Mercy (Freeman) Cobb (abt. 1693 - 1759)

Born about 2 Dec 1693 in Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Cobb Sr. — married 14 Oct 1717 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1759 at about age 66 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Mercy Freeman was born after 1690. Mercy was the child of Edmund Freeman and Sarah Mayo. ^{[citation needed]}

She married Thomas Cobb of Hingham after 14 Nov 1717.^[1]

She was buried in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

Research notes

Mercy was named in her son Thomas Cobb's Truro birth record.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.131
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44929698/marcymercy-cobb: accessed 04 August 2023), memorial page for Marcy/Mercy Freeman Cobb (1692–2 Dec 1759), Find A Grave: Memorial #44929698, citing Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568). Includes gravestone photos.
3. ↑ Dyer, John. Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. (Advocate Press, Provincetown, Mass., 1897) Page 9
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWB-GL9 : 10 February 2018), Thomas Cob, 04 Jul 1720; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.