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Benjamin Cobb

Benjamin Cobb

Male Abt 1702 - Abt 1794  (92 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Cobb 
    Birth Abt 1702  Lawnes Creek Parish, Surrey Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1794  Watuga Territory, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7893  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Joseph * Cobb, Sr.,   b. Between 1670 and 1680, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1753, Northampton Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Susanna Braswell,   b. Aft 1680, Southampton Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1753, Northampton Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 71 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1694  Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Tobie 
    Marriage 1720  Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Pharoah Cobb,   b. Abt 1730, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1790, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +2. Mary Cobb,   b. Abt 1735, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1798, Washington Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +3. William (?) Cobb, Sr.,   b. 1739, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Sep 1802, McMillan Station, Knox Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +4. John Cobb,   b. Abt 1743, Williamsburg, James City, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1792, Isle of Wight Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F4063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin was born at Lawnes Creek Parish in Surry County, Virginia.
      His family returned to Isle of Wight County in 1715 and lived south of
      Blackwater, near Ivor (now in Southampton County, Virginia). Soon
      after 1739 he bought land near Pendleton in Bertie County (now
      Northampton County), North Carolina. Sometime in the mid to late 1750s
      Benjamin sold his land and moved to Craven County, South Carolina. In
      1769 he was among militiamen from Craven County who took part in a
      campaign under Colonel George Gabriel Powell against the Cherokee.
      Later in 1769 Benjamin with his family and over a hundred slaves moved
      into the Watauga territory that later became Sullivan County,
      Tennessee. He owned 600 acres on Knob Creek and another 600 acres on
      the south side of the Watauga River. He was a member of the Washington
      County Grand Jury on August 27, 1788. Benjamin died sometime after
      1793. His children were Pharoah, William and Mary.
      (Source: http://64.235.34.221/rosehill/gencobb.htm)