Elizabeth "Betty" Hopkins

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Elizabeth "Betty" Hopkins (Cobb)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Truro, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: March 05, 1812 (79)
Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Cranberry Horn Cemetery in East Harpswell, Maine.
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Cobb and Mercy Cobb
Wife of Simeon Hopkins, Sr.
Mother of Mercy Higgins; Elisha Hopkins, Sr.; Simeon Hopkins, Jr.; James Hopkins and Betsey Hopkins
Sister of Mercy Cobb, Unproven; Thomas Cobb, Jr.; Richard Cobb; Tamsin Harding; Joseph Cobb and 3 others

Managed by: Gene Daniell
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth "Betty" Hopkins

Hopkins Massachusetts To Maine Migration


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Elizabeth Cobb
22 December 1732–14 March 1815 (Age {age})

When Elizabeth Cobb was born on 22 December 1732, in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Bates Cobb, was 39 and her mother, Mercy Freeman, was 39. She married Simeon Hopkins on 28 August 1755, in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 14 March 1815, at the age of 82, and was buried in Cranberryhorn Cemetery, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

Spouse

Simeon Hopkins
Male
1731–1821

Male

Elizabeth Cobb
Female
1732–1815

Female
Marriage
28 August 1755
Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Children (6)

Mercy Hopkins
Female
1756–1818

Female

Simeon Hopkins
Male
1758–1778

Male

James Hopkins
Male
1760–1818

Male

Elisha Hopkins
Male
1762–1845

Male

Elizabeth Betsey Hopkins
Female
1764–Deceased

Female

Hannah Hopkins
Female
1771–1848

Female

Parents

Thomas Bates Cobb
Male
1693–1768

Male

Mercy Freeman
Female
1693–1759

Female

Siblings (10)

Mercy Cobb
Female
1718–1793

Female

Thomas Cobb
Male
1720–1779

Male

Richard Cobb
Male
1721–1809

Male

Tamesin Cobb
Female
1723–1793

Female

Joseph Cobb
Male
1726–1807

Male

Freeman Cobb
Male
1728–1758

Male

Elisha Cobb
Male
1730–1802

Male

Elizabeth Cobb
Female
1732–1815

Female

Sarah Cobb
Female
1735–1804

Female

Ebenezer Cobb
Male
1737–1752

Male


Biography

Betty was born in 1732 in Truro, Mass. to Thomas and Mercy (Freeman) Cobb.[1]

Betty Cobb married Simeon Hopkins. She passed away in 1812.

Alternate death date of Mar. 14, 1815 recorded on gravestone

in Cranberry Horn Cemetery in East Harpswell, Maine.[2]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobb-5478

Betty "Betsey" Cobb was born 22 Dec 1732 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts to Thomas Cobb Sr. and Mercy (Freeman) Cobb. She is the sster of Mercy Cobb, Thomas Cobb Jr., Richard Cobb, Tamsine Cobb, Joseph Cobb, Freeman Cobb, Elisha Cobb and Sarah Cobb, and wife of Simeon Hopkins — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of Mercy Hopkins

Died 5 Mar 1812 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Profile last modified 1 Oct 2017 | Created 27 Feb 2017

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-LYL : 4 December 2014), Betty Cobb, 22 Dec 1732; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761. ↑ Find A Grave, [database with images], (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39257553 : 1 Oct 2017), Betsey Cobb Hopkins.



Reference: ancestry.com:

Betty (Betsey) Cobb

Born in Truro, Massachusetts, USA on 25 Feb 1732

to Thomas Cobb and Mercy Freeman.

Betty married Simeon Hopkins and had 5 children.

She passed away on 1812.

Family Members

Parents

Thomas Cobb 1692-1768

Mercy Freeman 1691-1759

Spouse(s)

Simeon Hopkins 1733-

Children

Mercy Hopkins 1756-1818

Simeon Hopkins 1758-Unknown

James Hopkins 1760-1818

Elisha Hopkins 1762-Unknown

Betsey Hopkins 1764-Unknown

'Nauset and the World Betsey Cobb

      Sex: F Individual Information
         Birth: Sep 1803 - Eastham, Massachusetts
       Baptism: 
         Death: 17 Feb 1885 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham 8
Cause of Death: congestion of lungs

Parents

        Father: Elkanah Cobb (1757-1837) 8
        Mother: Jerusha Foster (1763-1846) 8

Spouses and Children

1. *Captain Zara Higgins (15 Sep 1801 - 15 Oct 1874) 8

      Marriage: 3 Jun 1824 - Orleans, Massachusetts 9
        Status:  Notes Medical:  age 81-6 widow

Betsey Higgins b Eastham parents Elkany & Jerusha Cobb, both of Brewster 10 Marriage Notes (Captain Zara Higgins) stone: CAPT. ZARA HIGGINS Died Oct. 15, 1871 Aged 73 yrs.

Husband kind true and dear Suddenly thou wast called to leave me sad and lonely here But in our heavenly home I trust we soon shall reunited be To dwell with God in love from all care and sorrow free

BETSEY C. Wife of CAPT. ZARA HIGGINS Died Feb. 17, 1885 Aged 81 yrs. 5 mos. Reunited and at rest. 11

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Elizabeth "Betty" Hopkins's Timeline

1732
December 22, 1732
Truro, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1756
August 6, 1756
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1758
March 11, 1758
1760
August 31, 1760
1762
1762
Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine
1764
1764
1812
March 5, 1812
Age 79
Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Colonial America
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Cranberry Horn Cemetery in East Harpswell, Maine.