Samuel Hobbs (bef. 1710 - bef. 1751)

Born before 9 Nov 1710 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died before 14 May 1751 at about age 40 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Birth

Samuel Hobbs was born between 12 July and 9 Nov. 1710. ^[1]

Samuel Hobbs was born about 1718 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.^[2]

Samuel was the son of John Hobbs, who died 3 August 1731 in Anne Arundel County (Probate). Samuel's mother was Dorothy, who died after 1738 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.^[2]

1731 Inherits under Father's Will

Samuel inherited real and personal estate from his father in 1731. Their father's will indicates that Samuel and his brothers were minors and unmarried at the time the will was written on 12 July 1731. Assuming that majority was attained at age 21, they would have been born after 12 July 1710.

Hobbs, John, A. A. Co., 12th July, 1731; 3rd Aug., 1731.

• To wife Dorothy, extx., dwell. plan. during life; at her decease to son William and hrs.; sd. son dying during his minority sd. lands to pass to dau. Margaret and hrs.; and 1/3 personal estate absolutely.
• To 3 sons Samuel, John and Joseph and their hrs., residue of real estate equally; shd, either die during minority and without issue, survivors to divide portion of deed.
• To 3 sons and 1 dau. former wife Susannah had by William Powel, viz. Henry, James, Josias and Elizabeth, 1s. each when they come of age.
• To sons Samuel, John, Joseph and William and dau. Margret, residue of personal estate.
• Test: Robert Browne, William Cornwall, Benjamin Cox, Thos. Whitaker, John Ozborn. 20, 279^[2]

Land: Altogether

One of his tracts of land was Altogether. ^[1]

1736 Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish

July 1736: Thomas Higgins (now husband of Dorothy Hobbs), Samuel Hobbs, and John Hobbs occupied pew 13 in Christ [Episcopal] Church, Anne Arundel (now Howard) Co. ^[1].

1736 Sale of Hobbs Park

10 Apr 1736 sold Hobbs Park to Samuel Stringer and married by this date to Sarah. ^[3]

1738 Marriage to Sarah Reynolds

About 1738 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he married Sarah Reynolds, born about 1722, Calvert County, Maryland and died after 1770, Frederick County, Maryland (Age ~ 49 years) ^[2]

1749 Purchase of Mobberly's Inn

In 1749 he purchased Mobberly's Inn from John Mobberly Sr. ^[1]. He operated the inn as Hobbs Tavern. Located on "the Wagon Road leading to Monocacy," the land being on both sides of the road and between "the head draughts of the western falls of the Patapsco River and the head draughts of the Snowden's (now Patuxent) River." It was about three miles south of the present town of Mt. Airy. ^[1].

1749 Marriage to Second Wife Rachel

A marriage by 1749 to a second wife Rachel can be inferred from Anne Arundel Land Records. ^[4] However, this contradicts his marriage to Sarah Reynolds earlier, and his having a widow Sara at his death.

1749 Erection of Elk Ridge Landing as Town

In 1749 Samuel Hobbs joined in petitioning for erection of Elk Ridge Landing as a town. ^[5]

1751 Death and Appraisal

Samuel Hobbs died before his estate was appraised 14 May 1751 in Frederick County, Maryland, aged 33 years. His widow Sarah was administratrix. ^[2]

Samuel Hobbs 47.64 FR £98.4.6 May 14 1751 Aug 6 1751

Appraisers: John Middaght Joseph Wood.

Creditors: John Hobbs, William Hall of Elk Ridge.

Next of kin: John Hobbs, Sara Hobbs.

Administratrix: Sarah Hobbs.^[2]

1770 Sarah Hobbs Next of kin for Thomas Reynolds

Thomas Reynolds 104.316 FR £32.6.3 Mar 31 1770 Appraisers: Stephen Remy, Creditors: John Muldagh, George Murdock for Christopher Lownder. Next of kin: Sarah Hobbs, John Reynolds. Administrator: Thomas Reynolds.^[2]

Children of Samuel and Sarah

Samuel and Sarah had four children, all of whom lived near Hyattstown, Md., in Frederick Co. and Montgomery Co. ^[1]

1. William Hobbs, b. 1746, d. 14 July 1829, m. (1) Elizabeth Dorsey, (2) 13 Dec. 1786, Henrietta Dorsey, said by Dorsey historians to be the dau. of Philemon Dorsey and Rachel Lawrence. They settled in Frederick Co. The late Luther W. Welsh attributes the following children to them.
   1. Warner Hobbs m. 1816, Frederick Co., Md., Eliza Ann Dorsey, dau. of Col. Roderick Dorsey.
   2. Philemon Dorsey Hobbs m. 1813, Frederick Co., Md., Ann Dorsey.
   3. Rachel Hobbs m. Roderick Dorsey.
   4. William Hobbs Jr., b. 1793, m. 1823, Frederick Co., Md., Susannah Dorsey, dau. of Basil Dorsey.
   5. Catherine Hobbs, unm.
   6. Janet Hobbs m. 1819, Frederick Co., Md., Upton Lawrence Dorsey.
2. Susannah Hobbs, d. 23 Aug. 1811, Frederick Co., Md., m. Meshack Hyatt, d. 11 Feb. 1807, Frederick Co., Md., son of Seth Hyatt of Montgomery Co.Meshack had been married previously to Sarah ______.Their son Jesse Hyatt was the founder in 1798 of Hyattstown, Md.A relative of Meshack's, Christopher Clark Hyatt, was the founder of Hyattsville in Prince George's Co.
3. Catherine Hobbs, d. by 1823, m. (1) Francis Davis, b. 21 June 1722, d. 4 Feb. 1778, Baltimore Co., Md., previously married to Ann Hammond (dau. of John Hammond and Ann Dorsey) and son of Thomas Davis and Mary Pierpont, (2) 16 Sept. 1779, Frederick Co., Md., Gassaway Sellman, d. 27 May 1823, Frederick Co., Md., son of Charles Sellman and Elizabeth Gassaway of Frederick Co.By his first marriage Francis Davis, had, among others, Ruth Davis m. Rezin Welsh and Mary Ann Davis m. Henry Welsh.
   1. Samuel Davis.
   2. Zachariah Davis m. Elizabeth Hyatt, dau. of Meshack Hyatt and Susannah Hobbs.
   3. Thomas Davis.
   4. William Sellman, b. 11 Feb. 1786, d. 31 Dec. 1857, m. 6 May 1810, Ruth Shipley.
   5. Sarah Sellman, b. 17 Aug. 1781, d. 23 Feb. 1845, m. 16 Apr. 1804, George Pusey.
   6. Elizabeth Sellman, b. 178_, d. after 1853, m. 13 Nov. 1813, Cornelius Grimes, brother of Elias Grimes.
   7. Margaret Sellman, b. 3 Apr. 179_, d. 23 Dec. 1846, m. 3 May 1819, Elias Grimes.
   8. Susan Sellman, b. 27 Sept. 1794, d. 27 Jan. 1857, m. 13 Jan. 1824, Henry Cost.
4. Samuel Hobbs II, d. 12 Jan. 1806, Montgomery Co., Md., m. before 1774, Priscilla Busey, d. 1811, dau. of Samuel Busey, and lived in Montgomery Co.He was a Methodist preacher and very active in the founding of Methodist churches in Montgomery Co., among them, Sugarloaf Chapel and Ebenezer's Chapel.Among his real estate tracts were "Content," "Conclusion," "Hazard," "Beall's Adventure," later called "Resurvey of Beall's Addition," and "Good Guess."They had 10 children.Among them were the following:
   1. Priscilla Hobbs m. Basil Soaper Jr.
   2. Marcy Hobbs m. (1) Edward Browning/Ward, the father of Rezin Hobbs below, from whom she separated after the birth of Rezin on 23 Feb. 1790.On 22 Apr. 1791, Edward Browning/Ward m. (2) Priscilla Soaper, Marcy's first cousin, the dau. of Basil Soaper Sr. and Marcy Busey.Edward's family moved to Kentucky and then to the state of Washington in the 1850s.
      1. Rezin Hobbs, b. 23 Feb. 1790, d. 24 July 1875, m. 25 Dec. 1815, Elizabeth Ramsower, d. 26 July 1874, dau. of Henry Ramsower Sr. and Mary Smith.They lived in the Hyatts- town-Clarksburg area and had six children, including an only son, William Henry Hobbs.Both are bur. in the Upper Senaca Bapt. Cem., Cedar Grove, Montgomery Co., Md.
         1. William Henry Hobbs, b. 1828, d. 1 Sept. 1898, a builder and farmer, m. (1) Dec. 1851, Elizabeth Ellen Purdum, d. 1877, dau. of Charles Riggs Purdum and Mary Shaw, and had six children.He married (2) Mary C. Howes, d. ca. 1899, (thought to be from Baltimore) and had seven more children and later moved to Washington, D.C.He built the present Upper Senaca Baptist Church at Cedar Grove, where he and both of his wives are buried.The orphaned children were sent to live with various families.
            1. Joseph C. Hobbs.
            2. John W. Hobbs.
            3. Eleanor W. Hobbs.
            4. Elizabeth J. Hobbs.
            5. Samuel H. Hobbs.
            6. Ann Elizabeth ("Nannie") Hobbs, m. Benjamin Franklin Suddath, son of James Shaulto Suddath and George Ann Smoot Mathers. They are the grandparents of Mrs. Napoli who compiled this account.
            7. Mazzie Hobbs.
            8. Leah Hobbs.
            9. Bessie Hobbs
            10. Ruth Hobbs.
            11. Charles Hobbs.
   3. Sarah Hobbs m. Evan Belt.

Research Notes

I suggest that you look in Frederick Co. Md. for the Hobbs connection. ^[6]

In my family group, I have a Sarah (Reynolds) Hobbs (born June 1710), wife of Samuel Hobbs, of AA and Frederick Co. who was the dau of Thomas Reynolds and first wife Sarah Maccubbin of AA Co. ^[6]

She sold land to her sister Lavinia/Levina (Reynolds) Simpson's husband Amos Simpson of AA Co. before the Rev. War. ^[6]

Amos as a name runs in the Simpson family. ^[6]

I think I recall seeing the name Caleb Hobbs in Frederick Co., but can't remember now if he was Sarah's son or close relative. The name Aschah was also used in the Simpson family in one generation- it was a fashionable name at the time.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Robert Moore, Hobbs Outline, Md and KYHobbs Genforum 1451. "I cannot vouch for the correctness of all of this material, since I did not do the research myself.Neither can I, therefore, comment on it." The Family of Samuel Hobbs, son of John Hobbs, d. 1731, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [With notes on the families of the other children of John Hobbs.From the research of Mrs. J. Belle Bradford Napoli, 10 Grandin Circle, Rockville, Md., 20851] http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/hobbs/1451/. Accessed March 4, 2017 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Mike Marshall. "Samuel Hobbs" Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties http://colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I099155&tree=Tree1. Accessed March 4, 2017. jhd
3. ↑ Anne Arundel Land Records, Liber RD, Folios 442-443
4. ↑ Anne Arundel Land Records, Liber RB3, Folios 142-143
5. ↑ MD State Papers, the black Books, Bills of Exchange, 29 Sep 1748 - 29 Mar 1749. Samuel Hobbs / Petition for erection of Elk Ridge Landing as a town, 1748+ ... John Hobbs.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Posted by: Katharine E. Harbury (ID *****2117) Date: January 19, 2011 at 18:32:17 In Reply to: Anne Arundel County, MD Gaithers by Dick MacKenzie 780 of 780 Genforum

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