Born in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Cobb Sr.
— married
1751 in North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Arthur Cobb, Pharaoh Cobb, William Cobb Jr., Charles Cobb, James Cobb, Sylvester Young Cobb, Jackson Cobb, Jerry Jesse Cobb, Penelope (Cobb) Massengill, Mary Jackson Cobb, Tabitha (Cobb) Massengale, Hannah Cobb and John Stephen Cobb
Died
at about age 65
in Watauga, Carter, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
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Barsheba was born in 1725/1735. She passed away in 1790/1793.
Sources
- The Massengills, Massengales and Variants (1472-1931), by Samuel Evans Massengill, M.D.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Barsheba 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 Barsheba:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Barsheba 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 Barsheba:
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~0.78%
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Bill Schultz
Whitehead-1755 and Whitehead-1520 appear to represent the same person because: Sorry, but I accidently created a duplicate profile for Barsheba (Whitehead) Cobb due to the fact my records show her being born a decade later than your records. But these are clearly the same woman.
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