Henry Cobb^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1596 - 1679  (83 years)

• Name	Henry Cobb  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1596	, , , England   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1632	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  Residence	1632	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Married	12 December 1649	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  Death	3 Jun 1679	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I34513	Master
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Patience Hurst,   b. Jan 1610, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 4 May 1648, , Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Apr 1631	, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [6, 7, 9]
  Children	+ 1. John Cobb,   b. 7 Jun 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Feb 1714, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years) + 2. Mary Cobb,   b. 24 Mar 1637, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1677, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 39 years)   3. Hannah Cobb,   b. 5 Oct 1639, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Jan 1729, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 89 years)   4. Patience Cobb,   b. 13 Mar 1641, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1727, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)   5. Eliezer Cobb,   b. 30 Mar 1648, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F12414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Hinckley,   b. 22 Nov 1629, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, England d. 16 Feb 1687, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1649	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Cobb,   b. 12 Oct 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Sep 1727, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years)   2. Sarah Cobb,   b. 15 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Jonathan Cobb,   b. 10 Apr 1660, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Aug 1728, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)   4. Sarah Chipman,   b. 10 Mar 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jan 1743, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)   5. Sara Cobb,   b. 10 Mar 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 1742, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years)   6. Henry Cobb, Jr,   b. 3 Sep 1665, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Sep 1725, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Ephraim Cobb,   b. 11 Sep 1671, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F8328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1596 - , , , England Marriage - Apr 1631 - , Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Arrival - 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Married - 12 December 1649 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 12 Dec 1649 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Death - 3 Jun 1679 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  His birthdate is given in "The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635" (see sources below). His parents and origins are unknown. He arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632 on "the second boat.". He married first to Patience Hurst, daughter of James Hurst, before June 7 1632 when their son John was born. Patience arrived in Plymouth with her father in 1631. Henry and Patience moved to Scituate in 1634 and Barnstable in 1639. Henry was a Tavern Keeper and was licensed to draw wine at Barnstable June 5, 1644. Henry and Patience were member numbers #7 & #8 at the founding of Scituate church on January 8 1634/5. On December 15 1635 he was invested into the office of Deacon at Scituate. He was ordained ruling elder of Barnstable church April 14 1670. He was educated and signed his name to coroner's jury findings. His inventory included books valued at 24s. He was admitted Freeman on January 1 1632/3. His offices included Deputy for Barnstable, Coroner's jury, Plymouth petit jury and Excise collector for Barnstable. He was on the 1643 list of Plymouth men able to bear arms and on the committee for defense of Barnstable October 10 1643. He married second to Sarah Hinckley on December 12 1649. She was the daughter of Samuel Hinckley and his wife Sarah Soole. Sarah Hinckley was the sister of Thomas Hinckley who was the Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1681 to 1692. Henry's will was written April 4 1678 and proved June 3 1679. CHILDREN WITH 1ST WIFE PATIENCE HURST: 1. John Cobb, who married 1st Martha Nelson and 2nd Jane Woodward 2. James Cobb, who married Sarah Lewis 3. Mary Cobb, who married Jonathan Dunham 4. Hannah Cobb, who married Edward Lewis 5. Patience Cobb, who married 1st Robert Parker and 2nd William Crocker 6. Gershom Cobb, who married Hannah Davis 7. Eliezer Cobb CHILDREN WITH 2ND WIFE SARAH HINCKLEY: 8. Mehitable Cobb, who died young 9. Samuel Cobb, who married Elizabeth Taylor 10. Sarah Cobb, who died as an infant 11. Jonathan Cobb, who married Hope (Chipman) Huckins, daughter of John Chipman and widow of John Huckins 12. Sarah Cobb, (2nd of that name) who married Samuel Chipman 13. Henry Cobb Jr., who married Lois Hallett. Lois was the daughter of Joseph and his wife Elizabeth (Gorham) Hallett. 14. Mehitable Cobb, no further record 15. Experience Cobb, no further record SOURCE INFORMATION: (1) Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Description: The Great Migration Begins aims to provide comprehensive biographical and genealogical information, derived from a broad survey of primary and secondary sources, on all immigrants to New England between 1620 and 1633. (2) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 1630.006; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Source number: 528.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RGI. (3) American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. (4) Family Data Collection Deaths; Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. (5) Passenger and Immigration Lists index, 1500s-1900s; Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1632; Page Number: 392; Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. Henry Cobb, b. in 1596 in the southeast part of the County of Kent, England. He was brought up in the Church of England, but in his young manhood, because of the wrongs tolerated in that Church, he broke away from the Establishment and joined the Pilgrims. He is said to have united with a Congregational Church in London, of which the Rev. Mr. Lothrop was then pastor. He probably came to America in "The Anne" in 1629. He moved to Scituate, Mass., in 1633, and from there to Barnstable, Mass., in 1639. He was Deacon or Ruling Elder in Scituate and Barnstable (Congregational Churches) 34 years. He also held various civil offices, among them that of Deputy to the General Court of the Colony for several years. He died in Barnstable at the age of 83 in 1679. He was m. (1) to Patience, dau. of James and Catharine Hurst of Plymouth, Mass., April, 1631. She d. May 4, 1648. (2) To Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Hinckley, and sister of Gov. Thomas Hinckley, Dec. 12, 1649. They had 16 children, three born in Plymouth, two in Scituate, and 11 in Barnstable...[from Cobb Family, L.H. Cobb, 1897]. Elder Henry Cobb Birth: unknown Death: 1679 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA His parents and origins are unknown. He arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632 on "the second boat.". He married first to Patience Hurst, daughter of James Hurst, before June 7, 1632, when their son John was born. Patience arrived in Plymouth with her father in 1631. Henry and Patience moved to Scituate in 1634 and Barnstable in 1639. Henry was a Tavern Keeper and was licensed to draw wine at Barnstable June 5, 1644. Henry and Patience were member numbers #7 & #8 at the founding of Scituate church on January 8, 1634/5. On December 15, 1635 he was invested into the office of Deacon at Scituate. He was ordained ruling elder of Barnstable church April 14, 1670. He was educated and signed his name to coroner's jury findings. His inventory included books valued at 24s. He was admitted Freeman on January 1, 1632/3. His offices included Deputy for Barnstable, Coroner's jury, Plymouth petit jury and Excise collector for Barnstable. He was on the 1643 list of Plymouth men able to bear arms and on the committee for defense of Barnstable October 10, 1643. He married second to Sarah Hinckley on December 12, 1649. She was the daughter of Samuel Hinckley and his wife Sarah Soole. Sarah Hinckley was the sister of Thomas Hinckley who was the Governor of Plymouth Colony from 1681 to 1692. Henry's will was written April 4, 1678, and proved June 3, 1679. CHILDREN WITH 1ST WIFE PATIENCE HURST: 1. John Cobb, who married 1st Martha Nelson and 2nd Jane Woodward 2. James Cobb, who married Sarah Lewis 3. Mary Cobb, who married Jonathan Dunham 4. Hannah Cobb, who married Edward Lewis 5. Patience Cobb, who married 1st Robert Parker and 2nd William Crocker 6. Gershom Cobb, who married Hannah Davis 7. Eliezer Cobb CHILDREN WITH 2ND WIFE SARAH HINCKLEY: 8. Mehitable Cobb, who died young 9. Samuel Cobb, who married Elizabeth Taylor 10. Sarah Cobb, who died as an infant 11. Jonathan Cobb, who married Hope (Chipman) Huckins, daughter of John Chipman and widow of John Huckins 12. Sarah Cobb, (2nd of that name) who married Samuel Chipman 13. Henry Cobb Jr., who married Lois Hallett. Lois was the daughter of Joseph and his wife Elizabeth (Gorham) Hallett. 14. Mehitable Cobb, no further record 15. Experience Cobb, no further record SOURCE INFORMATION: (1) Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Description: The Great Migration Begins aims to provide comprehensive biographical and genealogical information, derived from a broad survey of primary and secondary sources, on all immigrants to New England between 1620 and 1633. (2) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 1630.006; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Source number: 528.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RGI. (3) American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. (4) Family Data Collection Deaths; Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. (5) Passenger and Immigration Lists index, 1500s-1900s; Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1632; Page Number: 392; Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. Spouses: Patience Hurst Cobb (1610 - 1648) Sarah Hinckley Cobb (1629 - 1687)* Children: John Cobb (1632 - 1714)* Mary Cobb Dunham (1637 - 1677)* Hannah Cobb Lewis (1639 - 1729)* Patience Cobb Crocker (1641 - 1727)* Mehitable Cobb (1651 - 1652)* Samuel Cobb (1654 - 1727)* Sarah Cobb (1658 - 1658)* Jonathan Cobb (1660 - 1728)* Sarah Cobb Chipman (1663 - 1743)* Henry Cobb (1665 - 1725)* Inscription: ELDER HENRY COBB THE ANCESTOR OF THE COBB FAMILY IN BARNSTABLE DIED IN 1679 ERECTED BY ENOCH T. COBB A DECENDANT IN 1871 Burial: Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

  
  

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