1654 - 1727

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• Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	12 Oct 1654	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Sep 1727
  Person ID	I10620	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Henry COBB, II Rev., b. 1596, Reculver, Kent
  Mother	Sarah HINCKLEY, b. Abt 22 Nov 1629, Tenterden, Kent, England
  Family ID	F4731	Group Sheet
  Family	Elizabeth TAYLOR, b. Abt 1655
  Married	20 Dec 1680	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma
  Children	> 1. Thomas COBB, b. 1 Jun 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass
  Family ID	F4849	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1. Samuel was a farmer and resided in the lower part of Barnstable,Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and built a house on the six acre lotthat was his father's in the new common field. His first house stood inthe southeast corner of the land, on the west side of the lane leading toIndian lands. He later built a two story house just west on the same spotwhere the late farmer Joseph Cobb's house stood. It was taken down ca1805. 2. Abstract of Samuel's will: "In the name of God amen, I Samuel Cob of ye Town of Barnstable - - -Yeoman being now grown to years of old age but of perfect mind and memory - - - - unto myson Thomas Cobb the peace of Land on which his now Dwelling House standeth - - - - also twoacres of Land - - - - allso the one half of all my other Lands and Meadow - - - - On Condition thathe pay unto my Son Henry Cob twelve pounds and ten shillings - - - - and to my son Jonathan twentyshillings and to my Daughters Lydia Scudder Twenty schillings and to my three Daughters vizSarah Barse, Mehitable Taylor, Experience Taylor Twelve pounds to Each of them. I give - - - - unto my son Eleazer Cob - - - - all the remaining part ofmy homestead the land housing out-housing garden orchards and all the privileges thereuntobelonging with all the rest of my other Land and meadow not before disposed of on Condition thathe pay unto my son Henry Cob forty seven pounds - - - - To my son Samuel Cob three pounds and to my grandson Samuel Barse twentypounds to be paid in Like Money as is above Expressed. Item I give unto my fourDaughters above named all my movable goods in the houses (Excepting my Hitchall, and my Great Bible Igive unto my son Eleazer Cob, and the rest of my movable estate without doors, as cattle, sheep,and Husbandry tools horse kind swine I give unto my son Eleazer Cob). I Likewise make ordain andconstitute my Loving sons Thomas Cob and Eleazer Cob to be Executors to this my Last will andTestament - - - - In witness - - - - my hand and seal this 22d day of Septer 1725 Samuel Cob (seal) Wit. John Cob Ebenezer Lewis Elizabeth Sturges Barnstable March 8, 1727/8 Then Mr Ebenezer Lewis and John Cob made oath- - - - that they saw Mr Samuel Cob - - - - sign, seale and heard him declare theabove written to be his Last will and Testament - - - - and that Elizabeth Sturges now deceased set too herhand with them as a witness the same. Barnstable Probate