HOBBS, Vincent Sr.

Abt 1720 - 1808  (88 years)   Has one ancestor and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

HOBBS Mr.

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Children	1. HOBBS, William   2. HOBBS, Beal + 3. HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England

—?—, Mary Hannah

Abt 1725 - Aft 1808  (84 years)

Birth	Abt 1725
Died	Aft 1808	Virginia, USA
Buried	Lee County, Virginia, USA
Family	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Married	Abt 1742
Children	+ 1. HOBBS, James,   b. Province of Maryland, UK   2. HOBBS, Capt. Vincent Jr.,   b. Province of Maryland, UK + 3. HOBBS, Rebecca,   b. Province of Maryland, UK   4. HOBBS, Joel,   b. Province of Maryland, UK   5. HOBBS, William,   b. Province of Maryland, UK + 6. HOBBS, Abner,   b. Province of Maryland, UK + 7. HOBBS, Ezekiel,   b. 1762, Province of Maryland, UK + 8. HOBBS, Mary,   b. Abt 1763, Province of Maryland, UK + 9. HOBBS, Absalom,   b. 1764, Province of Maryland, UK + 10. HOBBS, Rachel,   b. 24 Nov 1767, Province of Maryland, UK

HOBBS, James

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	—?—, Rachel
Married	Bef 1817

HOBBS, Capt. Vincent Jr.

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Tennessee, USA
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725

HOBBS, Rebecca

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	BLANTON, William

HOBBS, Joel

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725

HOBBS, William

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Lee County, Virginia, USA
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725

HOBBS, Abner

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	RIGDER, Peggy
Married	1 Nov 1804	Washington County, Virginia, USA

HOBBS, Ezekiel

1762 - Abt 1835  (73 years)

Birth	1762	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Abt 1835
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family 1	—?—
Family 2	LILLEY, Elizabeth
Married	1803	Washington County, Virginia, USA

HOBBS, Mary

Abt 1763 - Aft 1825  (62 years)

Birth	Abt 1763	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Aft Apr 1825
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	BENHAM, John

HOBBS, Absalom

1764 - Abt 1841  (77 years)

Birth	1764	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	Abt 1841
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family 1	HELVY, Susan
Family 2	OLINGER, Mary Ann,   b. 20 Jul 1795
Married	Abt 1825	Lee County, Virginia, USA

HOBBS, Rachel

1767 - 1830  (62 years)

Birth	24 Nov 1767	Province of Maryland, UK
Died	23 Feb 1830	Lee County, Virginia, USA
Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA
	Address: Riverside Cemetery Pennington Gap, Virginia USA
Father	HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England
Mother	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725
Family	RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr.,   b. 13 Apr 1758, Fownhope, Herefordshire, England, UK
Married	13 Sep 1783
Children	1. RUSSELL, William,   b. 28 Feb 1785 + 2. RUSSELL, James,   b. 30 Dec 1786, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA + 3. RUSSELL, John Jr.,   b. 21 Sep 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA + 4. RUSSELL, Vincent,   b. 29 Sep 1790, North Carolina, USA + 5. RUSSELL, Margaret,   b. 4 Jun 1793, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA + 6. RUSSELL, Ruth,   b. 8 Jan 1796, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 7. RUSSELL, Robert,   b. 3 Nov 1798, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 8. RUSSELL, Alexander,   b. 10 Nov 1800, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 9. RUSSELL, Faith,   b. 15 Jul 1802, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 10. RUSSELL, Isaac,   b. 22 Feb 1805, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 11. RUSSELL, Rev. Ransom Roscoe,   b. 4 Sep 1807, Lee County, Virginia, USA + 12. RUSSELL, Alfred King,   b. 5 Jan 1813, Lee County, Virginia, USA

• Name	HOBBS, Vincent  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1720	England   [2, 6]
  	His birth date and location is undocumented tradition from several books on the early history of southwestern Virginia counties. - W. Winston Cochrane IV, 28 December 2018
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	63021824
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63021824
  Immigration	1735	Dover, Kent, Lower Counties on the Delaware, UK   [4, 7, 8]
  	with his two brothers, William and Beal, from England
  	They passed through the port at Dover and settled inland on the upper north bank of the Potomac River in the Province of Maryland. Soon after, William moved to the Province of North Carolina, while Vincent and Beal remained in Maryland. Note:  This information is undocumented tradition from several books on the early history of southwestern Virginia counties. - W. Winston Cochrane IV, 28 December 2018
  Military Service	4 Oct 1774	Colony of Virginia, UK   [7, 9, 10]
  	Virginia Militia, Captain Daniel Smith's Company, during Dunmore's War against Indians,
  	He was stationed at Elk Garden Fort on Elk Garden Creek, in the watershed of the upper Clinch River. It's present day location is near the Elk Garden Methodist Church on State Route 80 just south of US 19, a few miles northeast of Lebanon in Russell County, VA.
  Military Service	1777	Montgomery County, Virginia, USA   [6, 11, 12, 13]
  	Revolutionary War in Captain Joseph Cloyd's Company of the Virginia Militia
  	On 12 September 1777, he swore the following allegiance: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed do swear or affirm that we renounce and refuse all allegiance to George third King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia as a free and Independent State, and that I not at any time do or cause to be done, any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof, as declared thereof, as declared by Congress, and also, that I will discover and make known to someone Justice of the Peace for the said State all treasons or traitorous conspiracies which I now or hereafter shall know to be formed against this or any of the United States of America."
  Individual Event	5 Oct 1792	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  	Vincent HOBBS Sr. and his sons, Vincent Jr. and Absalom, signed the Petition of the Inhabitants in part of the Powell Valley for a division of the County,
  	The next year Lee County was formed from a portion of from Russell County, and the HOBBS' land was now located in Lee County.
  Occupation	Farmer  [14]
  Death	8 Jan 1808	Lee County, Virginia, USA   [2, 6, 7]
  Age	88 years
  Burial	DeBusk Family Cemetery, Lee County, Virginia, USA   [2, 4, 6, 12, 15]
  	Address: DeBusk Family Cemetery Dryden, Virginia USA
  	Buried on the family farm near the old DeBusk's mill location on the Powell River. Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #63021824.
  Person ID	I4202	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	HOBBS Mr.   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	—?—, Mary Hannah,   b. Abt 1725   d. Aft 1808, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Residence	Abt 1740	Prince George County, Province of Maryland, UK   [4, 7, 16]
  	on the Potomac River, near the present day city of Hagerstown,
  	In 1748 this area became apart of the new Washington County.
  Marriage	Abt 1742  [1, 4, 17, 18]
  	"It would be difficult to find a family that has played a more important part in the settlement of the County than the first immigrant, Vincent Hobbs of 1735, from England. The family is of old English Stock with honors back of it." - Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties, Vol II, p 573 [7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Marriage Status	Ended with Husband's death
  Residence	Abt 1770	Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK   [4, 19]
  	on the North Fork of the Holston River
  	Having moved from Maryland, they settled just upstream from the famous Mendota bend (36°41'54" N, 082°18'59" W) in the river, between the southeast side of Clinch Mountain and the river, where they farmed. They acquired 572 acres over the next 2 years adjacent to their son-in-law, John Benham, husband of their daughter Mary.
  Residence	1780	Washington County, Virginia, USA   [4, 20, 21]
  	in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain
  	They moved here from their farm on the North Fork of the Holston River. This location is now the town of Dryden in Lee County, Virginia.
  Land	Sep 1793	Lee County, Virginia, USA   [4, 22]
  	purchased from James and Mary ARBUCKLE for 50 pounds, 330 acres on both sides of the Powell River on a spur of Wallen Ridge,
  	He sold some of this land to John ANGLE, 98 acres to Edmond PENDLETON and 225 acres to William MUNCEY, on 13 September 1796.
  Children	>   1. HOBBS, James,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Yes, date unknown     2. HOBBS, Capt. Vincent Jr.,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Tennessee, USA >   3. HOBBS, Rebecca,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Yes, date unknown     4. HOBBS, Joel,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Yes, date unknown     5. HOBBS, William,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Lee County, Virginia, USA >   6. HOBBS, Abner,   b. Province of Maryland, UK d. Yes, date unknown >   7. HOBBS, Ezekiel,   b. 1762, Province of Maryland, UK d. Abt 1835 (Age 73 years) >   8. HOBBS, Mary,   b. Abt 1763, Province of Maryland, UK d. Aft Apr 1825 (Age 62 years) >   9. HOBBS, Absalom,   b. 1764, Province of Maryland, UK d. Abt 1841 (Age 77 years) + 10. HOBBS, Rachel,   b. 24 Nov 1767, Province of Maryland, UK d. 23 Feb 1830, Lee County, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F1707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Most of the information available on Vincent HOBBS Sr., his parents, his wife and his children, is Family Tradition passed down without the documentation of direct, original sources. If my sources cited an original document, I have included that citation in my source reference. Parents:  Most traditional information has Vincent born circa 1720 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, to Nathaniel Barrye HOBBS. I have not found any original sources for this. Wife:  Most traditional information has Vincent married to Mary Hannah SHELBY circa 1742, in either Maryland or Virginia, and that her father was Evan SHELBY Sr., who emigrated from Wales to Maryland and Virginia. I have not found any original sources for this marriage. Several land deeds in Lee County, VA in 1793 and 1796 are signed by Vincent and his wife, Hannah HOBBS. A later deed is signed by Vincent and his wife, Mary HOBBS. Children:  The source document for the children that I have included is a 1926 newspaper article about a descendant of Vincent HOBBS. Some other information suggests that he also had children named Job, Thomas, Nathaniel and Ruth. Adding to the confusion of wife and children, is an application for a Revolutionary War pension by Job HOBBS in 1859 at the age of 100, with admitted poor memory, stating his parents were Vinson HOBBS and Ruth THOMAS, and that some of his brothers and sisters had the same names as Vincent HOBBS' children. There is no other documentation confirming this, and this may have been another HOBBS family. - W. Winston Cochrane IV, 7 January 2019 [16] (Research):UNDOCUMENTED INFO FROM THE INTERNET MILITARY: Revolutionary War - He joined Captain Daniel Smith's Company of the Militia at Elk Garden on 4 Oct 1774. Vincent Hobbs immigrated at the age of approximately 15 years old from Cardiganshire, Wales to America in 1735 with his brothers Beale and William and settled in Hagerstown, Maryland on the Potomac river in 1735. Beale remained in Maryland and William settled in North Carolina. The brothers settled on land bordering John Hobbs who in all probability was their uncle. It is not known whether or not John owned the land the boys settled on. John and his wife Dorothy (Clary) had lived in Maryland since about 1720. They had four sons, Samuel, John, Joseph and William. John's sons (Grandsons of John and Dorothy) were named Leonard, Nicholas and Greenberry. The latter two were named in honor of their father being a close friend and assistant to Nicholas Greenberry, later named Colonial Governor of Maryland. Vincent remained in Maryland and raised his family to maturity. Vincent became a farmer, militia man and a Revoutionary War patriot. They lived upstream above tidewater, on the southern shores of the Potomac River. In 1769 Vincent moved to what was Washington County, Virginia which is now Lee County, Virginia.Vincent married Mary Shelby, who was a sister to General Evan Shelby. His second marriage was to Ruth Thomas. Vincent was a revolutionary war officer stationed on the Nolichucky in TN. Listed in Shelby's company of militia on 8/1/1776. Vincent is buried near thhis old home at DeBusk's Mill in Turkey Cove, Lee County, Virginia. Oct. 4, 1774 at approximately 54 years of age, Vincent Sr. became a lmember of Captain Daniel Smith's Company of the Militia at Elk Garden. Vincent was in the battle of Point Pleasant. In his 58th year, Vincent Sr.'s name appears on the list of persons sworn to the states in Captain J.C. Joseph Cloyd'ss Company of Montgomery County 2-24-1788. He was in defense of Fort Chiswell. Report and valuation of horses taken by Shawnee Indians: Vincent Hobbs, 2 bay mares, saddles, blankets, and etc. signed by Captain Shelby. In 1780 Vincent moved his family to Turkey Cove. The folowing spring all the families moved away due to the Indians being "troublesome". The family moved back to the North Fork of the Holston River where he aquired two land grants. A Revolutionary War Officer stationed on the Nolichucky in, TN 8/1/1776 in Shelby's Company of militia. His grave was located near their old home in Dreyden, VA (unmarked grave). DeBusk's Mill in Turkey Cove of Lee Co., VA Fought in Battle of Pt. Pleasant 10/10/1774 bn. circa 1720..d. p. 1804 PVT VA Rev War Immigration: 1735 moved to the Potomac river area the same year. Occupation: Farmer After Vincent married they lived upstream above tidewater, on the southern shores of the Potomac River. Then later, Vincent and Mary moved to Gulford County North Carolina. They remained in North Carolina for a few years during the Revolutionary War aiding the American colonies. Then his family moved near the present city of Bristol, Va/TN on the North fork of the Holston river, now known as Benham, Virginia. About 1780 the Hobbs family moved to Powell Valley, most of the married children moved also. They came to the settlement known as Turkey Cove. Vincent and Mary purchased a 330 acre farm in 1793, located on both sides of Powell River two miles south of Dryden, Virginia. They built a three story house and are buried on the farm. LAND: Washington Ca, VA; Page 88 - Vincin Hobbs...272 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of the north fork of Holstein...Beginning on the north bank of the river...by a spring...on the south side of the Poor Valley knobs...April 15, 1782 - Vincent Hobbs...300 ac on the north fork of Holstein River on both sides John Bennam above and John Kindrick below...includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1776...August 16, 1781 Page 186 - John Bermum, assignee of John Smallman...154 ac...Treasury Warrant...on both sides of the north fork of Holston River...Beginning on Vincent Hobbs line...at the foot of the Poor Valley Knobs by a dry run...April 16, 1782 LAND: Page 193 - John Kindrick...600 ac...Preemption Warrant...on both sides of the north fork of Holston...Beginning corner to Vincent Hobbs land...corner to his settlement right...January 12, 1783 LAND: Page 193 - John Kindrick...400 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of the north fork of Holstein River...Beginning on a spur of Clinch Mountain... corner to Peter Livingstons land...joining his Preemption...crossing the Poor Valley Knobs...January 12, 1783 - John Kindrick, assignee of William Williams, assignee of Vincent Hobbs...400 ac...by settlement made in 1772...280 ac surveyed on December 21, 1774...on the north fork of Holstein River...August 13, 1781

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1720 - England Immigration - with his two brothers, William and Beal, from England - 1735 - Dover, Kent, Lower Counties on the Delaware, UK Residence - on the Potomac River, near the present day city of Hagerstown, - Abt 1740 - Prince George County, Province of Maryland, UK Residence - on the North Fork of the Holston River - Abt 1770 - Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Military Service - Virginia Militia, Captain Daniel Smith's Company, during Dunmore's War against Indians, - 4 Oct 1774 - Colony of Virginia, UK Military Service - Revolutionary War in Captain Joseph Cloyd's Company of the Virginia Militia - 1777 - Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Residence - in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain - 1780 - Washington County, Virginia, USA Individual Event - Vincent HOBBS Sr. and his sons, Vincent Jr. and Absalom, signed the Petition of the Inhabitants in part of the Powell Valley for a division of the County, - 5 Oct 1792 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Land - purchased from James and Mary ARBUCKLE for 50 pounds, 330 acres on both sides of the Powell River on a spur of Wallen Ridge, - Sep 1793 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Death - 8 Jan 1808 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Burial - Address: DeBusk Family Cemetery Dryden, Virginia USA - - DeBusk Family Cemetery, Lee County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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