Ancestry of
Chevy Chase

Comedian, Actor and Writer

Edward Cobb

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Chevy Chase — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1036 
  • Father:
  • William Cobb 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy Savie   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 26 Nov 1637 
  • Christening Location:
  • Swanage, Dorsetshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1675 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Hoskins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Nov 1660 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Edward Cobb (Ahnentafel No:518 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources list Edward Cobb as a son of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb, but that appears to be incorrect.

• Sources for Edward Cobb

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1953, Vol. 30, pp. 173-174.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1954, Vol. 31, p. 31-32.
  • ³ The Essex Genealogist, 1994, Vol. 14, p. 58.
  • ⁴ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 164, Marriage record for Edward Cobb and Mary Hoskins.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. III, G-H, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2003), 417.
  • ⁶ Baldwin, Charles C., Baldwin Genealogy: with Maternal Branches, Summit, New Jersey: Unknown (1945), 244.
  • ⁷ Lee, Francis Bazley, editor, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. II, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 463.

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