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Josiah Hobbs, II

Josiah Hobbs, II[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male 1685 - 1779  (93 years)


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  • Name Josiah Hobbs  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Suffix II 
    Birth 06 Aug 1685  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 15, 17] 
    Christening 17 Sep 1699  Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Feb 1779  Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial Farmers Burial Ground, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I312684222490  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Josiah Hobbs,   b. 1649, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1741, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Mrs. Mary Hobbs,   b. Bef. 1664   d. Bef. 1699, of Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Bef. 1683  of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther Davenport,   b. Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1778, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 07 Apr 1709  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !Source: Gen. of the Hobbs Fam. pub. in
      !Source: Gen. of the Hobbs Fam. pub. in July 1855. "Josiah b. in Boston in
      1684, moved to Lexington, Mass., with his father, in 1690, where he resided
      until about 1705. Being then 21 years of age, he returned to Boston, and there
      remained for the next 25 years. In 1708, he married Esther Davenport, of
      Dorchester, and resided at the north end of Boston, where he engaged in
      agricultural pursuits. When far advanced in years he used to relate many
      interesting events of his early days. He stated that himself, and his boys,
      drove the cows to pasture from the north end of Boston to Muddy Creek, now
      Brookline, and also to Roxbury; and that he had hoed corn on Cornhill. He and
      his wife joined the New North Church, (Cotton Mather's), where all his
      children, but one, were christened. In 1730, he took up residence in the town
      of Weston, with his family, consisting of three sons and four daughters; their
      youngest son, Nathan, being born the year after their removal. Mr. H.
      purchased his farm, in Weston, of a Mr. Cheeny. This spot has been looked upon
      as the home of the family, from that day to this, no records of which having
      been kept, the traditions have passed down to us through the said Josiah. He
      held with strictness to the faith and worship of our Puritan fathers, and was
      careful to observe the rules and to practice all the austerities that belonged
      to the sect at that day. Soon after their settlement at Weston, Mr. H. and his
      wife connected themselves with the church in that place, of which the Rev.
      William Williams and the Rev. Samuel Woodward were pastors. Mr. Hobbs died 27
      Feb., 1779, aged 94 years. His widow deceased 29 Nov. 1778, aged 88."
      Ancestry.com Josiah b. 6 Aug 1685, Woburn, Suffolk, Ma.
      I has b. 1684, Boston, Suffolk, MA.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDH-YV9 : 15 January 2020), Josiah Hobs in entry for Mary Hobs, 1715.

    3. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWZ-BM9 : 10 October 2023), Josiah Hobbs, 1699.

    4. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NLZ-GM6P : Wed Apr 09 04:51:03 UTC 2025), Entry for Josiah Hobbs.

    5. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC99-V3Y : Fri Mar 08 08:52:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Josiah Hobbs and Josiah Hobbs, 6 June 1685.

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    7. [S1173462605] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-DQ8 : Sat Mar 09 23:56:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Tabitha Hobbs and Josiah Hobbs, 8 April 1712.

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    12. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDW-L56 : 5 January 2021), Josiah Hobbs in entry for Nathan Hobbs, 1733.

    13. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXX-3J4 : 15 January 2020), Josiah Hobbs in entry for Tabitah Hobbs, 1712.

    14. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-785 : 15 January 2020), Josiah Hobbs in entry for Ebenezer Hobbs, 1709.

    15. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWZ-BMS : 10 October 2023), Josiah Hobbs, 1699.

    16. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD7-HBW : 5 January 2021), Josiah Hobbs in entry for Elisabeth Hobbs, 1730.

    17. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDR-YV3 : 15 January 2020), Josiah Hobbs, 1685.



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