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The Will of Henery (Henry) Cobb
"The last Will and Testament of Mr. HenryCobb made this 4th of April1673 And
exhibited before the Court held attPlymouth: the third ofJune 1679 on the oathes of Mr. Thomas Hinckley andMistris Mary Hinckley his wife as followeth:
I, Henery Cobb of Barnstable though weakin body yett through the Mercye of God
ofdisposing mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this
Transitory Life; make this my Last Willand Testament heerby Revoking and
disanulling all former Will and Willsbyword or writing hertofore by mee made;
and doe heerby Constitute and desire toComit my soul to God in Jesus Christ who
Gave it and my body to decent burial; whenGod shall please to call mee hence;
and astouching my worldly estate which godhath beyond my deserts bestowed on mee
mywill is to dispose of it as followeth.
Imps. My Will is that all my debts inRight or Conscience to any man due, shall
be first discharged by my executrixheerafter Named; in Convenient time out of my
estate; and to his heires and assignesforever; hee having heertofore payed five
pounds to my son John Cobb for hisInterest therin; and wheras I heretofore Gave
half my Lands att Suconeesett unto my sonsJohn, James, Gershom and Eliezer
equally to be devided betwixt them whichwas with my Consent sold and
exchanged;and forty shillings being in thehand of my son James for my
brother Eliezer that forty shillings inpay Currant, with the Marchant; Item,I
will and bequeath my New dwelling houseand all the rest of my Lands both upland
and medow unto Sarah my deare and loveingwife, during her Natural life, for her
support; and bringing up the Children Ihad by her.
Item, my will is that after her decease;my son Samuell shall have my dwelling
house and two acrees of my upland; and anacree and a half of my Marsh; which I
bought with his Stock being the one halfof a parcell of Marsh, lying att Sandy
Neck; in partenorship with my son James.It, I will and bequeath to my sonnes
Samuell, Jonathan and Henery all of the Rest of my lands bothupland and
meddowes, To be equally divided betwixtthem after my said wifes decease, or
sooner if shee see cause; To each of themtheir heires and assignes for
ever; Item, I give and bequeath unto mysonnes John, Gershom and Eliezer
on shilling to each of them; and to mydaughters Mayr, Hannah and Patience to each
of them one shilling out of my estate;Item, I will and bequeath to my daughter
Sarah my second best bed and furnituretherunto belonging. Item, Iwill and
bequeast all the rest of my estate inwhatsoever It be within dores or without
unto Sarah my Loveing wife; whom I doe bythese presents Constiture and eclare to
be my sole execturix. In Witness wherof Ihave herunto sett my hand and seale; The
date aforsaid with this word half enterlined before In sealeing heerof
Henery Cobb anda seale
In the presence of
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
On further Consideration I the within orabove mentioned Henery Cobb have cause
this Coddicelll to be added to this my LastWill and Testament viz: my will is
that my son Samuell shall have the onelytwo acrees of my upland together with
the Marsh att Sandy Neck with mensionedafter my wifes decease; and all the Rest
of my lands to bequally divided between mysaid three sones Samuell, Jonathan
and Hennery as above mentioned.and furthermy will is that my son Henery shall
have my new dwellinghouse aftermy wifes decease, and his Pte ofthe land aforsaid to
lyemost Convenient to the said house onely my lannds att the Ilandshalbe eually
devided between them, mysaid three sons;whom I will thatthey shall Give libertie to
my son James to dry thach on one half odanacree of said Iland; when the English
Corne is taken off in suchplace therof asthey shall Annally appoint, unto him; In
Witness whereof I have heerunto sett myhand and seale this 22cond day ofFebruary
1678
Henery Cobb and a Seale.
Signed sealed and delivered as an additionto his last Well and Testament within
mensionedin the presence of us
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
Proved June 3, 1679
Site of the First Church in Scituate, MA1634
Plaque at entrance to Cemetery:
1636 1976
Men of Kent Cemetery Burial place of manyof the Towns OriginalSettlers who came
from Kent County, England in 1628. This isalso the site of the First Church in
Scituate built in 1634
Scituate Historical Society
First Meetinghouse erected on this lottAug. ye 2d and 3d 1636 exercised in
Novemb 10 and 11, 1636 Site of the FirstChurch in Scituate Marker at Center of
Cemetery:
Erected to the Men of Kent who settledScituate in 1628
Large Stone beyond entrance
Anthony Annable
Thomas Byrd
Henry Cobb
James Cudworth
Edward Foster
William Gillson
Timothy Hatherly
Henry Merritt
Henry Rowley
Nathaniel Tilden
Humphrey Turner
"The great Migration Begins:Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633"
Author: Robert Charles Anderson, Published:Boston: New England Historical Gene.
Soc, 1995 3 Volumes.
Vog I, pages 392-395:
Henry Cobb: Origin: unknown: Removes:Scituate 1634, Barnstable 1639
Occupation: Tavernkeeper
Church Membership "Goodman Cob andhis wife were member #7 and $8,admitted at
the founding of Scituate church on 8 Jan. 1634/5 [NEHGR9:279]."Decemb. 15,
1635 our Brother Cobb was invested into the office of aDeacon"
at at Scituate [NEHGR 10:37]. Ordainedruling elder of Barnstable church, 14 April
1670 [Cobb Gen. citing BarnChR 1:1].
Freeman: in the "1633" Plymouthlist of freemen near other admitted on1 Jan.
1632/3 [PCR 1"4]; in 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen [PCR1:53].Initially
entered in Scituate portion of 1639 llistof Plymouth Colony freemen, then
transferred to Barnstable section [PCR8:175,177]. In Barnstable section of 1658
and 29 May 1670 lists of Plymouthfreemen[PCR 5:277, 8:200]. He was a "Freeman".
The first volume of Court Orders of thePlymouth Colony gives the names of
Freemen of the Incorporation of Plymouthin New England, 1633. Henry Cobb was
Among the 68 individuals identified as afreeman.
Education: Signed his name to coroner'sjury findings [PCR 2:147'. Hisinventory
included "books" valued at 24s.
Offices: Deputy for Barnstable, 5 June1644, 3 June 1644, 3 Mar1645/6, 7 July
1646 [PCR2:72], 95, 104,117, 1:9, 162,187, 198, 214,4:14]. Coroner's jury, 5
June 1658 [PCR 3:137]. Plymouth petitjury, 4June 1639, 3 Sept. 1639, 3 Dec
1639, 3 Mar. 1639/40, 1 Sept. 1640, 2Mar.1640/1, 17 June 1641, 7 Sept. 1642, 6
June 1649, 6 June 1650 [PCR7:12-15, 18,19,21, 32, 46, 49, 2:140]. Excise
collector for Barnstable, 8 June 1664 [PCR4:67].
In Barnstable section of 1643 Plymouthlist of men able to bear arms[PCR 8:193].
Committee for defense of Barnstable, 10 Oct. 1643 [PCR2:65].
Estate: Assessed 9s. in the Plymouth taxlists of 25 Mar. 1633 and 27Mar 1634
[PCR 1:11 29].
[Brøderbund Family Archive #310, Ed. 1,Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-
1789, Date of Import: Oct 17, 1999,Internal Ref.#1.310.1.340.17]
Individual: Cobb, Henry
County/State: Plymouth Co., MA
Location: Plymouth
Page #: 253
Year: 1632
[Brøderbund Family Archive #310, Ed. 1,Census Index: ColonialAmerica, 1607-
1789, Date of Import: Oct 11, 1998,Internal Ref.#1.310.1.340.16]
Individual: Cobb, Henry
County/State: Plymouth Co., MA
Location: Barnstable
Page #: 258
Year: 1643
Henry Cobb (the Elder)
Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Just about everything we know about HenryCobb of Barnstable, MA, comes from the
records of Rev. John Lothrop, a Puritanpreacher who emigrated from London in
1632.
Henry Cobb was the first known Cobb toemigrate from England to the Plymouth
Colony. Many descendants have longsearched for his English origin and background. In developing this vignette ofthe immigrant I have drawn liberally
from the scholarly works of Philip L.Cobb, author of "The Cobb Family" (1907);
Richard Cobb, Harvard professor; andRichard Cobb, a retired Navy Captain.
However, the hypotheses and conclusionscontained herein are my own. Much is
known on the activities of Henry Cobb, thePuritan, in the Bay Colony but little
has been done to unravel the specifics ofhis origin. There is general agreement
that "The Elder Henry" or"The Deacon Henry Cobb", came from an area in County
Kent east of the Medway River, which flowsout of the hills of southern Kent
through Maidstone and Chatham and into theThames Estuary. It is within this
area that inhabitants are called "Menof Kent" (Jutish origin); those to the
west of the Medway are knownas"Kentish Men" (Saxon origin). Professor Richard
Cobb, through study and acquaintance withthe Cape Cod descendants of Henry
Cobb, suggests that as a young man HenryCobb was "rather short, with blue eyes
and reddish sandy hair." Interesting,as this description agrees with the
perceived appearance of the Germanic Juteswho invaded and settled in Great
Britain in the 5th century. The mostvisible trail of "Henry the Elder" in
England is found in his relationship withhis church leader, the Reverend John
Lothrop.
.
Lothrop, obviously disenchanted with theautocratic dogma of the King's Church,
left England in the ship"Griffin" with his family and some members of his
church for the Plymouth Colony, arrivingthere 18 September 1634. Here Henry
Cobb, the Lothrop protege who had been inthe Colony for about five years,
responded to the call of his old friendand esteemed pastor. He aided the
Reverend in getting his family and churchestablished in the newly formed town
of Scituate. Lothrop's records published inthe New England Register, Volumes IX
and X, leaves little doubt of Henry Cobb'smembership in Lothrop's London
church: "Uppon January 8, 1634, Weehad a day of humiliation and then att night
joyned in covenaunt to geather, so many ofus had beene in Covenaunt before. To
Witt. Mr. Gilsonn and his wife, GoodmanAnniball and his wife, Goodman Rowly and
his wife, Goodman Cob and his wife,Goodman Turner, Edward Foster, Myselfe,
Goodman Foxwell, Samuel House."
Most men of Kent were farmers in an area famousfor hops, fruit and grain. Even
in this age, importance was attached tothe idea of status. The term "Yeoman"was commonly used in legal andother documents to denote status above "Husbandman" (smaller, lessprosperous farmer) and below that of "Gentleman" (upper middleclass). Yeomen, from whom Henry Cobb was descended, were reasonably welleducated. Some Yeomen sons attended the universities; some became clergymen. Areview of the pedigrees of the Cobbs of Kent and a personal inspection of theManor houses at Reculver and Eastleigh Court suggest 16th centurygentry but 17th century Yeomen. Suffice it to say that the emigrant Henry Cobbdid not inherit his father's estate. The major inheritance, by custom, probablywent to Benjamin Cobb, the first-born son. This situation, as well as thesignificant influence of Reverend Lothrop, could have given the impressionable18-year-old Henry Cobb ample justification to seek an apprenticeship in theshops or pubs of London in 1623, the year that Lothrop
formed his church there
.
The influence of the charismatic Lothropon the Cobbs of Reculver must have been
substantial. The Cobb home at Relculverwas about 15 miles from Egerton, Kent
where Lothrop was in residence from1611-1623. Henry Cobb, the assumed father of
the emigrant Henry, was himself censuredby the establishment. He had become
Lord of the Manor of Bishopstone,Reculver, Kent, when his father Richard died
in 1582. In the record of the Visitationsof the Archdeacon of Canterbury in
1599 is found the following: "Wepresent these persons whose names are hereunder
written for they refuse to pay unto a cessmade by divers of our parish for the
reparation of our said church:....HenryCobb 3 shillings, 10 pence (owed). The
nature of Henry Cobb's apprenticeship ortrade in London is open to conjecture.
The fact that he came from an area rich inhops and grain and later in the
Colony he was authorized to dispense winesuggests the production and/or sale of
ale, the national beverage of the era.From the Plymouth Colony Record II 73: "5
June 1644, Henry Cobb is lycensed to drawwine at Barnstable."
What better place than an English pub inthe 17th century to keep abreast of
politics, religion, and emigration. HenryCobb of London must certainly have
been aware of a number of significantevents, viz.: That in 1604, in a
declaration at Hampton Court, James I saidof the Puritans,"I shall make them
conform themselves or I will harry themout of the land or else do worst." Henry
must have known the story of anundereducated group of separatists called
"Pilgrims" who sought refugefirst in Amsterdam and subsequently in Leyden,
Holland; and the unwillingness to beassimilated into the Dutch culture, made
their way to Plymouth in 1620 aboard theMayflower. (Of the 101 passengers on
the first voyage of the Mayflower, 35 were LeydenPilgrims, the others mainly
merchants and adventurers.)
Phillip L. Cobb, historian, said of him:In 1628, the Puritans of Henry Cobb's
sect began their mass exodus. JohnWinthrop, a strong and able leader, in 1630
led nearly 1000 Puritans with their cattleand horses to settlements in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. In general thePuritans were a wealthier and better
educated class than the Pilgrims but theyshared their deeply religious
convictions. It was shortly after theWinthrop departure that Henry Cobb, at age
24, made his move, probably in the ship"The Anne" in 1629. Other possible ships
include "Mayflower II" and the"Little James," which also arrived at Cape Cod in
1629. Phillip L. Cobb, historian, said ofhim: "Elder Cobb was not a man of
brilliant talents. He was a useful man andan exemplary Christian." Richard
Cobb, educator, found the immigrant Cobbto be: "kindly, helpful, but adverse to
making trouble or having any part of it;sensible, rather shrewd, but non
assertive. Probably like many of hisdescendants on Cape Cod, he was independent
but sluggish in thought, conservative andsentimental in feeling, and outwardly
diffident, inarticulate. Certainly he heldgeneral respect, and he does not
appear to have excited envy."Professor Cobb said in his character analysis of
Henry, the emigrant, that he was"sensible, shrewd, adverse to making trouble or
being a part of it." How accuratethis assessment of the man seems to have been.
Cobb didn't linger in London long enoughto be jailed in the famous "clink" with
the zealous Lothrop and his followers in1632. When the great Civil War of 1642
came about to settle the question of supremacybetween King and Parliament, High
Church and Puritans, Henry Cobb is foundsaving souls and selling wine in
Massachusetts. Henry Cobb landed at thethen nine-year-old Plymouth settlement
in 1629. Upon arrival, he was soon to findold friends and other "Men of Kent"
of the same political and religiouspersuasion. Thus he was readily assimilated
into the community. Within two years ofhis arrival (1631 ) he married Patience
Hurst, daughter of James Hurst (interalia) the local tanner. Hurst was a man of
some consequence in Plymouth. He was adeacon of the church and, with men of the
caliber of Captain Miles Standish, wastrusted with appraisal of estates of the
deceased. Both Hurst and Cobb were"Freemen." The first volume of Court Orders
of the Plymouth Colony gives "thenames of Freemen of the Incorporation of
Plymouth in New England, 1633." JamesHurst and Henry Cobb were among the 68
individuals identified as freemen. Freemenwere never in the majority. In 1743
there were only 233 among a total of 634males. To be a freeman in the Plymouth
Colony, you had to be unindentured, noyounger than 21 years, of good reputation
and "orthodox in the the fundamentalsof religion." Patience Hurst Cobb bore her
husband Henry seven children--two boys inPlymouth, three girls in Scituate and
two boys in Barnstable.
Patience died 4 May 1648. In typical Cobbtradition, Henry continued to marry
well. On 12 December 1649, Henry marriedSarah Hinckley, the daughter of Samuel
and Sarah Hinckley. The Hinckleys were aparticularly prominent family. Sarah
added eight more children to the CobbClan. Henry Cobb spent only a few years in
Plymouth where land was now at a premiumwith little room left for growth. As
early as 1628 some of his friends fromKent--among them William Gillson, Anthony
Annable, Edward Foster and Henry Rowley--became interested in the less heavily
timbered land at Scituate, about 20 milesto the north of Plymouth. Cobb
followed; "In Scituate wasconstructed before September, 1634, and was the
seventh built in that county by theEnglish." (Deane's History of Scituate,
page238.) Afterwards he sold it to a Mr.Rowley, and built on a lot he owned
on"..Kent Street, House numbered32." The land owners of Kent Street are
referred to collectively as the "Menof Kent", giving further credence to the
idea that Henry, and many of his brethren,were from Kent originally.
In September 1634, Reverend Lothrop andfamily, who had just arrived in the
colony, were welcomed to Scituate by HenryCobb, friend and follower. For his
good deeds and loyal and faithful service,Henry Cobb was "invested with the
office of deacon" by Reverend Lothropon 15 December 1635. On the 8th of January
following (1634/5) Mr. Lothrop made thisentry in his records: "We had a day of
humiliation and then at night joined incovenant togeather, so many of us as had
been in Covenant before; to witt, Mr.Gilson and his wife, Goodman Hannibal and
his wife,Goodman Rowley and his wife,Goodman Cob and his wife, Goodman
Foster,myself, Goodman Fokwell and SamuelHouse."
The settlement at Scituate was not to lastlong, however. Disputes broke out
around land allotments. In 1637/8, apetition that included Henry's signature,
found its way to the General Courtcomplaining that they (the signers)
had..."such small proporcons of landsthere alloted them that they cannot
subsist upon them." (1) By 29November 1638, Lothrop's congregation was
observing a Day of Humiliation "asalsoe for our further Succcesse in our
Removeall." On 3 January 1636/7, Mr.Timothy Hatherly had petitioned the Court
"in the behalf of the Church ofScituate.... That the place [Scituate] is too
streate for them to reside comfortablyupon and that the lands adjacent are very
Stony and not convenient to plantupon," and he requested permission for the
"said Inhabitants of Scituate"to search for lands to settle elswhere unless
other lands could be given them whichwould allow more comfortable subsistence
at Scituate. The court approved thisreuest on 12 January 1638/39 with a grant
of land at a place clled Sippican (todayRochester) to Mr. Thomas Besbeech,
James Cudworht, William Gilson, AnthonlyAnnable, Henry Rowley, Edward Foster,
HENRY COBB , and Robert Linnell [p.62] asa committee for the seating of a
township and congregation. However, notown was founded there at this time, and
apparently the grant was revoked by thecourt, or rejected by the grantees.
There is some evidence suggesting the thedispute was settled for a time. Henry
himself received a new allotment, but whenit was proposed that the Church
remove to Sippican (now Rochester, MA)Henry, a Deacon of the Church at that
time, was one of the committee membersreferred to in a grant for a township.
Later, in 1639, when it was decidedinstead to move the Church to Mattakeese,
now Barnstable, MA., he was one of thoseresponsible for choosing the proper
location for the new town. In this newtown, named Barnstable, the first
Independent Congregational Church of thatname in the world was established, and
Henry Cobb was elected an elder, or SeniorDeacon, almost immediately. He was
also a town officer and served on numerouscommittees. His signature can be
found on petitions, court reports, wills(as witness) inventories of estates, et
al. He served as a deputy to the ColonyCourt, and on April 14, 1670, he was
ordained as a Founding Elder of theChurch, a position he would hold until his
death. His house-lot in Barnstable containedseven acres, and was situated at a
little distance north from the presentUnitarian meeting-house. His great lot so
called, contained three-score acres,besides which he was the owner of several
smaller lots in Barnstable and was one ofthe proprietors of the common lands in
that town; he also owned lands inSuckinneset, now Falmouth, Mass. His name
appears in a list of men able to bear armsin the Colony of New Plymouth, town
of Barnstable, in 1643.
Barnstable with its great stretch of saltmarsh showed promise for an"overplus"
from raising cattle which was notattracting English capital. Here in
Barnstable, an area similar in climate andtopography to his homeland in Kent,
Henry Cobb found his place. The firsthouse which he built in Barnstable was
similar to those built by the two otherdeacons, Thomas Dimmock and William
Crocker. The lower story was constructedof stone, while the upper or second
story was built of wood. They werefortification-houses, and were intended to
serve the double purpose of dwellings andas places of refuge for the
inhabitants should the Indians provetreacherous or hostile. Deacon Cobb's
house, as I understand it, was built onhis seven-acre lot in the eastern part
of Barnstable. He was a farmer or planter,and probably devoted considerable
attention to the raising of cattle, as his"great-lot" was a good grazing farm,
as were also the two lots in the commonfield, which he however occupied chiefly
for planting lands as the soil was richand productive. Some have supposed that
he sometimes worked at the trade of amason, and built his own houses, as his
first house was of stone and fivegenerations of his descendants in Barnstable
were masons or brick layers.
Henry continued as church deacon and righthand man to Reverend Lothrop from
1635-1670. In 1670, he was elevated to theoffice of ruling elder, in which
position he remained until his death in1679. Cobb took a modest, yet not
unimportant part in the government of histown of Barnstable. For a time he was
one of three men chosen to manage theaffairs of the town. He was Deputy of
Barnstable from 1659-1662. For many yearshe also represented the town at the
General Court at Plymouth. Old recordsinform us that Henry Cobb, among others
was an early taxpayer in Plymouth Colony.On January 2, 1632/3 he was rated with
a tax of nine shillings, and again January1633/4, he was rated with another tax
of nine shillings. This we ascertainedfrom published lists of the first
recorded colonial taxes, which accordingto a preface to the lists, were "to be
brought in by each person as they areheers under written, rated in Corne, at vi
s.Pr.bushell, at or before the last ofNovember next ensuing to such place as
shall be hereafter appointed to receive thesame." We infer that Henry Cobb,
soon after his coming to Plymouth unitedwith the church there, of which the
ruling elder and preacher was WilliamBrewster, as he was dismissed from that
church, with his wife and others Novermber23, 1634, "in case they joyned in a
body att Scituate," which they did,soon after the establishment of that town,
when the church was organized. Amos Otis,Esq., of Yarmouth, Mass., says in one
of his historical papers published in theBarnstable Patriot, that in the autumn
of 1633, Henry Cobb "went toScituate, then a new settlement." From Scituate
Henry Cobb removed to Barnstable, aboutthe close of the year 1639.
Elder Henry Cobb died in 1679; the recordsdo not give his age. (NOTE-Rev.H.W.
Cobb, of Wheaton , Illinois says he was83, according to Henry E. Cobb of
Newtonville, MA.) In the ancient cemeteryon Lothrop's Hill, in Barnstable,
within an enclosure about six feet square,surrounded by stone posts and iron
rails, is his grave with that of his firstwife. In the center, between the two
graves, stands a plain simple graniteshaft about six feet in height from the
base, on the front of which has beenengraved the following inscription to his
memory: Elder Henry Cobb the ancestor of theCobb Family in Barnstable. Died in
1679 --- Erected in 1871, by Enoch T.Cobb, a descendant. The precise date of
his death is not known. His will, datedApril 4, 1678, and the codicil thereof,
dated Feb. 28, 1678/9, his estate, afterinventory, was found to be seven pounds
in debt . His will was probated in June,1679, showing that he died between the
months of February and June. "Thepromise of Abraham has been fulfilled in this
man, his posterity areas numerous,figuratively, as the sands of the seashore
that is that they cannot be number"(Massachustetts Historical Collection,
Second Series Vol. IV., page 247.)
Henry Cobb had two sons while living inPlymouth. John, who eventually returned
to Plymouth, was born in 1632; and James,who would live in Barnstable and
follow his father's footsteps moreclosely, was born in 1634. Henry had two
daughters in Scituate; May and Hannah; andin Barnstable, Patience, Gersom (who
was killed by Indians in the King PhillipsWar) and Eleazer. His wife, Patience,
died in Barnstable, on May 4, 1649, andwas the second person to die in
Barnstable. According to Rev. Lothrop, shewas "...the first that was buried in
our new burying place by our meetinghouse." Henry owned about eighty acres in
Barnstable. The homestead itself coveredonly seven acres, and much of it was
swamp, or marshland. It was not one of themore desirable parcels and was
situated between land owned by ThomasHuckins and George Lewis. Henry refers to
his Marsh in his will. His original houseof wood was replaced by one of stone.
Apparently only the three Deacons builthouses of stone, as they were reponsible
for sheltering the townspeople in time ofIndian attacks or other disasters.
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