Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Has anybody ever found any evidence for this connection. family story says they were the parents of Richard cozens who married mary davenport
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
I realize that this thread may be long dead, but couldn't resist this reply.
My mother's maiden name was Cozens and the family came from Devon and the West Country. Her line can be traced back to Alexander Cozens, illegitimate son of Peter the Great (according to the family - and I have no real reason to doubt the assertion, especially considering that this was probably not something you would wish to advertise). Alexander Cozens was the father of British watercolour, and the first artist to paint nothing other than landscapes. His son, John, followed in the same vein.
Alexander was born in Russia and raised by Peter the Great's chief shipbuilder. His true parentage has always been in doubt. Personally I prefer our family version.
If anyone can fill in more detail on the subject I'd be pleased to hear.
Myles
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Hi Kit, have a look at the web page on my site it contains information on Richard Couzens ship builder to Peter he great, compiled by one of his decendents Peter Cousins http://www.cousinsfamily.co.uk/
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Hi Myles, have a look at the web page on my site it contains information on Richard Couzens ship builder to Peter he was a ship builder to Peter the Great, compiled by one of his decendents Peter Cousins http://www.cousinsfamily.co.uk/
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Dear Myles,
Please review this entry I posted about Alexander Cozens. My husband is the 9th Generation, and I have the complete family line. What is the name of your descendant linked to Alexander Cozens?
Please send me your comments,
Alexander COZENS • Birth: 1717 in St. Petersburg, Russia • Death: 23 April 1796 in London, England • Note: Russian-born British draftsman and painter who, along with his son John Robert Cozens, was one of the leading watercolorists of the 18th century.
Illegitimate son of Peter the Great of Russia and Mary Hamilton, a descendant of a noble Scottish family. Alexander first arrived in London, England as a boy, on 1727, traveled abroad and finally settled in England after visiting Rome in 1746 and became a fashionable drawing master. He became the first British artist to devote himself exclusively to landscape painting. An accomplished draughtsman, he worked mainly in monochrome washes, using strong contrasts of light and shadow to convey breath and atmospheric effects. He was later drawing master at Christ’s Hospital, Eton College and was appointed the Art tutor for the princes of England, under King George III. William Beckford, author of the Oriental novel Vathek, was his pupil and has preserved almost all that is known of Cozens' personal characteristics. His fondness for systematization found expression in many publications for artists. A New Method of Assisting the Invention in . . . Landscape (1785) advocated the free manipulation of ink for suggesting compositions, and his own “blots†done in this manner are among his most effective drawings. He exercised considerable influence on the development of English watercolor drawing. He died in his home at 6 Leicester Street, Leicester Fields, London and was buried in St. James Church, Picadilly, London.
Juliet PINE was born in London, England. She was the daughter of John Pine (1690-1756) who was a prominent engraver with a print shop in St. Martin’s Lane, where he produced book illustrations and prints to commemorate historic events. John Pine was a petitioner for the Copyright Act, a governor of the Foundling Hospital of Capitan Thomas Coram, and, in 1755, a member of the committee which made the first attempt to form a Royal Academy. In 1743 he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant in the British College of Heralds: in the same year, he became engraver to the King’s Signet and Stamp Office. At this time, he moved from his residence in Old Bond Street to the Herald’s College, where he remained until his death on May 4, 1756. died in London, England. Juliet Pine met Alexander Cozens, since her early youth, when Alexander painted a watercolor of Eton College and John Pine (later to become his father-in-law) made the engraving of it, which has been located at the foyer of Eton College since the early Eighteenth Century until now.
Blanca Salinas*
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Sarah Cozens (1734-1803) m. John Cayley (1730-1795) my 5x greats. According to family legend Sarah was the daughter of Richard Cozens and his wife Mary, nee Davenport, and Richard was reputedly the illegitimate son of Mary Cozens and Czar Peter though I have nothing to support this
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Dear Kit Brown,
You will find attached to this a copy a painting of Sarah Cozens, which is attributed to Alexander Cozens (and I doubt it is, as he was a landscape painter, and no other portrait painting has been found in his ouvre), I also have a copy of a family tree (rather old), where there is the Cozens group, as a reference of the imposition of the Cozens last name to Alexander (it seemed that time and space where favourable to the adoption of this name for the boys, whose mother had a rather tragic circumstance in my hypothesis. Sarah, of course is in it, along his husband and children. There is a lot of bibliography where we can see that Alexander Cozens was "reported" illegitimate son of Peter the Great, including the most respected of all these sources, the Dictionary of National Biographies, I also have a copy of the page of the volume, found in ancestry.com. Alexander Cozens, "supposedly" Sarah's brother was sent to England (at age 10) along with Peter (7 yrs. old) where they stayed, Peter died early in his childhood, Alexander Cozens lived, worked (as watercolour painter), married and eventually died. They did not have any further contact with the Cozens, who stayed in Russia specially after Richard became a Russian National and being within the power elite in St. Petersburg. I hope you find this info interesting.
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
Dear Blanca Salinas
Thankyou very much indeed for the picture of Sarah Cozens. The cozens are a link Ihave has no time as yet to investigate which is why I knew so little of them. Anything you can tell me of the family would be gratefully appreciated, I would like to be able to fill in the gaps. Once again thankyou
Yours Gratefully Kit
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Well, Kit, I have studied the Cozens Family just to confirm they are not related, that Alexander Cozens is a different strand. But the way to find thi out was to read the will of John Cayley, and other info related to the Cozens. You will be able to read a very detailed account on the Cozens in "By the Banks of the Neva", By Anthony Cross, p. 65, 70-85, 155. I have them scanned but the files are larger than this message board. If you cannot get the book easily, I will be glad to e-mail them to you.
Best Regards,
Blanca*
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Re: Mary Cozens/Czar Peter the great
My mother was the eldest daughter of Ernest Frederick Cozens, 5.9.1885 to 5.11.1966, who was a descendant also linked to Alexander Cozens.
My cousin and I are currently trying to trace our Family Tree and we wonder what relation your husband was to Alexander Cozens.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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