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Alexander Cosby

Male 1685 - 1742  (57 years)


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  • Name Alexander Cosby  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1685  Stradbally Hall, Queen's County (now Leix County), Republic of Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1721 
    Officer with the 40th Regiment 
    Occupation Brother-in-law of Governor Richard Philipps who married his younger sister, Elizabeth 
    Occupation 1740 
    Lieutenant-Colonel and Govenor of Annapolis Royal 
    Died 27 Dec 1742  Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10101  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Alexander Cosby 
    Mother Elizabeth L'Estrange 
    Family ID F5826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Winniett,   b. 20 Mar 1712, Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1792  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1726  Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F5195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S94] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, Stephen A. White, (Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), 1588.

    2. [S643] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB/DBC), (University of Toronto Press & Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979 & 1982), Volume III, pp. 143-144, 421 & 665.

    3. [S93] Série d'articles, Père Clarence-J. d'Entremont, (Yarmouth Vanguard, Yarmouth, Nouvelle-Écosse, 3 janvier 1989 - 27 novembre 1990), 21 mars 1989.

    4. [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume II, p. 4.