Nancy F. Clark1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15530, (1794 - 1845)
FatherCol. Ozias Clark4 (abt 1764 - 4 Jun 1855)
MotherRachel Fitch5 (abt 1767 - 17 Feb 1864)

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Dec 17946
Marriage: 6 Dec 1812, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, Joshua D. Cobb (3 Mar 1792 - 30 Sep 1866)7,8
Death: 17 Feb 18459
Burial: Mettowee Valley Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont10,11
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     
Nancy F. (Clark) Cobb's Tombstone
photo courtesy Janet Muff
Nancy F. Clark was born on 4 Dec 1794.6
     She was probably one of the two females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, Col. Ozias Clark, in the 1800 Federal Census of Pawlet, Vermont.12 She was probably one of the two females age 10 to 16 listed in the household of her father in the 1810 Federal Census of Pawlet, Vermont.13
     Nancy married Joshua D. Cobb, son of Capt. Joshua Cobb and Hannah Edgerton, on 6 Dec 1812 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, with Rev. John Grisues officiating.7,8
     Nancy and Joshua purchased two parcels on the main road in Pawlet on 26 Oct 1815, from Nathan A. Stodard and Clasisa Strong, for $2,000. One parcel was adjoining the site of his father's former blacksmith shop. They took title as tenets in common, which is very unusual for the time. Most land was recorded in the husband's name alone. Perhaps the money for the purchase came from an inheritance she had received?14 On 18 Feb 1817 they sold the smaller of those parcels and part of another, a total of 36 acres, to her brother Fitch Clark, for $720. A substantial number of additional land transactions involving Joshua and Nancy appear in the deed index, most involving his Edgerton and her Clark relatives, but they have not been examined.15
     Nancy was probably the female age 26 to 45 listed in the household of her husband, Joshua, in the 1820 Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.16 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband in the 1830 Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.17 She was probably the female age 40 to 50 listed in the household of her husband in the 1840 Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.18
     Nancy died on 17 Feb 1845 at age 50.9 She was buried in Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont, next to her husband.10,11

Children:
     Children with Joshua D. Cobb:

Citations

  1. [S862] Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 148, shows name as Nancy Clark.
  2. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644449, Nancy F. Clark Cobb, includes photo of gravestone showing name as Nancy F, wife of Joshua D. Cobb.
  3. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 178, shows name as Nancy, da. of Ozias Clark.
  4. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 178.
  5. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 175.
  6. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644449, Nancy F. Clark Cobb, shows date, and includes photo of gravestone showing she died 17 Feb 1845 at age 50.
  7. [S862] Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 148, shows date, and they were of Pawlet, and the minister's return being recorded in the town records suggests they were married there.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644449, Nancy F. Clark Cobb, shows she was the wife of Joshua D. Cobb, and includes photo of gravestone showing same.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644449, Nancy F. Clark Cobb, shows date, and includes photo of gravestone showing same.
  10. [S2274] Muff, "Fwd: cobb," e-mail to author, 6 May 2009, citing Jenks, Pawlet Cemetery Inscriptions.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #38644449, Nancy F. Clark Cobb, includes photo of his stone next to hers.
  12. [S8531] Ozias Clark household, 1800 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  13. [S8532] Ozias Clark household, 1810 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  14. [S2267] Land Records, Pawlet, Vermont, 7:500, Nathan A. Stodard and Clasisa Strong to Joshua Cobb Junr & wife Nancy, 14 Nov 1816.
  15. [S2267] Land Records, Pawlet, Vermont, 7:540, Joshua D. Cobb Junr & wife Nancy to Fitch Clark, 22 Feb 1817.
  16. [S1175] Joshua D. Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  17. [S1176] Joshua D. Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  18. [S1177] J. D. Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  19. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Jane Ann Cobb, prepared by Pawlet town clerk.
  20. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 187.
  21. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage record for Rachel F. Cobb, prepared by Pawlet town clerk.
  22. [S8467] "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," FamilySearch.org, record for Rachael Edgerton, citing FHL #1311660, image 123.
  23. [S8470] Mrs. R. F. Edgerton obituary, The Whitewater Register.
  24. [S8523] Duncklee, A Sketch of the Duncklee Family, pg 234.
  25. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, death record for Betsey Cobb Sargent, prepared by Pawlet town clerk.
  26. [S8470] Mrs. R. F. Edgerton obituary, The Whitewater Register, shows Robert, living in Lake Geneva, as her brother and Joshua D. and Nancy Cobb as her parents.
  27. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #39113184, Harry G. Cobb, shows his parents and includes photo showing same.
  28. [S1178] Joshua Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Wisconsin, shows Mary living with Nancy's windowed husband, apparently as parent and child.