The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
Burial13 May 1787, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA ®134
ReligionEpiscopal
FatherGeorge COGDELL (ca1705-<1783)
MotherMargaret BELL (ca1706-?)
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He was the eldest of 14 children. ®135 He remaind in Beaufort until 1748. He was an Ensign in the militia during the Spanish invasion of Beaufort in 1747 and a Deputy sherrif of Carteret County in 1748. He then moved to Johnston County where he opened a mercantile business. In 1756 he moved to New Bern to continue the mercantile trade and operate an ordinary from 1757 to 1763. He served on the side of the Colonies during the Revolution. ®135 He was on the "Council of Safety” for the New Bern District from 1775 to 1777. ®136
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She was a native of Massachusetts. ®134 ®135 After her mother died, her father moved to New Bern, North Carolina, leaving his two daughters, Nancy and Lydia, in Massachusetts with Deacon Abram Moody to be educated. The Deacon thought that girls ought not to be taught to write because they might write love letters. Lydia later untook the long journey to New Bern, North Carolina where her father was living. She sent letters to her sister Nancy who would not come to North Carolina. ®136 In New Berne she met and married Richard Cogdill and they had 10 children, 5 of whom lived to maturity. ®135
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