John Cogswell and Family - Bristol ME
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nomadwillie
N 43° 50.223 W 069° 30.388
19T E 459283 N 4853899
Marker located at Pemaquid Point Light in Bristol ME
Waymark Code: WMPNMQ
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2015
Views: 2
Marker reads
Neat this site on August 14, 1635 John Gogswell and family form Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England, first set foot in America. They arrived on the ship Aggel Garbrial which was wrecked here on the following day in a violent storm. The family settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Dedicated September 28, 1991 at Permaquid Point, Maine by the Cogswell Family Association
Group that erected the marker: Cogswell Family Association
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Permaquid Point
Bristol, ME
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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