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Joseph Cobb, I

Male 1588 - Bef 1653  (< 65 years)


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  • Name Joseph Cobb 
    Suffix
    Born 1588  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1 Mar 1653  Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7905  MyTree
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2011 

    Family Elizabeth Flinton,   b. Abt 1598, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 7 Mar 1756, Nansemond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 158 years) 
    Married Abt 1609  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry Cobb
    +2. Joseph Cobb, II,   b. Abt 1610, Amsterdam, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 Mar 1653, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     3. Benjamin Cobb,   b. Abt 1612, Warrosquyoake Co. (now Isle of Wight Co.), VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1653, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
     4. Elizabeth Cobb,   b. Abt 1626, Warrosquyoake Co. (now Isle of Wight Co.), VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1701, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
    +5. Nicholas Cobb, Sr.,   b. Abt 1628, Warrosquyoake Co. (now Isle of Wight Co.), VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 8 May 1686, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
    +6. Pharoah Cobb,   b. Between 1635 and 1640, Warrosquyoake Co. (now Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 31 May 1701, Nansemond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F4068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Joseph Cobbs I was born in England abt 1588. In 1613 he arrived in Virginia on the London Company ship, "Treasurer". He settled on land east of the James River. He returned to England and then back to Virginia to prepare for the arrival of his family. His wife, Elizabeth Flinton, and their sons, Benjamin and Joseph, arrived in Virginia in 1625 on the "Bonnie Bess". Elizabeth was the sister of a colonial physician named Pharoah Flinton. Pharoah Cobb, who was born sometime before 1641, was named for him. Joseph Cobb was granted 400 acres in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. His Will was executed in 1654, and is probated in Isle of Wight County Will Book A, page 520.
      Apparently Elizabeth widow of Joseph married 2nd William Ridley who
      died in 1671.

      Children of Joseph Cobbs and wife Elizabeth:
      1. Joseph Cobb Jr. 1610 Amsterdam - 1654
      a. Elizabeth Cobb
      married Richard Hutchins
      2. Benjamin Cobb 1611/12 Amsterdam -
      *a. Elizabeth Cobb
      married Francis Hutchins [brother of Richard]
      3. Pharoah Cobb ca 1624 - 1701
      married Ann
      married 2nd Mary
      a. Joseph Cobb ca 1660 - 1752
      married Susanna *Braswell
      b. Edward Cobb ca 1662/5 -
      i. Nicholas Cobb 1689 - 1752
      4. Elizabeth Cobb ca 1626 -
      *married Charles Barham d 1690
      5. Henry Cobb no record
      6. Nicholas Cobb ca 1630/32 - 1686
      married Susanna Byrd
      7. Jane Cobb 1626 -
      married William Tooke 1626 - 1675
      8. daughter ca 1620 -
      married Edmund Prime
      *Joe Cobb notes there is no direct proof of the connection. but the
      records indicates it
      (Sources: "Nicholas Cobb Descendants, Neighbors and Relatives
      1613-1983" by Joe H Cobb 1983; and "The Cobbs of the Tidewater" by
      Bruce Montgomery Edwards 1976)

      Joseph Cobbs, who was probably also a Puritan and may have been born in Holland, arrived in Jamestown (or James Cittie, as it was known then) in 1613 on the ship Treasurer. He married an Elizabeth, who was probably related to Farrar "Pharaoh" Flinton, another Jamestown settler. This "Pharao Flynton" witnessed the will of Christopher Lawne, for whom Lawne's Creek was named. Joseph and Elizabeth subsequently named one of their sons "Pharaoh", as well, thus introducing the name into this branch of the Cobb family. I like to think that the name serves as a male genetic marker for this line! [Note: the spelling F-a-r-r-a-h, as in Farrah Fawcett, the actress, is closer phonetically to the actual pronounciation of "Pharaoh" within the family]
      The given name Farrar may have originated at the surname Farrar; see the will of John Farrowe alias Farrar. For another possible explanation of the name, see an article (on page 312) from a 1927 issue of the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine.
      By 1617 the Virginia colony had been divided into the Incorporations of Henricus, Charles City, James City, and Kecoughtan. In 1624, the Virginia Company lost its proprietary charter, and Virginia became a royal colony. In 1634, the King of England directed the formation of eight shires (or counties) in the colony, which had by then approximately 5,000 inhabitants:
      1. Charles City
      2. Elizabeth City - which replaced the "heathen" name of Kecoughtan
      3. Henrico
      4. James City
      5. Accomack
      6. Charles River
      7. Warrosquyoake Shire (renamed Isle of Wight County in 1637)
      8. Warwick River
      Joseph and Elizabeth Cobb eventually moved from Elizabeth Cittie, where they were recorded living in the Muster of 1624/5, to Isle of Wight county, along with many other Puritans. According to Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight by John Bennett Boddie:
      In June, 1642, the county was divided into two parishes. The General Assembly ordered the commissioners of Isle of Wight to obtain surveyors to divide the county provided that the profits of the whole county "remain unto Mr. Faulkner, clerke, during his residence there, notwithstanding any other minister that should be employed on any of the said parishes during the interim. The parishes to be called The Upper and Lower Parishes.
      "The Upper Parish to extend from Lawne's Creek to the eastern side of the bay, the creek dividing the plantation of Sam Davis and Joseph Cobbs to be the extent of the division of the said Upper Parish.
      "The Lower Parish to extend from Pagan's Point upon the bay including all the southerly side to the plantation of the said Cobbs."
      In the census of settlers taken in Virginia, 7 February 1624/25, Joseph Cobb made his muster in Elizabeth City County where many of the settlers were then living because of fear of the Indians. His muster included himself Joseph Cobb, aged 25, in the "Treasoror", 1613, Elizabeth Cobb, aged 25, in the "Bone Bes", 1623, and John Snowood, aged 25, vessel and year of arrival not stated.1,5,6
      In 1629 the Court ordered Joseph Cobb, Gent. and Mr. Farrar Flinton, to appraise the goods of Thomas Clarke who died at sea on the Elizabeth of London, May 1625.7
      Joseph Cobb received a grant of 400 acres of land in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 4 August 1637, on a "branch of Warwicksquike River, now called New Town haven," and on the back creek parting it from the land of John Vaslers, due for the personal adventure of himself, wife, Elizabeth, two sons Joseph and Benjamin, and four servants; renewed 1 September 1643. Few of the land grants even to the earliest planters were recorded before 1635.
      In an Act of Assembly, 6 January 1638/39, Joseph Cobb was named as a tobacco viewer from "the Indian feild to the Levie neck."
      In 1642, Isle of Wight was divided into two parishes. The Upper Parish was to extend from Lawne's Creek to the eastern side of the Bay, the creek dividing the plantation of Samuel Davis and Joseph Cobb in Isle of Wight County.
      Joseph Cobbs made his will 1 March 1653/54, "aged sixty years," in Isle of Wight County mentioning wife Elizabeth Cobbs and children Benjamin Cobbs, Pharoah Cobbs and Elizabeth Cobbs.
      Whereas Pharaoh Cobbs and Ann his wife by their deed dated 10 April 1671, confirmed to George Williams a tract of land in L.P. [Lower Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia] which land was sold by Pharaoh Cobbs and Elizabeth, his mother to Saml. Haswell and is now in the possession of Richard Reynolds, Jr., and Eliz. his wife the dau. of the said George Williams and lawful inheritrix. Now, we Richard Hutchins and Elizabeth. His wife, the dau. of Joseph Cobbs, Jr., dec. the eldest son of Joseph Cobbs, Sr., dec. for 1000 lbs. tbco. sell to Richard Reynolds, Jr., and confirmed by Richard Hutchins and wife Eliz. of Western Branch Nansemond County. 10 April 1671.
      Indenture, 9 July 1693, between Richard Hutchins and Elizabeth. His wife of Western Branch Parish in Nansemond County and Col. Arthur Smith of Lower Parish. Richard Hutchins and Elizabeth., his wife, dau. and only heir of Joseph Cobb, the Younger who was son and heir apparent of Joseph Cobb, the Elder, now both deceased, for consideration of 2250 lbs. tbco. paid by Col. Smith, deeds him 130 acres [Isle of Wight County, Virginia] adj. Smith, running to Mr. Hardins and Cobbs, to Pharaoh Cobbs to John Hole. (signed) Richard (RH) Hutchins.