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Capt. Gideon Cobb1,2,3

#1325, (1691 - 1759)
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  • Father: Henry Cobb
  • Mother: Lois Hallet

Key Events:

  • Capt. Gideon Cobb was born on 11 Apr 1691 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.4,5
  • He married Margaret Fish, daughter of John Fish Jr. and Margaret, on 25 Sep 1717 at her step-father's home in Canterbury, Connecticut, by Rev. Samuell Esterbrooks.6,7,8
  • Gideon died on 22 Feb 1759 in Canterbury, Connecticut, at age 67.9,10,11
  • He was buried in Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut, where his epitaph reads "In Memory of Capt Gedion Cobb he died feb 26, 1759 in ye 68th year of his age."12,13

Children with Margaret Fish:

Citations

  1. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 43, citing The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim History and Genealogy, 3[1901]:73 [see note #2], shows name as Gideon Cobb.
  2. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows name as Capt. Gideon Cobb.
  3. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 118, death record shows name as Capt. Gideon Cobb.
  4. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 43, citing The Mayflower Descendant, 3[1901]:73 [see note #2].
  5. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 42, citing Barnstable Vital Records," May. Desc. III 73," and pg 80.
  6. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 304, citing Barbour, Barbour Collection, Canterbury, Connecticut Vital Records, 2:20; Records of the Congregational Church in Canterbury, 1711-1844 (Hartford: 1932), pg 96; and Stonington, Connecticut Vital Records pg 101, shows date, at "Serjant Cleaveland," town, state, and officiant, and notes the marriage was also recorded at Stonington.
  7. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Stonington Vital Records, pg 101, citing vol 2 pg 20, shows date and officiant, who is "of Canterbury."
  8. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows date, at "Serg. Cleaveland's," and town.
  9. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 304, citing Canterbury, Connecticut Vital Records, 1:118, shows date, as 22 Feb 1759, and provides transcript of epitaph showing date as 26th.
  10. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 118, shows date, as 22nd.
  11. Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44, shows date, as 26 Dec 1760, and town.
  12. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 304, shows cemetery and epitaph as read May 2007 by the author.
  13. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 80, citing Sanford E. Cobb and E. G. Cobb, shows town and state.

Gideon Cobb1,2,3

#1326, (1718 - 1798)
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Key Events:

  • Gideon Cobb was born on 8 Jul 1718 in Stonington, Connecticut.4,5,6
  • Gideon married Abigail Dyer, daughter of Col. John Dyer and Abigail Fitch, on 5 Nov 1739 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.7
  • Gideon died on 25 Jul 1798 in Pawlet, Vermont, at age 80.8,9,10
  • He was buried Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont.11
Gideon also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Abigail Dyer:

Citations

  1. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 306, citing Groton, Connecticut Vital Records, 1:107.
  2. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 178.
  3. Gideon Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  4. Roser, Susan E., Early Descendants of Henry Cobb, pg 306, shows date, town, and state, citing Barbour, Barbour Collection, Stonington Vital Records, 1:114, and Groton Vital Records, 1:107.
  5. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Stonington Vital Records, pg 101, citing vol 1 pg 114, shows date.
  6. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pp 80, 117.
  7. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Canterbury Vital Records, pg 170, citing vol 1 pg 100, shows date.
  8. Cobb, Philip L, History of the Cobb Family, pg 117, citing gravestone, shows date, town, and state.
  9. Hall, Ruth Gardiner, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 70, shows date, town, and state.
  10. Muff, Janet, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Margaret R. Jenks, Pawlet Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont (Granville, New York: privately published, 1996), shows the stone is completely illegible, but previously was transcribed with date as 25 Jul 1798.
  11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644262, Gideon Cobb, Jr, includes photo of stone.

Mary Willard1,2,3

#1327, (ca. 1753 - 1842)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Mary Willard was born ca. 1753, probably in Colchester, Connecticut.4,5
  • Mary married first Elkanah Cobb, son of Gideon Cobb and Abigail Dyer, ca. 1772, likely in Pawlet. Their marriage is not recorded in the Pawlet vital records, but no marriages that early appear in the surviving records. Their marriage does not appear in the surviving records of Albany Co., New York, which appears to be the other possible marriage location.6,7,8
  • Mary married second Zadock Remington, son of Joseph Remington and Susannah Kendall, on 9 Oct 1805 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.9
  • Mary died on 2 Aug 1842 at age ~89.10,11
  • She was buried in Old Butterfield Cemetery, Centerton, Morgan Co., Indiana, a private cemetery in the middle of a corn field.12,13
Mary also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Elkanah Cobb:

Citations

  1. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 18, Colchester First Congregational Church, pg 326, citing vol 1 pg 25 and vol 4 pg 83.
  2. Probate Records, Rutland District Probate Court, 4:243-4, will of Jonathan Willard Senior, 14 May 1804, shows her as his daughter and name as Mary Cobb.
  3. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 179, shows name as Mary, da. of Jonathan Willard.
  4. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 18, Colchester First Congregational Church, pg 326, citing vol 1 pg 25 and vol 4 pg 83, shows her baptism 3 Dec 1753.
  5. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #54132130, Mary Willard]:ITAL] Remington, shows year as 1750, and includes tombstone photo showing she was in her 89th year at death 2 Aug 1842.
  6. Probate Records, Rutland District Probate Court, 4:243-4, will of Jonathan Willard Senior, 14 May 1804, shows her as late wife of Elkanah Cobb.
  7. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #54132130, Mary Willard]:ITAL] Remington, includes tombstone photo showing name as her as formerly his widow.
  8. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pp 179. 261, shows married.
  9. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 126, shows date, town, county, and state.
  10. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #54132130, Mary Willard]:ITAL] Remington, shows date, as 2nd, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  11. Kennedy, Dave, "Re: The Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 17 Jan 2007, shows date, as 1st.
  12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #54132130, Mary Willard]:ITAL] Remington, includes tombstone photo.
  13. Kennedy, Dave, "Re: The Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 17 Jan 2007, shows she is buried at a private cemetery in the middle of a corn field.

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