| 2. |  James TOBIN was born in 1722 in Springfield, VA (son of George TOBIN and Mary); died on 6 Feb 1759 in , Hunterdon, NJ, USA. Notes:
According to an unrelated Tobin, most Tobins came from County Kilkenney or just west of there in Ireland. (CL-329) Before Ireland, the name came from D'Aubyn. Another Tobin was told that her ancestors were from County Cork, Ireland and might have originally been from Scotland. (CL-352) A distant cousin, S. McNeely sent a listing of multiple Tobins living in Dublin, Ireland from 1731-1794. (CL-546) There is a possibility that James was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania instead according a family tree on Ancestry.com. His death is verified by an application for Probate. He died intestate in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. A bond was put up by William Allen of Amwell and Richard Reading. William Allen was named Administator. His sons were all too young to be bondsman. The will of James Tobin of Loudoun Co., Va., recorded 9 May, 1774, names his wife, Esther, sons George, Thomas, Joseph and Robert, and his daughters, Sarah Masterson, and Mary, Lydia, Ruth, Naomy and Rosanna Tobin. It does not name Nathaniel and Isaac so we are going to need to verify Isaac through land or DNA records as his son. If Esther married James when she was 16 and he was 19, that would be in 1741. If all of the children I have listed for James and Esther are correct, they would have been born 18 years maximum and had 12 children in that amount of time.
A Nathaniel Toby and an Isaac Toby are listed in the Hunterdon Co. New Jersey Tax Ratables in 1778 and 1789. Nathaniel is listed in 1778 as owning a small lot, 2 horned cattle and 1 hog. In 1780 he did not still own the hog. Isaac's holdings are listed on his family group sheet. These ratables were taken from Amwell Twp., Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The only other Tobin listed in Hunterdon Co. was a Thomas Tobin from Lebanon Twp. He seemed to be very well to do with 336 acres, 12 horses, 27 horned cattle and 22 hogs in 1778. (CL-197)
There is Tobey family in Sandwich, Massachusetts named Nathan Tobey who was having children. A Joseph in 1728 is another less likely but possible father of this James. Nathan left a will on 1787 in Sandwich, MA that should be located and checked. (N.E.H.G.R., Apr. 1959) There is a James Tobin who was a convict who was pressed into the service in 1755 in the Maryland Archives Records whose relationship is not yet known either.
James married Esther KIDWELL. Esther was born in 1725 in Somerset, PA; died in 1779 in Page, , VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1746 - 1831 (85 years)
