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View Tree for Charity CobbCharity Cobb (b. April 15, 1712, d. Aft. August 13, 1782)

Charity Cobb (daughter of James Cobb and Rebecca Emston) was born April 15, 1712 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died Aft. August 13, 1782.She married Zachariah Spencer on February 02, 1727/28 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
 Includes NotesNotes for Charity Cobb:
According to family heresay, one of Margaret's sisters was President Zachary Taylor's mother, but the marriage records we have do not indicate any sister married to a Taylor?
She owned land in Bynums Run, Maryland; 5 acres of a larger tract called 'West Chance".She held it until she moved from Maryland to Ohio.She was listed in the Maryland census of 1800 as head of the family .
She came to Ohio with her children; John, Joseph, Charity, Elizabeth and Margaret.
She lived in her own house on the original Creal farm in Pleasant Hill, Harrison County, Ohio.She is buried in the church yard cemetary which was on that farm.We have a picture of her tombstone.The land for the cemetary, as well as for the church (which he erected) and a school house, was donated by her son, John Creal.
More About Charity Cobb and Zachariah Spencer:
Marriage: February 02, 1727/28, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Children of Charity Cobb and Zachariah Spencer are:
  1. Charity Spencer, b. February, Baltimore County, Maryland, d. April 11, 1817, Gaston County, North Carolina.
  2. William Spencer, b. Bet. 1727 - 1754, d. 1826, Burke County, North Carolina.
  3. Zachariah Spencer, Jr, b. March 13, 1731/32, Baltimore County, Maryland, d. 1789, Lincoln County, North Carolina.