There is a Groton birth record 25 Sep 1721 for a Phebe, daughter of Benjamin Headle (Hadley) and Mehittabel (Applin).[1] Elsewhere in these published records, "Headle" and "Hadley" are associated with each other.
Eleazar Cobleigh of Littleton married Phebe Hadley of Groton on 9 Jan 1739.[2]
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLW-L4G : 4 December 2014), Phebe Headle, 25 Sep 1721; citing GROTON, MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 4; see also page 110
↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook): Littleton (original), unpaginated, but image 166; see also published records of Littleton, p 92
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCKH-6WR : 4 December 2014), Eleazer Cobley in entry for Bathsheba Cobley, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873754 IT 3.
↑ Littleton Vital Records p 47,citing page 28: dau of Eleazer and Phebe Cobleigh
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phebe:
Their marriage record has been located; she is named Phebe Hadley of Groton and he is named Eleazar Cobleigh of Littleton. The best candidate for the Groton Phebe Hadley is the daughter of Benjamin and Mehittabel.