Joanna Cobb (Thomas)

Joanna Cobb (Thomas,) born, May 10, 1693, (daughter of William Thomas Sr., and Sarah Pratt (Priest)), wife of John Cobb (he d. July 6, 1750) and mother of Joanna Wood (Cobb), is listed in the Catalogue Of The Members Of The First Church Middleborough, Mass. The "catalogue" of members was reprinted from the History of the First Church, published 1854.

Also, Mayflower Families, Volume  Eight ,Family Of Degory Priest, and Volume Twelve...Cooke Family, (same series) also identify Joanna (Thomas) Cobb as the daughter of William Thomas Sr.; David Thomas II, was her grandfather.

Biography

Joanna Thomas, daughter of William Thomas (1665-1734) and Sarah (Pratt) Thomas (abt.1668-1702), Mayflower descendant of Degory Priest, was born at Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 10 May 1693.[1][2]

She married at Middleboro, about 1712 John Cobb. She had her first child in Jan 1713/4. John was also a native of Middleboro, born 10 Jun 1689, son of John and Rachel (Soule) Cobb. A descendant of ][[Soule-33[|George Soule, he died at Middleboro 6 July 1750. He married secondly, 26 Aug 1725, Mary Conant by whom he had additional children Mary, Nathan, Mary, Hannah, Susanna, Ephraim and Gideon Cobb.1

Joanna Cobb died 11 Nov 1724 in her 32nd year at Middleboro.[1][3] She is buried at the Cemetery at the Green in Middleborough.[4]

Children births at Middleboro:[1]

Gershom Cobb b. 14 Jan 1713/4; m. (1) 3 Mar 1739/40 Miriam Thomas, Jr; m. (2) 12 Dec 1751 Elizabeth Corbet Joanna Cobb b. 2 Mar 1714/5; m. 6 Jan 1736/7 Samuel Wood
Sarah Cobb b. 8 Jul 1716; d. 21 Sep 1727 age 10.
Lydia Cobb b. 7 July 1718; m. 23 Feb 1743/4 Amasa Thomson
Martha Cobb b. 24 Oct 1719; d. 9 Mar 1741/2
John Cobb b. 31 May 1722; m. Priscilla Tinkham

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Joanna (Thomas) Cobb (1693 - 1724)

Joanna Cobb formerly Thomas

Born 10 May 1693 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of William Thomas and Sarah (Pratt) Thomas

Sister of Susanna (Thomas) Smith, Sarah (Thomas) Ransom, Elizabeth Thomas, William Thomas, Mary (Thomas) Soule, David Thomas [half], Lois (Thomas) Hooper [half], Eunice (Thomas) Tinkham [half], Jabez Thomas [half], Israel Thomas [half] and Ephraim Thomas [half]

Wife of John (Cobb) Cob — married about 1712 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Mother of Gershom Cobb, Joanna (Cobb) Wood, Lydia Cobb and John Cobb Jr

Died 11 Nov 1724 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Joanna (Thomas) Cobb was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) Link at AmericanAncestors ($) pp. 29, 76 ↑ Williams, Alicia Crane, Barbara Lambert Merrick, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Middleborough, Massachusetts Vital Records. Volume One Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Carolyn B. Wade Memorial Publication Fund, 1986. p. 4
↑ Wood, Alfred. (ed.) Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts. (Boston: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1947. ) p. 39
↑ Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joanna Thomas Cobb (10 May 1693–11 Nov 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #51296002, citing Cemetery at The Green, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Ken Saccocia (contributor 47242886) .
Roser, Susan E, Early Descendants of Henry Cobb of Barnstable MA, Stewart Publishing and Printing, Canada, 2008
Robert Wakefield. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 8 Degory Priest, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994. Page 22.