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Ebenezer Cobb, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Death: July 29, 1752 (80)
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cobb of Plymouth and Martha Cobb
Husband of Mercy Cobb
Father of Ebenezer Cobb, II; Mary Doty; Nathaniel Cobb, Sr.; Hannah Cobb; Sarah Bartlett and 7 others
Brother of Jonathan Cobb; John Cobb, II; Samuel Cobb; Elizabeth Cobb; Israel Cobb and 4 others

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About Ebenezer Cobb, Sr.



"In ye 81st year of his age."

Married Mercy Holmes 1 June 1693; Mary Nelson 8 Feb 1727


Biography

Ebenezer Cobb was born in 1671, the son of John Cobb and Martha Nelson[1]

On 1 June 1693 he married Mercy (Mary) Holmes, daughter of Nathaniel Holmes and Marcy Faunce[2], and they had children, including:
Mary
John
Elizabeth
Rowland
Job
Nathan
Nathaniel
Ebenezer
Hannah
Mercy
Sarah

Ebenezer died August 29, 1752 in Barnstable[3]

Ebenezer Cobb Sr. (1671 - 1752)

Ebenezer Cobb Sr.

Born 9 Aug 1671 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Son of John Cobb and Martha (Nelson) Cobb

Brother of John Cobb, Patience (Cobb) Bennett, Elisha Cobb and James Cobb

Husband of Mercy (Holmes) Cobb — married 1 Jun 1693 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Ebenezer Cobb Jr., Mercy Cobb, Nathaniel Cobb, Hannah (Cobb) Tinkham, Sarah (Cobb) Bartlett, Marcy (Cobb) Doty, Nathan Cobb, John Cobb, Mary (Cobb) West, Elizabeth (Cobb) Robinson, Job Cobb and Rolon Cobb

Died 29 Jul 1752 at age 80 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 17 Oct 2021 | Created 27 Sep 2010

Sources

↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Ebenezor Cobb published on Ancestry.com; A history of the Cobb family, pt 1-3 on page 20 shows Plymouth Colony Record VIII for the marriage of John Cobb and Martha Nelson, and Plymouth Vital records May Desc I, 141 for the names and birthdates of their children.
↑ Familysearch shows various family trees with this information
↑ Ancestry.com also shows various family trees with this information, behind a paywall
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH2L-CFC Person
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LH2L-CFC Tree
Source: Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979).
Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "Henry Cobb",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p394.
Source: Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979).
Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "Henry Cobb",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p394.
Source: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; from file HEN.GED (6 May 2001); Author: Midge Corcoran;
<myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/

Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=172521&pid=1...
NOTE: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; from file HEN.GED (6 May 2001); Author: Midge Corcoran; <myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/ NOTE: RootsWeb: WorldConnect Project; Family Tree; Cobb and Cobbs: Index of Persons; Author: Midge Corcoran; myroots@@msn.com>; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010. This person was created through the import of Grant R. Phillips, Jr..ged on 08 April 2011.

WikiTree profile Cobb-1484 created through the import of Ferguson-Private.GED on Jan 27, 2012 by Diane Ferguson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Diane and others.

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Ebenezer Cobb, Sr.'s Timeline

1671
August 9, 1671
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1694
April 2, 1694
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1696
January 6, 1696
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1698
February 20, 1698
Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1699
February 27, 1699
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
1702
April 15, 1702
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1704
January 1, 1704
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1707
January 14, 1707
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1709
May 30, 1709
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA