Ambrose (Cobbs) Cobb Jr. (abt. 1603 - bef. 1655)

Born about 1603 in Pethamlyminge, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (White) Cobbs — married 18 Apr 1625 in Norton , St Mary, Kent, England

Descendants

Died before 15 Jan 1655 before about age 52 in Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia

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Biography

Birth

Ambrose (Cobbs) Cobb Jr. was a Virginia colonist.

Ambrose was born about 1603^[1] in Petham, Kent to parents son of Ambrose Cobb and Angelica Hunt, the last of 8 children to the couple. An older brother, also named Ambrose, was baptized on 25 August 1595 and sadly, died and was buried on 27 August 1595 in Lyminge. Ambrose was named after his older brother when he was born about 1603.^[2] He was the third son named in his father's will to receive a settlement from the estate.^[3]

Marriage

Ambrose married Ann White on 18 April 1625 in Norton, St. Mary, Kent, England.^[4] Ann was the sister to Susan White who married Thomas Cobb.^[2][5]

Residence and Migration

Ambrose and Ann lived first at Willesborough where their first three or four children were born. Ambrose sold his lands in England in 1633^[6] and then migrated to the new world and settled in Virginia. It is believed that he migrated in around the year 1635 landing first in Jamestown.^[3] He was given a grant for 350 acres on the Appomattox River in Henrico County on 25 July 1639.^[7]

The Virginia land patent, Volume I, part II, is as follows:

Abrose Cobbs, 350 acs. Henrico Co., July 25, 1639, page 658. Upon Appamattuck Riv., adj. land of Mr. John Baugh & Mr. Abraham Wood. Trans. of 7 pers: Ambrose Cobbs, Ann, his wife, Robert his son, Margarett his daughter, Richard Barker, Hugh Barker, Thomas Harding.^[8]

Ambrose came to Virginia with his wife Anne, his children Margaret, Robert, Thomas, Ambrose, and possibly William. Ambrose and his wife and children Margaret and Robert were listed as headrights in addition to three other men: Richard Barker, Hugh Barker, and Thomas Harvey.^[5] Virginia awarded 50 acres for each headright. Considering that Ambrose had a total of seven headrights, this corresponds to a grant of 350 acres. The younger children (Thomas, Ambrose & William) were probably too young to be considered as headrights.

The land in Henrico County would thereafter be referred to as "Cobbs" estate.^[5]

Children

i. Robert Cobbs^[5], b. 1 July 1623, County Kent, England (Mike Cobb lists his date of birth as "before 7 January 1627")^[3], d. 29 December 1683, Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia, m. Elizabeth, b. 1634, d. 7 October 1684.^[1]

ii. Ambrose Cobbs, Christened 12 March 1625 in Willesborough, Kent. Sadly, he died before 18 August 1626 in Kent.^[9]

iii. Jane Cobbs, b. before 1630 in Willesborough, Kent. She died before 12 January 1634 and was buried in Willesborough.^[3]

iv. Margaret Cobb^[5], born before 1631.^[3]

v. Ambrose Cobbs^[5], born in 1635/36.ref name=Mike/>

vi. Thomas Cobbs^[5] was born in 1637 in Charles River County, Virginia. He died in 1702 in York County, Virginia. He never married and died without children.^[3]

Harrison lists a possible child who may have traveled from England to Virginia named William but offers no documentation or support:

• William^[5]

Death and Burial

Ambrose Cobb died before 1 May 1656.^[5]

Research Notes

No information can be found to support a child of Ambrose by the name Richard. Ambrose did sponsor the voyage to the new world of a Richard Barker. It is most likely that the individual Richard Barker was conflated into a Richard Cobbs. I will disconnect the profile for Richard Cobbs, mark it as "uncertain existence," and annotate the bio. If, at a later time, source information can be found to support this connection, the profile can be reattached.
Baty-260 21:52, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Source lead to be fleshed out: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/LRD9-YZC

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Austin, p. 81.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Austin, p. 80.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Cobb, Mike. "Ambrose Cobbs of Virginia." Cobb and Cobbs. Accessed 6 October 2018 SJ Baty.
4. ↑ "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNN-TV3L : 19 April 2019), Ambrose Cobb, 18 Apr 1625; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Marriage, Norton, Kent, England, United Kingdom, page 73, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Harrison, p. 357.
6. ↑ Austin cites as her source for this entry: "The Cobb of Tennessee," by Cully Alton Cobb, as cited in: Austin, p. 80.
7. ↑ Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia County Records. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Volume VI, p. 82. Accessed 10 October 2018 SJ Baty at https://archive.org/stream/virginiacountyre61croz#page/82/.
8. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion; Virginia State Library; Virginia Genealogical Society. Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1800. Richmond, VA: Press of The Dietz Printing Co., 1934. Vol I., p. 111. Accessed 18 October 2019 by SJ Baty at Archive.org.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR9C-58K : 11 February 2018, Ambrose Cobb, 18 Aug 1626); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0896766 IT 1, 0973256 IT 7.

• Austin, Jeannette Holland. The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Company Co., Inc. 1984. pp. 80-81. Accessed by Michelle Brooks on 01 November 2013 at Google Books.

• Cobb, Mike. "Rootsweb Page: John Cobb of Kent", John Cobb of Kent (c1324): Rootsweb. Last accessed 4 October 2018.
  Archive copy: "John Cobb of Kent" archive copy.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102770173 : accessed 06 October 2018), memorial page for Ambrose Cobbs (1603–15 Jan 1655), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102770173, citing Cobbs Cemetery, Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Mad (contributor 47329061). [Note: this entry is unsourced and without a grave marker].

• Harrison, Burton. Burton chronicles of colonial Virginia : being excerpts from the existing records, particularly relating to the Burtons of the valley of the James and Appomattox, with especial reference to the ancestry of Jesse Burton of Lynchburg (1750?-1795). Darmstadt : L. C. Wittich, 1933., pp. 357-366. Accessed 4 October 2018 SJ Baty at Archive.org.

• Loss, Murray B. an extensive work on Ambrose Cobb and his descendants, familytreemaker.genealogy. Accessed 23 February 2015 by Amanda Harris Smith.

• Private User. "Geni.com page (unsourced) for Ambrose Cobb." Ambrose "The Emigrant" Cobbs: Geni. Last accessed 4 October 2018.

• Wikipedia contributors. "Ambrose Cobbs", Wikipedia® page for Abrose Cobbs Last update 22 October 2013. Last accessed 4 October 2018.

Dysfunctional sources with broken links:

• Rootsweb: Cobb-DNA - This source link not functioning as of the last access date: Rootsweb page. Last accessed 4 October 2018 SJ Baty.

• Rootsweb: Kent - This source link not functioning as of the last access date: Rootsweb page: Kent. Last attempted access 4 October 2018 SJ Baty.

• Genealogy.com Topics: Willis - This source link not functioning as of the last access date: Genealogy.com, Topics: Willis. Last accessed 4 October 2018 SJ Baty.