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Joseph Cobb 1733–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1733

Birth Location: Northampton, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1786

Death Location: Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Father: Joseph Cobb

Mother: Catherine Whitehead

Spouse(s): Rachel Ellis

Children(s): Mary Cobb, Ezekiel Cobb, Daniel Cobb, Phalbia Cobb, Nathaniel Cobb, James Cobb, Absolom Cobb, Benjamin Cobb, Isaiah Cobb, Jacob Cobb, Stephen Cobb, Elizabeth Cobb, Mary Cobb, Stephen Cobb

Joseph Cobb was born in 1733 in Northampton, North Carolina, United States, the child of Joseph Cobb And Catherine Whitehead. In 1742, Joseph Cobb resided in Northampton County, NC. Joseph Cobb married Rachel Ellis, and had children including Absolom Cobb, Benjamin Cobb, Daniel Cobb, Elizabeth Cobb, Ezekiel West Cobb, Isaiah Cobb, Jacob Cobb, James L Cobb, Mary Cobb, Nathaniel Cobb, Phalbia Falby Cobb, Stephen Cobb. Joseph Cobb passed away in 1786 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States.

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Biography

  • Joseph Cobb was born in 1733 in Northampton, North Carolina, United States, the child of Joseph Cobb And Catherine Whitehead.
  • In 1742, Joseph Cobb resided in Northampton County, NC.
  • Joseph Cobb married Rachel Ellis, and had children including Absolom Cobb, Benjamin Cobb, Daniel Cobb, Elizabeth Cobb, Ezekiel West Cobb, Isaiah Cobb, Jacob Cobb, James L Cobb, Mary Cobb, Nathaniel Cobb, Phalbia Falby Cobb, Stephen Cobb.
  • Joseph Cobb passed away in 1786 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Cobb
1700–1777
Birth Location: Surry, Virginia, USA
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Catherine Whitehead
1704–1769
Birth Location: Isle Wight,,Virginia,USA
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Spouses(s)

Rachel Ellis
1770–1846
Birth Location: Tyron, , North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Cobb
1777–1798
Birth Location: Americus, Sumter, Georgia, United States
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Ezekiel Cobb
1763–1835
Birth Location: Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States
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Daniel Cobb
1771–1839
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Phalbia Cobb
1775–1833
Birth Location: Warren, Georgia, United States
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Nathaniel Cobb
1763–
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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James Cobb
1765–1850
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Absolom Cobb
1767–1798
Birth Location: , , Georgia, USA
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Benjamin Cobb
1769–1830
Birth Location: Warren, Georgia, United States
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Isaiah Cobb
1773–
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Jacob Cobb
1778–1863
Birth Location: Georgia, United States
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Stephen Cobb
1779–1851
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth Cobb
1762–
Birth Location: Georgia
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Mary Cobb
1762–1810
Birth Location: Americus,,Georgia,USA
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Stephen Cobb
1762–
Birth Location: Georgia
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Joseph Cobb's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Cobb
1733–1786
Birth Place: Northampton, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Joseph Cobb
1700–1777
Surry, Virginia, USA
Catherine Whitehead
1704–1769
Isle Wight,,Virginia,USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Pharoah) Cobb
1660–1733
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Susannah Braswell
1660–1753
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Pharoah Cobb
1624–1701
Jebrah Cobb
1625–1670
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Cobbs
1588–1653
Elizabeth Flinton
1589–1656

Joseph Cobb's Descendants

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Joseph Cobb (4 Feb 1733–1786) m. Rachel Ellis (1770–1846)
  1. 1. Mary Cobb 1777–1798
  2. 2. Ezekiel (West) Cobb 1763–1835 m. Elizabeth (Patience) Jones 1766–1805 m. Phelba Grubbs 1791–1823
    1. 1. Seaborn Cobb 1793–1851 m. Martha (Patsy) McMellon 1800–1883
      1. 1. Nancy (Ann May) Cobb 1819–1886 m. Berry Dixon 1823–1898
        1. 1. Berry (I) Dixon 1862–
      2. 2. Isaiah (Lindsey) Cobb 1821–1864 m. Harriet Hall 1820–1860
        1. 1. Oliver (T) Cobb 1845–1865
        2. 2. Mary (Adeline) Cobb 1847–1897
        3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Cobb 1850–1931
        4. 4. Delilah (Harriet) Cobb 1855–1887
        5. 5. Frances ("Fannie") Cobb 1853–1926
      3. 3. Caroline Cobb 1828–1860 m. William (J) Stokes 1827–1861
        1. 1. Nebraska (Pierce) Stokes 1853–1937
        2. 2. Milton (Cass) Stokes 1848–1914
        3. 3. Martha (Florida) Stokes 1850–1922
      4. 4. James (M) Cobb 1830–1910
      5. 5. Seaborn (J) Cobb 1834–1883 m. Elizabeth Pyburn 1839–
        1. 1. James (J) Cobb 1855–
        2. 2. Tanger Cobb 1856–
        3. 3. Benjamin (R) Cobb 1860–1920 m. Dula (Belle) Penton 1873–1950
        4. 4. Roxanna ((Roxie) Rosannah) Cobb 1862–1942
        5. 5. Martha Cobb 1862–1937
        6. 6. Florida (Rebecca) Cobb 1868–1940
        7. 7. Nathan (Choice) Cobb 1865–1935 m. Minnie (Sorrells) JERNIGAN 1871–1964
        8. 8. William (R.) Cobb 1867–
      6. 6. Francis (Frank Main) Cobb 1835–1911 m. Melissa (E) Dixon 1837–1913
        1. 1. William (A) Cobb 1857–1932
        2. 2. John (Edward) Cobb 1867–1947 m. Laura (B.) Jackson 1869–1948 m. Matilda ("Dillie" Elizabeth) Diamond 1872–1896
      7. 7. William (Stephen Riley) Cobb 1838–1874 m. Mary (Jane) Dixon 1839–1914
        1. 1. Caroline (L.) Cobb 1860–1898
        2. 2. America (Ann) Cobb 1866–1932 m. Benjamin Jernigan 1862–1940
        3. 3. Nancy (E) Cobb 1858–1942
        4. 4. Ida Cobb 1858–1897
        5. 5. James Cobb 1859–1873
        6. 6. Walker (Isaiah) Cobb 1862–1904
        7. 7. Caroline (W) Cobb 1864–1898 m. Benjamin (W) Cobb 1860–1921
      8. 8. Elizabeth Cobb 1825–1883
      9. 9. Martha (Ann) Cobb 1826–1884
    2. 2. Joseph (Jones) Cobb 1790–1851
    3. 3. Daniel (West) Cobb 1790–1835
    4. 4. Ezekiel (P) Cobb 1796–1823
    5. 5. Isaiah (Lindsey Cobb) I 1797–1860 m. Nancy (Elizabeth (Ware??)) Cobb 1814–1860
      1. 1. Stephen (Thaddeus) Cobb 1834–1871 m. Mary (S.) Kennedy 1832–1932
        1. 1. Arkadel (Olia) Wolf 1860–1938 m. Wesley (Anderson) Wolfe 1855–1925
      2. 2. John (Ware Cobb) St 1837–1897
      3. 3. Isaiah (Lindsey) Cobb 1852–1890 m. Samantha (Elizabeth) Cobb 1854–1939
        1. 1. Isaiah (Housten) Cobb 1880–1918
        2. 2. Lizzie Cobb 1872–1912 m. Malcolm McLellan 1864–
        3. 3. Mary Cobb 1870–
        4. 4. Hattie (Mae) Cobb 1885–1956
        5. 5. Anna (Zone Amma) Cobb 1886–1937
        6. 6. Chas Cobb 1882–1940
        7. 7. Pembroke Cobb 1874–1901
        8. 8. Florence Cobb 1879–1927
        9. 9. Housten Cobb 1879–
        10. 10. Shotta Cobb 1885–
        11. 11. Violet (Inez) Cobb –1969
        12. 12. Farrar (Henry) Cobb 1888–1969
      4. 4. James (Anderson Cobb) I 1828–1881
      5. 5. William (W.) Cobb 1847–
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Maria) Cobb 1843–1871
    6. 6. Benjamin (Washington Taylor Cobb) Sr 1798–1860 m. Nancy (Clark) Howell 1801–1860
      1. 1. Patience Cobb 1823–1896
      2. 2. Stephen Cobb 1825–1850
      3. 3. Mary (S.) Kennedy 1832–1932 m. Stephen (Thaddeus) Cobb 1834–1871
      4. 4. Anderson (James) Cobb 1834–1878
      5. 5. Benjamin (Washington Taylor Cobb) Jr 1834–1909 m. Margaret (Elizabeth "Nancy") Bowen 1830–1880
        1. 1. Franklin (Pierce "Frank") Cobb 1856–1947
        2. 2. James (Buchannan "Buck") Cobb 1858–1942 m. Margaret (Lee Maggie) McKinney 1877–1963
        3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth "Sallie") Cobb 1862–1924
        4. 4. Joshua (Oliver "Ollie") Cobb 1864–1940 m. Buelah (Irene) Griffin 1873–1934
        5. 5. Mary (Josephine Jane) Cobb 1869–1944
        6. 6. Farrar (Henry) Cobb 1861–1939 m. Emma Avant 1873–1958
        7. 7. Nancy (Mae "Nannie") Cobb 1856–1927 m. Thomas (Conley (Tom)) Tennille 1860–1925
        8. 8. Farrow (Henry) Cobb 1863–1954 m. Laura (Victoria) FLEMING 1870–1955
      6. 6. Elizabeth Cobb 1841–1898
      7. 7. Nancy (M H) Cobb 1839–1841
      8. 8. William (W) Cobb 1847–
      9. 9. Farrow (H Cobb) Sr 1827–1913 m. Melissa (M) Ellis 1832–1893
        1. 1. Samantha (Elizabeth) Cobb 1854–1939 m. Isaiah (Lindsey) Cobb 1852–1890 m. William (M) York 1858–
        2. 2. Farrar (Henry Culver Cobb) Jr 1863–1954
        3. 3. Nancy (Ida) Cobb 1858–1892
        4. 4. Benjamin (W) Cobb 1860–1921 m. Caroline (W) Cobb 1864–1898 m. Victoria Cobb 1874– m. Caroline (W) Cobb 1864–1898
        5. 5. Manda Cobb 1865–1955
    7. 7. Elizabeth Cobb 1811–1880
  3. 3. Daniel Cobb 1771–1839
  4. 4. Phalbia (Falby) Cobb 1775–1833
  5. 5. Nathaniel Cobb 1763–
  6. 6. James (L) Cobb 1765–1850 m. Susannah May 1760–1850
    1. 1. Joseph Cobb 1785–
    2. 2. Jacob (M Cobb) Sr. 1788–1866
    3. 3. James (Wesley) Cobb 1797–1874
  7. 7. Absolom Cobb 1767–1798 m. Unity (Elizabeth) McDade 1776–1855
    1. 1. Jacob (Wilkins) Cobb 1800–1864
    2. 2. James Cobb 1793–1854
    3. 3. Joseph (C) Cobb 1796–1881
    4. 4. Alley Cobb 1800–1873 m. John (S) Duncan 1803–1870
      1. 1. William (J) Duncan 1826–1865
      2. 2. Jane (Elizabeth) Duncan 1828–1868
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Duncan 1831–1907
      4. 4. James (R) Duncan 1834–
      5. 5. Helen Duncan 1837–1911
      6. 6. Virginia (Caroline) Duncan 1840–1922
      7. 7. Robert Duncan 1836–
    5. 5. Absalom Cobb 1798–1903
    6. 6. Elizabeth Cobb 1802–1850
    7. 7. Nancy Cobb 1815–1894
    8. 8. James (Aquilla) Cobb 1805–1879
  8. 8. Benjamin Cobb 1769–1830
  9. 9. Isaiah Cobb 1773–
  10. 10. Jacob Cobb 1778–1863
  11. 11. Stephen Cobb 1779–1851
  12. 12. Elizabeth Cobb 1762–
  13. 13. Mary Cobb 1762–1810 m. Francis (Marion "Sr") Grubbs 1755–1820
    1. 1. Benjamin GRUBBS 1792–1836
    2. 2. Benjamin Grubbs 1775–
    3. 3. Phelba Grubbs 1791–1823 m. Ezekiel (West) Cobb 1763–1835 m. William Spence 1796–1850
      1. 1. Francis (M) Spence 1830–1909
      2. 2. WILLIAM (WASHINGTON) SPENCE 1827–1920
    4. 4. Benjamin Grubbs 1775–1836 m. Mary Gore 1788–
      1. 1. Thomas Grubbs 1815–
      2. 2. Robert Grubbs 1810–
      3. 3. John Grubbs 1820–1865
      4. 4. Samuel Grubbs 1823–
      5. 5. Nancy Grubbs 1829–
    5. 5. Anne GRUBBS 1780–
    6. 6. Francis (Marion Grubbs) Junior 1794–1875 m. Susan Sanders 1797–1833 m. Mourning Brown 1821–1860
      1. 1. Delilia Grubbs 1825–1865
      2. 2. Sarah (Jane) Grubbs 1822–
      3. 3. William (F) Grubbs 1827–1862
      4. 4. James (Marion) Grubbs 1842–1915
      5. 5. Francis (Marion) Grubbs 1838–1921
      6. 6. Susannah (E) Grubbs 1845–
    7. 7. Gilbert GRUBBS 1799–1870
  14. 14. Stephen Cobb 1762–

Joseph Cobb's Timeline

3 Records

1733
4 Feb 1733
Birth of Joseph Cobb in Northampton, North Carolina, United States
Northampton, North Carolina, United States
1742
1742
Age 9
Joseph Cobb resided here in Northampton County, NC
Northampton County, NC
1786
1786
Age 53
Death of Joseph Cobb in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1733
    Event Place: Northampton, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Births

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1742
    Event Place: Northampton County, NC
    Record Source: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1786
    Event Place: Wilkes, Georgia, United States
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