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Deacon Gershom Cobb, I

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Middleboro, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: December 24, 1770 (56)
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cobb, III and Joanna Cobb (Thomas)
Husband of Meriam Cobb and Elizabeth Corbet
Father of Gershom Cobb, II; Thomas Cobb; Jeremiah Cobb; Sarah Churchill; William Cobb and 5 others
Brother of Joanna Wood; Sarah Cobb; Lydia Tomson; Martha Cobb; John Cobb, Jr. and 1 other
Half brother of Nathan Cobb, Sr; Hannah Bryant; Susanna Cobb; Mary Cobb and Ephraim Cobb

Managed by: David P Himes
Last Updated:

About Deacon Gershom Cobb, I

Susanna Cobb (Susanna Cooke, daughter of Francis Cook Jr an Mary Ring) is said to have married Greshom Cobb.
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Gershom Cobb 14 January 1714–24 December 1770

Birth • 4 Sources 14 January 1714 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Age 56 Death • 0 Sources 24 December 1770 Massachusetts, United States

Gershom Junr. Cob, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Gershom Cobb 1714-1770

Marriage: 3 Mar 1739/1740 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Meriam Thomas 1721-1749

Children (5)

Gershom Cobb 1739-

Sarah Cobb 1739-1803

Thomas Cob 1742-

Jeramiah Cobb 1745-1790

Sarah Cobb 1747-1836

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

John Cobb 1689-1750

Marriage: before 1714 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Joanna Thomas 1693-1724

Children (7)

Gershom Cobb 1714-1770

Joanna Cobb 1715-

Sarah Cobb 1716-1750

Lydia Cobb 1718-1809

Martha COBB 1719-1741

Martha Cob 1719-1741

John Cobb IV 1722-1750


Biography

Marriage

Husband: Gershom Cobb Wife: Elizabeth Corbet
Child: Lydia Cobb
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 12 Dec 1751
Place: Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States[1]

Husband: John Cobb
Wife: Joanna Thomas
Child: Gershom Cobb
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 1712
Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States[2]
Gershom had two wives. The first was Meriam Thomas (daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Thomas and Mirium Howland Thomas) with whom he had at least four children, and the second was Elizabeth Corbett with whom he had around six children. [3]

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Gershom Cobb (1714 - 1770)

Gershom Cobb

Born 14 Jan 1714 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Son of John (Cobb) Cob and Joanna (Thomas) Cobb

Brother of Joanna (Cobb) Wood, Lydia Cobb, John Cobb Jr, Nathan Cobb [half] and Mary (Cobb) Beers [half]

Husband of Elizabeth (Corbet) Cobb — married 12 Dec 1751 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Lydia (Cobb) Dunham

Died 24 Dec 1770 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Cobb-790 created 29 May 2011 | Last modified 19 Jan 2022

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Sources

WikiTree profile Cobb-790 created through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on May 29, 2011 by Kennon Edwards. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kennon and others. Source: S1730862093 Repository: #R1730539867 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15043181&pid...
George Soule Book, #279

Repository: R1730539867 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
Source: S2147534567 Repository: #R1730539867 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note:
Source: S2316105073 Repository: #R1730539867 Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil Note:
↑ Source: #S2316105073 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mamarriages_ga&h=173965&ti=0&... Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 19 Nov 1751Marriage place: Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
↑ Source: #S2147534567 Page: Birth year: 1693; Birth city: Middleboro; Birth state: MA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=2554439&ti=0&indiv... Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 10 May 1693Birth place: Middleboro, MADeath date: 11 November 1724Death place: Middleboro, MAMarriage date: 1712Marriage place: Middleboro, MA
↑ Book Title: A history of the Cobb family, pt 1-3. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

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Deacon Gershom Cobb, I's Timeline

1714
January 14, 1714
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1739
February 4, 1739
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1742
March 13, 1742
Middleborough, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1745
September 22, 1745
Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, United States
1747
September 20, 1747
Middleborough, Massachusetts, British North America
1754
November 2, 1754
Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, United States
1756
June 19, 1756
Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, United States
1758
February 19, 1758
Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, United States