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Early Origins of the Stob family

The surname Stob was first found in Peebles, where they held a family seat from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. David Stobo witnessed a charter to the Bishop of Glasgow in 1177.

Early History of the Stob family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stob research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1683, 1699, 1700 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Stob History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stob Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stobo, Stobie, Stoba, Stobhou, Stoby and others.

Early Notables of the Stob family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • James Stobie, factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl's in the late 1700s...


United States Stob migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stob Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Samuel Stob, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1802 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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