Gershom COBB

Father: Jonathan COBB
Mother: Hope CHIPMAN

Family 1: Maletiah SMITH

(1) Source: Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Pages 79.

  1. Hope COBB
  2. Jonathan COBB
  3. Perez COBB
  4. Andrew COBB
  5. Joseph COBB
  6. Lydia COBB
  7. Sylvanus COBB
  8. Ebenezer COBB
                                    ___________________
                  _Henry COBB _____|
                 |                 |___________________
 _Jonathan COBB _|
|                |                  _Samuel HINCKLEY __
|                |_Sarah HINCKLEY _|
|                                  |___________________
|
|--Gershom COBB
|
|                                   _Thomas CHIPMAN ___
|                 _John CHIPMAN ___|
|                |                 |_? DERBY __________
|_Hope CHIPMAN __|
                 |                  _John HOWLAND _____
                 |_Hope HOWLAND ___|
                                   |_Elizabeth TILLEY _

Notes

Updated December 9, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

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

"CHILDREN of Jonathan COB & Hope (CHIPMAN-3) HUCKENS: (6) [Barnstable VR, MD 3:150]... Gershom COB-4, bpt. 7 July 1695"

(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

"His [Jonathan COBB's] children were... Gershom bap't 7th July, 1695..."

(3) Cobb, Philip L. History of the Cobb Family. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, self-published, 1907. Pages 40, 79-80.

- "GERSHOM COBB (Jonathan-2, Henry-1), bapt. July 7, 1695 at Barnstable, Mass. (Ch. Rec.) He was about eight years old when his father moved to Middleboro, Mass."
- "January:19th:1726-7: Then Gershom COB and Melatiah SMITH both of Middleboro after Lawful publication: were married pr Peter THACHER (MD: 5:39)"
- "Gershom COBB was elected deacon in the church at Middleboro in 1745. He died at Hardwick, Mass. August 28, 1781, and his wife Melatiah died March 26, 1788, aged 83. Both are buried in Hardwick (Hist. Hardwick)"
- Children: Hope b. Nov 10, 1727; Jonathan b. Nov. 14, 1729; Perez b. Aug. 5, 1731; Andrew, b. Oct. 13, 1733; Joseph b. Jany. 23, 1735-6; Lydia b. May 31, 1739; Sylvanus b. June 13, 1741; Ebenezer b. May 27, 1744.

(4) Paige, Lucius Robinson. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Houghton, Mifflin, 1883. Page 352.

"Gershom, m. Meletiah, dau. of John SMITH, 19 Jan. 1726-7... Gershom was not the 'first deacon' of the Middleborough church, as inscribed on his head-stone, but was elected in 1745 to that office. Late in life he rem. to IIk., where he died 28 Aug. 1781, a. 86; his w. Meletiah, d. 26 Mar. 1788, a. 83. A large head-stone near the gate of the old cemetery denotes the place where their bodies are deposited."

(5) Find a Grave

- Name: Gershom COBB
- Birth: 7 Jul 1695
- Death: 28 Aug 1781 (aged 86)
- Burial: Old Hardwick Cemetery; Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
- Inscription: "In memory of Mr. Gershom COBB the first deacon of the church at Middleborough who died August 28 1781 in the 87th year of his age". Wife's inscription (they share a marker): "In memory of M. Maletiah wife of Deacon Gershom COBB who died March 26 1788 in the 84th year of her age"
- Memorial ID: 119767332

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Gersham Cobb -4.