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Richard Cobb

Also Known As: "Harding"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Truro, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death: January 07, 1809 (86)
Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Cobb and Mercy Cobb
Husband of Elizabeth Cobb
Father of John Cobb; Martha Rider; Sarah Cobb and Elizabeth Cobb
Brother of Mercy Cobb, Unproven; Thomas Cobb, Jr.; Tamsin Harding; Joseph Cobb; Freeman Cobb and 3 others

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Immediate Family

About Richard Cobb

Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
Richard was born 28 Feb 1721 and died 07 Jan 1809 at Truro, son of Thomas and Mercy[1][2] Children of Richard and Elizabeth Cobb, born and baptized in Truro:

John b. July II, 174?; bapt. Aug. 13. 1753.
Elizabeth twins, b. March 23, 1753; bapt. Aug. 30, 1753
Martha b. March 23, 1753; bapt. Aug. 30, 1753 ; m. Aug. 24, 1773, Samuel Rider
Sarah b. March 6, 1755; bapt. Nov. 30, 1755; d. ; m. Aug. 24, 1773, Joseph Snow.

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Profile last modified 27 Jan 2023 | Created 26 Dec 2016

Richard Cobb (1721 - 1809)

Richard Cobb

Born 28 Feb 1721 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Cobb Sr. and Mercy (Freeman) Cobb

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

Husband of Elizabeth (Treat) Cobb — married 26 Nov 1747 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of John Cobb, Elizabeth (Cobb) Gross, Martha (Cobb) Rider and Sarah (Cobb) Watkins

Died 7 Jan 1809 at age 87 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-J3X : 4 December 2014), Richard Cob, 28 Feb 1721; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
↑ Find A Grave Memorial # 106447170
The Treat family : a genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for fifteen generations, and four hundred and fifty years in England and America, containing more than fifteen hundred families in America By John Harvey Treat
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8Z4 : accessed 22 December 2022), Cobb Richard, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 65, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.

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Richard Cobb's Timeline

1722
February 28, 1722
Truro, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1725
July 25, 1725
Age 3
1748
July 14, 1748
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1753
March 26, 1753
Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
March 26, 1753
Truro, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1755
March 6, 1755
Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1809
January 7, 1809
Age 86
Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1939
June 1, 1939
Age 86
September 27, 1939
Age 86