Ebenezer Cobb Sr. (1671 - 1752)

Born 9 Aug 1671 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Holmes) Cobb — married 1 Jun 1693 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1752 at age 80 in Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ebenezer Cobb was born in 1671, the son of John Cobb and Martha Nelson^[1]

• On 1 June 1693 he married Mercy (Mary) Holmes, daughter of Nathaniel Holmes and Marcy Faunce^[2], and they had children, including:

1. Mary
2. John
3. Elizabeth
4. Rowland
5. Job
6. Nathan
7. Nathaniel
8. Ebenezer
9. Hannah
10. Mercy
11. Sarah

Mercy died in March 1726. Ebenezer remarried on 14 December 1727 to Mary Thomas.^[3]

Ebenezer died July 29, 1752 in Plymouth^[4]

Probate

Ebenezer died intestate and on 7 August 1752, Ebenezer Cobb of Kingston was granted the administration of his estate at Plymouth.^[5]

His inventory was taken on 4 October 1753 in Plymouth. An account of his estate was also recorded. The remainder of the estate is set out to Nathaniel Cobb, Nathan Cobb, Job Cobb, Marcy Holmes, wife of Cornelius Holmes, Mary West, Elizabeth Holmes, wife of Thomas Holmes, Jr., and Jacob Tinkham (son of Hannah Tinkham, decd), the heirs of Sarah Bartlett (Sarah, wife of Thomas Faunce and Hannah, wife of Stephen Doten), and Ebenezer (eldest son).^[6]

In 1753, his heirs signed receipts for their share of his estate.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Ebenezor Cobb published on Ancestry.com; A history of the Cobb family, pt 1-3 on page 20 shows Plymouth Colony Record VIII for the marriage of John Cobb and Martha Nelson, and Plymouth Vital records May Desc I, 141 for the names and birthdates of their children.
2. ↑ Familysearch shows various family trees with this information
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GJDM : Thu Oct 26 00:17:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Ebenezer Cob and Mary Thomas, 14 Dec 1727.
4. ↑ "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #20528274, Memorial page for Ebenezer Cobb (9 Aug 1671-29 Jul 1752), citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: N 81).
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-F6J3 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 278 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6DCD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 57-60 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-6DSW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 138 of 298; State Archives, Boston.

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• Source: Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979).

• Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "Henry Cobb",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p394.

• Source: Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979).

• Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "Henry Cobb",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p394.

• Source: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; from file HEN.GED (6 May 2001); Author: Midge Corcoran;

<myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/

• Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=172521&pid=129591845

• NOTE: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; from file HEN.GED (6 May 2001); Author: Midge Corcoran; <myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/ NOTE: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; Author: Midge Corcoran; myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/

• Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Acknowledgements

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