NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

Source: J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902)

Items in [italics] are my (Brianne Kelly-Bly) additions, along with the source, to the information that is contained in the Rockaway Records. Their appeared to be very little continuity in the information provided by J.P. Crayon, I didn't think that it would hurt to add a little more information.

The traditions of the Goble family were that they were French Hugenots who fled to prevent religious persecutions and settled in North Carolina, and that their names originally were Enoch, Abner, Silas, Aaron and Martha. A large number of the descendants, probably not all of one family, settled in Morris county, N.J., previous to 1750.

John, married Elizabeth Burwell, Dec. 22, 1748, and is mentioned in the early Rockaway records.

Simeon, a probable son of Enoch, as the name of Enoch runs in the family line, married Abigail Conger Feb 23, 1749 [date in marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown], he died about 1775, and had children:

• Enoch,
  Enoch, the probable son of Simeon, married (1) Abigail (Ogden) Stiles, daughter of David Ogden, and widow of Thomas Stiles. She died soon after marriage. (2) Mary Cooper, who was born 1746, died Oct 21, 1798. (3) Enoch married Hannah Doty. Children of Enoch and Mary Cooper:
  • Mary (twin) married Jacob, son of Uzal Tompkins,
  • Phebe (twin) married Jedidiah, son of Timothy Mills.
  • William, born 1798, married Hannah, daughter of Uzal Tompkins, Dec 17, 1799, died Oct 14, 1833. She died Mar 9, 1860. Children of William and Hannah (Tompkins) Goble:
    • Mary, born Sept. 25, 1800, married William M. Crane, of New Vernon, N.J., 1825
    • Lucinda, born Aug 4, 1803, never married, died Oct 3, 1833.
    • Benjamin, born at Sparta, Sussex county, N.J., Dec 29, 1806. His parents removed from Sparta to New Vernon when he was nine months old, married (1) Catharine Losey, had nine children, died at New Vernon Aug. 1898.
      Catharine Losey was a daughter of Aaron and Alice (Simcox) Losey. Alice Simcox was born Jan 23, 1772, died Dec 16, 1836. Their daughter, Phebe Ann, married Joseph Jackson, son of Daniel Ayres, of Franklin, Sept 27, 1827. Alice (Simcox) Losey married (2) Deacon John Hill 1808, and had children: Jane, John O., and Harriet. Tradition relates that she was a sister of Mary Simcox, wife of Capt. William Alger, of Rockaway. Deacon John and wife Alice were buried at Morristown Baptist Cemetery, and removed to the Hill Cemetery at Franklin, N.J.
    • Harsey King, born at New Vernon Jan 28 1809, died Mar 4, 1846.
    • Henry Tompkins, born at New Vernon July 5, 1814, died Oct 17, 1815.
  • Enoch married and went to Ohio, had Israel and Tempe, who died before 1840.
• Abner,
• Sally,
• Martha,
• Luther and
• Calvin, perhaps others.

His wife married (2) Ebenezer Stiles, May 4, 1778 [Marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown; 4 May 1778 Ebenezer Stiles and Widow Abigail Goble] as second wife, lived at Morris Plains, N.J. She was born 1732, died Dec 7, 1810.

William Goble married Sarah Conger Mar. 21, 1760. [Marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown, lists William Gobil & Sarah Conger married on March 2, 1760]

Benjamin Goble married Elizabeth Conger March 3, 1757. [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Henry Goble married Lydia Conger Dec. 11, 1765. [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Robert Goble, born 1700, died Mar. 29, 1783. His wife, Mary, born 1701, died Feb. 20, 1786. [Robert b. 12 July 1700 d. 29 Mar 1783, one of the founders of the First Baptist Church in Morristown; "Men from Morris Co who served in the American Revolution"]

Aaron Goble born 1752, married Charity Lindsley Jan 30, 1772 [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown], died Feb 1, 1802 [age 51 "Bill of Mortality"]. His wife born 1751 died June 4, 1795 [age 44 "Bill of Mortality"].

• [Jacob Goble, d. 9 Oct 1794 age 9, son of Aaron Goble; "Bill of Mortality"]

Daniel Goble married Priscilla Cook Apr 1, 1744. [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Jonas Goble married Ruth Fairchild Dec 10, 1765. [Marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown lists: Jonas Gobill & Ruth Fairchild married on Dec 11, 1765]

• [child Goble, d. 20 June 1769, child of Jonas Goble; "Bill of Mortality"]
• [child Goble, d. 15 July 1788, age 10, daughter of Jonas Goble; "Bill of Mortality"]

Ruth Goble married Nathan Reeve Feb 18, 1768. [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Rachel Goble married Isaac Southard Apr 12 1769. [marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Hannah Goble married Ichabod Tompkins Dec 24, 1746. [Ichabod is listed as being from Hanover; marriage records of the 1st Presbyterian church of Morristown]

Salome married Ebenezer Fairchild Aug 1750. [only month & year are listed in the marriage record of the 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown]

Sally married Josephus Gard June 23, 1798. [Groom of Hanover; Bride of Morristown; married by Rev. James Richards, Morristown; "Morris County Marriages Book A"]

Of the children of Benjamin and Experience Conger, Simeon married Abigail Goble and Benjamin married Elizabeth Goble. This is a most singular occurrence that two brothers of the same name in one family should marry sisters of the same name in another family.

I am indebted to the late Benjamin Goble, who made a visit in July 1898, but a few weeks before his death, for many of the connections and dates of this family and also of the Tompkins family so nearly related. "Uncle" Ben, as every one in this section called him, was then in his 93rd year and then bid fair to reach the century mark. In the early days whole communities were so nearly related by the intermarriages that all were "Uncle," "Aunt" and "Cousins." Very many of the Goble family were connected with the Baptist church at Morristown, N.J., and buried there, and a few are on the early records of the Rockaway church, and are probably buried in the cemetery.

Some additional information

John Gobil, of ye town married Elizabeth Burrel, of Newark on 22 Dec 1748; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

Daniel Gobil married Rhoda Doud (?) on 17 Feb 1751; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown

Joseph Lefollet, widower, married Phebe Gobil on 01 May 1771; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

Ephraim Lindsley and Martha Gobell married on 03 July 1777; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

Timothy Gobil and Rebekah Morris married on 24 Nov 1779; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

Timothy Morris and Malatia Gobil married on 18 Sep 1783; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

John Parriot and Salomy Goble married on 27 Oct 1785; 1st Presbyterian church, Morristown.

Elizabeth Gobel married Andrew Schneider on 22 Apr 1843; witnesses: Patrick Flynn and Margaret Degan; by Ambroa Manahan, D.D., Pastor of St. Vincent's R.C. Church, Madison; Morris Co Marriages Book E

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