Hannah ‘Mary’ Hobbs

Perhaps the niece of Evan Dhu Shelby, I, but not his daughter.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shelby-7

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Mary (Shelby) Hobbs was born in Wales.
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Mary (Shelby) Hobbs was a Maryland colonist.

Children of Hannah and Vincent Hobbs:

1. Hannah Rebecca Hobbs, b. 1744, d. 1833, ,Lee, Virginia, USA
2. Mary Hannah “Polly” Hobbs, b. 1745, Maryland, d. Aft. 1823,
3. Vincent Thomas Hobbs Jr., b. 1746, Maryland, d. Tennessee
4. Thomas Joel Hobbs, b. 1749, Maryland d. 1853, Big Piney, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
5. William Hobbs, b. 1751, Maryland d. 22 Oct 1793, near Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, USA
6. James Hobbs b. 1755, Maryland

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From somewhere in the past, someone stated Vincent's first wife was Mary Hannah Shelby, daughter of Evan Shelby who immigrated with Vincent Hobbs. There has never been any proof presented for this marriage. From the Shelby family histories I have seen, Evan Shelby was born in Wales in 1690. He married Catherine Morgan. They were first documented on a deed July 1735 in Lancaster Co. PA. Then they were listed July, 1739 in Prince George Co., MD. There was a baptism listed for Mary Shelby in Christ Church in Philadelphia, age 3 weeks, on 6 Sept 1735 -daughter of Evan and Catherine Shelby. Her tombstone listed her born 28 Aug 1735 and died Nov. 1813. There is a record for Mary Shelby's marriage to Col. Adam Alexander in 1750 in her brother General Evan Shelby's home. There were six children born to this marriage. The main evidence for Ruth Thomas comes from a pension paper for Job Hobbs, who stated his mother was Ruth Thomas. No other evidence provided. Job Hobbs was born about 1759 in MD. Then, there is another theory concerning how the Mary Hannah Shelby marriage rumor started. Vincent Hobbs Jr. married a Hannah, proven by court and deed records. One deed stated her name as Hannah in the body of a deed, then the signature was written as Mary. There is no record of Hannah’s maiden name.

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References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shelby-7
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/i/Russell-Briggs/WEBSITE-0001/UHP... cites
• Info on Vincent, ancestors & descendants was obtained from "Early Settlers of Lee County, VA & Adjacent Counties, Vol II" comp by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, 1977, Media, Inc, Greensboro, NC. < FamiySearch Catalog >
• Vincent Hobbs born about 1720 - Mary Shelby born about 1725 married 1742." William Blanton married Rebecca Hobbs in 1745." Transcribed from the family bible of William Blanton. Bible of William Blanton. N.p.,1721 Library of Virginia, Digital Collections" http://image.lva.virginia.gov/BibleII/22676b.pdf (bad link)