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Mercy Cobb

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  • Name Mercy Cobb  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 9 Apr 1685  Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • Born 19 Apr 1685 [5]
    Christening
    • Baptized in Barnstable in March 1684 [sic] [6]
    Gender Female 
    Death Probably in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Notes 
    • Daughter of James and Sarah (Lewis) Cobb, and grand-daughter of Henry Cobb. Widow of Richard Sparrow (son of Jonathan, son of Richard). [5]
    Person ID I2767  The John and Tuly Huntington Family
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2017 

    Father James Cobb,   b. 14 Jan 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Before 27 Jan 1695/1696, Probably in Barnstable Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Sarah Lewis,   b. 2 Feb 1643/1644, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1735, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1663  Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F1890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Richard Sparrow,   b. About 1674, Probably in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1728, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)  [5, 6, 10
    Marriage 4 Feb 1701/1702  Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F1906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Israel Doane,   b. Abt 1672, probably Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Probably in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Marriage 17 Apr 1729  Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Married 19 Apr 1729 [5]
    Family ID F1236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2017 

  • Documents
    Town of Barnstable records from Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.  Births, marriages, deaths 1643-1714; Image 192 of 209.
    Town of Barnstable records from Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Births, marriages, deaths 1643-1714; Image 192 of 209.
    From "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988." Image file obtained April 2017 from the Ancestry.com website.

  • Sources 
    1. [S366] Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, and their descendants, (The Salem Press Co., Salem, Massachusetts, 1902), 52-53.
      Name recorded as "Mercy"

    2. [S1850] Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Brewster, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2014), 156-162.
      Name recorded as "Mercy Cobb"

    3. [S2053] Town of Barnstable records from Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Births, marriages, deaths 1643-1714; Image 192 of 209.
      Name recorded as "Mercy"

    4. [S2054] Probate case file for James Cobb, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
      Name recorded variously as "Mercy", "Marcey", "Marcy" and "Mercy Sparrow"

    5. [S366] Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family, and their descendants, (The Salem Press Co., Salem, Massachusetts, 1902), 52-53.

    6. [S1850] Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Brewster, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2014), 156-162, 321-324.

    7. [S2053] Town of Barnstable records from Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Births, marriages, deaths 1643-1714; Image 192 of 209.

    8. [S1850] Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Brewster, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2014), 156-162.

    9. [S2064] Robert S. Wakefield, "George and John Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, England, and Scituate, Massachusetts," 1993, The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, pp. 24-28, (The American Genealogist, P.O. Box 398, Demorest, Georgia).

    10. [S2054] Probate case file for James Cobb, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.