Stobby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Etymology of Stobby

What does the name Stobby mean?

The first element of the place-name is Old English stubb or stobb, 'a stub a tree-stump' a word which also gives Scots stobb 'stake post'. The second element is probably Old English hoh 'heel, projecting ridge of land' whence Scots heuch or heugh 'precipice crag cliff a steep hill.' 1

Early Origins of the Stobby family

The surname Stobby was first found in Peeblesshire, at the old barony of Stobo. Some of the first records of the family were: David de Stubhou or Stobhou, who witnessed charters by Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, c. 1177-1199; Adam de Stobhou, who was a juror on an inquest held at Peebles in 1262; and John Stobo, a servant to the king in 1583. 2

William Stobo was charged with tumult in Glasgow in 1606, Mathew Stobo was listed in Kittimure, parish of Stanehaven in 1630, and five more of the name were found there at that time. Major Robert Stobo, a native of Glasgow, guided the Fraser Highlanders up the Heights of Abraham at Quebec in 1759. 2

Stobo Castle is located at Stobo in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peeblesshire.

Early History of the Stobby family

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Stobby Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Stobby family

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Migration of the Stobby family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: O. Stoby settled in Delaware in 1693; Rev. Archibald Stobo who settled in Florida in 1690; Major Robert Stobo in Quebec.

Sources +

Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)