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[195]. Cossart — Kershaw — Coshun. — "The impression seems to have been given in previous references to the Kershaw, Cossart, Coshun, etc., families in the QUARTERLY that they are all one. My investigations show that the Coshun family descends from a Joshua Coshun, who setled near Harlingen in 1730 or earlier. On the other hand the Kershaw, or Kershaw, family of Somerset County up to 1806 are the descendants of Jacob Cossart and wife, Ann Maria Springsteen, of Brooklyn, through their two sons, Joost and Jerome, who settled near Harlingen. The children of Jacob and Ann Maria Cossart were:

• 1. John Cossart, who married Mary Simonson and settled near Oyster Bay, Long Island Their sons settled on Long Island and elsewhere in the State of New York.
• 2. Jacob Cossart, Jr., who married Jannete Bogart and remained at the old Brooklyn home. Their son, Jacob, m. Rachel Smith, and in 1806 they settled in Bridgewater twsp., Somerset Co., N. J., and are the ancestral parents of the Kershaw families now in Somerset.
• 3. Joost Cossart, who m. Maria —, about 1735, and, about 1738 or 1739 settled near Harlingen. They had four sons, Jacob, George, Cornelius and Abraham, who were the fathers of practically all the Kershow, or Kershaw, families in Somerset up to 1806.
• 4. Jerome Cossart, who m. Jane Nevins about 1744, and, with his brother Joost, settled near Harlingen. He d. young (about 5750, leaving only one son, Jacob, whom I cannot trace.
• 5. Abraham Cossart, who m. Janette Nevius and resided at Bushwick, Long Island; their sons remained on Long Island."
  

O.L.C. (Marion, Ohio).

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