Ambrose Cobbs
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1603
Ambrose Cobbs | |
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 Coat-of-Arms of Cobbs of Kent | |
| Born | Ambrose Cobbs 1603 Kent, England |
| Died | 1655 (aged 51–52) Henrico (now Chesterfield) County, Virginia |
| Occupations | Colonist, Planter |
Ambrose Cobbs (1603 – c. 1655) was an early Virginia colonist and planter who established the long lasting social and political Cobb dynasty in the southern states.
Ambrose Cobbs was born in 1603 in Kent, England. He was the son of Ambrose Cobbs and Angelica Hunt, the sister of Robert Hunt, chaplain of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607.[1] Cobbs married before 1627, Ann White with whom he had at least six known children.[2] In 1633, Cobbs and his wife sold their property in Kent in preparation for their immigration to Virginia. It is believed that he, his wife Ann, children Robert and Margaret arrived in Virginia in 1635.[3] In 1639 Cobbs patented 350 acres at the mouth of the Appomattox River as a headright for have paid for the immigration of his family along with Hugh Barker, Thomas Barker and Thomas Harding.[4]
Two of the Ambrose Cobbs children, Ambrose and Jane were born and died in Kent before his immigration. He and his wife Ann bore another two children, sons Ambrose (the younger) and Thomas after their arrival in Virginia. Cobbs died about late 1655 or within the first few days of 1656, his will was probated January 15, 1656.[5] His home-site was later sold to the Bolling family who used the name "Cobbs Hall" for their estate.[6]
Children
- Robert Cobbs: The eldest surviving of Ambrose Cobbs, he was born in Kent in 1627.[2] He was executor of his father estate and later removed to York County, Virginia just outside present-day Williamsburg. He is believed to have married Elizabeth Thorpe a relation of Maj. Otho Thorpe. He served as a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg from 1674 to 1683 during the period in which the first brick church was built on the present site.[7]
- Margaret Cobbs: The second surviving child of Ambrose Cobbs, she was born in Kent in 1631 and was listed in her father's land patent.[4] Her later fate is unknown.
- Ambrose Cobbs: The second eldest surviving son of Ambrose Cobbs born after 1635 in Virginia. He resided in York County, Virginia and married leaving two children, a son and daughter. His widow later remarried George Glasscock.[2]
- Thomas Cobbs: The youngest surviving child of Ambrose Cobbs was born in Virginia. He died unmarried and without issue in York County, Virginia.