Descendants of William Bobbitt
Generation
No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 BOBBITT was born 1649, and died 1703 in Prince George,
Virginia. He married JOANNA STURDIVANT. She was born 1650 in Wales.
Children of WILLIAM BOBBITT and JOANNA STURDIVANT are:
2. i. JOHN2 BOBBITT, b. 1678,
Bristol Parish, Virginia; d. November 06, 1736, Bertie, North Carolina.
ii. WILLIAM BOBBITT, b. 1675, Prince George, Virginia; d. 1738, Prince
George, Virginia; m. MARY GREEN, 1695; b. Abt. 1675.
iii. JAMES BOBBITT, b. 1680; d. 1740.
Generation
No. 2
2. JOHN2 BOBBITT (WILLIAM1) was born 1678 in Bristol Parish, Virginia, and died
November 06, 1736 in Bertie, North Carolina.
He married SARAH GREEN 1703 in Virginia.
She was born 1680 in Virginia, and died Bef. November 06, 1736.
Children of JOHN BOBBITT and SARAH GREEN are:
3. i. WILLIAM3 BOBBITT, SR., b. 1704,
Prince George, Virginia; d. 1768, North Carolina.
ii. THOMAS BOBBITT, b. 1712; d. 1759.
Generation
No. 3
3. WILLIAM3 BOBBITT, SR. (JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born
1704 in Prince George, Virginia, and died 1768 in North Carolina. He married AMY BENNETT 1724 in Warren North
Carolina, daughter of RICHARD BENNETT. She was born
1702 in Warren North Carolina.
Children of WILLIAM BOBBITT and AMY BENNETT are:
4. i. JOHN RICHARD4 BOBBITT, b. 1725,
Edgecombe County, NC; d. 1771.
ii. WILLIAM BOBBITT, b. 1727; d. 1788.
Generation
No. 4
4. JOHN RICHARD4 BOBBITT (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born 1725 in Edgecombe County, NC, and died
1771. He married AMY ALSTON 1743 in
Warren North Carolina, daughter of JOHN RICHARD ALSTON. She was born
1730 in Bertie, North Carolina, and died 1796 in Warren North Carolina.
Notes for JOHN RICHARD BOBBITT:
Research also by Ken Slade
kls1613@flash.net
Children of JOHN BOBBITT and AMY ALSTON are:
5. i. ISHAM5 BOBBITT, b. May 03,
1754, Granville,Warren County, North Carolina; d. March 06, 1836, Morgan County
Illinois.
ii. WILLIAM BOBBITT, b. 1761, Warren North Carolina; d. November 12, 1829;
m. SUSANNAH JAMES, May 1784, Warren North Carolina; b. 1766.
iii. AMY BOBBITT, m. GEORGE JAMES.
Generation
No. 5
5. ISHAM5 BOBBITT (JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born
May 03, 1754 in Granville,Warren County, North Carolina, and died March 06,
1836 in Morgan County Illinois. He
married ELIZABETH JAMES October 13, 1774 in Halifax County, North Carolina,
daughter of WILLIAM JAMES and NANCY. She was born
in Halifax County, North Carolina, and died March 06, 1847 in Illinois.
Notes for ISHAM BOBBITT:
From the "Bobbitt
Family in North America" by John Bobbitt
page 236-
Isham Bobbitt was born on
May 3, 1754 in what is today known as Warren County, North Carolina. He was the fifth son of John Richard and Amy
(Alston) Bobbitt.
Isham Bobbitt married
Elizabeth James on October 13, 1774 in Halifax County, North Carolina. Elizabeth James was a daughter of William
and Nancy James. She was a sister of
Susannah James who married the brother of Isham Bobbitt, William Bobbitt. She was also a sister to George James who
married Amy Bobbitt.
Isham is mentioned in the
will of his father which is recorded in Warren County on December 7, 1789.
"I lend to my son,
Isham Bobbitt, during his life, two negroes, Alice and Abbey, and at his
decease the said negroes with their increase to be equally divided between all
of his children and their representatives."
From the records of Isham
Bobbitt's life we can trace his places of living and the periods of time that
he lived in each place.
1754-1774 born in Granville County which
became Warren County
1774-1780 lived in Halifax County, North
Carolina
1780-1781 served in the American
Revolutionay War
1781-1789 lived in Guilford County, North
Carolina
1789-1803 lived in Spartanburg County,
South Carolina
1803-1827 lived in Christian County,
Kentucky
1827-1836 lived and died in Morgan County,
Illinois.
Isham Bobbitt was a
volunteer in the service of the Revolution Army. He entered the service on February 1, 1780 and was discharged on
September 1, 1781. He served as a First
Sergeant under the command of Captain Christman. Several of his childfren, later married into the Christman
family. He served under the command of
General Green in the battle of Guilford Court House. He was in the battle of Yorktown, under the command of General
Green until the surrender of Cornwallis.
After the surrender, Isham was assigned as a body guard to Governor
Alexander Martin, of North Carolina.
Isham Bobbitt died on March
6, 1836 in Morgan County, Illinois. He
was buried on the Paschal Farm near Markham, Illinois.
On April 23, 1799 Isham
Bobbitt purchased 100 acres of land in Spartanburg County from Edward
Henning. The deed was recorded and
witnessed by Allen Bobbitt and William James Bobbitt.
In the 1790 federal census
of Spartanburg County South Carolina, Isham was listed as:
2 males 16 or over
5 males 16 or under
5 females all ages
In the 1800 federal census
of Spartanburg County South Carolina, Isham and his family were listed as:
Isham Bobbitt:
1 male under 10 2 females under 10
3 males 16-26 2 females 10-16
1 male 45 & over 1 female 16-26
1 female 26-45
Allen Bobbitt:
1 male under 10 1 female 16-26
1 male 16-26
Stephen Bobbitt son of
Isham and Elizabeth Bobbitt stated under oath on November 27, 1840 in his pension
application:
"I believe that the
names of all of the children was put down in a family Bible. The names of the children are as
follows: William, Allen, Winney,
Stephen, John, Amy, Fanney, Betsey, Isham, Sally, and Nancy."
Isham and Elizabeth were
counted in the census of 1820 in Kentucky with the Chrisman family. In the 1830 census they were counted with
the John Chrisman family in Morgan County, Illinois.
The marriages of most of
the children have been recorded in Christian and Trigg county Kentucky. South Carolina did not require marriage
bonds between 1779 and 1911. There were
very few marriages recroded in SC.
Several of the marriages of the children were performed by their
brother, John. #WW. Bobbitt, minister of the gospel
William J. Bobbitt married Elizabeth Hail 1808 July 8
Allen Bobbitt married Nancy Smith 1790 SC
Winney bobbitt married Edward Smith 1792 SC
Stephen Bobbitt married Barbara Chrisman 1814 June 29
John William Bobbitt married Hester Boney 1802 SC
John William Bobbitt married Lucy Jones 1846 October 3
Amy Bobbitt married John Thompson 1806 February 6
Frances Bobbitt married Lewis W. Jones 1809 April 11
Elizabeth Bobbitt married Thomas Jones 1812 March 11
Isham Drury Bobbitt married Cynthia Haggard 1824 December 21
Sarah Bobbitt married Michael Chrisman 1811 October
19
Nancy Bobbitt married John Chrisman 1811 December 22
Stephen Bobbitt son of
Isham and Elizabeth Bobbitt stated in his service application for military
benefits on November 27, 1840 the following:
"That, I Stephen
Bobbitt was born on 21st of November 1779, and that I always understood and
believed that I had two brothers and one sister older than myself. Their names were, William, Allen, and
Winney. William and Allen are dead. Winney is supposed to be living in the State
of Alabama."
On June 6th, 1938, Charles
Holliday a great great grandson of Isham Bobbitt, had the remains of Isham
Bobbitt's body removed from the Paschal farm to the Chapin Cemetery in Chapin,
Illinois.
Isham and Elizabeth moved
to Morgan County Illinois in 1827.
Their home burned in 1834, and they went to live with their daughter and
son in law, Nancy and John Chrisman.
Children of ISHAM BOBBITT and ELIZABETH JAMES are:
6. i. WILLIAM JAMES6 BOBBITT, b. 1775,
Halifax County, North Carolina; d. 1836, Morgan County Illinois.
ii. DRURY ALLEN BOBBITT, b. 1776, Halifax County, North Carolina; d. 1809,
Christian County, Kentucky; m. NANCY SMITH, 1790, South Carolina.
iii. WINNEY BOBBITT, b. 1778, North Carolina; m. EDWARD SMITH, 1792, South
Carolina.
iv. STEPHEN BOBBITT, b. November 21, 1779, Halifax County, North Carolina;
m. BARBARA CHRISTMAN, June 29, 1814, Christain County, Kentucky.
v. JOHN WESLEY BOBBITT, b. February 16, 1782, Warren North Carolina; m. (1) HESTER BANES, 1802; b.
1782; m. (2) LUCY JONES, October 03, 1846; b. 1782.
vi. AMY BOBBITT, b. 1785, Guilford, North Carolina; m. JOHN THOMPSON, February
06, 1806; b. 1788, Christian County, Kentucky.
vii. FRANCES BOBBITT, b. November 06, 1783, Guilford, North Carolina; m. LEWIS WESTMORELAND JONES, April 11,
1809; b. 1783.
viii. ELIZABETH BOBBITT, b. 1788, Spartanburg, North Carolina; m. THOMAS JONES, March 11,
1812; b. 1790, Christian County, Kentucky.
ix. ISHAM DRURY BOBBITT, b. 1790, Spartanburg, North Carolina; m. CYNTHIA HAGGARD, December
21, 1824; b. 1791.
x. SARAH BOBBITT, b. 1794, Spartanburg, North Carolina; m. MICHAEL CHRISTMAN, October
19, 1811, Christain County, Kentucky; b. 1788, Christian County, Kentucky.
xi. NANCY BOBBITT, b. Bet. 1790 - 1796, Spartanburg, North Carolina; m.
JOHN
CHRISTMAN, December 22, 1811, Christain County, Kentucky; b. June 16, 1791,
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina.
Generation
No. 6
6. WILLIAM JAMES6 BOBBITT (ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born 1775 in Halifax County, North Carolina, and
died 1836 in Morgan County Illinois. He
married ELIZABETH HAIL July 08, 1808 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. She was born Bet. 1784 - 1788 in Christian
County, Kentucky, and died 1864 in Bethel, Morgan County, Illinois.
Notes for WILLIAM JAMES BOBBITT:
From "The Bobbitt
Family in America" by John Bobbitt.
Page 240
William James Bobbitt and
his family left Kentucky and went to Missouri Territory in 1814 and returned to
Morgan County Illinois in 1830.
Page 680
William James Bobbitt had
tp be bprm befpre 1770 amd after 1774.
The census records indicate that William was born in 1775. Much of what
we know about William Bobbitt comes from a published account in "Portrait
and Biographical Album of Morgan County, Illinois", published by Chapman
Brothers in 1889. John G. Bobbitt son
of William J. Bobbitt supplied the information. Excerpts from this account pertaining to William J. Bobitt are
quoted here.
" William J. Bobbitt,
father of our subject (John G. Bobbitt) was a native of North Carolina, a
millwright by trade and a natural mechanic.
He was the son of southern parents and his father, Isham Bobbitt served
in the Revolutionary War. he died in
this county at the age of 84 years. He
located in Kentucky where in due time he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Hale. After their marriage the parents
of our subject settled in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, where they
lived until after the brith of two children.
Then hoping to better their financial condition, they sought the
southewest, locating in Madison County, Missouri, where the father put up a
mill and engaged as a miller and general mechanic until coming to this
county."
In our research on William
J. Bobbitt in Missouri, we found him listed as one of the justices of the peace
who performed some marriages. One of
the records showed that he performed the marriage of William Campbell to
Malinda Davis on Junuary 31, 1829, not long before he left Missouri and
returned to Morgan County, Illinois.
"William J. Bobbitt
purchased forty acres of land from the government and began the construction of
a homestead in the wilderness. He lived
but seven years thereafter, resting from his earthly labors in 1836, at the age
of 61. Both he and his wife (Elizabeth
Hale) were members of the Regular Baptist Church. His wife survived her husband by many years, dying at the age of
seventy-six. She was a number of years
younger than he. To their marriage was
born eleven children, five sons and six daughters, all of whom reached mature
years and married before a death occured in the family.
One son, William C. Bobbitt
was waylaid and killed for his money in the gold regions of California. Three sisters are now deceased, all of whom
left families. The eldest brother
living has now reached the advanced age of over eighty years and the youngest
member of the family is past fifty."
The family was recorded in
the 1810 census of Christain County Kentucky.
William J. Bobbitt
1 male under 10 1 female under 10
1 male 26-45 1 female 16-25
Children of WILLIAM BOBBITT and ELIZABETH HAIL are:
7. i. WILEY MADISON7 BOBBITT, b. July
24, 1809, Hopskinville, (Christian County), Kentucky; d. Aft. 1900, Missouri.
ii. POLLY S. BOBBITT, b. 1810, Hopskinville, (Christian County), Kentucky;
m. MILTON BOYD, September 20, 1835.
iii. PURITY BOBBITT, b. 1815, Southeast Missouri; m. JOHN SENTENY, June 17,
1841.
iv. EVERETT HALE BOBBITT, b. 1817, Madison County, Missouri; m. (1) NANCY GIDDINGS; m. (2) MARY NEWTON, May 09,
1842.
v. MARTILLIA BOBBITT, b. 1818, Missouri; m. SAMUEL C. STOCKTON, May 10,
1838.
vi. JULIA ALMA BOBBITT, b. 1820, Missouri; m. SAMUEL GIDDINGS, July 23,
1842.
vii. WILLIAM COLUMBUS BOBBITT, b. 1822, Missouri; d. California; m. JANE GRAHAM, October 22,
1844.
viii. JOHN GRANVILLE BOBBITT, b. November 06, 1824, Missouri; m. MARTHA J. NEWTON, December
14, 1848.
ix. JAMES BOBBITT, b. 1825.
x. ELIZABETH BOBBITT, b. 1828, Missouri; m. HOMER GIDDINGS, June 06,
1845.
xi. ELZORAH BOBBITT, b. 1830, Morgan County Illinois; m. ELIZABETH CASHE, June 24,
1848.
xii. HARDY GARIA BOBBITT, b. 1833, Morgan County Illinois; m. EMILY GIDDINGS, February
22, 1858.
Generation
No. 7
7. WILEY MADISON7 BOBBITT (WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born
July 24, 1809 in Hopskinville, (Christian County), Kentucky, and died Aft. 1900
in Missouri. He married SARAH FORD PYLE August 20,
1835 in Schuyler County Illinois, daughter of NICHOLAS PYLE. She was born February 24, 1816 in Kentucky,
and died 1871 in Missouri.
Notes for WILEY MADISON BOBBITT:
Buried rual cemetery, near
old log church NE of Plattsburg, Mo, Clinton County. 1900 Census living with daughter Mary Boys. LDS #8767004, Sheet
34
Research from Floyd B.
Bennett
791 Glen Oak
Dubuque, IA 52001-6435
319-588-2158
From "The Bobbitt
Family of America" by John Bobbitt.
Brown County Illinois
formed in 1839 from Schuyler County
Madison Bobbet 41 KY
Sarah 33 KY
Ellen 14 ILL
Columbus 11 ILL
Elizabeth 7 ILL
Mary 3 ILL
Martila 8/12 ILL
More About WILEY MADISON BOBBITT:
Burial: Aft. 1900, Clinton
County, Missouri
Children of WILEY BOBBITT and SARAH PYLE are:
8. i. MARY ELLEN8 BOBBITT, b. July
06, 1836, Illinois; d. January 11, 1912, New Hampton, Missouri.
9. ii. WILLIAM COLUMBUS BOBBITT, b. September 01, 1838, Illinois ?.
iii. ELIZABETH BOBBITT, b. April 17, 1843; d. February 28, 1864, Quincey,
Illinois; m. HARWOOD.
10. iv. MARY ELMA BOBBITT, b. April 15, 1847, Brown County, Illinois; d.
November 05, 1928, Pratt, Kansas.
11. v. MYRTILLIA OLIVE BOBBITT, b. October 30, 1849, Illinois ?.
vi. SARAH EMILY BOBBITT, b. April 16, 1852, Brown County, Illinois.
12. vii. CALISTA OVANDA BOBBITT, b. March 19, 1855, Illinois ?; d. March 06, 1926,
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
13. viii. WILEY PERRY BOBBITT, b. April 23, 1858, Morgan County Illinois; d.
February 21, 1929, Pratt, Kansas.
Generation
No. 8
8. MARY ELLEN8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born July 06, 1836 in Illinois, and died January
11, 1912 in New Hampton, Missouri. She
married (1) JOHN H. BOYD. She
married (2) GEORGE BOYD November 06, 1856 in New Hampton, Missouri. She married (3) SAMUEL RICE November 06,
1856 in Morgan County, Illinois, son of DANIEL RICE and SUSAN FALLIS.
Children of MARY BOBBITT and GEORGE BOYD are:
i. JULIUS OSCAR9 BOYD, b. January
11, 1858.
ii. ANNA BELLE BOYD, b. January 14, 1860, Illiopolis, Illinois; d. Bet.
December 26, 1925 - 1928, Haviland, Kansas; m. (1) JESSE CRAWFORD QUINBY, December
31, 1878, Missouri ?; m. (2) JOHN COLCLAZIER, September 08, 1913, Syracruse, Kansas.
iii. BLOOMER RUTEL BOYD, b. November 18, 1862, Gentry County Missouri; d.
April 21, 1944, New Hampton Missouri.
Child of MARY BOBBITT and SAMUEL RICE is:
iv. WILEY DANIEL9 RICE, b. January
21, 1880.
9. WILLIAM COLUMBUS8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born September 01, 1838 in Illinois ?.
Children of WILLIAM COLUMBUS BOBBITT are:
i. WILLIAM ERNEST9 BOBBITT, b. June
12, 1871, California; d. January 20, 1926, Yolo County, California.
Notes for WILLIAM ERNEST BOBBITT:
Was a minister
Married ?? Lila
ii. IDA BOBBITT.
10. MARY ELMA8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born April 15, 1847 in Brown County, Illinois,
and died November 05, 1928 in Pratt, Kansas.
She married JOSHUA S. BOYD 1869 in Whiteville, Missouri. He died 1902 in Hobart, Oklahoma.
Children of MARY BOBBITT and JOSHUA BOYD are:
i. ERNEST L.9 BOYD.
ii. ROLLAND PERRY BOYD.
11. MYRTILLIA OLIVE8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born October 30, 1849 in Illinois ?. She married ROBERT HARRISON O'NEAL.
Children of MYRTILLIA BOBBITT and ROBERT O'NEAL are:
i. OLIVE G.9 O'NEAL, b. 1870; m. IRA HALLEN.
ii. CAPITOLA BELLE O'NEAL, b. September 08, 1873, Clinton, Missouri; d. March
30, 1959, Savonburg, Kansas; m. JOSEPH HENRY PENDLETON.
iii. JESSIE PEARL O'NEAL, b. February 03, 1875; m. ROBERT H. PENDLETON.
iv. WILEY SPENCER O'NEAL, b. February 1880, Missouri; d. December 1944,
Arkansas City, Kansas; m. PEARL.
v. FORD VERE O'NEAL, b. April 08, 1886, Missouri; d. October 01, 1969,
Clinton, Missouri; m. CHARLES FRY.
vi. CLARENCE O'NEAL, b. Aft. 1891; d. Bet. 1891 - 1899.
vii. NOVIE JEWEL O'NEAL, b. November 01, 1891; d. July 14, 1972, Greensburg,
Kansas; m. GUY EVERETT COLCLAZIER.
12. CALISTA OVANDA8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born March 19, 1855 in Illinois ?, and died March
06, 1926 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She
married CLARK G. STEPHENS.
Children of CALISTA BOBBITT and CLARK STEPHENS are:
i. LEONARD WASHINGTON9 STEPHENS.
ii. EVA IDELL STEPHENS, b. February 26, 1881; m. THOMAS HENRY DUNLAVY.
iii. TRESSIE ZOERADA STEPHENS.
iv. MAE EMELINE STEPHENS, m. KANABLE.
v. GLADIE LOU STEPHENS.
vi. WILEY JACOB STEPHENS.
vii. CHESTER CLARK STEPHENS.
viii. ADDIE AGNES STEPHENS, b. 1899.
13. WILEY PERRY8 BOBBITT (WILEY MADISON7, WILLIAM JAMES6, ISHAM5, JOHN RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born April 23, 1858 in Morgan County Illinois,
and died February 21, 1929 in Pratt, Kansas.
He married ZEPHA MINER December 23, 1896 in Cullison, Kansas, daughter of BENJAMIN MINER and EMILY JONES. She was born July 29, 1864 in Jackson,
Michigan, and died November 11, 1963 in Haviland, Kansas.
Children of WILEY BOBBITT and ZEPHA MINER are:
i. MARIE9 BOBBITT, b.
September 24, 1897, Cullison, Kansas; d. 1958, Hillsboro, Oregon; m. BENNETT WARD, January 23,
1943.
ii. CECILE VIVIAN BOBBITT, b. January 10, 1899, Cullison, Kansas; d. May 20,
1992, Pratt, Kansas; m. MAPLE DUNNING CHINN, December 26, 1917, Coats, Kansas; b. October 13,
1897, Coats, Kansas; d. Pratt, Kansas.
iii. VINA MAE BOBBITT1, b.
September 27, 1900, Cullison, Kansas1; d. June 02, 1950,
Liberal, Kansas1; m. ATHEL TAYLOR CHINN1,
December 25, 1918, Sun City, Kansas1; b. January 13, 1892,
Cullison, Kansas1; d. December 13, 1973, Ulysses, Kansas1.
iv. MINER PERRY BOBBITT, b. April 16, 1902, Cullison, Kansas; d. July 01,
1943, Eureka, Kansas; m. HELEN GRACE PEARCE, March 12, 1929, Pratt, Kansas; b. December 31, 1904,
Coats, Kansas; d. May 14, 1978, Satanta, Kansas.
v. HOWARD MADISON BOBBITT, b. June 21, 1905, Cullison, Kansas; d. September 23,
1983, Huntsville, Alabama; m. KATYBELLE PAULINE QUINBY, June 02, 1935, 06-02-1935; b. September 15, 1907,
Cullison, Kansas; d. August 30, 1980, Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Endnotes