Eleazer COBB

Father: Samuel COBB
Mother: Elizabeth TAYLOR

Family 1: Reliance PAINE

(1) Source: Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Pages 74-76.

  1. Benjamin COBB
  2. Joseph COBB
  3. Reliance COBB
  4. Patience COBB
                                       __________________
                     _Henry COBB _____|
                    |                 |__________________
 _Samuel COBB ______|
|                   |                  _Samuel HINCKLEY _
|                   |_Sarah HINCKLEY _|
|                                     |__________________
|
|--Eleazer COBB
|
|                                      __________________
|                    _Richard TAYLOR _|
|                   |                 |__________________
|_Elizabeth TAYLOR _|
                    |                  __________________
                    |_________________|
                                      |__________________

Notes

Updated January 3, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

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

"Samuel COB & Elizabeth Married... Eleazer [born] 14 of January 1696"

(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 175.

"Eleazer [COBB], born 14th Jan. 1696, married Reliance PAINE Oct. 18, 1724. He occupied the house build by his father. He died Sept. 21, 1731 aged 35, and his widow married John COLEMAN Aug. 5, 1736. She continued to reside on the COBB farm till her death, June 11, 1742. The children of Elzear COBB born in Barnstable were, Benjamin Nov. 20, 1725; Joseph 28th March, 1727, died 11th Oct. 1737; and Reliance, 30th Sept. 1728, married 1747 Paul CROWELL, Jr., of Chatham; and Patience, bap't 15th Aug. 1731, married Nathaniel ALLEN of Barnstable."

(3) Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Pages 74-76.

"ELZEAR COBB (Samuel-2, Henry-1), b. Jan. 14, 1696 at Barnstable, Mass. He married Reliance PAINE, b. Jan. 27, 1706, dau. of Joseph and Patience (SPARROW) PAINE (Reg. 22:189). After his death his widow married John COLEMAN, and continued to live on the COBB farm in Barnstable till her death, June 11, 1742"

- Cites Barnstable Town Records: "Oct 18th (1724) Eleazer COB and Reliance PAINE. (Mar. Int.)... John COLEMAN & Reliance COB (mar.) Aug. 5, 1736."
- Cites Barnstable Church Records: "Benjamin, Joseph, Reliance and Patience children of Eleazer and Reliance COBB were baptized Augt 15 1731"
- Cites East Cemetery, Barnstable: "Here lyes ye Body of Mr Eleazer COBB Who Died Septr 21st 1731 in ye 36th Year of his Age"
- Includes the full text of his will, where he described himself as "being under much decay of body by Sickness..."

(4) Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 via Ancestry.com: Volume 2

"CHILDREN of Eleazer COBB & Reliance PAINE-5 (Jos.-4): (4) [1-3, Barnstable VR]": Benjamin, Joseph, Reliance, Patience

(5) U.S. and International Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Eleazer COBB
- Gender: male
- Birth Place: MA
- Birth Year: 1696
- Spouse Name: Reliance PAINE

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Eleazer COBB
- Birth: 14 Jan 1696
- Death: 21 Sep 1731 (aged 35)
- Burial: Cobb's Hill Cemetery East and West; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 42957817