Henry COBB

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5 October 1596 , Reculver, Kent, England

Died

3 June 1679 , Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Born: 5 October 1596 in Reculver, Kent, England

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Henry married Patience HURST abt. 1632 in Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Patience HURST was born abt. 1611 Patience died 4 May 1648 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis).

Henry COBB died 3 June 1679 in Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony .
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Henry COBB married

Patience HURST
Marriage date: abt. 1632
Marriage place: , Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: plimoth.org

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Henry Cobb married (1) Patience Hurst by 1632 and

had seven children. She was buried on May 4, 1648, in Barnstable. He married (2) Sarah Hinckley on December 12, 1649, in Barnstable and had eight children. She died before March 2, 1679-80.

Children of Henry and Patience Cobb:

John was born in Plymouth on June 7, 1632. He married Martha Nelson in Plymouth on April 28, 1658, and had five children. He died in Plymouth on February 21, 1714-5.

James was born in Plymouth on January 14, 1634. He married Sarah Lewis in Barnstable on December 26, 1663, and had eleven children. She married (2) Jonathan Sparrow on November 23, 1698 as his third wife.

Mary was born in Scituate on March 24, 1636-7. She married Jonathan Dunham in Plymouth on October 15, 1657, as his second wife and had six children. He died in Edgartown on December 18, 1717.

Hannah was born in Scituate on October 5, 1639. She married Edward Lewis in Barnstable on May 9, 1661, and had four children.

Patience was born about March 15,1641-2, in Barnstable. She married (1) Robert Parker in August 1667 as his second wife and had eight children. He died by March 2, 1684-5. She

married (2) William Crocker after June 1, 1685. She died on October 23, 1727.

Gershom was born in Barnstable in January 1644-5. He died, unmarried, during King Philip’s War, and was buried in Swansea on June 24, 1675.

Eliezer was born in Barnstable about March 30, 1648. He was living on Barnstable in 1703, apparently unmarried.

Children of Henry COBB and Patience HURST

John COBB

Born: 7 June 1632, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 21 February 1714, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Martha NELSON 28 April 1658 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

Married: Jane GODFREY 13 June 1676 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

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Birth — 1596
5 October 1596
Reculver, Kent, England

1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1632 Birth of Child
John COBB was born 7 June 1632, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

Henry was 35 years old.

1648 Death of Spouse/Partner
Patience HURST died 4 May 1648, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis)

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1658 Marriage of Child
John COBB married 28 April 1658, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach) to Martha NELSON

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1676 Marriage of Child
John COBB married 13 June 1676, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Jane GODFREY

Death — 1679
3 June 1679
Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
He died at the age of 82.

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