Colonel Aaaron Hobart

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Colonel Aaron Hobart owned the first bell casting foundry in the colonies. He cast cannon and shot for the Revolution. Several histories of Abington and Plymouth County recount his stories and achievements. This grave is listed in Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p. Serial: 11304; Volume: 3

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Aaron Hobart (1729 - 1808)

Col. Aaron Hobart
Born 8 Jun 1729 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Isaac Hobart and Mary (Harden) Hobart
Brother of Thomas Hobart, Mary (Hobart) Reed and John Hobart
Husband of Elizabeth (Pilsbury) Hobart — married 5 Nov 1753 (to 18 Apr 1776) in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Thankful (White) Adams — married 25 Nov 1777 (to 11 Mar 1808) in Abington, Plymouth, MAmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Jacob Hobart, Seth Hobart, Nathaniel Hobart, Elizabeth (Hobart) Jones, Aaron Hobart Esq., Noah Hobart, Sarah Hobart, Isaac Hobart, Adams Hobart, Benjamin Hobart, Joseph Hobart, Salome Hobart, Mary (Hobart) Brigham and Thankful Hobart
Died 11 Mar 1808 at age 78 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Aaron, son of Isaac and Mary (Harden) Hobart, was born at Abington, MA on June 18, 1729. [1]

He married first Elizabeth Pilsbury on November 1, 1753.[2]

He married second Thankful White.

In 1779, land that he and his brother John (now deceased) had purchased from their brother was divided by the probate court.[3]

He died on March 11, 1808 and is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Whitman, MA.[4]

He is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusaetts.[5]

Colonel Aaron Hobart owned the first bell casting foundry in the colonies. He cast cannon and shot for the Revolution. Several histories of Abington and Plymouth County recount his stories and achievements. This grave is listed in Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p. Serial: 11304; Volume: 3

Colonel Aaron Hobart owned the first bell casting foundry in the colonies. He cast cannon and shot for the Revolution. Several histories of Abington and Plymouth County recount his stories and achievements. This grave is listed in Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p. Serial: 11304; Volume: 3

According to Aaron's son Benjamin Hobart, Aaron enslaved a Black husband and wife Jack and Bilhah.[6] Jack and Bilhah may have been previously held captive by Hanover, Massachusetts slave trader Job Tilden.[7]

In 1808, Benjamin Hobart of Abington was appointed guardian of his children, Mary Hobart and Thankful Hobart, both minors above the age of 14 years.[8]

Sources

↑ Vital Records of Abington Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), 1:108
↑ Vital Records of Abington Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), 2:105
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-ZQ9T : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 365 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
↑ Vital Records of Abington Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), 2:297
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 March 2020), memorial page for Col Aaron Hobart (18 Jun 1729–11 Mar 1808), Find A Grave: Memorial #60146566, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by MRPattangall (contributor 47349332)
↑ Hobart, Benjamin. (1866). History of the Town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement. 251. Boston: T.H. Carter and Son.
↑ Tucker, Wayne. 2022. Slavery in Hanover, Massachusetts: 1727-1783.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-7354 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1791-1808 vol 32-33 > image 185 of 539; State Archives, Boston.
"United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRM-2VX : Thu Jul 20 23:09:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron Hobart, 1800.