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.

Family/Spouse: Esther KIDWELL. Esther was born in 1725 in Somerset, PA; died in 1779 in Page, , VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An alternate birthdate is given for Nathaniel of 1740 in the Public Member Trees for Ancestry.com.

Family/Spouse: Anna HARDIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret CAMMERAL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John MASTERSON in 1768 in , Loudoun, VA. John died in 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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 birth are 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)

Isaac married Phebe THOMSON on 17 Apr 1775 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA. Phebe (daughter of George THOMSON and Anna HARDIN) was born about 1745; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We know for certain that Nathaniel is the son of Isaac as there have been at least 5 DNA matches from all of Isaac's son's lines that match back to Isaac. (https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Tobin) We don't yet have DNA evidence that Isaac is the son of James and Esther Tobin as often placed in print. (2015) Nathaniel, farmer, "of Loudoun County" bought two lots in Washington, Culpepper Co., Virginia, in 1800. He and Elizabeth and his father apparently moved onto this property in 1806. In 1810 he is the Nathaniel that is living in Culpepper Co., Virginia. That Nathaniel has 3 males age 0-10; 1 male age 26-45; 1 female age 0-10; and 1 female age 26-45. Nathaniel and family moved to Guernsey Co., Ohio in about 1823/24. His father Isaac followed him there several years after. (CL-111)

Family tradition that pertains to Nathaniel Tobin as remembered by Clarence Tobin of Guernsey County and recorded by Ric Tobin (Copied letter in this author's possession), is that: "Nathaniel, (Clarence's great grandfather) settled in the military land from Zanesville, Ohio. (Specifically, he bought land at $1.00 per acre on the Birmingham, Peoli Ridge). He came by an oxen pulled wagon from Maryland (In probability, VIRGINIA, although Elizabeth was from Maryland according to son George W. 1900 census info.) when Clarence's grandfather was six years old. The Hollingsworth family came with the Tobins. They settled near what is now Birmingham, Ohio They lived about two miles apart and they were the only families in the area. The Tobins were Irish." This move to Guernsey Co., Ohio, probably occurred in the mid 1820's, sometime after Mar. 9, 1823 as he is listed in the Virginia County Taxlists at that time. Nathaniel brought his family with him. His father, Isaac, followed within a few years. He received 40 acres of land in the US Military Survey on Nov 7, 1837 as recorded in the Zanesville land office in TWP 4N, Range 3W, and Section 9. (CL-542) The 1840 Federal Census Records, Guernsey Co., OH, #397, p. 385 lists Nathaniel Tobin: Guernsey Co., Monroe Twp., 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 60- 70, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-60. (Note: His wife should have been listed as between age 60-70, also, not 50-60.)

Nathaniel's tombstone states that he died May 4, 1845, aged 74 years, but his will found in Will Book B, p. 149, is dated May 4 1846 and probated on June 8, 1846. Because the date on the tombstone is possibly in error, perhaps Nathaniel's age is in error also. A 1771 birth date does not seem correct as his parents did not marry until 1775. (CL-113,123,124) _______________________________________________________ Transcribed copy of "Nathaniel Tobin's Will" (with original spelling and punctuation retained) by Linda Coate: Be it remembered that at the June (terms) 1846 of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Guernsey in the state of Ohio held at and in the courthouse within and for the county of Guernsey aforesaid on the Eighth day of June in said year the last will and testament of Nathaniel Tobin late of the county of Guernsey aforesaid deceased being brought into court for Probate (I. S. Morris) and George (O. Estal) the subscribing witness to the last will and testament of Nathaniel Tobin deceased appeared in open court on the Eighth day of June (Anno Domini) Eighteen hundred and forty six and being sworn (took) for himself upon his solemn oath saith that he saw the testator sign the said will. that he subscribed said will as a witness thereto in the (presence) and at the request of said testator that said testator at the time of signing said will was of sound mind and memory of full age and not under any restraint which said will was in the words and figures following (towit) - "In the name of the Benevolent Father of all I Nathaniel Tobin Senior of Monroe township Guernsey County Ohio do make and publish this my last will and testament - Item 1 - I give and (devise) to my son G.W. Tobin the farm on which I now reside situate in Monroe Township Guernsey County Ohio containing about Eighty ( ) acres: at and after my (decease) selling so much stock as will pay my debts. I give and (devise) to my beloved wife her third of the proceeds of the farm on which I now reside during her natural life also to have and hold all my household & kitchen (familur) Bed & Bedding other goods and chattel exclusive of what pay my honest debts. Item (3nd) My son Geo. W. Tobin to support my sister Rachel Tobin who now resides with me during her single life and during her life if does not marry. Item fourth the money due me and to be collected. I want to be appropriated to paying my debts and if (any) there is any surplus to be paid to my beloved wife Elizabeth Tobin. Paid of my other children Nathaniel, (Isaac), Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, & (Ellen?), to receive five dollars each out of my estate - I do hereby nominate and appoint John (Bracken) and Geo. W. Tobin my son executors of my last will & testament hereby authorising and (empowering) them to compromise adjust (release) and discharge in manner as they may deem (proper) the debts & claims I do also authorize & empower them if it (shol) become necessary in order to pay any debts to sell by private sale upon such terms of credit as (is) otherwise as they may think proper my stock and estate and deeds to (purchasers) to (associate?) acknowledge and (d ) in ( ) simple. ( ) hereby make all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I leave her - ( ) set my hand and (seal) this (4th) day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred fourty six. Nathaniel Tobin, his mark Signed and acknowledged by said Nathaniel Tobin ( ) as his last will and testament in our presence and signed by us in the presence of (I.J. Morris). George A. Estat(e) I hereby certify that the forgoing testimony of I. (J.) Morris and George A. Estal was taken in open court on the Eighth day of June, (Anno Domini) Eighteen Hundred and Forty Six and that said will was approved of the court and ordered to be ordered with the testimony taken to (from) the same." This was recorded in Will Record Book B, pg. 149, Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, Guernsey Co. Courthouse, Cambridge, OH 43725) (CL-285) ---------------------------------------------------------------------Here is the probate for his above will. George W. Tobin with Leonard Baum: Article of an agreement made and entered into this 27th (24th) day of September 1847 by and between George W. Tobin of the first part and Lenard Baum and Elizabeth Baum his wife Isaac Tobin and his wife Matilda and Wesley Tobin and his wife Barbara and Louis Fisher and his wife Eleanor, and David Tiderick and his wife Mary and James Milner and his wife Hannah and Nathaniel Tobin, Jr. of the other part. Witnessed to that the said parties of the second part doth hereby authorize and impower the said George W. Tobin to sell at public sale or otherwise to the best advantage the livestock belonging to Elizabeth Tobin, deceased and out of the proceeds thereof shall all the just debts against said decesed and the surplus if any shall be by him with household goods and other affects of the deceased be equally divided among all the heirs of said deceased. Said George W. Tobin included, for the faithful performance of the above said George W. Tobin finds himself in the final sum of ten hundred dollars. In Witness Whereof said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals. ....October 15, 1847 Received of George W. Tobin our respective equal shares of the households and Kitchen furniture of our deceased mother, Elizabeth Tobin. Signed by Isaac Tobin, Wesley Tobin (his mark), Eleanor Fisher, Elizabeth Baum, Mary Tidrick March 27, 1847 and recorded April (6), 1847.

Nathaniel married Elizabeth JACOBS on 29 Sep 1798 in , Loudoun, VA, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1775 in , , MD, USA; died on 7 Aug 1847 in Monroe?, Guernsey, OH; was buried est Aug 1847 in Birmingham, Guernsey, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John received 80 acres of US Military Survey Land on 8/15/1837 in TWP 4N, Range 3W and section 12 near his brother Nathaniels land and his father's land. This is recorded at the Zanesville land office. (CL-542)

Family/Spouse: Mary COMPTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is probably the William Tobin who purchased 40 acres of land in the Ohio River Survey on 8/01/1839 at the Chillocothe Land Office in Twp 14 N, Range 16 W and Section 12. (CL-542)

William married Charity MCDOUGAL after 1801 in , , VA, USA. Charity (daughter of Benjamin MCDOUGAL and Elizabeth DUKE) was born on 20 Dec 1788 in , Culpeper, VA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married David D. TIDRICK on 21 Sep 1826. David was born in 1761 in , Augusta, VA; died after 1860 in Of Perry, Tuscarawas, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isaac is probably Wesley's father, but this is not certain. In various census records that Wesley is in, his parent's place of birth is listed differently in many. In 1860, his parents are listed as from Wales. In the 1880 census, whomever gave the info to the census taker said his parents were born in Ohio and his mother's father in Pennsylvania and her mother in Virginia. In Wesley's brother, John W. Tobin's 1900 census, it says that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Maryland. This matches Isaac's info. This Issac was born in Virginia, but is listed as Wesley's father in my Uncle Talmadge's family tree obtained by interviewing family members in the first half of the 20th century. Another of Wesley's brothers, Edward Willett, in the 1900 census, has his father's birthplace listed as Ohio and his mother's as Virginia. Obviously, this family didn't talk much with their spouses about their parents. Wesley was a name carried down a lot, though the Isaac wasn't. Isaac and Matilda's first home after their marriage was in St. Clair Co., Ohio. By 1829, they moved to Guernsey Co., Ohio. (CL-327)

Isaac purchased land from Andrew and Mary Noble in Guernsey Co. Ohio for $250.00 on 2 July 1842. It was located on the southeast quarter of Section 4?, Township N 4 of Range No. 2 containing 40 acres. (CL-288) Isaac Tobin owned 1200 acres of land in Guernsey Co., OH, sections 13 and 14, Monroe Twp. according to the 1840 tax lists. In "Stories of Guernsey Co., Ohio it lists it as 120 acres in 13 and 14 in 1840. One of these figures is probably in error. He was also listed in the 1840 Federal Census Records in Guernsey Co., OH, pg. 382, Monroe or Washington Twp. as Isaac Tobing: Males/1 under 5/ 2 age 5-10/ 1 age 10-15/ 1 age 15-20/ 1 age 30-40, Females/ 1 age 10-15/ 1 age 30-40, 3 persons employed in agriculture. (CL-117) It is not known where he resided after 1840. They again moved in 1854 to Horse Creek, Cotton Hill Twp., Section 23, Sangamon, IL. (now Woodside Twp.)

Birth and death information on Samuel and John Tobin come from 1900 Ohio Census Records and Ohio Grave Registration cards. In both cases, their parents were not listed, so the data is only tentatively correct based on date and birth place. If John Tobin's dates turn out to be correct, he was also in the civil war, enlisting Sept. 3 1864 as an army private, Co. E, 176 Reg. C.V.I. (CL-137) U.S. Federal Census Records Checked 1820: Culpepper Co., VA p. 98a 1830: (Isaac Toben) Frederick Co., VA, p.134 1840: Guernsey Co., OH pg. 382, Washington Twp. Isaac Tobing: Males/ 1 under 5/ 2 age 5-10/ 1 age 10-15/ 1 age 15-20/ 1 age; 30-40 Females/ 1 age 10-15/ 1 age 30-40; 3 persons employed in agriculture (CL-38, 58, 117b)

Isaac married Matilda Ann(a) BENTON on 22 Oct 1826 in , Belmont, OH, USA. Matilda (daughter of Edward Willett BENTON and Hannah DUVALL, *) was born on 7 Nov 1810 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD; died on 6 Apr 1864 in Cotton Hill, Sangamon, IL; was buried about 9 Apr 1864 in Springfield, Sangamon, IL, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Nancy E. GASKINS on 12 Aug 1869 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Nancy (daughter of Reuben GASKINS and Julia EVANS) was born about 1833 in , Gallia, OH, USA; died after 10 Oct 1881 in Of Springfield, Sangamon, IL, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married James MILNER on 27 Apr 1826 in , Guernsey, OH, USA. James was born about 1805 in , Augusta, VA; died after 1860 in Of Harrison Twp., Logan, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth date does not fit the 1820 census records for his family. He was between 16 and 26 at the time. (CL-139)

Notes:

Wesley owned 80 acres in section 6 in Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1840. (CL-114)

Wesley married Barbara MILLER on 11 Dec 1834 in , Guernsey, OH, USA. Barbara was born about 1809 in , , DEU; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leonard BAUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a Nathaniel who owned 80 acres in section 10 in 1840 in Monroe Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio or 40 acres in Sec. 9, Wheeling Twp. (CL-136)

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born about 1821 in , , VA, USA; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Washington Tobin died in 1914 according to CL-111. If this is true, information about his service in the Civil War and death in Alliance, Ohio is likely to be correct. (CL-137) There is also the chance that the 1914 death date and Civil War Service applied to George's son George Washington Tobin, Jr. More verification is needed. George was living with his son George W. Tobin in the 1900 census in Monroe Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. (CL-138)

Family/Spouse: Sarah DICKS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lewis S. FISHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]