Charles Cosby - Mother

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Sunday, September 25, 2022
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There is a note in his profile that the parents here are incorrect, which is what I was going to point out that info on Ancestry and in trees on there have his parents as the ones listed in the profile note:

Name Charles Cosby
Birth 21 October 1754 VA, Virginia, USA
Death 3 November 1802 Powhatan, Virginia, USA
Marriage 18 December 1780
Spouse Mary Minter
Father David Cosby
Mother Mary Johnson
Children Overton Cosby

Is there documentation to confirm that the connections here on Geni are correct and that his mother wasn't the Mary Johnson otherwise indicated as his mother?

Thanks in advance for any clarification.

I think the problem is perhaps two Charles Cosby's have been mixed together here.

On Ancestry, the David Cosby who married Mary Garland Overton had a son named Charles who was married to Elizabeth Wingfield and they were the parents of Overton Cosby and Garland Cosby, names that came from their mother's side of the family.

That Charles has different dates than the Charles who married Mary Minter.

Charles Cosby
BIRTH16 Dec 1737 Fredricksville, Louisa, Virginia, USA
DEATHJul 1802 , Elbert, Georgia, USA

Family Info

Father: David Cosby (1705–1770)
Mother: Mary Garland Overton (1705–1785)

So, my best conclusion is that this Charles who was the son of David Cosby and Mary Garland Overton is a different Charles than the one who married the Minter wife, which would explain the difference ifn their dates and geography.

That would make sense also then that the Charles who was the husband of the Minter wife was the son of a different David Cosby and his wife Mary Johnson.

A case of same-name folks getting misconnected, I think.

That mix-up would also explain the inconsistency report that states:

Charles Cosby had 5 children between the ages of 8 and 15 years old.
Tip: Correct the birth date of Charles Cosby (born October 21, 1754) or the following children:
Hon. Fortunatus Cosby, Esq., Charles Scott Cosby, Robert Cosby, Patsey Cosby, Anthony Cosby

Most likely those are all children of Charles Cosby and the Minter wife, not Charles Cosby and Elizabeth Wingfield.

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