Person:Phebe Fobes (1)

Phebe seems to be identified as the daughter of William Fobes via her father's bequest to his son-in-law Joseph Seabury and grandson Samuel Seabury. "To son-in-law Joseph Seabury 15 acres of land in the 1st 24 acre lot and the south side of said lot...To Samuel Seabury my grandson..." (quote from will dated 4 Nov 1712).^s1

After reviewing current genealogical evidence (see Family talk:William Fobes and Elizabeth Southworth (1)}, it seems likely that Phoebe Fobes is unlikely to exist; at least not as a daughter of William and Elizabeth Southworth. Instead, son-in-law Joseph Seabury is William Fobes' stepson from his marriage to widow Martha Pabodie Seabury.

1. ↑ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, and Little Compton Historical Society [Rhode Island]. Little Compton Families. (Little Compton [Rhode Island]: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967 (College Hill Press : Providence, R.I.))
   v. 1 p271-272.

   "Children by first wife: i. Phebe, b. about 1679; d. 21 April 1715 ae 35 [that would be 1675] according to her gravestone in the Old Commons cemetery. She m. (1) (--) Smith; m. (2) in LC 25 Sept. 1701 Joseph Seabury, son of Samuel and Martha (Peabody) Seabury."

2.   Alden, Mrs. Charles L (Mary Langford Taylor). Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and descendants. (Salem, Massachusetts: Eben Putnam, 1897)
   p 11-13.
3. ↑ Little Compton Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   156.

   SEABURY, Pebe (Smith), his wife, 1679; died April 21, 1715. {birth year only given}
   
   (Is this an error of James N. Arnold calling Pebe, wife of Joseph Seabury, Phebe Smith both on this page and in the marriage record?)

4. ↑ Little Compton Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   116.

   The family of William Fobes and Martha (____), his wife:
   Fobes, Phebe, b. 1679, d. April 21, 1715. {birth year only given; listed after Mercy b. 1694 and before Martha b. 1681}