Thankful COBB
- BIRTH: 10 Jun 1687; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (now part of USA)
- DEATH: 7 Apr 1771
- BURIAL: Old North Cemetery; Truro, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, USA
Father: James COBB
Mother: Sarah LEWIS
Family 1: Thomas PAINE
- MARRIAGE: 17 May 1705; Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (now part of USA)
- CHILDREN:
- Thankful PAINE
- Thomas PAINE
- James PAINE
- Hannah PAINE
- Hugh PAINE
- Samuel PAINE
- Mary PAINE
- Abner PAINE
- Ephraim PAINE
- Mercy PAINE
- (unknown son) PAINE
- Sarah PAINE
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_Henry COBB _____|
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_James COBB __|
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| |_Patience HURST _|
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|_Sarah LEWIS _|
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Notes
Updated December 24, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Barnstable
"James COB & Sarah LEWES... his Daughter Thankful born ye 10 of June 1687"
(2) Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable [Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Page 173.
"Thankful [COBB], 10th June, 1687. The four daughters last named [e.d., which includes Thankful] had shares in the estate of their father at the settlement made in 1696. Their mother married in 1698, Jonathan SPARROW, Esq., of Eastham, and these daughters probably removed to that town with her."
(3) Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Pages 32-33.
- Cites Eastham Records: "Thomas PAINE Junr and Thankfull COB were married on the seventeenth day of May 1705 (Eastham V. R. May. Desc. VI 206)" - Cites Registry: "Thomas PAINE was born Feb 28, 1681-2, the son of Thomas and Hannah PAINE of Truro. He died at Truro Apr. 15 1745, and his wife Thankful died Apr. 7, 1771 (Reg. XXII 63, 190)" - Cites Truro Church Records; children listed as: Thankfull; Thomas; James; Hugh; Samuel; Mary; Abner; Ephraim; Mercy (May. Desc. IX 56, 57, 75, 76, 77)
(4) U.S. and International Marriage Records via Ancestry.com
- Name: Thankful COBB
- Gender: Female
- Spouse Name: Thomas PAINE
- Spouse Birth Place: MA
- Spouse Birth Year: 1681
- Marriage Year: 1705
(5) Mayflower Births and Deaths via Ancestry.com: Volume 2
"Thomas PAINE-5 (Tho.4) & Thankful COBB: (12) [Truro VR:2]". His Mayflower lineage is: Thomas PAINE-5; Thomas PAINE-4; Mary SNOW-3; Constance HOPKINS-2; Stephen HOPKINS-1
(6) Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. II via Ancestry.com
"Thomas PAINE, Esq., son of Thomas and Hannah of Truro, married Thankful COBB, May 12, 1705. He died at Truro, April 15, 1745. His widow, Thankful, died April 7, 1771, in her 84th year. He was a very prominent man in Truro. For many years a Justice, selectman and clerk. He was 'one of the Elders of the Church of Christ in Truro.' He died intestate. By wife Thankful, he had: Thankful, born in Eastham, June 9, 1707. Thomas, born in Truro, May 23, 1710, married Mary VICKERICE, Sept. 23, 1731. He died June 4, 1752, in his 43rd year. By trade he was a blacksmith. James, born April 15, 1712, died April 2, 1734, aged 21 years. Hannah, born Dec. 20, 1713. Hugh, born April 14, 1716, married Jerusha RICH, Sept. 4, 1740. He died Nov. 28, 1748, aged 32. By trade a carpenter. Samuel, born May 2, 1718, married Sarah CROWELL, Feb. 13, 1752. Mary, born March 20, 171-. Abner, born Jan. 11, 1721-2, married Jane ---. Ephraim, born May 10, 1723. Nothing farther of him known. Mercy, born Oct. 7, 1725. ---, son, Oct. 13, 1728. Sarah, born May 20, 1730, died unmarried, Oct. 12, 1758, in her 29th year."
(7) Find a Grave
- Thankfull COBB PAINE
- Birth: 10 Jun 1687
- Death: 7 Apr 1771 (aged 83)
- Burial: Old North Cemetery; Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 43593497