The
Cobb Family
of Isle of Wight
&
Southampton Counties, Virginia
by Joel Watson
1. Joseph Cobb b. 1588, m. _____ _____. Joseph died 1654.
Children:
2. i Pharoah Cobb b. 1624.
Second Generation
2. Pharoah Cobb b. 1624, m. _____ _____. Pharoah died 1701. Pharoah
Cobb was probably the son of Joseph Cobb and his wife Elizabeth Flinton
of Isle of Wight Co., Va., who as of 1611 had a son Joseph Cobb who had
been born in 1588 and died in 1654.
[For a full story of the Cobbs, see The Cobbs of Tidewater, by
Bruce Montgomery Edwards, The Montgomery Publishing Co., P.O. Box
5504, Knoxville, TN, 37918, published in 1976. His address is 6203
Mount Park Drive, Knoxville TN, 37918, and his phone number is
1-615-687-1511.]
Pharoah Cobb, born 1624, died 1701, who had issue,
1. Edward Cobb who was born in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia ca. 1662. He had issue,
1. Edward Cobb who married Dorothy
2. Sarah Cobb, born in England
3. Mary Cobb, born in England
4. Nicholas Cobb, of whom later.
2. [probably one] mariner between Virginia and England named
Nicholas Cobb who died in Isle of Wight County in 1686 who
received a land grant of 202 acres in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia dated February 21, 1663, "for transport of 5
persons: Susan Cobb, Sr., Mary Cobb, Susan Cobb Jr. and Jane
Cobb and Jane Howard." This Nicholas Cobb and Susan his wife
were paid by James Manning and Thomas Davis both said (Isle
of Wight) County... land called Rattlesnake Neck and John
Crew's plantation to George Bell-- to Thomas Tooke. Teste,
Walter Johnson" (Will & Deed Book I, 1664. One Samuel Davis
appointed Nicholas Cobb his attourney for lanfds etc in Isle
of Wight 23 July 1667 (Will & Deed Book I).
Nicholas Cobb of Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia,
son of Edward (b. ca. 1662), was the eldest son and heir. He was
born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1689 and died in
Southampton County, Virginia in 1756 [Will made May 24, 1752,
proved November 11, 1756 in Southampton County (Will Book 1:208)].
He had issue
1. Samuel Cobb
2. Deborah Cobb
3. William Cobb, who according to the will of his father had
a son William Cobb.
4. Nicholas Cobb
5. Henry Cobb
6. Lazarus Cobb, of whom later
Lazarus Cobb, son of Nicholas Cobb(d. 1756), was born ca. 1730,
and died died in Southampton County, Virginia in 1800. He married
Chasey Edwards of Southampton County (her will is in Will Book
11:486) on June 17, 1789. They were married by the Reverened
George Gurley. They had issue
1. Nicholas Cobb of Southampton County of whom later
2. Mildred Cobb
3. Lazarus Cobb
4. Josiah Cobb
5. Benjamin Cobb
6. William Cobb
7. Frederick Cobb, of whom later
Nicholas Cobb, son of Lazarus and Chasey Edwards Cobb, married on
January 21, 1801, Mason Gardner of Southampton County. Nicholas
died in Southampton in 1837, leaving a will which is recorded in
Book 11:544. Nicholas and Mason Cobb had issue
1. Jethro Cobb, of whom later
2. Susannah Cobb
3. Unity Cobb
4. Barbara Cobb
5. Nicholas E. Cobb
6. John M[ason?]. Cobb
7. Alfred Cobb, who is buried at Sycamore Church, Franklin,
Southampton County, Virginia
Jethro Cobb, son of Nicholas and Mason Cobb, was age 44 in the
1850 Census of Southampton Co., Va. He died December 27, 1885. On
March 8, 1831 he married (with the consent of mother "Tempy") Mary
Vaughn, daughter of Henry Vaughn and Temperance Wills (who would,
at the death of Henry would marry James Harcum), daughter of James
Wills of Southampton Co. Mary Vaughn Cobb is listed in the 1850
Census as "Martha." She died on May 15, 1877. Jethro and Mary Cobb
had issue
1. William Mills Cobb, of whom later
2. Henry Vaughn Cobb, born 1832, died January 5, 1877. He
married Caroline Fannie _____, died of the measles in
Southampton County on April 29, 1869 according to County
Death Records. According to her gravestone, she was born in
1839. They had issue a daughter
1. Martha L. Cobb, died two days after her mother, May
1, 1869 of the measles in Southampton County, Virginia
according to County Death Records.
3. Martha Cobb, who married (1) Thomas Atwell and (2) Lemuel
T. Joyner
4. Emmaline Cobb, who married George W. Cobb. They had an
un-named daughter who died in Southampton County at the age
of one day in February of 1870.
5. Annie Maria Cobb who was born on April 30, 1849 and died
April 4, 1925. She married Julius Kincaid Fox, born February
28, 1844 and died December 10, 1919. They had issue
1. Prince Albert Fox
2. Patsey Fox
3. Jethro Ward Fox
4. Essie Fox, who married Edward Burton Seabron, son of
Essie's aunt Anne Fox and Christopher C. Seabron
5. Mabel Gertrude Fox who married Sam Edwards
6. June Wallace Fox (see Fox Family for more
information).
6. Robert James Cobb, who married Dora Gay Fox, daughter of
Ezekiel Fox and Mary Jane Prince (see Fox Family). They had
issue:
1. Laura ["Lottie"] Drewry Cobb of Norfolk, Virginia,
who was named for Emmett Drewry. She was born in
Southampton County and died in a nursing Home in
Suffolk, Virginia in June of 1966 at the age of 84. She
married _____ Elliott. According to her obituary in a
Norfolk paper dated June 19, 1966, she was a member of
Thomas Memorial Baptist Church of Drewryville,
Virginia, the Ladies Bible Class of Millfield Baptist
Church of Ivor, Virginia, the National Council of the
Daughters of America, Edgewater Chapter 27, of Norfolk,
Virginia. She was survived by her twin sister, Mrs.
Robert J. Amory of Norfolk. Her funeral was held June
19 at 4 PM at the Drewryville Cemetery by The Reverend
J. L. McTeer and the Reverend Daniel Spenn. She was
buried from Puriviance Funeral Home, Wakefield,
Virginia.
2. Walter Ernest Cobb
3. Charlie Everett Cobb
4. Mary Jane Cobb
5. Mattie Lankford Cobb, named for the Reverend Mr.
Lankford. She was a twin to her sister Maggie Lee Cobb.
She married Robert Jefferson Amory and had
1. Dora Gay Amory who married John P. Coats of
Fort Pierce, Florida. At one time, Dora had the
Fox family Bible. They had a son
1. Robert P. Coats of Chesapeake, Virginia
(as of 1991), whose phone number is
1-804-421-9230. 1529 Cheltingham Ct.
Chesapeake 23322.
1-804-853-0737 Ann Gay Coats
2. Robert Jefferson Amory Jr. who married and had
1. Robert Jefferson Amory III of 127 Sharps
Road, Williamsmsburg, Virginia 23188
(1-804-229-0777) in 1991, who had
1. Robert Jefferson Amory IV
6. Maggie Lee Cobb, who married John William Cobb, son
of Henry Harrison Cobb and Sarah Jane Fox.
7. Louisa Cobb who married R. T. Vaughn. Louisa was 10 in
1850 Census
8. Edward Cobb, age 7 in 1850
9. Albert Cobb, age 16 in 1850
10. Robert L. Cobb, died July 23, 1857 in Southampton County
at the age of 3 years.
11. Richard J. Cobb, died July 23, 1857 in Southampton
County of diarrhea, age 3 years, 8 months [Death Records].
William Mills Cobb, son of Jethro and Mary Vaughn Cobb, was born
on May 20, 1851. On December 16, 1875 he was married by the
Reverend W. B. Wellons to Mary Darden, daughter of Joseph J.
Darden and Emeline Cooper. Mary Darden Cobb died in 1936. They had
issue:
1. Frank Morris Cobb, of whom later
2. J. Henry Cobb, of whom later
3. Carrie Cobb, who married Herman Howell
4. W. E. Cobb
5. Linwood Cobb
6. _____ Cobb who married Herbert Beamon
7. _____ Cobb who married W. O. Cotton
Frank Morris Cobb, son of William Mills and Mary Darden Cobb
married on October 27, 1909, Margaret Wilkerson Whitley, daughter
of Joel Flournoy Whitley and Lellie Wingfield Moody of Surry
County, Virginia. They had issue
1. William Morris Cobb, who married Martha Evans and had a
daughter Martha Roberta Cobb who married Dr. Edward
Woolridge.
2. Frances Louise Cobb who married James Cornelius Roberts,
son of James Cornelius and Lucy Bailey. James C. Roberts,
Sr. was the son of Nathaniel G. Roberts and Adminta Oliver.
Lucy Bailey was the daughter of Charles Washington Bailey
and Indiana Virginia Howell of Isle of Wight County,
Virginia. James C. Roberts and Lucy Bailey had also had
issue, Charles W. Roberts, Harry Roberts, Deborah Roberts,
and another sister _____Roberts who married Ralph Woolard of
Richmond, Virginia. James C. Roberts and Frances Louise Cobb
had issue a son
1. James Cornelius Roberts III who married.
3. Mary Elizabeth Cobb who married Bernard Blythe. They had
issue
1. Nancy Cobb Blythe, born November 25, 1944 in
Richmond, Virginia. She married G. C. Litten
2. Margaret Crissie Blythe, born July 1, 1948. She
married Robert Eubanks on July 18, 1969.
4. Margaret Wingfield Cobb, married Calvin Rawls Burgess.
They had issue
1. Ellen Maxine Burgess who married William Donny
Williams
2. Myra Margaret Burgess who married Robert Burgess
3. Susan Gwynne Burgess
5. Fay Linwood Cobb who married Winifred Earl Shelton. They
had issue
1. David Earl Shelton, born November 6, 1966
J. Henry Cobb, son of William Mills and Mary Darden Cobb, married
and had issue
1. Annie Cobb
2. Ryland Cobb
3. Lawless Cobb
Frederick Cobb, son of Lazarus Cobb and Chasey Edwards was born in
1773 and died in Southampton County in 1827 (Will Book 10:10). He
married Elizabeth _____ and had issue
1. Edith Cobb
2. Harrison Cobb who married on March 28, 1829 in
Southampton County, Mary Vaughn, daughter of Elizabeth
Edwards
3. James Cobb, who married in Southampton County on April 4,
1823, Susan [Susen] Beal, daughter of Eley [Eale] Beal.
4. Nancy Cobb, who with "brother" Henry Cobb listed as
guardian, married in Southampton County on March 17, 1833,
Oran Vaughn.
5. Polly Cobb
6. Margaret Jane Cobb who married on October 11, 1851, Frank
Hobs [Hobbs].
7. Frederick Henry Cobb
8. Jesse Cobb of whom later.
Jesse Cobb, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Cobb was a farmer of
Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia. He was listed as
aged 41 years in the 1850 Census. He died in 1859. On May 21, 1839
[I have seen May 24, 1838] he married Josiah Cobb's widow, Sarah,
daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Gardner of Southampton. He married
secondly, Jane Johnson who was 36 in the Census of 1850. [See
Census page 658, #727]. This Jane Johnson was the mother of Henry
Harrison Cobb. Jesse Cobb had issue:
1. Sarah E. Cobb, age 16 in 1850
2. Ann Cobb, age 12 in 1850
3. Bettie Cobb, age 8 in 1850
4. Mary J. Cobb, age 4 in 1850
5. Sancilla (script is bad here and so this is a guess), age 2 in
1850
6. Henry Harrison Cobb of whom later
Henry Harrison Cobb, son of Jesse Cobb and Jane Johnson was born
in Southampton County, Virginia May 2, 1844 and died in the same
county on January 18, 1901. Henry Harrison Cobb had a full beard
down to his waist according to the memory of Terry Watson, who
remembered seeing him "the one, and one time only, lying in bed."
According to Bruce M. Edwards's The Cobbs of Tidewater Henry Cobb
was called "Harrison," and was 5 feet 7 inches tall, of dark
complexion with black hair and hazel eyes." On January 14, 1873
he married Sarah Jane Fox (called "Milly" according to grandson
Terry Watson), daughter of Ezekiel Fox and Mary Jane Prince [see
Fox Family]. Sarah Jane Fox was born in Greensville County,
Virginia on November 19, 1847 and died in Southampton County on
July 12, 1935. She told Shelley Burch Watson, Sr. stories about
Yankee soldiers stealing from her farm during the War Between the
States. They had issue:
1. Janie Inez Cobb, born March 7, 1877 in Greensville County,
Virginia, and died in Suffolk, Virginia 1919. She married on March
1, 1893 in Greensville County by J. H. Kabb to Robert Edward
Watson, son of Samuel and Minerva Watson who was born at Buffalo
Junction, Mecklenburg County, Virginia in 1865. He died in
Suffolk, Virginia in 1924. See Watson Family for issue.
2. John William Cobb, born April 11, 1881. He married Maggie Lee
Cobb, daughter of Robert James Cobb (q.v.) and Dora Gay Fox [see
Fox Family).
3. Annie Irene Cobb, born March 26, 1875. She married William Gray
and had issue:
1. John Roy Gray
2. William Gray
3. Sally Gray
4. Gertie Gray
4. Jessie E. Cobb, born March 10, 1879, died December 10, 1905.
5. Twilley Cobb, born November 2, 1874
6. Henry Harrison Cobb Jr., born August 24, 1884, and died April
12, 1918. He married on January 7, 1907, Annie Laurie Bryant,
daughter of Benjamin L. and Rosa J. Bryant. They had issue
1. Doris Cobb who married (1) Leonard L. Dewell and (2)
_____ Knott
2. Virginia Cobb who married (1) Harold L. Bullifant and (2)
_____ Nunally
3. Jessie Cobb
4. Henry Harrison Cobb, III
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