Reverend Gershom Hobart, I

GERSHOM, Dec. 1645; Har. Coll. 1667; ord. pastor at Groton, 25 Nov. 1679, d. 19 Dec. 1707, æt. 62 yrs.

Gershom Hobart was born on December 12, 1645 in Hingham, Mass. He married Sarah Aldis on April 26, 1675 in Dedham, Maine. He died on December 19, 1707 in Groton, Mass. Sarah was born on June 09, 1652 in Dedham, Maine. She died on April 14, 1711 in Groton, Mass.

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Gershom Hobart was born on December 12, 1645 in Hingham, Mass. He married Sarah Aldis on April 26, 1675 in Dedham, Maine. He died on December 19, 1707 in Groton, Mass. Sarah was born on June 09, 1652 in Dedham, Maine. She died on April 14, 1711 in Groton, Mass. Gershom and Sarah had the following children:

1. Elizabeth Hobart - was born on February 16, 1675/76 in Groton, Mass.

2. Dorothy Hobart- was born on December 06, 1677 in Groton, Mass. She died on June 10, 1686 in Groton, Mass.

3. Ruth Hobart - was born on May 18, 1678 in Groton, Mass. She was married to John Howe.

4. Rachel Hobart - was born on February 27, 1679/80 in Groton, Mass. She was married to Ebenezer Prescott.

5. Shebuel Hobart - was born on September 16, 1682 in Groton, Mass. He married Martha Prescott in 1714 in Groton, Mass. He died on September 30, 1764 in Groton, Mass.

6.**Gershom Hobart**

7. Josiah Hobart - was born on February 24, 1685/86 in Groton, Mass.

8. Nehemiah Hobart - was born on October 20, 1687 in Groton, Mass. He died on October 20, 1695 in Groton, Mass.

9. Sarah Hobart - was born on December 01, 1690 in Groton, Mass.

10. Bathsheba Hobart - was born on May 27, 1692 in Groton, Mass. She died on June 12, 1692 in Groton, Mass.

11. Peter Hobart - was born on September 11, 1694 in Groton, Mass. He was married to Sarah Scripture and Abigail Lakaw. He died in April of 1759.

12. Joanna Hobart - was born on December 30, 1696 in Groton, Mass.

13. Hepzibah Hobart - born in 1698 in Groton, Mass.

1667 in Graduated

Harvard College

Ordained in Groton on 26 Nov 1679. Moved to Groton 1678. His house was used as a garrison house. One of his children was killed by Indians, another carried away as a captive.

From: HINGHAM, Mass., History of the town of: by Francis Lincoln, et. al.,

1893. Vol. 1, page 346. As found at:

http://genweb.net/~blackwell/ma/hingham/Hingham1893.html.

"GERSHOM HOBART [II. 335], son of Rev. Peter Hobart, was born in

Hingham, December, 1645. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1667, in the

same class with his brothers Japhet and Nehemiah. After graduation he lived for

awhile in Hingham. "Hobart

accompanied, or soon followed, the settlers who, after the destruction of Groton

by the Indians in 1676, returned in the spring of 1678," and he was ordained

minister there Nov. 26, 1679, as successor to Rev. Samuel Willard. His ministry

was not

harmonious. About the year 1689 he appears to have left the town, the

dissensions having become so great. Although calls had been made to others, he

was, in 1690, and again in 1693, asked to return, and he did so before 1694.

When the Indians attacked

Groton in 1694, Mr. Hobart was preserved from falling into their hands, although

they took two of his children, killing one of them. He preached in Groton until

1705, and resided there till his death, Dec. 19, 1707."

GERSHOM*14 HOBART, REV. (PETER*13, EDMUND*12, THOMAS*11, THOMAS* "THE MARTYR"10, MILES*9, JAMES*8, THOMAS*7, WILLIAM*6, THOMAS*5, JOHN*4, GODFREY*3, JOHN*2, JOHN*1HOBART/HUBBARD) was born December 1645 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA, and died December 18, 1707 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. He married SARAH* ALDIS April 26, 1675 in Dedham, Maine. Notes for GERSHOM* HOBART III, REV.: He was admitted freeman October 8, 1662, and was the third of this direct line in America and Peter's 11th child (7th by his second marriage) graduated from Harvard College in 1667. He preached a short time in Plymouth and other places and was ordained at Groton, MA, November 26, 1679, where he remained until his death in 1707, and was a famous and popular divine. Taken from 'Genealogical and Family History of the State of NH', compiled under editorial supervision of Ezra S. Stearns. Groton was virtually wiped out in King Phillip's War. It was attacked by the Indians on March 2, 1676. Sporadic fighting continued until March 13th, when the last surviving inhabitants evacuated the town and fought their way to safety. The Indians then burned most of the remaining buildings. Many of those who escaped sought refuge in Concord, MA, where they remained until the end of the war. In 1678 they returned to Groton. The Reverend Gershom Hobart either accompanied them or soon joined them as their pastor. The earliest known town record inscribed after the resettlement was written by him regarding a town meeting held in June, 1678. Groton survived through Queen Anne's War and Lovewell's War. From the outbreak of King William's War until "Lovewell's Fight," which brought peace and security, was a period of thirty-seven years: twenty-three of warfare and danger, and fourteen of uncertain peace. Groton suffered another raid by Indians in King William's War. The attack came on June 27,1694. History records that the Reverend Gershom Hobart and most of his family made a "miraculous escape," but two of his children were captured, and one of them (Nehemiah age 7) later killed. The other, Gershom, Jr., was held captive by the tribal chief. He was well treated by the chief and his wife and was eventually ransomed.

More About GERSHOM* HOBART III, REV.: Fact 1: October 08, 1662, Freeman Fact 2: 1667, Graduated from Harvard Fact 6: 1678, Pastor at Groton, Mass. Nov. 26, 1679 Fact 7: November 25, 1679, Ordained a minister Fact 8: A famous and popular Eminent Divine More About SARAH* ALDIS: Fact 1: Niece of John Eliot "Apostle to Indians."

Children of GERSHOM* HOBART and SARAH* ALDIS are: i. ELIZABETH 15 HOBART, b. February 16, 1676, Groton, MA. ii. RUTH HOBART, b. May 18, 1678, Groton, MA; m. JOHN HOWE. iii. RACHEL HOBART, b. February 27, 1679, Groton, MA; m. EBENEZER PRESCOTT.iv. SHEBUEL HOBART IV, b. September 16, 1682, Groton, Middlesex, MA; d. September 30, 1764, Groton, Middlesex, MA. v. GERSHOM* HOBART, b. 1684, Groton, Middlesex, MA. vi. JOSIAH HOBART, b. February 24, 1685, Groton, MA. vii. DOROTHY HOBART, b. June 10, 1686, Groton, MA. viii. NEHEMIAH HOBART, b. October 20, 1687, Groton, Middlesex, MA; d. July 27, 1694, Newton, Middlesex, MA. Notes for NEHEMIAH HOBART: Nehemiah was killed by the Indians during King William's war on June 27, 1694. His brother, Gershom, was captured by an Indian Nassacombwit chief but was returned to his home a year later (some records say 4 years) after ransom was paid. Usually Indians used children as trade for goods, unless they could not keep up with the prisoner marches. At eight years of age it is probable that he could not keep up with the march and they were only keeping women and girls. More About NEHEMIAH HOBART: Fact 1: Age 7, killed by Indians in King William's War ix. SARAH HOBART, b. December 01, 1690, Groton, MA. x. BATHSHEBA HOBART, b. May 27, 1692, Groton, MA; d. June 12, 1692, Groton, MA. xi. PETER HOBART, b. October 11, 1694, Groton, Middlesex, MA; d. April 1759. xii. JOANNA HOBART, b. December 30, 1696, Groton, MA. xiii. HEPZIBAH HOBART, b. Abt. 1698, Groton, MA.

Name[4]Rev. Gershom Hobart Alt Name[4]Gershom Huberd Alt Name[4]Gershom Hubord GenderMale Birth[1]Dec 1645Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Marriage26 Apr 1675Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States to Sarah Aldis Death[1][2]19 Dec 1707Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ?References ? 1.0 1.1 The Hobart Journal, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society). [p. 121:18] 1645 December Gershom Hobart born. [p. 121:205] 1679 Nouember 26 My Brother Gershom Hobart Ordained Paster to Groton church[p. 121:286] my brother Gershom Hobart minister of the gospell at groton departed this life the 19 of december 1707 Aged 62 years.

? Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927), 2:232. Hobart, Gershom,[died] Dec. 18, 1707

Rev Gershom Hobart , in Find A Grave. Burial: Body lost or destroyed

? 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical sketches of graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge [Mass.]: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885), 229-234, 1881.

Green, Samuel Abbott. Groton during the Indian wars. (Groton, Massachusetts: [s.n.], 1883 (Cambridge, [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, University Press)), page 67, 1883. Excerpt: (An account of the second Indian attack on Groton) Mr. Gershom Hobart, the minister, whose house was captured in this assault, lived where the Baptist meeting-house now stands. One of his boys was killed, and another, Gershom, Jr., was carried off. There is a tradition extant that a third child was concealed under a tub in the cellar, and thus saved from the fury of the savages.

Reverend Gershom is the son of Rev Peter Hobart and Elizabeth Ibrook. He graduated from Harvard in 1667. Occupation: Clergyman.

He resided in Plymouth, Groton, and Hingham Mass. Gershom HOBART was ordained in Groton, where he pastor of the Congregational Church there. He was dismissed in Dec 1685, but continued to preach in Groton occasionally for almost 20 more years. The minister and the congregation did not always live together harmoniously. There was much dissension about his salary and where the new meeting house would be to replace that burned by the Indians in the 1676 massacre.

He Lost two children at the second massacre of Groton on 27 Jul 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. Although he survived, they took two children. One was killed. The other, nine year old Gershom, was held captive for nearly a year before being ransomed by his captors.

He married to Sarah ALDIS on 26 Apr 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Children were: Elizabeth HOBART , Dorothy HOBART, Ruth HOBART , Rachel HOBART, Shebuel HOBART, Gershom HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Nehemiah HOBART, Sarah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Peter HOBART, Joanna HOBART.