History of the Town of Groton

History of the Town of Groton

Rev. GERSHOM HOBART* and SARAH.†

Dorothy, born June 10, 1686.

Joanna, " Dec. 30, 1696.

Other children not recorded.

* Died, Dec. 13, 1707.

† Died, April 14, 1712.

 

GERSHOM HOBART and LYDIA NUTTING.

(Married, Feb. 26, 1713-14,)

Ruth, born Nov. 8, 1714.

Gershom, " July 13, 1717.

Josiah, " July 18, 1719.

Jeremiah, " Feb. 5, 1722.

Jonathan, " March 10, 1724-5.

Lydia, " Nov. 12, 1729.

John, " March 30, 1731.

 

SHEBUEL HOBART and MARTHA.

Shebuel, born Sept. 29, 1715.

Nehemiah, " March 13, 1717.

Martha, " Oct. 7, 1718.

Mary, " Aug. 16, 1720.

lsrael, " July 2, 1722.

Emma, " March 21, 1724.

Rachel, " May 23, 1725.

Deborah, " May 13, 1727.

 

PETER HOBART and SARAH.

Sarah, born March 4, 1717-18.

Peter, " Aug. 7, 1720.

David, " Aug. 21, 1722.

Samuel, " Aug. 11, 1734.

James, " Jan. 16, 1738--9.

Jemima, " July 4, 1741.

[The aforenamed Gershom, Shebuel, and Peter, were undoubtedly sons of the Rev. Gershom Hobart.]


SHEBUEL HOBART, JR. and ESTHER PARKER.

(Married, June 7, 1739.)

Esther, born Feb. 2, 1740.

William, " June 16, 1742.

Jonas, " Nov. 4, 1744.

Edmund, " March 14, 1745.

Abigail, " Aug. 9, 1748.

Martha, " Dec. 16, 1749.

James, " Feb. 26, 1753, at Hollis.

Mary, " Dec. 9, 1755, do.

Isaac, " Feb. 15, 1757, do.

Solomon, " July 21, 1760, do.

 

GERSHOM HOBART, JR. and MARY.

Gershom, born Sept, 26, 1744.

 

NEHEMIAH HOBART and RACHEL.

Nehemiah, born Oct. 4, 1742, died March 7, 1758.

Caleb, " April 16, 1744.

Shebuel, " Dec. 15, 1746.

Daniel, " Feb. 24, 1748-9.

Rachel, " April 1, 1751.

Elizabeth, " June 18, 1753, at Pepperell.

Joel, " March 31, 1756,"

Hulda, " Aug. 8, 1759, " died Sept. 1, 1761.

Hulda, " Dec. 10, 1761.

 

JOSIAH HOBART and EMMA.

Martha, born July 13, 1748, died June 18, 1765.

Josiah, " Sept. 1, 1750, died June 19, 1765.

Emma, " Feb. 21, 1753, died June 19, 1765.

Jotham, " Sept. 7, 1754, died June 14, 1765.

 

ISRAEL HOBART and ANNA LAWRENCE.

(Married, July 7, 1748.)

Israel, born May 21, 1749.

William, " May 23, 1751.

Anna, " Feb. 13, 1753.

Susanna, " July 12, 1755.

Benjamin, " March 1, 1757.

Phebe, " Aug. 6, 1759, died Nov. 2, 1759.

Phebe, " Nov. 19, 1760.

Nehemiah, " April 21, 1764. died Dec. 3, 1764.

Samuel, " Mar. 13, 1766. died Dec. 26, 1769, at Townsend.

Susanna, " Mar. 20, 1770, at Townsend.

 

JEREMIAH HOBART* and HANNAH GREEN.

(Married, March 4, 1752)

Hannah, born March 1, 1753.

Jeremiah, " Oct. 13, 1755.

Simon, " Feb. 7, 1758, died July 4, 1755.

Tryphena, " Dec. 4, 1759.

Nathaniel, " March 1, 1762.

Levi, born Jan. 22, 1764, died Sept. 4, 1789.

Josiah, "

Nabby, " Dec. 24, 1760.

Emma, " April 18, 1771.

David, " June 18, 1774. died April 30, 1782.

* Died, Dec. 27, 1820, æt. 80.

 

GERSHOM HOBART and PHEBE.

Phebe, born April 17, 1770.

 

DANIEL HOBART and KEZIA WESSON.

(Married Jan. 22, 1772.)

Nehemiah,* born May 25, 1773.

Kezia, " April 11, 1775.

Slain Oct. 23, 1776.

JOEL HOBART and LYDIA.

Lydia, born Dec. 1, 1779.

Joel, " May 22, 1782.

Grace, " May 26, 1784.

NEHEMIAH HOBART and RACHEL.

Vid. Groton.

Josiah CONANT and RACHEL HOBART.

(Married, May 12, 1748)

Rachel, born March 29, 1749.

Josiah, " Aug. 31, 1750.

Benjamin, " June 27, 1752.

Robert, " Nov. 5, 1754.

Shebuel, " Dec. 93, 1756, at Pepperell.

 

JONAS PRESCOTT * and MARY LOKER.†

1 Mary, born 3 d. 12 m. 1674,  married Benj. Farnsworth.

2 Elizabeth, born Jan. 23, 1676, married Eleazer Green.

3 Jonas, born Oct. 26, 1678, married Thankful Wheeler.

4 Nathaniel, born Dec. 21, 1680, died Jan. 29, 1680-1.

5 Dorothy, born Feb. 16, 1681, married John Varnum.

6 James, born Mar. 16, 1684, died young.

7 Sarah, " May 3, 1686, married John Longley.

8 Abigail, born May 8, 1688, married James Parker.

9 Martha, born Feb. 20, 1690, married Shebuel Hobart.

10 Susanna, born Dec. 31, 1691, married William Lawrence.

11 Deborah, born Mar. 5, 1694, married Samuel Parker.

12 Benjamin, born Jan. 4, 1695, married Abigail Oliver.

* Died Dec. 31, 1723. †Died Oct. 28, 1735

1713-14  Feb. 26. Gershom Hobart, Lydia Nutting.

1722  Sept. 22. Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, Rebekah Hobart.

1736-7  Mar. 24. William Farnsworth, of Dunstable, Ruth Hobart.

1739  June 7. Shebuel Hobart, Jr., of Dunstable, Esther Parker.

1739  Dec. 11. John Shattuck, Sarah Hobart.

1742  Dec. 9. W. Richardson, of Townsend, Mary Hobart.

1748  May 12. Josiah Conant, Rachel Hobart.

1748  July 7. Israel Hobart, Anna Lawrence.

1752  Mar. 4. Jeremiah Hobart, of Townsend, Hannah Green.

1752  Nov. 8. Peter Hobart, Abigail Lakin.

1755  Mar. 27. Samuel Hobart, Ann Bradstreet.

1757  Dec. 28. John Shattuck, of Pepperell, Lydia Hobart.

1769  Aug. 31. Israel Hobart, Jr., Sarah Nutting.

1772  Jan. 22. Daniel Hobart, Kezia Weston, of Wilmington

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Israel Hobart, Esq., 1782 and 1783. 1793, inclusive.

CLERKS OF PEPPERELL DISTRICT AND TOWN.

Nehemiah Hobart, from 1774 to 1777, and 1779.

Bibliography: Butler, Caleb. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and
Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 [Appendix Only]. Boston,
MA: T. R. Marvin, 1848.

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