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From: Stephanie Ray <>
Subject: Re: [COBB-DNA] Testing the DNA list
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 23:42:44 +0000 (GMT)
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The Cobbs, especially the Joseph IOW line, loved to use tribute names. It
could used as the be the given or the middle name. For instance, Laura
Munson has documented on her excellent web site that Absalom Cobb, the son of Robert
Cobb and Mary Deberry, named a daughter Polly Deberry Cobb and a son
Deberry Cobb.

http://www.brazoriaroots.com/p3979.htm

I am actually hoping to have one of Absalom's descendants contribute to
the DNA project, because we don't yet have an excess of participants for
this line. By "Jeremiah", do you mean the father of Alexander/Saunders
Cobb?

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Marshall and Shelia Robbins wrote:

> My line is Jeremiah's with lineage from Joseph IOW so I don't know anything
> about the WV Cobbs. Probably someone just liked the name Fleming. There is a
> name in my maternal Gregory line that keeps reoccuring, Cummings or Commons,
> and I can't find if this name is meaninful or not but I think it is but I
> have a brick wall from 1774 back so I don't know who might be back there.
> Have a great day.
> Shelia Cobb Robbins
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betty A Harris" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [COBB-DNA] Testing the DNA list
>
>
>> I can't say whether it's significant or not. If there is any possible
>> connection of your line to WV then possibly so. There are often a lot of
>> names repeated across various family lines. It is more significant, I
>> think, when a name is repeated for generations in one particular family
>> line.
>>
>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:42:49 -0600 "Marshall and Shelia Robbins"
>> <> writes:
>>> Betty, the Fleming name caught my eye. There is one of my MS
>>> relatives who
>>> has the Fleming name....John Fleming Cobb. Do you think the Fleming
>>> has
>>> significance.
>>> Shelia Cobb Robbins
>>>
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