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Suffix |
II Rev. |
Birth |
1596 |
Reculver, Kent |
Gender |
Male |
IMMI |
1629 |
in the "Anne" to Massachusetts |
Died |
Bef 3 Jun 1679 |
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
Buried |
Old Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable County, Ma |
Person ID |
I10618 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
11 Jul 2004 00:00:00 |
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Married |
Apr 1631 |
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
Family ID |
F4847 |
Group Sheet |
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Family 2 |
Sarah HINCKLEY, b. Abt 22 Nov 1629, Tenterden, Kent, England |
Married |
12 Dec 1649 |
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [1] |
Notes |
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Children |
| 1. Mehitable COBB, b. 1 Sep 1651, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
> | 2. Samuel COBB, Sr., b. 12 Oct 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
| 3. Sarah COBB, b. 15 Jan 1657/1658, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
| 4. Jonathan COBB, b. 10 Apr 1660, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
> | 5. Sarah COBB, b. 10 Mar 1662/1663, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
| 6. Henry COBB, III, b. 3 Sep 1665, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
| 7. Mehitable COBB, b. 15 Feb 1666/1667, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
| 8. Ephraim COBB, b. 11 Sep 1671, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma |
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Family ID |
F4731 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Birth: 1596 in Reculver, Kent and possibly from Southwark, Surrey,England
Occupation: 5 JUN 1644 tavernkeeper licensed to draw wine at Barnstable
Religion: 8 JAN 1634/35 member #7 at the founding of Scituate Church
Will: proved June 3, 1679
1. Henry was brought up in the Church of England, but in his youngmanhood, because of the wrongs tolerated in that Church, broke away fromthe Establishment and joined the Pilgrims. He is said to have united witha Congregational Church in London, of which the Rev. John Lothropp wasthen pastor. He probably came to America in "The Anne" in 1629. He movedto Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1633, and from there to Barnstable,Massachusetts, in 1639. He was Deacon or Ruling Elder in Scituate andBarnstable 34 years. He also held various civil offices, among them thatof Deputy to the General Court of the Colony for several years. Henry andhis 2 wives had 16 children, 3 born in Plymouth, 2 in Scituate and 11 inBarnstable.
2. Enoch Taylor Cobb, Henry's 3rd great-grandson, erected a stone to thememory of Henry in the old Barnstable Cemetery in 1871 with the followinginscription:
ELDER
HENRY COBB
THE
ANCESTOR
OF THE COBB
FAMILY, IN
BARNSTABLE
DIED IN 1679
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ERECTED BY
ENOCH T. COBB
A DESCENDANT
IN 1871.
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Sources |
- [S273] [BOOK] Genealogical Notes of Barnstable County, Amis Otis, (Reprint Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore. 1979), 79-52085., Volume 2, p.32.
- [S274] Hinckleys of Maine, Marlene Alma Hinckley Groves, (Penobscot Press. 1993), 93-84616., p. 11.
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