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Martha "Patsy" Frances Whitmire (Cobb) - Need Help Sorting This Out

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Monday, September 26, 2022
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On Ancestry, the trees and documentation show the Martha Frances 'Patsy' Cobb who was the daughter of John Cobb and Frances Smith married Joel Coffee and show no other marriage for her;

Name Martha Cobb
Birth 1793 South Carolina, USA
Death 16 August 1887 Rabun Gap, Rabun, Georgia, USA
Spouse Joel Coffee
Father John S. Cobb
Mother Frances Smith
Children Mary Frances Coffee

Trees on Ancestry also show John and Frances had a daughter named Mary who people have attached the nickname Patsy to. I think the info on sisters Mary and Martha may have become confused because Patsy was the usual nickname for Martha and Polly or Molly was used as the nickname for girls named Mary.

Anyway, I 'think' it must have been Mary who was married to the husbands connected to this Martha here on Geni since, as mentioned, the actual Martha was married to Joel Coffee AND on Ancestry, it's Mary who has the 1802 date of birth:

Mary Patsy (1802–1870)

whereas Martha is showing a 1793 date of birth.

Any assistance in sorting this likely confusion and getting it all connected correctly would be appreciated. Thanks.

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