Benjamin Cobb

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Cobb was born in 1654, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph S Cobb II or Jr, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Flinton II, was 27.

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Joseph S Cobb II or Jr
1610–1693
Elizabeth Flinton II
1627–1665
pharoah cobb
1640–
Benjamin Cobb
1654–
Elizabeth Cobb
1662–1729

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    1758 · Mount Vernon

    Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man.

    Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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