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The Family group of :
Joshua Bowen & Margaret Cobb

Husband :Joshua Bowen

 Birthdate  Abt 1781
( see Frank Phelps notes below)
Place of Birth

 North Carolina

( Son Green names North carolina as fathers birthplace on 1880 DeWitt County, Texas census)

 Occupation   Place  
 Marriage  7-27-1801
Witness George Gray : Bondman : Elisha Corbett
Place  Bertie County, North Carolina
 Death   Place  
 Burial   Place   
 Father - Mother -
Military Service  
Other
Marriages/ Notes
 

Wife :Margaret Cobb

 Birthdate  b 1781 - 1789? Place of Birth

 Bertie County,North Carolina

( Son Green names North carolina as mothers birthplace on 1880 DeWitt County, Texas census)

 Occupation   Place  
 Death   Place  Bucklesberry, Bertie County, N.C. ?
( see Frank Phelps notes below)
 Burial   Place   
 Father   Mother  
Other
Marriages/ Notes

Information on Margaret Cobb from Jvosper@cs.com
See gedcom @ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=samej1&id=I08080

James Cobb & Elizabeth McGlaughon

8 siblings of Margaret Cobb:
Mary b 1767; Henry b 1770 ;  Celia b 1772 ; Jesse b 1774 ; Sarah b. 1775 ; Elizabth b 1777 ; William b 1783 ; James b 1786


Other research showing John Cobb & Sarah Capehart as parents.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/jos/d0000/g0000055.html#I2253

or

father / mother from Robert Cobb : racobb@epix.net [ info-link ] [ Cobb family info-link ]

Father: John H COBB Sr b: ABT 1750 in Bertie County, North Carolina

Mother: Sarah CAPEHART b: ABT 1750

 

Also note : Phelps family researcher, Frank Phelps states that Magaret Cobb,

Birth: 1781 in Bertie County, NC

Death: in Bucklesberry, Bertie County, NC

Father: James Cobb , Sr b: 1742 in Bertie County, NC

Mother: Elizabeth McGlaubon b: ABT. 1743 in Bertie County, NC

Marriage 1 Joshua Bowen b: ABT. 1781

Married: 27 JUL 1801

Children

1. Has Children Jessie Bowen b: 13 MAR 1804

see:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fhp007&id=I0769

Children

No.  Sex  Names Group
Sheet
 Date & Place of Birth  Marriages Spouse , Date & Place  Death
 1  M Joshua Bowen Jr.   fs2 1802
North Carolina 
Petney Gann
May 22 1836 
 
 2 Polly Bowen   fs4 1804
North Carolina 
 Mark Mears
5-24-1834
 
 3 M Green ( George ) Bowen   fs3 ca 1812 
Tennessee
Mary Elizabeth Fobar
7-10-1834
White County Illinois 
 

Notes: Some research by vicki smith <parkershores@angelfire.com>

has two more children while others list only Joshua Jr +

4 . Jesse BOWEN b: Abt. 1804 in Bertie County, North Carolina

5. Cornelius BOWEN b: Abt. 1805

Census or Tax Roll information

 Date & Place

 Date & Place

1810 Bertie County North Carolina  ( Joshua )

Page 47 Line 16

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

family group sheet index:

Questions Concerning this Group


There are many variations of the lines of decendancy of Joshua Bowen and Margaret Cobb, we hope to list the sources of the multiple variations here as we gather them. Hopefully as time goes by more documentation will appear on this elusive line.

Need documentation for father & mother of Margaret Cobb.

What is the relationship between Margaret Cobb and Joshua Bowen and Hardy Bowen and Penelope Cobb ?

Census info needed

Researchers have different children listings.

Birth certificates needed

[ Cobb family info-link ]

 

Bibliography :
Source materials index :


Source index

Third Census of the United States, 1810 : M252 roll 39 Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Camden,Carteret, Chatham, Chowan, and Cumberland Counties

Transcribed 11-99 by Ben Bowen for the Bowen family web.

Updated 1-2004


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