Mary Hannah (Shelby) Hobbs (1725 - abt. 1752)

Born 1725 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Vincent Thomas Hobbs I — married 1742 (to 1752) in Maryland

Descendants

Died about 1752 at about age 27 in Virginia

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Biography

Mary (Shelby) Hobbs was born in Wales.

Mary (Shelby) Hobbs was a Maryland colonist.

Children of Hannah and Vincent:

1. Hannah Rebecca Hobbs, b. 1744, d. 1833, ,Lee, Virginia, USA
2. Mary Hannah “Polly” Hobbs, b. 1745, Maryland, d. Aft. 1823,
3. Vincent Thomas Hobbs Jr., b. 1746, Maryland, d. Tennessee
4. Thomas Joel Hobbs, b. 1749, Maryland d. 1853, Big Piney, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
5. William Hobbs, b. 1751, Maryland d. 22 Oct 1793, near Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, USA
6. James Hobbs b. 1755, Maryland

Research Notes

Needs Location Research: Removed "Washington" from birth location and "Lee" from death location - pre-1776 Virginia did not have a Washington or a Lee county. Children were born in Maryland - entry for Ezekiel above says he was born near Hagerstown. Hagerstown is in Washington County, Maryland.

Notations on Vincent Hobbs/Mary Hannah Shelby:

“ 338. Vincent HOBBS Sr.89 was born about 1720 in Dorchester, England.89 He immigrated in 1735 to Port of Dover, DE.89 He married Mary Hannah SHELBY who is referred to as "Hannah" on most legal documents. She is believed to have been a niece of Evan SHELBY, Sr., who died in Maryland before the rest of the SHELBY family moved to Southwest Virginia. Vincent HOBBS remained in Maryland until about 1769 when he and his son-in-law, John BENHAM, went to Holston region of Southwest Virginia. John BENHAM built a fort there. BENHAM made a settlement in Turkey Cove in Lee County about 1780, but Abingdon people claim he and his wife are buried in an marked grave near Abingdon. Vincent HOBBS was born about 1720 and died after 1808. The last known record for Vincent and wife appeared in a Court of Quarters Sessions hearing for Lee County on the 26 day of May 1808. It ordered that the overseers of the poor receive Vincent HOBBS and his wife on their list and provide for them according to the law. It is not known exactly when or where they died. They are believed to have been buried along the Powell River, two miles below DeBusk Mill near Dryden, Virginia. Vincent HOBBS married about 1742 in Maryland. When his son, Job, applied for his war pension in Arkansas, he stated his father was Vincent and his mother Ruth (nee THOMAS) HOBBS. Therefore, Vincent must have had two marriages. He moved in 1765 to Holston Valley, VA. 90 He served in the military on 4 Oct 1774. 9 0 He moved in 1780 to Turkey Cove, VA. He moved in Aug 1781 to Holston Valley, VA.90 He resided in 1795 in Washington Co., VA.89 He died in 1808 in Lee Co., VA.89 Vincent Hobbs' children were: James, who enlisted in C company to go against Indians and was gone 21 years and presumed dead by his family until his return; Mary (Polly) who married John Benham; Rebecca (Hannah) who married William Blanton, son of a member of the original group led by Daniel Boone to Kentucky; Vincent, Jr., who killed the Shawnee Chief Benge who had been responsible for 20 years of raids against the area; Joel, who fought in the Battle of King's Mountain; Ezekiel, our ancestor; Ruth; Rachel, born 24 Nov. 1767, who married John Russell 13 Sept. 1783. John's brother was killed along with Daniel Boone's son in an Indian raid; William, who was killed by Indians; Absalom, whose sons and grandsons migrated to Tipton County, IN, founding several towns including Indianapolis; and Job, who moved to the frontier five different times, eventually dying in Arkansas at age 100 plus. Vincent Hobbs suffered many material losses at the hands of the Indians, and additional losses as a result of impound.”...... excerpted from http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/genealogy/d767.htm

Notations of Marriage of Mary Shelby and Vincent Hobbs:

"Vincent Hobbs born about 1720 - Mary Shelby born about 1725 married 1742." William Blanton married Rebecca Hobbs in 1745."

Transcribed from the family bible of William Blanton.

Bible of William Blanton. N.p.,1721 Library of Virginia, Digital Collections", PDF: http://image.lva.virginia.gov/BibleII/22676b.pdf

Sources

• FamiySearch Catalog EarlySettlers of Lee County, VA & Adjacent Counties, Vol II" comp by Hattie ByrdMuncy Bales, 1977, Media, Inc,
• Genealogy contains sources and records