When William James Bobbitt was born in 1775, in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, Isham Drury Bobbitt, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth James, was 19. He married Elizabeth Hail on 8 July 1808, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1835, in Chapin, Morgan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Chapin, Morgan, Illinois, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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