John B. Hobbs

b. 1770, d. 1840, Nelson Co., Ky., (Will Book 3, p. 573), m. (1) 29 Feb. 1787 (bond), his stepsister Cassandra Briscoe, (2) 26 Dec. 1797, Nelson Co., Ky., Eleanor Abell, b. ca. 1775, d. ca. 1850 (Will Book 6, p. 386, written 14 Oct. 1846, prob. 14 Oct. 1850), stepdaughter of Thomas Polke. Joshua Hobbs was security for the bond on the first marriage. The first three children are by Cassandra, and the remainder by Eleanor. At the time of the 1850 census, Eleanor was living with the Robert Wortham family below. John Hobbs first appears on the tax lists of Nelson Co. in 1787.

Source of info - JOSHUA AND JOSEPH HOBBS, SONS OF JOHN HOBBS AND ELIZABETH compiled by Robert P. Moore Hobbs page: http://stithvalley.com/ancestry/hobbs/hobbs.htm Stith Valley front page: http://stithvalley.com/