'Cogan01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Cogan of Bampton, Cogan of Cogan, Cogan of Dorset, Cogan of Oxford

                               
Sir Milo de Cogan (d 1182)
m. Christian Paynel (dau of Fulk Paynel of Bampton, Bridgwater, Rainham & Braunton)
1. William de Cogan
A. Richard de Cogan of Cogan (a 1238) generation omitted by Vivian
  m. Basilie de Ridlesford (sister of Walter de Ridlesford of Bray & Castledermot)
  i. John de Cogan of Cogan, Bampton, etc. (d 1278)
  m. Mary de Prendegast (dau of Gerald de Prendegast of Douglas, co. Cork)
  a. John de Cogan (b 08.09.1243, dvp before 23.08.1275)
  m. Julian FitzMaurice (a 1309, dau of Gerald FitzMaurice, sister of Maurice FitzGerald of Adare)
(1) John de Cogan of Bampton, etc. (d before 26.04.1302) shown by Vivian as brother rather than father of ...
  (A) Thomas de Cogan of Bampton, etc. (d before 20.02.1314/5)
  m. Pernell
  (i) Sir Richard de Cogan of Bampton, etc., Sheriff of Devon (b 09.10.1299, d 04.1368)
  m. (before 10.05.1327) Mary de Montagu (a 06.1359, dau of Sir William de Montagu of Shepton Mallet by Elizabeth de Montfort)
(a) Sir William de Cogan of Bampton, etc., Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset (d 22.07.1382)
  m1. (before 04.02.1351/2) Katherine (dspm)
  m2. Isabel Loring (d 21.08.1400, dau of Sir Nele Loring of Chalgrave by Margaret, dau of Ralph Beaupel of Knowstone, she m2. Robert, Lord Harington of Aldingham)
  ((1)) John Cogan (b c1375, d c08.1382)
  ((2)) Elizabeth Cogan (b c1374, d 29.10.1367)
  m1. Sir Fulk FitzWarin of Whittington (b 02.03.1361/2, d 08.08.1391)
  m2. Sir Hugh Courtenay of Goodrington, Stancombe, etc. (d 05/6.03.1424/5)
2. Margaret de Cogan
  Margaret is identified in TCP (Kingsale) as "da. and h. of Miles de Cogan". As the above Miles had a male successor, this raises doubts as to whether or not she fits here but such is thought likely given that the above Miles is thought to have been the first of his family to enter Ireland.
  m. Ralph FitzStephen husband of Margaret, possibly father of ...
  A. Margery
  m1. Thomas Bloet
  m2. Patrick de Courcy (d before 1261)

 

 

We presume that the following family was connected in some way with the family shown above. However, we have no evidence for that and show them on the same page primarily for convenience.
_ Cogan, Mayor of Bristol
m. ?? (dau of _ Vaughan of Wales)
1. William Cogan of Oxford
  m. Margaret Woodward (dau of Edward Woodward, Mayor of Oxford)
  A. Thomas Cogan of Oxford (bur 30.03.1588)
  m. Alice Cary (bur 14.10.1585, dau of Richard Cary or Carey of Wickham or Wycombe)
  i. Edmund Cogan of Oxford (bur 05.08.1598)
  a. Thomas Cogan (bur 08.03.1643)
  (1) Edmund Cogan in London
  (A) daughter
  ii. Elizabeth Cogan
  m. Nicholas Balgay
  iii.+ other issue - Margaret, Ursula, Katherine, Martha, May, Frances
B. Agnes Cogan
  m. Raffe Flaxney of Oxford (alderman)
  C. Joane Cogan
2. Thomas Cogan of Dorset
  Visitation (Oxfordshire) does not follow this line but identifies the 2nd son as Gilbert. Visitation (London), which provides the connection to the information in TCB, identifies Thomas as the 2nd son.
  A. Richard Cogan of Dorset
  m. Mary Hownslow (dau of Andrew Hownslow)
  i. Sir Andrew Cogan of London, later of Crowley House in Greenwich, Bart (bur 02.11.1660, General, Ambassador)
  m. (before 1633) Mary Hamersley (d 29.06.1660, dau of Sir Hugh Hamersley, Lord Mayor of London, by Mary, dau of Baldwin Derham)
  a. Mary Cogan (b 1636-7, d 08.07.1664)
  m. (31.05.1660) Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bart (d 29.07.1704)
  b. Martha Cogan (dsp)
  m. Charles Chipp of Westminster
  ii.+ other issue - Thomas, Richard, Mary

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 09.07.07, reviewed 10.02.18) : TCP (Cogan), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Cogan of Baunton', p212)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 10.09.10) : Visitation (London, 1633, Cogan), Visitation (Oxfordshire, 1574, Cogan of Oxford), TCB (vol 3, Cogan)
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