The Bobbitt Family In America
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[13]The families from 1700 to 1765 in North Carolina represent two basic branches of the descendants of William Bobbitt from Wales. One branch lived in North Carolina from 1718 to 1753. The second branch joined the first branch in 1753.
John Bobbitt of Chowan 1678 - 1736 son of William from Wales.
William Bobbitt Senior 1704 - 1768 son of John of Chowan
William Bobbitt Junior 1727 - 1787 son of William Senior
John Richard Bobbitt 1725 - 1791 son of William Senior
Lewis Bobbitt Senior 1703 - 1769 son of William Junior
William Bobbitt 1738 - 1825 son of Lewis Senior
Miles Bobbitt 1731 - 1794 son of Lewis Senior
Lewis Bobbitt Junior 1743 - 1818 son of Lewis Senior
Anyone with Bobbitt family ancestors dating back to colonial days in North Carolina will have to have one of the above in their lineage charts.
The dated records we have give us a logical and mathematical base for calculating the dates of birth, marriages, and deaths of these early ancestors.
The customs of families before 1775 were very similar. The young men were married between the ages of 17 and 20. The young women were married between the ages of 15 and 20. A family of fifteen children were generally born over a period of twenty-five years. Those children who married often lived near their parents and frequently on land that joined those of their relatives.
The sons and daughters of these ancestors who were born in North Carolina were born between the years of 1725 and 1750.
Lewis Bobbitt Senior and William Bobbitt Senior were double first cousins. Their ages were close and the birth of their sons and daughters will fall into very similar age groupings. Our difficulty is not in finding our ancestors in the records, but in deciding who belongs to whom. It is for this reason that every family, every record, and every preserved piece of colonial information is considered in this history of our family.
Persons and places will be properly placed so that the story of the family will also be the story of history.
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