Lewis Way

Lewis Beathel Way

The ancestors of Lewis Way came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631 and migrated through Connecticut and upstate New York to Michigan over 7 generations.

Descendants of George Waye

George Way is the 5th great-grandfather of Lewis Way (George Way, Thomas Way, David Way, Samuel J. Way, Solomon Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

Generation 1

George Waye was born 1614 in Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England. He died 1689 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut. He married in 1649 Elizabeth, stepdaughter of John Smith and wife Joanna. She was born 1614 in Theddlethorpe All Saints, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. She died 1687 in Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut.

Generation 2

Thomas Way was born 1666 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 30 Oct 1726 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. He married in 1687 at New London, Connecticut, to Ann Lester, daughter of Sgt.Danyell Lester and Hannah Fox. She was born 30 Aug 1670 in New London, New London, Connecticut. She died 1746 in East Haven, Connecticut. They had 10 children.

Generation 3

David Way was born 20 Jun 1700 in New London, New London, Connecticut. He died 1779 in Waterbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married 1719 at East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut to Esther Russell, daughter of Samuel Russell and Esther Tuttle. She was born on 04 May 1699 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. She died 10 May 1779 in Plymouth, Connecticut. They had 11 children.

Generation 4

Samuel J. Way was born 16 Sep 1738 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 20 Dec 1806 in Thomaston, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married 1 Sep 1761 Sarah Lewis, daughter of John Lewis and wife Mary. She was born 9 Apr 1743 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She died 1 Dec 1814 in Connecticut. They had 9 children..

Generation 5

Solomon Way was born 12 Mar 1782 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died 9 Aug 1841 in Alden, Erie, New York. He married 10 Oct 1803 in Farmington, Connecticut to Sally Tyron, daughter of John Tyron and Esther Smith. She was born 19 Jul 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She died 12 Mar 1868. They had 13 children.

Generation 6

Edward Lewis Way was born 17 May 1804 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York. He died 20 Oct 1854 in Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan. He married 2 Dec 1828 in New York to Polly Sawtell, daughter of Edmund Sawtelle and Hannah Gaines. She was born 1 Jan 1806 in New York. She died 22 Feb 1839 in Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan. They had 4 children.

Generation 7

Hiram Lewis Way was born 11 May 1833 in Pembroke, Genesee, New York. He died 11 Jan 1898 in Jackson, Michigan. He married 1 Apr 1860 in Michigan to Mariah Tripp, daughter of Isaiah M. Tripp and Polly Ann Jenkins. She was born 19 Nov 1840 in New York. She died May 1930 in Michigan. They had 9 children.

Generation 8

Louis Beathel Way was born 9 Jan 1873 in Jefferson, Hillsdale, Michigan. He married 03 Sept 1896 Birdie Belle Champlin, daughter of Henry Charles Champlin and Ida Belle Myers. She was born 23 Feb 1874 in Michigan. They had 2 children.

Generation 9

Leah Giralda Way was born 16 Feb 1901 in Jackson, Michigan. She married 6 May 1920 F. Earl Wall. On 25 Dec 1922 they had Carol M. Wall, mother of the author.

George Waye @ Maine Plantations

Trade Grants for George Waye

"George Waye was a fisherman along the coast of Maine for many years, moving Eastward as Massachusetts Bay Colony came into control. Being at Isle of Shoals in 1649, moving to Cape Neddock and Winter Harbor in 1650 and then to Pemaquid in 1653 with a Thomas Way. Also William Way was buried at Pemaquid. George moved from Pemaquid to Providence."

-Connecticut Way Family, Harry A. Way

George Waye @ Isles of Shoals

Isles of Shoals

In 1649, George Way was a fisherman at Isles of Shoals, long before the pirate Blackbeard stopped there in 1714.

George Waye @ Cape Neddick

Cape Neddick Light

In 1650, George Waye was a fisherman at Cape Neddick.

In 1651, the people of Wells and Cape Neddick were refused a petition to become a Town. "ruling that they should constitute a 'village'...till they grow to bee more capable of a Towne."

-NEHGR, vols. 1883-1898

George Waye @ Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor

In 1650, George Waye was a fisherman at Winter Harbor.

George Waye @ Pemaquid

Pemaquid, Maine

In 1653, George Waye was a fisherman at Pemaquid.

George Waye @ Providence

George Waye Land Grants at Providence Plantations

George Way was born in England in 1614, he died between 1684-1689 at Providence, Rhode Island.

"In 1628, a company was formed which made a contract with parties at London. The persons who formed the company were called 'Adventurers'. Each person or member of the company subscribed a sum of money. Among the subscribers is the name of George Way."

-Charles Granville Way, George Way and his Descendants, Historical and Genealogical, Their Connection with the Early Penobscot Grants, and the Famous Lawsuits Resulting Therefrom, 1628-1821, pub. 1887.

He lost a son overboard: (poss.) Son, b. say 1606; drowned off the coast of NewEngland by 5 February 1630/1. The ship Lyon ... all her people came safe except Way his son, who fell from the spritsail yard in a tempest, and could not be recovered, though he kept in sight near a quarter of an hour"

-Colonial America, 1607-1789, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

George Way along with Thomas Wallen and Richard Seeley (Carle) were arrested in Barnstable on 4 April 1650 for helping Katherene Warner and Mary Mills run away from their husbands. After being examined before William Bradford, gent, Gover, William Collyar and William Thomas, gent, assistants, confessed. George Way and the two women were “sent from constable to constable to the place from which they came, which is a place called Winter Harbor, near Richmans Island to the Eastward.” Thomas Wallen & Richard Carle were committed to ward. (Plymouth Court Orders 1641-1651 Volume 2 page 149).

Town Lot Granted to George Waye in Providence

On the 19^th February 1645, George Way, Thomas Wallen, John Steere, and John Browne were among twenty-seven men given “a free Grante of twenty-five akers of land a peece with Right of Commoning.” “As also not to clayme any Righte, to the Purchasse of the Said plantation; Nor any privilidge of vote, in Towne Affaires; untill we shall be received, as Free=Men of the Towne of Providence.

Land Grants in Providence

In February 1654 at Providence, George Way asked the towne meeting to “grant me Comadation to bee inhabytant with you.” At a Town Meeting 18 February 1661, “It hath this Day been declared by sufficient witnesses in this Court, that John Steere & George Way were received into the Towne after the Manner that John Browne was; Town hath manifested themselves satisfied therewith.”

Records of George Waye in Providence 

Although his house lot was not recorded until 1668, other deeds of abutters refer to his “home share” in 1658 and 1662. George lived at the North end of the Main street just north of the present Olney Street. This was close to the junction of the West & Moshosick River. In 1663 he was allowed a small parcel of 1 ½ acres between the two rivers.

During his stay of about thirty years in Providence, George Way was elected Towne Sergeant for twelve years. He also did a great deal of land trading. Buying, selling and swapping one parcel for another. No will or probate of his estate has been found.

King Philip and his warriors attacked Providence on March 29 and 30, 1676. They burned about 100 buildings in the north end of town, probably including George Way’s dwelling.

Thomas Way @ East Haven

Thomas Way is the 4th great-grandfather of Lewis Way (Thomas Way, David Way, Samuel J. Way, Solomon Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

Thomas Way, son of George Way, was born about 1666 at Providence, he died in April 1726 at East Haven, Connecticut. He married in 1687 at New London, Connecticut to Ann Lester born on 30 August 1670 at New London the daughter of Danyell Lester and Hannah Fox. She died in 1754 at East Haven. They had 10 children.

Thomas Way @ Pemaquid

Pemaquid River

Thomas Way is thought to be the father or brother of George Waye.

In 1653, the sachem Samoset, who was the first Indian that the Pilgrims met, sold to Thomas Way and 2 others, 1000 acres in Soggohannaggo. He made his mark; a bow and arrow.

-Collections of the Maine Historical Society, ch. Ancient Pemaquid

Providence Plantations

George Waye made his mark, an anchor, on this grant

Roger Williams

Banished by the Puritans in 1635, Williams bought land from the Indians and established Providence Plantation at the head of Narangasett Bay. Henry Way, George Way, and other friends and supporters of Roger Williams, bought land and built there.

Roger Williams is listed as passenger on The Lyon, Feb. 1630/31

Roger Williams was one of the earliest settlers of Dorchester. He requested to be made freeman 19 October 1630. He went to Windsor probably in 1635.

-History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts

"Roger Williams justly claims the honor of having been the first legislator in the world, in its latter ages, that fully and effectually provided for and established a full, free and absolute libery of conscience."

-Governor Hopkins

“Was not the covenant of Works—i. e., Puritanism challenged to the death by the covenant of grace—i. e., by Antinomianism and Anabaptism; by the doctrines of the inward light, by the very spirit of Roger Williams, now in exile?...

...The Plantations north and south were unlike as a yeast cake varies from a wholesome loaf of bread. Williams, educated and lofty—but not a political and social organizer—was alone in his university training; his neighbors, many of them able, were not instructed men. In Newport, Coddington, Clarke, Coggeshall, Jeffries, the Hutchinsons, were men of wealth and culture, eminent before they emigrated to New England. Among the very first schools supported by taxation in America was Lenthall’s “publick school” at Newport in 1640. In formal legislation, in courts, church and school, Newport was in advance of Providence."

-Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People, Weeden, William

David Way @ Waterbury

David Way is the 3rd great-grandfather of Lewis Way (David Way, Samuel J. Way, Solomon Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

David Way was born on 20 June 1700 at New London, Connecticut, son of Thomas Way and Ann Lester. He died March in 1783 at Waterbury, and was buried at Northbury Church at Plymouth, Connecticut. He married at East Haven, Connecticut in 1719, to Esther Russell, born on 4 May 1699, the daughter of Samuel Russell and Esther Tuttle. She died on 10 May 1779 at Waterbury, and is also buried at Plymouth. They had 13 children.

David Way served at three different times during the French and Indian Wars. In 1755, he served from 28 April to 8 December in 1^st Company 2^nd Regiment under Colonel Elizur Goodrich. In 1757, he served 28 March to 11 November in 10^th Company of General Lyman’s Regiment under Captain Eliphalet Whitney. In 1758, he served 13 April to 10 December in the 5^th Company 1^st Regiment (Connecticut Military Records).

His lands in Cheshire were divided between the heirs of Jonah Clark and David Way in 1789 with 51 acres each (Wallingford Probate 316).

-Harry Way, The Connecticut Way Family

Samuel Way @ Watertown

Saltbox house in built 1672 in Wallingford

Samuel Way is the 2nd great-grandfather of Lewis Way (Samuel Way, Solomon Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

Samuel J. Way was born on 16 September 1738 at Wallingford, Connecticut and died on 20 September 1806 at Waterbury, Connecticut, son of David Way and Esther Russell. He married on 1 September 1761 at Waterbury to Sarah Lewis, daughter of John Lewis and Mary Munn. She was born 9 April 1743. They had 13 children.

Samuel was an inhabitant of Waterbury in 1759 when he paid a tax of 45 pounds.

1776: The American Revolution

In 1790 he is listed in the Census of Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

In 1800 he is listed in the Census of Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Solomon Way @ Harwinton

Solomon Way is the 1st great-grandfather of Lewis Way (Solomon Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

Solomon Way was born 12 March 1782 at Harwinton, Connecticut. He died 9 August 1841 at Alden, New York, son of Samuel Way and Sarah Lewis. He married on 10 October 1803 at Farmington, Connecticut to Sally Tyron, daughter of John Tyron. She was born 19 July 1785 at Litchfield, Connecticut and died 12 March 1868. They had 13 children.

Solomon purchased land in 1823 in Casenovia. Solomon and Sally sold this land to Joseph Cooley in 1825. In 1820, they are listed at Hillsdale, Colombia County, New York. In 1830, They are listed at Alden, Erie County, New York.

-Harry Way, The Connecticut Way Family

Solomon may have migrated from Harwinton to Hillsdale not up the Hudson but across the Berkshire mountains from western Connecticut or Massachusetts.

John Howland @ Plymouth

John Howland is the 7th great-grandfather of Lewis Way

(John Howland, Hope Howland, Hope Chipman,

Elizabeth Huckins, Edward Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Solomon Way,

Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Beathel Way).

John Howland was born 1592/3 in Fenstanton, Huntingdon,

England. He arrived in 1620 on The Mayflower. He married

Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley and Joan Hurst.

They had 10 children. He died 24 Feb 1673, aged 80. His

descendants erected a monument on Plymouth's Burial Hill.

John Howland's position on The Mayflower was

as a servant to John Carver. During the Atlantic voyage,

he was swept overboard and rescued, in a dramatic

incident recounted by William Bradford:

As the Mayflower plowed westward through high seas in the fall of 1620 on its way to the New World, John Howland was suddenly swept overboard. Fortunately he grabbed a handy topsail halyard and although he was doused several fathoms deep, was hauled aboard with the aid of a boat hook. With this story, William Bradford introduces us to John Howland, a “lustie yonge man”, who when he died in 1672 at over 80 years, was the last male Mayflower passenger living in Plymouth.

John Howland served as a member of the scouting party

that explored Cape Cod before the landing in Plymouth.

Once established in the Colony, Howland quickly rose to a

position of responsibility and respectability. He was an important

person in the Plymouth Church. He was one of the eight

Plymouth "Undertakers" who assumed the colony’s

debt. He also served as an Assistant to the governor, as a

member of many committees and was placed in charge of

the Colony’s fur trading post at Kennebec, Maine.

The Last Will and Testament of mr John Howland of Plymouth late Deceased, exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the fift Day of March Anno Dom 1672 on the oathes of mr Samuell ffuller and mr William Crow as followeth

Know all men to whom these prsents shall Come That I John Howland senir of the Towne of New Plymouth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England in America, this twenty ninth Day of May one thousand six hundred seaventy and two being of whole mind, and in Good and prfect memory and Remembrance praised be God; being now Grown aged; haveing many Infeirmities of body upon mee; and not Knowing how soon God will call mee out of this world, Doe make and ordaine these prsents to be my Testament Containing herein my last Will in manor and forme following;

I Will and bequeath my body to the Dust and my soule to God that Gave it in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection unto Glory; and as Concerning my temporall estate, I Dispose thereof as followeth;

I Doe give and bequeath unto John Howland my eldest sonne besides what lands I have alreddy given him, all my Right and Interest To that one hundred acres of land graunted mee by the Court lying on the eastern side of Tauton River; between Teticutt and Taunton bounds and all the appurtenances and privilidges Therunto belonging, T belonge to him and his heirs and assignes for ever; and if that Tract should faile, then to have all my Right title and Interest by and in that Last Court graunt to mee in any other place, To belonge to him his heires and assignes for ever;

I give and bequeath unto my son Jabez Howland all those my upland and Meadow That I now posesse at Satuckett and Pamet, and places adjacent, with all the appurtenances and privilidges, belonging therunto, and all my right title and Interest therin, To belonge to him his heires and assignes for ever,

I Give and bequeath unto my son Jabez Howland all that my one peece of land that I have lying on the southsyde of the Mill brooke, in the Towne of Plymouth aforsaid; be it more or lesse; and is on the Northsyde of a feild that is now Gyles Rickards senir To belonge to the said Jabez his heirs and assignes for ever;

I give and bequeath unto Isacke Howland my youngest sonne all those my uplands and meddows Devided and undivided with all the appurtenances and priviliges unto them belonging, lying and being in the Towne of Middlebery, and in a tract of Land Called the Majors Purchase near Namassakett Ponds; which I have bought and purchased of William White of Marshfeild in the Collonie of New Plymouth; which may or shall appeer by any Deed or writinges Together with the aformentioned prticulares To belonge to the said Isacke his heirs and assignes for ever;

I give and bequeath unto my said son Isacke Howland the one halfe of my twelve acree lott of Meddow That I now have att Winnatucsett River within the Towne of Plymouth aforsaid To belonge to him and said Isacke howland his heires and assignes for ever;

I Will and bequeath unto my Deare and loveing wife Elizabeth Howland the use and benifitt of my now Dwelling house in Rockey nooke in the Township of Plymouth aforsaid, with the outhousing lands, That is uplands uplands [sic] and meddow lands and all appurtenances and privilidges therunto belonging in the Towne of Plymouth and all other Lands housing and meddowes that I have in the said Towne of Plymouth excepting what meddow and upland I have before given To my sonnes Jabez and Isacke Howland During her naturall life to Injoy make use of and Improve for her benifitt and Comfort;

I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Howland after the Decease of my loveing wife Elizabeth Howland my aforsaid Dwelling house att Rockey nooke together with all the outhousing uplands and Medowes appurtenances and privilidges belonging therunto; and all other housing uplands and meddowes appurtenances and privilidges That I have within the aforsaid Towne of New Plymouth excepting what lands and meadowes I have before Given To my two sonnes Jabez and Isacke; To belong to him the said Joseph Howland To him and his heires and assignes for ever;

I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Desire Gorum twenty shillings

I give and bequeath To my Daughter hope Chipman twenty shillings

I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Dickenson twenty shillings

I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Lydia Browne twenty shillings

I give & bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Bosworth twenty shillings

I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Cushman twenty shillings

I give to my Grandchild Elizabeth Howland The Daughter of my son John Howland twenty shillings

My will is That these legacyes Given to my Daughters, be payed by my exequitrix in such species as shee thinketh meet;

I will and bequeath unto my loveing wife Elizabeth Howland, my Debts and legacyes being first payed my whole estate: vis: lands houses goods Chattles; or any thing else that belongeth or appertaineth unto mee, undisposed of be it either in Plymouth Duxburrow or Middlbery or any other place whatsoever; I Doe freely and absolutly give and bequeath it all to my Deare and loveing wife Elizabeth Howland whom I Doe by these prsents, make ordaine and Constitute to be the sole exequitrix of this my Last will and Testament to see the same truely and faithfully prformed according to the tenour therof; In witness whereof I the said John Howland senir have heerunto sett my hand and seale the aforsaid twenty ninth Day of May, one thousand six hundred seaventy and two 1672

Signed and sealed in the

prsence of Samuel Fuller John Howland

William Crow And a seale

See video on the Shallop Elizabeth Tilley here:  https://youtu.be/OQFw3urke04

and here: https://youtu.be/cMY5zYfKMpo

Replica of the ship built by John Howland and named for his wife Elizabeth Tilley.

John Tilley @ Plymouth

Cole's Hill is the burial place of the Pilgrims who died in the first winter (1620-21). It rises above Plymouth Bay, on Carver St. in Plymouth, MA near the foot of Leyden St., the first street laid out in the original settlement.

John Tilley is the 8th great-grandfather of Lewis Way

(John Tilley, Elizabeth Tilley,Hope Howland, Hope Chipman,

Elizabeth Huckins, Edward Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Soloman Way,

Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Way).

John Tilley was baptized 19 Dec 1571 in Henlow,

Bedfordshire, England, son of Robert Tilley and Elizabeth. He married Joan Hurst on

20 Sep 1596 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.

They both arrived on The Mayflower in 1620. They had 5

children, only Elizabeth is known to have descendants.

Of 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower, just 53 lived

through the first winter. John Tilley and Joan Hurst were

among those who perished, orphaning Elizabeth, ae 13.

Elizabeth Tilley @ Swansea

The Jabez Howland

house where Elizabeth lived after John died and fire destroyed their Rocky Nook farm.

Elizabeth Tilley is the 7th great-grandmother of Lewis Way

(Elizabeth Tilley, Hope Howland, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth

Huckins, Edward Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Solomon Way,

Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Way).

Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley and Joan Hurst,

was baptized 30 Aug 1607. She died at the home

of her daughter at Swansea in 1687. She is buried in the

Little Neck Cemetery in East Providence, Rhode Island.

She arrived on The Mayflower. She married

John Howland in 1625. They had 10 children.

Her will is recorded in the Bristol County Probate Records.

Elder Henry Cobb @ Barnstable

Signatures of Henry Cobb and Thomas Huckins

Old Cemetery, Barnstable

aka; Lothrop Hill Cemetery

Henry Cobb is the 6th great-grandfather of Lewis Way. (Henry Cobb, Hannah Cobb, John Lewis, Edward Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Soloman Way, Edward Lewis Way, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Way)

Henry Cobb was born 1603 in Reculver, Kent, England, son of Baronet Henry Cobb and Pleasance Redwood. He probably came to the New World aboard the Anne in 1629. He married 23 Apr 1631 to Patience Hurst, daughter of Deacon James Hurst and Catherine. They had 3 children at Plymouth before removing to Scituate, Massachusetts, about 1633, where they had 2 children, including Hannah, and then they removed to Barnstable, Massachusetts, where they had more children.

The Cobb line is shown to extend as far as 1258 in England,

12 generations before Henry comes to Plymouth Colony.

"He removed to Scituate; with wife Patience joined in the organization of the church, Jan. 20, 1634-5. Removed to Barnstable, proprietor 2 Jan 1638-9. Deacon, ruling elder..."

-The Pioneers of Massachusetts, Charles Henry Pope

In 1633, Henry Cobb has a farm at Stockbridge Mill Pond

-Scituate Historical Society

“Among the early settlers at Plymouth was Henry Cobb, the ancestor of many of the family. Just when he came is not recorded, but his name appears in the Colony Records on a list of “Ratings by order of court, 2d Jan. 1632-3,” with the amount of his tax, nine shillings. His name is also among “The names of the Freemen of the Incorporation of Plymoth in New England, An: 1633.”  In after years his name appears frequently on the records, giving us a clear idea of what his position and standing in the Colony was.”

“He doubtless had been a member of Rev. John Lothrop’s church in England, as we gather from what Mr. Lothrop wrote in his Church Records. So that when Mr. Lothrop came to this country, Henry Cobb was among the very first who came to his support and joined him in the planting and establishing of a new town and church.”

-Introduction to Barnstable, Philip L. Cobb

The records of Rev. John Lothrop, a Puritan preacher who emigrated from London in 1634, after having been imprisoned there, provides details on the history of the time and Henry Cobb’s place in the church and the Colony.

“Decemb. 15, 1635, our Brother Cobb was invested into the Office of a Deacon.”

When it was proposed that the church remove to Sippican, now Rochester, Dea. Cobb was one of the committee to whom the Colony Court in 1638 granted the lands for a township. When it was afterwards decided to remove to Mattakeese, latercalled Barnstable, he was a member of the committee having charge, or the selecting, of a suitable location for the settlement.

The following part is given reference by “Barnstable Families, Otis”:

“Deacon Cobb's house lot in Barnstable containing seven acres, was situate at a little distance north from the present Unitarian Meeting House, between the lots of Thomas Huckins* on the north and Roger Goodspeed on the south, extending from George Lewis' meadow on the "Old Mill Way" on the east. This tract of land is uneven and a large portion was originally a swamp. It was not one of the most desirable lots the settlement.

His other lands were the neck of land and the meadows adjoining, where Cobb & Smith's wharf and stores are now situate, bounded southerly by Lewis Hill and John Davis' marsh and on the other sides by the surrounding creeks. His Great Lot, containing three score acres, was situate on the south side of the County road, between the present dwelling houses of Joseph Cobb and James Otis. It was bounded in 1654 easterly by the lands of Henry Taylor and Joshua Lumbard, southerly by the commons, westerly partly by the commons and partly by Goodman Foxwell's land, and northerly by the highway and Henry Taylor's land. Two lots of six acres each in the Common Field.”

…

“Deacon Cobb's house lot was rough and uneven, and not desirable land for cultivation. His Great Lot had some good soil. It was a good grazing farm, and as the raising of cattle was the principle business of the first settlers, his lands were probably selected with reference to that object. His two lots in the new Common Field had a rich soil, and were occupied as planting lands.

He appears to have built two houses on his home lot.”

* [Thomas Huckins was later chosen by Jonathan Cobb as his guardian after the death of his father and this was approved by Mr. Huckins and the Court.]

[More can be found in the Cobb’s “History”.]

In Barnstable he was active and useful in promoting the temporal, and in ministering to the spiritual wants of the first settlers. He was a town officer, a member of the most important town committees, and a deputy to the Colony Court in 1645, 1647, 1659, 1660 and 1661. On the 14^th of April, 1670, he was chosen and ordained a ruling elder of the church in Barnstable, an office which he held until his death in 1679.

“In the government of his town and Colony Henry Cobb took a modest, yet not unimportant, part. For many years he represented Barnstable at the General Court at Plymouth. There were two deputies from the town. … There can be no question but he was a man of standing and importance, valued and respected by his associates.”

Elder Henry Cobb married in 1631, Patience, daughter of Dea. James Hurst, of Plymouth. She was "buryed May 4, 1648, the first that was buryed in our new burying place by our meeting house." (Lothrop's Church Rec.) He was married to his second wife, Sarah, sister of Governor Thomas Hinckley and a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hinckley by Mr. Prince, December 12, 1649. He died in 1679, and his wife Sarah survived him.

The precise date of his death is not known, “but he had lived in the Colony forty-seven years or more.”

A plain simple granite shaft about six feet in height from the base, on the front of which has been engraved the following inscription to his memory:

ELDER HENRY COBB THE ANCESTOR OF THE COBB FAMILY, IN BARNSTABLE. DIED IN 1679 --- ERECTED BY ENOCH T. COBB, A DESCENDANT IN 1871. (Barnstable, Old Cemetery aka Lothrop Hill Cemetery)

In his will dated 4 April 1673, proved before the court at Plymouth on 3 June 1679, and in the Codicil thereto dated 22 February 1678, he gave his “Great Lott of Land in Barnstable” to his son James; the latter paying Elder Cobb's son John 5 pounds for his interest therein. Names his sons John, James, Gershom and Eliezer, to whom he had theretofore given “half my Lands at Suconeesset”, gave his "new dwelling house" and all the rest of his “Lands both upland and meadow” to his wife Sarah. In his will he gave his dwelling house after the decease of his wife to his son Samuel; but in the codicil to his son Henry. He also named his son Jonathan and daughters Mary, Hannah, Patience and Sarah.

Henry Cobb, by wives Patience Hurst and Sarah Hinckley, fathered fifteen children. His first wife Patience died five weeks after giving birth to their seventh child in 1648. When he died in 1679, Henry had outlived twelve children and witnessed the births of twenty-eight grandchildren, none of whom died in infancy, quite a blessing in those times. Of his seventy-two grandchildren, all but fourteen had issue, which adds up to four hundred and twenty-three known great-grandchildren.