1. | Corporal Jonas HOBART was born 4 Nov 1744, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Shebuel HOBART, Jr. and Esther PARKER); died 15 Dec 1833, McDonough, Illinois; was buried Foster Point Cemetery, Table Grove, McDonough, Illinois. Notes:
One of about three Revolutionary War soldiers buried in McDonough County, Jonas is famous for having been shot through the cheek during the War and surviving. The musket ball and a tooth remain in the family's collection. [Info from original bio by Lewis Wetzel.]
Jonas's younger brother Isaac was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill and after learning of this, Jonas said, "I will go and take his place." He enlisted March 17, 1777, at Hollis, New Hampshire, under Lieut. James Gould, and served in Capt. House's Company, Col. Cilley's Regiment and Stark's Brigade. (Fourth Company, First Regiment, New Hampshire troops) While retreating from Ticonderoga, at the Battle of Hubberton on July 5, 1777, Jonas was hit by a musket ball in the right cheek. It knocked out three teeth, passed between the windpipe and the neck bones and lodged near the left collar bone. When extracted three days later with a pocket knife, it had settled several inches below the collar bone. After receiving this shot, he coughed incessantly and was thought to have gone into consumption. (tuberculous -Ed) Jonas was furloughed, and returned to his farm. One day while out in the field watching others put up hay, soldiers arrived looking for deserters. This infuriated him, and grabbing a pitchfork he shouted, "Get out of here or I'll pitch you to hell faster than all the devils can stow you away." His grandson, Isaac Newton Hobart, relating this story, always added that he afterwards become converted. The tooth, lost at the time, was coughed up by Jonas sixteen months later. Then, having recovered, he returned to the army where he served until his discharge in January 1, 1781. Pension: S35416 (NH); Pension Roll, July 5, 1812, April 24, 1816, April 26, 1819; transferred from Vermont.
Jonas married Elizabeth KEMP 9 Oct 1770, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Zerubbabel KEMP and Abigail LAWRENCE) was born 04 May 1743, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 28 Jul 1834, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Betsy HOBART was born 28 Jul 1771, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died Abt 1848, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois.
- Lazarus HOBART was born 1773, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
- Amos HOBART was born 30 Mar 1775, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire; died May 1842, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois; was buried Old Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois.
- Isaac HOBART was born 17 Mar 1776, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 10 Jul 1856, Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
- Luther HOBART was born 20 Aug 1779, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 1818, Essex, Vermont.
- Calvin HOBART was born 17 May 1781, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 27 Aug 1831, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois.
- Emma HOBART was born 1782, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire; died Nov 1850, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
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