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Betsy Cobb1,2

#9791, (1787 - Aft 1827)
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  • Betsy Cobb was born on 10 Feb 1787 in Pawlet, Vermont.1
  • Betsy apparently died Aft 1827, as she was listed as an heir in the estate of her father's sister Abigail.3

Citations

  1. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit."
  2. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44.
  3. Abigail Pearl, Abigail, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, order dated 7 Aug 1829.

Ebenezer Cobb1,2,3

#9792, (1785 - 1868)
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Ebenezer also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Rhodah Farnsworth:

Citations

  1. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit."
  2. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
  3. History of Rock County, Wisconsin, pg 777.
  4. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
  5. Abram Mackridge household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont, shows age 65 and state.
  6. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date and town, as Burlington.
  7. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date.
  8. "Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies", shows married at Pollock, VT [which cannot be found].
  9. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, as 17 Dec 1868, town, and state.
  10. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 17 Jul 1866.
  11. History of Rock County, Wisconsin, pg 777, shows he died about 1870, at age 78.
  12. "Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies", shows year, as 1866, town, and state.

Rhodah Farnsworth1,2,3

#9793, (1786 - 1845)
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  • Rhodah Farnsworth was born on 11 Jul 1786 in Dorset, Vermont.4,5,6
  • She married Ebenezer Cobb, son of Ebenezer Cobb and Elizabeth Lathrop, and brother of the woman her brother Holden married a year earlier, on 8 Dec 1808 in Burlington.7,8,9
  • Rhodah died on 26 Jun 1845 in St. Lawrence Co., New York, at age 58.10,11,12,13
Rhodah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Ebenezer Cobb:

Citations

  1. Dorset Town Records, A: 27, shows name as Rhodah Farnsworth.
  2. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit."
  3. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
  4. Dorset Town Records, A: 27, shows date.
  5. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall application, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows day and month.
  6. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month, year, and town.
  7. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date and town, as Burlington.
  8. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date.
  9. "Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies", shows married at Pollock, VT [which cannot be found].
  10. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 26 Jun 1845.
  11. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month and year, as Jan 1845.
  12. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall application, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows year, as 1841.
  13. "Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies", shows year, as 1846, county, and state.

Susanna Cobb1,2,3

#9795, (1782 - 1858)
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  • Susanna Cobb was born on 29 Apr 1782 in Pawlet, Vermont.4,5
  • Susanna married Holden Farnsworth, son of Reuben Farnsworth and Anna Kellogg, and brother of the woman her brother Ebenezer would marry a year later, on 31 Dec 1807 in Shelburne, Vermont, with Timothy Hollabird Esq., officiating.6,7,8
  • Susanna died on 6 Nov 1858 at age 76.9,10
  • She was buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Oregon, Dane Co., Wisconsin.11
Susanna also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Holden Farnsworth:

Citations

  1. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows name as Susanna Cobb.
  2. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows name as Susan Cobb.
  3. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows name as Susan Cobb.
  4. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, town, and state.
  5. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows age 68 and state.
  6. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, as 31st, town, and state.
  7. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 3rd.
  8. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows married.
  9. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 61089447, Susanna “Susan” Cobb Farnsworth, shows date, as 6th, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  10. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 10th.
  11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 61089447, Susanna “Susan” Cobb Farnsworth, includes tombstone photo.

Holden Farnsworth1,2,3

#9796, (1779 - 1829)
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Key Events:

  • Holden Farnsworth was born on 11 Jul 1779 in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont.4,5,6
  • Holden married Susanna Cobb, daughter of Ebenezer Cobb and Elizabeth Lathrop, and sister of the man his sister Rhodah would marry a year later, on 31 Dec 1807 in Shelburne, Vermont, with Timothy Hollabird Esq., officiating.7,8,9
  • Holden died on 20 Apr 1829 at age 49.10,11
Holden also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Susanna Cobb:

Citations

  1. Holden Fransworth household, 1810 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  2. Ebenezer Cobb, Ebenezer, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, widow's petition, 3 Jul 1826, and adminstrator's bond, 6 Jul 1826, show his name as Holden Farnsworth.
  3. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows name as Holden Farnsworth.
  4. Phinehas Holden Farnsworth, Phinehas Holden, birth record card, shows date, as 11th, and mother's residence as Rupert, with no indication of having been born at a prior residence. Mary Mettler states in "Re: Dorset, VT Farnsworths," email 27 May 2010 to author, that respected Farnsworth researcher Lynn Farnsworth reported that Reuben Farnsworth received a lot in Rupert in the third division of lots in 1773, and moved there that year.
  5. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month, year, and place as Dorset, Vermont.
  6. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 11th, and place as Harvard, MA, noting that his father had nine of his children baptized in Dorset 29 Jun 1794.
  7. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall, "Affidavit", shows date, as 31st, town, and state.
  8. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 3rd.
  9. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows married.
  10. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month and year, as Apr 1829.
  11. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 20 Apr 1857.

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