In 1975 at a visit with Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt in Raleigh, North Carolina, he asked me if I knew how he was related

The Bobbitt Family In America

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In 1975 at a visit with Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt in Raleigh, North Carolina, he asked me if I knew how he was related to Dr. Samuel Leslie Bobbitt. They are friends and occasionally have lunch together. Both are well known to the Bobbitt families of North Carolina. Here is a chart of their relationship.

William Bobbitt, from Wales, 1649-1703

Wife, Joana Sturdivant

William and Joanna Bobbitt had three sons, all born in the Virginia colony after October 27, 1673.

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William Bobbitt, Jr. James Bobbitt John Bobbitt of Chowan

1675 - 1738 1680 - 1740 1678 - 1736

Mary Green Sarah Green

Lewis Bobbitt, Sr. William Bobbitt

1704 - 1769 1704 - 1768

Elizabeth Moore Amy Bennett

John Bobbitt of Chowan went to North Carolina in 1718. Lewis Bobbitt, Sr. went to North Carolina in 1753, where he lived near his double first cousin, William Bobbitt in what is today, Warren County.

Lewis Bobbitt, Jr. John Richard Bobbitt, Sr.

1742 - 1818 1725 - 1791

Mary Person Amy Alston

Miles Bobbitt Drury Bobbitt Sr.

1792 - 1861 1744 - 1826

Susan Gunn Elizabeth Harris

Capt. Samuel Lewis Bobbitt, Sr. Sheerwood Haywood Bobbitt, Sr.

1816 - 1801 1763 - 1827

Martha Ann Dowtain Sarah Burrows

Margaret Ann Bobbitt was a daughter of Anthony and Martha (Bobbitt) Dowtain. Margaret Bobbitt was a daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Darden) Bobbitt. Margaret was a granddaughter of Randolph and Elizabeth (Harris) Bobbitt, and a great granddaughter of John Richard Bobbitt, Sr.

Samuel Lewis Bobbitt, Jr. Sheerwood Haywood Bobbitt, Jr.

1850 - 1936 1806 - 1877

Demaris Allen Ann Eliza Pearce

Samuel Leslie Bobbitt James Burrows Bobbitt

Inez Pirkle 1835 - 1896

Mary Ann Miller

James Henry Bobbitt

1865 - 1932

* Captain,Army of Confederate States Eliza Mae Burkhead

**Soldier of the American Revolution William Haywood Bobbitt

Sarah Buford Dunlap

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