Re: Eliza Moon wife of Dickson Cobb
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Re: Eliza Moon wife of Dickson Cobb
Betty Harris 9/30/00
Hi Betty,
that sure is a lot of information! however i think you got the children of William Cobb Sr. and Barsheba Whitehead Cobb a little mixed up. Which is super easy to do since the family is huge and people married cousins so often.
i work at rocky mount historic site. William Cobb's home is open to the public, the people who work and volunteer there portray life in the 1700s as the Cobb family. it is a great place to learn about the Cobb family if oyu are interested. Part of training out there is to learn the family line fairly well. Here are the listings i have for William's children with Barsheba.
1. William Cobb II (m. Martha Boone )
Pharoah Cobb (m. his first cousin Barsheba Whitehead Cobb daughter of Stephen and Catherine Whitehead Cobb)
Penelope Cobb (m. her first cousin Hal Massengill II. at womack's fort during an Indian raid!)
there is some evidence Mr. Cobb may have also had a son named Jesse but the hardcore proof is not been found yet as far as i know.
My information on the Cobb line up until 1791 is pretty good.i know after Mrs. Cobb's death Mr. Cobb remarried and did have more children but i don't know their names by heart.i noticed you had a Tabitha Cobb listed as being their daughter, but i think she is Tabitha Cobb Massengill Solomon's wife. She is William Cobb's niece who again married her first cousin...that happened a lot here in those days.
i have more information on William and Barsheba's grandchildren and great grandchildren if you'd like it.
~W. R. P.