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Kent / Re: Who is George COGGER (ca 1796-1835) from Ulcombe?
« on: Sunday 21 July 24 16:07 BST (UK) »
Thanks again for thinking along!
As @trish pointed out, George from Headcorn can't be he right guy. Too old, wrong burial date, and his wife dies after Ulcombe George marries Sarah Day. Drat!
I have the sneaking suspicion that, once again, I'm dealing with illegitimacy again. So. Bastards.
In 1802, Sarah Cogger gives birth to an illegitimate child named George in Strood. This doesn't appear to be the same George who marries Harriet Reed in nearby Rochester in 1837, as his father is named as Thomas Cogger and he could be identical to the George baptized in 1815 at Meopham as son of Thomas & Susannah Cogger. However, aside from Mary (1838), George (1839), another George (1841) and Harriet (1844), they do baptize a Sarah (1842). Confusing.
But.. Thomas Cog(g)er marries Susan(nah) Johnson in 1804 in Luddesdown, which happens to be the same place where George & Harriet baptize their kids. So despite the lack of a daughter named Susan(nah) - instead sowing confusion by naming one Sarah - it does appear as if the George who marries Harriet is, indeed, the son of Thomas born 1815.
Which brings us back to George born 1802 to Sarah Cogger in Strood.
It all feels eerily familiar. Could George from Strood have lied about his age and status as widower when he married Sarah Day in 1828 in Ulcombe to conceal his illegitimacy? Well, I know of two men who left the UK as father and (bastard) son and stepped onto New Zealand soil as brothers, so nothing is impossible.
In what little time I had this weekend to do some digging I couldn't positively identify a George born 1802 in Strood or even Kent anywhere in the 1841 census, but I'll admit to having just glanced through them. Still.. it does feel like this could be the right guy (but I'll refrain from doing a happy dance this time).
Oh, and the reason behind this quest is that I have over 10 DNA matches with folks with an indigenous background from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. Having spent weeks linking them to several families there, they all turned out to be descendants of George Cogger & Sarah Day. Two closer cousins/matches of mine seem to indicate the link goes via my Appleton ancestors in Kent. And Sarah Day's line is basically ruled out.
So.. George Cogger. Who is he?!
TD
As @trish pointed out, George from Headcorn can't be he right guy. Too old, wrong burial date, and his wife dies after Ulcombe George marries Sarah Day. Drat!
I have the sneaking suspicion that, once again, I'm dealing with illegitimacy again. So. Bastards.
In 1802, Sarah Cogger gives birth to an illegitimate child named George in Strood. This doesn't appear to be the same George who marries Harriet Reed in nearby Rochester in 1837, as his father is named as Thomas Cogger and he could be identical to the George baptized in 1815 at Meopham as son of Thomas & Susannah Cogger. However, aside from Mary (1838), George (1839), another George (1841) and Harriet (1844), they do baptize a Sarah (1842). Confusing.
But.. Thomas Cog(g)er marries Susan(nah) Johnson in 1804 in Luddesdown, which happens to be the same place where George & Harriet baptize their kids. So despite the lack of a daughter named Susan(nah) - instead sowing confusion by naming one Sarah - it does appear as if the George who marries Harriet is, indeed, the son of Thomas born 1815.
Which brings us back to George born 1802 to Sarah Cogger in Strood.
It all feels eerily familiar. Could George from Strood have lied about his age and status as widower when he married Sarah Day in 1828 in Ulcombe to conceal his illegitimacy? Well, I know of two men who left the UK as father and (bastard) son and stepped onto New Zealand soil as brothers, so nothing is impossible.
In what little time I had this weekend to do some digging I couldn't positively identify a George born 1802 in Strood or even Kent anywhere in the 1841 census, but I'll admit to having just glanced through them. Still.. it does feel like this could be the right guy (but I'll refrain from doing a happy dance this time).
Oh, and the reason behind this quest is that I have over 10 DNA matches with folks with an indigenous background from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. Having spent weeks linking them to several families there, they all turned out to be descendants of George Cogger & Sarah Day. Two closer cousins/matches of mine seem to indicate the link goes via my Appleton ancestors in Kent. And Sarah Day's line is basically ruled out.
So.. George Cogger. Who is he?!
TD
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