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From: "Bob Lefler" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Williamson, Hoppock, Gordon, Duckworth, LaRue(Larew), Heath
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:19:19 -0500
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Marty- Thanks for the help- It will certainly make our "reach" better! Also,
now that I think about it, I believe that Williamsons are linked to
Cossarts/Corsett. I may have something on that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marfy Goodspeed" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Williamson, Hoppock, Gordon, Duckworth,
LaRue(Larew), Heath


> 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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