Some Descendants of Henry Cobb
(Henry) and Lois Hallett of Barnstable
and Stonington
- Gideon Cobb was
born on 11 Apr 1691 in Barnstable. [Ref,
p. 80] He died on 22 Feb 1759. [Ref,
p. 80] He married Margaret Cleaveland on 22 Sep 1717. [Ref,
p. 80] She died on 30 May 1775. [Ref,
p. 80]
Gideon and Margaret were admitted to the church at Stonington on 19 Oct 1718.
[Ref, p. 80] The were dismissed to
the church at Canada on 12 Jun 1726. [Ref,
p. 80] Margaret was admitted to the church at Hampton, Windham Connecticut
on 31 Jul 1726. [Ref, p. 80] Gideon
and Margaret were admitted to the church at Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
in 1737. [Ref, p. 80]
It has been suggested that Margaret was the daughter of John Fish, Jr. and
his wife Margaret. [Ref, p. 80] After
John Fish died, his widow married Samuel Cleaveland of Canterbury and his
daughter Margaret was brought up as Margaret Cleaveland. [Ref,
p. 80]
- Capt. Elkanah Cobb
was born about 1722 in Stonington. [Ref,
p. 118] He died on 27 Oct 1818, age 96, and is buried in the Carey Cemetery
in Canterbury. [Ref]
Click here
to see a photo of his grave. He married first Sarah Ensworth [Ref,
p. 118] on 23 Aug 1749 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref]
Sarah was the daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail Ensworth. [Ref]
She was born about 1731. [Ref,
p. 118] She died on 23 Nov 1754, age 23, [Ref,
p. 118] in Canterbury [Ref, 2 Nov,
no age][Ref] She is buried in the Carey
Cemetery. Click here
to see a photo of her grave. He married second Dorothy Shepard. She was
born about 1742. She died on 18 Mar 1802. [Ref,
p. 118]
- Lois Cobb
was born on 27 Nov 1749 [!][Ref,
p. 118] in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref]
She died on 5 May 1837 in Plainfield. [Ref]
She is buried in the Plainfield Cemetery. [Ref]
Click here to see a photo of her
grave. She married Capt.
Ebenezer Eaton. [Ref]