Private Edward Fobes, DAR A040639-Rev War Rolls-2d MA

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A040639

Enlistment Papers describe him as a farmer, 5 FT 4 IN, dark complexion, dark hair

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Edward Fobes (1739)

Edward Fobes

Born 12 Aug 1739 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Fobes and Martha (Pierce) Fobes

Brother of Martha Fobes and Libeus (Fobes) Forbes

Husband of Orpha (Leach) Fobes — married 2 Apr 1761 (to before 1 May 1787) in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of John Fobes, Sylvester Fobes and Eunice Fobes

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

Biography

Edward Fobes was born 12 August 1739 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay to parents John Fobes and Martha Pierce.[1][2]

Edward married Orpha Leach 2 April 1761 in Bridgewater.[3]

Children of Edward and Orpha:

John, born 11 November 1761 in Bridgewater;[4]
Sylvester, born 23 April 1764 in Bridgewater;[5]
Berzillea, son, born 16 November 1770 in Bridgewater[6]
Lucy, born 19 May 1775 in Bridgewater[6]
Eber, born 8 December 1777 in Chesterfield[6]
Eunice, born in Chesterfield[6]
Edward's wife Orpha died sometime before 1 May 1787, probably in Chesterfield.

Edward married Rebecca Hayden 1 May 1787 in Chesterfield.[6]

Sources

↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 [hereinafter, Massachusetts Vital Records] (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).





[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7666/113/140795570/ Bridgewater - V1, page 113. Subscription site.↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton; Pierce Genealogy, No. IV., Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce, who Came to this Country from England (Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell's Sons : 1889) page 44.↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, Bridgewater-V2, page 133. Subscription site.↑ Massachusetts Vital Records,Bridgewater - V1, page 115.↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, Bridgewater - V1, page 119.↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Chesterfield - V1, page 58. Subscription site.NOTE: Profiles for Berzillea, Lucy, Eber, and Rebecca not created yet.

See the following for more possible data: Fobes, Lawrence George: Fobes: The Fobes Family in America III, the descendents of John Fobes immigrant in 1632 to Duxbury, Mass. (Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Privately published by the author, 1991.) (Marking code: 92-V-34) Available through familysearch.org, but a little difficult to maneuver ithrough.