Absalom Cobb1,2

d. 1796
Absalom Cobb|d. 1796|p3979.htm|Robert Cobb|b. bt 1705 - 1712|p3973.htm|Mary Deberry||p3974.htm|Joseph Cobb|b. c 1684\nd. 11 Jul 1758|p3991.htm|Susannah (—?—) (Cobb)||p3992.htm|John Deberry||p3975.htm|Jane Sowerby||p3976.htm|

3rd great-granduncle of William Lemuel Horn Jr.
5th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Horn and Allied Families
     Absalom Cobb was the son of Robert Cobb and Mary Deberry.1 He married Priscilla.1,3 He died in 1796 in Northampton County, North Carolina.1
     
Additional Data
Absalom Cobb was mentioned in his father Robert Cobb's will dated 14 October 1765 in Northampton County, North Carolina.4,5

Absalom Cobb of Northampton County, North Carolina, left a willl dated 5 November 1796, proved June 1797, in which he mentions wife Priscilla and children Polly Deberry, Sally, Deberry and Lucretia.1,6

Children of Absalom Cobb and Priscilla (—?—) (Cobb)

Citations

  1. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia," in Historical Southern Families, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, editor. (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1968), 12: 193.
  2. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, comp. and ed., Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Vol. One, Families A-F (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), 707.
  3. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 711.
  4. [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 192, citing W. Bk. 1, p. 157.
  5. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 707, citing Northampton Co., N.C., Will Bk. 1, p. 76 (date only).
  6. [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 711, citing Northampton Co., N.C., Will Bk. 2, p. 156-57.