▁might ▁fin ance ▁expl oration ▁if ▁they ▁had ▁some ▁expectation ▁of ▁trade . ▁Rev oking ▁the ▁Hudson ’ s ▁Bay ▁Company ’ s ▁trade ▁mon opol y ▁was ▁his ▁solution ▁for ▁stim ulating ▁expl oration . ▁From ▁ 1 7 4 1 ▁to ▁ 1 7 4 7 , ▁Dob bs ▁managed ▁to ▁stim ulate ▁expl oration , ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁which ▁convinced ▁most ▁people ▁that ▁such ▁a ▁passage ▁did ▁not ▁exist . ▁A ▁British ▁Parliament ary ▁inqu iry ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 9 ▁ended ▁attempts ▁to ▁re voke ▁the ▁Hudson ’ s ▁Bay ▁Company ’ s ▁char ter . ▁Dob bs ' ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Ar ctic ▁expl oration ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁substantial ▁increase ▁in ▁ge ographical ▁knowledge ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁increased ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁economic ▁potential . ▁ ▁Dob bs ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁amateur ▁scient ist ▁and ▁published ▁several ▁astronom y ▁articles ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁on ▁h oney be es . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁He ▁had ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 0 ▁Anne , ▁daughter ▁and ▁he ir ▁of ▁Captain ▁Os bor ne ▁of ▁Tim ah oe , ▁County ▁K ild are ▁and ▁the ▁wid ow ▁of ▁Captain ▁Nor bury . ▁They ▁had ▁three ▁sons ▁and ▁a ▁daughter . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 2 , ▁Dob bs , ▁then ▁sevent y - three , ▁married ▁fifteen - year - old ▁Just ina ▁Davis ▁at ▁St . ▁Philip ' s ▁Church , ▁Brun sw ick ▁Town ▁in ▁Brun sw ick