Cogswell, Thomas
soldier, jurist, was born Aug. 4, 1746, in Haverhill, Mass.
He was captain of a company in Col. Gerrish's regiment at Bunker Hill; became major of Vose's regiment, and lieutenantcolonel of the fifteenth Massachusetts regiment. After national independence was secured, he settled on a farm near Gilmanton, N. H., and became a prominent citizen of the community, serving as a judge in the court of common pleas from 1784 till 1810. He died Sept. 3, 1810, in Gilmanton, N. H.