William Bobbet
Christening: 12 Aug 1647
Saint Mary, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Parents: William Bobbet
Mother: Francisee
Message: Extracted birth or christening record
Parish registers, 1545-1910 Church of England. Parish Church of Woodbridge

Burial: Ferry Chapel South of Petersburg, Bristol Parish, Prince George County,
Virginia

Ferry Chapel
The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia

William Bobbet sold 95 acres of his land granted to him on 27 October 1673
near the present day town of Hopewell in the seaport town of City Point which is
now extinct and made this sale on 12 May 1703. William Bobbet lived on that
one acre of land until the time was right and he bought land on 18 June 1712
south of the present day town of Petersburg, Virginia.
Note: Hopewell and Petersburg are about 20 miles apart, a little more than a day's ride
on a horse. Then it is another 11 miles from Petersburg to Jones Hole Swamp south of
today's Templeton.

William Bobbet purchased 90 acres of land on 18 June 1712 South Side of Jones Hole
Swamp in Prince George County, Virginia. As William Bobbet is buried south of today's
Petersburg, Virginia, then he died after his land purchase in 1712 as this land went to his
son William Bobbet Junior in 1712 and his son WIlliam Bobbet Junior sold the land and
purchased land in Rocky Run in 1718 and 1725.

Survey for William Bobbet
18 June 1712
Prince George County, Virginia
90 acres on South Side of Jones Hole Swamp
Prince George County Virginia Surveys 1716-1724, page 2
Note: Jones Hole Swamp is 20 miles East of Rocky Run and
a few miles south of Templeton, Virginia.

According to the Cash/Malone/Wynne Genealogy:
"Her father Thomas Wynne gave the couple 98 acres "on ye south side of Jones Hole
Swamp." In those days "swamp" meant an area around a slow-moving stream. It was
a valuable piece of land."

Survey for William Bobbit
5 Dec 1718
on West Side of Rocky Run
Prince George County Virginia Surveys 1710-1726, page 3
Note: Rocky Run is near today's town of Dinwiddlie, Virginia

Survey for William Bobbitt
17 Aug 1725
Prince George County Virginia
254 acres on the West Side of Rocky Run
Land Office Patients No. 12, 1724-1726, p. 278 [Reel 11]

Virginia County Boundary Changes:
1643-1701 Henrico, then Charles City, then Prince George County

William Bobbet's son William Bobbitt Junior
1712 - guarantee to receive his father's land near Jones Hole Swamp come time his
father's passing
1718 - purchased land near Rocky Run
1725 - purchased land near Rocky Run

William Bobbet's son John [of Chowan] Bobbitt
1718 - received land in North Carolina

William Bobbet's son John [of Chowan] Bobbitt
North Carolina Archives
Chowan County, North Carolina Cross Index to Deeds - Grantees
1696 -1878 Vol. B, Page 643
State Archives
Raleigh, North Carolina

Transaction: Deed of gift
1st Grantee Last Name: Bobbett
1st Grantee First Name: John
Grantor First Name: Jon
Grantor Last Name: Owen
Year: 1718
Note: The above can be seen on RootsWeb.com

Note: There are those who theorize that Wiliam Bobbit and his wife were married in
Glamorgan, Wales, but, there are no Bobbit or Sturdivant entries on the Glamorgan
pre-1837 Marriage Index.

"There are no Bobbitt or Sturdivant entries on the Glamorgan pre-1837 Marriage
Index," Source: John Garath of the South/West Wales Look-up Exchange,
Glamorgan-L Archives, RootsWeb.com

William Bobbet's handwritten Land Grant on THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA:

BOBBETT
96

To all & c: Wheras & c: Now know ye that by said Sir Wiliam Berkeley Knit
[Knight] Goverr [Governor] & c: Give and Grant [Grants] unto the said William
Bobbett a divident of Land conteynning [containing] ninety six acres three rods
24 po [poles]: on the said south side & off [of the] Appomattox River in Charles
City County extending as fflolloweth [follows] - 1 br [branch] beginning at a point
of a hickory nigh Mo [Mr] Whittington his line and runnig no. [north]: said line;
1/3 said line: 200 poles along maire [mayor or major] Cooper his line to a
corner: Continuring said same coursse [course] 40 po [poles]: to a small red
oake nigh said Cattale [Cattail] Stream along the line: by 80: 80 po [poles]: to
a valley to a white oake &c marked four waise [ways], 80 degrees; 56 po [poles]:
to Mr. Whittington his line then up his line ne [northeast]: by 80: 296 po [poles];
no [north]: 6 po [poles], to said place aforementioned the said' Land due by
and for ye transportation of two p'sons [persons] into this Colony to have and to
hold &c: to be held &c: yielding and payding [paying] &c: provided &c; Dated
this said 27th day of October 1673.
John Leader and Richard Tonstall

Francis Whittington, 1200 asc., Chas. City Co., S. side of Appomattox Riv.,
at the head of Baylye's Cr., 30 Oct 1673, p. 484, 900 acs. granted Tho. &
Henry Battes, who sold sd. Whittington; 300 acs. for trans. of 6 pers.:
Barth. Batts, Jno. Cumber, Robt. Mevill, Jno. Collins, Mary Mahanes,
Eliz. Wood.
Source: Book: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Patients and
Grants, Vol. II: 1666-1695, by Nell Marion Nugent, page 136.

The Library of Virginia, Land Office Grants
Whittington, Francis
29 Jul 1650
Grantee[s]: Yarrett, William; and Francis Whittington
Decription: 580 acres
Source: Land Office Patients No. 2, 1643-1651, p. 216 [Reel 2]

27 Oct 1673 - William Bobbett
30 Oct 1673 - Francis Whittington
Why was Francis Whittington on William Bobbet's land grant 3 days before
he had his own land grant on 30 October?
Some land grants were prearranged for being recorded on a certain date. Such
may be the case here, as William Bobbet would have needed to prearrange for
this to be taken care of before his departure on the ship "Martha" from England.
And, it is believed that Francis Whittington was the person to make arrangements
in Virginia.

John Leader's surname is Leader and nothing else. John Leader and Richard
Tonstall were the 2 persons transported from England to Virginia around 1673.

John Leader chr 21 May 1653 Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, London,
England
Father: John Leader
Message: Extracted birth or christening record
Parish registers of St. Giles Cripplegate Church [London, 1559-1936
Church of England, St. Giles Cripplegate Chuch [London]

John Leader's relative William Leader came on the ship "Martha" to Virginia
in 1677 to join John Leader in Virginia and other areas. Another person on
the ship "Martha" in 1677 was Samuel Oldale who was born in England
around 1640.
Source: Leader and Oldale genealogy

William Leader chr Jul 1643 St. Botolph Without Aldgate, London, London,
England
Father: William Leader
Mother: Dorethie
Message: Extracted birth or christening record
Parish registers of St. Botolph Aldgate, 1558-1945 Church of England. St.
Botolph Aldgate [London]

Richard Tonstall chr 26 Jan 1644 Rystone, Yorkshire, England
Father: William Tonstall
The registers of Fartham, Yorkshire, 1569-1812

William Bobbett's 1673 Land Grant was written up in England and
then was copied in Virginia.

Even though George Cabell Greer's book: Early Virginia immigrants
1623-1666, does not include the years 1673 and 1674, in the
outline Virginia Help List, William Mecham said:
"This is an alpabetical listing of ca. 20, 000 immigrants with the following
information: name of immigrant, date [probably the year in which "headright"
was claimed, rather than the immigrant's arrival date in Virginia, name of
patentee or other party importing the immigrant, county. Rarely, these is other
information, such as "his wife."

"To have and to hold" in the land grant does not refer to a wife. It means that
if William Bobbett does not marry and have heirs, his land goes back to the
King of England who ownes the land in Virginia. William Bobbett did marry his
neighbor's daughter and had 3 sons.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500's to 1900's (see footnote)
Name: Wm. Bobett
Year: 1674
Place: Virginia
Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patients
and Grants, Vol. 2: 1666-1695, Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman,
Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977, 609 p., by Nell Marion
Nugent, Page: 146.

Land Patient books provide the date of the patient, number of acres
of land granted, general location of the land, and when granted on a
headright basis, the individual names of the headrights/persons for
whom the land was granted.

Late 1673 and early 1674 Immigration: Ship "Martha" sail to Virginia
from London, England, stop in Wales
Wm Bobbett
Voyage Origins: Felixstowe, Suffolk, England to London, England
Voyage: London, England to Virginia Colony

Abraham Wheelock - shipmaster of ships "Martha" and "Good Hope."

Abraham Wheelock filed a Will Aug 1673, "Being now outwards bound
on a voyage to the seas and with all considering the dangers hazards..."
Documents are found in the Public Records Office in London stating
that Abraham Wheelock was the shipmaster of the "Martha" and the
"Good Hope." Will probated 11/372, Public Records Office, London,
Documents E190/59/01 and E190/72/1, Public Records Office, London.

Only passengers on the flyboat "Martha" in late 1673:
Wm Bobbet -
Abraham Estes Indentured to Thoroughgood Keeling, who arranged and
paid for passage from England to Virginia
John Skinner -
Book: Virginia Section - Mesa Regional Family History Center

John Skinner
Birth: 23 Jan 1653 Saint Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Father: Richard Skinner
Mother: Ledea
Messages: Extracted births and christening record
Parish Registers, 1652-1872 Church of England, St. Gregory's Church
[Sudbury, Suffolk]
Microfilm of originals at the County Records Office, Bury St. Edmunds

The ship "Martha" had to be a British ship with British crew and passengers.

"William Berkeley lead the military against the colony's remaining Native Americans.
He also organized the defence that prevented a Dutch landing on the Virginia coast in
1673." From Education of the Intenet & Teaching History Outline, Immigration to the USA
on www.sparticus.schoolnet.co.uk

Artist Jacob Knyff painted what he saw at the England port in late 1673. The ship, an
English flyboat, loaded with guns, and a few male passengers, was the ship "Martha."
Jacob Knyff: 1638 - 1681
Dock Scene at a British Port by Knyff
Date: 1673
Materials: Oil on canvas
Measurements: Painting 965.2 x 1270 mm

Description
England and Dutch ships taking on stores or cargo at a port. The activities relating to the
loading has been closely observed. It has been set in a harbor, with the tower of a gate and
a quay visable on the right, and the coast in the distance on the left. An England flagship is
on the right, firing a salute and flying the ensign from the stern carved with the royal coat of
arms. Beside the quay is an English flyboat that, from her shape, was probably Dutch-built.
A royal yacht is arriving on the left and this has prompted the firing of the salute. On the
extreme left is the stern of a Dutch ship. On the quay two bales of stores or goods with clear
markings have been positioned in the foreground. Men are involved in loading up small
craft. a horse dragging a barrel on skids to the water's edge and there are several groups of
gentlemen and women observing the activities. A guard stands outside a sentry box in the
gate-way.

From 1673 Knyff's output appears to have been mostly British coastal or river scenes, with
increasing emphasis on accurate and colourful depiction of the great ships of the Stuart
navy. Although Dutch-born Knyff came to England when Charles II issued a general
invitation to Dutch artists and craftmen to work in England in 1672. Although the two
countries were at war, patronage for artists in Holland had diminished and a number
took advantage of this offer, including the van de Veldes and Knyff.
Source: National Maritime Museum, London, England

Cockett's chapter on Jacob Wouterazoon Knyff in "Early Sea Pioneers" contains a list of
Knyff's 37 paintings, some colour illustrations and a short sketch of Knyff's life and
background. Jacob Knyff worked and died in England. As Charles II ordered, Knyff's
paintings must be what he personally witnessed.