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Huldah Norton1,2

ID# 17641
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherWilliam Norton
MotherSarah
Chart MembershipDescendants of Gideon Cobb
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Marriage: 22 Dec 1768, Windham, Connecticut, William Cobb (b. 21 Oct 1742, d. 1792)3,4
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Narrative:


     Huldah married William Cobb, son of Gideon Cobb and Abigail Dyer, on 22 Dec 1768 in Windham, ConnecticutG.3,4
     No evidence has been found of William and Huldah in Pawlet, Vermont, so it seems they did not move there with his parents and brothers. A 1907 family history reported that they lived in Windham Co., ConnecticutG, so perhaps they returned there from Stillwater, New York, if indeed his wife and children ever joined him in New York.5
Research Note, Feb 2022:
Huldah's parents are identified solely based on one, supposedly well-researched, source. No other record of them has been found. Several online trees claim, without documentation, that she was the daughter of Matthew Norton and Mary Daggett, born 16 Apr 1729 in Edgartown, Massachusetts. If that is correct, how she came to be married n Windham, Connecticut is a mystery. No evidence has been found that her parents or any if her siblings ever lived there. If she was their daughter, she apparently died before her father, in 1779, as she does not appear with her then-living siblings in his will.6,7

Children:
      Children with William Cobb

The names William and Sarah Cobb were not uncommon in the region. While a number of records with those name have been found, none other than their birth records are identifiable as William and Huldah's children.
  1. William Cobb (18 Sep 1769 - )
  2. Sarah Cobb (30 Oct 1772 - )

Citations

  1. [S2250] White, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 88, citing vol 2 pg 176, marriage record.
  2. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 153.
  3. [S2250] White, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 88, citing vol 2 pg 176, shows date.
  4. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 153, shows date.
  5. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 153, shows he lived in Windham Co., Connecticut.
  6. [S2606] Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 258, shows her as daughter of Wm. Norton and Sarah ____.
  7. [S2184] White, John Howland of the Mayflower, pp 163-4, shows Huldah as daughter of Matthew Norton and Mary Daggett, birth date, not in father's will or estate settlement, and parents born, lived, and died in Edgartown.

Esther Bennett1,2,3

ID# 17644, (1785 - 1855)
Family Chart
Chart MembershipDescendants of Gideon Cobb
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Birth: 18 Mar 1785, Pawlet, Vermont,4,5
Marriage: 16 Jun 1805, Henry Cobb (b. 3 Jul 1784, d. 2 Sep 1808)6,7
Marriage: 16 Feb 1814, Ira Barber (b. abt Oct 1782, d. 20 Dec 1867)6,8
Death: 27 Jun 1855, Hickory Corners, Michigan,4
Burial: Gull Praire, Michigan,4
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Narrative:

Esther Bennett was born on 18 Mar 1785 in Pawlet, VermontG.4,5
     Esther married first Henry Cobb, son of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, on 16 Jun 1805.6,7
     Esther and Henry moved to Vermont Settlement, near Warsaw, New YorkG, spring of 1808 where they built a log cabin and proceeded to clear the land. But Henry was soon taken sick and died.4 (See map.)
     Her husband died on 2 Sep 1808 in Moscow, Genesee Co., New YorkG.9,10,11
     Esther evidently moved back to OrwellG with her two young daughters following her husband's death.12 She appeared on the 1810 Federal Census of Orwell, Rutland Co., VermontG, with a household consisting of two females under age 10 (daughters Eliza and Mary), and one age 26 to 45 (herself). She was evidently living near her father-in-law, as she is listed on the line following his household.13
     Esther married second Ira Barber on 16 Feb 1814.6,8 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband, Ira Barber, in the 1830 Federal Census of Mendon, Monroe Co., New YorkG, though she was actually about 45.14
     Esther and Ira Barber moved to Skeneateles, New York, later to Marcellus and Auburn, New York, and finally to Hickory Corners, Barry Co., MichiganG.4 They appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Barry, Barry Co., MichiganG, enumerated 2 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,000. Their son Walden was listed as living with them.15
     Esther died on 27 Jun 1855 in Hickory Corners, MichiganG, at age 70.4 She was buried in Gull Praire, MichiganG.4

Children:
     Children with Henry Cobb:

  1. Eliza Cobb+ (28 Jun 1806 - 30 Oct 1889)
  2. Mary Cobb+ (4 May 1808 - 11 May 1897)

Children:
      Children with Ira Barber

Ira and Esther had five other children, whose names are not known.16
  1. Walden I. Barber (abt 27 Jul 1823 - 25 Jul 1899)

Citations

  1. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows name as Ester Bennett.
  2. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows name as Ester Bennett.
  3. [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows name as Esterh Barber.
  4. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184.
  5. [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows age 64 and state.
  6. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date.
  7. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year.
  8. [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date, with year as 1808.
  10. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year, as 1811, town, county, as Livingston, and state. However, Livingston was not formed until 1823; before that the area known as Moscow, now in Leicester, was in Genesee Co. There are no Cobbs listed in Genesee Co. in the 1810 census, suggesting Philip Cobb's death date of 1808 is more likely correct.
  11. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows him as deceased in his father's will written 10 Sep 1815.
  12. [S2476] Esther Cobb household, 1810 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont, shows Esther with two females under age 10 living apparently next to her father-in-law.
  13. [S2476] Esther Cobb household, 1810 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  14. [S7640] Gideon Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  15. [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan.
  16. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows she had six children by him.

Sarah Robbins1,2,3

ID# 17646, (1789 - 1844)
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherNathaniel Robbins
MotherMary Coolidge
Chart MembershipDescendants of Gideon Cobb
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Birth: 1 Sep 1789, Grafton, Massachusetts,4,5
Marriage: 1814, Dr. John Cobb (b. 25 Jul 1789, d. 6 May 1832)6,7,8
Death: 27 Jul 1844, Buffalo, New York,9,10
Burial: Pioneer Cemetery, Spencerport, Monroe Co., New York,11
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Narrative:

Sarah Robbins was born on 1 Sep 1789 in Grafton, MassachusettsG, according to the inscription read from her tombstone, but her birth does not appear in the vital records of Grafton, Massachusetts. Perhaps she she was born in Grafton, Vermont?4,5
     Sarah married Dr. John Cobb, son of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, in 1814.6,7,8
     Sarah and John moved to Ogden, Genesee Co., in western New York, about 1818. This was in the same area where his brother Gideon had settled some years before. (See map.) She was probably the female age 16 to 26 listed in the household of her husband, Dr. John Cobb, in the 1820 Federal Census of Ogden, Genesee Co., New YorkG.12
     She was probably the female age 40 to 50 listed in the household of her husband, Dr. John Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Ogden, Monroe Co., New YorkG.13
     Her husband died on 6 May 1832 in Ogden, Monroe Co., New YorkG.14,15,16
     Sarah died on 27 Jul 1844 in Buffalo, New YorkG, at age 54.9,10 She was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Spencerport, Monroe Co., New YorkG.11

Children:
     Children with Dr. John Cobb:

  1. Carlos Cobb+ (28 Feb 1815 - 16 Sep 1877)
  2. Oscar Cobb+ (8 Oct 1816 - 10 Oct 1911)
  3. Sarah Euselia Cobb+ (1821 - 30 Mar 1897)

Citations

  1. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185.
  2. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
  3. [S7750] Hughes, American Ancestry, XI:65.
  4. [S7683] , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows date, town and state.
  5. [S3256] Lautz application, The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows year.
  6. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185, shows year.
  7. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year.
  8. [S7683] , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows her as his wife.
  9. [S7683] , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows date, city, and state.
  10. [S3256] Lautz application, The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows year and city.
  11. [S7683] , "Pioneer Cemetery," copied from July 1934 tombstone reading by the Irondequoit Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  12. [S2450] John Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., New York.
  13. [S2451] John Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  14. [S7683] , "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.
  15. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185, shows date, as 6th ,town, and state.
  16. [S2607] Cleveland, 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."

Roxana Worden1,2,3,4

ID# 17649, (1794 - 1863)
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherIchabod Worden (24 Jan 1761 - 1 Nov 1844)
MotherMargaret Brown (abt 1763 - 6 Aug 1845)
Chart MembershipDescendants of Gideon Cobb
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Mar 1794, Vermont,5,6,7
Marriage: 18 Oct 1819, Rochester, New York, Gideon Cobb (b. 26 Jun 1791, d. Aug 1864)8,9,10
Death: 21 Apr 1863,11,12
Burial: 24 Apr 1863, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York,13,14
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Narrative:

Roxana Worden was born on 4 Mar 1794 in VermontG.5,6,7 She was probably one of the two females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, Ichabod Worden, in the 1800 Federal Census of Halifax, Windham Co., VermontG.15
     Roxana married Gideon Cobb, son of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, on 18 Oct 1819 in Rochester, New YorkG, with Rev. C. Williams officiating.8,9,10 She was probably the female age 16 to 26 listed in the household of her husband, Gideon, in the 1820 Federal Census of Brighton, Ontario Co., New YorkG.16 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband in the 1830 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG.17
     After their marriage in 1819 Roxana moved into Gideon's small log cabin. With his success in business, they built a proper home, a magnificent 22-room Greek Revival mansion on 300 acres of forest, near the village of Brighton, on the southeast edge of Rochester (the area was annexed by Rochester in 1905). But seemingly true to Cobb tradition, a rear wing of the mansion was built for use as a stagecoach tavern. The tavern wing included a large baking kitchen, milk storage room, and a separate meat-grilling room, with a brick floor and large brick ovens.18,19,20
     The tavern was apparently short-lived however. In 1833 the Cobbs attended a temperance meeting in the brick schoolhouse which stood across Monroe Ave. from the Cobb home. The meeting turned into quite a rousing affair with Deacon Fischer expounding on the evils of liquor. When the sermon ended, the charged entourage bolted to the nearest tavern, which just happened to be the rear wing of the Cobb's home. They proceeded to remove all the liquor and smashed the kegs of liquor in the street. A fire was started, quickly turning into a blazing inferno, and lighting up the evening sky like the northern lights. The tavern was reportedly never opened again.21
     She was probably the female age 40 to 50 listed in the household of her husband in the 1840 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG.22
     Roxana and Gideon appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG, enumerated 18 Sep 1850, reporting real estate valued at $24,000. Their children James, Margaret, William, Maria, and Frances were listed as living with them, as were five laborers, aged 16 to 30, and Margaret Martin, age 22, no occupation given.23 Her sister Senah and her husband, and his sister Sarah and her husband, were apparently living close by as they are listed in the next dwelling in the census record.24
     Roxana and Gideon appeared on the 1855 State Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York G, enumerated 15 Jun 1855, reporting that they lived in a brick house valued at $4,000. Their children William and Frances were listed as living with them, as were her brother, Lyman Worden, and Robert Robertson, a 15-year-old Canadian-born servant.25
     Roxana and Gideon appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG, enumerated 13 Dec 1860, reporting real estate valued at $30,000, and personal estate of $1,000. Also listed as living with them were her brother Lyman Worden, five children whose relationships are unknown: Elisa H. Cobb, age 10, William Warner, age 12, and Charles F., George P. and Daniel J. Crosmon, ages 12, 8, and 4; and two people apparently servants, Caroline Myers, age 15, a servant girl, and Thomas Smith, age 25, a laborer.26
     Roxana died on 21 Apr 1863 at age 69.11,12 She was buried on 24 Apr 1863 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New YorkG, next to her husband, in his lot.13,14
Research Note, 21 Sep 2009:
Warren Kling in his Epitaph article says that Gideon and Roxana had daughters Maria and Sophia, both in 1849, who died quite young, then had a second daughter Maria who married and settled in Kansas. The Monroe Co. GenWeb tombstone inscriptions page shows Sophia, their daughter, died in 1821. The 1850 census shows a Maria, age 19, apparently a daughter. There may have indeed been an earlier Maria, but an 1849 birth date for the two girls seems clearly in error.21,27,28

Children:
     Children with Gideon Cobb:

  1. Sophia Cobb (abt 1820 - 6 Feb 1821)
  2. Lucinda B. Cobb+ (Jan 1820 - Aug 1914)
  3. Glorianna Cobb (May 1821 - 28 Feb 1832)
  4. Margaret Sherill Cobb (1825 - 19 Nov 1867)
  5. James Dyer Cobb+ (1825 - 26 Jan 1899)
  6. William Henry Cobb+ (Apr 1829 - 23 Oct 1904)
  7. Maria Cobb+ (16 Dec 1830 - 10 Apr 1919)
  8. Frances Ann Cobb+ (9 Jan 1835 - 18 Mar 1913)

Citations

  1. [S2447] "Married," Rochester Telegraph, 19 Oct 1819, shows name as Miss Roxana Worden.
  2. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows name as Roxana Worden, wife of Gideon Cobb.
  3. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows name as Roxey Worden.
  4. [S7388] Worden, Some Records of Persons by the Name of Worden, pg 128.
  5. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, record for Rocksey Worden, prepared by Nathan Fish, town clerk, shows date and place, as Halifax, Vermont, but her birth may have been registered after the family moved there some years lager.
  6. [S3255] Sherman application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows name date, town, as Shasbury, and state. But Shasbury does not appear to have existed; the family was living Shaftsbury in Bennington Co. in 1790.
  7. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 56 and state.
  8. [S2447] "Married," Rochester Telegraph, 19 Oct 1819, shows married "in this village, yesterday morning" and officiant.
  9. [S3255] Sherman application, The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, shows month and year, and place as Shasbury Vermont.
  10. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows year.
  11. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows date.
  12. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Aug 1860 to Dec 1881 - Coa, shows she was interred 24 Apr 1863.
  13. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Aug 1860 to Dec 1881 - Coa.
  14. [S2489] Mount Hope Cemetery, plot records, range I, lot 48, shows her grave in lot purchased by Gideon Cobb 10 Mar 1845.
  15. [S7385] Ichabod Worden household, 1800 U.S. Census, Windham Co., Vermont.
  16. [S2463] Gideon Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Ontario Co., New York.
  17. [S2462] Gideon Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  18. [S2467] Kling, "Gideon Cobb (1791-1864)," describes cabin, house, and tavern.
  19. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows they lived in Brighton, NY.
  20. [S1265] Wikipedia, online, "Brighton, Monroe County, New York," viewed 26 Sep 2009, shows the village of Brighton was annexed by Rochester in 1905 and is no longer in the Town of Brighton.
  21. [S2467] Kling, "Gideon Cobb (1791-1864),."
  22. [S2459] Curtis P. Buckland household, 1840 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  23. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  24. [S2479] Alphonzo Bacon household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  25. [S4472] Gideon Cobb household, 1855 New York State Census, Monroe Co., New York, Brighton.
  26. [S2457] Gideon Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  27. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows Sophia, dau. of Gideon & Roxanna; d Feb 6, 1821 æ *m 2*d, but no Maria.
  28. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows Maria age 19.

Abigail W. Nichols1,2,3

ID# 17650, (1797 - 1852)
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherJames Nichols (abt 1759 - 29 Nov 1841)
MotherRachel French (abt 1758 - 11 Dec 1821)
Chart MembershipDescendants of Gideon Cobb
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont

Key Events:

Birth: 12 Oct 1797, Bennington, Vermont,4,5,6
Marriage: 19 Nov 1829, Williston, Vermont, Horace Cobb (b. 13 Mar 1797, d. 16 May 1848)7,8,9,10
Death: Jun 1852,11,12
Burial: 19 Jul 1852, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York,13,14
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Narrative:

Abigail W. Nichols was born on 12 Oct 1797 in Bennington, VermontG.4,5,6
     She was probably the female age 10 to 16 listed in the household of her father, James Nichols, in the 1810 Federal Census of Bennington Co., VermontG.15 She was probably the female age 16 to 26 listed in the household of her father, James Nichols, in the 1820 Federal Census of Bennington, Bennington Co., VermontG.16
     Abigail married Horace Cobb, son of John Cobb and Mary Fuller, on 19 Nov 1829 in Williston, VermontG.7,8,9,10 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband, Horace, in the 1830 Federal Census of Orwell, Rutland Co., VermontG.17
     Abigail and Horace moved to Brighton, New YorkG, where his older brother Gideon was living, between 1830 and 1840.18 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband, Horace Cobb, in the 1840 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG.19
     Her husband died on 16 May 1848 in Brighton, New YorkG.20,21,22
     Abigail appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New YorkG, enumerated 20 Sep 1850, reporting real estate valued at $4,000. Her children Jane and Mary were listed as living with her, as were her step-sons, James and William, three laborers, age 19 to 24, and a 14-year-old boy.23
     She was listed as a farmer in the 1850 census, apparently taking over the family farm after the death of her husband. Her two step-sons were also listed as farmers, and likely participated in the farm.23 She reported having 50 acres of improved land and two unimproved, valued at $4,000, and $200 worth of tools and implements. She reported five horses, three milch cows, two other cows, 30 sheep, and four swine, valued at $291. She reported that she had produced 440 bushels of wheat, 100 of oats, 154 lb. of wool, 50 bushels of potatoes, 55 of barley, and $15 worth of orchard products in the year ending 1 Jun 1850. She had also produced 300 lb. of butter and three tons of hay and slaughtered $54 worth of livestock.24
     Abigail died in Jun 1852 at age 54.11,12 She was buried on 19 Jul 1852 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New YorkG, next to her husband.13,14

Children:
     Children with Horace Cobb:

  1. Jane Thankful Cobb (Feb 1830 - 5 May 1904)
  2. Mary Ann Cobb (abt 1835 - Jan 1857)

Citations

  1. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Abigail Nichols, prepared by Bennington town clerk; marriage record for Abigail W. Nichols, prepared by Williston town clerk.
  2. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows name as Nichols.
  3. [S4336] Jane Thankful Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows name as Abigail Nichols.
  4. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Abigail Nichols, prepared by Bennington town clerk, shows date.
  5. [S2478] Abigail W. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 53 and state.
  6. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Cola, record for Abagail W. Cole, interred 19 Jul 1852 at age 56.
  7. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows married.
  8. [S2274] Muff, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Margaret R. Jenks, Orwell Cemetery Inscriptions, Addison County, Vermont (Granville, New York, privately published), shows his first wife died 19 Feb 1828.
  9. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows married, as his second marriage.
  10. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage record for Abigail W. Nichols, prepared by Williston town clerk, shows date.
  11. [S2489] Mount Hope Cemetery, plot records, range I, lot 49, purchased by his heirs 26 Feb 1850, shows year.
  12. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Cola, record for Abagail W. Cole, shows interment date as 19 Jul 1852. The record shows lot as 49-I, but there is no Abagail Cole in the plot of that lot, and the age (56) and residence (Brighton) are correct for Abigail Cobb, so it appears the recorder confused the surnames.
  13. [S2489] Mount Hope Cemetery, plot records, range I, lot 49, purchased by his heirs 26 Feb 1850, shows her next to Horace.
  14. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, May 1837 to Jul 1860 - Cola, record for Abagail W. Cole, shows interment date and lot.
  15. [S7880] James Nichols household, 1810 U.S. Census, Bennington Co., Vermont.
  16. [S7882] James Nichols household, 1820 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  17. [S2477] Horace Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  18. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows he lived in Orwell, Vermont, and Brighton, New York.
  19. [S2461] Horace Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  20. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Section I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows date.
  21. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 186, shows date, city, as Brighton, and state.
  22. [S2607] Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows city, as Rochester.
  23. [S2478] Abigail W. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  24. [S4323] Abigail W. Cobb farm, 1850 U.S. Census, agriculture schedule, Monroe Co., New York.

 

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