchman who rendered the process practicable. There was also a very rapid progress of industry between 1830 and 1850, but even more revolutionary than the rapid progress of industry were the startling improvements in transportation. The impact of industry, science and cheap transportation on English agriculture worked first in one direction, then in the other. By the new techniques of the 18th century, British farming had been changed over into a large scale profit making enterprise.

In spite of all this progress, Abraham had very little or no education. Coming from a very poor family he was put to work at a very early age. He was farmed out to help land owners with their "farming," and when still a young man was employed as a "gardener" at the Palace of Gloucester. Gloucester City being only six miles from Painswick, it is not known whether or not be walked to and from his labor, or whether he moved to the vicinity of Gloucester City.

The following account is given of how the little village of Painswick derived it's name: Wicke, a Saxon word for "villa" was built in a forest cleared by a band of Saxon pirates who came across the North Sea from Germany and swarmed westward through England, killing looting and burning. With the coming of Christianity they built a church on the site where they had formerly sacrificed to Thor the god of thunder, and to all the warrior gods of the Nordic Mists from which they came. Pain Fitzjohn who had been born in England since the conquest was one of the several able officers of King Henry I. As the King's sheriff he also collected the royal revenues so necessary to the law. Twice a year Pain rode with the revenue collected to Winchester of Westminster Hall where the coin was carefully counted. In later years Pain built a small castle on what is now Castle Hale, and our "Wicke" thus became known as Pain's Wicke or Painswick.

However it was in Gloucester City that Abraham met Catherine Norris, a young women four years his senior. He fell in love with her and they were married 30 May 1868. Catherine was born 20 January 1840 in the beautiful village of Gloucester City, Gloucester, England. She was the second child and eldest daughter of a family of eight children born to Jacob Norris and Caroline Holbrow. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Gloucester City. Catherine also came from a very poor family. They were very poorly educated but good religious people who taught their children to be honest, thrifty and hard working individuals. Catherine had no schooling other than what her parents taught her. She was a shy, quiet, retiring girl who took life very seriously. She was also highly emotional, keeping her thoughts and troubles to herself but brooding about them.

Abraham and Catherine became the parents of six children. Charles Thomas born 5 June 1870. Elizabeth born 22 May 1872. William born 26 January 1875 died 1880. Minnie Agnes born 1 August 1876. Francis Frank born 19 September 1881. Kate born 30 July 1884.

The missionaries visited the Abraham Birt family, where they were received kindly, and the family became very interested in their gospel message. However they were not baptized until after they came to Utah. Abraham, Catherine and their three youngest children, Minnie, Frank and Kate were baptized 20 March 1893 at North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, by John W. Rex.

In the year 1880, Catherine gave consent for their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, who was eight years of age, to come to the United States with a friend and neighbor, Alice Brazer. Alice also brought with her a niece, who probably was a friend and playmate to Elizabeth. After arriving in the United States and traveling to Utah, Alice met and married John Knowles, a widower. Alice raised her niece and Elizabeth along with John Knowles' children until they were old enough to marry.

When Charles, the eldest son was eleven years of age, grandmother's brother, Thomas Norris, who had been in Utah for some time, wrote asking Catherine to send Charles to him, explaining that he could use him in his work, and sending the money for his transportation. Charles sailed from England with a Mormon missionary who had preached the gospel to the Birt family.

On August 4, 1892, Abraham and Catherine left England with their three youngest children. The family was very sick on their way over with the exception of Kate. She made her family, as well as the other passengers, as comfortable as possible by bringing them their meals and water as well as entertaining them with recitations and singing. On arriving in New York, the family came directly to Utah, settling in North Ogden.

Shortly after arriving they settled in a little home owned by Alfred Barrett, who employed Abraham as a farmer. Abraham loved the soil, his work and new found home, but the happiness lasted for only a short while. On 9 August 1893, less than a year after his arrival he saddled his horse to go to the pasture for cows. Before he had gone very far something frightened his horse, and he was thrown to the ground, his foot catching in the stirrups he was dragged to his death. Cause of death was listed as "concussion." He is buried in the North Ogden Cemetery.

Grandfather's death was such an emotional upset to Catherine, she went about in a state of shock and depression. she would sit for hours on her front porch staring and rocking, and sometimes singing the songs that were sung at Abraham's funeral. She was dazed; her children being too young to understand didn't know how to manage and care for their mother. On consulting relatives and friends, and their family doctor they were advised to have their mother taken to the mental hospital in Provo. She was there for just a short while until she was released and reunited again with her family. She never did get completely over the deep sorrow of the loss of her husband. She grieved until the time of her death.

I recall very little of my grandmother, but I do remember her as a dear, kind, loving little lady who I adored. She was always able to supply us with a sweet of some kind, or a penny with which to buy something. She and Uncle Frank, who never married, lived close to us in Pleasant View, and whenever my sister LaVon and I felt the need of candy or cookies, we would carefully cross the road to go visit her.

Grandmother kept house for Uncle Frank until he felt it was too much work for her, then she moved to Ogden to live with her daughter Minnie, who had been widowed very young. She cared for Aunt Minnie's children while she worked to make a living for them. In September 1911 Catherine became very ill, passing away 12 September 1911 in Ogden, Utah, age 71 years. Her death was listed as "general debility."  She was buried in the North Ogden Cemetery beside her Abraham. Her family and friends mourned her death, but rejoiced that at least she had joined her beloved husband. Grandmother Birt was loving, thoughtful mother who always felt a deep concern for her children as well as her grandchildren's welfare.

Compiled 1 July 1972 by: Florence Cragun Leishman, granddaughter.
Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by Millie Kaye Beck 30 May 2017)


BIRT Abraham - death notice
Abraham Birt, who received severe injuries by falling from his horse on Aug. 4th, died at his residence in North Ogden on the 9th. He leaves a wife and a number of children. The funeral was held Thursday in the North Ogden meeting house and was well attended, after which the body was interred in the Union cemetery. The Standard (Ogden, Utah) 1893 August 1913





Monday, September 22, 2014

Catherine Norris (Birt) 1840-1911

Ancestral Link: JoAnn Stagge (Miller), daughter of Marvin Louis Stagge, son of Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge) daughter of Catherine Norris (Birt).


Nicholas Bailey - Frank Francis Birt
Minnie Agnes Birt Bailey - Catherine Norris Birt
Catherine "Kate" Birt Cragun/Trapp






Catherine Norris 1840-1911

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

MARVIN LOUIS STAGGE 1920-1975



















































Ogden City Cemetery
Ogden, Utah, United States
               
"DEFENSE DEPOT OGDEN SAFETY AWARD is presented to Marvin L. Stagge for accident-free work performance over a period of 1 year ending 27 Apr 71, F. W. Haught, Col., USMC

Utah General Depot baseballers, top, and Railroad Boosters, lower photo, will be two of the eight contenders for the Weber Centennial baseball crown at Affleck park, August 12, 13, 14 and 15. Top photo (fourth from left front row) Marvin Stagge....
Ogden Standard-Examiner, August 3, 1947

California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
Lost or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessell as Members of Crew

Name:  Marvin L. Stagge
Vessel: Luxembourg Victory
arriving at San Francisco, California Aug 8 - 1944 from the port of Suva, Fiji
Whether Member on Last Voyage: No
Length of service at sea: 2 mos
Position in ship's company: M.M.
Shipped or engaged: 5/23 at San Francisco
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival:  Yes
Whether able to read: Yes
Age: 23
Male
Race: Dutch
Nationality: USA
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160
Physical marks, peculiarities, or disease: none

List of Aliens Employed on the Vessel as Members of Crew
Vessel: S. S. Monterey arriving at San Francisco, California April 15, 1944 from the port of  Milne Bay, New Guinea
Member of the crew on last voyage:  No
Name Stagge Marvin
Length of service at sea: 0
Position in ship's company: Scullion
Shipped or engaged:  3/7/44 San Francisco
Age: 23
Race: USA
Nationality: USA
Height: 5 8
Weight: 160
Physical marks, peculiarities, or disease: scar/cheek



California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 record for Marvin L. Stagge
List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel, as Members of Crew
1300-2533

Name: Marvin L Stagge
Arrival Date: 7 August 1944
Age: 23
Birth Date: About 1921
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Dutch
Ship Name: Luxembourg Victory
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Suva; Fiji

California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 record for Marvin Stagge
List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel, as Members of Crew

Marvin Stagge
Arrival Date: 15 April 1944
Age: 23
Birth Date: About 1921
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: USA (American)
Ship Name: Monterey
Length of Service at Sea: 0
Position in ship's company: Scullion
Shipped or Engaged: 3/7/44 - San Francisco
Whether to be Discharged at Port of Arrival: Y
Whether Able to Read: Y
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160
Physical Marks: scar/cheek
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Milne Bay; New Guinea
Archive information (series:roll number):
IMUSACA1907:130161

Military Record
Serial: #4407-00237
STAGGE, Marvin Louis              MARITIME
Born: September 7, 1930 in Utah.
Wife: Beth Schow Stagge, 3209 Wall Ave., Ogden, Utah
ENROLLED Dec 28, 1943 at SLC., sent to Avalon Jan.9, 1943.

found on ancestry.com

Birth announcement in Ogden Standard-Examiner on January 19, 1941, lists address as 2281 Kiesel, Ogden, Utah. Birth announcement for Gary Louis Stagge born on January 8, 1941.

Washington Junior High school students who have done outstanding work during the past two years were honored Thursday at the award assembly....Those who received activity awards are: ...Marvin Stagge...
Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 31, 1936

16 Selected for Legion TourneySixteen players were chosen last week as members of the squad which will represent Herman Baker post of Ogden in the American Legion district two baseball tournament here in July, said Coach Aaron Horne. They are ...Marvin Stagge....
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 28, 1936

Youth Hear Praise Words
Legion Commander Gives Banquet for Title Winners

Members of the Ogden American Legion junior baseball team, champions of the district during the season just closed, heard their activities praised at a banquet given by Commander George Meyer in the dining room of Jim's cafe, Wednesday evening.

Chef de Gare George D. Shupe, of the Forty and Eight, talked on the sportsmanship derived from clean athletics. A. K. Cross, who acted as chairman, spoke on the success of the boys and the activities of the tournament in which they won first out of seven teams. Bruce Hamilton praised the enthusiasm of the junior organization, and expressed the hope more teams will enter the league next year. The coach, Aaron Horne, declared he had never coached a finer and cleaner group of boys.

Each player spoke enthusiastically concerning his experiences.

The boys in attendance at the meeting were...Marvin Stagge....
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 17, 1936

Fireman Called to Help Injured Boy
Fireman answered an inhalator call to the home of Marvin Stagge, 17, of 3209 Wall, when the youth lapsed into unconsciousness after receiving a head injury while playing ball at Becker's field Tuesday night.

When they arrived, however, he had regained consciousness and apparently was on the way to recovery.
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 8, 1938

Clix Service Enters State Semi-Pro Diamond Event
Sixteen Teams to Seek Gonfalon in Four Day Tourney

Fred Ketchem Predicts Spirited Competition in Diamond Series; Former American League Champions Will Bid for 1938 Flag

Clix Service baseballers of the Sunday Morning league, today officially entered the Utah state semi-pro baseball tournament, scheduled for July 14, 15, 16, and 17, at Brigham City. The youngsters captured the state American League title last year.

Fred Ketchem is managing the Clix Service aggregation. Clix Swaner is the team sponsor.

"Our team is composed entirely of youngsters," said Manager Ketchem today. "The team boasts a number of sensational young performers, some that have attracted attention already of scouts.

"We realize of course that the tournament will be hotly contested and that some powerful clubs will compete. The Clix Service team may not romp home with the pendant, but we'll guarantee they'll make it mighty interesting for the other clubs.

"Brigham's new lighted field makes Brigham City the ideal location for a tournament of this kind. The affair promises to attract fine crowds and is a cinch to produce some spirited battled."

Each club enrolling in the tournament will be allowed 15 players. The entries close July 10.

Manager Ketcham today announced his partial roster of players as follows: ...Shortstop - Marvin Stagge...

The joust is sponsored by the junior chamber of commerce of Brigham City.
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 30, 1938

Ogdenite Fined in Plates Case
Driver Pleads Guilty in Borrowing Licenses for Auto

BRIGHAM CITY, May 9 - The following cases came before Judge Wesley Horsley in the city court on Monday: Marvin Stagge, 18, Ogden, pleaded guilty to driving an automobile with improper license plates. He was fined $10.
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 9, 1939

Reported to Police
Marvin L. Stagge of 3052 Jefferson reported to Ogden police the theft of an auto stereo four tapes from his car while parked in his garage.
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 7, 1970

Washington to Make Bid for Grid Gonfalon
Horne Pleased with is 1936 Machine; Porter will Lead Squad
Washington Junior high football will trot out a capable team when the 1936 Junior high grid season gets under way, according to Coach Aaron Horne.

"Prospects are indeed bright for 1936," said Coach Horne. "We will have a number of veterans back and of course many newcomers will bid for posts on the team.

"Practice will open officially on September 8."

Washington's 1936 squad is composed of the following players:

...Backfield...Marvin Stagge (last name listed).
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, 23 August 1936

Obituary
Marvin Louis Stagge, 54, of 3052 Jefferson, died Monday at the McKay Hospital of pneumonia.

Mr. Stagge was born September 7, 1920, in Ogden, a son of Louis A. and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge.

On February 1940, he was married to Beth Schow in Brigham City.

He had worked in the maintenance department of Williams Research Co., and was former parts manager for the Cortese Ford Motor Company in Richmond, California.

He had lived in Ogden and moved to Concord, California, in 1941, returning to Ogden in 1967.

He was a member of the Ogden 9th LDS Ward and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.

Surviving are his widow of Ogden, two sons and one daughter, Gary L. Stagge, Concord, California; Bruce C. Stagge, Lyman, Wyoming; Mrs. Arnold (JoAnn) Miller, Orem, Utah; three grandchildren.

Also surviving are three brothers, Delbert E. Stagge, Ralph J. Stagge, both of Ogden; Floyd Stagge, Plain City.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel with Bishop Charles L. Datwyler of the 9th Ward officiating.

Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday prior to services. Interment in Ogden City Cemetery.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 27, 1975

Utah, Military Records, 1861-1970 Record for Marvin Louis Stagge
Serial #4407-00237
Stagge, Marvin Louis Maritime
Born: September 7, 1920 in Utah
Wife: Beth Schow Stagge, 3209 Wall Avenue, Ogden, Utah
Enrolled: December 28, 1943 at Salt Lake City, sent to Avalon January 9, 1943
found on ancestry.com

Polk's Ogden (Utah) City Directory
1938 - Stagge, Marvin L, driver A&A Messenger Del r3209 Wall Av
1939 - Stagge, Marvin L, porter UP Stages r3209 Wall Av
1941 - Stagge, Marvin L (Beth) h88 Wilson la
1942 - Stagge, Marvin L 88

Washington Junior Holds Variety Program in School Gym
Eighteen boxing and wrestling contests and a pair of battle royals held the attention of more than 300 fans at the annual smoker at Washington Junior High school last night.

Aaron W. Horne directed the program and Bret Herrick was the referee. Rubo Ellis was the time keeper along with Harold Welch. Walter Woolsey decisioned Dale Parks in one of the feature mit contests.

The following fistic events resulted in draw verdicts:...Parley Davis and Marvin Stagge....
Ogden Standard-Examiner, January 30, 1937.

Washington Diamond Team Ready to Defend Title
Two Regulars to Aid Champions in Next Pennant Race
Washington Junior high baseballers, with only two veterans back in togs, are ready to defend their 1936 Ogden Junior High diamond championship, Aaron Horne, coach, announced today.

"Marvin Stagge, shortstop and relief pitcher, and Keith Gale, outfielder, are the only regulars back for the 1937 session," said Coach Horne today. ....
Ogden Standard-Examiner, April 8, 1937

Legion Team to Play for Coastal Title
Utah Champions Depart Thursday; Stockton Stages Tourney

Fifteen Ogden American Legion baseball players, will leave Ogden Thursday at nine-thirty a.m. for Stockton, California, where they will compete in the western regional tournament Saturday and Sunday.

Aaron Horne, coach of the team, will be in charge of the party. The Ogdenites are slated to play their first game either Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon.

Players named for the trip are:...Marvin Stagge...

"Several parents of the players will also make the trip," said Coach Horne today.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, 11 August 1937

Double Card is scheduled for Ball Fans
Evanston and Smithfield to Test Local Machines in Loop Contests
Semi-pro clubs of the Utah-Idaho and Wasatch leagues will provide fans of Ogden with a double-header at Reddy Kilowatt field Sunday. Ogden Bamboo of the U-I league will meet Smithfield at one p.m. in the first game. Two hours later Ogden Oaks of the Wasatch League will battle Evanston, Wyoming of the same circuit.

A small admission will be charged for the twin bill. This will be the first semi-pro program of the year at the new field at Sixteenth and Brinker.

Both the Oaks and Bamboo plan to enroll in the Utah semi-pro tournament in Brigham City July 4 to 18 inclusive.

Each of the local clubs has a fine following and indications point to nice attendance.

Ogden Bamboo will meet Preston at Preston Saturday in a night contest. George Vaughn is managing the Bamboo.

Archie "Lou" Sophia, first baseman is the new manager of the Ogden Oaks. He has played semi-pro ball in these parts for many years.

Manager Sofia announced the team roster as follows today: ...Infielders -- ...Marvin Stagge.....
Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 10, 1939

Laybourne Directs Brigham Ball Club
Brigham City, April 28th - The Brigham ball club is getting off with a seasonal start by playing the first game of the year with Magna at that place Sunday. On Wednesday, a home game will be played at the local ball park starting at eight-fifteen p.m. Dale Laybourne, former shortstop for the Ogden Reds, is Brigham's manager and the local boys who will appear on the home town team include:...Marvin Stagge....

The local team will work every evening at the ball park beginning at seven-thirty p.m. Other Brigham or Box Elder county boys who wish to try out for a place on the local team are urged to put in an appearance at the practice games.

New uniforms have been ordered and the local team has every indication of having a profitable season, observers point out.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, April 28, 1942

Donkey Ball Set for Tonight; Kids Can Go Free
All kids, under 12, accompanied by their parents, can see the donkey ball game, polo game, and musical chair demonstration free tonight at eight o'clock at the softball park immediately south of the baseball diamond at John Affleck park.

Playing ball donkey-back will be two teams picked from local softball squads. The Dirty Shirts will include.... The White Collar players will be .....Marvin Stagge.....

Wednesday at eight p.m. the "Original Globe Trotters, " Ogden will attempt to ride the donks to victory over a team composed of Ogden business men with a sprinkling of city officials, including Commissioner Edward T. Saunders.

Jack Moore's traveling donkeys will be used in the colorful program. Before the war the donkeys wowed capacity crowds in Ogden and other parts of the state.

Glen Cherry, one of Ogden's outstanding softball pitchers is directing the program. He anticipates one of the biggest crowds of the season.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 9, 1947

Washington Will Rule Favorite in New Court Season
JUNIOR HIGH basketball players will open-the 1936 championship race January 17 and conclude their schedule February 21, Dave Wangsgaard, athletic supervisor for the Juniors announced today.

Central, defending champions, will meet serious competition in the new season from the other clubs of the circuit.

Washington, on paper, looks like the team to beat. The Aaron Horne machine boasts size, experience and ability.

Thirty-seven players are bidding for posts on the Washington team. The roster follows:...Marvin Stagge....
Ogden Standard-Examiner, December 6, 1935


Presenting the Washington junior high baseball team, champions of the junior high league for 1936. Back row, left to right, Aaron Horne, coach; Keith Peterson, first base; F. T. Wiggins, principal; Parley Davis third base; third row, left to right, LeRoy Krumperman, rf; Jack Wecker, captain and catcher; Carl Yarrington, lf; Billy Porter, manager, and Bob Henstra, rf; second row, left to right, Paul Lane, p; Frank Lewis, cf; Walter Woolsey, infielder; Verle Pierson, p; Edwin Stringer, inflelder; front row left to right, Ray Pierson, infielder; Keith Gale, cf; Irwin Porter, of; Wayne Boyle, 2b; Mack Cook, p; Marvin Stagge, ss; Ira Craig, pitcher and outfielder, absent when photo was taken.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 31, 1936.

Amblers Take Long GameFor the second time this season,Utah General Depot and Amblers went into extra innings before the winning run was scored. This time Amblers came out on the long end of the 3 to 2 score as Nelson bested Fisher in a fine pitching duel. Except for Cisowski's inside the park homer in the second, no batter connected until Stagge doubled down the left field line in the seventh for the Depot to eventually score the tieing run on Fisher's bunt. Swanke scored in similar fashion for Amblers in the eighth as he came home after a short fly to center to score sliding on a play that ended in a whirl of dust and could have been called either way, so accurate was Bell's throw to the plate after the catch.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 31, 1947

Packers Suffer Two DefeatsZeke's Place and Railroad Boosters turned back American Pack in league games Sunday in the Ogden service league. Zeke's Place upset the Packers 13-0 with Lefty Morris giving up only two hits. Railroad Boosters smashed out a 10-15 decision over the Packers in the other game. Manning of the Boosters hit a home run with two men on the sacks. Stagge of the Boosters engineered two fancy double plays.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 3, 1946

"Here are three of the 20 natives Marvin Stagge and his shipmates found living on Nageli Lavu island in the South Pacific. These range from 14 to 16 years of age."

South Sea Stopover
Stagge, 43 Comrades, Find Life, Hope and Papaya on Tiny Pacific Island
When dawn broke on the South Pacific that mid-winter morning of 1944 it brought with it new hope for 44 merchant seamen who had been drifting in open boats for three and one-half days.

Those days had been marked by panic, tragedy, pain, monotony, and despair. The tiny atoll that now appeared on the horizon would certainly mean relief from the cramped lifeboats and an end to the monotony of the sea, but it could also mean starvation and a sandy grave. However, it was the possibility that the strip of land before them held fresh food and water, shelter from the tropical sun, relief from the inured, an eventual rescue that did most to raise their spirits.

One of those 44 seamen was Marvin Stagge, formerly of service stock and now of the service department.

Less than four days previously he had been steaming northward from Guadalcanal aboard the victory ship Luxemburg on which he was a cook. Without cargo and without convoy, the Luxemburg was returning Army officers to the United States.

Stagge and his mates were asleep in the foc'sle when shortly after midnight they were knocked to the deck by a jolting blast. A torpedo from a Jap sub had struck amidships.

The events that immediately followed are fogged in Stagge's memory. He does remember a cabin mate carefully packing his seabag and frantic attempts to secure watertight doors. Then there was the order to abandon ship.

Four boats were lowered, two of them motor launches equipped with sea anchors, the other two open lifeboats. Stagge drew one of the latter.

Twenty-four minutes after she had been hit the Luxemburg was enveloped by the sea.

The four boats hadn't been adrift long when a squall upset the placid surface of the moonlit water. The launches were able to hold their positions with sea anchors, but the lifeboats were battered about recklessly by the churning sea. Together, after drifting for three and one-half days, they reached the beach of Mageli Lavu island.

As they came closer to the small isle -- about the size of a city block -- they could see that it was inhabited. Natives, tall muscular men, were standing on the beach.

"We wanted to appease these men and did everything in our power to show them that we were friendly. We talked pig latin and made every sound we thought might help us be understood. We used sign language -- all the gestures we had seen explorers use in the movies."

And it turned out like it so often does in the movies --

"Our efforts seemed futile. The natives just stared. We were becoming frantic when one of the natives asked:

"'What d'ya say, Joe?"

It was easy after that.

There were still hardships but they were fewer and easier to bear now that chances of survival had been increased.

There were twenty-two natives on the island - five men, fifteen women, and two children. They had been placed there by the British a year previously.

There was food. The island held an abundant supply of bananas, pineapple, coconut, and papaya. Fish were a frequent and substantial part of the diet.

There was shelter. The natives aided the men in constructing huts of banana branches.

And there was recreation. By day the men were entertained by the natives who, after seeing that their guests were impressed by their talents, were eager to outdo each other. They scrambled up the coconut palms and dove deep and long beneath the surface of the sea.

At night there was singing around the fires. The seamen taught their hosts the old American ballads and the natives reciprocated with island chants. The islanders did particularly well on "The Old Mill Stream."

But the atmosphere was somber. From the natives it was learned that Nageli Lavu was a part of the Fiji group but that the closest other isle in the galaxy was 500 miles away. A ship hadn't been seen in weeks.

Some of the men were seriously injured. Stagge himself had a brain concussion. The small first aid kits from the life boats were the only medical supplies.

As days passed morale fell. Planes were sighted occasionally, but attempts to attract them with rockets and flares were futile.

Spirits were quickly revived when on the fifteenth day an aircraft carrier was sighted and attracted by the frantic signals. After receiving medical attention in an island hospital, the rescued mariners were returned to the United States.

Stagge returned to Ford-Richmond in February 1945. Looking back on the experience he states:
"It was one of those things you wouldn't miss for the world, but wouldn't go through again for anything."

He is married and the father of two children.
Richmond News, November 1946, Page 8. (The Ford paper)


U.S. Social Security Death Index for Marvin Stagge
First Name: Marvin
Middle Name:
Last Name: Stagge
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 7 September 1920
Social Security Number: 529-09-0807
Place of Issuance: Utah
Last Residence:
Zip Code of Last Residence:
Death Date: May 1975
Estimated Age at Death: 55
found on familysearch.org

United States Census, 1930 for Marvin Stagge
Name: Marvin Stagge
Event: Census Event
Date: 1930 Event
Place: Ogden, Weber, Utah
Gender: Male Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Utah
Estimated Birth Year: 1921
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Enumeration District Number: 0015
Family Number: 304
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A
Line Number: 32
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2424
Film Number: 2342158
Digital Folder Number: 4547822
Image Number: 00603
Household
Parent - Louis Stagge, M, 35
Parent - Lura Stagge, F, 34
Child - Marvin Stagge, M, 9
Child - Velda Stagge, F, 7
Child - Delbert Stagge, M, 6
Child - Ralph Stagge, M, 4
Found on familysearch.org

Personal Record
Blessed 3 October 1928 by Joseph Parker (grandfather)
Baptized 28 October 1928 in Ogden, Weber, Utah by John E. Fowler and Confirmed 28 October 1928 by John F. Fowler
Ordained a Deason 18 December 1932 by Horace E. Garner
Married Beth Schow on 21 February 1940 in Briahm City, Utah by Bishop Wilford Freeman
found in genealogy book of Beth Schow Stagge


These Athletes Provide Story Book Diamond Drama
STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONS. . . That is sweet music today to the ears of these Ogden youngsters.  The Ogden team, after stubborn competition to get to the state finals, provided a story book finish at Brigham City Tuesday.  The Harman Baker post team will now represent Utah in the western finals at Stockton, California, next week end.  Back row, left to right: Coach Aaron Horne; Stringer, utility; Gibson, 1b; Schofield, lf; Caranshan, p; Driscell, p; Hepworth, c; Woosey, 3b, and George F. Meyer, vice-commander, department of Utah.  Front row, left to right: Stone, cf; Beck, 2b; Gudmundson, utility infielder; Franch, rf; Stagge, ss; Dalton, outfielder and Baird, pitcher.  Photo by Ralph Furney, Standard-Examiner staff.