When John Preston Bobbitt was born in 1789, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lewis Bobbitt, was 47 and his mother, Mary Person, was 40. He married Nancy J Hughes about 1808, in Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died in May 1866, in Orange, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.
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