Henry Cobb1,2

Family Chart
ID# 17630, (1784 - 1808)
FatherJohn Cobb3,4 (21 Oct 1744 - 16 Dec 1815)
MotherMary Fuller5,4 (25 Nov 1762 - 16 Mar 1849)

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Jul 1784, Pawlet, Vermont6,7,8
Marriage: 16 Jun 1805, Esther Bennett (18 Mar 1785 - 27 Jun 1855)9,10
Death: 2 Sep 1808, Moscow, Genesee Co., New York11,12,13
Burial: Wright's Corners, New York14
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Henry Cobb was born on 3 Jul 1784 in Pawlet, Vermont.6,7,8
     He was probably one of the four males under age 16 listed in the household of his father, John Cobb, in the 1790 Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.15 He was probably the male age 16 to 25 listed in the household of his father in the 1800 Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.16
     Henry married Esther Bennett on 16 Jun 1805.9,10
     Henry and Esther moved to Vermont Settlement, near Warsaw, New York, spring of 1808 where they built a log cabin and proceeded to clear the land. But Henry was soon taken sick and died.17 (See map.)
     Henry died on 2 Sep 1808 in Moscow, Genesee Co., New York, at age 24.11,12,13 He was buried in Wright's Corners, New York.14
     He was mentioned in the will of John Cobb, his father, dated 10 Sep 1815, his father stating that he had already received all assistance which justice justified, and acknowledging that Henry was deceased.18

Children:
     Children with Esther Bennett:

Citations

  1. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows his name mentioned in his father's will.
  2. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 184.
  3. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows the boy named in his father's will as his son.
  4. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 154.
  5. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90, shows the boy named in her husband's will as his son.
  6. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pp 154, 184, shows date, with year as 1784, town, as Orwell, and state.
  7. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year, as 1783, and town, as Pawlet.
  8. [S225] Despite Philip Cobb's statement that the child was born in Orwell, his father was a constable in Pawlet by 1780, and appeared there in the 1790 and 1800 census. He did not sell his farm in Pawlet until 1805, appearing in the Orwell census in 1810, so it seems most likely that all his children were born in Pawlet.
  9. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date.
  10. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year.
  11. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date, with year as 1808.
  12. [S2607] Cleveland and 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.
  13. [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.
  14. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows town.
  15. [S1779] John Cobb household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  16. [S1522] John Cobb household, 1800 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  17. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184.
  18. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 1, pg 83, which cites 10:387-90.
  19. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
  20. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185.