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Dr. John Cobb1,2,3

#17631, (1789 - 1832)
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  • Dr. John Cobb was born on 25 Jul 1789 in Pawlet, Vermont.4,5,6
  • John married Sarah Robbins, daughter of Nathaniel Robbins and Mary Coolidge, in 1814.7,8,9
  • John died on 6 May 1832 in Ogden, Monroe Co., New York, at age 42, after an illness of a few days, from "infected poison from a patient" according to one account, though none of his obituaries mention a cause.10,11,12
  • He was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Spencerport, Monroe Co., New York. The cemetery was bulldozed in 1955 and all traces are now gone.13
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Sarah Robbins:

Citations

  1. Lautz, John Adam application, The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows name as John Cobb M.D.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 185.
  3. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows title.
  4. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 185, shows date.
  5. Hughes, Thomas P., American Ancestry, XI:65, shows year, town, and state.
  6. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year and town.
  7. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185, shows year.
  8. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year.
  9. , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows her as his wife.
  10. , "Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers, Jan. 1, 1832 - June 30, 1832," 16 May 1832 Rochester Daily Advertiser, 22 May issue of Anti-Masonic Enquirer and Rochester Republican all show date, as 9th, and "after a few days illness." Rochester Observer 16 May issue shows 3rd (may be a transcription error) and May 23 issue shows date as 8th. "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows date as 8th.
  11. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185, shows date, as 6th ,town, and state.
  12. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year, town, county, state, and cause of death as "from infected poison of a patient."
  13. , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Gideon Cobb1,2,3

#17632, (1791 - 1864)
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  • Gideon Cobb was born on 26 Jun 1791 in Pawlet, Vermont.4,5,6
  • Gideon married Roxana Worden, daughter of Ichabod Worden and Margaret Brown, on 18 Oct 1819 in Rochester, New York, with Rev. C. Williams officiating.7,8,9
  • Gideon died in Aug 1864 in Rochester, New York, at age 73.10,11,12
  • He was buried on 7 Aug 1864 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, next to his wife in his lot.13,14
Gideon also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Roxana Worden:

Citations

  1. Muff, Janet, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows his name mentioned in his father's will.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 186.
  3. Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  4. Sherman, Howard Cole application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows date, town, as Pawlet, and state.
  5. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year, and town, as Pawlet.
  6. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 186, shows date, probably in Orwell, and state. However, his father was a constable in Pawlet by 1780, and appeared there in the 1790 and 1800 census. He did not sell his farm in Pawlet until 1805, appearing in the Orwell census in 1810, so it seems most likely that all his children were born in Pawlet.
  7. "Married," Rochester Telegraph, 19 Oct 1819, shows married "in this village, yesterday morning" and officiant.
  8. Sherman, Howard Cole application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows month and year, and place as Shasbury Vermont.
  9. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows year.
  10. Sherman, Howard Cole application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows date, as 14th, town, and state.
  11. "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows date, as 14th, and age 73 yrs. 1 mo. 18 days.
  12. Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Aug 1860 to Dec 1881 - Coa, shows interred 7 Aug 1864.
  13. Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Aug 1860 to Dec 1881 - Coa, shows date and lot.
  14. Mount Hope Cemetery, plot records, range I, lot 48, shows his grave in lot purchased by Gideon Cobb 10 Mar 1845.

Abigail Cobb1,2

#17633, (1793 - 1846)
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  • Abigail Cobb was born on 28 Oct 1793 in Pawlet, Vermont.3,4,5
  • Abigail married Henry Mayo, son of Joseph Mayo Jr. and Lucy Richards.2,6
  • Abigail died on 23 Sep 1846 in Burlington, Vermont, at age 52, at the residence of her son-in-law, Henry Wadhams Catlin.7,8
Abigail also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Henry Mayo:

Citations

  1. Muff, Janet, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows her name mentioned in her father's will.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154.
  3. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows date, as 28 Oct 1793.
  4. Cobb, Hubert F, Elder Henry Cobb Family, shows date as 18 Oct 1793, town, county, and state.
  5. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year, as 1787, and town.
  6. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
  7. Abigail Mayo, Abigail obituary, The Burlington Free Press, shows date and at Catlin's residence.
  8. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows town and state.

Henry Mayo1,2,3

#17634, (ca. 1781 - 1860)
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Parents

  • Father: Joseph Mayo Jr.
  • Mother: Lucy Richards

Key Events:

  • Henry Mayo was born ca. 25 Mar 1781 in Warwick, Massachusetts, according to his death record. The Warwick town records do not record his birth there. They do record sons Joseph and Nathaniel born to his parents in 1773 and 1774 respectively but none of the eight later children listed on various online trees. The family may have moved elsewhere, or simply failed to register the births.4,5,6
  • Henry married Abigail Cobb, daughter of John Cobb and Mary Fuller.1,3
  • Henry died on 23 Mar 1860 in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, at age ~78.7,8
Henry also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Abigail Cobb:

Citations

  1. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154.
  2. Henry W. Catlin household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  3. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
  4. Register of Deaths, Burlington, Vermont, pg 193, Henry Mayo, shows age 78 yrs, 11 mo, 25 days at death 21 Mar 1860, town, and state.
  5. Henry W. Catlin household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont, shows age 69 and state.
  6. Roxbury Town Records, pg 15, Joseph Mayo birth 30 Mar 1773; pg 17, Nathaniel Mayo birth 22 Nov 1774; record searched until about 1800 with no other births to Joseph and Lucy Mayo.
  7. Register of Deaths, Burlington, Vermont, pg 193, Henry Mayo, shows date, place omitted.
  8. Henry Mayo, Henry obituary, The Burlington Free Press, shows date and city.

Sarah Cobb1,2,3

#17636, (1800 - 1853)
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  • Sarah Cobb was born on 18 Jan 1800 in Vermont.4,5,6
  • Sarah married Alpheus Bacon, son of Nathaniel Bacon and Anna Wright, on 10 Mar 1821.4,7,8
  • Sarah died on 10 Feb 1853 in Brighton, New York, at age 53, at the home of her brother Gideon.9,10,11
  • She was buried on 13 Feb 1853 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, in Gideon's lot.12,13
Sarah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Alpheus Bacon:

Citations

  1. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows name as Sarah.
  2. "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows name as Sally Cobb, wife of Alpheus Bacon.
  3. Muff, Janet, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows her name, as Sally, mentioned in her father's will.
  4. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows date.
  5. Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Baa, shows interred 13 Feb 1853 at age 53.
  6. Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 50 and state.
  7. "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows her as wife of Alpheus Bacon.
  8. Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows date, as 10 Feb 1853.
  10. Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Baa, shows interred 13 Feb 1853.
  11. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows date, as 10 Mar 1863, and died at the home of her brother Gideon.
  12. Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Baa.
  13. Mount Hope Cemetery, plot records, range I, lot 48, shows her grave in lot purchased by Gideon Cobb 10 Mar 1845.

Alpheus Bacon1,2,3

#17637, (1795 - 1872)
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  • Father: Nathaniel Bacon
  • Mother: Anna Wright

Key Events:

  • Alpheus Bacon was born on 2 Aug 1795 in Orwell, Vermont.4,5,6
  • Alpheus married Sarah Cobb, daughter of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, on 10 Mar 1821.7,8,9
  • Alpheus died on 12 Jan 1872 at age 76.10
Alpheus also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Sarah Cobb:

Citations

  1. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Alpheus Bacon prepared by Orwell town clerk.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows name as Alpheus Bacon.
  3. Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  4. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Alpheus Bacon prepared by Orwell town clerk, shows date.
  5. Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 54 and state.
  6. Alpheus Bacon household, 1855 New York State Census, Orleans Co., New York, Ridgeway, shows age 59 and state.
  7. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows date.
  8. "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows her as wife of Alpheus Bacon.
  9. Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154.

Maria Cobb1,2,3

#17638, (1803 - 1849)
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  • Maria Cobb was born on 27 Aug 1803 in Pawlet, Vermont.4,5,6
  • Maria married Rev. Samuel Griswold, son of Sylvanus Griswold and Maria Dennison, ca. 1823.7,8,9
  • Maria died on 27 Sep 1849 in North Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, at age 46.10,4,11
  • She was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, East Haven, Connecticut.1
Maria also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 14 section 303, East Lyme, pg 4, inscription for Maria Cobb Griswold.
  2. Muff, Janet, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows her name, as Maria, mentioned in her father's will.
  3. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows name as Mary.
  4. Griswodl, Glenn E., The Griswold Family, England–America, pg 176, shows date, town, and state.
  5. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows date.
  6. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 14 section 303, East Lyme, pg 4, inscription for Maria Cobb Griswold, shows age 46 at death 27 Sep 1849.
  7. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 14 section 303, East Lyme, pg 4, inscription for Maria Cobb Griswold, shows her as his wife.
  8. Griswodl, Glenn E., The Griswold Family, England–America, pg 176, show she was married nearly 15 years.
  9. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows married.
  10. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 14 section 303, East Lyme, pg 4, inscription for Maria Cobb Griswold, shows date.
  11. Maria C. Griswold entry, 1850 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, New London Co., Connecticut, shows month and year.

Rev. Samuel Griswold1,2,3

#17639, (1795 - 1875)
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Parents

  • Father: Sylvanus Griswold
  • Mother: Maria Dennison

Key Events:

  • Rev. Samuel Griswold was born on 25 Oct 1795 in Connecticut.4,5,6
  • Samuel married first Maria Cobb, daughter of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, ca. 1823.7,8,9
  • Samuel married second Amelia Ayer, daughter of John Ayer, in 1853 in Old Saybrook Congregational Church, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, with Rev. William A. Hude of Westbrook officiating.10,11,12
  • Samuel died on 18 Jan 1875 at age 79.13,4,14
  • He was buried in Junction Cemetery, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.2
Samuel also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Citations

  1. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 86, Old Saybrook Congregational Church, pg 98, citing vol 5 pg 113, shows name as Rev. Samuel Griswold.
  2. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 39 section 712, Old Saybrook, pg 48, inscription for Rev. Samuel Griswold.
  3. Samuel Griswold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tolland Co., Connecticut, shows occupation as clergyman.
  4. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 39 section 712, Old Saybrook, pg 48, inscription for Rev. Samuel Griswold, shows date.
  5. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 86, Old Saybrook Congregational Church, pg 98, citing vol 5 pg 244, shows age 81 at death 18 Jan 1875.
  6. Samuel Griswold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tolland Co., Connecticut, shows age 64 and state.
  7. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 14 section 303, East Lyme, pg 4, inscription for Maria Cobb Griswold, shows her as his wife.
  8. Griswodl, Glenn E., The Griswold Family, England–America, pg 176, show she was married nearly 15 years.
  9. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154, shows married.
  10. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 86, Old Saybrook Congregational Church, pg 98, citing vol 5 pg 113, shows year and officiant.
  11. The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, vol 39 section 712, Old Saybrook, pg 48, inscription for Amelia Ayer Griswold, shows her as his wife.
  12. Samuel Griswold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tolland Co., Connecticut, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  13. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 86, Old Saybrook Congregational Church, pg 98, citing vol 5 pg 244.
  14. Maria C. Griswold entry, 1850 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, New London Co., Connecticut, shows his wife as a widow.

Grove Stoddard1,2,3

#17640, (1781 - 1864)
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Grove also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Polly Cobb:

Citations

  1. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Jonathan Stoddard.
  2. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 156, written in by an unknown hand as Grove Stoddard.
  3. Grove Stodard household, 1850 U.S. Census, Madison Co., New York.
  4. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Jonathan Stoddard, shows date, town, and state.
  5. Grove Stodard household, 1850 U.S. Census, Madison Co., New York, shows age 68 and state.
  6. Grove Stoddard household, 1860 U.S. Census, Madison Co., New York, shows age 79 and state.
  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. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 156, written in by an unknown hand, shows town and state.
  9. Grove Stodard household, 1850 U.S. Census, Madison Co., New York, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.

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