Corporal Jonas HOBART

1744 - 1833  (89 years)

• Name	Jonas HOBART
  Title	Corporal
  Birth	4 Nov 1744	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1833	McDonough, Illinois
  Burial	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.
  Person ID	I85678	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Shebuel HOBART, Jr.,   b. 29 Sep 1715, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 30 Sep 1805, Westford, Chittenden, Vermont (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Esther PARKER,   b. 23 Jan 1722, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 20 Nov 1789, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1739	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F23164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth KEMP,   b. 04 May 1743, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1834, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1770	Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
  Children	1. Betsy HOBART,   b. 28 Jul 1771, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire d. Abt 1848, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Age 76 years)   2. Lazarus HOBART,   b. 1773, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire + 3. Amos HOBART,   b. 30 Mar 1775, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire d. May 1842, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Age 67 years)   4. Isaac HOBART,   b. 17 Mar 1776, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire d. 10 Jul 1856, Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York (Age 80 years)   5. Luther HOBART,   b. 20 Aug 1779, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire d. 1818, Essex, Vermont (Age 38 years)   6. Calvin HOBART,   b. 17 May 1781, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire d. 27 Aug 1831, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois (Age 50 years)   7. Emma HOBART,   b. 1782, Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire d. Nov 1850, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F23158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2017

  
  

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  Headstone for Jonas Hobart In the Foster Point Cemetery, Table Grove, McDonough, Illinois Photo courtesy sean flynn