Born before in Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of Ambrose (Cobbs) Cobb Jr.
and Ann (White) Cobbs
Brother of
Ambrose Cobbs III, Jane Cobbs, Margaret Cobb, Richard Cobbs, Ambrose Cobbs IV and Thomas Cobbs
Husband of
Elizabeth (Thorpe) Cobb
— married
1655 in York Virginia
Descendants 
Died
after age 56
in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia
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Biography
Robert (Cobbs) Cobb Sr. was a Virginia colonist.
Robert Cobb, son of Ambrose Cobb, was christened in Willesborough, Kent, England on Jul 1 1627. This means he had to of been born at least before that and his birthday could have not been after this. We can confirm without a doubt that his birthday was at least before July of 1627[1] He and his father arrived in Virginia before 1639, his father was his sponsor. [2]
Robert, the son of Ambrose, became the York County Anglican Church Warden of Marston Parish two years after the death of Ambrose. He was York County’s Justice of the Peace in 1676, and High Sheriff of York County in 1682, “the year Robert died.” At that time Robert’s son, Ambrose, was a member of Bruton Parish in Williamsburg, and helped build the Bruton Parish Anglican Church, which is still operating today.[3]
Robert was executor of his father estate and later removed to York County, Virginia just outside present-day Williamsburg. He is believed to have married Elizabeth Thorpe a relation of Maj. Otho Thorpe. He served as a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg from 1674 to 1683 during the period in which the first brick church was built on the present site.[4]
Robert inherited Cobbs Hall when Ambrose died in 1656, and he immediately sold the property to Michael Masters, who then sold it to John and Thomas Burton that same year. In 1704, a son of Thomas Burton sold "Cobbs" to John Bolling, and though it continued to be known as "Cobbs", the property remained in the possession of the Bolling family for over a hundred years.[3]
AMBROSE COBBS, was deeded 350 acs. Henrico Co., July 25, 1639. Upon Appamattuck Riv., adjacent to the land of Mr. John Baugh & Mr. Abraham Wood, for transportation of 7 persons: Ambrose Cobbs, Ann, his wife, Robert his son, Margarett his daughter, Richard Barker, Hugh Barker, Thomas Harding. Virginia Land Grant, page 658[5][6]
Immigration
- Type: Arrival
- Date: 1639
- Place: Virginia[7]
Marriage
Death
- Date: 29 Dec 1682
- Place: Bruton, York, Virginia, United States[11]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN5T-LHZ : 30 December 2014, Robert Cob, ); citing Willesborough, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,785,904.
- ↑ Greer, George Cabel. Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666. Richmond, VA, USA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1912.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.billdraper.net/html/cobbs.html The Cobbs from County Kent
- ↑ Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord (1907). Bruton Parish Church restored and its historic environment. 119: The Franklin press, Co
- ↑ CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Nugent
- ↑ Burton Chronicles, Francis Burton Harrison, pages 358-361
- ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc,
- ↑ America's First Families
- ↑ Family Data Collection - Marriages
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 1630.030; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
- ↑ Family Data Collection - Deaths
- Clo-Cow; America's First Families; Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers By Jeannette Holland Austin
- Virkus, Frederick Adams, Albert Nelson Marquis (1928). The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America: A genealogical encyclopedia of the United States, Volume 3. New York: F. A. Virkus & Co.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #102807220
- familytreemaker.genealogy, accessed 23 Feb 2015 by Amanda Harris Smith.
- genealogy website, Yager
- Cobb DNA
- Family information: Robert Cobb
- Wikipedia: Ambrose Cobbs
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: FHL Film Number 1785904
- Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Name- Robert Cobb. Date- 24 Dec 1719. Location- Isle of Wight. Notes- This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
- Remarks William Kirle. Leg.-eldest sons William Kirle, the son of Margaret Cobb, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Cobb; to my son Robert Kirle, the son of Margaret Cobb, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Cobb; wife Ellinor; -- my ---- to wit., George, William. Description- Mentioned. Book- 2-58. Prove date- 28 Nov 1720.
- Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666: Name- Robert Cobbs. Arrived By- 1639. **Sponsors- Ambrose Cobbs, his father. Residence Place- Henrico, Virginia. Reference. Early Virginia Immigrants; 1623–1666 C.
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Place: Virginia; Year: 1639; Page Number: 154
Acknowledgements
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- WikiTree profile Cobbs-30 created through the import of CombinedTreeFmMyHeritage-Private.GED on May 29, 2011 by George Stradtman. Subsequent profiles created by Jason K, Don Harris, Chip Stokes, Gloria Lange, Donna Thompson,
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Categories: Virginia Colonists
DOB on Cobbs-17 was copied from other researcher's work and the Find A Grave, so it reflects what is currently accepted according to sources that are linked in the sources section conveniently. If anyone has a primary source for the birth, since we DO HAVE ONE for the Christening, that would be great.
Multiple sources appear to agree that he was born in County Kent, England. There is some disagreement as to an exact location. Marriage in 1655 appears to be likely, in York. Co., VA, USA.