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BOBBY, Thomas Sr.

BOBBY, Thomas Sr.

Male - Abt 1698   Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name BOBBY, Thomas  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Gender Male 
    Individual Event 1676  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    "Personal grievances against William Hartwell, Servant to the Governor: Thomas Bobby, imprisioned and forced to pay 500 lbs. Porke, 200 lbs. Bacon and 100 lbs. Butter, etc." 
    Land 23 Apr 1681  James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    on the west side of the Chickahominy River, 500 acres, adjoining the land of Humphrey ENGLAND, patented 
    • This land was formerly granted to William FRY by patent on 29 August 1643.
    Land 23 Apr 1690  James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    on the west side of the Chickahominy River, 750 acres, adjoining the former land of Humphrey ENGLAND, patented 
    Land 29 Apr 1693  James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    on the Chickahominy River marsh, 862 acres, bounded by Gregory WELLS' corner oak, patented 
    Death Abt 1698  [1, 2
    Will 25 Jun 1698  [1, 2
    Person ID I3745  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2022 

    Family —?—, Ann   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +  1. Male BOBBY, Thomas Jr.,   b. 17 Nov 1689, York County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1725 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F1506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2022 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Thomas Bobby Sr.'s 3 land deeds were recorded in James City County, locating the land west of the Chickahominy River, which is in Charles City County. The river is the dividing line. Both original counties were formed in 1634. In Balfour's 1778 case, it referrs to Bobby's land at "Church Point" or "Balfour's Neck", in Charles City County.

      Church Point coordinates:  37.3882N, -076.9309W

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsIndividual Event - "Personal grievances against William Hartwell, Servant to the Governor: Thomas Bobby, imprisioned and forced to pay 500 lbs. Porke, 200 lbs. Bacon and 100 lbs. Butter, etc." - 1676 - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - on the west side of the Chickahominy River, 500 acres, adjoining the land of Humphrey ENGLAND, patented - 23 Apr 1681 - James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - on the west side of the Chickahominy River, 750 acres, adjoining the former land of Humphrey ENGLAND, patented - 23 Apr 1690 - James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - on the Chickahominy River marsh, 862 acres, bounded by Gregory WELLS' corner oak, patented - 29 Apr 1693 - James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 30 Mar 2015, p. 11.

    2. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 13 Jul 2020, George Harrison Sanford King, "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," April 1938, Vol. 19, No. 4, 221-224; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 13 Jul 2020).
      "Estate of Andrew Balfour of Charles City County."
      Law Suite - Estate of Andrew Balfour
      Law Suite - Estate of Andrew Balfour


    3. [S610] Louis des Cognets Jr., Book - Lost Virginia Records, (1958; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 31 Mar 2015, p 233-4.

    4. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 19 Jul 2020, "Patents Issued During the Regal Government - James City County," (Series 1) October 1903, Vol. 12, No. 2, p 104; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 19 July 2020).
      Original Source:  James City County, VA - Deed Book #7, p 95.
      Patents - James City, VA
      Patents - James City, VA


    5. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 19 Jul 2020, "Patents Issued During the Regal Government - James City County," (Series 1) October 1903, Vol. 12, No. 2, p 108; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 19 July 2020).
      Original Source:  James City County, VA - Deed Book #8, p 65.
      Patents - James City, VA
      Patents - James City, VA


    6. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 19 Jul 2020, "Patents Issued During the Regal Government - James City County," (Series 1) October 1903, Vol. 12, No. 2, p 109; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 19 July 2020).
      Original Source:  James City County, VA - Deed Book #8, p 276.
      Patents - James City, VA
      Patents - James City, VA



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