The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for James Hobbs, son of William Hobbs and Ann Hobbs [May]
Generation No. 1
  1. James Hobbs was the son of William Hobbs and Ann Hobbs [May]. He was born c 1762; died Aug 1842 at Newick, Sussex; buried 8th Aug 1842 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  He married Sarah Kenward on 2nd Jun 1782 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. She was born c 1760; died Mar 1823 at Newick, Sussex; buried 28th Mar 1823 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 1784 at Newick, Sussex; christened 17th Apr 1784 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Nov 1835 Newick, Sussex; buried 11th Nov 1835 Newick, Sussex
3 iiJames who was born 1786 at Newick, Sussex; christened 23rd Oct 1786 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Jul 1850 Cuckfield, Sussex; buried 16th Jul 1850 Cuckfield, Sussex
4 iiiObadiah who was born 1792 at Newick, Sussex; christened 7th Mar 1792 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Nov 1860 West Hoathly, Sussex; buried 30th Nov 1860 West Hoathly, Sussex
5 ivEdward who was born 1793 at Newick, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1793 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Apr 1857 Danehill, Sussex; buried 20th Apr 1857 Danehill, Sussex
6 vSophia who was born 1798 at Newick, Sussex; christened 1st Jun 1798 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Hobbs was the son of James Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Kenward]. He was born 1784 at Newick, Sussex; christened 17th Apr 1784 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Nov 1835 at Newick, Sussex; buried 11th Nov 1835 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
7 iJames Purton who was born 1805 at Newick, Sussex; christened 21st Dec 1805 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Brooke on 26th May 1805 at St. Michael, Lewes, Sussex. She was born c 1785; died Dec 1843 at Newick, Sussex; buried 11th Dec 1843 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. They had the following children:
8 iEllen who was born 1807 at Newick, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1807 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died July to Sep 1871 Lewes, Sussex
9 iiHerbert who was born 1809 at Newick, Sussex; christened 12th Mar 1809 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Aug 1840 Newick, Sussex; buried 2nd Aug 1840 Newick, Sussex
   
  3. James Hobbs was the son of James Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Kenward]. He was born 1786 at Newick, Sussex; christened 23rd Oct 1786 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Jul 1850 at Cuckfield, Sussex; buried 16th Jul 1850 at Cuckfield, Sussex
  He married Sarah Maginnis on 24th Nov 1807 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. She was born c 1790; died May 1857 at Cuckfield, Sussex; buried 4th May 1857 at Cuckfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1809 at Newick, Sussex; christened 12th Feb 1809 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Apr 1865 Cuckfield, Sussex; buried 30th Apr 1865 Cuckfield, Sussex
   
  4. Obadiah Hobbs, farmer was the son of James Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Kenward]. He was born 1792 at Newick, Sussex; christened 7th Mar 1792 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Nov 1860 at West Hoathly, Sussex; buried 30th Nov 1860 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
  He married (1) Sarah Ewins on 23rd Jul 1811 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. She was born c 1795; died Sep 1851 at West Hoathly, Sussex; buried 24th Sep 1851 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1812 at Newick, Sussex; christened 27th Jan 1812 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Feb 1812 Newick, Sussex; buried 1st Feb 1812 Newick, Sussex
10 iiEdwin who was born 1813 at Newick, Sussex; christened 28th Mar 1813 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1842 Uckfield, Sussex
11 iiiSarah who was born 1816 at Newick, Sussex; christened Aug 1816 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
12 ivElisabeth who was born 1818 at Newick, Sussex; christened 1st Nov 1818 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
13 vTrayton who was born 1821 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 2nd Sep 1821 St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Feb 1913 Fletching, Sussex; buried 12th Feb 1913 Fletching, Sussex
14 viJames who was born 1825 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 23rd Mar 1825 St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Jul 1853; buried 15th Jul 1853 West Hoathly, Sussex
15 viiMary Martha who was born 1827 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 9th Mar 1828 St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
16 viiiObadiah who was born 1831 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1831 St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1907 Eastbourne, Sussex
  He married (2) Mary Ann Kenward on 24th Sep 1853 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. She was born 1804 at Hartfield, Sussex; died Apr 1892 at Hartfield, Sussex; buried 7th Apr 1892 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  5. Edward Hobbs, farmer was the son of James Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Kenward]. He was born 1793 at Newick, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1793 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Apr 1857 at Danehill, Sussex; buried 20th Apr 1857 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
17 iHarriet who was born 1822 at Newick, Sussex; christened 22nd Jul 1822 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  He married Hannah Wood on 30th Jun 1822 at St. Anne, Lewes, Sussex. She was born 1792 at Maresfield, Sussex; died May 1862 at Danehill, Sussex; buried 12th May 1862 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex. They had the following children:
18 iJohn who was born 13th Jan 1824 at Newick, Sussex; christened 16th May 1824 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died 8th Jun 1886 Danehill, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 1826 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 9th Apr 1826 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
19 iiiWilliam who was born 1829 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1829 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 15th Jan 1897 Rottingdean, Sussex; buried 17th Jan 1897 Rottingdean, Sussex
  ivEllen who was born 1832 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 20th Jan 1832 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
   
  6. Sophia Beech [Bax] [Hobbs] was the daughter of James Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Kenward]. She was born 1798 at Newick, Sussex; christened 1st Jun 1798 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  She married (1) William Bax on 6th Oct 1817 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. He was born c 1795
  She married (2) William Beech on 16th Dec 1839 at Brighton, Sussex. He was born c 1795
   
Generation No. 3
  7. James Purton Hobbs was the son of William Hobbs and Mary Ann Hobbs [Brooke]. He was born 1805 at Newick, Sussex; christened 21st Dec 1805 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  He married Catherine on c 1827. She was born c 1805 at Leighton Buzzard. They had the following children:
20 iKate who was born 16th Jan 1828 at Cranbrook, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1899 Steyning, Sussex
  iiJane who was born 1830 at Cranbrook, Kent
21 iiiEllen who was born 1831 at Cranbrook, Kent
  ivMary Ann who was born 1833 at Cranbrook, Kent
22 vJames Purton who was born 1837 at Cranbrook, Kent; died 30th Jul 1900 Somerset
  viEliza Hart who was born 1841 at Chichester, Sussex
  viiThomas Hart who was born July to Sep 1844 at Bristol, Gloucester
   
  8. Ellen Stenning [Hobbs] was the daughter of William Hobbs and Mary Ann Hobbs [Brooke]. She was born 1807 at Newick, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1807 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died July to Sep 1871 at Lewes, Sussex
  She married John Stenning on 1851. He was born c 1805
   
  9. Herbert Hobbs was the son of William Hobbs and Mary Ann Hobbs [Brooke]. He was born 1809 at Newick, Sussex; christened 12th Mar 1809 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Aug 1840 at Newick, Sussex; buried 2nd Aug 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  He married Sophia Smith on 5th Jul 1835 at Brighton, Sussex. She was born c 1810. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born c Sep 1835 at Chailey, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1835 St. Peter's Church, Chailey, Sussex; died Dec 1843 Chailey, Sussex; buried 11th Dec 1843 Chailey, Sussex
   
  10. Edwin Hobbs was the son of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. He was born 1813 at Newick, Sussex; christened 28th Mar 1813 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1842 at Uckfield, Sussex
  He married Ann Webber on 12th Aug 1840 at Brighton, Sussex. She was born c 1820
   
  11. Sarah Streeter [Hobbs] was the daughter of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. She was born 1816 at Newick, Sussex; christened Aug 1816 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  She married Jasper Streeter on 1st Jan 1838 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. He was born c 1815. They had the following children:
  iJasper who was born 1844 at West Hoathly, Sussex
   
  12. Elisabeth Warnett [Hobbs] was the daughter of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. She was born 1818 at Newick, Sussex; christened 1st Nov 1818 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  She married George Warnett on 16th Apr 1857 at St. Giles Parish Church, Horsted Keynes, Sussex. He was born c Oct 1821 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex; christened 4th Nov 1821 at St. Giles Parish Church, Horsted Keynes, Sussex
   
  13. Trayton Hobbs was the son of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. He was born 1821 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 2nd Sep 1821 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Feb 1913 at Fletching, Sussex; buried 12th Feb 1913 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  iTrayton who was born 1847 at Clayton, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1881 Horsham, Sussex
  He married Elisabeth Horton on Apr to June 1847 at Cuckfield, Sussex. She was born 1822; died 1st Oct 1891 at Fletching, Sussex; buried 31st Dec 1891 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMartha who was born 1849 at Clayton, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1850 at Keymer, Sussex
  iiiSarah who was born 2nd Apr 1854 at Framfield, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 6th Nov 1859 at Framfield, Sussex; died Nov 1943 East Grinstead, Sussex
23 vMary Jane who was born 9th May 1862 at East Dean, Sussex
   
  14. James Hobbs, farm labourer was the son of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. He was born 1825 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 23rd Mar 1825 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Jul 1853; buried 15th Jul 1853 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
  He married Jane Ann Taylor on 13th Sep 1847 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. She was born 1827 at West Hoathly, Sussex; died 1879. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1849 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 5th Aug 1849 St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
   
  15. Mary Martha Tulley [Hobbs] was the daughter of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. She was born 1827 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 9th Mar 1828 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
  She married James Tulley on Oct to Dec 1857 at Cuckfield, Sussex. He was born c 1825
   
  16. Obadiah Hobbs was the son of Obadiah Hobbs, farmer and Sarah Hobbs [Ewins]. He was born 1831 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1831 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1907 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  iAlbert E. who was born 1864 at Eastdean, Sussex; died Sep 1899 Eastbourne, Sussex; buried 13th Sep 1899 Eastbourne, Sussex
  He married Maria Peirse on 18th Sep 1865 at Eastdean, Sussex. She was born c 1835. They had the following children:
24 iElizabeth Allen who was born 1866 at Eastdean, Sussex; christened 10th May 1866 Eastdean, Sussex
   
  17. Harriet Page [Hobbs] was the daughter of Edward Hobbs, farmer and Hannah Hobbs [Wood]. She was born 1822 at Newick, Sussex; christened 22nd Jul 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
  She married Thomas Page on 10th Jan 1853 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex. He was born 1822 at Lingfield, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1854 at Lingfield, Surrey
  iiEllen who was born 1857 at Lingfield, Surrey
   
  18. John Hobbs, farm labourer was the son of Edward Hobbs, farmer and Hannah Hobbs [Wood]. He was born 13th Jan 1824 at Newick, Sussex; christened 16th May 1824 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex; died 8th Jun 1886 at Danehill, Sussex
  He married Mary A. Hadfield on c 1855. She was born 1833 at Fletching, Sussex; died Nov 1881 at Danehill, Sussex; buried 27th Nov 1881 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLucy who was born 1869 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  19. William Hobbs was the son of Edward Hobbs, farmer and Hannah Hobbs [Wood]. He was born 1829 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1829 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 15th Jan 1897 at Rottingdean, Sussex; buried 17th Jan 1897 at Rottingdean, Sussex
  He married Charlotte Dumbrell on 19th Dec 1865 at St James, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London. She was born c 1830; died Aug 1894 at Rottingdean, Sussex; buried 18th Aug 1894 at Rottingdean, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iErnest Edward who was born 1868 at Ringmer, Sussex
  iiFlorence May who was born 1872 at Newhaven, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1872 Newhaven, Sussex; died 29th May 1968 Brighton, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  20. Kate Freeman [Hobbs] was the daughter of James Purton Hobbs and Catherine Hobbs. She was born 16th Jan 1828 at Cranbrook, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1899 at Steyning, Sussex
  She married John Freeman on 23rd Oct 1861 at St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, Sussex. He was born c 1825
   
  21. Ellen Holker [Hobbs] was the daughter of James Purton Hobbs and Catherine Hobbs. She was born 1831 at Cranbrook, Kent
  She married George Holker on 23rd Sep 1853 at St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, Sussex. He was born c 1830
   
  22. James Purton Hobbs was the son of James Purton Hobbs and Catherine Hobbs. He was born 1837 at Cranbrook, Kent; died 30th Jul 1900 at Axbridge, Somerset
  He married Elizabeth Harriett Pearce on 1860 at Burnham Baptist Chapel, Somerset. She was born c 1840; died 1914. They had the following children:
  iAlice Kate who was born Apr to June 1861 at Burnham, Somerset; died 1941
  iiElizabeth H. who was born July to Sep 1866 at Burnham, Somerset
25 iiiHenry William who was born 1869 at Burnham, Somerset; died 5th Feb 1936
26 ivJohn who was born 8th Jul 1871 at Burnham, Somerset; died 16th Jun 1947
   
  23. Mary Jane Ripley [Hobbs] was the daughter of Trayton Hobbs and Elisabeth Hobbs [Horton]. She was born 9th May 1862 at East Dean, Sussex
  She married Frederick William Ripley on 11th Jan 1882 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. He was born c 1860
   
  24. Elizabeth Allen Anderson [Hobbs] was the daughter of Obadiah Hobbs and Maria Hobbs [Peirse]. She was born 1866 at Eastdean, Sussex; christened 10th May 1866 at Eastdean, Sussex
  She married George A. Anderson on 24th May 1887 at Eastbourne, Sussex. He was born c 1865
   
Generation No. 5
  25. Henry William Hobbs was the son of James Purton Hobbs and Elizabeth Harriett Hobbs [Pearce]. He was born 1869 at Burnham, Somerset; died 5th Feb 1936
  He married Anne Tomlin on c 1895. She was born c 1870. They had the following children:
27 iElizabeth Selina who was born 20th Nov 1898 at Sydney, NSW, Australia
28 iiHenry James who was born 1st Sep 1902 at Annandale, NSW, Australia; died 1st Mar 1987
  iiiArthur William Purton who was born 7th Aug 1905 at Annandale, NSW, Australia
  ivMyrtle who was born c 1910 at NSW, Australia
  vEunice who was born c 1910 at NSW, Australia
   
  26. John Hobbs was the son of James Purton Hobbs and Elizabeth Harriett Hobbs [Pearce]. He was born 8th Jul 1871 at Burnham, Somerset; emigrated 1889 to Australia, Arrived at Cairns 14th March 1889; died 16th Jun 1947
  He married Mary Pearce on 25th Aug 1894 at Rose St, Pyrmont. She was born c 1875; died 28th Jun 1959. They had the following children:
  iJohn Pearce who was born 17th Oct 1895
   
Generation No. 6
  27. Elizabeth Selina Ward [Hobbs] was the daughter of Henry William Hobbs and Anne Hobbs [Tomlin]. She was born 20th Nov 1898 at Sydney, NSW, Australia
  She married David Ward on 5th Oct 1927 at St Stephen Presbytery, NSW, Australia. He was born c 1895
   
  28. Henry James Hobbs was the son of Henry William Hobbs and Anne Hobbs [Tomlin]. He was born 1st Sep 1902 at Annandale, NSW, Australia; died 1st Mar 1987
  He married Heather Chisholm on c 1930. She was born c 1905; died 22nd Jun 1988
   

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