Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
COBB, GIDEON, was one of the earliest settlers from Connecticut, and brought a large family with
him. John and Joshua Cobb were his sons. He died 1798, aged 81.
COBB, JOHN, was a prominent man in the early days of the town, as the records show. He settled
on the hill, near the old cemetery. The old church grounds and cemetery were on his premises.
He removed to Orwell, and died in 1815, aged 73.
COBB, Capt. JOSHUA, m. Hannah, da. of Simeon Edgerton, Sen., and settled on the present
homestead of Josiah R. Sherman. He removed to Vernon, N.Y.
COBB, Capt. JOSHUA D., m. Nancy, da. of Col. Ozias Clark, and settled on the homestead of
Alonzo Smith. He was deacon of the Congregational church, from 1835 till his removal to
Whitewater, Wis., in 1847. He died in this town, while on a visit, in 1866, aged 74; his wife in 1845, aged 50.
COBB, ELKANAH, from Connecticut, 1770 ; married Mary, da. of Jonathan Willard, and settled on
the late homestead of Elisha Allen. He died in 1795, aged 49. His son, Capt. Willard Cobb, was
an officer in the war of 1812, married a daughter of Caleb Allen. He built the store house at
Polley's landing, in Fort Ann. Thence he went west. Another son, James, was in the war of 1812, and,
at its close, entered West Point Military Academy. He removed to the state of Georgia.
It is understood that Howell Cobb, conspicuous in the late rebellion, is his son.
