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Ambrose COBBS Sr. #20355
7 JAN 1662 - 12 JUN 1718
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 7 JAN 1662, Bruton, York, Virginia, USA
- DEATH: 12 JUN 1718, Bruton, York, Virginia, USA
Notes
Ambrose Cobbs became a church warden of Bruton Parish, at Williamsburg, and his name can be found today on a plaque commemorating the early history of that parish, on the wall of Bruton Parish Church, Colonial Williamsburg.
On March 18, 1716, he along with John Marat (Jean Marot), and John Hubbard, were given a license to operate an "ordinary" (a public house) in Williamsburg, "to supply lodging and diet for travelers with stabelage".
In his Will, dated 24 April 1718, he named his daughter Francis; and sons Robert, Thomas, John, Edmund and Ambrose. Witnesses were Ann Frith, Joseph Frith, and Matthew Pierce. His wife and sons Robert and Thomas were made the Executors.
All his children except Thomas eventually moved away from York County. Thomas inherited land on Queen's Creek, in that part of Henrico County that later became part of Chesterfield County, from his father. Thomas, in turn, passed this land on to his sons.
Beginning in 1790, the United States has enumerated its population by census, taken every tenth year. The name Cobb(s) continued to appear on every census of York, Henrico, and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia, until 1840.
On March 18, 1716, he along with John Marat (Jean Marot), and John Hubbard, were given a license to operate an "ordinary" (a public house) in Williamsburg, "to supply lodging and diet for travelers with stabelage".
In his Will, dated 24 April 1718, he named his daughter Francis; and sons Robert, Thomas, John, Edmund and Ambrose. Witnesses were Ann Frith, Joseph Frith, and Matthew Pierce. His wife and sons Robert and Thomas were made the Executors.
All his children except Thomas eventually moved away from York County. Thomas inherited land on Queen's Creek, in that part of Henrico County that later became part of Chesterfield County, from his father. Thomas, in turn, passed this land on to his sons.
Beginning in 1790, the United States has enumerated its population by census, taken every tenth year. The name Cobb(s) continued to appear on every census of York, Henrico, and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia, until 1840.
Parents
Father: Robert David COBBS Sr. #20363
Mother: Elizabeth THORPE #20364
Family 1 :
_Ambrose COBBS Sr.___+
| (1563 - 1605) m 1584
_Ambrose COBBS Jr.___|
| (1603 - 1656) m 1625|
| |_Angelica HUNT ______+
| (1570 - 1603) m 1584
_Robert David COBBS Sr._|
| (1626 - 1682) m 1655 |
| | _Robert WHITE _______
| | | (.... - 1619) m 1599
| |_Ann WHITE __________|
| (1608 - 1656) m 1625|
| |_Susanna BOULDEN ____
| (.... - 1619) m 1599
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|--Ambrose COBBS Sr.
| (1662 - 1718)
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|_Elizabeth THORPE ______|
(1634 - 1684) m 1655 |
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