Questions on the identity of the 2 wives of Rev. Peter HOBART (1604-1679) Hingham. I have found very confusing data on their identity, etc.... 1st wife md 12 Oct 1628 Covithe, co Suffolk, Eng: <Note the sources used by the following sources. The source Sanborn uses in one instance is RCA (Robert Anderson) while Anderson in his GMB differs and Sanborn in another instance uses TAG 67:28 which Anderson uses also yet they differ.> :( a. Elizabeth IBROOK, 1608-1645?, per: Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991), p. 41. [Source: RCA} Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Second Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 2001), p. 32. [Source:TAG 67:28] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), p. 377. b. Rebecca IBROOK (father: Richard IBROOK) per: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II (Boston: NEHGS, 1995), p. 959. [Source: TAG 67:28] c. Unknown: George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: Vols. II, The Genealogies (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, originally published 1893), Hobart section, p. 335. 2nd wife md c1646 Hingham: a. Rebecca PECK, 1620-1693 (father: Joseph PECK) per: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II (Boston: NEHGS, 1995), p. 959. [Source: TAG 27:94] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), p. 377. b. Rebecca IBROOK, c1620-1693: George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: Vol. II, The Genealogies (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, originally published 1893), Hobart section, p. 335; IBROOK section, p. 371. Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy, An Account of the Descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. (Cambridge, 1891) Produced by Photoduplication by the NEHGS, p. 7. [ Source seems the to be the HOBART diary?] Savage is useless on these questions for it appears some of the above sources like LINCOLN might have aped him. He gives no name for 1st wife and Rebecca IBROOK for 2nd. LINCOLN more or less uses the same wording as Savage. As to the Rev. Peter HOBART's Diary: Egan, C. Edward, Jr., "The Hobart Journal" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 121 (1967) (CD; Boston: NEHGS & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996). I'm mighty disappointed with this antecedent of mine, the Rev'd. :( He faithfully records the births, marriages and deaths of his children and the rest of the town and countryside buttttt fails to record the death of his 1st wife and his 2nd marriage. <groan and moan> Another aside on this diary, he could have made my genealogy life much easier if he had recorded both parents of births and baptisms (many times he doesn't record either parent) and, dang!!, several times he fails to record **both** spouses of a marriage!!! At this time I have accredited the issue of the Rev'd to the following wives: 1st wife: Rev. Joshua Rev. Jeremiah Elizabeth Capt. Josiah Ichabod Hannah Hannah Bathsheba Jael Gershom - could go either way 2nd wife: Israel Japhet Rev. Nehemiah David Rebecca Abigail Lydia Hezekiah I have 2 HOBART lines from the Rev'd. One from Rev. Joshua to my father and the other from Elizabeth to my mother. I thought I had it all settled with 1 wf Elizabeth IBROOK per Sanborn and 2 wife Rebecca PECK per Torrey then I had to go and check GMB a few days ago and it all came crashing down. :( My gut feeling is to go with Anderson but with Sanborn more or less using Anderson's notes as her source I'd like someone to hold my hand and assure me to go with him. ; ) I'd really like to get the identity of these wives put to bed. TIA. --- Susan SGTAYLOR1@att.net My Genealogy Website - sgt http://home.att.net/~SGTAYLOR1/ ----------------------------------------------- USGW Mansfield, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcmansf/ USGW New London, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcnewlo/ USGW Norwich, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcnorwi/ USGW Windham, CT - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctcwindh/ USGW Coordinator Plymouth Co., MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/ USGW Plymouth, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/ *********************************************************