FAMILY OF FRANCIS HOBBS (6-Apr-1783 to 12-Sep-1852)       Hambleden, Bucks, Eng.

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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