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Samuel Cobb[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male 1654 - 1727  (72 years)


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  • Name Samuel Cobb 
    Birth 12 Oct 1654  Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Administration 2 Mar 1679/80  [5, 13] 
    for Sarah Hinckley's estate
    Gov. Thomas Hinckley, administrator
    • Role: Administrator
    Will 22 Sep 1725  [14, 15] 


    • In the name of God amen, I Samuel Cob of ye Town of Barnstable In ye County of Barnstable, In ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay In New England Yeoman being now grown to years of old age, but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling to mind ye mortality of my body, knowing that it is appointed once to dye doe and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it hopeing through the merrits Death & passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon of all my sins and to inherit everlasting Life and my body I comitt to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named, nothing doubting but at ye General Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wth which hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give and dispose of the same in manner and form following.
      Impe. My will is that all my Just Debts which is owing to any Pson or Psons be paid out of my Estate in convenient time of my decease by my Executors hereafter named.
      Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Cobb the peice of Land on which his now Dwelling house standeth. bounded Easterly by yhe Land of Jonathan Davis. Northerly by the Land of sd Davis, Westerly by that Land of James Lewis & Ebenezer Lewis, Southerly by the Highway, and also two acres of Land more be the same more or less lying below the abovesd peice of Land in the new Comon feild In the Town of Barnstable aforesd Bounded Easterly by the Land of Joseph Davis, Southerly by ye Land of Ebenezer Lewis Westerly & Northerly by the Land of my sd son Thomas Cob & allso the one half of all my other Lands and Meadow that were laid out to me in the several Divisions of ye Late Common Land & meadow in the Town of Barnstable aforesd & the several peices or parcels of Land and meadow above mentioned I give to him my sd son Thomas Cob and to his heirs forever, on condition that he pay unto my Son Henry Cob twelve pounds and ten shillings In such money as shall pass In Common dealing between man & man at the time of payment as a Legacy out of my estate and to my son Jonathan twenty shillings & to my daughter Lydia Scudder Twenty shillings and to my three daughters viz. Sarah Barse, Mehitable Taylor, Experience Taylor Twelve pounds to Each of them.
      Item. I give unto my son Eleazer Cob & to his heirs and assigns forever all the remaining part of my homestead the land houseing out houseing Garden orchards and all the privileges thereunto belonging with all the rest of my other Lands and meadows not before disposed of on condition that he pay unto my son Henry Cob forty seven pounds In such money as shall pass In Common dealing between at time of payment, as a Legacy out of my estate. To my son Samuel Cob three pounds and to my Grandson Samuel Barse twenty pounds to be paid in ye Like Money as is above Expressed.
      Item. I give unto my four daughters above named all my movable goods in the houses (Excepting my Hitchall, which I give unto my two sons Thomas and Eleazer, & my Great Bible I give unto my son Eleazer Cob, and all the rest of my movable estate without doors, as cattle, sheep, and Husbandry tools horsekind swine I give unto my son Eleazer Cob. I Likewise make ordain and constitute my Loving sons Thomas Cob and Eleazer Cob to be Executors to this my Last will and Testament, and do declear this and no other to be my Last will & testament.
      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d day of Septtr 1725

      Samuel Cob (seal)
      Published, pronounced and
      declared to be his Last will &
      testament In presence of us
      John Cob
      Ebenezer Lewis
      Elizabeth Sturges
    Death 7 Sep 1727  Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9, 10, 11] 
    Inventory 23 Feb 1727/8  [16] 
    Occupation farmer  [11]
    Probate 8 Mar 1727/8  [17, 18] 
    Burial Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Cemetery:
    Cobb's Hill Cemetery
    Person ID I9299  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2020 

    Father Elder Henry Cobb,   b. Abt 1607/8, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1679, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah Hinckley,   b. 1629, Tenterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2 Mar 1679/80, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 51 years) 
    Marriage 12 Dec 1649  Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    Family ID F3604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Taylor,   b. Abt 1655/6   d. 4 May 1721, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)  [7, 8, 11, 12, 26, 27, 28] 
    Marriage 20 Dec 1680  Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 27, 29] 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Cobb,   b. 20 Aug 1681, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1742, Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. Thomas Cobb,   b. 1 Jun 1683, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1742, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. Elizabeth Cobb,   b. Nov 1685, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1711 (Age ~ 25 years)
     4. Henry Cobb,   b. 17 Feb 1687, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1755, North Carolina, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     5. Samuel Cobb,   b. 10 Sep 1691, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1786 (Age 95 years)
     6. Mehitable Cobb,   b. 10 Sep 1691, Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Experience Cobb,   b. 8 Jun 1692, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1764, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     8. Jonathan Cobb,   b. 25 Dec 1694, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1773 (Age 78 years)
     9. Eleazer Cobb,   b. 14 Jan 1696, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1731, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     10. Lydia Cobb,   b. 8 Dec 1699, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1778 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F3587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Oct 1654 - Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Dec 1680 - Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Sep 1727 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Cobb's Hill Cemetery - - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S253] The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, 274, 00522.

    2.  2.  [S253] The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, 291, 00522.

    3.  3.  [S459] Cape Cod Library, 765, 00091.

    4.  4.  [S168] Hamlin Family, 53, 00249.

    5.  5.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Cobb, 00516.

    6.  6.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 164, 00395.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 165:197, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S1264] History of Stonington, CT, 315, 01107.

    9.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 26111525, 00974.

    10.  10.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 18, 01162.

    11.  11.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 37, 01162.

    12.  12.  [S1439] Barnstable Families, 1:56, 01163.

    13.  13.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 13, 01162.

    14.  14.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 37-38, 01162.

    15.  15.  [S1435] Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789, 4:177, 01159.

    16.  16.  [S1435] Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789, 4:180-1, 01159.

    17.  17.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 38, 01162.

    18.  18.  [S1435] Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789, 4:177-8, 01159.

    19.  19.  [S80] Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, 134, 00224.

    20.  20.  [S880] TAG 30-32, 30:145, 00876.

    21.  21.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 65:318, 00390.

    22.  22.  [S576] TGMSP, Samuel Hinckley, 00516.

    23.  23.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 38873918, 00974.

    24.  24.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 9:287, 00390.

    25.  25.  [S1438] Cobb Family, 17, 01162.

    26.  26.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 165:283, 00390.

    27.  27.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 28912281, 00974.

    28.  28.  [S1440] Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, 3:1523, 01164.

    29.  29.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 96, 00420.