“Robert and Alicia Cogswell were the grandparents of John Cogswell, immigrant to America in 1635. They lived in Westbury Leigh, County of Wilts, England. Robert Cogswell, as appears from his will, was a manufacturer of woollen cloths. Little is known of him. The Register of the Parish gives the date of his burial June 7, 1581. Mrs. Cogswell survived her husband. The date of her burial is given Aug. 1, 1603.”789