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Name: William COSBY
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1690 ^b
Death: 1735/6 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Alexander COSBY

Mother:

Elizabeth L'ESTRANGE

Family:
Marriage:

Grace MONTAGU .^m1
Grace MONTAGU

Children:

Elizabeth COSBY

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1690 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p151, Roberts RD600 p50],
parents:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p151]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p151, Roberts RD600 p50]

Sources with Information about marriage to Grace MONTAGU

names:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p151, Roberts RD600 p50],
child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p16]

Research Notes:
Governor of New York [Ref: CP VI p46]

colonial governor of New York and New Jersey [Ref: Roberts RD600 p151, Roberts RD600 p16, Roberts RD600 p50]

Pedigree of William COSBY
                                     /-----Francis COSBY
                            /-----Alexander COSBY
                           |        |                           /-----John SEYMOUR
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
                           |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DARELL
                           |        |         /-----Edward SEYMOUR, K.G., Duke Of Somerset
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
                           |        |        |                  \-----Anne SAY
                           |         \-----Mary SEYMOUR
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas STANHOPE
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Edward STANHOPE
                           |                 |        |         \-----Mary JERNINGHAM
                           |                  \-----Anne STANHOPE
                           |                          |         /-----Fulke BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin
                           |                           \-----Elizabeth BOURCHIER
                           |                                    \-----Elizabeth DINHAM
                   /-----Richard COSBY
                  |         \-----Dorcas SIDNEY
          /-----Francis COSBY
         |         \-----Elizabeth PIGOTT
/-----Alexander COSBY
|         \-----Anne LOFTUS
William COSBY
\-----Elizabeth L'ESTRANGE

Descendants of William COSBY

1. William COSBY m. Grace MONTAGU

m. Grace MONTAGU father: Edward MONTAGU mother: Elizabeth PELHAM

2+ Elizabeth COSBY m. Augustus FITZROY

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth COSBY m. Augustus FITZROY

m. Augustus FITZROY father: Charles FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton mother: Henrietta SOMERSET

3+ Augustus Henry FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton m1. Anne LIDDELL m2. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY

3rd generation

3. Augustus Henry FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton m1. Anne LIDDELL m2. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY

m. Anne LIDDELL father: Henry LIDDELL, Lord Ravensworth mother: Anne DELME

m. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY father: Sir Richard WROTTESLEY mother: Mary LEVESON-GOWER

4+ Henry FITZROY m. Caroline PIGOT