_Robert COBB ________+
                                            | (1672 - 1727) m 1696
                       _Benjamin COBB ______|
                      | (1709 - 1757) m 1742|
                      |                     |_Katherine CURTEIS __
                      |                       (1676 - 1751) m 1696
 _Benjamin COBB ______|
| (1753 - 1835) m 1783|
|                     |                      _Allen GREBELL ______
|                     |                     | (.... - 1742)       
|                     |_Catherine GREBELL __|
|                       (1722 - 1785) m 1742|
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Thomas COBB 
|  (1796 - 1892)
|                                            _____________________
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|                      _Elias SMITH ________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Jane SMITH _________|
  (1767 - 1799) m 1783|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Jane LAKE __________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

[N2861] He was a twin with brother Robert.

[N2859] Obituary notice published in the Times of 29th April, 1892:
"The death of Commander Thomas Cobb, R.N., occurred on April 24th at Stockbury Vicarage at the great age of 96 years.

The deceased gentlemen was the father of the Revd. Thomas Cobb, Vicar of Stockbury (with whom he lived) and also of the Revd. Charles Cobb, Vicar of Rainham. He was also a twin brother of the late Revd. Robert Cobb, Vicar of Debtling.

Commander Cobb was one of the oldest, officers of the Royal Navy.

Born October 5th 1796, he entered the Service as a second-class volunteer in 1810 on board the Venerable, 74. Captain Home Popham and afterwards served successfully as a midshipman and mate on the Onyx, 10, commanded by his brother, Commander Smith Cobb; the Bulwark, 74; Tersor, Bomb, and Severn, 28.

On his promotion to Lieutenant in 1824 he came ashore and did not serve again. Commander Cobb's family has been connected with the Navy for centuries.

He had two brothers in-the service, one of whom was killed in action with the French off Boulogne in 1811; his father was a Baron of the Cinque Ports and present in that capacity at the Coronation of George IV.

He was also a direct descendant of John Cobb of Cobb's Court I in Romney Marsh, who flourished in the reign of Edward II and assisted to furnish a ship in the Royal Navy of the Cinque Ports, I Commander Cobb was a Magistrate of New Romney, married in 1826 and had nine children, but there is no one of his name now serving as an officer in the Navy.

The remains of the deceased gentleman were interred at Stockbury on Thursday in last week, where his four sons were present, viz: Revd. T. Cobb, Revd. C. Cobb, Lieut. Col. Cobb, R.M. and Mr. Henry Cobb of New Rornney."

O'BYRNE'S NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of 1849 A to D
NAVAL OFFICERS 1849; Part 1-A to D:
COBB Thomas
Rank Seniority: Lieut 1824
Born: 05 Oct 1796
Entered: 05 Oct 1810
Spouses Name: NEWBALD Eliza nee GREEN
Married: 04 Mar 1836

[N2860] This was the second marriage for both of them. The birth information for his children indicates he was married by 1827. However, according to "O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1849", they were married on 04 March 1836; and further that her maiden name was Green, and evidently the widow of a Mr. NEWBOLD.