Reverend Gershom is the son of Rev Peter Hobart and Elizabeth Ibrook. He graduated from Harvard in 1667. Occupation: Clergyman.
He resided in Plymouth, Groton, and Hingham Mass. Gershom HOBART was ordained in Groton, where he pastor of the Congregational Church there. He was dismissed in Dec 1685, but continued to preach in Groton occasionally for almost 20 more years. The minister and the congregation did not always live together harmoniously. There was much dissension about his salary and where the new meeting house would be to replace that burned by the Indians in the 1676 massacre.
He Lost two children at the second massacre of Groton on 27 Jul 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. Although he survived, they took two children. One was killed. The other, nine year old Gershom, was held captive for nearly a year before being ransomed by his captors.
He married to Sarah ALDIS on 26 Apr 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Children were: Elizabeth HOBART , Dorothy HOBART, Ruth HOBART , Rachel HOBART, Shebuel HOBART, Gershom HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Nehemiah HOBART, Sarah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Peter HOBART, Joanna HOBART.
He is my 6great grandfather.
∼Brother to writer of "Hubbard's Journal".
Minister of the Gospel in Groton, aged 62 yrs.
MAY be resting in Wadsworth Cemetery or Hingham.
He resided in Plymouth, Groton, and Hingham Mass. Gershom HOBART was ordained in Groton, where he pastor of the Congregational Church there. He was dismissed in Dec 1685, but continued to preach in Groton occasionally for almost 20 more years. The minister and the congregation did not always live together harmoniously. There was much dissension about his salary and where the new meeting house would be to replace that burned by the Indians in the 1676 massacre.
He Lost two children at the second massacre of Groton on 27 Jul 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. Although he survived, they took two children. One was killed. The other, nine year old Gershom, was held captive for nearly a year before being ransomed by his captors.
He married to Sarah ALDIS on 26 Apr 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Children were: Elizabeth HOBART , Dorothy HOBART, Ruth HOBART , Rachel HOBART, Shebuel HOBART, Gershom HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Nehemiah HOBART, Sarah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Peter HOBART, Joanna HOBART.
He is my 6great grandfather.
∼Brother to writer of "Hubbard's Journal".
Minister of the Gospel in Groton, aged 62 yrs.
MAY be resting in Wadsworth Cemetery or Hingham.
Reverend Gershom is the son of Rev Peter Hobart and Elizabeth Ibrook. He graduated from Harvard in 1667. Occupation: Clergyman.
He resided in Plymouth, Groton, and Hingham Mass. Gershom HOBART was ordained in Groton, where he pastor of the Congregational Church there. He was dismissed in Dec 1685, but continued to preach in Groton occasionally for almost 20 more years. The minister and the congregation did not always live together harmoniously. There was much dissension about his salary and where the new meeting house would be to replace that burned by the Indians in the 1676 massacre.
He Lost two children at the second massacre of Groton on 27 Jul 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. Although he survived, they took two children. One was killed. The other, nine year old Gershom, was held captive for nearly a year before being ransomed by his captors.
He married to Sarah ALDIS on 26 Apr 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Children were: Elizabeth HOBART , Dorothy HOBART, Ruth HOBART , Rachel HOBART, Shebuel HOBART, Gershom HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Nehemiah HOBART, Sarah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Peter HOBART, Joanna HOBART.
He is my 6great grandfather.
∼Brother to writer of "Hubbard's Journal".
Minister of the Gospel in Groton, aged 62 yrs.
MAY be resting in Wadsworth Cemetery or Hingham.
He resided in Plymouth, Groton, and Hingham Mass. Gershom HOBART was ordained in Groton, where he pastor of the Congregational Church there. He was dismissed in Dec 1685, but continued to preach in Groton occasionally for almost 20 more years. The minister and the congregation did not always live together harmoniously. There was much dissension about his salary and where the new meeting house would be to replace that burned by the Indians in the 1676 massacre.
He Lost two children at the second massacre of Groton on 27 Jul 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. Although he survived, they took two children. One was killed. The other, nine year old Gershom, was held captive for nearly a year before being ransomed by his captors.
He married to Sarah ALDIS on 26 Apr 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Children were: Elizabeth HOBART , Dorothy HOBART, Ruth HOBART , Rachel HOBART, Shebuel HOBART, Gershom HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Nehemiah HOBART, Sarah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Peter HOBART, Joanna HOBART.
He is my 6great grandfather.
∼Brother to writer of "Hubbard's Journal".
Minister of the Gospel in Groton, aged 62 yrs.
MAY be resting in Wadsworth Cemetery or Hingham.
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