(DEACON) CALEB FOBES, born _____ , died at Preston, Conn, 25 Aug, 1710; married first, at Norwich, Conn, 30 June 1681, SARAH GAGER, born at New London, Conn, Feb. 1651, died ____ , daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gore) Gager; married second, Mary. According to Miss Caulkins, Caleb Fobes, or Forbes as she styles him, received a land grant in Norwich, Conn, in 1672, and was Constable on the east side (Preston) in 1685. He was one of the first purchasers of land in what is now Preston, buying 110 acres from the Indian Sachem, Owaneco [Land Rec. Preston, 1-125.] He was an organizer of the Preston Church, 16 Nov. 1698, and became a deacon; his wife "Marah" renewed her Covenant in 1699. The date of Caleb's death is stated in the inventory of his estate, which was appraised at £625.07.03.
The names and ages of his children were appended: Caleb Fobes, 21; Sarah Bishop, 26; Mary, 16; John, 15; and Elizabeth, 10.
10. His widow, Marah Fobes, made oath to the inventory, 12 Sept. 1710, and she and the son Caleb gave bond as administrators. [New London Probate Records, File No. 2024.]
Caleb Fobes served with the Connecticut Volunteers in King Philip's War. In Oct. 1696 the General Court granted to the volunteers a tract six miles square. Deacon Caleb Fobes was a member of the committee of volunteers in 1700 and 1701, the chief duty of the committee being to act on the correctness of claims presented by volunteers. Fobes thus became an original proprietor of Voluntown, Conn. [G.M. Bodge: Soldiers in King Philip's War (1906), pp. 441-444.] Qualifying ancestor, Society of Colonial Wars.
