Person:Benjamin Cobb (6)

Name	Benjamin Cobb
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1701	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1726	Based on birth of eldest known child to Mary (add)
Death^[1]^[2]	11 May 1763	Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1906)
p. 364.

COBB, Benjamin, [died] May 11, 1763, in 62d y.
↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Bristol County). Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)
Case 6104: Benjamin Cobb Norton 1763.

Will of "Benj'a Cobb of Norton ... Gentelman being indisposed in Body", dated 24 Sep 1762, proved 24 May 1763, names wife Mary Cobb; son John Cobb; son Benj'a Cobb [land in Easton, allow his brother Silas to cut firewood]; son Silas Cobb [land where I dwell not given to two eldest sons]; four married daughters namely Abiah Sweeting ye wife of Lewis Sweeting Abigail Babit wife of Nathan Babbit Mercy ye widow of Richard Briggs deceased; Mary ye wife of Eliphalet Briggs; daughter Rebecca. Wife to be executor and guardian of Silas and Rebecca until come of age.