Gabrielle (Baubeau) Bobo II (1651 - 1717)

Born 1651 in Lezay, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France

Husband of Elizabeth (Spencer) Baubeau — married 1703 in King William County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1717 at about age 66 in St Marks Parrish, Culpepper, Virginia

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Biography

Gabriel Bobo (Baubau) is the probable progenitor of the original Bobos of Virginia. In 1698, emigrated from France to Virginia.^[1]He was transported from England along with John Boyd, Thomas Hopkins, Thomas Atchinson, Francis Dullin, Charles Crawley and William Archell in 1699 by Robert Nash in Grant Patent of 350 acres in St. Stephen's Parish, New Kent Co., VA, dated October 25, 1700. ^[2] He probably landed in or near Jamestown on James River.

In 1703 he had piece of land in King William Co., VA about two miles south of present day Beulaville and is on Herring Creek described in one record as "Bubboes Plantation". In 1703 he married Elizabeth Spencer White, widow of James White. She was daughter of Thomas Spencer. Her children by James White were Thomas & James. Gabriel and Elizabeth's son Spencer Bobo was born ca 1705 in St. Mark's Parish Orange/Culpepper Co., VA.

France

^[3] "First, the surname BOBO, BEAUBEAU, BAUBEAU, BOBEAU is of French origin, being found in the Poitou district towns (south-west of present day Poiters) of Couhe, Rom, Payre, Brux, Vaux, Messe, Ceaux, Saint-Sauvant, and Lusignan. Second, the surname BOBO is found among the lists of "reformers" (Protestants) in the French district of Poitou, who dissented under pressure from the "dragonnades" in 1681. The Poitou records also list a Louis and Jean Bobo (Bobeau) as being among those persons arrested for assisting in the clandestine (Protestant) assemblies in 1697. The province of Poitou in western France was a haven for many Protestants, with their number being estimated around 90,000 in the 1660s, but falling to near 20,000 by the 1690s. Their ranks were primarily composed of merchants, craftsmen, artisans, and moderately prosperous farmers.

Spitalfields

Third, the surname BOBO appears among the records of the French Church at Threadneedle Street in London, where on 1 September 1706, Suseane BOBO (BEAUBO) witnessed the baptism of Suseane GODIN, daughter of Jean GODIN and his wife Estere CALEAU. Fourth, the timing and place of arrival of the first BOBO emigre to America were consist ant with those of many other Huguenots, particularity when considering the nearby French settlement of Manakintowne, King William County, Virginia, that had been founded in 1699. Further, Gabriel BOBO's name is the only one of French derivation listed in the Nash patent, the others being traditionally English surnames."

Surname in America

^[4] "The first record of the surname BOBO in the America occurs in 1700. In that year a patent of land was granted to Robert Nash in New Kent County, Virginia. This land patent was dated 25 October 1700 and was in return for the transportation of seven persons into the colony. Among the persons listed as being transported was Gabriel BOBO (BAUBAU); this was the progenitor of all BOBOs in the United States.

Land Patent

On 19 Feb 1703, Gabriel BOBO (BUBAU) witnessed a deed conveying 100 acres in King William County from Elizabeth WHITE to her sons Thomas and James. This deed mentions Gabriel BOBO's (BUBBOE's) house and reveals the maiden name of his wife to be. Between the time of his arrival in 1700 and April of 1703, Gabriel BOBO appears to have successfully integrated himself into the society of early Virginia. In the interval between February and October of 1703, Gabriel BOBO also appears to have married Elizabeth WHITE, widow of James WHITE and daughter of Thomas SPENCER."

"In October of 1703, ELIZABETH BOBO (BUBBOE) was granted land under her own name without any mention of her husband Gabriel BOBO. An examination of the quit rent roles for 1704 provides a fuller understanding of the absence of his name. The 1704 Quit Rent Role for King William County, Virginia shows Elizabeth BOBO as the taxable head of a household responsible for 200 acres. This listing of a woman as a taxable entity was a highly unusual practice unless she were herself a widow. There are four (1717, 1719, 1724, and 1725) more references to Elizabeth BOBO with regard to Virginia land transactions during the second and third decades of the eighteenth century.

A complete examination of records for New Kent, King William, and King and Queen counties is not possible owing to their destruction during the War Between the States. However, it appears from the extant records that Gabriel BOBO and his wife Elizabeth both had died by the end of the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Only one child is known to have been a product of their union. His name was Spencer BOBO." ^[5]

^[6] "The Bobo (Beaubeaux) family originally came from a town not far from the city of La Rochelle, France. They were Huguenots and were followers of Calvin. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 a great number of the members ofthe family migrated to England and Switzerland. From the early records of Virginia, Elizabeth Bobo (Gabriel's wife) was granted land by the Proprietors in 1719. The name is found in the counties of King and Queen, Prince William, Orange, Culpepper and Caroline Counties, Virginia."^[7]

Gabriel BOBO II 1651–1717. Originally a priory church, Saint Sylvain was joined to the abbey at Celle-sur-Belle in 1121. The interior Roman decorations testify to the care taken in the décor, and the porch bell tower has retained its Romanesque vault and cupolas. Many Merovingian sarcophagi around the church and the town hall testify to the presence of one of the first Christian communities from the 5th century.

NOTE: Gabriel left France and moved to England with his family and then in 1700 moved to Virginia. They were a part of a group of French Huguenots who immigrated over the next few years and this group was granted 10,000 acres of land in Manakin, Virginia. Gabriel’s passage with seven others was paid by Robert Nash who paid with 50 acres of their land portion.

South Carolina

Cross Keys Plantation | Union County, South Carolina The Cross Keys Plantation has a history that reaches back to the early 1700's and begins with Gabrielle Beaubeau, a French Huguenot who fled religious persecution imposed on Protestants by Louis XIV. Gabrielle Babeau arrived in the New World in 1700 and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia.

When Gabriel Baubeau II was born about 1651, in Lezay, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France, his father, Gabriel Baubeau, was 22 and his mother, Catherine Rivault, was 21. He married Elizabeth Spencer (1685-1745) on 19 February 1703, in King William, Virginia, British Colonial America. He died about 1720, in St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 69, and was buried in Virginia, British Colonial America.

His grandson, Captain Lewis Bobo was a land surveyor and moved from Virginia to Union County, South Carolina in the mid-1700s where he helped to found a community that came to be called Cross Keys. (During his life, he led a platoon in the Spartan Regiment through several battles in the Revolutionary War and fathered a multitude of children including one named Barrum Bobo.)

Children:

• Moses Baubeau 1698–1774
• Francis Spencer Bobo 1704–1764 (proven)
• Gabriel Bobo 1705–Deceased
• Thomas Bobo 1715–1782

Sources

1. ↑ Rivierre, Jean "Dictionaire Des Familles Protestantes du Poitou, 1680-1780" Maison du Protestanisme Couarde, Vienne Dist., France. Source researched by Robert G. Bobo. [1]
2. ↑ Virginia Patent Book No. 9, p. 281) (Nugent, Nell Marion, "Cavaliers and Pioneers", Abstracts of Land Patents and Grants, Vol. 3, 1695- 1732, p. 38-39
3. ↑ In his book, "Huguenots in the Back country: The Bobo Family of France, Virginia and South Carolina" Scott Johnson quotes the following:
4. ↑ Johnson further states the following on the First Generation of Bobo and their issue:
5. ↑ "Huguenots in the Back country: The Bobo Family of France, Virginia and South Carolina" by Bryan Scott Johnson, pages 1-4, J.R. Bobo, 2006.[2]
6. ↑ The "Fairforest Story; History of the Fairforest (Lower) Baptist Church and Community" by Vera Smith Speaks, Page 92,lists the following about the BOBO family:
7. ↑ Fairforest Story; History of the Fairforest (Lower) Baptist Church and Community" by Vera Smith Speaks, Page 92

• https://www.huguenotmanakin.org/copy-of-old-registered-lineages

Ancestry trees:

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21058954&pid=1721
• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=70cbf083-1cd0-4533-9ecc-ef2c38634eec&tid=21058954&pid=1721

Family Records

• Source: “Dictionaire Des Familles du Poitou, 1680 – 1780”, a compilation of Huguenot records representing the life work of Pasteur Jean Rivierre. (Robert G. Bobo, August, 1997)
• http://bobaddleman.com/bobo/bobo_history.html
• https://theforgottensouth.com/cross-keys-plantation-south-carolina/
• https://www.huguenotmanakin.org/huguenot-ancestors

SECONDARY SOURCES:

• https://grandmamamaandme.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/my-french-ancestors/
• Family Tree: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L2MS-RVD/gabriel-baubeau-ii-1651-1720