Henry Cobb, of Barnstable

BOOK

• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 2000.
  • ORIGIN: Unknown
  • MIGRATION: 1632
  • FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
  • REMOVES: Scituate 1634, Barnstable 1639
  • OCCUPATION: Tavernkeeper. Licensed to draw wine at Barnstable 5 June 1644 [PCR 2:73].
  • CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Goodman Cob and his wife" were members #7 and #8, admitted at the founding of Scituate church on 8 January 1634/5 [NEHGR 9:279]. "Decemb. 15, 1635 our Brother Cobb was invested into the office of a Deacon" at Scituate [NEHGR 10:37]. Ordained ruling elder of Barnstable church, 14 April 1670 [Cobb Gen, citing BarnChR 1:1].
  • FREEMAN: In the "1633" Plymouth list of freemen near others admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:4]; in 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen [PCR 1:53]. Initially entered in Scituate portion of 1639 list of Plymouth Colony freemen, then transferred to Barnstable section [PCR 8:175, 177]. In Barnstable section of 1658 and 29 May 1670 lists of Plymouth freemen [PCR 5:277, 8:200].
  • EDUCATION: Signed his name to coroner's jury findings [PCR 3:147]. His inventory included "books" valued at 24s.
  • OFFICES: Deputy for Barnstable, 5 June 1644, 3 March 1645/6, 7 July 1646 (fined for "defect in appearance" 4s. [PCR 2:106]), 1 June 1647, 7 June 1652, 7 June 1659, 6 June 1660, 2 October 1660, 4 June 1661, 3 June 1662 [PCR 2:72, 95, 104, 117; 3:9, 162, 187, 198, 214; 4:14]. Coroner's jury, 5 June 1658 [PCR 3:147]. Plymouth petit jury, 4 June 1639, 3 September 1639, 3 December 1639, 3 March 1639/40, 1 September 1640, 2 March 1640/1, 17 June 1641, 7 September 1642, 6 June 1649, 6 June 1650 [PCR 7:12-15, 18, 19, 21, 32, 46, 49; 2:140]. Excise collector for Barnstable, 8 June 1664 [PCR 4:67].
  • In Barnstable section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:193]. Committee for defense of Barnstable, 10 October 1643 [PCR 2:65].
  • ESTATE: Assessed 9s. in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:11, 29].
  • In the compilation of houses in Scituate prepared by Rev. John Lothrop, "Goodman Cobbe's" house is seventh on the list, among those in place before September 1634; this is annotated "now Goodman Rowlye's" and "now Goodman Vinall's," perhaps indicating that there were two houses on this lot, or perhaps implying that Rowley purchased the house from Cobb and then sold it to Vinall. Later in the list, at position #32, among houses built in 1636, is "Brother Cobb's, on his lot," this being his second residence in Scituate, and probably the lot that he sold to Manasseh Kempton when he removed to Barnstable.
  • On 1 December 1640 "Henry Cob" sold to "Manasseth Kempton" of Plymouth his house in Scituate with twelve acres of upland with the parcel of meadow lying before the house and fourscore acres of upland in the fourth lot by North River, with a parcel of marsh meadow of about twelve acres [PCR 12:65].
  • One of five men "granted liberty to view and to purchase a tract of land at Saconeesett," 7 June 1659 [PCR 3:164, 208, 216].
  • In his will, dated 4 April 1678 and proved 3 June 1679, "Henery Cobb" of Barnstable, though "weak in body," bequeathed to "my son James Cobb" my great lot in Barnstable; to "my sons John, James, Gershom and Eliezer" half my lands at Suconeesett equally divided between them "and 40s. being in the hand of my son James for my son Eliezer's part"; to "Sarah my dear and loving wife during her natural life" my new dwelling house and all the rest of my lands; at Sarah's decease, to "my son Samuel" my dwelling house and two acres of upland, and an acre and a half of my marsh which I bought with his stock in partnership with my son James; to "my sons Samuel, Jonathan and Henry" residue of lands equally; to "my sons John, Gershom and Eliezer" one shilling each; to "my daughters Mary, Hannah and Patience" one shilling each; to "my daughter Sarah" my second best bed and furniture; residue to Sarah "my loving wife and sole executrix." Codicil dated 22 February 1678[/9]: "my son Samuel" shall have only two acres of my upland after my wife's decease and all the rest of my lands equally divided between my "three sons Samuel, Jonathan and Henry"; Henry to have my house after my wife's decease and his part of the land to lie most convenient to the house, only my lands at the Island equally divided between my three sons; "my son James to dry thatch on half an acre of the Island when the English corn is taken off..." [transcribed in full in Cobb Gen 14-15, citing PCPR 4:1:22-23].
  • The inventory of the estate of "Elder Henery Cobb Late of Barnstable" was undated and untotalled and included "a house land and meadow" valued at œ80. He also owned part of a "thachboate" [transcribed in full in Cobb Gen 16-17, citing PCPR 4:1:23].
  • On 2 March 1679/80, administration of the estate of Sarah Cobb was granted to Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Samuel Cobb, who were "with the advice and help of their friends and relations, to make a distribution of the estate amongst the children, still having a special respect therein to the youngest children, for their best good" [PCR 6:32].
  • BIRTH: By about 1607 based on approximated date of first marriage. ** DEATH: Barnstable between 22 February 1678[/9] (writing of codicil) and 3 June 1679 (proving of will).
  • MARRIAGE[S]:
    • (1) By 1632 Patience Hurst, daughter of JAMES HURST (his will names Cobb grandchildren); she was buried Barnstable 4 May 1648 "the first that was buried in our new burying place by our meeting house" [PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:285].
    • (2) Barnstable 12 December 1649 Sarah Hinckley [PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287]; she was admitted to Barnstable church 20 January 1649/50 [NEHGR 9:281]; she died before 2 March 1679/80 [PCR 6:32].
  • CHILDREN: With first wife
    • i JOHN, b. Plymouth 7 June 1632 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Plymouth 28 April 1658 Martha Nelson [PCR 8:17].
    • ii JAMES, b. Plymouth 14 January 1634[/5] [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 26 December 1663 Sarah Lewis [MD 3:73].
    • iii MARY, b. Scituate 24 March 1636/7 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Scituate 26 March 1637 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Plymouth 15 October 1657 as his second wife Jonathan Dunham [PCR 8:17], son of JOHN DUNHAM [TAG 30:145].
    • iv HANNAH, b. Scituate 5 October 1639 [MD 3:73]; bp. Scituate 5 October 1639 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 9 May 1661 Edward Lewis [MD 10:250].
    • v PATIENCE, b. Barnstable "about 15 of March 1641 [sic]" [MD 3:73] or "about the 19th of March 164 [sic]" [PCR 8:42]; bp. Barnstable 13 March 1641/2 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable "beginning August 1667" Robert Parker [MD 11:100], as his second wife; she m. (2) after 1 June 1685 William Crocker and d. Barnstable 23 October 1727 [NEHGR 112:190-97].
    • vi GERSHOM, b. Barnstable " about" 10 January 1644/5 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 12 January 1644/5 [NEHGR 9:283]; bur. Swansea 24 June 1675 [PCR 8:61]; unmarried (division of his estate to brothers and sisters [PCR 5:180]).
    • vii ELIEZER, b. Barnstable "about" 30 March 1648 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 2 April 1648 [NEHGR 9:283]; residing in Barnstable in 1703, apparently unmarried [Otis 1:172].
  • CHILDREN: With second wife
    • viii MEHITABLE, b. Barnstable 1 September 1651 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 7 September 1651 [NEHGR 9:284]; bur. Barnstable 8 March 1651/2 [PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:286].
    • ix SAMUEL, b. Barnstable 12 October 1654 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 20 December 1680 Elizabeth [blank] [MD 3:73], said to be Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Richard Taylor [Otis 1:173].
    • x SARAH, b. Barnstable 15 January 1658 and bur. there 25 January 1658 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73].
    • xi JONATHAN, b. Barnstable 10 April 1660 [PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 1 March 1682/3 Hope (Chipman) Huckins [MD 3:149], daughter of John Chipman and widow of John Huckins.
    • xii SARAH, b. Barnstable 10 March 1662/3 [MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 27 December 1686 Samuel Chipman [MD 4:121].
    • xiii HENRY, b. Barnstable 3 September 1665 [MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 10 April 1690 Lois Hallet [MD 3:73].
    • xiv MEHITABLE, b. Barnstable 15 February 1667 [MD 3:73]; no further record.
    • xv EXPERIENCE (daughter), b. Barnstable 11 September 1671 [MD 3:73]; no further record.
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Henry Cobb and his family were treated in detail by Philip L. Cobb early in this century [A History of the Cobb Family, Part 1 (Cleveland 1907), cited above as Cobb Gen]. This genealogy is to be commended for including full transcripts of many records for the early generations, while at the same time avoiding the many legends and traditional tales typical of volumes published in that era. (See also Otis 1:166-79.)

BOOK

• Swift, Charles Francis, and Amos Otis. (1888) 1979. “Cobb.” In Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, 3rd ed., 1:166–79. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing. Google Books.
  • "Elder Henry Cobb the ancestor of the Cobb Family of Barstable was of Plymouth in 1632 of Scituate in 1633 and of Barnstable in 1639....
  • “On the 23d of Noveber 1634 Goodman Cobb and other members of the church of Plymouth ‘were dismissed from their membership in case they joyned in a body att Scituate’...when it was proposed that the church remove to Sippican now Rochester, Dea. Cobb was one of the committee to whom the Colony Court in 1638 granted the lands for a township; and when it was afterwards decided to remove to Mattakuse now Barnstable, he was a member of the committee having charge of the selecting of a suitable location for the settlement...Elder Cobb died in 1679 having lived to a good old age and was buried in the grave yard on Laptrop's Hill...
  • “When a young man he seperated himself from the church of England and joined the Puritans...He remained in Plymouth for a few years...
  • “In 1633 he went to Scituate...
  • “In Barnstable he was active. He was a town officer, a member of the most important town committees in 1645, 1647, 1652, 1659, 1660, and 1661 a deputy to the Colony Court. On the 14th of April 1670 he was chosen and ordained a ruling elder of the Barnstable church an office which he held till his death in 1679...
  • “Elder Henry Cobb married in 1631 Patience a daughter of Dea. James Hurst of Plymouth. She was ‘Buryed May 4, 1648 the first year that was buryed in our new burying place by our meeting house” (Lathrops Church Rec.)
  • “He was married to his second wife, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Hinckley by Mr. Prince, Dec. 12, 1649. He died in 1679 and his wife Sarah survived him. In his will dated April 4, 1678 proved June 3, 1679 and in the codicil there to dated Feb. 28, 1678...Children first marriage: John, Mary, Hannah, Patience, Gershom, and Ebenezer.”

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He did not marry Sarah Jenney (Pope) Hinckley -

• Sarah Jenney married: 1st - Samuel Hinckley b. 1652/53 s/o of Thomas Hinckley and Mary Richards, Thomas being son of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole and after Samuel's death m 2nd - Thomas Huckins She was daughter of thomas Pope and Sarah Jenney
• Henry Cobb married 1st Patience Hurst, and 2nd Sarah Hinckley b. c. 1629, daughter of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole

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Born in Reculver, Kent, England
Residence: (1639) Barnstable, Massachusetts

Virkus...:
Immigration England to Plymouth, Mass. ca. 1629,
Dep. Plymouth Colony; at Scituate, 1683;
Founder of Barnstable, Mass., 1639;
Deacon; rep. Gen. Ct., 1646-1651.

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Cobb Gen. Rev. Charles N. Sinnett; A History of the Cobb Family 1909 bound with part II (1914) and Part III Barnstables Familty (1915); Part IV (1923) Phillips L. CObb

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Find A Grave for Elder Henry Cobb

Elder Henry Cobb
BIRTH: 1607 Reculver, Kent, England
DEATH 1679 (aged 71–72) Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, US
BURIAL Lothrop Hill Cemetery Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, US

His birthdate is given in "The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635" (see sources below). His parents and origins are unknown. He arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632 on "the second boat.". He married first to Patience Hurst, daughter of James Hurst, before June 7, 1632, when their son John was born. Patience arrived in Plymouth with her father in 1631.

Henry and Patience moved to Scituate in 1634 and Barnstable in 1639. Henry was a Tavern Keeper and was licensed to draw wine at Barnstable June 5, 1644.

Henry and Patience were member numbers #7 & #8 at the founding of Scituate church on January 8, 1634/5. On December 15, 1635 he was invested into the office of Deacon at Scituate. He was ordained ruling elder of Barnstable church April 14, 1670.

He was educated and signed his …
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Spouses
Patience Hurst Cobb 1610–1648 (m. 1631)
Sarah Hinckley Cobb 1629–1687

Children
John Cobb 1632–1714
James Cobb 1634–1695
Mary Cobb Dunham 1637–1677
Hannah Cobb Lewis 1639–1729
Patience Cobb Crocker 1641–1727
Mehitable Cobb 1651–1652
Samuel Cobb 1654–1727
Sarah Cobb 1658–1658
Jonathan Cobb 1660–1728
Sarah Cobb Chipman 1663–1743
Henry Cobb 1665–1725

Inscription
ELDER HENRY COBB THE ANCESTOR OF THE COBB FAMILY IN BARNSTABEL DIED IN 1679 ___________ ERECTED BY ENOCH T. COBB A DECENDANT IN 1871
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http://www.tracycrocker.com/p19.htm#i653

Henry Cobb, Pilgrim - M, b. circa 1605, d. 1679 Pilgrim

"Henry Cobb was the first known Cobb to emigrate from England (prob on the "Anne" in 1629) to the Plymouth Colony, Cape Cod, MA. Many distinguished descendants have long searched for his English origin and background.

RECENT DNA HAS DISPROVEN ALL PREVIOUSLY RESEARCH AND PUBLISHED ANCESTRY OF HENRY’S ENGLISH HERITAGE. THEREFORE I HAVE DELETED MUCH OF HIS HERETOFORE PUBLISHED ENGLISH INFORMAITON. WHEN MORE IS CONFIRmED I WILL ADD IT BACK TO HIS HISTORY.

Much is known on the activities of Henry Cobb, the Puritan, in the Bay Colony but little has been done to unravel the specifics of his origin. The most visible trail of "Henry the Elder" in England is found in his relationship with his church leader, the Reverend John Lothrop. Lothrop, “a man of good family and education" was baptized at Eton on 20 December 1584. He received BA and MA degrees at Queens College, Cambridge. In 1611 we find him with the established Church of England at Egerton, Kent, a distance of about 15 miles from the probable home of Henry Cobb in Reculver, Kent. Obviously disenchanted with the autocratic dogma of the King's Church, the Reverend Lothrop is found as minister of an independent church in London in 1623; and then on 29 April 1632, we find him imprisoned in London with 40 members of his flock for violating the laws relating to religious gatherings. Following two years imprisonment, Lothrop left England in the ship "Griffin" with his family and some members of his church for the Plymouth colony, arriving there 18 September 1634. Here Henry Cobb, the Lothrop protégé who had been in the Colony for about five years, responded to the call of his old friend and esteemed pastor. He aided the Reverend in getting his family and church established in the newly formed town of Scituate. Lothrop’s records published in the New England Register, Volumes IX and X, leaves little doubt of Henry Cobb’s membership in Lothrop’s London church:

"Upon January 8, 1634, Wee had a day of humiliation and then at night joyned in covenaunt together, so many of us had beene in covenaunt before. To Witt.

Mr. Gilsonn and his wife
Goodman Anniball and his wife
Goodman Rowly and his wife
Goodman Cobb and his wife
Goodman Turner
Edward Foster
Myselfe
Goodman Foxwell
Samuel House."

Henry was born about 1605. (He married Patience Hurst in Plymouth in 1631; English Yeoman of his time, married at age 26, thus the basis for his date of birth). Most men of Kent were farmers in an area famous for hops, fruit, and grain. Even in this age, importance was attached to the idea of status. The term "Yeoman" was commonly used in legal and other documents to denote status above "Husbandman" (smaller, less prosperous farmer) and below that of "Gentleman" (upper middle class). Yeomen, from whom Henry Cobb was descended, were reasonably well educated. Some Yeomen sons attended the universities; some became clergymen.

The nature of Henry Cobb's apprenticeship or trade in London is open to conjecture. The fact that he came from an area rich in hops and grain and later in the Colony he was authorized to dispense wine suggests the production and/or sale of ale, the national beverage of the era. From the Plymouth Colony Record 1173; "5 June 1644, Henry Cobb is lycensed to draw wine at Barnstable."

What better place than an English pub in the 17th century to keep abreast of politics, religion and emigration. Henry Cobb of London must certainly have been aware of a number of significant events, viz: That in 1604, in a declaration at Hampton Court, James I said of the Puritans, "I shall make them conform themselves or I will harry them out of the Land or else do worst." Henry must have known the story of an undereducated group of separatists called "Pilgrims" who sough refuge first in Amsterdam and subsequently in Leyden, Holland; and the unwilling to be assimilated into the Dutch culture, made their way to Plymouth in 1620 aboard the "Mayflower". (of the 101 passengers on the first voyage of the Mayflower, 35 were Leyden adventurers.) In 1628 the Puritans of Henry Cobb's sect began their mass exodus. In 1630 John Winthrop, a strong and able leader, led nearly 1000 Puritans with their cattle and horses to settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In general the Puritans were a wealthier and better educated class than the Pilgrims but they shared their deeply religious convictions. It was shortly after the Winthrop departure that Henry Cobb made his move, probably in the ship "The Anne" in 1629. Other possible ships include " Mayflower II' and the "Little James", which also arrived at Cape Cod in 1629. Professor Cobb said in his character analysis of Henry, the emigrant, that he was "sensible, shrewd, adverse to making trouble or being a part of it." Cobb didn't linger in London long enough to be jailed in the famous "clink" with the zealous Lothrop and his followers in 1632. When the great Civil War of 1642 came about to settle the question of supremacy between King and Parliament, High Church and Puritans, Henry Cobb is found saving souls and selling wine in Massachusetts."

John E. Cobb, Col, USA. He was listed on a passenger list in 1629 at sailing on the "Anne". He married Patience Hurst before 1632 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.2,3,4 Henry was present at Patience Cobb'S christening on 13 March 1641/42 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was a merchant.5 He married Sarah Hinckley on 12 December 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.6,4 Henry died in 1679 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.7

Children of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst
?John Cobb b. 7 Jun 1632
?Sgt. James Cobb+ b. 14 Jan 1634/35, d. 1695
?Mary Cobb b. 24 Mar 1637/38
?Hannah Cobb b. 5 Oct 1639, d. 17 Jan 1729/30
?Patience Cobb+ b. before 13 March 1641/1642 (ch, d. 23 Oct 1727
?Gershom Cobb b. 10 Jan 1644/45
?Eleazer Cobb b. 30 Mar 1649

Children of Henry Cobb and Sarah Hinckley
?Mehitabel Cobb b. 1 Sep 1651, d. 8 Mar 1652/53
?Samuel Cobb+ b. 12 Oct 1654, d. 7 Sep 1727
?Sarah Cobb b. 15 Jan 1658/59, d. 25 Jan 1658/59
?Jonathan Cobb b. 10 Apr 1660
?Sarah Cobb b. 10 Mar 1662/63, d. 8 Jan 1742/43
?Henry Cobb b. 3 Sep 1665
?Mehetabel Cobb b. 15 Feb 1667/68
?Experience Cobb b. 11 Sep 1671

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Cobb Gen. Rev. Charles N. Sinnett; A History of the Cobb Family 1909 bound with part II (1914) and Part III Barnstables Familty (1915); Part IV (1923) Phillips L. Cobb

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Lived in Plymouth, MA

Tavern keeper, founder of the Scituate Church, ordained as a deacon April 14,1670, deputy for coroner's jury in Barnstable, excise collector for Barnstable

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Parents Unknown: Beware of Speculators

Parents: Sir Henry Cobb (1561–1617), Lady Pleasance Redwood (1565–1605). <— DNA Disproven

Parentage is not certain but very likely. <— Who, and what bona fide source proves it?
Went to London as apprentice, probably maltster.
Came to America in 1629 on "The Anne" but could be "Mayflower II" or "Little James".
In Plymouth til 1634 when he moved to Scituate. Moved to Barnstable in 1639.
Was Deacon from 1635-70 and Ruling Elder from 1670-79. Puritan.
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GEDCOM Note

Note: Henry Cobb was brought up in the Church of England, but in his young manhood, because of wrongs tolerated in thath Church, he broke away and joined the Pilgrims. He is said to have united with a Congregational Church in London, of which the Rev. Lothrop was Pastor. There is no record of fact, but it is said that he did not come over on the Mayflower because he was appointed to stay behind and care for those still in England. He arrived in Plymouth on the ship "Anne" in 1629. He was one of the first settlers of the Plymouth Colony. In 1635 he became one of the founders of the Congregational Church in Scituate, Massachusetts. He was Deacon or Ruling Elder in Scituate and Barnstable for thirty-four years. He also held various civil offices among them Deputy to the General Court of the Colony for several years.

[The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII (1910), Samuel Hinckley's Will and Inventory, p. 203.
Henry Cobb is mentioned in Oct. 6, 1662, in the will (which he witnessed) of his father-in-law, Sameul Hinckley, who died in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, in 1662. ... I Doe heerby appoint and Authorise my son Thomas hinckley to bee Exequitor and my soninlaw henery Cobb to bee my overseer to see this my last will and Testament bee pformed according to the true Intent thereof; It is my will alsoe that my sonnes Samuell and John should attend to the Councell and advise of my sonnes Thomas hinckley and henry Cobb whoe I Desire may have an eye of them for theire best good; In witnes heerof as to my last will and Testament according to the prmises I have heer unto sett my hand this 8th of October 1662. Witness Samuell hinckley Thomas hinckley henery Cobb

Plymouth in 1632, Scituate in 1634 and Barnstable in 1639.

in 1639 “A grant was also obtained in September, for a settlememt at Mattakeese, between Yarmouth and Sandwich; and in October, the settlemwnt was commenced ciefly by people from Scituate....among whom were the distinguished pastor, Rev. John Lothrop; also, Anthony Annable, Henry Cobb, Thomas Cudworth, Samuel Fuller, George Lewis, Barnard Lumbard, Samuel Hinckley, William Crocker, William Parker, Henry Bourne, and others. Indeed the amost entire church at Scituate removed with the pastor, or soon followed.”

Listed as one of those able to bear arms in the Colony of New Plymouth in 1643. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175876477822label=@S39@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875792831label=@S418@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175876477826label=@S359@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175876065835label=@S374@