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Phebe (Wetherell) Cobb (1730 - 1828)

Phebe Cobb formerly Wetherell
Born in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , and
Wife of — married 27 Jun 1751 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 98 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Phebe was born in 1730.[1] She was the daughter of William Wetherell and Mary Paine.

She passed away in 1828.

PHEBE WETHRELL,[2] (Mary Pain, John, Ralph), was born in Norton on 15 May 1730. She married in either Norton or Mansfield MA on 27 June 1751 BENJAMIN COBB JR. of Norton. [WFNE, 137.[3]]

Children (COBB) born Mansfield and Norton:[4]

  1. Benjamin 1753
  2. Mason 1755
  3. John (1757-1840)
  4. Abigail (1759-abt.1811)
  5. Salmon 1761
  6. Jonathan 1764
  7. Job 1766
  8. Daniel 1767
  9. David (1769-1841)
  10. Lanson 1771

Sources

  1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    citing Birth, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009664.
    FamilySearch Record: Q29G-2PF6 (accessed 23 August 2022)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-WQXC Image number 00053
    Phebe Wethrell birth 15 May 1730 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, daughter of William Wethrell & Mary Wethrell.
  2. ↑ Gerrity, Robert M., Ralph Pain and Descendants: Four Generations (A Work in Progress) 1992. [Under revision by author, 2020-2022.] Personal copy in the files of DLG; and at the Old Colony Historical Society Library, Taunton MA.
  3. ↑ Witherell, Peter Charles, and Edwin Ralph Witherell. 1976. ‘’History and genealogy of the Witherell/Wetherell/Witherill family of New England: some descendants of Rev. William Witherell (ca. 1600-1684) of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, and William Witherell (ca. 1627-1691) of Taunton, Plymouth Colony.’’ Baltimore: Gateway Press. p. 137-8; [LIBRARY SEARCH] (Archive.org account required, book can be borrowed free online, LINK)
  4. ↑ FamilySearch Tree https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHH7-JQX

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