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Facts and Events
| Name |
Absalom Fobes, Sr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[4] |
22 May 1751 |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
25 Jul 1771 |
Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Martha Hall |
| Residence[1][2] |
From 1772 to 1778 |
Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Military[1][2] |
From 1775 to 1778 |
Served in the Revolutionary War for several terms |
| Residence[3] |
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Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[1][2] |
Sep 1778 |
White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Absalom Fobes, through his grandson, Jasper Forbes, in Willson, Verna Forbes. Descendants of Revolutionary War soldier, Absalom Fobes, through his grandson, Jasper Forbes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992)
[1], 2002.
Absalom Fobes of Upton, Massachusetts, served in the Revolutionary War for several terms, 1775-1778. He and his wife, Martha, had at least four sons, 1772-1778. Absalom died in 1778. Martha Forbes married Joel White in 1780.
Contains copies of original documents and copies of records in published books, concerning Absalom Fobes; his son, Libeus Forbes; grandson, Jasper Forbes; and some of their descendants. The surname is spelled Fobes, Forbes, and Forbs.
Microfilm of ms., typescript, and printed materials collection (photocopy, [30] leaves) at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
FHL US/CAN Film [ 1871569 Item 1 ]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Absalom Fobes, in Willson, Verna Forbes. Descendants of Revolutionary War soldier, Absalom Fobes, through his grandson, Jasper Forbes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992)
[2], 1992.
Absalom Fobes was serving in the Continental Army as early as 1775. He was killed in the battle of White Plains, New York, in 1778, leaving four minor sons. His son, Libeus Forbes, was born in 1773 or 1774 at Northbridge, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Warren at Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1795. They had two children, 1796-1797. Absalom and Hannah were divorced before 1804 and Libeus and his son, Jasper, headed west. They were living in Knox County, Ohio, by 1814. When Libeus remarried ca. 1817, Jasper Forbes left home and settled in Madison County, Ohio. He married Polly Shepherd (d. 1820) there in 1819. They had one son born in 1820. He married 2) Jane Danby (d. ca. 1823) in 1820. They had two children, 1821-1823. Jasper disappears from the records after 1826. Family traditions states in was captured by Indians and lived with them for seventeen years. His three children lived in Tazewell County, Illinois, and raised families there.
- ↑ #12 Fobes, Abner, in Mitchell, Nahum. History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive family register. (Boston, MA: Kidde and Wright, 1840)
Pgs 161 and 8.
- ↑ Births , in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
Vol I Pg 112 [3].
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