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George Hobson, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: between November 19, 1748 and December 06, 1748 (59-60)
Frederick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Frederick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of George Hobson I and Jane Hobson
Husband of Elizabeth Hobson
Father of Captain George Hobson, Jr.; Steven Hobson; Charles Hobson and William Hobson
Brother of Richard Hobson
Half brother of Private; Private and Private

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About George Hobson, Sr.

Birth-right Quaker, early member of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick Co., VA

On 23 Apr 1734, appointed as Justice of Spotsylvania Co, VA for all of the area of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Also appointed as Justice for Orange Co., VA on 1 Jan 1734/5.

George Hobson married Elizabeth Lindley abt 1714.

They had the following children:

  • George Hobson III b 1716 Chester, PA
  • Steven Hobson b abt 1717 Chester, PA
  • Charles Hobson b abt 1719 Chester, PA
  • William Hobson b abt 1721 Chester, PA

Immigrant 1697 Quaker 1st lived in Chester county Pennsylvannia 1732 - went to Orange county (now Frederick county), Virgina

1735 - Owned 937 acres on Mill Creek , Orange (now Fredrick) County Virginia - 300 acres went to his grandson William Hobson & 647 Acres went to his grandson George Hobson jr 1235 - owned 4,250 acres on Opecuon (Middle Creek), Orange (Frederick), Virginia - sold part of it & balance was given to his son George Hobson & his wife Hannah, in his lifetime

19 November 1748 - Will - GEORGE Hobson - Frederick county, Va - proved 6 Decemebr 1748 wife Elizabeth grandchildren of son George - George jr, William, Hannah jr, Charles

References

  • Hobson descendants of George and Elizabeth Hobson, Va., N. ... Davis, Earl Harrison, comp. 1888- page 3. Hathitrust
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George Hobson, Sr.'s Timeline

1688
November 6, 1688
Birkin, Yorkshire, England, UK
November 1688
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1716
May 14, 1716
Chester, Colony of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
1717
1717
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1719
1719
Of, , Chester, Pennsylvania
1721
1721
Of, , Chester, Pennsylvania
1748
November 19, 1748
Age 60
Frederick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
December 1748
Age 60
Hobson Graveyard located on the farm of Henry Milam on Boscobel Rd, Secondary State Road 62; on the west side of the road on a hill surrounded by four trees., Frederick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America