Winnifred Cobb

Will of Edward Cobb Sr. Cobb, Little, Wooten, Cherry, Thigpen, Mayo, Parker, Jordan, White, Bartee, Owens, Hilliard, Lang, Gay, Hall, Lackey, Phelps, & Edwards surnames: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/COBB/2001-04/0986826287

Winifred Cobb formerly Wooten

• Born 1801 in Edgecombe Co., NC
• Daughter of William Wooten and Lynda (Randolph) Wooten
• Sister of Leviny (Wooten) Corbitt, Zilpha (Wooten) Sparkman, Nancy (Wooten) Sparkman, Tilitha (Wooten) Felton, Elizabeth Wooten, William Wooten, Howell Wooten, Levi Wooten, Ivy Wooten and Tamsey Wooten
• Wife of Gray Cobb — married 7 Jan 1825 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolinamap
• Mother of William Watson Cobb
• Died 4 Dec 1865 in Calhoun Co., Mississippi

Lydia Randolph was identified as the daughter of Jesse Randolph and wife of William Wooten by her father in a document dated 7 Jan 1820 (Pttt Co., NC DB EE, p. 360).

Their heirs were identified by a deed made in 1831 and recorded in 1832 (Edgecombe Co., DB 20, pp. 252-253). Excerpt as follows:

"William Wooten died intestetate.... his heirs and their representatives (VIZ) John Sparkman and wife Nancy, Redding Corbitt and wife Levinney, Thomas Felton and wife Tilitha, Gray Cobb and wife Winney, Elizabeth Wooten, Howel Wooten, William Wooten agent for Levi and Ivy Wooten and guardian for Tamsey Wooten and Nancy, William and Lewis Sparkman in right of their mother Zilphy Sparkman divided by unanimous consent expose said Tract of land at publick auction on the 20th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one when and where Gray Cobb of the County and State aforesaid became the last and highest bidder in the consideration of the sum of Nine hundred and one Dollars to us in hand paid the receipt whereof we the heirs of the said William Wooten and hereby acknowledge have Sold Conveyed and Confirmed and by these presents do sell convey and convey unto the said Gray Cobb all our right title and interest... "

Sources

• http://bjhughes.org/wooten2a.html
• Last Will & Testament of William Wooten father of Winifred Wooten Cobb.

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Winifred Wooten

• The “Fayetteville Families” Tree
• Birth: 18 Jan 1787 - Edgecombe Co., Nc
• Baptism
• Death: 04 Dec 1865 - Calhoun Co.,

On 28 Jan 1845, Amos II was bonded to marry his brother's widow Fanny Wooten, his bondsman being his own son Spencer W. Wooten.

Winifred10 Wooten (Amos9, William8, Richard7 Wotton, Jr., Richard6, Thomas5 Watton, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Lewes1 Wotton) was born 1787 in Edgecombe Co., Nc, and died 1849 in Edgecombe Co., Nc. She married John Cobb Bef. 1813 in Edgecombe CO., NC.Winifred Wooten, born 1801; died December 04, 1865.

She married Gray Cobb; born July 05, 1803; died September 20, 1858.

• Father: John Cobb
• Mother: Winifred Wooten b: ABT 1787 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Gray Cobb, son of Stephen Cobb, b. 1803 m. Winifred "Winney" Wooten and migrated to Mississippi.? (Note: Gray's older brother was Peter May Cobb, son of Stephen Cobb,b.1797 who migrated to Jefferson Co., AL and later to Bibb Co., Alabama.)

• 4. Peter May Cobb, son of Gray Cobb, b. 1803, m. Lucy Ann Parker. Peter was 15 years old when he and his family migrated from Edgecombe Co., NC to Yalobusha Co., MS.
• 5. William Joshua Cobb, b. 1854, son of Peter May Cobb, m. Queen Victoria McCarley.
• 6. Irving William Cobb, b. 1885, son of William Joshua Cobb, m. Martha Ella Boyle. These, my parents are both deceased.

Do you know who Winifred Gray's parents were? She must have been a great lady as it has become a family name in my family.

Amos Wooten was also my ancestor thru Gray Cobb's wife, Winifred Wooten. In fact, I joined the DAR based on the Amos Wooten lineage.

Amos Wooten family, d abt 1812, marr Priscilla Cobb. Thirteen children shown as being: William d abt 1830; Absalom d abt 1836; Hardy; Eli; Stephen; Jesse; Ann Wooten Edwards; Winifred Wooten Cobb; Millicent Wooten Corbett; Elizabeth Wooten Edwards; Ephraim; Amos; and David.