Capt. Benjamin Cobb

Massachusetts. Probate Court (Bristol County). Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)

Case 6104: Benjamin Cobb Norton 1763.

Will of "Benj'a Cobb of Norton ... Gentelman being indisposed in Body", dated 24 Sep 1762, proved 24 May 1763, names wife Mary Cobb; son John Cobb; son Benj'a Cobb [land in Easton, allow his brother Silas to cut firewood]; son Silas Cobb [land where I dwell not given to two eldest sons]; four married daughters namely Abiah Sweeting ye wife of Lewis Sweeting Abigail Babit wife of Nathan Babbit Mercy ye widow of Richard Briggs deceased; Mary ye wife of Eliphalet Briggs; daughter Rebecca. Wife to be executor and guardian of Silas and Rebecca until come of age.

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Find a Grave lists birthplace as Taunton, Mass. while Wiki sources list birthplace as Eastham