William Henry Dobbs (1716-1781)


 * Sex : Male
 * Born: at New York, New York
 * Died: 13 at Fishkill, New York at age 65
 * Interment: Reformed Dutch churchyard, Fishkill

Pedigree
William Henry DOBBS is the son of William DOBBS and Catharina STOT of New York, and grandson of Walter DOBBS and Mary MERRITT of Barren Island, Jamaica Bay, New York.

Siblings
Siblings may include Adam and Charles. (More research needed.)

Spouses

 * 1) William DOBS [sic] married Catharina VAN SYSSEN, on 23, at the New Amsterdam (New York) Reformed Dutch Church. Catharina may be the daughter of Joost VAN SEYSEN and Antje HUYSMAN, baptized on 1, or she may be the daughter of Cornelus VAN SEYSEN and Maria BLYDENBURGH, baptized on 19, both recorded in the New Amsterdam Church. (The two Catharinas are likely first cousins.) Catharina probably died before 1757.
 * 2) William DOBBS married Dorcas HARDING, on 9, at Trinity Church, New York. She survived her husband, and died 20 in Hudson, New York, at the home of her daughter Mary (DOBBS) HOLT and son-in-law Charles HOLT.

Offspring
Children with Catharina van Syssen:
 * Joseph DOBBS (b. 16)
 * William DOBBS Jr. (b. abt. 1753)
 * Jarvis DOBBS (b. 11) (uncertain)

Children with Dorcas Harding:
 * Henry Munro DOBBS (b. )
 * Mary DOBBS (b. 20 in Cura&ccedil;ao, West Indies)

Contributors
TomChatt