Name may be fouind spelled Cosine, Cozine, Cosyn, Kosyn.
This group moved from New York to New Jersey after 1750, and from Somerset NJ to York county (now Adams) Pennsylvania about 1768 and formed a community known as Conewago Colony.
(Info from "Taxables of the Low DutchSettlement of Conewago" - by Arthur Weaner)A church was formed in 1769 and was served by two pastors: Rev. Cornelius Cosine (1772-1788) and Rev. George G. Brinkerhoff (1788-1793). The church was called the Reformed Dutch Church of Conewago. No town was actually formed, but the settlers lived along what came to be known as the Low Dutch Road. Another group of the Low Dutch congregation had settled in Berkeley Co Virginia (now WVA) about 50 miles away. Rev. Cozine traveled back and forth between Conewago and Berkeley ministering to the residents of both parishes.
The church, probably a log building with a fireplace, was located beside what is now Swift Run Road, and the graves were beside it. Rev. Cozine is buried here, but If he ever had a grave stone, it disappeared by the 1930 inventory. Mr. Weaner placed a memorial stone in 1966.
Rev. Cosine and his wife, Antje P. Staats, were parents of four sons and seven daughters, most of whom moved to Kentucky before 1800. The death date of Antje has not been found so far, and it is not known if she moved to Pennsylvania or died before they left New Jersey.
They had at least eleven children:
Peter Cosine
Cornelius (Jr) Cosine
Johannis/John Cosine
Garret Cosine
Ellen Cosine VanArsdale
Lementje "Lune" Cosine Bodine
Anne Cosine Smock
Jane Cosine VanArsdale
Elizabeth Cosine Banta
Phebe Cosine Westerfield
Maria Cosine Brokaw
Around 1772, Rev. Cosine married Marytje Koning, the widow Van Orden.
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Children:
Peter Cosine (1744 - 1779)*
Ufemy Cozine Westervelt (1759 - 1846)*
Garret Garard Cozine (1766 - 1849)*
*Calculated relationship