ANNOUNCING 18 August 2009 - the Research Conclusion!!

Thriugh the documentation supplied by my/our Bobbet
in Suffolk County, England researchers Eileen Sears and
Nanette Averett, Marsha was able to take this information
and add 2 more generations. Other than the transcribing
of one more Will in the 1400's, this research is concluded
as a very thorough research has been conclded Tuesday,
18 August 2009.

Marsha's ascendancy from William and Kathryn Bobbet
is:
Nicholas or Nic Bobbet and Hellond Smith or Smythe
Johannes Bobbet and wife

More Continuing Research of this submitter's BOBBET
family in Suffolk County, England began March 2009
under the supervision of Marsha Berry and BYU British
Researcher and Instructor of British Genealogy Dr. Amy
Harris, our researchers are Dr. Harris's best British
genealogy researchers and students: Eileen Sears and
Nanete Averett. They are persuing Marsha's suggestions
of the possible father and grandfather of William Bobbet,
based on the 1500's to 1900's All Bobbitt and Variations
Burial Index England and Wales, and Wills or other
documents..

Several Wills have been found and have been transcribed.
Johannes Bobbet Will of 1510 Ipawich, Suffolk, England
is the grandfather as their family has land in Campea Ash.

The Continuing Research of this submitter's BOBBET
family in Suffolk County. England begins Friday, 20 April 2007
under the supervision of Marsha Berry and BYU Brititsh
Researcher and Instructor of British Genealogy Dr. Amy Harris,
our researcher is Dr. Harris's best British genealogy researcher
and graduating student Kellie Scherbel.

IMPORTANT And INTERESTING NOTE: My William W. BOBBITT's
brother David Frank BOBBITT in the 1880 US Liberty, Richardson,
Nebraska census told the enumerator about our Bobbitt family
being from Suffolk County, England and that our surname in
England was spelled BOBBET, so the 1880 Census enumerator
spelled our surname BOBBET. Also, the enumerator got Cynthia
Bobbitt's birth place ok, but not Frank's father's birthplace, etc.
Source of this story: This submiter's cousin who is a Living
Descendant of David Frank BOBBITT

Frank BOBBET, age 40, Farmer
Celia BOBBET, age 32
Frederick BOBBET, son age 5
William BOBBET, son, age 1
Cynthia BOBBET, Frank's widowed mother, age 71
[Cynthia Ann HAGGARD BOBBITT, widowed wife of deceased
Isham Drury BOBBITT, Junior]

With documents getting fewer and fewer, this submitter is so
very fortunate to have these documents.

Remember July 2006, ANNOUNCING!!
John Bobbet chr 1579's father is William Bobbet or
Bobbett not Robert Bobbet or Bobbett, so Robert
Bobbet or Bobbett gave up his lands in Grundisburgh to
his brother William Bobbett as stipulated in Uncle John
Bobbet's 2 Feb 1576 Blaxhall, Suffolk, England Will.

NOTE 2: SOURCES: William Bobbet or Bobbett Documents:

1. Bobbett, William, 1582, Grundisburg, Suffolk, England,
Norwich Consistory Court, Wills
Will written 14 Jun 1582
William Bobbett 1582 Will, gives wife as Katheryn, and gives
children as John, Dorothie, and Alice. William Bobbett died
young and charged his wife Katheryn Bobbett to take care of
his children.

2. Bobbet, William, 1582, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England,
Burials in Grundisburgh Parish Register, Film #991934,
Page 14...Wm. Bobbitt buryed the XXIIIJth of June Aop'd
1582
Should be the 24th day of June 1582

Dr. Amy Harris, BYU British Researcher and Instructor of British
Research in her Monday, 18 September 2006 report to this
submitter Marsha Berry, has the following evidence and proof
positive of this Suffolk County, England Bobbet or Bobbett
family:

1. With the evidence we already discovered with the William
Bobbett Will 1582 Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England, the son John
Bobbett and his sisters Dorothie and Alice, should be sealed or
bound or linked to William and Katheryn Bobbett, as the Will is
the proof.

2. It [the research] did, however, produce a marriage for Alice
[one of the daughters of William and Katheryn Bobbett] in 1608
to a John Howman in Little Bealings, Suffolk,

3. Nor did it [the research] reveal children for Robert [William
Bobbett 1582 Will's brother] though there was a Robert Bobbett
marrying an Elizabeth Heywood in Grundisburgh on 4 November
1548.

Note from Dr. Harris: It is highly possible that Robert Bobbett and
Elizabeth Heywood may be William and Robert's parents, but
this is going to be further researched. Fellow researcher Marsha
Berry has found in the IGI, a possible child is Wm Bobet chr 28
Oct 1551 Great Bealings, Suffolk, England and died 29 Dec 1552,
Father: Robt Bobet. Source: Extracted chr and death records,
Computer printout of Great Bealings, Suffolk, England.

4. Dorothie Bobbett, 1616, Sutton Parish, Suffolk County, England,
Burial, Sutton Parish Registers. Dorothie Bobbett is the daughter
of William and Katheryn Bobbett.

William Bobbett, Will 1582
FHL or Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Microfilm 94910

July 2006
Transcribed by Dr. Amy Harris, BYU British Research Professor and
14th, 15th, 16th Century British and American Handwriting expert of
Wills and other documents

1. In the name of God amen
2. the fourteen daye of June in the fower and
3. twentie yere of the Raygne of our Sovereigne
4. Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of the god of England
5. France and Irelande Quene defender of
6. the faythe etc. I Willm Bobbett
7. of Grundishbroughe in the Countie of Suff
8. and the dioces of Norwiche beinge sycke in
9. bodie but of perfecte Remembrance, doe
10. ordayne and make my Laste will & Testamente
11. in the manner and forme followeing. First I
12. bequeathe and betake my sowle unto the
13. handes of Almightie god hopinge onelie to
14. be saved by the mercyes of Jhesus Christe
15. my redeemer, And my bodie to be buryed in
16. the churchyarde of Groundisburghe after the
17. manner of Chrystean menn. Item I will and
18. bequeathe unto Katheryn my wiefe all my
19. house and houses in Groundisburghe where I
20. nowe dwell with the Appurtenance wthall
21. the Landes thereto belonginge Lyeinge or
22. beinge within teh Townes of Groundisbourghe
23. or Bourghe unto the full terme & space
24. that my sonne John shall come to the age
25. of one and twentie yeres, upon this
26. condicon that shee brynge uppe and kepe my
27. children honestlie and well. And yf it shall
28. happen my sonne John to departe this liefe
29. before he come to the saide terme of one and
30. twentie yeres, Then I will that Katherine
31. my wiefe shall enioye it untol suche tyme as the
32. saide terme of one and twentie yeres after and
33. from her entrie be fullie completed & ended
34. Item I give to my sonne John to him and his
35. heyres for ever all my houses and Landes
36. Lyeing in Burghe or Goundisburghe to
37. enter the same at suche tyme as he shalle
38. at the age of one and twentie yeres Item
39. I will and give unto my Daughter Dorothie
40. fyve poundes of good and Lawfull money
41. to be payd her by my sonne John oute of
42. my Landes at suche tyme as she shall come
43. to the age of one and twentie yeres,
44. Item I give to Dorothie one good milche cowe
45. to be delive[r]ed unto her when she Cometh
46. to the age of Sixtene yeres by the hannde
47. of my Executors. Item I give & bequeathe
48. unto Alice my Daughter the some of fyve
49. poundes of good and Lawfull money to be
50. payde by John my sonne oute of my Lannde
51. at suche tyme as shee shall come to the
52. age of one and twentie yeres, Item I give
53. to her one good milche cowe to be delive[r]ed
54. her at the age of sixteen yeres, by the hande
55. of my Executors, And I will that if eyther
56. of them departe this liefe the other shall
57. have her portion, Item I will that Katherine
58. my wiefe shall kepe and mayntene my
59. home in Suffiiciente reparacens Duringe
60. all her terme before specified withoute makinge
61. Stryppe or waste, Item I give unto Katherine
62. my wiefe all the reste of my moveable goodes not
63. before bequeathed towards the brynginge upp of
64. my children, And I doe make Executors of
65. this my Laste Will and Testament, Katherine
66. my wiefe and John [Lydnnden] desyreinge them
67. to receave my debtes and paye my debtes.
68. And I make Roberte Stebinge Supervisor to
69. this my Will and Testamente, And I will
70. that Katherine my wife shall [dutee] bonde
71. sufficient unto John Lynnden to s[un]e him
72. harmeles concerninge theise Legacyes, And
73. also in Tenne poundes for the Accomplishment
74. and fulfillinge of this my Laste Will to
75. Roberte Stebbinge Wytnes hereunto,
76. Lanncelott D[in]inge John Smithe and
77. Nicholas Brooke

Probated by Katherine Bobbett and John Lynnden on
4 August 1582.

July 17, 2006:
Dr. Amy Harris and Marsha Berry agree the William
Bobbett in the Grundisburg, Suffolk, England 1582 Will
supports being the father of John Bobbet chr 1759 in
Grundisburg, Suffolk, England.

1. Location: There is no other male Bobbet or Bobbett in
Grundisburg at the time of John Bobbet's 1579 birth other
than William Bobbet or Bobbett in the 1582 Will.

2. Given names: William Bobbett naming his son John
Bobbet after his Uncle John Bobbett would be in order and
most likely according to British naming patterns.

John Bobbet chr 1759 named one of his daughters Dorothie,
and one son William. While the name William is not unusal,
Dorothie was more unusual than William, the conjunction
of their occurrence among John's children repeats the naming
patterns from the earlier family.

3. Children of William Bobbett 1582 were very young in age:
The wording of the Will supports the idea that John, Dorothie,
and Alice were very young at the time of their father's death.
William empasizes that they are underage and that his wife
is to care for them according to his instructions until they are
21 and inherit. it is also clear that John is elder than the two
girls because after he turns 21 he is to be in charge of
managing their inheritance until they turn 21.

The Son of William Bobbet or Bobbett is John BOBBET

John BOBBET
Christening: 20 Jan 1579 Grundisburg,Suffolk, England
No parent listed
Extracted christening record
Grundisburg register Church of England
Parish Church of Grundisburg

Number of miles between towns in Suffolk County, England where
my Bobbet or Bobbett family lived:

Asshe or Campsea Ashe or Campsey Ashe is about 5 miles east of
Woodbridge where Willam Bobbett The Immigrant was christened.

Grundisburg is 3 miles from Woodbridge.

Blaxhall is about 5 miles northeast of Ashe or Campea Ashe.


The 2 Feb 1576 Probated Will of John Bobbett, Blaxhall, Suffolk,
England
His nephews are:
1. Roberte Bobbett who has lands in Grundisburg, Suffolk, England
2. William Bobbett, brother of Roberte, who has no lands, but his
Uncle John Bobbett is in trust of the gift William's father gave for his
brother John to guard and William is not to harass his Uncle John's
executors on this issue.

Excerpt from the 2 Feb 1576 Will of John Bobbett, Blaxhall, Suffolk,
England pertaining to John Bobbett's nephews Robert and William
Bobbett:

" I geve to Roberte Bobbett my nephew xx of good and lawfull money
of England to be paied ymediatlie after my decease itm I geve to
Roberte Bobbett my Nephew my howse at Asshe with all the landes
therto belonging in Asshe and Marlforth with the appurt[en]ance
therto belonginge to him and to theire [the heir] of his bodye
lawfullye begotten,
Condicomally that the saide Rob[er]te shall geve and surrender all
his landes at Grundsborowe [Grundisburg] and Burghe to his brother
William and his heires.

And if the saied Roberte dye without yssue of his bodye lawfully
begotten then I will that the saied howse and lands with
appurten[an]c[e]s shall remayne unto his brother William and his
heires.

And, whosoever shall have the saied house at Asshe of the saied
Rob[er]te or Willi[a]m shall yeelde and paye unto my Cecylie my
wiefe yerlie an by yeare duringe her naturall liefe iij owt of the saied
Lande.

And if the saied Rob[er]te my Nephew shall refuse to surrender his
lands in Grundsborowe [Grundisburg] and Burghe to thuse of his
brother Willi[a]m and his heires as aforesaied, Then I will that my
saied Nephewe Willi[a]m shall have my howses and Landes in
Asshe aforesaied to him and his heires forever. I give to the saied
Willi[a]m my Nephew xx, to be paied to him with in one yeare nexte
after my decease uppon condicon that he shall neither moleste nor
trobell my executors for my legacye or gifte geven by his father to
him with the whiche I am charged, yf he dye then he not to have the
saied xx." Executors who had the Will proved: Thomas Osborne,
Edward Smythe and Thomas Smythe.

The Transcription of the above 2 Oct 1576 Will of John Bobbett,
Blaxhall, Suffolk, England was by Amy Harris, BYU Professor of
British Research and expertise with 14th, 15th, and 16th Century
British and American Handwritting and Wills.

Research answers some questions:
1. What is the gift given by William's father in trust to his Uncle John?
William Bobbett's land in Grundisburgh and Burgh, Suffolk, England.

2. Did Robert Bobbett give up his land in Grundisburgh? Yes, to his
brother William as stipulated by his Uncle John Bobbet's 1576 Will.
John Bobbett was christened 20 Jun 1597 in Grundisburgh, Suffolk,
England, 3 years after John Bobbett's Will was probated in 1576.

3. The IGI extracted christening record of John Bobbett chr 20 Jun
1579 in Grundisburg gives no father or mother. Does this mean that
John Bobbett may not have been born of Robert's body as stipulated
in John Bobbett's 1576 Will? Robert had his own children and William
had his own children.

4. Which nephew Robert or William Bobbett received the house and
land in Ashe from their Uncle John Bobbett? Robert Bobbett.

5. John Bobbett chr 1579 in Grudisburgh married Margaret Edgare chr
16 Mar 1577 in Campsea Ashe, Suffolk England. John and Margaret
married 7 Oct 1600 in Campsea Ashe and their children were
christened in Campsea Ashe.

After 24 years, was John and Margaret Bobbett and their family living
in the house and on the lands of Ashe that belonged to their father's
uncle John Bobbett? Not known. Either the children of brother Robert
Bobbet or Bobbett did something to forfeit their Campsea Ashe land
or John and Margaret Edgare Bobbet are living on Margaret's Edgare
land.

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• Married: 1578 in ,Suffolk,England
• Sealing Spouse: 25 Nov 2006 in PROVO

1. John BOBBET b: 20 Jan 1579 in Grundisburgh,Suffolk,England c: 20 Jan 1579 in Grundisburgh,Suffolk,England
2. Dorothie BOBBET b: ABT 1580 in Grundisburgh,Suffolk,England
3. Alice BOBBET b: ABT 1581 in Grundisburgh,Suffolk,England