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Hello. I am attaching a copy of "The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 19,
No. 1 (Jul., 1910), pp. 51-56" that a wonderful person on one of my other
lists pulled for me. Leticia was most generous. I put the request for help
and Martin responded and now I am sharing with
the rest of you. You can't beat this for a source... unless you have a copy
of the real thing.
It looks like my part of this family (Ambrose Cobbs) ends on page 52.
Enjoy.
Hope you find it useful.
Thanks.
Dolores (nee Cobb) Phifer
Cobb or Cobbs Family
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Thu Aug 23 10:37:15 2007
WILLIAMAND h1.4~~QUARTERLY s1
On Friday, April 13, 1908, the corner stone was laid with ap-
propriate exercises, and on Friday, May 14, 199, the Library
was opened to the public. On the latter occasion the State
Librarian, H. R. McIlwaine, was present and made an interest-
ing address, well worthy of preservation and publication.
COBB OR COBBS FAMILY.
The Cobb or Cobbs family were first represented in Virginia
by I AMBROSECOBBS, who on July 25, 1639, patented 350 acres
upon the Appomattox River for the importation of himself, Anne
his wife, 2 Margaret his daughter, 3 Robert his son, Richard
Barker, Hugh Barker, Thomas Harvey. From the records of
York County he appears to have had two other sons: 4 Antbrose,
5 Thomas, which last died in 1702 without issue.
3 ROBERT^ COBBS (son of Ambrosel Cobbs) was, according
to his deposition, born in 1627, and lived in Marston Parish,
York County, of which he was church warden in 1658. When
RIarston Parish was absorbed in Bruton Parish in 1674, he was
a member of the vestry of the new parish. After Bacon's Rebellion
he was appointed justice of York County on the following
recommendation of the clerk, John Baskervyle :
"To the Rt honble Sr William Berkeley, Knt Gournr, &c.
John Baskervylz in behalfe of Yorke County most humbly presenteth.
That the said County being of large extent but few magistrates to officiate,
some being lately decd, humbly prays that Mr William Booth, Mr
Edward Mosse & Mr Robert Cobb may be admitted by yor Honr into the
commission. being reported Loyal1 & honest subjects. And he shall ever
pray Bc. The 23th March 1676-7 this peticon is granted, and these are
ordrd to be sworn at the next County Court. Teste Henry Hartwell,
C1. Con."
In 1682 Mr. Cobbs was appointed sheriff of York County
by Sir Henry Chicheley. In 1679 Daniel Parke, Secretary of
State, died and Mr. Cobbs was administrator of the Virginia
estate of Col. Parke. He married Elizabeth -, born according
to her deposition, in 1634. He died Dec. 29, 1682, and
she on October 7, 1684. (Bruton Parish Register.) He left
a personal estate valued at f80 12.01.
He had issue 6 Edmund married Frances , and died
Dec. 21, 1682. They had no issue, and the widow Frances mar-
ried 2dly John Stewart, of York County; 7 Ambrose; 8 Otho,
who appears to have died without issue; 9 Robert.
"The deposition of Elizabeth Cobb aged 50 years saith: That where-
as my decd husband, Robert Cobbs, did putt a child to school to Valen-
tine Evans to Learne him to wright & reade at the rate of twenty shil-
lings a year, I the sd Eliz. Cobbs being informed yt the sd Mr Evans
never took any more of any one than twenty shillings as Afforesd, did
send another sonn to be instructed as afforesd, & yor depont is willing to
make satisfaction for the time that my sonn was with him, and further
saith not-Eliza Cobb E. C. (Signum). . . . .
Sworne before mee the 21 July 1684, Martyn Gardner. Recorded
July 26, 1684."
"It is ordered upon the peticon of Otho Cobb that MIS ffrances Relict
of her decd husband Edmund Cobb give bond with security to ye court
for yr Estate of Mr Robert Cobb, deceased, father of the said Otho yt ye
same be not imbezzled ,or wasted and yt shee be accomptible for ye same
after ye expiration of nyne monthes after her said husbands decease, shee
being therewith possest as his Relict."
Abstract of the will of Edmund Cobb of Yosk County, Bru-
ton Parish: Negroes to brother Ambrose Cobbs and my gold ring
which was my father's. Brother Otho and Robert Cobbs, son-
in-law (stepson) Matthew Pierce, wife Frances, cousin Eliza
Kerle. Dated March 2, 1690-91-proved March 7, 1693. In
1693 Otho Cobbs stated that he was of full age and petitioned
that Mrs. Frances Cobbs, widow of Mr. Edmund Cobbs, de'cd,
be summoned to the next court in regard to his father's estate.
7 AMBROSE~ Ambrosel) was
COBBS (R~bert,~ churchwarden
of Bruton Parish Church at Williamsburg. He married Eliza-
beth ,and his will dated April 24, 1718, was proved June
16, 1718. It names daughter 10 Frances; 11 Robert; 12 Thonzas;
13 John, to whom a negro boy that belonged to the estate ;)f
Thomas Pinkethman; 14 Edmund; 15 Anzbrose. Witnesses Ann
Frith, Joseph Frith, Matthew Pierce. Wife and sons Robert
and Thomas were made exors.
WILLIAMAND MARYQUARTERLY
I I ROBERT^ COBBS (Ambro~e,~ Ambrosel) married
R~bert,~
probably the daughter of Abraham Vinckler of James City CO.,
and his will was proved in York County in 1727. He gives his
estate to be divided among "all his children." Sons 16 Vinck-
ler and 17 John Cobbs appointed executors.
12 THORIAS~ R~bert,~
COBBS (Ambro~e,~ Ambrosel) married
hiary Shields, named in the will of her father James Shields, of
Williamsburg. He made his will in 1736 and names 18 Ambrose,
19 Thomas, 20 Matthew. This will was proved in York County,
September 17, 1750, and was witnessed by Ben Eggleston, Ed-
mund Cobbs and James Shields.
In Chesterfield County, in 1752, 1110 acres were divided
among Ambrose, Thomas and Matthew Cobbs.
In the same county, in 1783, Ambrose Cobbs made his will
and names his 4 sisters-Elizabeth Booth, Hannah Marshall,
Mary Perkinson and Phebe Cobbs.
4 AMBROSE~ COBBS (Ambrosel) appear to have died about
1688 and had issue: 21 Willia~n,22 Robert.
In 1688 the York records mention George Glasscock as marry-
ing Mary, relict of Ambrose Cobbs, and mother of William
Cobbs.
Will of Thomas Cobbs made December 18, 1702, and proved
February 4, 1702: TOcousin William Cobbs, my house and lot
where I now live, and if he died then the same to go to Thomas
Cobbs; To Isaac Sart a black mare running now at Powhatan;
two sows to Alice Newman; to Robert Cobbs, son of Ambrose
Cobbs; all the remaining part of my estate to cousins Ambrose
Cobbs, Robert Cobbs, Otho Cobbs and Robert Kerle, to be equally
divided between them.
Sept. 25, 1702. In the difference between William Cobbs, son
of Ambrose Cobbs deceased and Coll. Edmund Jenings, wherein
the plaintiff requires the defendant to give an account of what
part of his deceased father's estate he has in his hands as trustee
to the same, and sold at Public outcry 13 Oct., 1690.
Nov. 24, 170j. The return of the appraisement of William
Cobbs deceased is continued-Mary Cobbs, the administrator.
21 WILLIAM COBBS (Ambr~se,~
Ambro~e,~)and blary hi:
wife: (She was probably hlary Timson) had issue (perhaps:
23 Sanzztel Cobbs-first of York County and then of Amell:
County.
In 1719 Samuel Cobbs obtained a license to keep ordinar)
in Williamsburg. In 1717 he married Edith, daughter of Jear
Marot, a French Huguenot innkeeper of IVilliamsburg. He re
moved to Amelia County and his will dated June 27, 1757, was
proved there July 28, 1757. His widow, Edith's will was dated
March 9, 1758, and was proved July 2, 1761.
23 SAMUEL~COBBS and Edith hfarot had issue: 24 John
Catlin Cobbs; 25 Samuel Cobbs, who had houses in William<-
burg; he was probably the student named in the catalogue in
1754. 26 Anne married Col. Edward Booker, of Amelia in 1739
27 Edith married Edmund Booker, who died in 1792 ; 28 Sarah
who married George Booker which last died in 1791; 29 Thendosia,
died unmarried in 1782; 30 Judith married
Eggleston; 31 Mary, wife of John Le Neve to whom IOO acrt.s
in Prince Edward County.
24 JOHYCATLIN COBCS (Samuel 4, married Rachel Smith,
in 1767, and his will dated Feb. 8, 1800, was proved in Arneli~
County, Oct. 23, 1800. It names wife Rachel and c1:ildren: 32
Edith Asselin, wife of Francis Asselin; 33 Sarah Booker, wife
of Richard Booker; 34 Samuel Cobbs ; 35 Thomas JIT. Cobbs
36 John C. Cobbs; 37 Edward S. Cobbs. Administrator Francis
Anderson and Richeson Booker.
25 SA~IUELCOBBS (Samuel 4, married Elizabeth hlunford
in 1768. (Marriage bond.) She was the daughter of Thomas
Munford of Amelia, whose will was dated March 5, 1785, and
names children Ann &Tunford; Thomas hlunford; Martha
Booker, wife of Samuel Booker ;Edward hluilford ;Eliza Cobbs ;
Sarah Wily.
14 EDMUND~15 AMBROSL~COBBS, sons of 7 Ambrose3
or
Cobbs, was probably father of 38 Samttel; 39 Edlnund and 40
John Cobbs of Louisa County.
38 SA~IUEL XOBBS(Edmund or Ambrose 4?) married hlarv,
daughter of Col. Robert Lewis and his will dated Sept., 1758 was
proved in Louisa County, Xovember 28, 1758.
Willof Santtlel Cobbs of the parish of Fredericksville, County
of Louisa, Virginia: Names wife and three children: 41 Janr,
42 Robert, and 43 Judith, brothers Edmund and John Cobbs.
Has land on the Blackwater in Bedford County. Should all my
wife's children die without issue, then so much of my estate as
came by my wife shall be equally divided among the children of
Jane, the wife of Thomas ;\Periwether, of Louisa County, and
Ann, the wife of John Lewis of Spotsylvania County. Mr.
Samuel Dalton, hPr. Nicholas Lelvis, and brother Edmund Cobbs
executors. Dated Sept., 1758, proved Kov. 28, 1758.
42 ROCEBT~
COBBS (Samuel Cobbs 9 married Ann Gizzage
Poindexter, Nov. 19, 1783, in Louisa (Register) and had 43 John
Poindexter, born &fay 2, 1785. A Robert Cobbs was a Captain
in the Revolutionary Army and received land bounty. He is said
to have moved to Georgia where he has descendants. A Robert
Cobbs was living in Halifax County in 1761. (Hening, Statutes
at Large, 'LTII.,421.) His will dater1 Jany. 19, 1769, names chil-
dren Ann, Elizabeth, Judith, Samuel.
40 JOI-IN~COBCS,or COBB, brother of 39 Samuel5 Cobbs, mar-
ried in Granville Co., K. c., in 1769, Mildred Lewis, daughter
of Howell Le~vis, son of Col. Charles Lewis of the Byrd (brother
of Col. Robert Lewis above mentioned). (Marriage bond at
Oxford). They moved to Georgia. Issue : 44 Ho~vell Cobb (born
Aug. 3, 1772, died May 26, 1818). Captain U. S. A., an M. C.
from Georgia, married hlartha A. Jaqueline Rootes ; 45 Mat y
Willis Cobbs married Robert I\'. Flournoy ; 46 Susannah. mar-
ried Charles Uostwick; 47 Henry IVillis Cobb, married Obedience
D. Bugg; 48 Jolz~z Adison Cobb, born January 5, 1783,
married Sarah Robinson Rootes; 49 Mildred H. Cobb, married
TITilliam H. Jackson.
48 JOHN AD IS ON^ COBS (John" Cobb) was born January 5,
1783, and died Nov. 21, 1855, married April 11, 1812, Sarah
Robinson Rootes (born Sept. 20, 1792; died July 23, 1866).
WILLIAMAND MARYQUARTERLY
Issue: 50 Gen. Ho~vell Cobb, U. S. Senator; 51 Laura Battail:
Cobb; 52 Mildred Lewis Cobb ; j3 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb;
54 John B. Cobb; 55 Mary JYillis Cobb; 56 Sarah Martha Cob:).
The issue of them is given in Va. illagazine, IV., 332, 333. See
also JVILLIAM AXD MARY QUARTERLY, XI., 40, 41.
9 ROBERT^ COBBS (R~bert,~
Ambrosel) lived in York County.
He married I. Rebecca daughter of William Pinkethman. She
died in I715 leaving issue: 57 Elizabeth, born in 1704, married
James Shields in 1719; 58 Rebecca. He married 11. EIizabeth,
daughter of Daniel Allen and had 59 Sarah, who married Robert
Jones, Jr., of Sussex Co., who moved to North Carolina and was
Attorney-General of that State and they were parents of the dis-
tinguished Allen and Willie Jones of the Revolution ; 60 Martha,
she married Major Dudley Richardson. WILLIAMAND MARY
QUARTERLY,VI., 121, Va. Magacitze, X., 101, 196. After the
death of Robert Cobbs his widow, Elizabeth, married Samuel
Weldon, of Henrico County, Va.
In Campbell County is the will recorded of Charles Cobbs,
Senior, dated RIarch 3, 1798, and proved January 13, 1800. It
names wife Ann and children (I) Jesse, (2) John, (3) Charles
R., (4) Caleb, (5) JVilliam W., (5) Samuel D., (7) Thomas, (8)
Frances Rodgers and her children, Tl'illiam Rodgers, Elizabeth
Ann Rodgers and Ann Walton Rodgers. He made his sons Jesse
and John Cobbs and Edmund Herndon, exors., and his friends
Robert Alexander and Thomas Clark, counsellors to them as they
may need. Witnesses, Jliilliston Talbot, Edmund Johns, Josiall
Crows, Robert Carter, Thomas Cobbs, James Cobbs and Moses
Cobbs.
Rev. Kicholas Hamner Cobbs was born in Bedford County,
Virginia, on 5th April, 1796. He lvas the eldest son of John
Lewis and Susan Cobbs. He married Lucy H. L. Cobbs, his
first cousin. After serving as pastor in Bedford, and Petersburg,
and Cincinnati, he became Eishop of Alabama, where he died at
his home in ;1Iontgonlery on January 11, 1861. He had ten cl~il-
dren whose names are given in Slaughter's Rristol Parislz.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: Article from William & Mary Quarterly
Hi Dolores, Here's the article you wanted. I hope you find it useful.
Leticia
Hello. I put the request for help and Eve and Michael responded and now I am
sharing with
the rest of you.
Hope you find it useful.
Thanks.
Dolores Cobb Phifer
Subsidy Roll 1319, Portsoken ward - De Johanne Cobbe de Walflet pro navi
vocata La Stede de
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31939&strquery=cobhttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31939&strquery=cobbe
Sponsor: Centre for Metropolitan History
Publication: Two Early London Subsidy Rolls
Year published: 1951
Supporting documents: Abbreviations
Pages: 252-54
Citation: 'Subsidy Roll 1319: Portsoken ward', Two Early London Subsidy
Rolls (1951), pp. 252-54. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31939&strquery=cobbe.
Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
Warda de Portsok', Portsoken ward.
Portsokn'.
Parish: St. Botolph Aldgate.
Alderman: The Prior of Holy Trinity.
[Mem. 11.]
From: 'Subsidy Roll 1319: Portsoken ward', Two Early London Subsidy Rolls
(1951), pp. 252-54. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31939&strquery=cobbe.
Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
7t De Johanne Cobbe iiij.s. (fn. 7)
7. John Cob, butcher 1310 LBD 113, J. Cobbe 1326 (1329) Will (of Ports). -
ME cobbe 'a great man, big man, leading man' or Cobbe fn.
--------------------------
34t De Alexandro ate Grenex.d.(fn. 34)
From: 'Subsidy Roll 1319: Portsoken ward', Two Early London Subsidy Rolls
(1951), pp. 252-54. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31939&strquery=cobbe.
Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
34. Possibly Alexander Cobbe 1326 Cor 166 (juror Ports), 1332 S (butcher,
6s. 8d.), 1338 LBF 22 (repr. Ports). - Cf. no. 7.
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Portsoken ward is one of the wards into which the City of London is divided
for electoral purposes. Each Ward has its own annual meeting, and elects
representatives to the Court of Common Council.
A map of the London wards may be seen here:
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/about_us/voting/wards/ward_bou...
London Subsidy Rolls Abbreviations
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31961
London Subsidy Rolls map
http://213.86.34.248/NR/rdonlyres/27A93F03-473B-4FF2-A922-AE60838BC0DA/0/...
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http://books.google.com/books?id=z-sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=%22de...
The Early English Customs System: A Documentary Study of the Institutional
and Economic History ... By Gras, Norman Scott Brien, 1884-
THE LOCAL CUSTOMS 177
De Johanne Cobbe de Walflet pro navi vocata La Stede de
Hethe et vii quarteriis plumbi viii d.
"From John Cobb of Walfleet for a ship called La Stede of Hethe and
seven quarters of lead, 8 pence"
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OEL] Help with translation for this old entry
De Johanne Cobbe de Walflet pro navi vocata La Stede de
Hethe et vii quarteriis plumbi viii d.
Due from Joan Cobb of Wallfleet, for the ship known as 'The Stede/Stead of
Heath' and for 7 quarters of lead, 8 pence.
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To: "Dolores C. Phifer" <doloresc.phifer(a)comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: Need help with translation for De Johanne Cobbe notation
De Johanne Cobbe de Walflet pro navi vocata La Stede de
Hethe et vii quarteriis plumbi viii d.
"From John Cobb of Walfleet for a ship called La Stede of Hethe and
seven quarters of lead, 8 pence"
Ok Mike... I got sidetracked again from mom's side when I came upon this
reference...
http://books.google.com/books?id=z-sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=%
The Early English Customs System: A Documentary Study of the
Institutional and Economic History ... By Gras, Norman Scott Brien, 1884-
THE LOCAL CUSTOMS 177
De Johanne Cobbe de Walflet pro navi vocata La Stede de
Hethe et vii quarteriis plumbi viii d.
I asked for translation help on my of my lists and one of my fellow
researchers thought that it meant this...
"From John Cobb of Walfleet for a ship called La Stede of Hethe and
seven quarters of lead, 8 pence"
and... another fellow researcher thought that it mean this...
Not so far as I know. According to the previous page in the Google Books
version, it was a grant of murage at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, ie a
financial contribution to the cost of the up-keep for the town's defences by
those who benefitted from them - a kind of local tax. It is more likely to
have been assessed on the basis of the capital value of his assets, but I
don't know for sure. Cheers, Michael
So, based on the above possible translations... I went looking to learn more
about this John COBBE and found the following.
Now things are starting to fall into place and starting to make sense. The
earliest research into our COB/COBBE/COBBES/COBBS/COBB line that Mike Cobb
found was goes back to John Cobbe and his father Henry Cobbe.
>From the research it shows that the our COB/COBBE/COBBES/COBBS/COBB line
lived in the Romney Marshes... which is one of the Cinque Ports. We know
that John Cobbe (and his father Henry Cobbe) lived in Romney... one of the
Cinque Ports. So, from this record... then it appears that he was either
accessed a toll/tax/levy for either a ship as you suggested and/or a ship
landing place. This helps to explain why he lived there in Romney and not
somewhere else... like inward more.
So, Based on the above replies... I went looking and found...
Romney, Cinque Ports
I found this about Walfleet -
http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/content_images/upload/OOP%20Books/No0...
THE STORY OF WARFLEET...This is the story of Warfleet Creek, and the land
and houses immediately surrounding it, including Gallants Bower which
overlooks it on the south. It was once part of a separate manor and parish
which developed as a small community of its own, separate from the town of
Dartmouth. Early Days... Warfleet, along with Southtown, Gallants Bower and
the Week valley were from Saxon times up to the end of the eighteenth
century owned by the lord of Stoke Fleming. The boundary of the town of
Dartmouth which grew up in the llth century stopped at Bayards Cove. In 1192
comes the first reference to "the monastery of St. Peter" which was to grow
into the chapel of St. Petrox, then not a public chapel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochford
The town is the main settlement in the Rochford district, and takes its name
from Rochefort, Old English for Ford of the Hunting Dogs. The River Roach
was originally called the Walfleet. (Creek of the foreigners). It was
renamed the Roach in what is known as a back formation. This is where it is
assumed that Rochford means ford over the River Roach so they renamed the
river to fit the theory. The town runs into suburban developments in the
parishes of Ashingdon and Hawkwell.
Now, I at least know where it is now.
http://books.google.com/books?id=z-sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=%22pr...
8. An account of murage collected at Great Yarmouth, j
August, 1342—2 August, 1343.
Only a small part of the whole account is printed here, that
covering the first two weeks. Murage, at the time when it comes
into view for close study, was a local due ordinarily granted to a
town by the king and intended for the building and upkeep of the
town walls.1
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/advanced/lesson06/part05.htmhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/advanced/popup/word-list.htm
voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum (1) to call
navis, navis (f.) ship
pro (prep. with abl.) for, on behalf of
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldenglish/p.php
place: 1. stede, stow | 2. stede, stow | 3. adon, asettan
Hethe/Hythe/haɪð/haithe/Hetha
http://www.answers.com/topic/hythe-kent
Hythe (IPA: [haɪð or haithe]) is a small coastal market town on the edge of
Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway (derived from Sheep Way) on the
south coast of Kent. The word Hythe or Hithe is an Old English word meaning
Haven or Landing Place.
This info below may help to explain why there is very little on the wives
around that time. Because of Mike's research we have the husband/males'
names all the way back, but not all of the the females/wives. We know
through further research that more than of our COB/COBBE/COBBES/COBBS/COBBs
survived 'The Black Death"... according to the account. And, by the account
listed below... we see that their land could have been one of the ones that
were destroyed by the fire during that time as well.
At the Cobb website....
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/kent.htm Mike has -
2. Richard COBBS Esquire (John-1) was born before 1326 in Cobbs Court,
Romney, Kent. More specifically, he was born during the first quarter of
the 14th century.
"Richard, was living in 1338 and survived the Black Death in 1348 which
took heavy toll of the population of New Romney and also through part of the
long war with the French, which caused great economic distress in the town,
when it was under constant threat of invasion."
and also at -
http://www.aemyers.net/genealogy/d0008/g0000050.htmlhttp://www.cobbweb.org.uk - offers in a reprint of Cobb history in Co.
Kent, England
And, I found this to support the above comment...
http://www.answers.com/topic/hythe-kent
The town has had a succession of disasters, including a fire that destroyed
about 100 houses. In 1348 the black death afflicted Hythe, and in 1400 the
plague further reduced the town's population.
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/glossary.html
murage A special toll or tax that boroughs could levy, if they received
royal licence to do so, on condition that the proceeds to be put towards the
building or repair of town walls. The licences specified a limiting period
within which the levy could take place. The king was normally inclined to
grant such licences, since it was in his interest that his towns be well
protected. We find such licences granted from early thirteenth to late
fifteenth centuries; examples can be seen at Norwich, Lynn, and Yarmouth.
Romney, Cinque Ports
http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/cinqueports/index.htm
The Cinque Ports: Introduction
In early times, the fishing fleets, maintained by the South Eastern coastal
towns were frequently pressed into service to convey people, and armies, to
and from the Continent, as well as to fight battles at sea. They formed the
first Navy, and, in return for the use of their vessels, the ports received
many privileges from the Crown. Gradually the ports grouped together for
mutual support and a confederation of the five main ones, Sandwich, Dover,
Hythe, Romney, and Hastings, was formed and became known as the Cinque
Ports. This grouping probably began before the Norman conquest, the Domesday
Book records the obligation of the ports to supply ships and men to the King
once a year. This ship service continued for over three hundred years until
larger ships were needed by the Navy Originally, the Cinque Ports were a
confederation of five harbours, Sandwich, Romney, Dover, Hythe, and
Hastings. These were grouped together, for defense purposes, by Edward
the Confessor. They supplied the Crown with ships and men.
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http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode=Search;SearchWords=Tonbr...
Centre for Kentish Studies
Path: Ecclesiastical_Regular_and_Capitular_Foundations/
DRc_Rochester_Priory_and_other_Religious_Houses_1080_1541/
BA04_Legal_Records_1096_1535/ 01_St_Andrews_Priory_Rochester_1096_1523/
DRc_L05_1.html
Confirmation by Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford of a charter of
Gilbert de Tonnebregg, Earl of Hertford [1217-1230]***
Gilbert de Tonnebregg', Earl of Hertford**** to all his friends and all
clerks and laymen both French and English:
* Ralph, Bishop of Sussex [Chichester] 1091-1123; Anselm Archbishop of
Canterbury 1093-1109 Ernulf, Prior of Canterbury 1096-1115
** Seffrid II, Bishop of Chichester 1180-1204
*** Gilbert de Clare was created Earl of Gloucester in 1217, he died 25
October 1238
**** Possibly Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Hertford c.1138-1141 who
died 1151-1153
At the request of Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury he has given the advowson
of Rotherfield church which Alured, son of Hubert holds as parson to the
monks of Rochester in free alms with all liberties, customs, plains, woods,
pastures, and all rights and appurtences forever. Alured shall pay the monks
2 marks a year for as long as he holds the parsonage and every parson after
him likewise forever to provide lights for St Andrew's church.
Witnesses:
Hamo de Precato, constable, Alured de Benneville, Hanneric, chaplain,
Albric, chaplain, Robert de Talewrd, Bartholomew Peter, son of Guncel',
Roger de Glinchape, Hugh de Counton', Walter de Aberonn, David, Ralph de
Offuct', Richard Coc, Mustellus, Walter the chamberlain, Oderic, the
forester, Edward Cheg, Brichnod Cobbe and the whole of Rotherfield hundred.
Witnesses to the confirmation:
Sir Michael de la Fosse, Sir Hugh de Chestre [cf. Chester], Sir Gilbert de
Walton, Sir Thomas de Fure, Richard de la Lade.
Endorsements:
1. Pencis ecclesie de Redirfeld [i.e. Rotherfield] ad festum pasche et
Michaelis [15th century after which has been added] duarum marcarum
[?16th.century]
2. Retherfyle [i.e. Rotherfield] 294 years since/A. sentence by the bysshop
of Canterburye [i.e. Canterbury] Anno domini 1282 [Martin Cotes, Rochester
Chapter Clerk 1574-1605]
3. Littera domini Archiepiscopi Cantuarensis [i.e. Canterbury] de Rederfeld
[i.e. Rotherfield] [14th. century]
Large fragment of archiepiscopal seal. Document has been annotated possibly
in the late sixteenth century in the left hand margin and a hand there drawn
with a finger pointing to the words Roffensis ab ecclesia de Retherfelde
[i.e. Rotherfield] in the text referring to the pension. Slightly stained.
Latin.
Date: 25 August 1282
Quantity: 1 membrane, seal tape and pendant seal
Notice that there is 'no comma' after 'Brichnod Cobbe' 'and and the whole
of Rotherfield Hundred' . So, it appears by this that Brichnod may be
associated with the 'Rotherfield Hundred'.
So now, I have to ask... who the heck is - Brichnod Cobbe (who witnessed
the above confirmation back in the 1217-1230s? Brichnod Cobbe must have
known Gilbert de Tonnebregg, Earl of Hertford [1217-1230]. Is he somehow
related to John Cobbe and Henry Cobbe?
Rotherfield Hundred
Rotherfield Hundred was an Ancient District in the county of Sussex, in
England.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS227US227&q=%22Rotherfi...
and http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=Pullein042&xid=A&xnm=1
And in http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=Pullein055&Xid=C&xnm=1 it lists
in 12 96 the inhabitants of Rotherfield Hundred... Walter Frythe being one
of them, Geoffry att Frythe, ... then it says... "for FRYTHE is the old
Frith ferling named often in the Rotherfied Manor Rolls:"... in the 1327
Rolls... you have Thomas Wallesism Gilbert att Frith, Richard atte Frith, in
the 1332 Rolls... Henry Cat (he is in earlier ones too), Gilbert att
Frythe, Richard atte Frythe, and Robert de Bromfield (a Bromfield marries a
Cobb), Henry Cat... is he related to the early female (Alice CUTTS) in the
COBBS, a John Catts. And on pg 14 it says that the Danish word named land
lying at Mark Cross This division of the Manor of Rotherfeld called Frith.
Frith in Danish meant a field taken out of a wood and remaining untilled.
The same word used by the Anglo-Saxon to signify "a retired glen where peace
is found" . Thus, a frithgild was a union of neighbours pledged tp preserve
peace, and a frith-stool was a seat in the santuary placed in a church....
the Danish tongue we owe the ferling of Frith at Mark Crossm which gave a
surname to certain of the Kings taxpayers in AD 1296. IT was later
corrupted to Fyrght and Fright's Farm tells us where the ferling lay.
In http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=Pullein045&xid=B&xnm=1 -
Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein
published by Courier in 1928 ... this reference it mentions Richard de
Tonnebregg's wife Rohesia, daughter of Walter Giffard. I only mention that
as we later have a Crosia Frith, wife of Robert COBB. Rohesia sound similar
to Crosia and it may give us a possible clue to her familial background.
Just a thought. Crosia I found means 'Cross' and there is a plantation in
Talbott County, Eastern Shore Maryland USA named 'Crosia-Dore'. In
http://books.google.com/books?id=mFEDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT248&dq=maryland+%22cro...
states that Walter Dickinson, a Quaker left England and purchased this land
in 1659 in Maryland and called it Crosia-Dore after first settling in
Virginia. So, it is then possible that the Cobb and Dickinson families
could have known each other.
And, down a few generations you have a CROSHAW (CROSIA aka CROSHER, CRUCHE,
CRAWSHAY, and CROHSAW) showing up.
In http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=Pullein057&Xid=G&xnm=1 it mentions
Alicia alter Cruche... "at the Cross"... my have lived by a wayside cross or
at a cross-road. Later it mentions a John atte Cruche
and then I found -
Maidstone Picture Gallery at
http://www.theweald.org/hpicturesgallery.asp?PId=PK.M.stone
and then I found English Homes and Villages (Kent and Sussex) at
http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=ladyh902
Lewes - http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh110&xid=A&xnm=1
and http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh122&xid=A&xnm=1 and
http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh120fp&xid=A&xnm=1
Kent - http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh153&xid=A&xnm=1
The Weald at Kent -
http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh227&xid=A&xnm=1 and
http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=ladyh232fp&xid=A&xnm=1http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=kenth900 Country Houses of Kent by
Arthur Oswald published by Country Life Ltd. in 1933
http://www.theweald.org/bw.asp?bookid=kc000 Images of the Castles in Kent
by Andrew Rowland published in 2007
http://www.theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=Pullein045&Xid=A&xnm=1 In this book
it says "Tonbridge was one of these places, and Odo had given it to Richard
de Claire"... it then talks about "Lanfranck... in Kent near Maidenstone".
So it appears that Rothersfield/Rotherfield Hundred is near Tonbridge and
that is also near Maidenstone where our COBBS lived. One reference
referrred The Weald as the Romney Marshes... where our COBBS also loved.
This land is the same are where Kind of Offa of Mercia was said to be in the
area and they come in through the early WHITEs.
Hope this helps to document the earliest of the COB/COBBE/COBBES/COBBS/COBB
line.
Best Regards,
Dolores Cobb Phifer
Hello. Have you seen this one... "The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jul., 1910), pp. 51-56" ?
Cobb or Cobbs Family
The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jul., 1910), pp. 51-56
doi:10.2307/1921421
This article consists of 6 page(s).
just a portion of it ...
"In 1682 Mr. Cobbs was appointed sheriff of York County by Sir Henry Chicheley. In 1679 Daniel Parke, Secretary of State, died and Mr. Cobbs was administrator of Virginia estate of Col. Parke. He married Elizabeth ___, born according to her deposition, in 1634. He died Dec. 29, 1682, and ... "
I'd love to see the entire article.
Thanks.
Dolores Cobb Phifer
Hi Mike. I found this looking for mom's side. I noticed COBBS, MAROT, PASTUER, SHIELDS, etc are on this list.. these are not in my direct line, but it should help you with the others.
Later, Dolores COBB Phifer
http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfmhttp://research.history.org/IntranetDHC/BBOW/Population/1725Query.cfm
Final Population List for 1725
Estimated Population for 1725: 360-390 (see Raw Numbers and Calculations for how this Number was Derived)
Number of Individuals that can be accounted for as living in Williamsburg in 1725 to some degree of Certainty: 189
The list below includes the names of 189 individuals identified as having lived in Williamsburg any time between 1724 and 1726. However, slaves, indentured servants, women and children are under-represented. James City County residents are also not fully accounted for because of the lack or records available for the south side of town. The individuals who could be identified as Williamsburg residents in 1725 are listed below along with their degree of certainty (click here for an explanation of the reliability ratings).
Hello WHITE-COBB Family Researchers... I just had to share some of the great
finds that have surfaced lately since our family is scattered across the
country...
This link (
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/amb/d0001/g0000173.html#I280 )
takes our COBBS/COBB line and connects it to this link
http://cappyzeb.freeyellow.com/ancestors/pages/white.htm which connects our
WHITE line to Criag's line where has taken our family and his way back
pretty far. See my connecting gennerations listed below...
Our COBBS/COBB-WHITE line -
Thomas WHITE (Robert WHITE and Elizabeth INGLEFIELD) and Agnes 'Alice' ALLER
Richard WHITE (Thomas WHITE and Agnes 'Alice' ALLER) and Helen KIRTON
Richard WHITE (son of Richard WHITE and Helen KIRTON) and Alice RICH
Robert WHITE (son of Richard WHITE and Alice RICH) and Susanna BOULDEN
Craig Balunsat's line at his WHITE Family research site
( http://cappyzeb.freeyellow.com/ancestors/pages/white.htm ) which takes our
WHITE side of our COBB line way back and even back further at (
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~craigsplace/site2/white/Gladys.html
) where Gladys (D.Of Hevallon AP CYNFYN) verch Rhywallon takes us back even
further... wow!
Craig's WHITE line where it connects with our common ancestors... his line
appears to be out of a different marriage... one to a Joane WEST and Robert
WHITE
and I am out of this marriage...
Ann WHITE (dau of Robert WHITE and Susanna BOULDEN) and Ambrose COBBS are my
9th gr-grandparents at can bee seen at (
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/amb/d0001/g0000173.html#I280 )
I must add here that I owe Craig Balunsat and his family a very big thanks
for all of this great research. Thanks Craig.
And, I again thank Mike Cobb and my other way distant cousins at the
COBBS-COBB Research site for all of their research as well. It's wonderful
to see our family growing even if it only on the web. Thanks Mike and the
rest of the COBBS/COBB (and related families)researcher cousins.
And a big thanks also goes out to one of our distant cousins - Connie Moss
(who my sister Fran connected with years back) at
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/Connie-L-Moss/WEBSITE-00... .
See infor for Susanna Boulden and Robert White and their daughter Ann White.
Great Job Connie and Thanks.
And, I have to thank Will Johnson for sending me this link on the
ThePeerage.com... which gives us a great reference source...
http://www.thepeerage.com/p17359.htm#i173582 . Thanks Will.
I am so excited to find these great links that takes our family back a few
more generations. Dad (crossed over Nov 2004) wanted us to know how far we
came and from who and to find the proof that supports our family stories.
One by one we are finding what we need to to help history come alive for the
next generations... dad's grands and great-grands. It was the family stories
that mom, dad, and other family members told that made history come alive
for us kids when we were in school... I guess that is why we love history
now and big kids. <smile>
Some of these references are missing citations and we are working it as the
best we can as I am sure the other researchers are as well. I just had to
share what I had found... sorry that I have been so quiet.
Best Regards.
Dolores Cobb Phifer
Hello. I found this website and pulled some of my sunames... Hope this helps, Dolores COBB Phifer
http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/PRTranscripts/LymingeBur.html
Burials 1538 to 1837, Lyminge Kent Online Parish Clerks Kent Online Parish Clerks
http://www.kent-opc.org
Send mail to the Administrator, Kent OPC or Contact Us
Ms. Susan D. Young,
Administrator,
Kent Online Parish Clerks
P.O. Box 29036, 125 Carlton Street,
St. Catharines, Ontario
CANADA L2R 7P9
Telephone:
(905) 688-0405
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Somerset, West
Sussex
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The following transcripts are set up as follows: Reference number; Year; Day; Month; Child's Forename(s); Son or Daughter; Parents Given Names; Surname; Notes
597 1595 25 Aug . COBBE d /o Ambrose
598 1595 27 Aug Ambrose COBBE s/o Ambrose
30 1540 27 Apr Peter WHITE
41 1542 31 Dec Thomas WHITE s/o Andrewe
90 1545 2 Jan Margaret WHITE d/o Andrewe
114 1546 17 Apr Richard WHITE servant of Robert KITE
125 1546 21 Aug William WHITE
166 1550 12 Sep Robert WHITE
190 1553 10 Jan ..ilype WHITE wid of Robert
197 1553 19 Aug Bartholemewe WHITE s/o Edward
284 1558 4 May Richard WHITE
414 1574 25 Jan Elizabeth WHITE wid.
459 1581 20 Aug Ursela WHITE d /o Peter
505 1587 15 Jun Peter WHITE householder
613 1598 28 Feb Joane WHITE wid.
684 1608 14 Dec John WHITE
774 1620 20 Dec .. WHITE of Peter
779 1621 10 Dec John WHITE
850 1630 7 Apr John WHITE s/o Robert
896 1636 17 Aug William WHITE
957 1642 10 May Robert WHITE
1011 1653 16 Oct Thomas WHITE s/o Paul & Mary
1040 1655 3 Jan Thomas WHITE
1049 1657 25 Mar Anne WHITE wif of Robert
1051 1657 20 May John WHITE s/o Paul & Mary
1213 1678 4 Dec Elizabeth WHITE
1251 1681 17 Jun .ier WHITE
1256 1681 5 Feb Mar WHITE
1264 1682 19 Feb Peter WHITE infant
1282 1685 27 Oct Richard WHITE s/o John & Martha
1295 1686 4 Jun Anthony WHITE
1321 1688 29 Aug Henry & Sarah WHITE s&d/o John & Martha
1365 1693 22 Oct John WHITE
1413 1697 29 Jun John WHITE
1498 1705 15 Jul Martha WHITE wife of John
1565 1713 8 May Stephen WHITE s/o Peter & Ann
1658 1721 27 Aug John WHITE
1717 1728 9 Aug Paul WHITE
1722 1729 27 Apr Elizabeth WHITE
1765 1734 28 Feb Edward WHITE
1819 1742 1 Apr William WHITE
1974 1760 11 Mar Mary WHITE wid
2439 1808 15 May William WHITE infant
2583 1825 11 Feb George WHITE 30 Lyminge
2620 1828 23 Apr Mary Grace WHITE 50 Lyminge
2678 1833 26 Mar Abby WHITE 10 mths Dover
2686 1833 19 Oct James WHITE 81 Lyminge
919 1638 16 Sep Elizabeth BOULDEN wif of Henry
no WRIGHT found
no RICH found
no KIRTON found
no ALLER found
several WALLER found
no GAYNSFORD found
no ENGLEFIELD found
no INGLEFIELD found
no HUNGERFORD found
no ALECIA found
1774 1736 9 May Elizabeth YOUNG
1790 1738 26 Oct Elizabeth YOUNG wife of John
1825 1742 24 May Mary YOUNG
1851 1745 10 Oct John YOUNG
2080 1770 6 Dec John YOUNG
2142 1777 23 Jun Richard YOUNG
2193 1783 30 Mar Elizabeth YOUNG 85
2269 1792 5 Oct Thomas YOUNG 74
2671 1832 2 Sep John Young MARSH 22 Rhodes Minnis
several YOUNGE found
1238 1680 11 Oct Mrs Margery HUNT
1315 1688 25 Jul Margaret HUNT
1359 1693 28 Sep Thomas HUNT
1510 1706 1 Nov Eliz HUNT d/o Thomas & Margaret
1529 1708 10 Nov Mary HUNT d/o Thomas & Margaret
1852 1745 17 Nov Margret HUNT
1919 1753 24 May Thomas HUNT
2295 1795 2 Feb Richard HUNT infant
no Hawlett found
no Thorpe found
Kent line Parish Clerks
My Surnames: COBBE, WHITE, BOULDEN, WRIGHT, RICH, KIRTON, ALLER , WALLER, GAYNSFORD, ENGLEFIELD, INGLEFIELD, HUNGERFORD, HAWLETT, THORPE, YOUNG, YOUNGE, HUNT
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http://brideindex.info/Pages/u1009.html
UNKNOWN
Alice
Husband: John Cobbs
No marriage date. One child born: ABT 1420
http://wilkey-wilkie-book.com/Web_DownLo/wilkey_peterkin.ged
UNKNOWN
Alice Alecia
Date of birth: 1419
Place of birth: Swanborn,Hampshire,England
Husband: Robert White
Place of marriage: Swanborn,Hampshire,England
Date of marriage: 1435
http://www.lehnherr.com/genealogy/zen/zen.ged
===========================================================================================
Thanks so much Charlotte - I have been looking for such a site with so many links.!!
Margie
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This is a good site for English Research
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Hi all,
I am very sorry for this post reaching the list. It was held for review,
but, because of the length, the final paragraph was not included in the
material to review. I read the section pertaining to COBB[S] research and felt it
was appropriate to send on to listmembers. Unfortunately, the final paragraph
contained text soliciting funds to continue the poster's research, which is
strictly forbidden on Rootsweb mailing lists. Please delete the post and I
will attempt to have it deleted from the list archives.
Kind regards,
Eireann, COBB & COBBS listmgr.
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Greetings, everyone!
We have reached a critical juncture in the quest to find the English
roots of the Cobb(s) and Flinton families of Jamestown, Virginia. I am
reaching out to everyone at this time, because I need your help getting
us "across the pond".
Due to his unusual name, Pharao Flynton may be the easiest to trace.
According to this book , Pharao's name was found in the East Riding of
Yorkshire or in the adjacent county of Lancashire, both in the upper
Midlands of England. That ties in nicely with what the magazine article
that I recently sent out to everyone, which mentioned the Greater
Manchester area, because before 1974 Manchester was considered to be in
Lancashire.
*Curiosities of the Puritan Nomenclature by Charles Bardsley London 1880
*(from http://theancestrystore.com/)
This pioneering study surveys the development of English given names
from the Conquest to the nineteenth century, with emphasis on the
innovations introduced by Puritans in the late sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. The text is liberally supported by hundreds of examples from
parish registers.
Bardsley begins with the Conquest, noting the prevalence of Anglo-Saxon
names, and then the introduction of a new set of given names from the
Continent. He discusses pet names and nicknames as well.
The core of the book challenges the then prevailing opinion that unusual
Puritan names dated from the Commonwealth period. The author shows that
the increase in the use of Old Testament names came with the rise of the
Puritan movement during the reign of Queen Elizabeth [1558-1603].
Bardsley argues that the movement was begun by Puritan ministers in the
naming of their own children, and that the widespread availability of
the Geneva Bible and the associated rise in literacy were crucial in the
spread of this usage of given names.
An important section of the book looks at the narrower but important
category of names expressing desired Puritan qualities, names such as
Suretrust and Faintnot. Names of this sort also had their origins in
Elizabethan times.
*A quote from the book:*
Puritanism made early stand in Yorkshire, though in the matter of
nomenclature the northern counties seem to have been the slowest to take
up the new custom. Puritan names still linger in our northern dales. "If
we look over the pages of the directories of West Yorkshire and East
Lancashire and strike out surnames, we could imagine we were consulting
anciently inscribed registers of Joppa or Jericho. It would seem as if
Canaan and the West Riding had got inextricably mixed. What a spectacle
meets our eye? Within the limits of ten leaves we have three Pharaohs,
while as many Hephzibahs are to be found on a single page. Adah and
Zillah Pickles, sisters, are milliners; Jehoiada Rhodes makes saws--not
Solomon's sort -- and Hariph Crawshaw keeps a farm; Vashni, from
somewhere in the Chronicles, is rescued from oblivion by Vashni
Wilkinson, coal merchant, who very likely goes to Barzillai Williamson,
on the same page, for his joints, Barzillai being a butcher. Jachin,
known but to a few as as situated in the Book of Kings, is in the person
of Jachin Firth, beer retailer, familiar to all his neighbours. Heber
Holdsworth on one page is faced by Er Illingworth on the other. Asa and
Joab are extremely popular, while Abner, Adna, Ashael, Erastus, Eunice
Benaiah, Aquila, Elihu, and Philemon enjoy a fair amount of patronage.
Shradrack, Meshach, and Abednego, having been rescued from Chaldean
fire, have been deluged with baptismal water." Mahershalalhashbaz seems
a popular name, and Pontius Pilate has a good christian to represent him
[...]
The origins of Richard and Joseph Cobb may be tougher to ascertain,
because their names were relatively common at that time. However, Queen
Elizabeth did apparently send 4,000 soldiers to the Low Countries in
1585 after signing the Treaty of Nonsuch, so the family tradition that
Joseph Cobb(s) was born in Holland may certainly be true.
With your help, I believe we may be able to solve this 400 year old
mystery. At this point, we are investigating the possibly of DNA testing
of a direct male-line descendant of Joseph Cobb, which will cost
approximately 200.00, as well hiring a professional genealogist, which
is 25.00GBP per hour. If a lot of us chip in, it should be very little
per person as I believe that there are many, many descendants of Joseph
Cobb(s) and Elizabeth Flinton.
Please take the time to set up a Paypal account and send whatever amount
you care to (as little as 5.00-20.00) to Bill Cobb at
bcobb10b(a)bellsouth.net, as well as forwarding this note to any Cobb
relative or descendant that you can think of. This is a very special
year, as it the 400th aniversary of the founding of Jamestown, and it
would be even more special if we found the records of our mutual
ancestors back in "the Old Country"! Of course, we will continue to keep
you posted on all developments.
Best regards,
Stephanie