Ambrose Cobb III (abt. 1729 - bef. 1799)

Born about 1729 in Bruton, York Co., Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Howell) Cobb — married 1745 in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 25 Nov 1799 before about age 70 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ambrose Cobb III performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Ambrose Cobb III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A209207.

Ambrose is a Revolutionary War Patriot. He rendered material aid by providing 14 1/2 bushels of corn on 25 February 1780.^[1][2]

Ambrose executed his will on 21 June 1797, devising all his land to his sons: 200 acres to son William and 150 acres to son James. "Everything apart from the property [the land] is to be sold and the money equally divided between all the rest of my living children save one which is Mary Jackson whom I give five shillings and no more." But none of his devises or bequeaths were to take effect until after his and his wife's deaths: "the above property mentioned is not to be divised or possest by the heirs till after the decease of me and my wife Sarah Cobbs." He appointed "my two sons William and James Cobbs to be Executioners" [sic executors].^[3]

Estate of Ambrose Cobb
On 25 November 1799, widow Sarah Cobb signed a release authorizing sons William and James to sell the personal property except some that she retained for her support. With her permission, on the same day or the following day, the personal property of Cobb's estate was auctioned. Proceeds of the sale amounted to £651.13.11. The reason for the large amount was the sale of two Negro men, a Negro boy [named Steward], and a Negro woman and her child. Those proceeds, after deducting any debts or expenses, were divided equally among widow Sarah and the children.

Following widow Sarah's death in January or February 1815, the remaining personal property was sold by executor William Cobb at auction on 14 February 1815. As required by law, he reported the sale to Lincoln County court at July 1815 sessions. After deducting any expenses, the proceeds of $141.80 were divided among the surviving heirs and Ambrose Cobb's estate administration was finished.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782 for Ambrose Cobb Ancestry Record 4291 #61947 * Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of 25 Sep 2021", Ancestor # A209207.
3. ↑ Lincoln County, North Carolina, Original Wills, Ambrose Cobb (1797); digital images, FamilySearch; FHL microfilm 7640012.
4. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Lincoln County, Ambrose Cobb; digital images, FamilySearch.

• Gloria Lange compiled data
• DkWalker and other Cobb / Condley family researchers.
• Cobb/Sasser family website
• Don Harris, compiled data.
• Cully Alton Cobb ; compiled by Andrew Simmons Weddington and Christine W. Sheldon; edited by Lois D. Cobb, "The Cobbs of Tennessee : descendants of John Cobb of Cobbs Court, County Kent, England, 1324-1968" (Atlanta, Georgia : Ruralist Press, 1968), p. 38; digital edition, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/120181-redirection).
• John E. Cobb Jr., "Cobb and Cobbs-Early Virginians (Alexandria, Virginia: The Durant Publishing Co., 1977)..
• Ancestry Family Trees.

Acknowledgments

• David Moore created WikiTree profile Cobb-2080 through the import of The Moore Family Tree and then.ged on Mar 8, 2013.
• Kathy Gunter Sullivan.