|
|
| Birth: | About 1632 in ,,England |
| Death: | Before 26 May 1707 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | |
| Mother: | |
| | |
| |
 | Spouses & Children |  | |
| | |
 | |  |
|
| |
| Sarah Gray (Wife) b. About 1642 in of Newtown,Queens,Long Island,New York
|
|
| Marriage: | BEF 1657 |
| Children: | |
 John Hobby Jr. b. About 1658 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Thomas Hobby b. About 1660 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
 Elizabeth Hobby b. About 1662 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Hannah Hobby b. About 1664 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Martha Hobby b. About 1666 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Mary Hobby b. About 1668 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Rebecca Hobby b. About 1668 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Benjamin Hobby b. About 1674 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Rachel Hobby b. About 1677 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
- Jonathan Hobby b. About 1682 in Greenwich,Fairfield Co,Connecticut
|
| |
|
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
| |
| Notes | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| |
Individual:
per Ancestry, Richard Wilson:
Will dated 24 Apr 1707
bet 1682 and 1701 Deputy to General Court for Greenwich four times
1692 member of the petit jury which tried the witchcraft cases
26 Ma 1707 inventory of estate "From Notes on John Hobby, ancestry.com database (jane's Family) of Jane
Fox,
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2378083&id=I2954
(downloaded 3/15/03):
"Much is written about John Hobby, a lot of which can be seen in the
'Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie' by Paul W. Prindle ad is interesting
reading. Briefly, he was first recorded in a court action at Hartford, CT in
1652, he failed to appear, his bond was ordered forfeited and he was held
in contempt of court. he appears in Newtown, (then middleburg), Queens,
NY, in 1656 and in the New Haven Colony in 1659 as the plaintiff in a case
regarding ownership of a horse. (See: 'Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction
of New Haven, 1653-1665: 141, by Charles J. Hoadly). His principal
residence was in Greenwich but references to him are found in the records
of Newtown one of which proves that the John Hobbys of Newtown and of
Greenwich were one and the same person. (Town Minutes of Newtown,
2:210, by The Historical Records Survey). Other entries prove the identity
of his wife. (Recounted i Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie: pp
209-10.) "Mr Hobby served o many Greenwich town committees over a long period of
time...especially in real estate dealings. In 1669 he was on a committee to
consider whether or not 'Horse Neck' was suitable for 'the settling of a
township.' (Apparently it was, as Greenwich was known as Horse Neck for
many years.) He was involved in the question of the location of the
boundary line between Greenwich and Stamford in 1670, again in 1693 and
in 1696 as 'ye town Remaining Dissatisfied with ye Present setlement of
Dividing line, do se Cause in order for a furder Tryall (further trial), & if it may be yt (that) Love and pease may be Continued between Each town, Do
hereby make Choise on & appoint John Hobby, Dan. Smith & Sam'll Peck' to
meet with such Stamford men as may be appointed 'to discorse ye
matter...and make a Returne unto ye Towne...' (Greenwich Early Records:
103). The question was referred to the General Court (again) and on 20
May 1697 a confirmation of the Greenwich patent was issued. The detailed
instrument (reproduced as Appendix I in 'The Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett
Gillespie') was not recorded until 13 Sep 1758. The minutes of the town
meeting held 10 Feb 1695/6 note that 'Furder more, whereas there hath
bin a Neglect in ye towne Conserning ye Entere of Thee Lands & fences
belonging to hors neck and Coscob feild,' a select committee was named,
including 'Mr. John Hubby,' to 'gaine ye best Ensite, by antient writtings, of
Each mans propiete of land in s'd feilds, with ye Quantitie of fence Layd to
s'd Lands & to methodise ye matter with what theye finde seutable to
present to ye Towne at ye next Towne Meeting.' While not a very
interesting entry at first glance, this is the first instance in town records
in which John Hobby was given the title of respect, 'Mr.' Henceforth, he was
always thus distinguished. Services to the town not involving real estate
dealt with getting ammunition to protect themselves from Indians, deaing
with the aftermath of King Philip's War, deciding upon frtifications for the
town, appointing the share of work to build a bridge, negotiating with 'John
Robyson concrning the building and seting up of a saw mill uppon byram
River, also///to despose of as much land as may be necasary for John
Robyson use.' Mr. Hobby was asked to help in making arrangements for a
horse pound and as a member of a committee signed an agreement with
Jonathan Whelply providing for Whelply to build a saw mill on the Mianus
River and operate it. he also served on a committee to find someone to
build a corn mill and later a saw mill. He was involved in the building of the
meeting house and the church. He and six other were town auditors in 1686
and served as auditor again in 1695."
|
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
| |
| SmartMatches | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| |
Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
Click the  icon to see a SmartMatch in side-by-side windows.
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
|
|
