The Coggeshalls in America : genealogy of the descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, with a brief notice of their English antecedents Boston, Mass.: C.E. Goodspeed, 1930, Pg 38 63 JAMES COGGESHALL (Lieut. Benjamin, Major John, John), of Newport, R.I., was born Newport, R.I., February 5, 1712; died East Greenwich, R.I., October 12, 1789; was buried in the Coggeshall Cemetery at Newport, R.I.: married Portsmouth, R.I., November 25, 1736, Hannah Brooks, daughter of Thomas and Mary Brooks, of Portsmouth, R.I. She was born Portsmouth, R.I., June, 1721; died Newport, R.I., December 6, 1780. Mr Coggeshall, for many years resided in Newport, R.I., and was on a visit to some of his children when he died. He had eleven daughters; many of them were of more than ordinary height, and he was often heard pleasantly to remark that he considered himself more favored than most men "as he had sixty feet of girls." His house was situated on a corner lot, the entrance to which bore the name "Coggeshall Gate." It was about a quarter of a mile from the Coggeshall Cemetery.