Francis Hobbs (Hotelkeeper/Shoemaker) Father: John Hobbs
Mother: Ann Feasey
Married Ann Keith (1806)
Children:
John Hobbs (1-May-1807 to 19-Mar-1876) Died without family.
Robbin (Robert) ( 13-Jul-1809 to ?) Became a gardener to Mr. Cox of Thames Bank and was a noted horticulturalist. He later inherited John's property and returned to Hambleden where he was a sexton at the Church.
William Hobbs (13-Aug-1811 to 26-May-1878) Emigrated to New Zealand.
Alfred Hobbs (7-Aug-1813 to 19-Apr-1861) Became a gardener to Miss Hinde of Ewden (Yewden). He died, age 47, after pricking his finger on a rose thorn.
Thomas Hobbs (10-Aug-1818 to ?) Became a coachman in London, and had no children.
James Hobbs (31-Jan-1821 to ?) Became a gardener to Mr. Longston, a brewer of Maidenhead. Later he worked with the Duchess of Sutherland. He had a magnificent tenor voiceand could earn £10-10-0 a night. He had no children.
Joseph Hobbs (16-Feb-1823 to ?) Who is supposed to have settled in Gloucestershire.
Mary Ann Hobbs (9-May-1825 to ?) Who married Mr. Brown and settled in Little Hampton in Hampshire.
(Above information supplied by Frederick Hobbs in 1896.)
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