Ancestors of Zaccheus TOBEY (born 1757, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Fourth Generation
8. Samuel TOBEY was born 1 about 1669 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He died 2 on 22 Sep 1737 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Samuel married Abiah FISH about 1696 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Parents]
Tobey Genealogy by Pope
born in Sandwich and dwelt there; died "9. 22, 1737" (Nov. 22, 1737). Married Abiah, daughter of Ambrose and Hannah Fish, born in Sandwich, Sept. 2, 1678; her mother was her husband's step-mother as we have seen.
He resided in Sandwich; was chosen one of the grand jurors "March 8, 1699 also 1700"; a surveyor of highways in 1700; a tithing man in 1709. He educated his children as well as was practicable, and gave Samuel the course at Harvard in preparation for the ministry.
*Samuel Tobey of Sandwich, June 1733, "for his Uncle Samuel Knott" was one of the Narragansett Grantees, Nov. 7, now Gorham, Me.
*Mary E. Tobey record.
THE WILL OF SAMUEL TOBEY, Sen.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Samuel Tobey of Sandwich in ye County of Barnstable In ye province of the Massachusetts bay in New England not knowing but yt my Departure out of this world by Death is at hand do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament hereby revoking cancelling and annulling all others and in the first place I commend my Soul to God thro the merits of Jesus Christ to be Sanctified and saved and my body I commit to the earth by a decent burial at ye Decression of my executor hereafter named and as to that worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to favour me my Just Debts and funeral charges being first satisfied and paid I Dispose of in manner following:
Imprimis I give to Abiah my beloved wife ye one third of my estate both real and personal to be used and improved by her for her benefit and comfort During her being my widdow and if any part of my personal estate be remaining at her Death which I now give her my will is that she have Liberty to dispose of it to whom of her children she pleases.
Item I give to my beloved son Corenelios Tobey my sword he having rec'd considerable from me in my live.
Item I give to my beloved son Zacheus twenty shillings to be paid him by my sons Jonathan and Eliakim each ten shillings within twelve months after my Decease he having also what I Designed him in my lifetime.
Item I give unto my beloved son Jonathan the one half of all my lands meadows marsh and swampy ground Together with my house and barn in equal partnership and proportion with his brother Eliakim (Excepting and Saving to Eliakim as hereafter saved and excepted) he paying the several legacies wch in this my will I appoint him to pay.
Item I give to my beloved son Eliakim Tobey the other half of all my lands meadows marsh and swampy ground Togeather with my house and barn in equal partnership with his brother Jonathan also I give him free of any Division or partnership to him his heirs and assigns forever my piece of land and orchard below the way over against my dwelling house also my piece of land and low ground near to the town neck gate in Sandwich he paing the several Legacies which is in this my will I appoint him to pay. These lands and meadows in partnership with and between my son Jonathan and Eliakim I give to them their heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give to my beloved son Samuel a good preaching bible To be bought by my sons Jonathan and Eliakim.
Item I give to my beloved son Thomas Twenty pounds to be paid by my sons Jonathan and Eliakim, Ten pounds each within half a year after he comes to be one and twenty years of age
Item. I give to my daughter Joanna Spooner five shillings to be paid by my son Jonathan
Item I give unto my Daughter Tabath Freeman five shillings to be paid by my son Eliakim these daughters having received at their marriage wt I Designed for them
Item I give to my Daughter Ruth two beds with furniture To them that is to say feather Bedds with the remainder of ye two thirds of the household stuff after her mother has taken her third also I give her Liberty To live in the home during her being a single woman.
Item I give unto my grandson Jabez* five pounds on his coming To be twenty one years old To be paid by my sons Jonathan and Eliakim fifty shillings each of ym and my will is that he be put out to some good trade by my Execut's hereafter named when he comes to be about fourteen years of age
Item I give to my sons Jonathan and Eliakim the remainder of my personal and moveable estate not otherwise Disposed of in this my last will and testament The better to enable them to pay my just debts Finally I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Abiah Tobey Exec'x and my sons Jonathan Tobey and Eliakim Tobey Executors of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye forth day of September Domini one thousand seaven hundred and thirty seaven Signed Sealed and Declared to be the last will and testament of ye sd Samuel Tobey In presence of
John Bates
Nathaniel Bassett
Benjamin Fessenden.
his Samuel x Tobey (seal)
mark and sealeProved October 17, 1737.
(Barnes. Prob. Bk. 5, p. 302.)Note: * "My grandson Jabez Tobey," who thus received a bequest from his grandfather, was not 14 years old at that time (1737). His parentage has not yet been ascertained by the writer. He married at Dartmouth, March 1 (or 20?), 1748, Anna Spooner; and had children: Philip, b. Sept. 10, 1750, and Tabitha, b. May 11, 1752. Jabez Tobey of Darmouth, cordwainer, bought land there Feb. 23, 1753.
9. Abiah FISH was born on 2 Sep 1678 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She died in 1771. [Parents]
Tobey Genealogy by Pope
DEATH: Rev. Titus Records states she died 1771 ae 93 years
RESEARCH TO BE DONE: find death date in Sandwich Records
10. John POPE was born on 23 Oct 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He died on 18 Nov 1725 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. John married Elizabeth BOURNE in 1700 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Parents]
Bassett Preston Genealogy pg 39-40; History of Bourne Family pg 208-209
11. Elizabeth BOURNE was born on 24 Jun 1679 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She died on 15 Apr 1715. [Parents]
Bassett Preston Genealogy pg 39-40; History of Bourne Family pg 208-209
12. Thomas TABER was christened in Feb 1646 in Yarmouth, , Barnstable. He died 1 on 11 Nov 1730 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Thomas married 2 Mary THOMPSON in Jun 1672 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
13. Mary THOMPSON was born 1 about 1650. She died on 4 May 1734. [Parents]
