Lois (Hawkins) Obartus (1681 - 1767)

Born 6 Nov 1681 in Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Riggs — married 1699 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Wife of John Obartus — married 13 Mar 1722 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Abraham Tomlinson — married 4 Jul 1728 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1767 at age 85 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Lois Hawkins was born about 1681.

On 26 August 1723 and then on 31 August 1725, Lois petition the Superior Court at Fairfield for a divorce from John Obertus alias Hubbard. She had discovered that her husband was also married to a woman in Philadelphia and had children.^[1]

On 24 February 1724/25, she exhibited an account of her late husband, Samuel Wheeler's estate. She mentioned that funds she received from Ebenezer Riggs' estate for the guardianship of the children were carried to the estate of Samuel Wheeler. The court ordered that it be deducted, and the estate distributed.^[2]

She passed away in 1767.

Sources

1. ↑ “Divorce Papers, 1720-1799”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C348-63ZQ-C  : 19 March 2021), Fairfield, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 008615748, image 247-255.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKR1 : 17 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 134, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 159.

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