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- "According to a historical summary of Tobins on an unsourced website, "There were Tobins recorded in New Jersey in the 18th century. Isaac Tobin was born in Hunterdon county in 1750. His father may have been James Tobin from Kilkenny. Isaac fought in the Revolutionary War (after initially deserting) and later moved with his son William to Ohio."
I have not yet proven with certainty that the parents of Isaac are James and Esther Tobin/Tobey. Isaac Tobin was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He resided at Hunterdon Co., New Jersey at the time of his enlistment. Records of his bre in the family bible according to Isaac's Pension Application dated 1833. The bible is in an unknown location. He first enlisted for 3 months starting Sept. 1776 under Captain Joshua Corshon's Co., Col. Chamber's Regiment. He was stationed at Woodbridge as a guard to military stores. He enlisted in the fall of 1777 for one year as a drummer, rank of private, in Capt. Thomas Patterson's Co., Col. Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, but after 4 months he took sick with the Bloody Flux and was given permanent leave. This information was from his pension application. According to Ric Tobin, a current researcher of the Tobin line, Isaac served 3 times in the Revolution and may have been at Valley Forge.
After the war, he lived in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; Loudoun (apr.1790-1806) and Culpepper (apr.1806-1824) Counties, Virginia; and Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio (1830-1836) where he died. There is a possible sister, niece or daughter to him, Peggy, who married John Vaughn on Dec. 17, 1807 in Culpepper Co., VA while he resided there. He seems to have spelled the name Toby or Tobey while living in New Jersey, and Tobin from Virginia on. He is in the Hunterdon Co., New Jersey Tax Ratables lists in 1778 as owning a house, 10 acres and 2 horned cattle. Again in 1780 in the Hunterdon Co. Ratables, he is listed as owning 11 acres, no house and 1 hog. (CL-197) A will has not been able to be located for him at this time. Center Cemetery, where he is buried is probably located in Center Twp., just off Rte. 22, east of Center, not accessible to the road. His marker is no longer standing according to family researchers who have attempted to find his grave sight. Here is a time line of Isaac's life as it appears in public records: Feb. 1776: Nathaniel Tobey made a deputy by the high sheriff, John Baines, in a case before the Inferior Court of Common Please, Trenton, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey involving Isaac Tobey. Isaac was to appear before the court to answer a plea by Joshua Corshon for 298 pounds proclamation money which Isaac owed. (Miscellaneous Records #33454). July and Aug. 1786: Amwell Township Tax list, New Jersey. June 6, 1791: 3rd Battalion, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax list 1795-1804: On each years Loudoun County, Virginia Tax list 1810 Culpepper Co., VA FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS: Isaac Tobin: 1 M 0-10; 1 F 10-16; 1 M 26-45; 1 M 45 and up, 1 F 45 and up. 1811: There was an Isaac who married a Winnie Shackelford in this year that is sometimes attributed to this Isaac. However, it definitely applies to a nephew named Isaac, son of brother Nathaniel instead. (CL-110, 115) 1820 Culpepper Co. VA FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS: Isaac Tobin: 1 M 10-16; 1 F 16-26; 1 M 45 and up, 1 F 45 and up (p. 98A) (Relatives John, Nathaniel and William all lived in Culpepper too, on page 100A) 12 Mar. 1831: Purchased land from John and Ruth Beal for $250.00 on the southwest corner of section 13, Township 4, and Range 2 of the unappropriated military land in Guernsey Co., OH containing 80 acres. (CL-279) Sept., 1833: Submitted application for Revolutionary War Pension from Guernsey Co., Ohio #56258, 9/23/1835: He received 40 acres of U.S. Military Survey land that is recorded in the Zanesville Land Office on Section 14, Range 2W, Twp 4N, 15 Apr. 1836: Last pension payment: Ohio (Pittsburgh, PA) Agency _________________________________________
Here is a transcription of his pension application. "Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress (proposed?) June the 7th 1832- State of Ohio County of Guernsey On this tenth day of June personally apply- heard in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now Sitting, Isaac Tobin, a resident of Madison Township, the twenty third day of the present month who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress (proposed?) June the 7th, 1832 - That he entered the Service under the following named officers and service as herein stated to wit That in the month 4 of September 1776 he was drafted and ( ) as a private under Colonel Chambers, Major Cornelius (Rout or Stout), Captain Joshua (Coshaiur), Lieutenant John (Laquier) and Abraham Williamson, Ensign Ralph Ca(mp). That he resided when he was drafted as aforesaid after he was drafted in Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey. That immediately after he was drafted as aforesaid he marched to Woodbridge twenty or thirty miles from New York at which place remained in the Service until the expiration of three months from the time at which he was drafted when the time for which he was drafted expired that he then left the Service but no written discharge was given to him. the ( ) with whom he was drafted were all ( ) discharged that there were not any regulars at Woodbridge during his paid time of Service. That the ( ) were left there to guard (armed) ammunition and Stores which were there deposited. That about harvest in 1777, he enlisted as a private with Samuel (Rout or Stout) a Sergeant in the regular army in the New Jersey line but he cannot recollect the march of the Regiment for the term of one year and (lived) under Said Enlistment under Colonel John (N)athan (Dayton), Major Barber, Captain Thomas Patterson, Lieutenant Edward Patterson, Ensign Rucastle that he continued in the Service under said enlistment for the term of four months when he was taken sick with the bloody flux that Colonel Dayton then told him that he might go home but did not give him a written discharge that he then left the Service and went home and was never called upon afterward. That he resided in Hunterdon County in the state of New Jersey at the time of his enlistment as aforesaid. That immediately after his enlistment he marched to white marsh near Philadelphia and remained there until he was discharged as aforesaid. That he was not in any battles and that he cannot recollect the names of any regular officers except the officers of his regiment as also stated. That he has no documentary evidence and the he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he was born in Hunterdon Co. in the State of New Jersey in the year 1750. That he had record of his age in a family bible but that he left the (Same) when he removed from New Jersey and has not had any record of his age since: That (Since) A Revolutionary man he has lived in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in Loundon and Culpepper Counties in the State of Virginia and in the County of Guernsey in the State of Ohio where he now resides. He states the names of William Carlile, John Bratton, Levi Carter and Thomas (Lawfister) of ( ) Township of Madison as (persons) to whom he is known as his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for (sincerity) and their belief of his Services as a Soldier of he revolution. The applicant further states there is not any clergyman residing in A vicinity of his present residence and that he is not acquainted with any clergyman residing within the Said County of Guernsey - That by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot () () as to the day or month on which he entered the Service () of the above mentioned periods, but that he served not (more) than seven months as a private for which services he () a pension - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. (his signature) Isaac Tobin Sworn to and subscribed to this day and year aforesaid. Mr. John Bratton and William Carlile residing in the Township of Madison in the County of Guernsey and State of Ohio as hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Tobin who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion and that there is not any clergyman residing in the vicinity of his present residence. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Attorn. (Signed by) Moses () (), Wm Carlile, John Bratton)
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1750 - 1836 (85 years)
