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Facts and Events
Name |
Gershom Cobb |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1] |
10 Jan 1644/45 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
Christening[2] |
12 Jan 1644/45 |
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States |
Marriage |
1669 |
Of, , Plymouth, Massachusettsto Hannah Davis |
Burial[3] |
24 Jun 1675 |
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States |
Source:Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, p. 5:180, 27 Oct 1675
In reference vnto the dispose of the estate of Gershom Cobb, late deceased, the Court have ordered, that John Cobb, his brother, shall adminnester on the said estate, and when all debts due from the same are fully payed, the said John Cobb, being the eldest brother of the said Gershom Cobb, shall have a doubble portion of the said estate, and then the remainder is to be devided amongst the rest of Mr. Henery Cobbs children, brothers and sisters to the said John and Gershom Cobb in equall and alike proportions.
References
- ↑ Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
3:73.
[p. 399] The births of ye Children of Henry Cobb at Barnstable his Son Gershom born About 10 January 1644.
- ↑ Scituate and Barnstable Church Records, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
9:283.
Gershom Sonn of Brother Cobb baptizd Janu. 12, 1644.
- ↑ Article on Henry Cobb, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
p. 394.
Children of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst: Gershom, b. Barnstabe 10 Jan 1644/5, bur. Swansea 24 Jun 1675 citing PCR 8:61, "unmarried (division of his estate to brothers and sisters" citing PCR 5:180 (see above).
- Weston, Thomas, and Mertie E Romaine. History of the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts. (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, c1906-[c1969])
p. 38.
"Gershom Cobb, a son of Elder Henry Cobb of Barnstable, was born the 10th of January, 1644-45, and at one time lived in Plymouth. He married Hannah Davis and became a resident of Middleboro, but the date of his settling here is uncertain...." [Note: no record of this marriage has been located, and his probate shows no evidence of a wife or any children.]
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