Cookson, John

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Cookson, John		Boston	Massachusetts	1676	1762

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John Cookson, born 1676; died October 21, 1762. He married Rachel Proctor November 02, 1704 in Boston, MA. He could have been a descendant of John Cookson, a London gunsmith who copied the mechanisme of Abraham Hill (On March 3rd, 1664, Abraham Hill, London obtained Letters Patent for a "gun or pistoll for small shott, carrying seaven or eight charges of the same in the stocke of the gun). Advertising in the Boston Gazette of April 12 "Breech-Loading Gun. Made by John Cookson, and to be sold by him at his House in Boston: a handy Gun of 9 Pound and a half Weight; having a Place convenient to hold 9 Bullets, and Powder for 9 Charges and 9 Primings; the said Gun will fire 9 Times distinctly, as quick, or slow as you please, with one turn the Handle of said Gun, it doth charge the Gun with Powder and Bullet, and doth prime and shut the pan, and cock the Gun. All these Motions are performed immediately at once, by one turn with the said Handle. Note, there is Nothing put into the Muzzle of the Gun as we charge other Guns." That is of course the gravity-loading gun where you tip the muzzle down, carrying the spigot-breech through an arc which permits the entry of the ball into the barrel and then at the next motion thru the arc permits the powder to enter into the barrel. Returning>it in many cases, primes the lock, closes the frizzen and cocks the hammer.

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John Cookson, born 1676; died October 21, 1762. He married Rachel Proctor November 02, 1704 in Boston, MA. He could have been a descendant of John Cookson, a London gunsmith who copied the mechanisme of Abraham Hill (On March 3rd, 1664, Abraham Hill, London obtained Letters Patent for a "gun or pistoll for small shott, carrying seaven or eight charges of the same in the stocke of the gun).

Advertising in the Boston Gazette of April 12
"Breech-Loading Gun. Made by John Cookson, and to be sold by him at his House in Boston:
a handy Gun of 9 Pound and a half Weight;
having a Place convenient to hold 9 Bullets, and Powder for 9 Charges and 9 Primings;
the said Gun will fire 9 Times distinctly, as quick, or slow as you please, with one
turn the Handle of said Gun, it doth charge the Gun with Powder and Bullet, and doth
prime and shut the pan, and cock the Gun. All these Motions are performed immediately at
once, by one turn with the said Handle. Note, there is Nothing put into the Muzzle of the
Gun as we charge other Guns."

That is of course the gravity-loading gun where you tip the muzzle down, carrying the spigot-breech through an arc which permits the entry of the ball into the barrel and then at the next motion thru the arc permits the powder to enter into the barrel. Returning>it in many cases, primes the lock, closes the frizzen and cocks the hammer.