Benjamin Cobb (1749 - 1812)

Born 2 Feb 1749 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Ransom) Cobb — married 28 Apr 1774 in Plympton, Mass

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1812 at age 63 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Cobb was born on 2 Feb 1749 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Nathan Cobb (1707 - 1800) and Joanna (Bennett) Cobb (1715 - 1794).^[1]

His siblings were:

1. William Cobb (~1735 - 1804)
2. Elizabeth (Cobb) Sampson (1736 - 1816)
3. Deborah Cobb (1738 - )
4. Timothy Cobb (1742 - 1806)
5. Nathan Cobb (1743 - )
6. Ebeneezer Cobb (~1745 - 1816)
7. Joseph Cobb Sr. (1748 - 1804)
8. Nehemiah Cobb (1752 - 1841)

Benjamin married Sally Ransom (1738 - 1797) on 28 Apr 1774 in Plympton. Their children were:

1. Olive (Cobb) Bennett (1775 - 1850)
2. Benjamin Cobb (1778 - 1778)
3. Sarah Cobb (1779 - 1780)
4. Ebeneezer Cobb (1781 - 1864)
5. Martha Cobb (1785 - )
6. Benjamin Cobb (1787 - )
7. Charles Cobb (1790 - )
8. Ransom Cobb (1792 - )
9. Otis Cobb (1795 - 1840).

Benjamin died on 3 Mar 1812 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States aged 63.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGP-CQ5 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Cobb, 1749.

• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Newton for starting this profile.