Comments on: Hobday/Hobdy Family History & Genealogy

By: Shaine Hobdy

Shaine Hobdy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:42:06 +0000

Thank you for such thourough research. So glad to know we are 6th cousins!

By: Elaine Powell

Elaine Powell — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:53:34 +0000

Hi Norma,

Here is some additional info I have on Alexander Rushton Hobday…

1860 United States Federal Census
about A R Hobdy Name: A R Hobdy
Age in 1860: 29
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: District 10, Sumner, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office: Gallatin
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
A R Hobdy 29
Elizabeth J Hobdy 28
William T Hobdy 7
Elizabeth W Hobdy 4
Hetty P Hobdy 2

1880 United States Federal Census
about Alexander R. Hobdy Name: Alexander R. Hobdy
Home in 1880: District 15, Sumner, Tennessee
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse’s Name: Elizabeth J. Hobdy
Father’s birthplace: Tennessee
Mother’s birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander R. Hobdy 49
Elizabeth J. Hobdy 49
Hettie K. Hobdy 21
Richard Hobdy 12
John A. Hobdy 10
Arthur R. Hobdy 4
John F. White 10
Gertrude White 6
Sementie Griffin 21

You can read some history regarding “Rush” on this website: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/shobday.htm

Here is the outline descendant chart for Richard Hobday:

1 Richard “Dick” Hobday b: 22 Apr 1794 in Sumner Co., TN d: 02 Jul 1851 in Sumner Co., TN

.. +Elizabeth “Betsy” Cotton m: 03 Mar 1819 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Noah Hobdy b: 1821 d: Bef. 1867

…….. 2 Robert M. Hobdy b: 1823

………… +Sarah Jane Barrett m: 07 Dec 1847

………………. 3 Thomas M. Hobdy

…….. 2 John Hobdy b: 22 Nov 1824 d: 08 Oct 1886

………… +Sarah Cummings m: 12 Jan 1848

…….. 2 Mary C. Hobdy b: 1826

………… +Thomas Edwards m: 24 Jan 1849

…….. 2 Alexander Rush Hobdy b: 27 Mar 1831 in Sumner Co., TN d: 02 Apr 1895 in Sumner Co., TN

………… +Elizabeth Jane Jackson m: 30 Oct 1851 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Elizabeth “Talitha” Hobdy b: 04 Apr 1833 d: 05 Feb 1892

………… +George W. Hughes m: 27 Oct 1858

…….. 2 Thomas C. Hobdy b: 29 May 1835 d: 15 Oct 1836

…….. 2 Andrew Hobdy b: 25 Mar 1837 d: 01 Jun 1837

…….. 2 William Hobdy b: 1838 d: Bef. 1867

…….. 2 Mary Francis Hobdy b: 1840 d: Bef. Dec 1869

…….. 2 Hugh Hobdy b: 1842 d: Bef. Dec 1869

Here is the outline descendant chart for Alexander Rustin Hobday (Notice that his children’s surnames are all spelled Hobdy.

1 Alexander Rush Hobdy b: 27 Mar 1831 in Sumner Co., TN d: 02 Apr 1895 in Sumner Co., TN

.. +Elizabeth Jane Jackson m: 30 Oct 1851 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 William T. Hobdy b: 1853 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Elizabeth W. Hobdy b: 1856 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Hetty P. Hobdy b: 1858 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Richard Hobdy b: 1868 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 John A. Hobdy b: 1870 in Sumner Co., TN

…….. 2 Arthur R. Hobdy b: 1876 in Sumner Co., TN

Here is some various info on Richard Hobday, who was the father of Alexander.

Richard Hobday’s will dated Oct. 11, 1850 was probated in Sumner Co., TN in Will Book 3, page 150, July 1851, names wife Elizabeth, Also: Polly Edwards, Noah Hobdy, Rush Hobdy, Talitha Hobdy, William Hobdy, Frances Hobdy, Hugh Hobdy, John Hobdy, Robert M. Hobdy, Josiah Walton, executor. Witnesses signatures: John Cotton, A. J. Barrett.
Richard is the youngest son of Talitha Cotton and Robert Hobday from Bertie, North Carolina. He is a brother of William Hobdy buried in the Hobdy Cemetery Sumner County. Richard married Betsy Cotton March 3, 1819 they had eleven known children. He was probably born in Bertie, North Carolina and was age two when the family came to Tennessee.
Burial:
Cotton Cemetery
Sumner County
Tennessee, USA
Richard (Dick) Hodby married Elizabeth Cotton in 1819. He died in Sumner Co TN in 1851. His Will ordered that all his slaves be sold at the death of his wife. Do not know if she died before or after Emancipation.

I have many copies of the files of Bob Law, a Hobday descendant, which you can see on this webpage — http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1457&context=dlsc_mss_fin_aid&sei-redir=1#search=%22Alexander%20Rushtin%20Hobdy%20son%20Richard%20Hobdsy%22
I have yet to go thru all those files and put that info into my family tree program, so I might be adding more info for Rush.

A copy of the original marriage record for Alexander Hobday and wife Elizabeth Jackson is attached.

I hope this provides you with the info you are looking for.
Regards,
Elaine

By: Norma McArthur

Norma McArthur — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:18:57 +0000

Elaine,

I just read your posting and wondered if you have any additional information on the Alexander Rushton Hobdy Line. He was married to Elizabeth Jane Jackson and their son Richard D. Hobdy was my great-
grandfather. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Norma

By: Elaine Powell

Elaine Powell — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:49:26 +0000

Hi Bob,

It’s good to hear from you! We’ve emailed each other before, when I was just digging into my Hobday family. You and I are 5th cousins, 1x removed. After you told me about your research being on microfilm at the LDS library I ordered the films. In fact, I paid for them to stay at our Family History Center here in Orlando. It took me a while to get through the film, and I’m actually still not done. It takes so long to look at them and then either print them or save them. Their equipment at our FHC is slow.

I’m so glad to hear you’ve put Hobday/Hobdy family members on FindAGrave. I was just putting some JAMES family on their recently. My Sarah Ann James married Alexander Hobdy. He was the son of Thomas Cotton Hobdy. Perhaps he is the Thomas Hobday you refer to because he lived in Ohio Co., KY and then Butler Co. Thomas is actually listed as LOBDY in the Ancestry.com index. But I did send in a correction.

I had 14 different ancestors living in Butler Co. My grandmother’s WARREN family lived in Butler Co. and married into the Hobdy family. I’ve been to Sumner Co. to do research on Robert Hobday.

I did read your info about the Cartwright family that included info on the Hobday family. Cartwright and Related Families by J. A. Cartwright, April 30, 1958, in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Ms. Div. ac. no. 69-80, page 99. I would like to go to the Tennessee State Archives to do more research so if I get there, I’ll look up the Cartwright book. My husband’s Powell family came from the area around Sumner Co. so I’ve got to look them up also.

Yes, it was exciting to see the old Abingdon Parish Registers in the William & Mary College archives. I’ve attached the full page of that and also the section that shows Robert, son of Sarah. I’ve been trying to find out who Robert’s father was. There is a lot of talk online about those early Hobdays and I don’t know if they’ll ever be sorted out. However, with DNA testing, perhaps we’ll figure it out some day. However, there is not yet a Hobday DNA Project. I had my husband tested and it proved he is descended from the Powell line of Thomas Powell of Isle of Wight Co., VA ca. 1650. And I had my dad’s DNA tested and found out that we are descended from the Pennsylvania Hatfields! THAT was exciting to know!!

Yes, I took all your charts and entered them into my Family Tree program. I saw that you have 9 children for Thomas Hobday. I found some information that I can’t seem to find at the moment that shows an additional 3 children: Patience, William, and Emiline. But that might be incorrect info. I’ve attached a copy of your chart for my Thomas & Elizabeth Brackin Hobday/Hobdy. I’m sure that you saw that I did include your Hobday info on my website. I gave you credit but did not ask your permission, so I hope that is okay. You’ve done such an excellent job on the Hobday history and I wanted to include all that you’ve done to be able to help other researchers. So if you give me your official permission, I’ll note that on my website.

I had the good fortune of being able to travel frequently with my husband from our home in Orlando to Williamsburg, Virginia where he worked for almost 3 years. I did a lot of research in county courthouses, libraries, and the Virginia State archives. I have stacks and stacks of papers from books and microfilm that I copied. I do have some Hobday info. It’s going to take me YEARS to get all the stuff entered into my computer. When I find new Hobday info, I’ll add it to my website.

I’ll let you know when I go to Tennessee. Thanks for contacting me.

Your cousin, Elaine

By: Bob Law

Bob Law — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:28:46 +0000

Thank you for the work you have done on the Hobday family. I started working on the family in 1961 and did not publish a book since the computer was not in existance at that time and I have much too much information to enter it now. I did send all of my material to the Mormon Library for them to microfilm and they did on three 35mm rolls that you can get from any Mormon Famiy History Center if you are interested. I have also listed several Hobdy/Hobday graves on http://www.findagrave.com in Kentucky and Tennessee. One for Richard Hobday is in Sumner County TN and he used the Hobday spelling all of his siblings used Hobdy. There was a Thomas Hobdy that went to Ohio County Kentucky that also used the Hobday spelling. The most interesting find that I ran across was the Cartwright account of the Hobday famiy in North Carolina, they have a coplete copy of that in the TN State Library and Archives and I saw the original journal from a lady here in Nashville. I was wondering what the Abingdon Parish Register 1677 to 1761 was in the Hobday first page? I did not find the name on that page anywhere. I had known about Robert being the son of Sarah but had never seen the documnet just transcriptions of it so I was excited to see the actual page from you, thank you. I do have charts of all of the children of Robert Hobday that I could locate that were hand done at the time and only give the dates but not where the events took place. They are still a big help to me when people contact me about the family. Thank you again for all you have done.

Bop

By: Elaine Powell

Elaine Powell — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:46:44 +0000

Alice, I have the following children & grandchildren listed for William S. Mayes and Mary D. Hobdy:

1 William Smith Mayes b: Abt. 1820 in Tennessee d: Aft. 1880

.. +Mary D. Hobdy b: 13 Jan 1823 in Tennessee m: 16 Jul 1839 in Sumner Co., TN d: 07 Mar 1886

…….. 2 Pleasant V. Mayes b: Abt. 1842

…….. 2 Martha A. Mayes b: Abt. 1844

………… +? Stinson

…….. 2 Ann Mayes b: Abt. 1844

…….. 2 Eliza Mayes b: Abt. 1846

…….. 2 Elizabeth Mayes b: Abt. 1846

…….. 2 Harriet S. Mayes b: Abt. 1848

…….. 2 Madora E. Mayes b: Abt. 1849 in Kentucky

…….. 2 Delila Mayes b: Abt. 1849 in Tennessee

…….. 2 William F. Mayes b: Abt. 1853 in Kentucky

………… +Mary J. ? b: Abt. 1857 in Tennessee

………………. 3 Claud Mayes b: 28 Mar 1876 in Tennessee

………………….. +Fiara ? b: Nov 1876 in Tennessee

……………………….. 4 Clinton V. Mayes b: Jun 1899 in Tennessee

………………. 3 Walter Mayes b: Abt. 1878 in Tennessee

…….. 2 Mary Trail Mayes b: Abt. 1857 in Tennessee

…….. 2 Napoleon D. Mayes b: Abt. 1861 in Tennessee d: Aft. 1930 in Sumner Co., Tennessee

………… +Elizabeth Denning b: Abt. 1861 m: 25 Mar 1885 in Sumner Co., Tennessee d: Aft. 1930 in Sumner Co., Tennessee

………………. 3 Ballard Mayes b: Abt. 1890

………………….. +Susan ?

………………. 3 Clinton Mayes b: Abt. 1897 in Sumner Co., Tennessee

…….. 2 Georgia Ann Mayes b: Feb 1863 in Tennessee

………… +John H.Duffer m: 1885

………………. 3 Luther D. H.Duffer b: Jan 1887

………………. 3 Hattie O.Duffer b: Oct 1890

…….. 2 Joel C. Mayes b: Abt. 1866 in Tennessee d: 03 Oct 1916 in Simpson Co., KY

………… +Ada ? b: 1866 in Kentucky

………………. 3 Herman B. Mayes b: Abt. 1891

You could probably follow the census trail to find more descendants.

Hope this helps some.

Elaine

By: Alice Ramer Rice Bratcher

Alice Ramer Rice Bratcher — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:19:59 +0000

William SMITH Mayes and Mary D. Hobday Mayes son
P V Mayes
who was in the Confederate Army. Attended the 1910 Orphan Brigade Veterans Reunion in Franklin, TN. (I am trying to locate some of their descendants.) Daughter, Eddie Mayes, never married and died Nov 1, 1953.

Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 about P V Mayes
Name: P V Mayes
Death Date: 8 Jan 1916
Death Location: Simpson
Residence Location: Simpson
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1842
Birth Location: Tennessee
Father’s Name: Smith Mayes
Mother’s Name: Miss Hobdy
Mother’s Birth Location: Tennessee