Thomas Tobey

1676 - 1757  (81 years)

• Name	Thomas Tobey  [1]
  Birth	2 Feb 1675/76	Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Feb 1757	Dennis Village Cemetery, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [3]
  Death	28 Feb 1757	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I2116	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family	Rebeckah Knowles,   b. 2 Mar 1674/75, Eastham, New Plymouth Colony d. 4 Mar 1758, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1700	Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts   [4]
  Children	1. Desire Tobey,   b. Abt 1707, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1781, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  In agreement with the Tobey Genealogy, I have designated Thomas Tobey, father of Desire Tobey, to be the third but note, his Findagrave memorial and possibly his gravestone designate him as Junior. He resided in that part of Yarmouth which later became the town of Dennis. Thomas Tobey III Will proved 15 March 1757 (condensed) In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Toby of Yarmouth in the County of Barnstable In the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, being week & sick of Body but of sound mind and memory Blessed be God for it & calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye do make & ordain this my last will & Testament. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Tobey my dearly beloved wife the Liberty to Live in the East room of my dwelling house and sufficient firewood for her to burn cut fit for the fire at the door during her widowhood and I give her likewise sixty pounds of meat pork and beef in proportion yearly and eight bushels of Indian corn and four bushels of Rye yearly and I Give her one cow and to be kept for her summer and winter on my estate during her widowhood and I Give her one Iron pot and skillet to use and a Linnen Spining wheel & one third part of the beading that hath been made by her since we married together To her own disposal and my will is my wife shall have liberty to pass and repass to fetch water out of my well and to use the cellar to put in beer & soap &c during her widow hood. I Give the abovesaid articles to my said wife as her Dowry and my will is my said wife shall have all the moveable Estate that she brought with her when we came togeather to be at her own disposal forever. Item I give unto my Daughter Mehetable Taylor Twenty shillings lawful money. Item I give unto my second Daughter Rebecca Parker Twenty shillings lawful money. Item I give unto my Daughter Desire Sears Twenty shillings lawful] money as Legacies. Item I give unto my Son Thomases Three sons each of them a small Bible all these above said Legacies to be paid out of my moveable Estate. Item I give unto my son Thomas Tobey the West end of my Dwelling house [and one-half several properties and moveable estate]. Item. I Give unto my son Seth Tobey the Eastward end of my Dwelling house and [and one-half several properties and moveable estate]. I ordain constitute and appoint my said two sons Thomas and Seth Tobey to be my Executors. My hand and seal this twenty second Day of October one thousand seven hundred & fifty one. Signed sealed & published Thomas Tobye [l. s.] in presence of John Vincent., Samll Vincent., Joseph Staple. Proved March 15, 1757. [Barns. Prob. Bk. 9, p. 274.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S478] Gravestone, Dennis Village Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; name Thomas Tobey Jr (Reliability: 3). [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Yarmouth births, Thomas Toebe birth 2 Feb 1676 (Reliability: 3). [S478] Gravestone, Dennis Village Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Reliability: 3). [S583] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Mass Marriages, Thomas Toobe spouse Rebecah Knowles, marriage date 18 Nov 1700 (Reliability: 3).