Ichabod COUSINS
(Abt. 1689 - Bef. April 3, 1764)

GENETIC PARENTS

Father: Thomas COUSINS
Mother: Hannah (WARD or Goodale)

SPOUSE

GENETIC CHILDREN

  1. Katherine COUSINS, b. June 26, 1715; m. Richard Kimball Oct. 11, 1733. He was a son of Caleb and Susanna (Cloyes) Kimball and was bapt. March 25, 1707. He m. second Hannah Lord Aug. 6, 1740.
  2. Thomas COUSINS, b. Sept. 26, 1717; m. Anne Goodwin of Berwick Oct. 9, 1740; m. second Abigail Wormwood Dec. 16, 1742. One hundred acres of land were laid out to him in 1750 by the town of Wells in the right of his grandfather, Thomas Cole.
  3. Ichabod COUSINS, b. Nov. 10, 1719
  4. John COUSINS, b. Nov. 16, 1722; m. Sarah Davis, 1759.
  5. Benjamin COUSINS, b. Sept. 28, 1724; m. Hannah Stimson (Simpson)of Biddeford, int. Oct. 15, 1753. He was a member of the expedition sent to the defense of Annapolis in 1746, and was ship-wrecked on Mt. Desert Island.
  6. Samuel COUSINS, b. Nov. 29, 1726; m. Susanna Watson, daughter of Shadrach and Mary (Kimball) Watson of Arundel, Sept. 10, 1757.
  7. Joseph COUSINS, b. Sept. 2, 1728; m. Hannah Edgecomb, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Fletcher) Edgecomb of Biddeford, June 28, 1754.
  8. Ruth Cole COUSINS, b. Oct. 19, 1731; m. John Wakefield, Jr., int. Oct. 8, 1748. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Durrell) Wakefield, and was b. April 16, 1725 and d. 1792
  9. Elisha COUSINS. b. Nov. 20, 1735 d. Jan. 18, 1816 m. Bathsheba Hamor
  10. Nathaniel COUSINS, bapt. July 4, 1741; m. Katherine Lassell of Arundel, int. Dec. 24. 1763. Major Cousins began his military career with his father in the French war in 1755. He saw extended service in the Revolution, commissioned as ensign, lieutenant and adjutant. He lived to be ninety-five years of age.

OTHER RELATIONS

BASIC DATA

Names: Ichabod COUSINS
Born: Abt. 1689 in Wells, York Co, Maine
Married: Ruth COLE July 26, 1714 at Wells, Maine
Resided: York County, Maine
Died: Bef. April 3, 1764 in Wells, York Co, Maine
Buried:
Age at death: years, months, day

NOTES

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Ancestors of David Banister Robinson

Notes for Ichabod Cousins:
Ichabod, the father, was an enterprising man, generally engaged in milling. He lived in Wells in the earlier part of his life, but in 1745 moved over to Kennebunk. He was a soldier in the old French war and died with small-pox contracted while in service. ("He had a log-house surrounded by flankers during the Indian troubles on the coast." Saco Valley Settlements, p. 591) At what period the ancestors came to Wells no record informs us. In the assumption of a right to all the common lands by those who were inhabitants in 1716, Cousens does not appear to have a share, though we are confident that he lived there about that time. His son, Nathaniel, was born in 1739 and to him we are indebted for much of our information in regard to the ancient history of the town. He was educated as a carpenter; devoted many years to framing buildings; afterwards labored in the shipyards and in milling, as long as his constitution maintained its strength. In his vigorous years he exercised considerable influence. He was a soldier with his father in the French war of 1755 and at various times, amounting to four or five years, in the Revolutionary war, in which he was an ensign, lieutenant, adjutant, and after the war was over, a major in the militia, having been a captain before the struggle commenced. He was also one of the selectmen of the town, assessor, and many years clerk of the Second Parish. He was endowed with much physical power, gained by the laborious experiences of his life, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-five years. (The History of Wells and Kennebunk, pp. 772-773)

Nicholas Cole's grant, next below that of Edmund Littlefield, was conveyed by Ichabod Cousens and his wife, Ruth (Cole) [the granddaughter of Nicholas Cole] Cousens to [Joseph] Storer, May 10, 1745, "containing one hundred acres of upland, made to our grandfather, Nicholas Cole, May 7, 1681, by the town of Wells." (History of Kennebunk, pp. 359-360)

ICHABOD, b. 1688. In a deposition made July 6, 1714, he stated that he had known the Josiah Littlefield farm ever since he could remember. (*) He m. Ruth Cole July 26, 1714. She was a daughter of Thomas and Abigail Cole, who were killed by the Indians while travelling toward night between York and Wells in 1702, and a granddaughter of Nicholas Cole. He purchased the shares of his sisters and his nephew and nieces in his father's Wells farm in 1717 and 1726, (+) and the town confirmed his title in the right of his father.

Ichabod Cousins had an extended military experience. His name appears on the muster-roll of Capt. James Grant's Company for service from June 24 to August 4, 1725, the year of Lovewell's memorable Battle at Fryeburg. He served as a sergeant in Col. John Storer's Company at the siege of Louisburg (NEHG Register 22:116), and we have direct authority that he was "a soldier in the old French war (1755) and died with the small-pox contracted while in the service."(??)

Administration of his estate was granted to his son Nathaniel on April 3, 1764._ The will of his widow, Ruth Cousins, in which she mentions her sons Ichabod, Thomas, Benjamin, Samuel, Joseph, Elisha, and Nathaniel, and her daughter Ruth Wakefield, was proved Nov. 23, 1768.

(*) York County Court, July Term, 1714.
(+) York Deeds XII: 134, 136.
(??) History of Wells and Kennebunk, Bourne, p. 772. Of Major Nathaniel
Cousins, son of Ichabod Cousins, Mr. Bourne says "to him we are indebted for
much of our information in regard to the ancient history of the town."

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Ruth Cole's parents were killed by Indians June 24, 1696 while traveling between York and Wells, ME. From History of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine, by E.E. Bourne, 1875, pg. 221: "But during the next year (1696)...Thomas Cole and his wife Abigail, and two other men and their wives, who had been on a visit to York, on their return were waylaid by them [Indians]. Cole and his wife were shot dead...Cole was the son of Nicholas Cole. We presume that he left no descendants. He had twins, but they died in infancy."

From History of Kennebunk, by Daniel Remich, 1911, pg. 359-360:"Nicholas Cole's grant, next below that of Edmund Littlefield, was conveyed by Ichabod Cousens and his wife Ruth (Cole) Cousens, to Storer, May 10, 1745, "containing one hundred acres of upland, made to our grandfather, Nicholas Cole, May 7, 1681, by the town of Wells."

"1734. Laid out for Richard Stimpson and Ichabod Cousens, heirs of Thomas Cole, under grant to said Cole (1693), one hundred acres...", History of Kennebunk, pg. 86.

"1717, October 13. Laid out for Ichabod Cousens, under grant to his father, Thomas Cousens, one hundred acres on southwest side of, bounded by Mousem path, Nicholas Cole, etc., etc."

During the Indian warfare on the coast, Ichabod Cousins' house was surrounded by flankers.

In a deposition, dated July 6, 1714, Ichabod Cousins stated he had known of the Joseph Littlefield farm ever since he could remember. He purchased the shares of his farm in Wells, ME in 1717 and 1726; and the town confirmed his title in the right of his father.

Ichabod Cousins served as a sergeant in Col. John Storer's company; and "he was a soldier in the old French war[1755] and died with the smallpox contracted while in the service. At what period the ancestors came to Wells, no record informs us."--pg. 773, History of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
page 30
269c List of Proprietors 9 May 1734, with their number of shares. - Prop. Rec. p. 85.
Ichabod Cousins 2

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
page 157
Cole
Thomas (23), in court in 1682 for freeing Jonathan Ferguson(5) from the stocks. Gr. in Wells 29 Apr. 1684. Jury 1687; gr.j. 1694, 1695. Himself and his w. Abigail, m. by May 1685, were both k. by Ind. 24 June 1696. Adm. 7 July 1696 to Nicholas Cole and Josiah Littlefield. The latter in 1702 had two of their ch. bap. as his 'adopt. ch.' Lists 269b, 291, 96.
Ch:
Samuel, millman, squatted above Saco Falls bef. 1718, later bot and prospered. Jury 1712. He m. 1st 3 Nov. 1708 Rebecca Stimpson, d. of George and Alice (Phillips) of Ipswich; 2d (int. 14 Oct. 1731) Esther Brooks of Biddeford. 3+1 ch. Elizabeth, bp. with Samuel 12 July 1702, m. 25 Nov. 1708 Richard Stimpson, br. of Rebecca.
Abigail, b. 1687, was liv. with Josiah Winn when Josiah Littlefield came out of captivity; in ct. 1709, 1711, m. 28 Dec. 1716 Thomas Haines of Hampton.
Ruth, b. 15 Nov. 1694, m. Ichabod Cousins (4).
Twin with Ruth, d. 21 Nov. 1694.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
page 165
Cousins
Thomas (2), Wells, wit. a deed for Morgan Howell, 1666, doubtless liv. in his boyhood with his sis. Barrett, a neighbor of the Bowles fam., where Howell made his home. Served in Philip's War and was accused (and acquitted) of perjury for his evidence at Scottow's trial for not sending aid from Black Pt. garrison to hard pressed soldiers. Wells granted him 100 a. in 1684. Gr.j. 1708. Dep. Sher. 1711. Lists 236, 266, 269b, 33.
Presum. he and his wife, name unkn., were k. in attack on Wells in 1690.
Ch: John, m. 6 Apr. 1704 Abigail Cloyes (2), who m. 2d 11 May 1715 James Wiggin. She and her ch., John, bp. 17 Aug. 1707, Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Kimball, bp. 28 Aug. 1709, and Mary, deeded their int. in Thomas's est. to Ichabod Cousins in 1726.
Elizabeth, servant in the Wheelwright household 8 yrs., m. 22 May 1700 Zachariah Goodale.
Hannah, m. 26 Dec. 1701 George Jacobs.
Ichabod, ±60 in 1749, when he dep. as to Ogunquit and Wells lands. Bot int. of his sisters in their father's est. in 1726. Jury 1715. List 269c. Soldier in two wars and d. of smallpox in the service, adm. being gr. to his s. Nathaniel 3 Apr. 1764. He m. Ruth Cole (31) whose will, prov. 23 Nov. 1768, names 8 ch. of 10 rec. at Wells.

Sources:

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820
Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England

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