Sherren Family Tree » Isham Drury Bobbitt (1754-1836)

Personal data Isham Drury Bobbitt 

Source 1Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on May 3, 1754 in Bute, Granville Co., Province of North Carolina (British Colony).Sources 1, 2, 4
  • (Slave Owner) in the year 1791: Isham owned Negro Slaves, Alice and Abbey from her father and maybe more..
  • He died in the year 1836 in Morgan, Illinois, United States, he was 81 years old.Sources 1, 4
  • He is buried in the year 1838 in Chaplin, Morgan Co., Illinois, United States.
    In 1938 his remains and his grave stone were removed from an old grave yard which had become a farmer's pasture over- run by livestock and moved to a landscaped Bobbin lot in Chapin Cemetery at Chapin, Morgan County, Illinois.
  • Will in the year 1791 naar North Carolina, United States.
    Father's Will; I lend to my son, Isham Bobbitt, during his life, two negroes, Alice and Abbey and at his decease the said negroes with their increase to be equally divided between all of his children and their representatives.

Household of Isham Drury Bobbitt

He is married to Elizabeth James.

They got married in the year 1775, he was 20 years old.Source 1

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Sources

  1. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 108 : 1914 / Ancestry.com
  2. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, Ancestry.com, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday May 3, 1754

  • The temperature on May 3, 1754 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.


Same birth/death day

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