
                        FORBES or FOBES
                        by Mike Mahoney
                          25 Aug 1990
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   From "Fobes Pioneers in the Western Reserve", P. 8:

   "Caleb, third son and fourth child of John Fobes and Constant
Mitchell, was born ca 1653 at Bridgewater, Mass. He received a land
grant at Norwich, Conn. in 1672, and was Constable east of the river
(later Preston) in 1684-85. He was one of the petitioners in October
1686 for the incorportation of Preston as a separate town. He had
several land grants from Owaneco, [the] Mohegan chief. He was
frequently elected Selectman, was Town Treasurer for many years and
was appointed on numerous occasions to survey and lay out lands and
highways.

   He served as a volunteer in King Phillip's War, 1675-76. The
Connecticut Volunteers in October 1696 were belatedly rewarded with a
tract of land six miles square, to be taken from conquered lands. A
committee of seven, including Caleb Fobees, mad a choice of the tract
which was later incorporated as Voluntown. ... For his service in the
Narraganset campaign Caleb Fobes is a qualifying ancestor for
membership in the Society of Colonial Wars.

   He was twice married; first to Sarah Gager at Norwich 30 June 1681,
and secondly to Mary, or Marah, Huntington not later than 1698. He
died 25 August 1710 at Preston, surived by his second wife and his
five children from both marriages."

The following is a 5 generation descendancy chart starting with John
Fobes, the father of Caleb.


                     DESCENDANCY CHART

1-- John Fobes-703 (1606)
 sp-Constant Mitchell-704 (1609)
    2-- John Fobes-705
    2-- Edward Fobes-706
    2-- Mary Fobes-707
    2-- Caleb Fobes Sr.-403 (1653)  <=== this is Caleb
     sp-Sarah Gager-404 (1651)
        3-- Sarah Fobes-405 (1684)
        3-- Caleb Fobes Jr.-394 (1689)
         sp-Abigail Gates-395 (1689)
            4-- Abigail Fobes-396 (1714)
            4-- Joshua Fobes-397 (1715)
            4-- Sarah Fobes-398 (1717)
            4-- Caleb Fobes III-399 (1719)
            4-- Simon Fobes Sr.-386 (1721)
             sp-Thankful Ellis-387 (1721)
                5-- Thankful Fobes-388 (1750)
                5-- Joshua Fobes-389 (1751)
                5-- Bethiah Fobes-390 (1754)
                5-- Simon Fobes Jr.-391 (1756)
                5-- Nathan Fobes-336 (1758)
                 sp-REbecca Parsons-337 (1757)
                5-- Ellis Fobes-392 (1760)
                5-- Eunice Fobes-393 (1763)
            4-- Constant Fobes-400 (1723)
            4-- Bethiah Fobes-401 (1726)
            4-- Nathan Fobes-402 (1728)
        3-- Mary Fobes-406 (1694)
        3-- John Fobes-407 (1695)
     sp-Marah Huntington-408
        3-- Elizabeth Fobes-409 (1700)
    2-- William Fobes-708
    2-- Joshua Fobes-709
    2-- Elizabeth Fobes-710


