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Capt Thomas Cobb 1720–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jul 1720

Birth Location: Truro, Massachusetts

Death Date: 9 Apr 1783

Death Location: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Thomas Cobb

Mother: Mercy Freeman

Spouse(s): Ruth Collings

Children(s): Elizabeth Cobb, John Cobb, Mercy Cobb, Asa Cobb, Ruth Cobb, Betty Cobb, Thomas Cobb, John Cobb, Susanna Cobb

Capt Thomas Cobb was born in 1720 in Truro, Massachusetts, the child of Thomas L Cobb And Mercy Freeman. Capt Thomas Cobb married Ruth Collings, and had children including Asa Cobb, Betty Cobb, Elizabeth Dodge Cobb, John Cobb, Mercy Cobb, Ruth Cobb, Susanna Cobb, Thomas Cobb. Capt Thomas Cobb passed away in 1783 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Capt Thomas Cobb was born in 1720 in Truro, Massachusetts, the child of Thomas L Cobb And Mercy Freeman.
  • Capt Thomas Cobb married Ruth Collings, and had children including Asa Cobb, Betty Cobb, Elizabeth Dodge Cobb, John Cobb, Mercy Cobb, Ruth Cobb, Susanna Cobb, Thomas Cobb.
  • Capt Thomas Cobb passed away in 1783 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Capt Cobb's Ancestors

Self
Capt Cobb
1720–1783
Birth Place: Truro, Massachusetts
Parents
Thomas l Cobb
1693–1768
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Mercy Freeman
1693–1759
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Richard Cobb
1666–1709
Banbury Parish, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Ester (Hester) Bates
1663–1717
Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Edmund Freeman
1657–1717
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Mayo
1660–1745
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cobb
1632–1708
Dorothy Hobby
1635–1706
Joseph Bates
–1713
John Freeman
1622–1719
Mercy Preuce
1630–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elder }
1606–1679
Patience 'angsaxam
1611–1648
Nicholas (Hobb)
1604–1634
Joan Elton
1598–
Edmond Jr.
1596–1682

Capt Cobb's Descendants

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Capt (Thomas) Cobb (4 Jul 1720–9 Apr 1783) m. Ruth Collings (2 Mar 1719–25 Jun 1786)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Dodge) Cobb 1735–1790 m. James Paine 1743–1799 m. George Dodson 1702–1783 m. Rice (Durron) Duncan 1743–1777 m. Rice (Raleigh) Duncan 1734–1788
    1. 1. Lydia (M Duncan (Spouses) Cousin) 1756–1848 m. William Duncan 1750–1848
      1. 1. Matilda (Malinda) Duncan 1800–1880 m. Tarleton (Washington) Toney 1794–1867
        1. 1. William (R) Toney 1822– m. Ary (Ann Margaret) Miller 1831–1900 m. Mary (A.) Chivington 1831–1918
        2. 2. Martin (Van Buren) Toney 1840–1920
        3. 3. America (B.) Gore 1843–1927
        4. 4. Margaret (Hollan) Miller 1821–1910
        5. 5. Mariah (Jane) Miller 1820–1906
        6. 6. Fanny (Elizabeth) Miller 1844–1932
        7. 7. Isaac Toney 1831–1919
        8. 8. John (Anderson) Toney 1830–1922
        9. 9. James Toney 1821–1922
        10. 10. Mary (Ann) Toney 1831–1906
        11. 11. Tarleton (Washington II) Toney 1832–1886
        12. 12. Eliza (Jane Toney) Hart 1832–1886
        13. 13. Ida (Ellen) Toney –1876
      2. 2. Ann (Enfield) Duncan 1798–1892
      3. 3. Judith Duncan 1792–1838 m. James Duncan 1780–1814
        1. 1. Wesley (W) Duncan 1812–1876
      4. 4. Taliaferro Duncan 1781–1849
      5. 5. Walton Duncan 1787–
      6. 6. James (J.) Duncan 1785–1859
      7. 7. Lavinia Taylor 1793–1832
      8. 8. Toliver Duncan 1781–1849
      9. 9. Mason Duncan 1785–1850
      10. 10. Watson Duncan 1787–1860
      11. 11. Elizabeth Duncan 1789–1838
      12. 12. Helen Duncan 1795–1882
      13. 13. Judia Armfred 1792–
      14. 14. Ann (Enfield) Duncan 1798–1892
      15. 15. Armistead Duncan 1783–1805
      16. 16. Susannah Duncan 1780–1816
      17. 17. Amelia (Permilia Asberry Walton) Duncan 1787–1864
      18. 18. Mary (Ann) Duncan 1798–1892
      19. 19. Hyton Duncan –1878
    2. 2. Joseph (Rice) Duncan 1770–1838
    3. 3. Jesse Duncan 1772–1850
    4. 4. Rice Duncan 1774–1831
    5. 5. Robert (D) Duncan 1776–1814
    6. 6. Lydia Duncan 1776–1848
    7. 7. Mildred Duncan 1774–
    8. 8. Jessie Duncan 1760–
    9. 9. Ephraim Paine 1779–1856
    10. 10. Mildred Duncan 1774–
    11. 11. Rice Duncan 1773–1831
    12. 12. Robert Duncan 1776–1814
    13. 13. Joseph Duncan 1769–1847
    14. 14. Jesse (Lyra) Duncan 1774–1850
  2. 2. John Cobb 1745–1757
  3. 3. Mercy Cobb 1747–1783
  4. 4. Asa Cobb 1749–
  5. 5. Ruth Cobb 1752–1776
  6. 6. Betty Cobb 1754–1761
  7. 7. Thomas Cobb 1756–1798
  8. 8. John Cobb 1758–1759
  9. 9. Susanna Cobb 1760–1847

Capt Cobb's Timeline

2 Records

1720
4 Jul 1720
Birth of Capt Thomas Cobb in Truro, Massachusetts
Truro, Massachusetts
1783
9 Apr 1783
Age 63
Death of Capt Thomas Cobb in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1720
    Event Place: Truro, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1783
    Event Place: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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