Kedar's Daughter Nancy Dobbs and husband David Manning

This entry appeared in the Virginia Genealogical Society's Magazine and has to do with Nancy's trying to prove that she is the widow of a former soldier thereby making her eligible for a pension. It is also the first document that I found that identified Kedar's wife's first name as Mary. In all of the genealogical material handed down through the family, she was listed as "Miss Willoughby."

David Manning: Nancy, his widow. A letter from J.W. Baxter,
County Clerk of Currituck, N.C. 4 Jan 1854 stated that he had found the
marriage bond between David Manning and Nancy Dobbs and it is the only evidence
he has or did have at that time. They were married 31 May 1810. Her
declaration in 1856 at aged 67 was signed in Richmond, stating he was a private
in Nathaniel Tatum's Co. He died in Norfolk Co. in October
1818.

A memo in quotation marks reads: David Manning, son of Thos. Manning
and Unis, his spouse, was born the 4th of August 1787. Nancy, daughter of
Kedar and Mary Dobbs, was born 24 Sept 1789. Elizabeth Manning, daughter
of David and Nancy, was born 15 March 1813. Frederick W. Manning, son of
David and Nancy, was born 8 November 1815. William Manning, son of David
and Nancy, was born _January 1818.

Virus Genealogicus

This quote was forwarded to me by Randy Seaver and appeared in a blog belonging to Adauto de Andrade. It's a great description of how genealogists feel about our work. When I cut and pasted into this blog, the Portuguese came with it, thus providing you with a language lesson as well. Enjoy.

Yes, this is something crazy.

É um hobbie que não tem fim. It is a hobbie that has no end.

Mas não tem como explicar. But is not explain.

A esse respeito, do muito que já li em diversos textos e obras me identifiquei com o posicionamento do Padre Reynato Breves, no artigo Novas Revelações da Genealogia, publicado no Jornal da Cidade, de Barra do Piraí, em sua edição de 12 de setembro de 1998. In that respect, much of which already have read in various texts and works I identified with the position of Father Reynato brief, Article New Disclosure of Genealogy, published in the Journal of the City of Barra do Piraí, in its edition of September 12, 1998.

Diz o seguinte: It says:

Há pessoas que não apreciam ‘Genealogia’, não se interessam por saber quem é seu avô, bisavô ou trisavô; não querem saber de onde vêm, quais são os seus ascendentes. There are people who do not enjoy 'Genealogy', is not interested in knowing who is his grandfather, great grandfather or trisavô; not want to know where they come from, what are their ancestors.

Ora, a Genealogia é a Ciência da nossa racionalidade, da marca indelével das nossas origens; diz de onde viemos, diz quem somos, diz quais são as nossas raízes, mostra-nos a nossa importância. However, the Genealogy is the science of our rationality, the indelible mark of our origins, says of where we come from, says about us, says what are our roots, shows us our importance.

A Genealogia exige paciência, perseverança e intercâmbio, mostra a necessidade da comunicação com outros Genealogistas e causa grandes surpresas e grandes emoções. The Genealogy requires patience, perseverance and exchange, shows the need of communication with other Genealogistas and causes great surprises and big emotions.

Enfrenta grandes obstáculos, terríveis barreiras, surpreendentes interrogações. Faces major obstacles, terrible barriers, surprising questions.

A Genealogia é uma paixão e quem nela entra dela não sai mais. The Genealogy is a passion and who do not enter it comes out more.

A Genealogia é amor; amor aos antepassados. The Genealogy is love, love the ancestors.

A Genealogia é gratidão; gratidão aos que nos antecederam nesta vida. The Genealogy is gratitude; gratitude to those who preceded us in this life.

A Genealogia é memória imperecível. The Genealogy is imperecível memory.

A Genealogia quase se confunde com a Heráldica. The Genealogy almost be mistaken for the Heraldry.

A Genealogia atesta a importância de uma Família. The Genealogy shows the importance of a Family.

A Genealogia é como o Livro; conserva a memória das gerações passadas contra a tirania do tempo e contra o esquecimento dos homens, que ainda é a maior tirania, e enaltece as gerações hodiernas. The Genealogy is like the Green; retains the memory of past generations against the tyranny of time and against the neglect of men, which is still the greatest tyranny, and brings the generations hodiernas.

A Genealogia move os ânimos e causa grandes efeitos. The Genealogy move the very souls and cause large effects.

Dobbs Crest - the Willoughby Barrett Version

This crest was sent in by Willoughby Barrett Dobbs III from Connecticut. He has the original seal used by Willoughby Barrett Dobbs the first.

Following is a short biography that I found of him in The Book of New York. pp. 309-310.

Another metropolitan lawyer who entered his profession by the gateway of journalism is Willoughby Barrett Dobbs, who was born in Portsmouth, Va., in the first year of the Civil War. His parents removed to Richmond, Ky., in 1866, then to Lexington, Ky., in 1868, and to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1874. In these places he attended private and public schools. Thence he entered Bethel College, Russelville, Ky., where he was graduated in 1880. For three years he taught district school and read law at the same time, attaining admission to the bar of Kentucky in 1883. He practiced law and edited newspapers until 1892, dividing his time between the two professions of law and journalism. He wrote slashing editorials at night for the Bowling Green Democrat, Daily Gazette and Daily Times and gave his hours of daylight to practice in the courts. In 1886 he became the proprietor of the Allen Sentinel, Scottsville, Ky., and livened the community in politics. He transferred his activities to Washington, D.C., in 1892 when he was called three years later to accept office as chief examiner in the Police Department of New York under Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt. This tenure was of brief duration because the office was abolished by the charter of 1898. The only other political office that Mr. Dobbs has ever held was that of Assemblyman in 1907 for the 32nd New York County District.

Note: While Willoughby was in Washington D.C. he served with Theodore Roosevelt during his tenure as the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission. Willoughby wrote the initial Civil Service Regulations for the agency.

Brian Dobbs - Generation 9

Brian's genealogy
1. Kedar Dobbs 1748 - 1816
2. Willoughby Dobbs 1782 - 1829
3. William Drewery Dobbs 1816-1886
4. C. E. W. Dobbs 1840 - 1916
5. Charles Dobbs 1871 - 1928
6. George Whipple Dobbs Sr. 1896 - 1971
7. George Whipple Dobbs Jr. 1921 - 1990
8. George Whipple Dobbs III 1954 -
9. Brian Cory Dobbs 1981


The History Of Recorded Music ( 3 Discs) is the all-encompassing solo album. It is written, performed, produced, financed and documented by myself, Brian Dobbs.

This album includes a Vinyl CD, a DVD-Video and a DVD-Audio disc. I shot and edited all of the video, authored both DVDs and designed my own way of multichannel mixing. I also designed the album artwork with the help of photography expert Enoch Chan.


The History of Recorded Music Vinyl CD16 bit, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
1) Breathe, Into My Soul
2) Biolume
3) Needle Whip
4) The Spirits of Tomorrow
5) Superior(ity)
6) Stand the Test of Time
7) X Max
8) Light Emitting Diad
9) Breathe, Into My Soul (reprise)

Comments:

When recording for this album began there were only rough ideas floating around, mostly stored as demos on my computer. The songwriting process was linear, working and completing one song at a time. I ultimately wanted to hear certain types of songs and sounds, so once I was done with one type I then moved on to the next. For instance, I wanted a heavy metal song, an electronica song, an epic song, etc.

Once the creative process of composing and demoing a song on my computer was complete I went to the recording studio and tracked it.Composing the next song wouldn't begin until I was mostly done tracking the previous song. It's not the most efficient way of doing things, but I unfortunately never had the luxury of isolating myself for a month or two and knocking this thing out.

From conception to completion this album took one-and-a-half years. Besides the fact that I took over the roles of guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, drummer, songwriter, producer, videographer and editor, I had to fit this thing in-between having a full-time job and being the drummer and webmaster for Concrete Prophet, my band. Since I also paid for studio time myself I had to budget the recording process from paycheck to paycheck.

I am not listing complaints, I just wanted to express the reality of the whole process.I loved experimenting with synthesizers on this album. I never worked with the keyboard intimately before, but once I started doodling I found myself completely immersed into the world of patches and effects. The keyboard sneaks it's way into most of the songs, sometimes producing interesting musical hybrids.

I find it difficult to classify the album into any one particular genre however. I suppose most of the material on here is derivative of rock music, but I wouldn't call this a rock album. I'll leave that up to you.

Visuals to the Aural Medium DVD-Video16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Digital 2.

1) Interview with Brian Dobbs 2) Studio Footage 3) Music Videos

Comments:

I thought it would be interesting to put myself on camera to answer questions and offer some insight into the making of this album. Who am I? Where am I from? What were my motivations? Just how on Earth did I manage to do all of this? I do my best to give as much information as possible about my background, my reasons and methods for doing this as well as song-by-song analysis.

The interview is quite long, but after all this is my album.I knew going into this I wanted to get some video footage of the recording process. I didn't anticipate capturing the performances of most of the material but once this thing got started I thought it would be stupid not to set up the camera to capture exactly what would be heard on the album.

From that, I thought of making music videos to each song showcasing each instrument being recorded for that song. I refined the editing process as I went along but ultimately what you will see are simultaneous performances of myself playing each instrument for each song.

The History of Recorded Music DVD-Audio 24 bit, 44.1 kHz, Six Channel Surround Sound

1) Breathe, Into My Soul 2) Biolume 3) Needle Whip 4) The Spirits of Tomorrow 5) Superior(ity) 6) Stand the Test of Time 7) X Max 8) Light Emitting Diad 9) Breathe, Into My Soul (reprise)

Comments:

I'm a home theater nut. I love surround sound. Listening to music in surround sound can be a breathtaking experience. In a word, beautiful. About midway through the recording process I started thinking about whether it would be possible to include a surround mix of each song on the album. After doing some research I came across a company that sold DVD-Audio authoring software at a reasonable price. The only catch was that it didn't include the ability to mix in surround sound. The recording studio only had stereo mixing capabilities so I knew that I would have to start thinking creatively towards a solution.Ultimately what you'll hear is the music broken up into multiple channels.

I'm confident no one has attempted something like this before because I came up with the mixing process myself. In the process I think I drove my engineer crazy! In the beginning he had no idea where I was taking this project, but after time he eventually began to understand. His idea for an album cover was dressing me up as a mad scientist in a laboratory.

During the recording process I told some people about my plans for a surround sound mix to which most of them asked, "But why?" My answer is that I have faith in the future of multichannel music. I've been an early adopter of the virtually unknown (and misunderstood) format and I can now also consider myself one of the privileged few on this entire planet to have an independent DVD-Audio surround sound mix.

On the trail of the first Willoughby

Kedar Dobbs married Mary Willougby when he returned from the Hudson Valley Theatre of the Revolutionary War. They had three children, one born in 1782 whom they named Willoughby Dobbs.

Willoughby grew up and married Rachel Edmonds (b. 1784) on October 20, 1805 by Reverend William Grimes. This is well documented in Virginia records.

The first time that he appears by himself in the census records is in 1820. I assume that he was living and farming with Kedar before that because in the 1810 census, Kedar Dobbs is living in St. Bride's Parish with 6 other family members, none of whom appear to be his wife.

The 1810 Census shows Kedar as the head of household. He would have been 62 in 1810. He died in 1816. In addition to Kedar, there is one male between the ages of 26 and 44, One female between the ages of 26 and 44, and four children - three young females under 10 years old, and one female between the ages of 16 and 25. There was also 1 slave, gender unspecified.

Willoughby served as a private in the War of 1812 in the 9th Reg't (Sharp's) Militia. I don't know where or how much time he spent doing this.

In the 1820 Census, Willoughby is listed as the head of household and is 38 years old. Rachel is 36. In addition, there are 6 children - 2 sons under 10 years old, 3 daughters less than 10 years old, and 1 daughter between 10 and 16.

Willoughby is shown as being engaged in agriculture. There are no slaves listed.

By the 1830 census, Willoughby is not listed and presumed deceased and Rachel is 46 and there are 9 children - son less than 5 yrs, son 5-9 yrs, son 10-14 yrs, son 15 to 19 yrs, daughter less than 5 yrs, daughter 10 to 14 yrs, daughter 15 to 19 years, and two daughters 20 to 29 yrs. In addition, there are 5 slaves - 1 male 10 to 23 yrs, 2 males 24 to 36, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 24 to 36. It could be a family from the composition and ages.

In 1840, I can't find any Dobbs's in the Norfolk, Portsmouth, St. Bride's Parish area. What could have happened and where did they go?

The Federal Mortality Schedule lists a Miss Dobbs born in 1820 who died in 1850. This might be one of them.

Rachel Dobbs' obituary appeared in local newspaper in 1846 and reads:

"In Portsmouth, Va., on Saturday, the 5th inst., of Pulmonary Consumption, Mrs. Rachel Dobbs in the 62nd year of her age. She was a subject of many severe and heavy trials, but the everlasting arms were underneath her, and the eternal God was her refuge."

I can only imagine what these severe and heavy trials must have been with nine children, a farm, no husband, and the pre-Civil War economy.

Where is Rachel buried? Could Willoughby be with her?

What about the other siblings that I haven't found. I have traced two of them because I knew their names from my great-grandfather's, (Charles Dobbs), files.

William Drewery Dobbs, born in 1816, had ten children and lots of descendants.

His brother, Joseph E. Dobbs, had three children, died early of consumption, and had less.

Since this is the next generation, it will be grist for another blog on another day.

How to figure cousin relationships

I found this neat formula on another Dobbs genealogy site "Gathering Leaves". The Dobbs's on this website are from Middlesex County, Virginia and may have some relationship to us, but I can't find it yet.

Determine the latest common ancestor, and then the number of “G”s you share.

That is the number of cousins you are.

Any difference in “G”s is the number “Removed”.

So, people who have the same great-grand-parents (2G) are second cousins (2C).

If the great-grand-parents (2G) of one person are the great-great-grand-parents (3G) of another person, then those two people are second cousins, once removed (2C1R).

They share 2Gs with a difference of 1G (3-2=1).

First Dobbs Obituary 1551

P. 106. Funeral of alderman sir Richard Dobbs. Son of Robert Dobbs, of Batby in Yorkshire; sheriff 1543, lord mayor 1551. Stowe mentions his monument in the church of St. Margaret Moyses, but gives no epitaph. Arms, Per pale argent and sable, a chevron engrailed between three unicorn's heads each charged with three gouts all counter-changed. (Wm. Smith, Rouge-dragon.) See the death and funeral of his widow in pp. 268, 269.

From: 'Notes to the diary: 1556', The Diary of Henry Machyn: Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London (1550-1563) (1848), pp. 347-355. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45537. Date accessed: 15 August 2008.

How the name DOBBS came to be way back in history

This information if from a post made on Ancestry.com by Jeff Thomas. He got the information from a book about the Dobbs families entitled "Gone to Alabama" by Edward Ladd.

The Surname Dobbs comes from the combination of DOB, a nickname for Robert and the S meaning "Son of". Families bearing this name were estimated at early dates in Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Hartfordshire, and Glouscestershire in and about the city of London, and Scotland and Ireland, having come to the British Isles, at the time of the Norman conquest. They were largely of the lesser nobility. Among the earliest records of the name in England are those of Dobbs de Languel, who was living in Oxford in 1273. A Sir Richard Dobbs is recorded as having been Lord Mayor of London in 1551.


I have the genealogy all the way back to Richard and I found a UK website that lists his father's name as Robert.

Is this our Matthew Barrett Dobbs?

Matthew Barrett Dobbs, MD

Clinical Specialty

Pediatric Orthopaedics with special expertise in Pediatric Foot Deformities


Clinical Interests

Clubfoot, Trauma, Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Leg Length Disorders, Congenital and Developmental Foot Anomalies, Congenital Pelvic and Hip Disorders, Perthes


Research Interests


Dr. Dobbs' research focuses on the genetic aspects of orthopaedic conditions. His research has led to the isolation of triphalangeal thumb to chromosome 7. He is currently involved in gene(s) searches for idiopathic scoliosis, clubfoot, and vertical talus.


Background

Dr. Dobbs completed his medical school education at the University of Iowa in 1991 and his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1995. He then completed a one year Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship with additional training in pediatric spinal deformity in 2001. He is the recipient of the 2002 Hunterian Society Gold Medal. He has authored many articles and is active in research related to the genetic aspects of orthopaedic conditions. His research has led to the chromosomal localization of triphalangeal thumb. He is the 2002 recipient of the Hunterian Medal Award for his research entitled, "Localization of Dominantly Inherited Isolated Triphalangeal Thumb to Chromosomal Region 7q36."


Awards

Hunterian Medal (2002), for his research entitled “Localization of Dominantly Inherited Isolated Triphalangeal Thumb to Chromosomal Region 7q36"


Board Certifications



Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Medical Degree University of Iowa College of Medicine
Residency Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Fellowship
Pediatric Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital for Children

Academic Office Mailing Address

Washington University School of Medicine Campus
Box 8233660 Euclid Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110

Description of Practice

All aspects of pediatric orthopaedics with a special interest in pediatric foot and spinal deformities. Dr Dobbs utilizes the Ponseti method in his treatment of clubfeet which avoids major surgical intervention in these children.


Clinical Office Locations

St. Louis Children's HospitalSuite 4 S-20One Children's PlaceSt Louis, MO 63110Shriners Hospital for Children2001 South LindberghSt Louis, MO 63131Hospital Affiliations
St. Louis Children's Hospital Shriners Hospital for Children Barnes-Jewish Hospital;


Common Procedures


Spinal fusion both posterior and anterior for pediatric scoliosis deformities; acute and chronic fracture care; Correction of congenital and acquired foot anomalies; Ponseti method of clubfoot correction; Operative management of hip and lower extremity disorders including developmental hip dysplasia, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Perthes, leg length inequalities, and angular and rotational anomalies; arthroscopy


Common Diagnoses Treated

Idiopathic and Congenital Scoliosis; Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis; Clubfoot; Flatfoot, Vertical Talus; Acute and Chronic Traumatic Disorders; Congenital Hip and Pelvis Disorders; Leg Length Discrepancy; Neuromuscular Disorders; Skeletal Dysplasias; Sports Injuries

Milestones

Hunterian Medal (2002), for his research entitled “Localization of Dominantly Inherited Isolated Triphalangeal Thumb to Chromosomal Region 7q36"

Publications

Luhmann SJ, Schootman M, Schoenecker PL, Dobbs MB, Gordon JE: Complications and Outcomes of Open Pediatric Forearm Fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2004 Jan-Feb; 24 (1): 1-6.

Dobbs MB, Lenke LG, Walton T, Peelle M, Rocca GD, Steger-May K, Bridwell KH: Can We Predict the Ultimate Lumbar Curve in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Undergoing a Selective Fusion with Undercorrection of the Thoracic Curve? Spine, 2004 Feb 1; 29(3): 277-85.

Dobbs MB, Gordon JE, Schoenecker PL: Absent Posterior Tibial Artery Associated with Idiopathic Clubfoot. A Report of Two Cases. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2004 Mar; 86-A(3): 599-602.

Bashiardes S, Veile R, Allen M, Wise CA, Dobbs MB, et al: SNTG1, the Gene Encoding Gammal-Syntrophin: A Candidate Gene for Idiopathic Scoliosis. Human Genetics, 2004 Jun; 115(1): 81-9. Epub 2004 April.

Gordon JE, Osland JD, Dobbs MB, Szymanski DA, Schoenecker PL, Luhmann SJ: Smoking and Socioeconomic Status in the Etiology of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-British, 2004.

Dobbs MB, Rich MM, Gordon JE, Szymanski DA, Schoenecker PL: Use of an Intramedullary Rod for Treatment of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia. A Long-Term Follow-up Study. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2004 Jun; 86(6): 1186-1197.

Dobbs MB, Gordon JE, Walton T, Schoenecker PL: Bleeding Complications Following Percutaneous Tendoachilles Tenotomy in the Treatment of Clubfoot Deformity. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2004 Jul-Aug; 24(4): 353-357.

Gordon JE, Khanna N, Luhmann SJ, Dobbs MB, Ortman MR, Schoenecker PL: Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Fractures in Children Through the Lateral Aspect of the Greater Trochanter Preliminary Results of a New Technique in 15 Children. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 2004 August; 18(7): 416-422.

Dobbs MB, Walton T: Autosomal dominant transmission of accessory navicular. Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 2004; 24:84-5

Dietz FR, Albanese SA, Katz DA, Dobbs MB, Salamon PB, Schoenecker PL, Sussman MD: Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Down Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2004 Sept – Oct; 24(5): 508-513.

Welcome to Cousin Gail Frances Dobbs

Dear Rosemary:

I read portions of your blog with great interest. My name is Gail Frances Dobbs. I am a member of The Dobbs Family - Generation 5 as noted on your blog. My great-grandfather is Charles Willoughby Barrett Dobbs, my grandfather is his son, Carl (my grandmother is the wonderful Mary Agnes Dougherty Dobbs) - you have listed their children as Charles and Arthur and that is correct, but you are missing one remarkable relative. My father - Willoughby Barrett Dobbs. He is their third child - and a simply beautiful human being.

My brother is Willoughby Barrett Dobbs Jr. - when I have some more time (soon), I will send you information to update your page, including information about my Dobbs cousins and my great uncles and aunts that I think you will find most helpful. For now, I just wanted to establish contact and let you know that I am here. Take care.

Kindest regards,
Gail

Kimmie Dobbs & Enoch Chan Wedding August 16, 2008 Toronto, Canada

By Lisa TraigerSpecial to The Washington Post Friday, July 4, 2008; Page WE15

A New Troupe Deviates Far From the Norm

Kimmie Dobbs, standing, and Jennifer Klem will perform in "Aspiro," about a girl caught in unfamiliar territory. (By Enoch Chan)

A quick look around the rehearsal room and it's clear that Deviated Theatre is not your typical troupe: One performer rolls away a unicycle while a couple of actors munch on carrots, an aerialist unrigs her crimson silks from the ceiling grid and a stagehand gathers assorted costumes and a basket brimming with maybe a hundred party masks.

" 'Deviated' means 'to depart from the norm,' " says company co-founder Kimmie Dobbs. "We're trying to do something different. All breakthroughs come from innovation: doing something different than has been done before."

This out-of-the-ordinary collection of performers, with choreographer Dobbs and her artistic collaborator, Enoch Chan, has created the world premiere of "Aspiro," with performances Saturday and Sunday at Dance Place in Northeast Washington.

An uneasy journey into the unknown underworld, "Aspiro" is the first full program by the newly minted Deviated Theatre, a local troupe that envisions making art that crosses disciplines and breaks barriers.

"From what I've seen of this new endeavor, the way Enoch and Kimmie combine different dance and theater disciplines . . . is really creative and innovative," says Alexandria writer and poet Magus Magnus, who collaborated with Chan on a poetry performance festival last year.

"We really want to have a company to love and take care of and to have fun with," says Dobbs, 24, who grew up in Anne Arundel County, dancing at the Ballet Theatre of Annapolis. She met Chan, 31, when they were both teaching at an arts summer camp in Northern Virginia. Chan was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Northern Virginia, attending Lake Braddock High School before studying theater at Boston University. He's active as a photographer in the local dance community.

Concepts influencing "Aspiro" were drawn from a 1998 painting by Chan of the mythical three Fates. The show, borrowing from contemporary dance, ballet, hip-hop, circus, vaudeville and movement theater, focuses on Dobbs's character, the Umbrella Girl, who is part waif, part wanderer, caught in unfamiliar territory. In her encounters with the circuslike cast, she becomes a stand-in for all of us: lost in the wilderness, trapped in a circus of the absurd, cornered with no exit in sight.

"Both Enoch and Kimmie," Magnus says, "have a unique artistic vision that they want to communicate to the audience, and it benefits from the cross-pollination that happens when the different disciplines work together."

Deviated Theatre Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. 202-269-1600.http://www.danceplace.org/. Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m. $8-$22. Deviated Theatre Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. 202-269-1600.http://www.danceplace.org/. Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m. $8-$22.

Look How Important One Person Is

Descendants of Kedar Dobbs

The first 4 generation male dobbs's are in big red bold font for easy sighting.

The four brothers in generation 5 from whom we are all descended are in blue bold.

I was able to cut and paste this from my Family Tree Maker File. Please comment on additions and corrections that you have knowledge of.

1 Kedar Dobbs 1748 - 1816
... +Mary Willoughby 1750 - unknown

....2 Willoughby Dobbs 1782 - 1835
....... +Rachel Edmonds 1784 - 1846

.......... 3 William Drewery Dobbs 1816 - 1886
............... +Martha Ann Leslie 1822 - 1872

.................4 Charles E W Dobbs 1840 - 1916
.....................+ 2nd wife Florence W Dobbs 1852 - 1936
......................... 5 Clarence Dobbs 1887 - 1918

......................... *1st Wife of Charles E W Dobbs:
...........................+Mary Elizabeth Barrett 1841 - 1884

.......................... 5 Charles Dobbs 1871 - 1928
.............................. +Katharine Whipple Dobbs 1861 - 1936
.................................6 George Whipple Dobbs Sr 1896 - 1971
................................... +Anna Helen White 1895 - 1976
.......................................7 George Whipple Dobbs Jr. 1921 - 1990
..........................................+Rosina Juanita Wastaferro 1915 - 1997
.............................................8 Rosemary Helen Dobbs 1950 -
............................................... + 2nd husband Charlie Perticari 1948 -
............................................*1st Husband of Rosemary Helen Dobbs:
................................................+Steven George Oakley 1946 -
...................................................9 Adrienne Lynn Oakley 1970 -
.................................................... + 1st George Riley Charles 1968 -
...........................................................10 George McKinley Charles 2000
........................................................*2nd Husband of Adrienne Lynn Oakley:
.........................................................+Richard Dean Anderson 1964 -
............................................................10 Brenner Dean Anderson 2006
......................................................9 Allison Marie Oakley 1971 -
..........................................................+William Joseph Goldstein 1965 -
..............................................................10 William Aric Goldstein 1997
..............................................8 Gilbert Charles Dobbs 1951 -
............................................. 8 John Heriot Dobbs 1953 -
.................................................+Janet Vermillion 1955 -
.......................................................9 Melissa Renee Dobbs 1979 -
...........................................................+David (not married)
.................................................................10 Caylee Dobbs 1998 -
...........................................................* 1st Husband of Melissa Renee Dobbs:
............................................................+Matthew Armstrong
..................................................................10 Matthew Jake Armstrong 2008
.........................................................9 Emily Rose Dobbs 1984 -
............................................. 8 George Whipple Dobbs 1954 -
...................................................+Karen Fesq 1953 -
..........................................................9 Brian Cory Dobbs 1981 -
..........................................................9 Kimberly Mae Dobbs 1983 -
..............................................................+Enoch Chan 1977 -
..............................................8 Carl Matthew Dobbs 1955 -
..................................................+Mary Evelyn Bird 1962 - 2006
...........................................................9 Thomas Matthew Dobbs 1987 -
...........................................................9 Zachary George Dobbs 1991 -
...........................................................9 Erica Joy Dobbs 1993 -

.......................................7 Katharine Elizabeth Dobbs 1919 - 2006
........................................ +Rogers L Hansel 1914 - 1975
..............................................8 Live Hansel
................................................ + Live Michael
........................................................... 9 Live Michael
............................................................9 Live Michael
.............................................. 8 Live Hansel
.................................................. +Live Harrison
.............................................................9 Live Harrison
............................................................... +Live Olmstead
..............................................................9 Live Harrison
................................................8 Live Hansel
.....................................................+Dec'd Outten 1947 - 1987
...............................................................9 Live Outten
..................................................................+Live Tylar
...............................................................9 Live Outten
..................................................................+Live wife
...............................................................9 Live Outten
...................................................................+Live Klauer
......................................................*2nd Husband of Live Hansel:
.......................................................+Live Scott
..................................................8 Live Hansel
..................................................... +Live Huckabee

.................................*2nd Wife of [6] Charles Dobbs:
................................. +Clara Landolt 1873 - 1966

................................... 5 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs 1861 - 1931
......................................... +Mary Ready Ragland 1862- 1917
............................................. 6 Hugh Barrett Dobbs 1885 - 1944
................................................... +Alma F Hemrich 1893 - 1972
...................................................... 7 Barrett Willoughby Dobbs 1908 - 1963
............................................................ +Doris Mae 1909 - 1972
...................................................... 7 Carolyn M Dobbs 1918 - 2007
............................................................ +Jack F Ray 1918 -
................................................................ 8 Carol Lynne Ray 1941 -
................................................................ 8 Jacquelyn M Ray 1945 -
...................................................................... +Thomas Selleck 1945 -
......................................................................... 9 Kevin Selleck 1966 -
............................................. 6 Paul W Dobbs 1887 -
............................................. 6 Carl Charles Dobbs 1889 -
................................................... +Mary Agnes Daugherty 1896 -
...................................................... 7 Charles Dobbs 1924 - 1960
...................................................... 7 Arthur Dobbs 1927 - 1994
.......................................................7 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs 1935 - 2002
...........................................................+ wife
....................................................................8 Gail Frances Dobbs
....................................................................8 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs, Jr.
............................................. 6 Mary R Dobbs 1892 - 1987
................................................... +Gordon J Simpson 1894 - 1974
...................................................... 7 Gordon Willoughby Simpson 1923 -
............................................................ +Jean Wiley - 1965
................................................................ 8 Gordon Wiley Simpson 1950 -
...................................................................... +Kim Masters
......................................................................... 9 Wiley Simpson 1986 -
............................................................................... +Boomer
................................................................................... 10 child Boomer
................................................................ 8 Jill Simpson 1952- 1965
................................................................ 8 Rebecca Simpson 1954- 1965
............................................. 6 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs Jr 1896 -
................................................... +Elizabeth M Dobbs 1897 -
...................................................... 7 Mary Ruth Dobbs 1921 -
............................................................ +Richard Harrington
................................................................ 8 David Harrington
................................................................ 8 Charles Harrington
................................................................ 8 Boy Harrington
................................................................ 8 Boy Harrington
...................................................... 7 John Richard Dobbs 1923 - 1993
............................................................ +Rita Helen Long 1926 - 2003
................................................................ 8 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs III 1948 -
...................................................................... +Ernestine Syre
..........................................................*2nd Wife of [7] Willoughby Barrett Dobbs III:
...................................................................... +Lucinda K Sensenig 1957 -
......................................................................... 9 Kristin Elizabeth Dobbs 1983 -
......................................................................... 9 Willoughby Barrett Dobbs IV 1992 -
................................................................ 8 Leslie Ann Dobbs 1952 -
......................................................................... 9 Matthew Dobbs Sweeney
................................................................ 8 John Edward Dobbs 1955 -
...................................................................... +Cynthia
............................................. 6 Theodore Roosevelt Dobbs 1900 - 1960
................................................... +Elsie Stacey 1891 - 1987
............................................. 6 Margaret Dobbs 1901 -
................................................... +Arthur Tompkins 1900 -
...................................................... 7 Mary Jane Tompkins 1922 -
............................................................ +M Anderson
............................................. 6 Elizabeth Dobbs 1903 -
................................................... +Alger J Ewald 1894 -
...................................................... 7 a.k.a. Betty Jane Fogle
............................................................ +Anderson

................................... 5 Leslie Edwin Dobbs 1864 - 1922
......................................... +Nettie Hurlbut 1865 - 1894
............................................. 6 Helen V Dobbs 1887 -
................................................... +Otto S Miles 1884 -
...................................................... 7 Harold N Miles 1909 - 1978
...................................................... 7 Mary C Miles 1913 -
............................................. 6 Florence Dobbs 1890 - 1925
................................................... +Fred W Maas 1884 -
...................................................... 7 Caroline Maas 1913 - 2007
...................................................... 7 Gerald Maas 1915 -
............................................. 6 Gilbert Dobbs 1891 -
................................... *2nd Wife of Leslie Edwin Dobbs:
......................................... +Lola E Buchanan 1869 - 1935
............................................. 6 Charles Dobbs 1898 -
................................................... +Goldie 1893 - 1978
............................................. 6 Edna M Dobbs 1900 - 1984
................................................... +Alva Kenneth McKee 1900 - 1984
...................................................... 7 Helen McKee 1925 -
............................................................ +A C January 1926 -
................................................................ 8 Ace January
................................................................ 8 Katherine January
...................................................................... +James Skelton
......................................................................... 9 Casey Skelton
............................................................................... +Karl Czyz
................................................................ 8 Susan January
................................................................ 8 Buddy January
...................................................... 7 John McKee 1927 -
...................................................... 7 Roy McKee
............................................................ +Darlene
................................................................ 8 Theresa McKee
................................................................ 8 Debra McKee
................................................................ 8 Kayla McKee
................................................................ 8 Boy Missionary McKee
................................................................ 8 Boy maybe McKee
............................................. 6 Leslie Dobbs 1907 - 1938
................................................... +Zeta Mae 1908 -
...................................................... 7 Howard Dobbs 1938 - 1977
............................................................ +Doris
...................................................... *2nd Wife of Howard Dobbs:
............................................................ +Wife Lindale
................................................................ 8 son Dobbs
................................................................ 8 son Dobbs
...................................................... 7 Dorothy Mae Dobbs
............................................. 6 John Jasper Dobbs 1908 - 1991
................................................... +Isla Alberta Hanna 1909 - 1990
...................................................... 7 Juanita Joyce Dobbs 1929 -
............................................................ +Marion Davis Williams 1927 - 2008
................................................................ 8 Marion Davis Williams 1947 - 1999
...................................................................... +Carol
......................................................................... 9 Wendy Williams
......................................................................... 9 Craig Williams
................................................................ 8 D Cecil Williams 1957 -
...................................................................... +Cindy Weber
......................................................................... 9 Justin Williams
......................................................................... 9 Whitney Williams
......................................................................... 9 Alexandra Karen Williams
................................................................ 8 Kyle Williams 1961 -
...................................................................... +Sharon
......................................................................... 9 Roxanne Williams
................................................................ *2nd Wife of Kyle Williams:
...................................................................... +Christy
...................................................... 7 Joann Frances Dobbs 1947 -
............................................................ +Tommy Gene Tompkins
................................................................ 8 Johnathan Ty Tompkins 1969 -
...................................................................... +Michelle Lee Killeen 1972 -
......................................................................... 9 Tia Frances Tompkins 1994 -
.............................................................*2nd Wife of Johnathan Ty Tompkins:
...................................................................... +Michelle Marcum

................................... 5 Gilbert C Dobbs 1867 - 1941
......................................... +Eula Jones 1874 -
............................................. 6 Esther Dobbs 1893 - 1972
............................................. 6 Nelson Barrett Dobbs 1907 - 1992
................................................... +Mary Agnes Jackson
...................................................... 7 Nelson Barrett Dobbs 1940 -
............................................................ +Marion Frances McNamera 1942 -
................................................................ 8 Matthew Barrett Dobbs 1969 -
...................................................... 7 Sister Dobbs 1941 -
............................................................ +Marler

................................... 5 Ann E Dobbs 1874 -
................................... 5 John Dobbs 1877 - 1886
................................... 5 Martha Ann Dobbs 1870 - 1891

.......................... 4 Anne Eliza Dobbs 1842 -
................................ +B E Smith
.......................... 4 William W Dobbs 1844 - 1855
.......................... 4 Martha A Dobbs 1845 - 1871
................................ + Thomas E Dobbs 1841 - 1922
.......................... 4 George H Dobbs 1847 - 1885
................................ +Mollie Muth
.......................... 4 Virginia Dobbs 1854 - 1855
.......................... 4 Mary Dobbs 1852 -
................................ +John Fricker 1850 -
.......................... 4 Elizabeth Dobbs 1857 -
.......................... 4 Claudius E Dobbs 1858 -
................................ +Annie L Dobbs 1864 -
................................... 5 William Durrel Dobbs 1881 -
......................................... +Lana 1885 -
............................................. 6 Kathreen Dobbs 1904 -
............................................. 6 Annie Dobbs 1906 -
............................................. 6 Elizabeth Dobbs 1906 -
............................................. 6 Bertha Dobbs 1910 -
................................... 5 Claudius E Dobbs 1882 -
......................................... +Emma G Rock 1883 - 1947
............................................. 6 Edward L Dobbs 1905 -
............................................. 6 Claude Dobbs 1906 - 1986
............................................. 6 William D Dobbs 1909 - 1991
............................................. 6 Ruben D Dobbs 1913 - 1984
............................................. 6 John J Dobbs 1916 -
............................................. 6 Joseph T Dobbs 1919 -
............................................. 6 Leo Rock 1898 -
............................................. 6 Mary V Dobbs 1926 -
................................... 5 Edward L Dobbs 1886 -
.......................... 4 Joseph E Dobbs 1862 -
................................ +Maranda W Groton 1862 -
................................... 5 Mable Dobbs 1885 -
................................... 5 Joseph Harold Dobbs 1887 -
................................... 5 Martha Dobbs 1891 -
................................... 5 Ethel V Dobbs 1895 -
......................................... +Warren Clark Donnelly 1894 -
............................................. 6 Warren H Donnelly 1921 - 1999
............................................. 6 Edmund H Donnelly 1924 - 1997
............................................. 6 Ethel V Donnelly 1926 -
................ 3 Joseph Edward Dobbs 1806 - 1850
...................... +Alethea Scott 1808 - 1852
.......................... 4 Henry James Dobbs 1841 - 1915
.......................... 4 Thomas E Dobbs 1841 - 1922
................................ + Martha A Dobbs 1845 - 1871
.......................... *2nd Wife of [12] Thomas E Dobbs:
................................ +Adeline Duvall 1849 -
................................... 5 Mary C Dobbs 1879 -
.......................... 4 Mary S Dobbs 1847 -
................ 3 Girl 1 Dobbs
................ 3 Girl 2 Dobbs
................ 3 Girl 3 Dobbs
................ 3 Girl 4 Dobbs
....... 2 Nancy Dobbs 1789 - (Kedar's daughter)
............. +David Manning 1787 - 1818
................ 3 Elizabeth Manning 1811 -
................ 3 Frederick W Manning 1815 -
...................... +Catharine A 1828 -
.......................... 4 Maria S Manning 1838 -
.......................... 4 William T Manning 1840 -
.......................... 4 Isabella R Manning 1845 -
.......................... 4 Clifton B Manning 1850 -
................ 3 William Manning 1818 -
....... 2 Child Dobbs (Kedar's unknown 3rd child)

Grandmas Just Wanna Have Fun

Symbols of my grandma... her cigarettes and her fuzzy purple hat... a Corset below.

Mom...prim and proper from Boston.

Me Now (old hippie).....................and, above, way back then (young hippie)

These images are elements in my song about Grandmas through the generations. I can't format them very well in this blog, but I think you'll enjoy them anyway, especially after you read the words.

Grandmas Just Wanna Have Fun

Verse 1

My Grandma wore a corset
And a fuzzy purple hat
She buried treasures in her chest
And owned a baseball bat

She used to be a flapper
And dance into the night
But that was then and this is now
Her lap fits me just right

Chorus 1
Oh Grandma, Grandma
Having lots of fun
Grandma, Grandma
Her work was never done.

Verse 2
My mom became the grandma
And wore a blue housecoat
She made egg carton castles
Complete with cotton moats

She used to be a singer
And sing into the night
But that was then and this is now
She fits my kids just right

Chorus 2
Oh Grandma, Grandma
Having lots of fun
Grandma, Grandma
She wore a big fat bun

Verse 3
Now I am the Grandma
In t-shirts and blue jeans
I used to be a hippie
On the music scene

I keep treasures in my bosom
And sing into the night
My grandsons call me “Damma”
That name fits me just right!

Chorus 3
Oh, Damma, Damma,
Having lots of fun
Damma, Damma
Always on the run

Verse 4
Through the generations
Grandma’s play their part
Mischief making with the kids
Helps them to be smart

We always miss our grandma’s
It’s over much too soon
The treasure chests and castles
And brightly filled balloons

Chorus 4
Oh Grandma, Grandma
Having lots of fun
Grandma, Grandma
Her work was never done

Always love your Grandma
They know just what to do
Listen to your Grandma
Cause you might be one too!

Oh Grandma, Grandma
Having lots of fun
Grandma, Grandma
They all have big fat buns

Always love your Grandma
They know just what to do
Listen to your Grandma
So you can learn

To tie a shoe...
To make a stew...
To use some glue...
To run a crew...
To train a cockatoo...
To ride a kangaroo...

So you can be one too!!!

Same Regiments - Different Soldier

I just found this narrative in rootsweb. James Spence, from Augusta, Virginia, was in the same Regiments at the same times as our ancestor, Kedar. This information gives us a glimpse of what Kedar must have endured during his time in the Continental Army.

Kedar must have been one tough dude to have survived all of this. He was born in 1748 and died in 1816 at the age of 68. The soldier described below wasn't as hardy.


SPENCETOP@aol.com

Subject: James Spence Rev. War activity Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:06:38 EST

Following is the narrative written by James F. Carver, concerning the Revolutionary War activity of James Spence ( 1748-1793), husband of Jane Bluford Spence.

PVT. JAMES SPENCEJames Spence, at the age of 29, was drafted into the military during the Revolutionary War from Augusta County Virginia. James entered the Infantry on28 Aug 1777, as a Private, for a term of three years or for the duration of the War. James was assigned to the 15th Virginia Regiment then under the command of Lt. Col. James Innes in the Company of Captain Edwin Hull. ( James was promised 6 2/3 pounds per month as payment for his services.)

Lt. Col.Innes commanded James' unit only between Aug-Dec of 1777, then the command fell onto Maj. Gustavus B. Wallace. James' military unit would march from Virginia to Pennsylvania arriving at General George Washington's Winter Encampment at Valley Forge, PA by Feb.1778.

Pvt. James Spence would stand guard duty during the harsh winter weather months of Feb-Mar 1778. By April of 1778 while the winter weather was slowly changing, the harsh conditions had already taken it's toll on James. James was sick during the entire month of April. James would slightly recover during May when he returned to duty, but by June of 1778 James' illness got the best of him.

In June of 1778 James' unit fell under the command of Lt. Col. John Cropper and his company was still under the command of Maj. Gustavus Wallace. The military unit was then known as the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment. (Higher command fell under Gen. Woodford's Brigade of the 2nd Battalion.) There, in June 1778 with good weather upon them, James' unit would march out of Valley Forge, PA northward towards New York, but left Pvt. James Spence behind. James was admitted into a hospital at Yellow Springs, PA, located just a short distance northwest of Valley Forge.

It was late May of 1778 when the 11th Regiment (1776-1778) and the 15th Regiment of Virginia were incorporated and designated (known as) the 11th and15th Virginia Regiment until Sept. of 1778. In July of 1778, the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment arrived at White Plains, New York.

James was still sick but recovering at the Yellow Springs, PA hospital. James would finally rejoin his unit there at White Plains, NY, in August of 1778 where his company, commanded by Maj. Wallace fell under the command of Col. Morgan. James briefly joined the Artillery unit while there at White Plains NY. ( Probably so James could rest up more.)

Capt. Samuel Booker took command of James' company in Sept. 1778 when the11th and 15th marched to battle in Newark, New Jersey. James was back in the Infantry again at this time. The results of this NJ battle were many dead and again sickness spread throughout the military unit. James' unit would march back into New York where James laid over at Fishkill, NY, once again seriously ill. The entire unit of the 11th and 15th VA Regiment now under the higher command of Col. Abraham Buford laid at rest at Pompton, NY. The entire unit was listed as being " on fatigue". (Meaning the unit was too tired andtoo sick to engage in war activity. )

James, while under the high command of Col. Abraham Buford, would be given a leave of absence (furlough) at Camp Middlebrook ( NY location ? ) to return to Virginia. This furlough would be between Dec. 1778 and March 1779. James would faithfully return to duty at Camp Middlebrook in April of 1779 and fell ill once again. (It would be romantic to say that James was granted his absence to return hometo see and care for his loved ones, but I suspect that James was simply too ill to fight and hindered the unit's operations. This is obvious when he returned to duty still suffering from illness.)

Now under the high command of Major Webb, Capt. Samuel Booker's Company, James included, would be stationed at Camp Smith's Clove there in New York. Between May-June 1779 ( James sick entire month of May) Col. William Russell would replace Maj. Webb and in July of 1779 the 11th and 15th VA. Regiment moved around southeast NY and ended up in Haverstraw, NY in Oct. 1779. During the period Pvt. James Spence was in New York, it was viewed as the "seige of New York" when American soldiers were seriously attacking the British strongholds.The 11th and 15th VA. Regiment would more or less stand down between Nov-Dec 1779 near Camp Middletown, NY, probably due to winter weather. While no discharge papers were issued nor any records located so far, it appears that Pvt. James Spence was released/discharged at Camp Middletown, NY. James would return to Augusta County, VA.

While it would be nice to report that Pvt. James Spence was a hero of the Revolutionary War little is known about his actual combat experiences. James spent a total of 2 years and 4 months of military service time. During his tour of duty James spent 7 months of it off duty due to illness and 4 months off duty on personal leave. James Spence returned home to Augusta County, Virginia, to his family at the age of 31. Fourteen years later at the age of 45, James Spence would pass away. I have little doubt that the illness James suffered during the Revolutionary War played a serious role in his early death. Descendants from James Spence and his wife Jane Bluford can be traced throughout SW Virginia and even into Georgia.

END NARRATIVE
The above narrative was written Nov. 1998 by:James F. Carver610 Gay St. box 214 Portsmouth, OH 45662-0214e-mail:

heritage@zoomnet.net James encourages questions and comments . Please contact Jim if you have or need additional information.

Another Dobbs Celebrity

The chart of Dobbs's I sent you yesterday will help you understand this picture.

C.E.W. Dobbs, the Baptist Minister, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Barrett, had their first son in 1861. CEW was 21 years old and Mary was 19! The Civil War had just begun. They named their first child Willoughby Barrett Dobbs. Willoughby was the maiden name of Kedar's wife and Barrett was the maiden name of CEW's wife. It seems exceptionally egalitarian to me and perhaps I should have named my kids Adrienne Harms Dobbs Oakley and Allison Wastaferro Dobbs Oakley...but too late for that now!

Mary Elizabeth Barrett's mother was Mary Anne Foster. The Foster family was fun loving and had some great musicians amongst its members. The Foster's were also a long standing ship building and ocean vessel piloting family and made many trips across the ocean bringing new settlers and who knows what else to the new colonies!!!

Since CEW was a Baptist Minister and pastored many churches, I'm sure Mary did her share of organ playing and singing. CEW is reputed to be a great orator and educator and we can only imagine that he may have had some good stage presence!

Willoughby grew up to be a teacher, then a newspaper man, and then a lawyer. He hooked up with Theodore Roosevelt somewhere along the line and together they organized the New York City Police Department. Willoughby wrote the civil service rules and regulations and composed the entrance exam. During my recent trip to New York, I discovered a newspaper article about this exam. After Willoughby composed it, it had to be printed and this required that other people handle it. Somewhere along this pipeline, from creation to printing and back to the civil service department of the police, it was being sabotaged. Unqualified people were paying big bucks for a copy of the test so that they could study it before hand to assure their success. Willoughby was heavily involved in the investigation and the outcome of this investigation is still buried somewhere in New York. I'll leave that question for future Dobbs's to discover!

Anyway, Willoughby was quite a man! His first son, Hugh Barrett Dobbs, became Captain Dobbsie of the Ship of Joy. The story is online for those of you who haven't been subject to my long winding stories about it. Hugh married Alma Hemrich, an heiress to a Seattle Slaughterhouse fortune. They had two children, Barrett W. Dobbs and Carolyn M. Dobbs.

In order to get to the mystery of the picture, I will leave Barrett for another day. Carolyn was a debutante and a dancer and performer as evidenced by the articles in the social pages of the Los Angeles newspapers I have found online. She married a man named Jack Ray and they settled in California. Since this is all really new information for me, I don't know much about Jack Ray or their life in California.

I found out that they had two daughters. Carol Lynne Ray was born in 1941 and Jacquelyn M Ray was born in 1945.

Jacquelyn grew up to be a model and an actress and appeared on several magazine covers according to Gordon Willoughby Simpson, her mother's first cousin with whom I spoke. In 1971, she actually married the guy that she's standing with in the picture. He's hard to recognize without his mustache.

Who is it you say??? The star of Magnum P.I.???


Tom Selleck.


Jacquelyn and Tom were married all during the time he was a struggling young actor! She was also struggling to have some sort of career. All that struggling broke up their 12 year marriage and they divorced in 1982. They separated 6 months before he got his big signed contract for Magnum P.I.

Jacquelyn had a son, Kevin, by her first marriage. He was born in 1966. Tom adopted him and he goes by the name Kevin Selleck. Kevin is married and has 5 children who Tom considers to be his grandchildren. They call him "Hoppey" because Tom called his grandfather that name.

Since I am looking for all descendants of Kedar Dobbs, these 5 kids qualify! I haven't been able to find them yet. I don't have Kevin's wife's name or the children's names. This is another genealogy puzzle to solve! Anybody up for the task out there in Dobbsville???

Know your Dobbs's: A brief outline of our lineage.

Generation 1.

Kedar Dobbs married Mary Willoughby. They had three children, but I can only find two. Willoughby Dobbs born in 1782 and Nancy Dobbs born in 1789.

Generation 2.

Willoughby Dobbs married Rachel Edmonds in 1805. He served in the War of 1812 and died fairly young. They had at least two boys and four girls, maybe more. I can only find two boys...William Drewery Dobbs born in 1816 and Joseph Edward Dobbs born about 1818.

Generation 3.

William Drewery Dobbs married Martha Anne Leslie. He was a carpenter and built houses. They had ten children, 5 boys and 5 girls. All of us on the mailing list are descendants of Rev. C.E.W. Dobbs born in 1840. His initials stand for Charles Edwin Willoughby. These names have been passed down through the present day.

The other children were Ann Eliza 1842, William W. 1844, Martha Ann 1845, George H. 1847, Virginia 1854, Mary 1852, Elizabeth 1857, Claudius E. 1858, and Joseph E. 1862. William and Virginia died in the yellow fever epidemic that hit Portsmouth, VA in 1855.

Generation 4.

C.E.W. Dobbs married Mary Elizabeth Barrett in Portsmouth, VA. He was only 19 when he was involved in John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry as a member of the "National Grays" a Virginia Militia. He was already married to Mary in 1859 when CEW was captured and later released into her custody as long as he promised not to write or speak against the Union. I have the letter that was sent to her from a Union Army Field Office that was retrieved from Charles Dobbs' Estate (his son). Later, he became a very well known Baptist Minister and was the Pastor in several locations - Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina. Mary was very young when they married...only 17. She had babies from 1861 to 1877. She died in 1884 of uterine cancer at the age of 43.

Their children were Willoughby Barrett 1861, Leslie Edwin 1864, Gilbert 1867,
Martha Ann 1870, Charles 1871, Ann Elizabeth 1874, John Dobbs 1877. Martha and John died in childhood from illnesses. Ann never married.

C.E.W. married Florence Hull about 1886. They had one son, Clarence Hull Dobbs, who became a physician in the military and died in the 1918 flu epidemic at age 30. He never married.

Generation 5.

• Willoughby Barrett Dobbs married Mary Ready Ragland in 1884. He was a New York Lawyer and friends with President Theodore Roosevelt. They had 8 children. Hugh Barrett 1885, Paul W. 1887, Carl 1889, Mary Ruth 1892, Willoughby Barrett JR 1896, Theodore Roosevelt 1900, Margaret 1901, and Elizabeth 1903.
• Leslie Edwin Dobbs married Nettie Hurlbut in 1885. They had three children. Helen 1887, Florence 1890, Gilbert 1891. Nettie died at age 29 in 1894. He married Lola Buchanan in 1896 and they had four children. Charles 1898, Edna 1900, Leslie Jr. 1907, John Jasper in 1908.
• Gilbert Dobbs married Eula Jones in 1892. They had two children, Esther 1893 and Nelson Barrett in 1907.
• Charles Dobbs married Katharine Whipple in 1895. They had one son. George Whipple Jr, 1896. They divorced and he married Clara Landolt in 1913 and had no children with her.
  
  Keep this list for future reference. There is a fascinating story that goes along with each of our ancestors and I know you will want to refresh your memories about where they belong in space and time! Generation 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 will be issued a little at a time since our line has grown exponentially as expected. Please feel free to add to this blog with any information you have.

Kedar is an Unusual Name

Has anyone ever heard of the name Kedar? His army payroll records spell it many different ways...Kadar, Cato, Keader, Cader. Apparently, he couldn't spell it and it was left up to the writer to figure it out.

When I arrived home from my Virginia trip, I googled on the word Kedar and discovered quite a lot! Kedar was the second son of Ishmael and the surname of an important tribe of nomads of Arabian origin. They lived near Mt. Gilead in Jordan.

This part is interesting...in the 1740 Census of Virginia, I found a Gillead Dobbs. Could this be Kedar's father? It is much to coincidental that there would be two very unusual biblical names that are significant to each other in Norfolk, VA!

In the past, our genealogist cousins who preceded us in this task tried to tie Kedar into the Arthur Dobbs clan of North Carolina. Was he the illegitimate son of Arthur? Was he the son of the Reverend Doctor Richard Dobbs, Arthur's brother? Who was his mother??? Nobody could figure it out.

Kedar could have been just another hard working, but talented peasant, from the Dobbs clan that was imported by Arthur Dobbs to fill up his colony. From examining census records, I know that many of them were carpenters and built houses and ships. In 1740, many workers moved to Norfolk to help build an infrastructure. It was a boom time for building and my bet is that the Dobbs clan were right there with their hammers, nails, and artfully designed architectural plans, but tragedy was to follow in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 when most of the town was destroyed along with our precious genealogy records in the fires that were intentionally set by the British.

This skill for designing and building things has made it's way through the generations. Many of you have reported that it has spontaneously erupted in you or your children. I'm pretty good with a saw and hammer myself, although I prefer designing something and delegating the physical work to my husband.

Welcome Kedar Dobbs Descendants

During the last several years, I have been on an exciting genealogy quest to find all descendants of Kedar Dobbs, our Revolutionary War Soldier Ancestor. He was born in Norfolk, VA in 1748 and died in 1816. He married Mary Willoughby after he came back from his three year stint in the Virginia Regiments of the Continental Army. He enlisted in November of 1776 and mustered out in November of 1779...and it's a good thing that he did. During my recent genealogy hunt in Virginia (Richmond, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, St. Bride's Parish) I discovered that in 1780, Kedar's regiment went to Charleston, S.C. where it was wiped out!!! If Kedar had re-upped, there would be several hundred of us Dobbs cousins who wouldn't be trying to find each other now.

Kedar was given a Land Grant Certificate for his service in the war. I found a copy of it in the Library of Virginia. His Military Certificate Number for this land grant was LO6054. On the back it is signed with his mark that looks like a plus sign with a right loop at the top of the vertical line. He didn't claim this grant until 1812 and did so with the help of some attorneys who represented him. Kedar's records are together with those of Timothy Wood, certificate LO7661. Timothy was from Massachusetts and this was a big mystery to solve. Apparently, sometime during their war service, they met up. Through a vigorous search, I found out that both of their regiments fought in New Jersey. Did Timothy sign over his certificate to Kedar? Why? Each grant was for 200 acres and I discovered that they were worth $1.25 an acre! Since Kedar couldn't write, this story was probably handed down orally and lost somewhere in Virginia in the 19th century.