from Debbie and Chris Jobes : BEGIN From the Massachusetts Magazine, No. X October, 1796, Vol. VIII p.575 (Monthly Chronologer section): BEGIN PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 23. On the 14th inst. [instant - this month] there was a violent storm, with thunder, lightning and hail, near Flemington, New-Jersey. Many of the hail stones measured from 6 to 7 inches round, which indented the shingles and boards of the houses and fences, and destroyed a quantity of grain, etc. in the ground. About a half mile away from the town on the hill, at the cooper's shop, Thomas Jobs and his wife were killed on the spot. The child which she had in her arms was a little burnt, but is expected to recover. A woman lying in bed, had her hair singed, and was otherwise hurt; and a little boy was much hurt in the same house, and it is feared he will not recover the use of his limbs. The chimnies at both ends of the house are bursted, and the building was left a mere wreck. The above Thomas Jobs, and his wife having company, gave up their bed to their guests and lay upon the floor, with their heads towards the chimney stack, when the accident happened -- Those who were not injured, lay on a bedstead. This terrifying tempest lasted from the early part of the afternoon, with little intermission, until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. END [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/nj/mar.html] NEW JERSEY MARRIAGES HUNTERDON COUNTY Thomas JOB Katherine YAUGER/Yawger 21 June 1795 Spouse1: Thomas Jobs Spouse2: Catharine Yawger Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1795 Volume/Page: 1-1 Officiator: Reading, J. P. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriages, 1795-1875 [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: Hunterdon County Democrat. Marriage Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1795-1875. Flemington, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1986. Sometime between February 1797 and 1800 (when Catherine's parents moved out of Hunterdon County, to New York State) the following incident took place: "Catherine married Mr. Jobes and lived about a mile from her father. She had a tea party. It looked like a storm, her mother left early to walk home, Catherine going a piece with her and taking an affectionate leave of her. There was a fearful thunder and lightening storm, so many of the guests stayed all night, Catherine giving up her own bed to some of them and making a bed on the floor in front of the fireplace for herself and husband, the baby lying between them. Someone heard the baby crying so long they went to see what was the trouble. They found the young father and mother dead. The baby was badly burned where it rested on the mother's arm. The storm was so great that Catherine's mother could not sleep. Peter (Catherine's brother) heard his mother, so got up and watched the storm with her. They saw the lightening strike and his mother said, 'It must have been Catherine's house.' In less than an hour a man came and told them Catherine and Mr. Jobes were both dead. The bolt came down the chimney and the house did not take fire. Catherine's mother took the baby and brought him up. He was the same age as her youngest child, Daniel. The baby was Samuel Jobes." from the Davis Genealogy Catherine's parents settled in Caygua County, New York, and raised Samuel as their own. In Philip Yawger's Will written Dec. 11, 1828 he states "I give and bequeath unto my grandson Samuel Jobes son of my daughter Catherine Jobes deceased his heirs and assigns forever the one hundred and three acres of land owned by me on lot #64 in the East Cayuga Reservation". At the time the Will was probated,(1830) Samuel was a resident of the Town of Aurelius, N.Y. Samuel Jobes married (don't know who) and had at least 2 children, 1. Daniel and 2. Dempster Samuel. (MY NOTE see 19.258, child ii - MEL) Dempster Samuel Jobes was born about 1832. He married Emmaline Bigelow, about 1859-60. Emmaline was the oldest daughter of John B. and Maria (Stout) Bigelow and was the sister of my Grandfather, Frank J. Bigelow. References: 1. Philip Yawger's Will 2. Marriage Records, Hunterdon Co., N.J. 1795-1875 Volume l 3. Davis Genealogy (Note: written by descendants of Eliza Ann Yawger, daughter of Peter Yawger the son of Philip and Catherine (Cool) Yawger. Eliza married Llewelyn Howell Davis. Her daughter, Mary Eliza Davis (unmarried) wrote much of the family history and it was put into book form by her nephew, Llewelyn Davis, son of John Yawger Davis.) 4. Letters from Lydia Hecht dated 1977 5. Peter and Cornelia (Mersereau) Yawger Bible (possession of Norma Bilak, Cayuga, N.Y. From Debbie and Chris Jobes : Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:08:27 -0400 We know the date of death to be accurate beyond a reasonable doubt. Yawger family history tells of the same story as does the Massachusetts Magazine. The date of birth that we got from the Yawger researchers is probably incorrect since we were the ones to find Samuel's parents date of death. I believe that Samuel was probably born between 18 Feb 1796 (which would make him a slightly premature baby ;-) and the date of his parent's death. That would make him no more than 7 months old at the time of his parent's death and he would be about the age as described in the Massachusetts Magazine article. We got the date of marriage from the NJ state archives and believe that to be correct also. So, that is where our research stands. I've included a transcription of the Massachusetts Magazine article for your information. I've also included several other sources of information for you. Debbie was looking through a Flemington timeline and it said that in about 1797 there were only 16 houses on main street. I can assume that Flemington was a rather small town at the time. END