| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation508. Sarah "Sally" COBB648 was born on 15 May 1744 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died in June 1816 at the age of 72. Her father, Thomas Cobb, had a tavern in Taunton. Robert Paine was a frequent visitor to the Cobbs. Sarah "Sally" COBB and Robert Treat PAINE were married on 15 March 1770 in Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA. Robert Treat PAINE264, son of Thomas PAINE and Eunice TREAT, was born on 12 March 1731 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. He died on 11 May 1814 at the age of 83 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. ECL: He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was a lawyer, Harvard 1749. They had 8 children, four sons and four daughters. He grew to notoriety by opposing the Stamp Act in the 1760's and later prosecuting Capt. Thomas Preston and his men for firing on the inhabitants of the Boston 5 March 1770 (The Boston Massacre). John Adams was their defense attorney. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774 and thereafter until 1778, when he became the Massachusetts Attorney General. He was Chairman of the Cannon Committee of the Continental Congress, indicating a likely background in iron refining. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, signing just below John Hancock. Sarah "Sally" COBB and Robert Treat PAINE had the following children:
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