When Mary Cobb was born on 19 October 1798, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Elias Cobb, was 32 and her mother, Mary Wilmarth, was 30. She married Thomas Dutton in February 1824, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Waterloo, Jefferson, Wisconsin Territory, United States in 1850 and Waterloo, Jackson, Michigan, United States in 1860. She died on 7 March 1862, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 63.