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From: "Marfy Goodspeed" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Williamson, Hoppock, Gordon, Duckworth, LaRue(Larew), Heath
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:14:06 -0500
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Request to Bob and Claudia, and everyone else.
When you want to ask a question about a family that is not on the subject
line (like Cozad is not on the RE Williamson et al line) would you please
enter a new subject line for the family you're focusing on? It makes it a
lot easier to deal with emails. Thanks.
Marfy

On 3/2/06, Bob Lefler <> wrote:
>
> Claudia- you have raised an important question or I have and you have too!
> My family research says that the branch of Cossarts/Corzetts/Cosad/ that
> Mary the painted descends from is the family of Progenitor Jacques Cossart
> of New York, a treasurer of the City and a Hugenot who came over abt 1664.
> See the genealogy as I cannot recite the details accurately. The family
> went
> to Bound Brook area of NJ with Francis to John. David went to Pa and at
> the
> time of the Rev he was involved in the Committes of Correspondance. etc
> etc.
> I am desc. from John to Richard to Mary(Marie) who married Christopher
> Lefler on March 14, 1812. Bob Lefler ( As I said I ran into opposition on
> some of what I said but I really believe that the research done my
> ancester
> Grayce Harper Alsterda, a State Historian of Illinois in her time, is
> accurate and Correct. I have seen the Cosat statue at the Rairoad museum
> outside of or East of York. It just makes sense that those Railroad towns
> in SC, on the border with NC would be named for him, etc. What do you
> think?
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Williamson, Hoppock, Gordon, Duckworth,
> LaRue(Larew), Heath
>
>
> > Bob,
> > I know very little about the Cozad family other than what my
> > daughter-in-law's family tells me. I know that they were from the NJ
> and
> > PA area. I will ask
> > what else they know of their family and the relationship to the railway.
> > As
> > for Mary Cassatt, I only know her from teaching art history for years,
> as
> > a
> > woman from a wealthy PA family who chose to live in Paris and work as an
> > artist.
> > She was a friend of Degas and was instrumental in collecting
> impressionist
> > art and promoting it to her American friends. I had no idea she was
> > related to
> > the Cozad family until I read some of the emails posted here. I do
> > believe
> > that her families' wealth came from the railroad but will check.
> >
> > Claudia Mader
> >
> >
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