John Hobby

Male 1749 - 1802  (52 years)

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  • Name John Hobby 
    Birth 1 Dec 1749  Reading, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 May 1802  Portland, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I13687  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Reverend William Hobby,   b. 13 Aug 1707   d. 18 Jun 1765 (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Lucy Remington,   b. 17 Aug 1712, Cambridge, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1785 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1734  [1] 
    Family ID F03101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Cushing,   b. Abt 1759   d. 6 May 1837 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1785  Hingham. MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F05293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • From the web site of New England Historic Genealogical Society:

      The following sketch for his service in the Revolutionary War appears in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (8:21).

      John Hobby, Boston. List of men subscribing to regulations for formation of an Independent co. to be raised in Boston; officers of said Boston Independent co. commissioned in Council Dec. 7, 1776, Maj. Gen. John Hancock to serve as Colonel, Col. Henry Jackson to serve as Lieutenant Colonel; also, Private, Gen. John Hancock

  • Sources 
    1. [S013000] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 59, p. 253.

    2. [S012966] newenglandancestors.org.