Ensign Morgan Cobb

Stone reads: "In memory of Abigail Wife of Ens, Morgan Cobb died January 30th 1765 in the 81 year of her age"

from Paine Ancestry. The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration ... By Sarah Cushing Paine. Whitman ancestry - Page 93. GoogleBooks

“ The subject of the Willis and Cobb relationship has been very much of a problem, by reason of Judge Mitchell's guess that Benjamin Willis's daughter " Susanna” married Gen. David Cobb's grandfather, while it was found that Morgan Cobb’s wife was Abigail, and no record of their marriage could be found. Neither was there any list of Benj. Willis's children brought forward till the discovery of the above deeds in the preparation of this volume.”

“ It is noteworthy that this couple had sold a fifteen acre lot of land in Bridgewater to Nathan Willis, July 18, 1701; it may have been this very lot, now confirmed to them in the final adjustment of titles, for the latter deed was not recorded till June 9, 1737.”

“ No list of the children of Morgan and Abigail (Willis) Cobb has been found. It is believed that their son Thomas was born about the year 1705.”

So it seems that this genealogy: “Morgan Cobb son of Augustine and Bethia (Harvey) Cobb did indeed have two wives. First was Susannah Wills (Willis) who he married abt. 1695. After her death he married her sister Abigail Willis (Willis) both daughters of Benjamin and Susannah (Whitman) Willis. “ is faulty.

We don’t know mother Bethia (or Elizabeth’s) maiden name; there was no Susannah Willis; and the marriage of Abigail and Morgan was close to 1701, not 1695.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Morgan_Cobb_%281%29

Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987) 14:175.

• Will of Morgan Cobb "ye Eldest of that name in Taunton," gentleman, "Being now advanced to old age," dated 8 Apr 1751, probated 10 Dec 1755.
• Wife Abigail.
• Sons: Benjamin Cobb of Norton, Thomas Cobb, Jonathan Cobb of Taunton, William Cobb of Norton & David Cobb (decd?).
• Daughters: Abigail Shove widow of Benjamin Shove & Susannah wife of George Hodges of Norton.
• Granddaughter Mary Cobb daughter of my son David Cobb "over and above What I have Given said Son in his Life Time."
• Grandson Jonathan Shove.
• Exors: Wife & son Jonathan.
• Witnesses: Nehemiah Hopkins, James Williams & Hannah Knap.
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References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Morgan_Cobb_%281%29
• Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929, c1978) Vol. 1, p. 94. COBB, Morgan [TPR Morgen Cob], ch. Austin [TPR Agusten], [born] Dec. 29, 1673. [Morgan Cobb, s. Agustine, PCR [TPR=Taunton Proprietor's Records. PCR=Plymouth Colony Records]
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cobb-1866. Profile last modified 4 Oct 2018 | Created 29 Jan 2013 | Last significant change: 4 Dec 2019
• Emery: Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893. On Googlebooks
• ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Emery Page 374.
• ↑ 2.0 2.1 Emery Page 10 Biographical Section does not mention his mother.
• Paine, Sarah Cushing, and Charles Henry Pope. Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines. (Boston, Mass.: S. C. Paine, 1912) p. 90. Morgan Cobb married bef 18 Jul 1701 Abigail, d/o Benjamin Willis and Susanna Whitman. On that day they sold land confirmed to Abigail by the settlement of her father's estate. GoogleBooks
• Morgan Cobb in the Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. AncestryImage names wife Abigail.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51335996/morgan-cobb
• Paine Ancestry. The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration ... By Sarah Cushing Paine. Whitman ancestry - Page 93. GoogleBooks
• History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time By Samuel Hopkins Emery GoogleBooks

Morgan Cobb
BIRTH 29 Dec 1673
DEATH 30 Sep 1755 (aged 81)
BURIAL
Oakland Cemetery
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
MEMORIAL ID 51335996 ·

Son of Augustine Cobb (1633–1670) and Bethia Harvey (1648–__)* born England, married c1668 Taunton, Mass.
Contributor: #46785251, edited

The manager is not aware of any sources proving the identity of Augustine Cobb's wife.

Family Members
Spouse

Abigail Willis Cobb
1684–1765

Children
Susannah Cobb Hodges

Benjamin Cobb
1701–1763

Abigail Cobb Pratt
1709–1771

Son of Augustine Cobb (1633–1670) and Bethia Harvey (1648–__)* born England, married c1668 Taunton, Mass.
Contributor: #46785251, edited

The manager is not aware of any sources proving the identity of Augustine Cobb's wife.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 11 2022, 5:52:51 UTC