The Bobbitt Family In America
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[20]Green Bobbitt born 1781
William Bobbitt born 1785
Thomas Bobbitt born 1788
Martha Bobbitt born 1790
Rebecca Bobbitt born 1794
Betsey Bobbitt born 1797
Mary Bobbitt born 1805
Sheerwood Haywood Bobbitt Jr. born 1806
Most of the children were married in Halifax County, but not all of their marriages were recorded.
Green Bobbitt married Died young
William Bobbitt married Sarah Allen 1804
Thomas Bobbitt married Lucy H. Moss 1809
Martha Bobbitt married Richard Moss Jr. 1807
Rebecca Bobbitt married Gideon C. Moss Jan. 5, 1818
Betsey Bobbitt married Unknown
Mary Bobbitt married James Browning Nov. 8, 1825
S. Haywood Bobbitt, Jr. married Eliza Ann Pierce Jan. 12, 1825
Lucy, Richard, and Gideon Moss were children of Richard Moss Senior of Halifax County. His daughter, Frances Moss , married Drury Bobbitt who was a son of John Bobbitt, a brother of Sheerwood.
There are several deeds recorded in Halifax County which explain the family relationships in this family. A deed recorded in Book 26, page 178, on May 5, 1823, tells much of the story of the Moss family.
"From Drury Bobbitt and his wife, Nancy Frances (MOSS) Bobbitt, and Thomas Bobbitt and his wife, Lucy H. (Moss) Bobbitt, all of Moore County, to Samuel Harper of Halifax County, for 135 acres of land it being our two tenths share of a certain tract formerly the property of Richard Moss Senior, deceased."
William Bobbitt married Sarah Allen, and this record is in Deed Book 25, page 301 of Halifax County. The record is dated February 19, 1821.
"From William Bobbitt and Sally, his wife, of Halifax County, to Wood Jones Hamlin, of Halifax County for 46 acres of land on the south side of the Roanoke River, joining the river. it being land allotted to Sally Bobbitt as her share of the land of the deceased father, John Allen."
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