This journal was begun by Rev. Peter Hobart. While there are 2 entries in 1635, the journal begins in earnest in 1637. It is believed that Dea. David Hobart copied his father's original journal and then continued with his own entries. What happened to Peter's original journal is not known.
The excerpts that follow are those notations
made pertaining to the Hobart family. None of the spelling, punctuation, etc. has
been changed or corrected, although I have taken the liberty of "double dating."
David Hobarts Book | |
of Records began, 1635 | |
Continued to 1714 | |
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David Hobarts | |
Book 1717 | |
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Sar ___ | |
Sarah Humphreys & | |
Lydia Hobart ye Book | |
1739 October | |
Sarah Humphreys | |
Lydia Hobart 17 ___ | |
David | |
September 18th 1735 |
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We find upon the Town Records | |
that this day 100 years agoe the | |
Town of Hingham was Settled | |
their House Lotts Drawn & that | |
The Revd Mr Peter Hobart was | |
here to draw a Lott wt ye 29 -- | |
The Revd Mr Gay the third Pastor | |
of the Town gave us an excellent | |
Sermon Sept. 17th 1735 on the con- | |
clusion of the first century | |
from I Chron:29:15th for We are | |
Strangers before Thee & Sojourners | |
as were all Our Fathers -- | |
Neh: Hobart | |
year 1817 | |
This Book | |
is the property | |
of Capt. Joah | |
Hobart of Salem | |
a descendent of | |
Mr Hobart & | |
he will not alienate | |
it, & it must be | |
returned | |
to be conted in the family |
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June 1635 |
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I with my wife and four children |
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came safely to New England June |
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ye 8: 1635 for ever praysed be |
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the god of Heaven my god and |
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king |
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October 1635 |
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Ichubod my son borne at Charles- |
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towne he dyed July following |
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Aprill 1637 |
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Hannah Hobart my daughter was borne |
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May 1637 |
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Hannah Hobart was bapt at Hingham |
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Hannah Hobart dyed |
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December 1637 |
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Rebeckah Hobart bapt |
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March 1637/38 |
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Joshua Hobart married to |
Elen Ibrook at Cambridge | |
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Mary Hobart bapt |
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May 1638 |
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Hannah Hobart my daughter borne |
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bapt the ye 13 day |
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ffebuary 1638/39 |
4 |
Joshua Hobart Tho Hobarts son bapt |
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September 1639 |
20 |
Hannah Hobart Joshua Hobarts |
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daughter bapt |
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March 1640 |
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Sarah Hobart bapt |
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October 1640 |
4 |
Bathshua Hobart bapt |
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Aprill 1642 |
10 |
John Hobart bapt |
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June 1642 |
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Israell Hobart my son born |
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July 1642 |
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Israell Hobart bapt |
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peter Hobart Joshua Hobarts son |
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December 1643 |
20 |
Jael Hobart borne |
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bapt -----------------30 |
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Nouember 1644 |
19 |
Sarah Hobart borne |
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December 1644 |
1 |
Sarah Hobart bapt |
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December 1645 |
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Gershom Hobart born |
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bapt |
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March 1645/46 |
8 |
father Hubbeard dyed |
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June 1647 |
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Martha Hobart bapt |
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September 1647 |
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Deborah Hobart bapt |
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Nouember 1648 |
20 |
Nehemiah Hobart bapt |
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June 1649 |
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Mother Hobart dyed in the |
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evening being Saturday buried |
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on the sabbath |
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October 1649 |
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Tho Hobart son of Thomas Hobart |
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bapt 28 ----- |
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March 1649/50 |
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Daniell Hobart borne |
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bapt |
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Joshua Hobart son of Joshua |
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Hobart borne 22 bapt: 3d |
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July 1651 |
4 |
Mehetabell Hobart borne |
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baptized |
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August 1651 |
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David Hobart my son borne |
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bapt |
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May 1652 |
28 |
Solomon Hobart borne |
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June 1652 |
6 |
Solomon Hobart bapt |
**Missing years will be posted |
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once I have them** |
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ffebuary 1671/72 |
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my son Josiah sonn borne |
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dyed |
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febuary 1673/74 |
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Samuell Hobart maried to |
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Hannah Gold |
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Aprill 1674 |
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John Hobart maried to |
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Hannah Burr |
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June 1674 |
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John Lane Married to |
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Mehetibell Hobart at Hingham |
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July 1674 |
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John Hobarts daughter borne |
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December 1674 |
4 |
Samuell Hobarts sonn borne |
27 |
Edmond Hobart bapt |
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May 1675 |
15 |
John Hobarts sonn Edmond dyed |
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June 1675 |
20 |
Hannah John Hobarts daugh bapt |
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Nouember 1675 |
4 |
Edmond Hobarts wife dyed |
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Aprill 1676 |
19 |
this day Joseph Joanes and |
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Anthoney Spragues houses |
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Burnt allso Israell Hobarts |
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Nath Chubbuck James Whiton |
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Houses burnt downe by the |
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Indians |
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August 1676 |
7 |
Hencock Hobart married to |
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Hannah Haris at Hingham |
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January 1676/77 |
15 |
Samuell Hobarts sonn borne |
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febuary 1676/77 |
4 |
Samuell Hobart bapt |
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Aprill 1677 |
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Josiah Hobart went |
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with his family to |
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Long Island being |
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Fryday |
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July 1677 |
16 |
John Records marryed |
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Hannah Hobart |
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August 1677 |
12 |
Hencock Hobarts daugh born |
19 |
Hannah Hobart bapt |
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October 1677 |
11 |
Daniell Hobart married |
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at Boston to Elizabeth waren |
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Joseph Baset married to |
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Martha Hobart at Hingham |
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August 1678 |
27 |
Samuell Hobart dyed |
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September 1678 |
17 |
Daniell Hobarts daughter borne |
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December 1678 |
8 |
Ruth Hobart bapt |
A notation is made:
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Thus farre was written |
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by my ffather |
These entries are now made by Dea. David Hobart,
son of Rev. Peter.
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January 1678/79 |
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Hond |
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Peter Hobart my ^ ffather |
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dyed the twentieth day of Jan: |
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about 10 of the o'clock at night |
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being munday and was buried |
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on Thursday ye 23 day In the |
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75 yeare of his age being |
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53 yeares a Labourer in the |
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worke of the minnistrie |
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September 1679 |
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29 |
Hannah Hobart Samll Hobarts |
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daughter borne |
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October 1679 |
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10 |
Rebeckah Hobart maried to |
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Daniell Mason at Hingham |
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& Capt on _____ |
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November 1679 |
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My Brother Gersom Hobart |
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Ordained Pastor to Groton church |
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June 1680 |
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18 |
Hannah Hobart died |
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October 1680 |
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31 |
Daniell Hobarts child dyed |
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December 1680 |
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8 |
Enoch Hobarts child borne |
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my father Quinsey married |
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to Mrs Eliot at Cambridg |
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John Hobart | } bapt 12 |
Hannah Hobart | ||
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March 1680/81 |
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17 |
Elias Hobart decesed aged |
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22 yeares 3 month & 8 dayes |
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June 1681 |
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26 |
Judeth Hobart baptized |
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July 1681 |
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26 |
ye New meting house raised |
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which cost the towne 430lb |
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in money and the old house. |
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August 1681 |
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I bough a negro boy of |
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Mr Dwigh: judge to be about |
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8 yeares old for 20lb |
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Samuell Hobart bapt |
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ye son of Samll Hobart |
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January 1681/82 |
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this sabbath we first |
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met in the new meting House |
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July 1682 |
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28 |
my unkiell Joshua Hobart |
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our Capt Died being sick |
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of a palsi eight months |
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in the 68 yeare of his age |
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29 |
buried on Saterday 29 |
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Nouember 1682 |
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9 |
Brother Daniell Quinsey |
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married |
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10 |
John Hobart son of Daniell |
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Hobart dyed |
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March 1682/83 |
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7 |
Joshua Hobart borne |
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Aprill 1683 |
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my sister Abigaill Hobart |
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died of a sore in her throat |
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aged 26 years & halfe |
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unmaried 12 buried 14 |
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being Saterday |
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Tho Hobart bapt |
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May 1683 |
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5 |
Hannah Hobart daugh: of |
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Samll Hobart born |
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7 |
Joseph Turner son of my |
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sister Barshua died at or house |
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27 |
Hannah Hobart bapt |
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October 1683 |
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this day at eleven of clock |
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my wife was delivered of |
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a dead son being Thursday |
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febuary 1683/84 |
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my Brother Riply died |
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sabbath day about midnight |
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July 1684 |
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28 |
Samuel Hobart son of Samuel |
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hobart was drowned in a |
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well about 3 years old |
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September 1684 |
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my son Peter Hobart born |
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weddensday at 9 clock at night |
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November 1684 |
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5 |
Jeremiah Hobart son of |
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Daniell Hobart borne |
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Dacember 1684 |
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my son Peter Hobart |
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died on sabbath day 9: n: |
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January 1684/85 |
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Peter Hobart son of Sam |
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Hobart borne |
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Jeremi: Hobart died |
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Nouember 1684 |
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5 |
Deborah Hobart Daugh of |
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Enoch Hobart born 5 |
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my Daughter Abiel Hobart |
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borne Friday night at 7 oclock |
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ffebuary 1685/86 |
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my oncle Edmond Hobart |
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deceased tu Day being |
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82 years old buried 17 |
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May 1686 |
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9 |
Solomon Hobarts tew children |
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borne one died 9 |
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August 1686 |
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19 |
Mary Hobart borne |
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October 1686 |
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Moses Hobart died at Boston |
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in the prison |
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Febuary 1687/88 |
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29 |
Daborah Hobart died |
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Aprill 1688 |
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1 |
my uncle John Beale |
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died suddenly in his garden |
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15 |
John Hobart bap |
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June 1688 |
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20 |
my daughter Jael Hobart |
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borne Wednsday at 4 of the |
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clock |
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february 1688/89 |
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27 |
Daniel Hobart born |
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July 1689 |
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10 |
Daniel Hobart died |
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August 1689 |
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18 |
my uncle Thomas Hobart |
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aged 83 yeares deceased |
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25 |
James Hobart bapt |
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ffebruary 1689/90 |
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18 |
aunt Hobart the wife of my |
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uncle Thomas Hobart died |
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June 1690 |
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10 |
Deborah Hobart borne |
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November 1690 |
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19 |
Thomas Lincoln married |
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to Lidia Hobart |
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January 1690/91 |
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sister Elisabeth |
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Gookin died at our |
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house fryday morning |
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February 1690/91 |
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20 |
Solomon Hobart borne |
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September 1691 |
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11 |
Sister Hannah Rogers died |
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at Bristoll on Fryday |
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March 1692 |
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my sister Elisabeth |
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Riply died saterday at |
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night in the 60 year of her |
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age. Buried on munday 27 |
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September 1692 |
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Daniell Hobarts child born -- died |
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September 1693 |
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9 |
my Hon mother |
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Mrs Rebecca Hobart departed |
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This life Saterday |
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Aged 72 yeare m5 5d |
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January 1693/94 |
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My daughter Rebecca |
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Hobart borne on Sabbath |
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day about 5 in ye morning |
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May 1695 |
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Joanna Hobart my wife aged |
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41 years & 32 days expired |
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Saterday night at 9 of |
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clock buried on tusday |
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Natt Hobart married to |
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Mary Stowell |
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December 1695 |
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I was married to Saray |
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Joyce at Boston by |
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Samuel Sewel Esqr |
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January 1695/96 |
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the wife of Daniell |
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Hobart died |
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febuary 1695/96 |
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Mrs Sarah Cleverly |
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daughter to Capt Joshua |
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Hobart died in Boston |
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Aprill 1697 |
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My Son Nehemiah Hobart |
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borne on tusday at six |
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of the clock in ye morning |
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My Hond father in Law |
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Edmond Quinsey Esqr |
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deceased fryday at night |
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ye 7th of January 1697/8 |
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buried th 12 in the 68 year |
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of his age |
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Aprill 1699 |
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my son Joseph Hobart borne |
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tusday morning 3 clock |
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November 16 1700 |
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this day att 11 at night |
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my wife was delivered of |
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a son still borne |
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My Son & Daughter |
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David & Sarah Hobart |
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born on Saterday at ten |
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of the clock at night |
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the 14th March 1701/2 |
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My daughter Lydia |
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Hobart borne the 9 day |
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of January 1703/4 being |
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Sabbath day att noone |
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My son Noah |
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Hobart born on tusday |
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at ten in the morning |
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ye second day of |
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January 1705/6 |
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My son Joseph Hobart |
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departed this life the |
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21 day of August 1706 |
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in the eight yeare |
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of his age. |
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my brother Gershom |
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Hobart minister of the |
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gospell at groton departed |
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this life the 19 of december |
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1707 Aged 62 yeares |
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Daniel Hobart died |
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the 15 of December 1708 |
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aged 58 years |
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my Daughter Judith |
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Hobart married to Joseph |
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Leavitt the 10 Janr 1711/10 |
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My brother Josiah Hobart |
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died att Easthampton on |
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Long Island the later end |
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of the winter 1711 |
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in the 78 yeare of his age |
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_____ brother Nehemiah |
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Hobart pastor to the Church |
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at Newtown died the 25 |
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day of August 1712 in ye |
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_____ yeare of his age being |
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a preacher of the gospel |
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_____ years |
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My daugh Jael Hobart |
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married to Jeremiah Leavitt |
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the 10 Sept 1712 |
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My daughter Rebecca |
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Hobart was married to |
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Joazaniah Nichols on |
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thursday the 30 day of |
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December 1714 in the |
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21 yeare of her age |
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my brother Joseph Bradford |
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son of the Honbl William |
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Bradford second gouenour |
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in New England died the |
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10 day of July 1715 in the |
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85 yeare of his age |
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My brother Joshua |
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Hobart Departed this life |
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about the later end of |
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febuary 1716/7 being a |
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Minister of ye Gospel |
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at Southold on Long |
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Island |
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Nehemiah Hobart minister |
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of ye Gospel at Haddam in |
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ye Colony of Connecticut De- |
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parted this Life towards ye |
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Latter end of February |
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in ye year 1716/17 |
The following entries appear to be made by the
children of Dea. David Hobart, into whose possesion the journal passed, his son David
having the journal in 1717, and his daughter Sarah having it in 1729. Some of the
entries appear to have been made by his son Nehemiah.
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Dea David Hobart my Hod Father |
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Departed this life on ye 21 of |
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August 1717 Aet:suce 67 Hora 11 |
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Samll Hobart died 25th of |
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Aprill 1718 AESuce 74 |
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My son Nehemiah |
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Hobart was Ordain- |
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ed Pastor to the |
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second Church of |
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Hingham at Cohasset |
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th 15 of December |
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1721 |
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1724/25 |
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January 4th |
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Nehemiah Hobart was |
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married to Lydia Jacob |
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1735 |
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Sept 22th |
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Noah Hobart was married to |
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Elen Sloss att Fairfield |
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September |
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my brother Josiah Ho- |
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bart of brantry |
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died in Septem. 1725 |
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in the 54 year of his |
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age |
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and my brother |
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John Cleverly died |
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3 day |
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1726 August 25 |
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My daughter Sarah |
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was marryed to John |
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Humphry |
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My son David Hobart died |
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att Cape brittan the later |
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end of January 1745/6 |
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in the 20 year of his age |
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Sarah Hobart dyed |
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October 14 1729 AEtatis 65 |
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9 o Clock P.M. |
1730 |
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My Hond Aunt Jael Bradford | |
Departed this Life April 16 | |
AEtatis 88 | |
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April 4th 1731 |
My Hond uncle Israel Hobart | |
Departed this life AEtatis 89 | |
1732 |
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October 18th My Hond Aunt | |
Lydia Lincoln AEt 74 | |
& now My Grandfathers | |
children are all Removed | |
By Death & I hope are | |
met together in Heaven | |
Oh May The Surviving Children | |
of ye deceased follow them | |
as they followed Christ | |
1740 |
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May 31 My brother Nehe- | |
miah Hobart Pastor of the | |
Second church in Hingham | |
Died in the Forty fourth | |
yeare of his age being A minister | |
of the Gospel nineteen | |
years | |
1740 |
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June 9 my sister Jael Leavitt | |
died being munday at twelve | |
years | |
A clock at noon aged 51 ^ 11 months | |
20 days at my house |
It now appears that Joseph, son of David,
grandson of Dea. David, makes the following entries:
Joseph Hobart maried | |
to Sarah Warick nouember | |
ye 15 1750 | |
my Dagter Sarah was born | |
monday June ye 15 1752 | |
my Dagter Ester was Born | |
friday febery ye 1 1754 | |
my Dagter anna was Born | |
tusday Septr ye 30 1757 | |
my Dagter Rachal was Born | |
thursday June ye 24 1757 | |
my Son Joseph was Born | |
satterday march ye 10: 1759 | |
my son nemiah was Born | |
Sunday March ye 22 1761 | |
my son Jeremiah was Born | |
monday March ye 20: 1763 | |
my son Gorg __ was Born | |
September ye 11 1768 | |
my Dagter Silce was Born | |
September ye 7 1770 | |
my : onred father | |
David Hobart died febery | |
ye 29:1780 in ye 78 | |
year of His age | |
Sarah Hobart my ___ | |
wife died Augus ye 4:178__ | |
in ye 53 year of her age |
Here the condition of the journal deteriorates
severely, with few notes legible.
1814 | |
Noah Hobart | |
Capt Joshua Hobart | |
died July 28 1682 | |
Aetatis 69 | |
Uncle Edmond Hobart | |
died febuary 16 1685 | |
Uncle Thomas Hobart | |
died August 18 1689 | |
Aged Aetatis 83 | |
My Aunt Wife of Uncle J___ | |
Hobart died febuary ___ 1638/9 | |
Aprill 26 1737 Died this ___ | |
Solomon Hobart of Hingham | |
being Dreadfully burnt by falling | |
into the fire in a fit a ___ | |
weeks since & languished | |
___ was in his 44 yeare | |
10 | January 1700 being very |
sick of a feaver |
By 1807 the journal had passed into the hands of
Capt. Noah Hobart of Salem, by 1846 it was in the possession of Mr. David Andrews of
Hingham, and in 1912 it was presented to the Massachussetts Historical Society by Mrs.
Francis Henry Lincoln.