Terry & Nancy's Ancestors

Elkanah Cobb^1,2,3

#1266, (1746/47 - 1795)

Elkanah Cobb was born on 21 Jan 1746/47 in Norwich, Connecticut.^1,4
Elkanah married Mary Willard, daughter of Jonathan Willard and Sarah Loomis, ca. 1772, likely in Pawlet. Their marriage is not recorded in the Pawlet vital records, but no marriages that early appear in the surviving records. Their marriage does not appear in the surviving records of Albany Co., New York, which appears to be the other possible marriage location.^5,6,7
Elkanah died on 10 Aug 1795 in Wells, Vermont, at age 48.^8,9,10
He was buried in Pawlet Cemetery, Rutland Co., Vermont.^11,12

Elkanah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Gideon Dyer Cobb+ (1773 - 1834)
Joshua Cobb+ (1776 - 1860)
Sarah Cobb (1778 - 1795)
Capt. Willard Cobb+ (1781 - 1855)
Elkanah Cobb+ (1783 - Bet 1817 and 1818)
John Cobb+ (1786 - ca. 1834)
James Dyer Cobb+ (1789 - Bef 1870)
Mary W. Cobb (1791 - 1859)
Sophia Cobb+ (1793 - )

Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215.
Land Records, Wells, Vermont, B:99-100, deaths 1782-1811.
Elkanah Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
Findagrave.com, online, memorial #28545418, Elkanah Cobb, shows he died 10 Aug 1795 in his 49th year, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
Probate Records, Rutland District Probate Court, 4:243-4, will of Jonathan Willard Senior, 14 May 1804, shows her as late wife of Elkanah Cobb.
Findagrave.com, online, memorial #54132130, Mary Willard]:ITAL] Remington, includes tombstone photo showing name as her as formerly his widow.
Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pp 179. 261, shows married.
Land Records, Wells, Vermont, B:99-100, deaths 1782-1811, shows date.
Findagrave.com, online, memorial #28545418, Elkanah Cobb, shows date, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
"Register of Deaths," The Rutland Herald, 7 Sep 1795, shows town, as Pawlet.
Findagrave.com, online, memorial #28545418, Elkanah Cobb, shows cemetery, and includes tombstone photo.
Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154.

#1269, (1817 - 1871)

Gideon Dyer Cobb Jr. was born on 3 May 1817 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6,7
Gideon married Frances Conn Webb, daughter of Dr. Charles Henry Webb Jr. and Cassandra Ford, on 11 Dec 1848 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^8,9
Gideon died on 10 Dec 1871 at age 54.^10,11
He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the Cobb family plot, next to his parents.³

Gideon also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows name as Gideon Dyer Cobb, Jr.
Gideon D. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, shows date, with year as 1817.
Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date, with year as 1818.
Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 30, county, and state.
Gideon D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 32, and state.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 82, G. D. Cobb to Miss F. C. Webb, 11 Dec 1848, shows date.
Kyle, E. Arawana Thomas, Our Ancestral Plots, pg 215, shows her as his wife.
Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
Inventory and Sale Books, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, C:328-31, G. D. Cobb Inventory and account of sale, 25 Apr 1872 shows appraisal was done 29 Dec 1871.

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