Winthrop Maine Historical Society plans to host Jennifer Phillips — whose ancestral roots in town trace back to 1802 — at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, via Zoom.

Phillips lived in Illinois before moving to Winthrop in 2019 with her husband Curt, son Ricky and the recently-deceased Anne Cobb Bird. Bird is the oldest child and Phillips is the oldest grandchild of Richard “Chick” Cobb and Marion Hyatt Cobb.

Her first memory of the Cobb Farm is from when she was 8 years old and spent a summer on the farm. She says it shaped the person who she is today, and she always dreamed that someday she would own it, according to a news release. That became a reality in 2018 when she purchased in partnership with her family and Bird.

Phillips will give a talk and slideshow presentation that focuses on the history and future of the historic Cobb Farm in Winthrop. This month’s talk will dive deeper into some who lived and worked on the farm plus the many activities of the farm over the years.

Before ownership by Phillips and family, the farm was once a bustling dairy farm that was famous for its corn. The farm has been in the Cobb family for seven generations.

The active farm was owned by the “Cobb Brothers” — Richard “Chick” Cobb and his wife Marion Hyatt Cobb, and Chick’s brother Willis “Bud” Cobb and his wife Aldea “Red” Maheux Cobb — from returning from World War II in the 1940s until the late 1980s. The Phillips family purchased the farm with intent to renovate and return the farm to active use.

Since moving to Maine, the Phillips family has made many repairs and improvements to the “little farm” known by many as Bud & Red’s farm. Phillips has joined the Winthrop historical society and is a board member, and she also serves as a deacon at the Winthrop Congregational Church.

The Zoom link is networkmaine.zoom.us/j/81096636540; the meeting ID is 810 9663 6540. A business meeting is to follow.

For more information, email Nick Perry at [email protected].