"In 1795, General David Cobb of Taunton, Massachusetts, a former aide to General Washington, had been sent to Gouldsboro to act as Bingham's agent for promoting
the sale and settlement of the Maine lands. . . . In July 1797, John Richards was sent to Gouldsboro from England to act as agent for the Baring interest. It was to serve as a clerk to Cobb and Richards that young John Black came to Maine. . . .
According to his petition for naturalization, dated November 1804, he was born in Whitehaven, England on July 31, 1780.[7] While still a teenager, he entered the
influential London banking house of Hope and Company as a clerk. There his talents as an accountant were recognized, probably by Alexander Baring, and he was
hired to serve as clerk at Gouldsboro.[8] . . . In the spring of 1798, Richards and Black arrived in Gouldsboro. . . John Black moved in with the family of General Cobb. Four years later, he wed Mary, the sixth of Cobb's eleven children. She had been born in
Taunton, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1776.[11] Cobb wrote to Bingham, April 20, 1803, 'Mr. Black, the last fall, was married to the only daughter I have left, and they are
at house keeper [sic] in our little neighborhood at Gouldsboro.[12]' " Pages 122 -123.
"Mary Cobb Black passed away on October 17, 1851. . . . she must have been a remarkable woman to have raised eight children with her husband away most of the time. Four years older than John, Mary Black was seventy-five years of age at her death.
Just over a year later, Colonel Black, now seventy-two years old, married again. His second wife was Mrs. Frances Hodges Wood, widow of Joseph A. Wood, a former
business associate upon whose death Black had been appointed executor of the estate.
. . . Frances Wood was the daughter of Mary Cobb's sister, Eleanor,[55] and thus a niece of Black's first wife. Mrs. Wood was twenty-five years younger than the colonel,[56] Their wedding took place on November 21, 1852.[57]" Page 151.
"In addition to his many other undertakings, Mr. Black pursued a rather active military career. On July 2, 1805, he was commissioned a captain in the Second Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade and Tenth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Black served for many years as commander of the Ellsworth militia company
known locally as the Cobb Light Infantry.[19] . . . promoted major January 15, 1811; promoted lieutenant colonel June 15, 1812; promoted colonel June 20, 1816. He was discharged on February 11, 1817.[20]" p. 124-125.
"Besides his duties as Bingham's agent, he succeeded in building a successful lumber and mercantile business of his own. . . . not the least of his accomplishments, was the beautiful mansion, Woodlawn, which stands today . . ." p. 152.
Source for above: Recommended Citation: Robbins, Rebecca. "Colonel John Black of Ellsworth (1781-1856)." Maine History 17, 3 (1978): 121-161.
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the sale and settlement of the Maine lands. . . . In July 1797, John Richards was sent to Gouldsboro from England to act as agent for the Baring interest. It was to serve as a clerk to Cobb and Richards that young John Black came to Maine. . . .
According to his petition for naturalization, dated November 1804, he was born in Whitehaven, England on July 31, 1780.[7] While still a teenager, he entered the
influential London banking house of Hope and Company as a clerk. There his talents as an accountant were recognized, probably by Alexander Baring, and he was
hired to serve as clerk at Gouldsboro.[8] . . . In the spring of 1798, Richards and Black arrived in Gouldsboro. . . John Black moved in with the family of General Cobb. Four years later, he wed Mary, the sixth of Cobb's eleven children. She had been born in
Taunton, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1776.[11] Cobb wrote to Bingham, April 20, 1803, 'Mr. Black, the last fall, was married to the only daughter I have left, and they are
at house keeper [sic] in our little neighborhood at Gouldsboro.[12]' " Pages 122 -123.
"Mary Cobb Black passed away on October 17, 1851. . . . she must have been a remarkable woman to have raised eight children with her husband away most of the time. Four years older than John, Mary Black was seventy-five years of age at her death.
Just over a year later, Colonel Black, now seventy-two years old, married again. His second wife was Mrs. Frances Hodges Wood, widow of Joseph A. Wood, a former
business associate upon whose death Black had been appointed executor of the estate.
. . . Frances Wood was the daughter of Mary Cobb's sister, Eleanor,[55] and thus a niece of Black's first wife. Mrs. Wood was twenty-five years younger than the colonel,[56] Their wedding took place on November 21, 1852.[57]" Page 151.
"In addition to his many other undertakings, Mr. Black pursued a rather active military career. On July 2, 1805, he was commissioned a captain in the Second Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade and Tenth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Black served for many years as commander of the Ellsworth militia company
known locally as the Cobb Light Infantry.[19] . . . promoted major January 15, 1811; promoted lieutenant colonel June 15, 1812; promoted colonel June 20, 1816. He was discharged on February 11, 1817.[20]" p. 124-125.
"Besides his duties as Bingham's agent, he succeeded in building a successful lumber and mercantile business of his own. . . . not the least of his accomplishments, was the beautiful mansion, Woodlawn, which stands today . . ." p. 152.
Source for above: Recommended Citation: Robbins, Rebecca. "Colonel John Black of Ellsworth (1781-1856)." Maine History 17, 3 (1978): 121-161.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol17/iss3/3
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"In 1795, General David Cobb of Taunton, Massachusetts, a former aide to General Washington, had been sent to Gouldsboro to act as Bingham's agent for promoting
the sale and settlement of the Maine lands. . . . In July 1797, John Richards was sent to Gouldsboro from England to act as agent for the Baring interest. It was to serve as a clerk to Cobb and Richards that young John Black came to Maine. . . .
According to his petition for naturalization, dated November 1804, he was born in Whitehaven, England on July 31, 1780.[7] While still a teenager, he entered the
influential London banking house of Hope and Company as a clerk. There his talents as an accountant were recognized, probably by Alexander Baring, and he was
hired to serve as clerk at Gouldsboro.[8] . . . In the spring of 1798, Richards and Black arrived in Gouldsboro. . . John Black moved in with the family of General Cobb. Four years later, he wed Mary, the sixth of Cobb's eleven children. She had been born in
Taunton, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1776.[11] Cobb wrote to Bingham, April 20, 1803, 'Mr. Black, the last fall, was married to the only daughter I have left, and they are
at house keeper [sic] in our little neighborhood at Gouldsboro.[12]' " Pages 122 -123.
"Mary Cobb Black passed away on October 17, 1851. . . . she must have been a remarkable woman to have raised eight children with her husband away most of the time. Four years older than John, Mary Black was seventy-five years of age at her death.
Just over a year later, Colonel Black, now seventy-two years old, married again. His second wife was Mrs. Frances Hodges Wood, widow of Joseph A. Wood, a former
business associate upon whose death Black had been appointed executor of the estate.
. . . Frances Wood was the daughter of Mary Cobb's sister, Eleanor,[55] and thus a niece of Black's first wife. Mrs. Wood was twenty-five years younger than the colonel,[56] Their wedding took place on November 21, 1852.[57]" Page 151.
"In addition to his many other undertakings, Mr. Black pursued a rather active military career. On July 2, 1805, he was commissioned a captain in the Second Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade and Tenth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Black served for many years as commander of the Ellsworth militia company
known locally as the Cobb Light Infantry.[19] . . . promoted major January 15, 1811; promoted lieutenant colonel June 15, 1812; promoted colonel June 20, 1816. He was discharged on February 11, 1817.[20]" p. 124-125.
"Besides his duties as Bingham's agent, he succeeded in building a successful lumber and mercantile business of his own. . . . not the least of his accomplishments, was the beautiful mansion, Woodlawn, which stands today . . ." p. 152.
Source for above: Recommended Citation: Robbins, Rebecca. "Colonel John Black of Ellsworth (1781-1856)." Maine History 17, 3 (1978): 121-161.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol17/iss3/3
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Woodlawn today has a Museum, Barn and Trails.
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the sale and settlement of the Maine lands. . . . In July 1797, John Richards was sent to Gouldsboro from England to act as agent for the Baring interest. It was to serve as a clerk to Cobb and Richards that young John Black came to Maine. . . .
According to his petition for naturalization, dated November 1804, he was born in Whitehaven, England on July 31, 1780.[7] While still a teenager, he entered the
influential London banking house of Hope and Company as a clerk. There his talents as an accountant were recognized, probably by Alexander Baring, and he was
hired to serve as clerk at Gouldsboro.[8] . . . In the spring of 1798, Richards and Black arrived in Gouldsboro. . . John Black moved in with the family of General Cobb. Four years later, he wed Mary, the sixth of Cobb's eleven children. She had been born in
Taunton, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1776.[11] Cobb wrote to Bingham, April 20, 1803, 'Mr. Black, the last fall, was married to the only daughter I have left, and they are
at house keeper [sic] in our little neighborhood at Gouldsboro.[12]' " Pages 122 -123.
"Mary Cobb Black passed away on October 17, 1851. . . . she must have been a remarkable woman to have raised eight children with her husband away most of the time. Four years older than John, Mary Black was seventy-five years of age at her death.
Just over a year later, Colonel Black, now seventy-two years old, married again. His second wife was Mrs. Frances Hodges Wood, widow of Joseph A. Wood, a former
business associate upon whose death Black had been appointed executor of the estate.
. . . Frances Wood was the daughter of Mary Cobb's sister, Eleanor,[55] and thus a niece of Black's first wife. Mrs. Wood was twenty-five years younger than the colonel,[56] Their wedding took place on November 21, 1852.[57]" Page 151.
"In addition to his many other undertakings, Mr. Black pursued a rather active military career. On July 2, 1805, he was commissioned a captain in the Second Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade and Tenth Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Black served for many years as commander of the Ellsworth militia company
known locally as the Cobb Light Infantry.[19] . . . promoted major January 15, 1811; promoted lieutenant colonel June 15, 1812; promoted colonel June 20, 1816. He was discharged on February 11, 1817.[20]" p. 124-125.
"Besides his duties as Bingham's agent, he succeeded in building a successful lumber and mercantile business of his own. . . . not the least of his accomplishments, was the beautiful mansion, Woodlawn, which stands today . . ." p. 152.
Source for above: Recommended Citation: Robbins, Rebecca. "Colonel John Black of Ellsworth (1781-1856)." Maine History 17, 3 (1978): 121-161.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol17/iss3/3
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine.
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Woodlawn today has a Museum, Barn and Trails.
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