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Capt. Elkanah Cobb1,2

#2222, (ca. 1722 - 1818)
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Key Events:

  • Capt. Elkanah Cobb was born ca. 1722 in Stonington, Connecticut.3
  • Elkanah married first Sarah Ensworth on 23 Aug 1749 in Canterbury, Connecticut.4,5
  • Elkanah married Dorothy Shepard.6,7
  • Elkanah died on 27 Oct 1818 at age ~96.8,9
  • He was buried in Canterbury Green.10

Children with Sarah Ensworth:

Citations

  1. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 118, shows name as Capt. Elkanah Cobb.
  2. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows name as Elkanah Cobb ( Capt.)
  3. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 80, citing gravestone, shows year, and pg 118 shows year, town, and state, and citing cemetery at Canterbury and Plainfield, Connecticut, that he died in 1818 at age 96.
  4. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 100, shows date, with year as 1749.
  5. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 118, citing D. W. Bond, shows date, with year as 1748.
  6. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 118, citing D. W. Bond.
  7. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows married, as his second marriage.
  8. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 118, citing cemetery at Canterbury and Plainfield, Connecticut, shows date.
  9. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows year.
  10. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44.

Abigail Dyer1,2

#2223, (1718 - 1808)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Abigail Dyer was born on 10 Apr 1718 in Canterbury, Connecticut.3
  • Abigail married Gideon Cobb, son of Capt. Gideon Cobb and Margaret Fish, on 5 Nov 1739 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.4
  • Abigail died on 10 Jan 1808 in Orwell, Vermont, at age 89.5,6
  • She was buried in Village Cemetery, Orwell, Rutland Co., Vermont.7
Abigail also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Gideon Cobb:

Citations

  1. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 306, citing Barbour, Barbour Collection, Canterbury, Connecticut Vital Records, 1:100; Records of the Congregational Church in Canterbury, 1711-1844 (Hartford: 1932), pg 101.
  2. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 185, citing vol 1 pg 122.
  3. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 185, citing vol. 1 pg 122, shows date.
  4. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 100, shows date.
  5. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 70, shows month, year, town, and state.
  6. Muff, Janet, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Margaret R. Jenks, Orwell Cemetery Inscriptions, Addison County, Vermont (Granville, New York, privately published), shows date.
  7. Muff, Janet, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Jenks, Orwell Cemetery Inscriptions.

Col. John Dyer1,2

#2224, (1692 - 1779)
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Parents

  • Father: Deacon Joseph Dyer
  • Mother: Hannah Baxter

Key Events:

  • Col. John Dyer was born on 9 Apr 1692 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.2
  • John married Abigail Fitch, daughter of Maj. James Fitch and Alice Bradford, on 22 Oct 1713 in Canterbury, Connecticut.3,4
  • John died on 25 Feb 1779 at age 86.5

Children with Abigail Fitch:

  • Sybil Dyer
  • Elijah Dyer
  • Abigail Dyer+ (1718 - 1808)
  • Capt. James Dyer
  • Col. John Dyer
  • Joseph Dyer
  • Sarah Dyer
  • Maj. Ebenezer Dyer

Citations

  1. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 117.
  2. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 19.
  3. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 186, citing vol. 1 pg 120, shows date.
  4. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 18, shows date, town, and state.
  5. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 19, shows date.

Abigail Fitch1,2

#2225, (1687/88 - 1750)
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Parents

  • Father: Maj. James Fitch
  • Mother: Alice Bradford

Key Events:

  • Abigail Fitch was born on 22 Feb 1687/88 in Canterbury, Connecticut.3,4
  • Abigail married Col. John Dyer, son of Deacon Joseph Dyer and Hannah Baxter, on 22 Oct 1713 in Canterbury, Connecticut.5,6
  • Abigail died on 19 May 1750 in Canterbury, Connecticut, at age 62.6,7

Children with Col. John Dyer:

  • Sybil Dyer
  • Elijah Dyer
  • Abigail Dyer+ (1718 - 1808)
  • Capt. James Dyer
  • Col. John Dyer
  • Joseph Dyer
  • Sarah Dyer
  • Maj. Ebenezer Dyer

Citations

  1. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 117.
  2. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 8.
  3. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 18, shows date, as 22 Feb 1687/8, town, as Canterbury, and state.
  4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 09 Apr 1692, town, as Norwich, and state.
  5. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 186, citing vol. 1 pg 120, shows date.
  6. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 18, shows date, town, and state.
  7. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year.

Gideon Cobb1,2

#2226, (1740 - 1760)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Gideon Cobb was born on 31 May 1740 in Canterbury, Connecticut.3,4,5
  • Gideon died on 26 Dec 1760 in Canterbury, Connecticut, at age 20.6,7

Citations

  1. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, birth record citing vol 1 pg 106, shows name as Gideon, s. Gideon & Abigail, death record, citing vol 1 pg 118, shows name as Gideon Jr.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 117.
  3. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 106, shows date, with year as 1740.
  4. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 117, shows date, with year as 1741, town, as Canterbury, and state.
  5. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows year, as 1740, town, as Norwich, county, as New London, and state.
  6. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 118, record for Gideon Cobb Jr., shows date.
  7. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 70, shows date and town.

William Cobb1,2,3

#2227, (1742 - 1792)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • William Cobb was born on 21 Oct 1742 in Norwich, Connecticut.1,3
  • William married Huldah Norton, daughter of William Norton and Sarah, on 22 Dec 1768 in Windham, Connecticut.4,5
  • William died in 1792 in New York, New York, at age ~50.6,7
William also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Huldah Norton:

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215.
  2. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 88, citing vol 2 pg 176, marriage record.
  3. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 117, 153.
  4. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 88, citing vol 2 pg 176, shows date.
  5. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 153, shows date.
  6. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows year, city, and state.
  7. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 258, shows year.

John Cobb1,2,3

#2228, (1744 - 1815)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • John Cobb was born on 21 Oct 1744 in Norwich, Connecticut.1,4
  • John married Mary Fuller, daughter of Jacob Fuller and Abigail Webb, on 25 Sep 1783 in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont.5,4
  • John died on 16 Dec 1815 in Orwell, Vermont, at age 71.6,7
  • He was buried in Village Cemetery, Orwell, Rutland Co., Vermont.8
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mary Fuller:

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215.
  2. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 178.
  3. John Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  4. Sherman, Howard Cole application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows date, town, and state.
  5. Mary Cobb widow's pension file, R2076, Revolutionary War Pension Files, widows statement 10 Sep 1839, shows date, town, county and state; statement of Henry Mayo, 5 Oct 1838, shows they were married and she had not remarried; statement of Benjamin & Martha Everest (widow's only sister), 7 Nov 1838, shows they attended the marriage, with town, county, and state, recalling the date as Oct 1783.
  6. Mary Cobb widow's pension file, R2076, Revolutionary War Pension Files, widows statement 10 Sept 1839, shows date; statement of Henry Mayo, 5 Oct 1838, shows town and state, and date as 1815 or 1816.
  7. Muff, Janet, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Margaret R. Jenks, Orwell Cemetery Inscriptions, Addison County, Vermont (Granville, New York, privately published), shows date.
  8. Muff, Janet, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Jenks, Orwell Cemetery Inscriptions.

Ebenezer Cobb1,2,3

#2229, (1748/49 - 1826)
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Key Events:

  • Ebenezer Cobb was born on 16 Mar 1748/49 in Chelsa, Norwich, Connecticut.4,5
  • Ebenezer married Elizabeth Lathrop on 4 Mar 1777 in Newent, Connecticut, with Elisha Lathrop, Esq., the bride's uncle, officiating.6,7
  • Ebenezer died on 1 Jul 1826 in Shelburne, Chittenden Co., Vermont, at age 77.8,9,10
Ebenezer also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Elizabeth Lathrop:

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215.
  2. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit."
  3. Ebenezer Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  4. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215, shows date, as 16 Mar 1748/49.
  5. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, as 15 Mar 1752, village, town, and state.
  6. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, village, town, and state, and officiant.
  7. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 32, record of birth of children Clarcy and Darick, shows them as the parents.
  8. Deaths, Shelburne, Vermont, pg 192, noted as from Town Meeting book 1, pg 66, shows date; pg 222, shows date and age 75; and pg 190, shows date.
  9. Ebenezer Cobb, Ebenezer, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, widow's petition, 3 Jul 1826, shows her as his widow.
  10. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 259, shows town, as Shoreham, and state.

Capt. Joshua Cobb1,2,3

#2230, (1751 - Bet 1820 and 1822)
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Joshua also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Hannah Edgerton:

Citations

  1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215.
  2. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 85, and repeated pg 115, marriage record.
  3. Joshua Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  4. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 215, show date.
  5. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 117, 155, shows date, town, and state.
  6. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 85, and repeated pg 115, shows date.
  7. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, town, and state.
  8. Simeon Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Oneida Co., New York, shows household includes a male and a female over age 45, apparently his parents.
  9. Abigail Pearl, Abigail, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, note 4 Apr 1822 by Ebenzer Cobb, says he is her only surviving brother.

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