Joshua Fobes

Deacon Joshua Fobes aka Forbes

Deacon Fobes was buried at Plymouth Cemetery with the following inscription:[2]

IN MEMORY OF JOSHUA FOBES, SON OF DEA. EDWARD FOBES. DIED 1767, AGE 78 YEARS. THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN TITICUT.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBG4-VPW/joshua-fobes-1689-1767

Brief Life History of Joshua

When Joshua Fobes was born on 20 May 1689, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Edward Fobes, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Howard, was 39. He married Abigail Dunbar on 4 December 1711, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He died on 6 April 1767, in his hometown, at the age of 77, and was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse

Joshua Fobes
Male
1689–1767

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Male

Abigail Dunbar
Female
1691–1750

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Female

Marriage
4 December 1711
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (9)

Bethia Fobes
Female
1712–1713

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Female

Hannah Fobes
Female
1713–Deceased

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Female

Joshua Fobes
Male
1714–1787

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Male

Joanna Fobes
Female
1715–Deceased

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Female

Mary Fobes
Female
1717–1780

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Female

Leah Fobes
Female
1720–1789

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Female

Rachel Fobes
Female
1722–Deceased

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Female

Betty Fobes
Female
1724–1753

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Female

Abigail Fobes
Female
1728–1805

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Female

Spouse

Joshua Fobes
Male
1689–1767

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Male

Mercy Churchill
Female
1708–Deceased

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Female

Marriage
11 May 1754
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Parents

Edward Fobes
Male
1651–1731

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Male

Elizabeth Howard
Female
1650–Deceased

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Female

Siblings (9)

Elizabeth Fobes
Female
1677–1758

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Female

John Fobes
Male
1679–1725

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Male

Mary Forbes
Female
1681–1781

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Female

Bethiah Fobes
Female
1683–1770

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Female

Hannah Fobes
Female
1686–1765

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Female

Deacon Ephraim Fobes
Male
1688–1756

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Male

Joshua Fobes
Male
1689–1767

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Male

Benjamin Fobes
Male
1692–1770

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Male

William Fobes
Male
1698–1764

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Male

Biography

Joshua Fobes (aka Forbes) was a large landowner and prominent farmer in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was born May 20, 1689, the second son of Deacon Edward Fobes (b. 1651) and his wife Elizabeth Howard Fobes. His older brother was John Fobes (b. 1679).

Joshua settled a tract of land south of Bridgewater, near the Three-Mile River, known as Titicut, after the local Indian tribe. He was also a Deacon of the Bridgewater Congregationalist Church for many years, like his father. He married Abigail Dunbar (b. 1691) there on December 4, 1711, in Bridgewater and they had 8 children (all aka "Fobes"):

1. Bethia FORBES b: 2 JUN 1712, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
2. Joshua FORBES b: 22 JUL 1715, Bridgewater MA
3. Hannah FORBES b: 20 NOV 1715, Bridgewater
4. Mary FORBES b: 1 MAY 1717, Bridgewater MA
5. Leah FORBES b: 27 MAR 1720, Bridgewater MA
6. Rachel FORBES b: 30 JUL 1722, Bridgewater MA
7. Bettie FORBES b: 19 JUL 1724, Bridgewater MA
8. Abigail FORBES b: 2 APR 1728 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Abigail Dunbar Fobes/Forbes died sometime between 1728 and 1754.

On June 5, 1754, Deacon Joshua Fobes remarried, this time to Marcy [aka "Mercy"] Churchill (b. 1696 in Plympton MA - likely a grand-daughter of immigrant John Churchill (1620-62)). So far as is now known, they did not have children together. Their marriage took place in Plympton, Marcy's hometown.[1]

On April 6, 1767, Deacon Fobes was found dead in his bed from natural causes. His estate was valued at: 386:18:09 Pounds Sterling. This was a considerable sum for the time and place.

Deacon Fobes was buried at Plymouth Cemetery with the following inscription:[2]

IN MEMORY OF JOSHUA FOBES, SON OF DEA. EDWARD FOBES. DIED 1767, AGE 78 YEARS. THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN TITICUT.
Massachusetts Colony

From John Maltby:
Capt. Israel Washburn Jr., Esq., youngest son of Israel Washburn Sr. and Waitstill Sumner, married as his first wife, Leah Fobes, daughter of Joshua Fobes and Abigail Dunbar,[3] a granddaughter of Deacon Edward and Elizabeth (Howard) Fobes, of Bridgewater, and of Peter Dunbar.[4]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fobes-86

Joshua Fobes (1689 - 1767)

Deacon Joshua Fobes aka Forbes

Born 20 May 1689 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Dominion of New Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Edward Fobes and Elizabeth (Howard) Fobes
Brother of Elizabeth (Fobes) Keith, John Fobes, Bethiah (Fobes) Keith, Hannah (Fobes) Keith, Ephriam Fobes, Benjamin Fobes and William Forbes
Husband of Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes — married 4 Dec 1711 (to about 1750) in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of Marcy (Churchill) Fobes — married 5 Jun 1754 (to 6 Apr 1767) in Plympton, Plymouth Co., Province of Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Bethiah Fobes, Hannah Fobes, Joshua Fobes, Mary (Fobes) Washburn, Leah (Fobes) Washburn, Rachel Fobes, Bettie (Fobes) Cary and Abigail (Forbes) Snow
Died 6 Apr 1767 at age 77 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Massachusetts Colony
2 Sources
3 Contributions

Sources

↑ http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/plympton_m4.htm - under name "Fobes"
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66636313
↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.
↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 147, 159.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2929979&... - assigns children to wrong wife but birth & marriage years are correct - unsourced. His surname is spelled: "Forbes" on this tree.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/p/o/Russell-E-Spooner/...
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=16187:5094&ref2=...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66636313 - Surname spelled: "FOBES"
John A. Maltby Genealogies - Capt. Israel Washburn Jr.

Contributions

WikiTree profile Fobes-86 was created by Luwana Mayberry, Wednesday, February 19, 2014, from first-hand information. No sources listed.
WikiTree profile Fobes-107 was created by Chet Snow on February 8, 2015. He then researched and wrote the biography sketch; he discovered the two Surname spellings (Fobes vs. Forbes) and then merged these two profiles, choosing FOBES due to gravestone inscription plus Plympton MA marriage record of 1754, transcribed and online, both said surname was "Fobes".