Esther Bennett1,2,3
ID# 17644, (1785 - 1855)
Charts | Descendants of Gideon Cobb |
Narrative:
44 Esther Bennett was born on 18 Mar 1785 in Pawlet, Vermont
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 York

Her husband died on 2 Sep 1808 in Moscow, Genesee Co., New York

Esther evidently moved back to Orwell with her two young daughters following her husband's death.12 She appeared on the 1810 Federal Census of Orwell, Rutland Co., Vermont

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 York

Esther and Ira Barber moved to Skeneateles, New York, later to Marcellus and Auburn, New York, and finally to Hickory Corners, Barry Co., Michigan


Esther died on 27 Jun 1855 in Hickory Corners, Michigan


Children:
Children with Henry Cobb:
Children:
Children with Ira Barber
Ira and Esther had five other children, whose names are not known.20
Citations
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows name as Ester Bennett.
- [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows name as Ester Bennett.
- [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows name as Esterh Barber.
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184.
- [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows age 64 and state.
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date.
- [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows year.
- [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows date, with year as 1808.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [S2476] Esther Cobb household, 1810 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
- [S7640] Gideon Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
- [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan.
- [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185.
- [S6881] Ira Barber household, 1850 U.S. Census, Barry Co., Michigan, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S7622] Walden I. Barber, Certificate of Death.
- [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 184, shows she had six children by him.