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Zacheus Tobey

Birth
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Feb 1798 (aged 95)
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Zacheus Tobey married Sarah Pope on 1 Jan. 1726/7.

"He bought of Benjamin Spooner, Sept. 19, 1726, land in Dartmouth, which he made his ‘homestead farm'; afterwards bought many other tracts. His wife Sarah joined with him in a deed of gift to their son Elnathan, Dec. 17, 1778. They united in a quit-claim deed of Pope heirs Jan. 24, 1754. He made a division with Content Dexter of land they owned in common 22 July, 1755; he gave lands to his sons Prince and Noah in 1778. He was first ensign, then captain, and later major of the 2d regt. of Bristol co. militia."*

*The Tobey Genealogy, pp. 47-8, online at
http://archive.org/stream/tobeytobietobyge00tobe#page/n5/mode/2up

Zacheus Tobey married Sarah Pope on 1 Jan. 1726/7.

"He bought of Benjamin Spooner, Sept. 19, 1726, land in Dartmouth, which he made his ‘homestead farm'; afterwards bought many other tracts. His wife Sarah joined with him in a deed of gift to their son Elnathan, Dec. 17, 1778. They united in a quit-claim deed of Pope heirs Jan. 24, 1754. He made a division with Content Dexter of land they owned in common 22 July, 1755; he gave lands to his sons Prince and Noah in 1778. He was first ensign, then captain, and later major of the 2d regt. of Bristol co. militia."*

*The Tobey Genealogy, pp. 47-8, online at
http://archive.org/stream/tobeytobietobyge00tobe#page/n5/mode/2up



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