Jonathan COBB

Father: Samuel COBB
Mother: Elizabeth TAYLOR

Family 1: Sarah HOPKINS

(1) Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com.

  1. Jonathan COBB
  2. Sarah COBB
  3. Benjamin COBB
  4. Samuel COBB
  5. Elkanah COBB
  6. Eleazer COBB
  7. Elizabeth COBB
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                     _Henry COBB _____|
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 _Samuel COBB ______|
|                   |                  _Samuel HINCKLEY _
|                   |_Sarah HINCKLEY _|
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|--Jonathan COBB
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|                    _Richard TAYLOR _|
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|_Elizabeth TAYLOR _|
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Notes

Updated December 21, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records in the United States, 1628-1865 via Ancestry.com

"Samuel COBB and Elizabeth married... Jonathan [born] 25 of December 1694"

(2) Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable [Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Pages 174-175.

"Jonathan [COBB], 25th Dec. 1694, married Oct. 20, 1715, Sarah HOPKINS of Harwich. The records of this family are incomplete. He had Benjamin, born June 25, 1726, married Bethia HOMER of Yarmouth, and was afterwards a merchant of Boston; Samuel, born May 21, 1728; Elkanah, born Aug. 9, 1731; Eleazer born Dec. 28, 1734, married Keshiah, daughter of Eleazer CROSBY; and Elizabeth born April 30, 1738; married --- CROSBY. Besides the above he had a son Jonathan, who married Mary CLARK, bor about 1716, who was the father of Elijah, --Scotto, 1741, Isaac 1745, John, Seth, Mary, Sally, Hannah, Betsey and Elkanah. Scotto above named was the father of the late Gen. Elijah COBB, whose son Elijah, a merchant of Boston, died Aug. 1861."

(3) Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Page 72-73

"JONATHAN COBB (Samuel-2, Henry-1), b. Dec. 25, 1694 at Barnstable, Mass. 'Jonathan COB and Sarah HOPKINS were married one October 20:1715 by Mr. Nathanaell STONE' (Harwich V. R. MD 6:83). After living in Barnstable a few years they moved to Harwich, Mass. Sarah died July 27, 1753, Aet. 59th yr. (Mort. Rec. Brewster), and Dec. 6, 1753 the marriage intentions were published of 'Mr. Jonathan COB of Harwich and Mrs. Mehitabel HOPKINS of Yarmouth'. (Har. T. R. 2:106). Jonathan died Aug. 3, 1773, Aet. 80th yr. (Mort. Rec. Brewster). He left a will dated June 6, 1766, in which he mentions 'Mehitable my well beloved wife -- my natural and well beloved sons Jonathan COBB, Benjamin COBB and Eleazer COBB, -- my natural and well beloved daughters Sarah MAYO and Elizabeth FREEMAN.' His son Jonathan to be executor..."

"The date of removal from Barnstable to Harwich seems to have been about 1721..."

Children: Jonathan, Sarah, Benjamin, Samuel, Elkanah, Eleazer, Elizabeth

(4) Hopkins Family Marriage Records in the United States via Ancestry.com

- Name: Jonathan COBB
- Spouse: Sarah HOPKINS
- Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1715
- Marriage Place: Harwich, Mass.

(5) Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages via Ancestry.com

- Name: Jonathan COB
- Gender: Male
- Marriage Date: 8 Dec 1753
- Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Spouse: Mrs. Mehitable HOPKINS

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Jonathan COBB
- Birth: 25 Dec 1694
- Death: 3 Aug 1773 (aged 78)
- Burial: Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Inscription: "In Memory of Mr. Jonathan COBB Died Aug the 3d 1773 in the 80th Year of his Age"
- Memorial ID: 69033824