Mercy Cobb

Mercy (Freeman) Cobb was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Mercy was born after 1690. Mercy is the child of Edmund Freeman and Sarah Mayo.

She married Thomas Cobb of Hingham after 14 Nov 1717.[1]

She is buried in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[2]

Records

Mercy is mentioned in her son's, Thomas Cobb, Massachusetts Birth and Christening Record.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Freeman-1499

Mercy "Mary, Marcy" Cobb formerly Freeman

Born about 2 Dec 1693 in Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Daughter of Edmund Freeman and Sara (Mayo) Freeman

Sister of Ruth (Freeman) Doane [half], Sarah (Freeman) Higgins, Isaac Freeman, Ebenezer Freeman, Mary (Freeman) Hinckley, Experience (Freeman) Gross, Thankful (Freeman) Snow, Elizabeth (Freeman) Pepper, Hannah (Freeman) Remick, Edmund Freeman and Rachel (Freeman) Gray

Wife of Thomas Cobb Sr. — married 14 Oct 1717 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Mother of Mercy (Cobb) Smith, Thomas Cobb Jr., Richard Cobb, Tamesin (Cobb) Harding, Joseph Cobb, Freeman Cobb, Elisha Cobb, Betty (Cobb) Hopkins and Sarah (Cobb) Atkins

Died 2 Dec 1759 at about age 66 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Profile last modified 11 Jun 2021 | Created 21 Dec 2010

Sources

↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.131
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44929698
Dyer, John. Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. (Advocate Press, Provincetown, Mass., 1897) Page 9
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Also see-

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7179083&pid=...
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23138780&pid...

References

• *General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). < AmericanAncestors > Name Winifred HOLMAN Record 7/25/1924 Location Massachusetts, United States Original Text Application for William Brewster Gen Member Number 07723-00 Note page 1 of 4 Generation 0 State Member Number 2626 Supplement Number 0 Source 105046741-00164 Volume Name Brewster, William Page 1821:1
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 17 2018, 21:42:05 UTC