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Thomas Cobbold F/M [Cobbold-59] c Married Married Married Married Married: 1737 Sarah Cobboll F/Mc | ||||||||||||||
| John Cobboll Cobbold [Cobbold-41] [CFT #56] Born: 1745 Died: 1835 |
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| Possibly born 1746 3rd Generation Brewer, Banker and Merchant The family brewery was founded in Harwich in 1723 by John's grandfather Thomas Cobbold (1680-1752). Thomas soon discovered that the water in Harwich was too brackish so in 1727 he started shipping clear spring water down the Orwell by barge from the 'Holy Wells'. The business prospered to the extent that in 1746 he decided to move his family and the brewery to a site on the Cliff above the Orwell at Holy Wells. There has been a Cliff Brewery in Ipswich ever since. The founder died shortly afterwards and his son another Thomas Cobbold (1708-1767) took over. The business still flourished but 'young' Thomas died only 15 years after his father and John, the 3rd generation found himself at the helm when only 22 years old. He had been educated at Greenwich and he turned out to be a natural businessman. His granddaughter, Emily Caroline remembers him having fair hair and blue eyes. Contemporary portraits suggest he was a well-built man. He had inherited property in Harwich and Dovercourt and the prosperity of the business provided him with an enviable lifestyle. He married Elizabeth Wilkinson (1753-1790) in 1773 and she bore him 15 children in 17 years before, unsurprisingly dying. Another Elizabeth, this time Clarke nee Knipe (1764-1824) was his second wife who gave him another 7 children in 8 years. With his large philoprogenitive capacity satisfied he turned his attention to banking. Bacon,Cobbold,Rodwell,Dunningham,Cobbold & Co. received a substantial injection of cash from the brewery business which allowed it to survive the 1825 banking crisis and build a profitable banking business which was to trade for another 80 years. His big family raised, his new house built, his duties as a Magistrate completed and his businesses prosperous he died in 1835 at the age of 90. He was certainly entitled to feel that his life was a job well done. Anthony Cobbold 2006 Recently we have taken to calling him 'Big John' (which is a pretty accurate description) to distinguish him from his 6 John Cobbold descendants. |
1: 1774 John Wilkinson Cobboldcw W/C 2: 1775 James Cobboldc 3: 1776 Elizabeth Cobboldc H/C 4: 1778 Sarah Cobboldc H/C 5: 1779 Maria Cobboldcw H 6: 1780 Thomas Cobboldc 7: 1781 Mary Cobboldc 8: 1783 Mary Cobboldcw H/C 9: 1784 William Cobboldc W/C 10: 1784 Anne Cobboldc H 11: 1785 Harriet Cobboldc H/C 12: 1786 George Cobboldc W/C 13: 1787 Sophia Cobboldc H/C 14: 1788 Henry Gallant Cobboldc 15: 1789 Frederick Cobboldc W/C 16: 1792 Robert Knipe Cobboldcw W/C 17: 1793 Charles Cobboldc W/C 18: 1794 Rowland Cobboldc 19: 1796 Francis Cobboldc 20: 1797 Richard Cobboldcw W/C 21: 1798 Edward Cobboldc W/C 22: 1800 Frances Catherine Cobboldc | |||||||||||||
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