Elizabeth Bobbitt

(4) Elizabeth2 DALTON, (Timothy1 DALTON) was born in 1715 at Lunenburg Co., Virginia, USA, and married (18) James BOBBITT, son of William BOBBITT and Mary GREEN, who was born in 1707 at Rocky Run, Prince George Co, Virginia, USA. James died in 1761 at Antrim Pr, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.

submitted by Melanie Crain

A very well-documented book by John W. Bobbitt, entitled "The Bobbitt Family in America," Publ: Washington D.C. 1985, gives some different and extended facts on this family and its relationship to the Dalton family. Up to this time, Nancy Samuelson, authoress of "The Dalton Gang Story" has been the major source for details about the Bobbitts. Excerpts below are extracted from the book of John W. Bobbitt:

p. 260: "James Bobbitt [1707-1761] was born and reared on the plantation of William Bobbitt Junior who lived on Rocky Run in Prince George County Virginia. He was trained to raise tobacco, and run a grist mill. Apparently James Bobbitt did not marry until he was about 27 or 28 years old in the year of 1734.

James Bobbitt married a widow by the name of Elizabeth Bennett. Elizabeth a young widow had one child, a son, by the name of Richard Bennett. The Bennett family was a well established family of Surry County Virginiax"

p. 261: "The interesting fact of this marriage was that we have found that Elizabeth's maiden name was Dalton. She was the daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth Dalton of Bedford County Virginia.

James Bobbitt took Elizabeth (Dalton) Bennett, and her son, Richard Bennett, to his plantation on the banks of the Pigg River [in Pittsylvania County]. At the time, Timothy Dalton owned land adjoining the plantation of James Bobbitt. The Dalton family was a large family in Pittsylvania County Virginia"

https://www.joepayne.org/dalton.htm

Notes for Elizabeth DALTON:

• Query from James F. Klumpp Does anyone know the evidence on which John Bobbitt concluded that Elizabeth, wife of James Bobbit, was a Dalton and daughter of Timothy? This could be reasoned from the fact that Timothy sells land cheap to two children of this pair and grandparents often did that to grandchildren. But Timothy originally sold the land in question to James Bobbit for considerably more money and these small deeds could be seen as confirming the earlier (and lost) deed after James' death. The grant of this land to the children is contained in James' will included in the posting and James indicates that he had already bought it. I can find no other deeds that "prove" the children "considered Timothy and Elizabeth Dalton their grandparents." In short, the cheap sale does not necessarily indicate that this is a sale to grandchildren. It may have been cheap because it was simply confirming an earlier sale. Can anyone prove my more doubtful theory wrong?

The posting from Bobbit's book noted the difficulty of the bonding for Elizabeth Dalton's marriage to Timothy Dalton. My doubts about the marriage to James Bobbit would be a solution to this problem.

Notes for James BOBBITT: Proved in Halifax County in 1761 (Halifax, W. B. 0-131)

Additional information regarding birth and lineage added 1/26/94 from Churchs CD ROM.