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Robert COBBS #20363

7 JAN 1626 - 21 DEC 1682

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 7 JAN 1626, Willesborough, Kent, England
  • EVENT: Arrival: 1639, Virginia, USA
  • DEATH: 21 DEC 1682, Bruton, York, Virginia, USA
  • EVENT: Arrival: 1639, Virginia, USA

Notes

Robert came to Virginia with his parents when he was about eight yearsof age. He lived with them in Henrico County, probably at Cobbs Hall. After he grew to manhood he moved to Marston Parish in York County,Virginia, making his home on Queen's Creek, and became one of the most prominent men in that county. He was a dedicated Christian man and served as church warden of Marston Parish from 1658, until Marston Parish was absorbed into Bruton Parish in 1674, then he became amember of the vestry of Bruton Parish Church at Williamsburg. In1655, Robert Wilkinson of York County made his will, in which he directed that Robert Cobbs was to have charge of his children. Following Bacon's Rebellion, Robert was appointed Justice of York County on the recommendation of the clerk, John Baskervyle, who wrote that Robert Cobb was a "loyal and honest subject." The petition was granted and Robert was appointed Justice by the Rt. Honorable Sir William Berkeley, Governor, on 23 March 1676. In 1679, Daniel Parke, Secretary of State, died and Robert was appointed Administrator of Parks's Virginia estate. In 1682, Robert was appointed Sheriff of York County by Sir Henry Chicheley. Robert Cobbs, "late High Sheriff", was reported dead to the court on 29 December 1682.

Parents

Father: Ambrose COBBS #20370

Mother: Ann WHITE #20371

Family 1 :

Wife: Elizabeth THORPE

  • MARRIAGE: 1655, York, Virginia, USA
Note:

Children:

  1.  +Ambrose COBBS #20355
  2.   Edmund COBBS #20366
  3.  +Margaret COBBS #20367
  4.  +Robert COBBS #20368
  5.   Otho COBBS #20369
 
 
                                             _Thomas COBB ________+
                                            | (1525 - 1599) m 1542
                       _Ambrose COBBS Sr.___|
                      | (1563 - 1605) m 1584|
                      |                     |_Christina YOUNG ____
                      |                       (1529 - 1579) m 1542
 _Ambrose COBBS ______|
| (1603 - 1656) m 1625|
|                     |                      _Thomas HUNT ________
|                     |                     | (1530 - 1606) m 1559
|                     |_Angelica HUNT ______|
|                       (1570 - 1603) m 1584|
|                                           |_Alice POLLARDE _____
|                                             (1540 - 1571) m 1559
|
|--Robert COBBS 
|  (1626 - 1682)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Robert WHITE _______|
|                     | (.... - 1619) m 1599|
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Ann WHITE __________|
  (1608 - 1656) m 1625|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Susanna BOULDEN ____|
                        (.... - 1619) m 1599|
                                            |_____________________

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