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     Our Göbel family roots originally come from southern Germany primarily the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.  Research shows that this surname appears in records under a great variety of spellings, such as Cobel, Coble, Kobel.  After the family came to American the surname was Anglicized to and the Goble and Coble spelling became prominent especially in North Carolina.

     We have traced this lineage back some four generations to Johann Georg Göbel born in 1655 at the town of Nördlingen which is located near the border of Baden-Württemberg in the Donau-Ries district of western Bavaria.  Around the year 1672 he married Eva Sonss.   By 1693 Johann George had relocated to the town of Hoffenheim.   Hoffenheim is located in Baden-Württemberg about 100 miles to the west of Nördlingen.   After Eva passed away he married Maria Elisabeth Gilbert in 1700 at Hoffenheim.   Johann George died at Hoffenheim in 1713.   He created children in both marriages.  We are descended through his son Hans Georg Göbel who he had with Eva Sonss.

     Hans Georg Göbel is recognized as being the progenitor of this family line in America.   Hans Georg was born at Hoffenheim in 1693.  He married Maria Barbara Geisler at Hoffenheim in 1716.  Of this union many children were produced, six of which lived into adulthood.   Johann George was a vassal of Hugo Damian of Schönborn, Prince Bishop of Speyer.  After he became overloaded with debts he was freed of his obligations to the Prince Bishop and was allowed to go to America to join his older brother, Johann Jacob Göbel, who had emigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania, in 1709.   In 1733 Hans George along with his wife and at least five children left Hoffenheim and began their journey to the “New World”.  After a three-month ordeal on the high seas hampered by the storms and cursed by the high mortality and sickness among the passengers, under adverse sanitary and eating conditions, the Gobel family eventually arrived in Pennsylvania, and came ashore at Philadelphia, on 28 November 1733.    The names Hans Georg and his family are recorded in the passenger lists of the ship “Hope”.  Soon after their arrival the family moved west out of the city to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  Later they moved into the area that became York County in 1749 and settled for a time at the town of Hanover.  Some time around 1760 Hans George and all of his married sons joined the throngs of Scots-Irish and German pioneers who traveled the “Great Wagon Road” south into Virginia and North Carolina.  They eventually settled in the sprawling area of Orange County, North Carolina.   Records show that in 1762 Hans Georg purchased land in the McColloch Tract #11 located in Orange County, North Carolina.  During the next year his sons Jacob, Anthony, John, and George, Jr. had all bought parcels of land within the aforementioned McColloch Tract.  All of this property was located in that area of Orange County that became a part of Guilford County when it was formed in 1771.   Map Quadrants for Eastern Guilford Co, NC prior to 1800 show Hans George Gobel (Goble, Coble) and his sons all living in close proximity.     

     Our line of decendancy continues through Johannes “John” Gobel (Coble,Goble), son of Hans George and Maria Barbara.  John was born 1734 when the family was living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.   In early 1755 he married Maria Barbara Stahlin at the town of Hanover, in York County, Pennsylvania.   It is most likely that John migrated south to North Carolina with his father.  John is believed to have settled in Orange County near Travis Creek.  Today the likely place is located in western Alamance County near the line with Guilford County.   During their years together John and Barbara produced many off-spring one of who was our 5^th great-Grandmother Elizabeth who was born some time around 1767 in Orange County.   

     Elizabeth Gobel (Coble,Goble) married Elisha Bennett in around 1785.  Elisha had come to that area of Guilford and Orange County only a short prior.  Elizabeth and Elisha made their home in Guilford County on land located just east of the confluence of the Little and Big Alamance Creeks.  Between 1786 and 1803 Elizabeth produced at least eight children at this location.  One of this off-spring was our 4^th great-grandfather John Bennett born around 1786.  It is through him that our family lineage continues. 

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                       The practice of inherited family surnames began in England and France during the late part of the 11^th century.   Surnames were first utilized in the Germanic regions of central Europe during the second half of the 12th century.  The custom of taking on surnames began in the southern areas of Germany, and gradually spread northward during the Middle Ages.  It took about three hundred years for this tradition to apply to most families and become a constant part of one’s identity. 

     With the passing of generations and the movement of families from place to place many of the original identifying names were altered into some of the versions that we are familiar with today.  Over the centuries, most of our European ancestors accepted their surname as an unchangeable part of their lives.  Thus people rarely changed their surname.  Variations of most surnames were usually the result of an involuntary act such as when a government official wrote a name phonetically or made an error in transcription.  Research into the record of this Göbel family line indicates that the variations, meanings and history of this surname are most likely linked to that area of Europe where German linguistic traditions are commonly found. 

Source(s) & Meaning(s) of the Surname

         Most modern German family names are a means conveying lineage.  For the most part, German surnames were developed from four major sources: (1) Patronymic & Matronymic surnames most common in northern Germany are based on a parent’s first name, such as Niklas Albrecht (Niklas son of Albrecht);  (2) occupational surnames are last names based on the person’s job or trade for example Lukas Fischer (Lukas the Fisherman);  (3) descriptive surnames are based on a unique quality or physical feature of the individual like Karl Braun (Karl with brown hair); (4) geographical surnames are derived from the location of the homestead from which the first bearer and his family lived such as Leon Meer (Leon from by the sea), or derived from the state, region, or   village of the first bearer's origin for example Paul Cullen (Paul from Koeln/Cologne).

     Gobel as a German surname is usually written as Göbel. The word is derived from the personal name Göbel, a pet form of the Old High German name Godebert, composed of the elements god ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.  Gobel as a French and English surname is a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of goblets and tankards, from Old French gobel ‘drinking vessel’, ‘cup’ (apparently from Celtic gob ‘mouth’).

History of the Surname

     Göbel is a very early Germanic name and is one of the very first recorded in that country.  Due to its popularity and duration this name, and its variant spellings, have traveled widely in many forms throughout Europe. 

The Göbel is surname was first found in Bavaria, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to its emerging mediaeval society.   As a result several associated coats of arms for this surname and its close variants are recorded in Rietstap’s Armorial General and registered in Germany.       Bavaria a state of Germany, located in the southeast of the country.  Bavaria is one of the oldest states of Europe, it was established as a duchy in the mid first millennium. Bavaria is a predominantly Catholic state with a distinct culture. Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the historical regions of Franconia and Swabia.

    This German surname appeared quite early into the former British colonies of North America, especially William Penn’s Province of Pennsylvania.   One reason for this was that after the prince of the Electorate of Hanover, in Germany also became king of England in 1715, German emigration to America was greatly encouraged.   Thus the German name does tend to be confused with the English versions due to the fact that name from both countries is often in the same spelling, which is perhaps not surprising as they share similar pre 7th century "Anglo-Saxon" roots.   This is true in the case of the Göbel surname after the family came to the United States when immigration from both countries was at its height in the 18th century, after which it was transformed into Cobel and Gobel.  Many of these German immigrants, particularly those with easy English equivalents, were encouraged and in some case required to change to an English spelling.   Also many German surnames were re-spelled in America because of the close relationship between the English and German languages.     This was the case with many sea captains or their agents who, when making up the ships passenger lists, found it easier to use a more familiar English spelling.   Also after the start of World War One, Germans in the United States, in great numbers, Anglicized their names in an effort to remove all doubt as to their patriotism.  

     Today 6.2 persons per million in the United States have the Gobel surname.  The heaviest concentration of the name is found in the states of Oregon, Nebraska, Indiana and West Virginia.  In the United Kingdom almost 3 persons per million have the Göbel surname.    The most significant clustering of the name is found in the eastern states especially Brandenburg.

     Some of the best known bearers of the Göbel name are:  David Gobel (born 1952), American author and entrepreneur; George Gobel (1919-1991), American comedian; Heinrich Göbel (1818-1893), German mechanic and inventor; Jason Gobel, American guitarist and engineer; Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727-1794), French Roman Catholic cleric and politician of the Revolution; Just Göbel (1891-1984) Dutch football player; Kristoffer Göbel (born 1978), Swedish vocalist, and Tim Göbel (born 1982), German sprinter.       

Variations of the surname

Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to unfold and expand often leading to an overwhelming number of variants.  As such one can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames because in early times, spelling in general and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized.  Later on spellings would change with the branching and movement of families.  Spelling variations of this family name include:  Gobel, Gobell, Goebel, Goebell, Gobeler, Goebeler, Godbald, Godbolt, Godball, Goble and many others.   

The complexity of researching records is compounded by the fact that in many cases an ancestors surname may also have been misspelled.  This is especially true when searching census documents.   The Soundex Indexing System was developed in an effort to assist with identifying spelling variations for a given surname.  Soundex is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 US Census, and can aid genealogists in their research.  The Soundex Code for Gobel is G140.  Other surnames sharing this Soundex Code:  GABEL | GABLE | GEIBEL | GIPPLE | GOBLE | GOEBEL |.

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In the Middle Ages heraldry came into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish the armored warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry began in the middle of the 12th century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several countries of Western Europe.  Heraldry spread to the German burgher class in the 13th century, and even some peasants used arms in the 14th century.

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ARMORIAL BEARINGS

There are several associated armorial bearings for Gobel and close variant spellings recorded in Reitstap’s Armorial General and Sir Bernard Burke’s General Armory. The additional information, presented below, is offered with regard to the armorial bearings depicted above:

FIGURE 1: These armorial bearings feature a blue shield with three silver fish in a triangle shape. The crest is a silver fleur-de-lis. They were granted to a Gobel of Franconia a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Heilbronn-Franken.

FIGURE 2: This Coat-of-arms has been attributed to a Goble of Germany.

FIGURE 3: These arms were granted to a Goebel probably of Germany.

FIGURE 4: Coat-of-arms attributed to a Goebel and are similar to arms shown in figure 5.  As such they may also belong to a family in Silesia.

 FIGURE 5: These armorial bearings were granted in 1587 to a Goebel of Silesia a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic, and Germany.

MOTTO(ES)

     A motto is a word or sentence usually written upon a scroll and generally placed below the shield, but sometimes, especially in Scotland, above the crest.    Many ancient mottoes were war-cries such as the Douglas motto of “Forward.”    Many mottoes refer to the name of the bearer, for example “cole regem” for Coleridge.   In general most mottoes convey a sentiment, hope, or determination, such as the Cotter motto “Dum spiro spero” where the meaning is “While I have breath I hope“.     Mottoes are often used by several successive generations, but may be changed at any time by the grantee. The languages most in use are Latin, French, and English.  Exceptions are seen in Scotland where they are often in the old Lowland dialect, and in Wales, often in the language of the principality.    There are no known mottoes attributed to Gobel this is not uncommon for German armorial bearings as they don’t using include them.  

A Coat of Arms is defined as a group of emblems and figures (heraldic bearings) usually arranged on and around a shield and serving as the special insignia of some person, family, or institution.  Except for a few cases, there is really no such thing as a standard "coat of arms" for a surname.  A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, is a design usually granted only to a single person not to an entire family or to a particular surname.  Coats of arms are inheritable property, and they generally descend to male lineal descendents of the original arms grantee.  The rules and traditions regarding Coats of Arms vary from country to country. Therefore a Coat of Arms for an English family would differ from that of a German family even when the surname is the same.  The art of designing, displaying, describing, and recording arms is called heraldry. The use of coats of arms by countries, states, provinces, towns and villages is called civic heraldry.   Some of the more prominent elements incorporated into a  coat of arms are :

Crest - The word crest is often mistakenly applied to a coat of arms.  The crest was a later development arising from the love of pageantry.  Initially the crest consisted of charges painted onto a ridge on top of the helmet.

Wreath or Torse – The torse is a twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest. Always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

Mantling – The mantling is a drapery tied to the helmet above the shield. It forms a backdrop for the shield.

Helm or Helmet - The helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according to rank and social status, and these styles developed over time, in step with the development of actual military helmets.

Shield or Arms - The basis of all coats of arms.  At their simplest, arms consist of a shield with a plain field on which appears a geometrical shape or object.  The items appearing on the shield are known as charges.

Motto - The motto was originally a war cry, but later mottoes often expressed some worthy sentiment. It may appear at the top or bottom of a family coat of arms.

Direct ancestors

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Generation 1

Johann George Gobel-1 was born in 1655 in Nördlingen, Donau-Ries, Bavaria, Germany. He died in 1713 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He married Eva Sonss in 1672 in Germany. She died on Abt. 1700 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He married Maria Elisabeth Gilbert on 20 Jul 1700 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Child of Johann George Gobel and Eva Sonss is Hans George Gobel, B: 1693 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, D: 22 Feb 1765 in Orange, North Carolina, USA,

M: 13 May 1716 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Child of Johann George Gobel and Maria Elisabeth Gilbert is Johan Nicholas Goble, B: 1701 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar,  Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Generation 2

Hans George Gobel-2(Johann George Gobel-1) was born on 1693 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He died on 22 Feb 1765 in Orange, North Carolina, USA. He married Maria Barbara Geisler on 13 May 1716 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was born on Abt. 1695 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She died Aft. 1734 in York County, Pennsylvania.

Children of Hans George Gobel and Maria Barbara Geisler are:

i.             Antonious "Anthony" Goble, B: Abt. 1720 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

ii.            Anna Maria Gobel, B: Abt. 1723 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar,   Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

iii.          Maria Magdalena Gobel, B: 01 Jun 1725 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, D: Aft. 1733.

iv.          George Adam Goble, B: 13 Apr 1727 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

v.           Hans George Gobel, B: 12 Sep 1728 in Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

4.            vi.      Johannes “John” Gobel, B: 28 Aug 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, D:  Aft. 1761 in North Carolina, M: 17 Feb 1755 in Hanover, YorkCounty , Pennsylvania, USA.

Generation 3

Johannes “John” Gobel-3(Hans George Gobel-2, Johann George Gobel-1) was born on 28 Aug 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died on Aft. 1761 in North Carolina. He married Maria Barbara Stahlin on 17 Feb 1755 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born on 1736.

Children of Johannes “John” Gobel and Maria Barbara Stahlin are:

4.            i.       Elizabeth Gobel, B: Abt. 1767, D: Abt. 1831 in Guilford County, North Carolina, M:  Abt. 1785.

ii.            John Gobel, B: 1761 in Travis Creek, Orange, North Carolina, D: 15 Jun 1815 in Orange County, North Carolina, USA.

Generation 4

Elizabeth Gobel-4(Johannes “John” Gobel-3, Hans George Gobel-2, Johann George Gobel-1) was born Abt. 1767. She died Abt. 1831 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She married Elisha Bennett Abt. 1785. He was born Abt. 1755 in England. He died Abt. 1835 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Children of Elizabeth Gobel and Elisha Bennett are:

i.             John Bennett, B: Abt. 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina, D: Abt. 1836 in Cherokee Nation ?, M: Sep 1807 in Orange County, North Carolina.

ii.            Ellander "Nelly" Bennett, B: Abt. 1788 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, M:  06 Feb 1806 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

iii.          Elizabeth Bennett, B: Abt. 1796 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, M: 23 Dec 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina.

iv.          David Bennett, B: Abt. 1796 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, D: 20 Apr 1851 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, M: 03 Jan 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina.

v.           Levi Bennett, B: 1800 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, D: 15 Apr 1851 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.

vi.          Nancy Bennett, B: Abt. 1801 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, D: 02 Oct 1857 in Randolph County, North Carolina, M: 02 Oct 1826 in Orange County, North Carolina.

vii.         Sarah "Sally" Bennett, B: 29 Jan 1802 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA,  D: 06 Aug 1871 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA, M: 23 Apr 1818 in  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.

viii.       Daniel Bennett, B: 1803 in Guilford County, North Carolina, D: 22 Aug 1874 in Guilford County, North Carolina, M: 20 Feb 1826 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

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       During the 17^th, 18^th and 19^th centuries hundreds of thousands of Europeans made the perilous ocean voyage to America.  For many it was an escape from economic hardship and religious persecution.  For most it was an opportunity to start over, own their own land, and make a better future for their descendents.  Immigration records show a number of people bearing the name of Gobel, or one of its variants, as arriving in North America between the 17^th and 20^th centuries.  Some of these immigrants were: Conrath Gobel, who came to Philadelphia in 1738; as well as David Gobel, who came to New York city in 1765; Heinrich Gobell came to Philadelphia in 1732.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Orange County, North Carolina  1733 - 1752

Hans Georg Göbel along with his wife Maria Barbara and five children left their home in Germany and made the ocean voyage to America in 1733.  After their arrival at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania they like most other German immigrants of this time, moved west out of the city to Lancaster County, a distance of some 80 miles. They may have resided in this area for at least 15 years before moving on to Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania.  By 1760 the route that would become the "Great Wagon Road" had extended south into North Carolina.  As such the Gobel family would join the throngs of German and Scots-Irish pioneers seeking cheaper land and more opportunity in the south.   Records show that in 1762 Hans Georg purchased land in the McColloch Tract #11 located in Orange County, North Carolina.  During the next year His sons Jacob, Anthony, John, and George, Jr. had all bought parcels of land within the aforementioned McColloch Tract.

41. George Coble, 202 acres, 13 Sep, 1762
42. Jacob Coble, 202 acres, 13 Sep, 1762

123. Anthony Coble, 450 acres, 18 Jun, 1763; see ODB2/49 HEM to Coble 307 ac; boths ides Pitmans Ck; SW line of Great Tract; a corner of HEM [sub-]tract 5.

132. John Coble, 355 acres, 22 Jun, 1763

141. George jr Coble, 200 acres, 28 Jun, 1763

This land all became part of Guilford County in 1771

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