Capt. Thomas Cobb

Added by Elwin C. Nickerson-Captain - Commander Taunton,Massachusetts -Troops in the French and Indian War- Regiment Light Horse A foot.

Thomas Cobb (1705 - 1779)

Born in Massachusetts, USA on 1705 to Morgan Cobb and Abigail Willis.

Thomas Cobb married Lydia Leonard and had 5 children.

He passed away on 1779 in Military Service.

Relatives of Thomas Cobb

Parents

Morgan Cobb 1673 - 1773

Abigail Willis 1680 - 1765

Spouse(s)

Lydia Leonard 1708 - 1764

Children

Sally Cobb 1730 - 1816

David Cobb 1731 - 1812

Jonathan Cobb 1730 - Unknown

Thomas Cobb 1730 - 1768

Hannah Cobb 1733 - 1817

Biography

Thomas Cobb was born about 1705, probably in Taunton. He is the son of Morgan Cobb and Susannah Willis.[1]

Lydia (Leonard) Cobb (1710 - 1762) married Captain Thomas Cobb about 1737. Emery tells us[2] :"Capt. James Leonard continued the iron works successfully, admitting, in 1737, Capt. Thomas Cobb as part owner (who married Capt. James's daughter) a few years prior to his removal to Attleboro."

Captain Thomas Cobb and Mrs. Sarah Wild, both of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, married April, 1765 in Taunton.[3]

Thomas Cobb was an important figure in Taunton Massachusetts, during the French and Indian wars Thomas was Captain of the Fourth Foot Company of Taunton Massachusetts from 1744 to 1759[4] This unit saw action in 1754 and 1760[5] After the war (1760) Thomas lived a short time in neighboring Attleborough purchasing land and mills from Samuel Danforth jr. In 1762 he returned to Taunton and built an iron rolling and slitting mill on the Attleborough property as well as running and iron works in Taunton known later as "Cobb's Iron Works".[6]

Research notes

Footnotes

↑ Emery Page 10 Biographical Section.
↑ Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass., 1893) page 632
↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts - From 1600 to 1850 - Taunton - Marriages - Image of page 109
↑ Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass., 1893) page 361
↑ Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass., 1893) page 418 and 430
↑ Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass., 1893) page 645

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Captain Thomas Cobb

Thomas Cobb (1705 - 1779)

Capt Thomas Cobb

Born 1705 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Morgan Cobb and Abigail (Willis) Cobb

Brother of Benjamin Cobb, Abigail (Cobbs) Pratt and William Cobb

Husband of Lydia (Leonard) Cobb — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Hannah (Cobb) Crocker, Abigail (Cobb) Andrews, Thomas Cobb, Sarah (Cobb) Paine and David Cobb

Died 7 May 1779 at about age 74 [location unknown]

Cobb-1761 created 7 Dec 2012 | Last modified 21 Dec 2021

Sources

Emery: Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893. On Googlebooks

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