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Torbett Family |
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| also spelled Talbott, Tarbet, Tarbett, Torbit, Torbitt, Turbit | |||
Robert Torbett was born about 1697. He married Agnes Finlay. Agnes Torbett, |
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John Torbett born about 1729. John Tarbet of Barree Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, wrote his will on March 2, 1785. He left his wife, Margaret, one-third of his moveable estate, except his clothes and books, her bed and saddle, a tea kettle, a coffee mill, her wearing apparel, and her things from before they were married. He left his son, Robert, one-third of his real estate, two-thirds of his personal estate, his clothes and books, and a saddle and bridle. He left equal shares of the remaining two-thirds of his real esatate to his sons John, Alexander, Samuel, James, and Moses. He left five shillings to his daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, and Jean. In 1788, John Turbitt, deceased was listed in Barree Township with 50 acres of warranted land. |
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Hugh Torbett was born about 1740 at sea. He married Sarah Allison. John Torbett (1771, married Catherine Payne), Hugh died in 1788 in Pennsylvania. In 1788 the widow Tabott received 196 acres and 106 perches of the Shaver's Creek Manor tract. After the death of their parents, the Torbett children left Barree Township and moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee to be near some of their cousins who had already moved into that area. |
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John Torbett was born about 1771 in York County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Hugh Torbett and Sarah Allison. He married Catherine Payne. Catherine and John's children probably included: John Torbett was in McClellan's Company in 1836. John died about 1838 in Piney Flats, Tennessee. |
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Joseph Torbett was born about 1773. His parents were Hugh Torbet and Sarah Allison. Samuel Torbett (1801, Lydia McCorkle daughter of Samuel McCorkle), |
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