Back when first started researching my family's history I discovered my 9x great grandfather John Fobes. I couldn't find much information about him other than he was a Scotsman who'd come to Massachusetts and had originally lived in Duxbury before moving on to Bridgewater. But I did find some family trees online that fascinated me, including Scots ancestors with nicknames such as David "Trail the Axe" and John "with the black lip" Fobes.
Here's the entry for John Fobes from Nahum Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts:
John Fobes (from Duxbury) was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, where he settled, and d, a. 1661; made his nuncupative will before William Brett and Arthur Harris; his wid. Constant, sister of Experience Mitchell, m. John Briggs of Portsmouth R. I. 1662.—he had John, Edward, Mary, Caleb, William, Joshua, and Elizabeth.—John d. at George Allen's in Sandwich 1661.—William m. Elizabeth I), of Constant Southworth a 1667, and settled finally at Little Compton, and was with Capt. Church in Philip's war.—Joshua fell with Capt. Michael Pierce of Scituate in that disastrous battle with the Indians near Attleboro’, in 1676.—Caleb went to Norwich. -p162
Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Published By Edward Alden Bridgewater, Ma.1897
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