In memory of Wm. Cobb, Esq. who departed this life March 8, 1826; aged 77 years.
With pain & toil I long did till the ground But in it now a resting place hath found Old age & wearied toil without repose. At 77 years in death my eyes did close. | Old cemetery, Marcellus village. It is said he fought at Bunker Hill, side by side with David Barber, whose son married his daughter Hannah. He came, however, from Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1794, where he was in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. in '80. In 1790 he was credited to Hartland, Vt. He had three sons. Daniel, the oldest, was born in '76 and died in 1852. This son and his wife, Betsey Tinkham, came on horseback from Vermont on their wedding journey. The Carpenter Genealogy says Molly Carpenter married William Cobb, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Marcellus. Mary Cobb, his wife, survived him. He made his will, Dec. 28, 1825, and it was recorded April 26, 1826, Milo Hickok and Josiah Welsh being executors.
With pain & toil I long did till the ground But in it now a resting place hath found Old age & wearied toil without repose. At 77 years in death my eyes did close. | Old cemetery, Marcellus village. It is said he fought at Bunker Hill, side by side with David Barber, whose son married his daughter Hannah. He came, however, from Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1794, where he was in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. in '80. In 1790 he was credited to Hartland, Vt. He had three sons. Daniel, the oldest, was born in '76 and died in 1852. This son and his wife, Betsey Tinkham, came on horseback from Vermont on their wedding journey. The Carpenter Genealogy says Molly Carpenter married William Cobb, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Marcellus. Mary Cobb, his wife, survived him. He made his will, Dec. 28, 1825, and it was recorded April 26, 1826, Milo Hickok and Josiah Welsh being executors.
In memory of Wm. Cobb, Esq. who departed this life March 8, 1826; aged 77 years.
With pain & toil I long did till the ground But in it now a resting place hath found Old age & wearied toil without repose. At 77 years in death my eyes did close. | Old cemetery, Marcellus village. It is said he fought at Bunker Hill, side by side with David Barber, whose son married his daughter Hannah. He came, however, from Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1794, where he was in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. in '80. In 1790 he was credited to Hartland, Vt. He had three sons. Daniel, the oldest, was born in '76 and died in 1852. This son and his wife, Betsey Tinkham, came on horseback from Vermont on their wedding journey. The Carpenter Genealogy says Molly Carpenter married William Cobb, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Marcellus. Mary Cobb, his wife, survived him. He made his will, Dec. 28, 1825, and it was recorded April 26, 1826, Milo Hickok and Josiah Welsh being executors.
With pain & toil I long did till the ground But in it now a resting place hath found Old age & wearied toil without repose. At 77 years in death my eyes did close. | Old cemetery, Marcellus village. It is said he fought at Bunker Hill, side by side with David Barber, whose son married his daughter Hannah. He came, however, from Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1794, where he was in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. in '80. In 1790 he was credited to Hartland, Vt. He had three sons. Daniel, the oldest, was born in '76 and died in 1852. This son and his wife, Betsey Tinkham, came on horseback from Vermont on their wedding journey. The Carpenter Genealogy says Molly Carpenter married William Cobb, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Marcellus. Mary Cobb, his wife, survived him. He made his will, Dec. 28, 1825, and it was recorded April 26, 1826, Milo Hickok and Josiah Welsh being executors.
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