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HOBBS, Mary

HOBBS, Mary

Female Abt 1763 - Aft 1825  (62 years)   Has 3 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HOBBS, Mary  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Abt 1763  Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft Apr 1825  [1
    Age 62 years 
    Person ID I4450  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2019 

    Father HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1808, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother —?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725   d. Aft 1808, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F1707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BENHAM, John   d. 1800, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Y  [1, 3, 4, 5
    • They had 11 children. [1]
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Residence Abt 1769  Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    on the North Fork of the Holston River 
    • They moved from Maryland to settle just upstream from Mary's parents.
    Residence 1792  Russell County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    on 350 acres in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain 
    • They moved here from their farm on the North Fork of the Holston River, following Mary's parents who moved here in 1780. This location is now the town of Dryden in Lee County, Virginia. They moved back to the Mendota area on the North Fork of the Holston River sometime before 1800. Both died there and are thought to be buried with their son, Joel Benham, in his cemetery (36°40'04" N, 082°20'38" W).
    Family ID F1812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1763 - Province of Maryland, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on the North Fork of the Holston River - Abt 1769 - Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on 350 acres in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain - 1792 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 567-573.

    2. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 19-20.

    3. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 20 Nov 2017, HOBBS, : p 287.

    4. [S1170] Virginia. Pennington Gap., Newspaper Article - Powell Valley News (VA), 12 Jan 2019, Koger Marvin V., "Life Sketch of Captain Joshua Hobbs," 24 July 1947; transcript : accessed 12 January 2019).
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs


    5. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 20.

    6. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 65, 86.


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