I have an Alexander Cobean with an original PA Land Warrant, my Survey #A-190, in Mount Joy Township, Adams County, index detail on page 84, Volume 1. See also the land records' website: http://www.paland.us Dr. Charles Glatfelter and Arthur Weaner, in the book on The Manor of Maske list the follwowing Cobean's: Alexander, pp. 20, 22-3, 28, 33, 38; Samuel, pp. 33, 41; William, p. 33. The p. 33 listing is for their Survey 82 in Cumberland Township. Dr. Neal O. Hively -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim White" <jimwhite3@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:23 AM To: <paadams@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] Original Cobean Family of Adams Cp Pa > Hi Lee Anne: > > There are many spelling variations for Cobean. > > However, I am primarily interested in descendents of the Alexander & > Samuel > (& Samuel Alexander) Cobean families, that are extensively referenced in > Gettysburg, and Pennsylvania history. The Civil War Museum, was moved to > the original farm of Samuel Alexander Cobean, in 1999. > > The father of the original Cobean family, was I believe, John Cobean. He > may have had brothers, named Alexander, James, William, Thomas & Samuel. > > The major spelling variations are: Cobean, Cobane, Cobain, de Cobain, > Cobaen, Cobine/Cobin/Cobene, Cabban/Cabbane, etc. > > It appears that those using the Cobean spelling variation, emigrated to > Pennsylvania ca 1760, Ohio & Virginia ca 1790, and Ontario ca 1823. > > The Cobain variation emigrated to Australia ca 1850, and several remained > in > the Antrim area of Ireland, Galway of Scotland & Yorkshire, England. > > The Cobane variation remained in northern Tyrone, before emigrating to > USA, > and Canada, later in the 1800's. > > The Cobine strain, moved to Monaghan, Ireland before emigrating to the USA > in the mid-late 1800's. > > All records in Ireland, indicate the family was almost totally located in > the counties of Antrim, first, ca 1640, and then Tyrone ca 1710, having > moved to Antrim ca 1640 in the Plantation of Ulster. > > Regards > > Jim White > > Naples, Florida > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee Anne Center" <lacenter@comcast.net> > To: <paadams@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] Original Cobean Family of Adams Cp Pa > > >> Jim and List, >> >> Do you know of some variant spellings for Cobean? >> >> Lee Anne >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS >> ********* >> Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are >> gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed >> messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed >> messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. >> ************ >> Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 3709 (20081220) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3709 (20081220) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > >