'Dobbs1'
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Families covered: Dobbs of co. Antrim, Dobbs of Castle Dobbs
| The Burke sources all identify the arms of this family, quartered wtih those of Dalway, as "per pale sa. and arg., a chevron engrailed between tree unicorns' heads erased all countercharged". BLGI1912 & BLG1937 both start with the John Dobbs who went to Ireland. Only BLG1858 mentions that he "is stated to have been grandson of Sir Richard Dobbs, lord-mayor of London in 1551". Various web sites suggest the following connection. | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Dobbs (b 1505 (in Bayby, Yorkshire), d 1563) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Glosse | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Richard Dobbs, Lord Mayor of London (b c1531, d 1573) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Dobbs (b 1543, d 1576) | ||||||||||||||
| Our Burke sources all report that "This family was established in Ireland" by ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1603) Margaret Dalway (d 06.11.1620, dau/heir of John Dalway of Ballyhill) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Foulk Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Hercules Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen West of Ballydugan | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Dobbs, Sheriff of co. Antrim (d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1655) Dorothy Williams (dau/coheir of Bryan Williams (or Willlans) of Clints Hall, Yorkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Dobbs of Castletown, Sheriff of co. Antrim (b 1660, d 1711, younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Stewart (dau of Archibald Stewart of Ballintoy) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Arthur Dobbs, Sheriff of co. Antrim, later Governor of North Carolina (b 02.04.1689, d 28.03.1765, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| A few details on Arthur come from Wikipedia ("Arthur Dobbs"). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (1720) Anne Osborne (dau/heir of Captain _ Osborne of Timahoe, widow of Captain Norbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Conway Richard Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, Sheriff of co. Antrim (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Stewart (d 19.02.1765, dau of Alexander Stewart of Ballintoy) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Dobbs of Castle Dobbs (b c1752, d 24.01.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) Nichola Obins (dau of Michael Obins of Portadown by Nichola (Acheson), dau of Archibald (not Richard), 1st Viscount Gosford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Conway Richard Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, Sheriff of co. Antrim (b 1796, d 28.02.1886, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.08.1826) Charlotte Maria Sinclair (dau/coheir of William Sinclair of Fort William, co. Antrim) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1875, sp) Winifred Susannah Morris (dau of Benjamin Morris of Lewes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Archibald Edward Dobbs in Calcutta (d 04.1838) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Catherine Chapman (dau of George Chapman) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | other issue - Acheson, Nicholas, Frances, Olivia | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Charity Borrowes (dau of Robert Borrowes of Kildare (by Mary, dau of John O'Neill of Shanes Castle), widow of Stephen Rice of Mount Rice) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Edward Brice Dobbs, Mayor of Carrickfergus (d 02.1803, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Robert Conway Dobbs (b c1761, d 1809, cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1798) Wilhelmina Josepha Bristow (dau of Rev. William Bristow of Belfast) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Cary Dobbs of Ashurst (b 04.04.1806, d 17.04.1869, MP, Judge) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.186) Eleanor Jones Westropp (d 18.0431900, dau of Henry Westropp of Richmond (co. Limerick)) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Rose Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Maunsell Reeves of Vostersberg | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Charity Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. John McDonnell of Dublin (MD) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Frances Ann Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Ellis (son/heir of Richard (Master in Chancery)) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Mary Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Reeves of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Frances Christina Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1800) Edward Gayer | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dean Ryder | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Edward Brice, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1762!) Justina Davis (b c1747!) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Richard Dobbs (RN then Rector of Lisburn) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1858 identiies Richard's wife as a dau of William Young & relict of Clornet McManus. BLGI1912 & BLG1937 identify her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (Mrs. Lambert) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Dobbs (Dean of Connor) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLGI1912 ('Dobbs of Glenariffe Lodge'). | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Conway Edwards Dobbs (d 1870, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1806) Maria Sophia (d 1869) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Francis Dobbs (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1773) Jane Stewart of Ballintoy | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | William Dobbs (RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jane Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Brice of Kilroot | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Marmaduke, Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Clugston of Belfast | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Margaret Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1729) George Spaight | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Mary Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Boyd of Ballymoney | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Ann Helena Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Ker of Ballymena | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Jackson | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Dobbs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Dobbs | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John, Mary | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1858 ('Dobbs of Castle Dobbs'), BLGI1912 ('Dobbs of Castle Dobbs'), BLG1937 ('Dobbs of Castle Dobbs' (in Irish Supplement)) with input as reported above
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