The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Hobbs, farm labourer, son of John Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Fitness]
Generation No. 1
  1. John Hobbs, farm labourer was the son of John Hobbs and Sarah Hobbs [Fitness]. He was born 1801 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1801 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Abigail Apps on 15th Apr 1827 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1811 at Heathfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1859 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iLouisa who was born 2nd Aug 1829 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 48 years; buried 14th Oct 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiJohn who was born 1831 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1852 Uckfield, Sussex
  iiiAmos who was born 7th Aug 1833 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1853 Uckfield, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1835 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1873 Tonbridge, Kent
  vNancy who was born 1837 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jul 1837 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viMargaret who was born 1839 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 11th Aug 1839 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiEdgar who was born 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 17th Oct 1841 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiCorinna who was born 28th Apr 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1844 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ixAlice who was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1844 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xJane who was born 1845 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1845 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiGeorge who was born 1847 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Mar 1847 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiiFrank who was born 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Feb 1851 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jun 1851 Mayfield, Sussex; buried 29th Jun 1851 Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Louisa Bassett [Hobbs] was the daughter of John Hobbs, farm labourer and Abigail Hobbs [Apps]. She was born 2nd Aug 1829 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 at St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 48 years; buried 14th Oct 1876 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
3 iEliza Bassett who was born 30th Jan 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1849 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1853 at Rotherfield, Sussex
4 iiiGeorge who was born 1855 at Reynard Farm, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Dec 1855 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
5 ivLouisa who was born 27th Sep 1857 at Reynolds, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1857 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Basset (labourer) and Louise Basset
  vKate who was born 1862 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1862 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bassett (labourer) and Louisa Bassett
  viFlora who was born 1865 at Stone Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1865 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bassett (labourer) and Louisa Bassett
  viiBenjamin who was born 14th Mar 1869 at Stone Mill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th May 1869 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
  viiiHerbert (Albert) who was born 21st Jul 1872 at Stone Mill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Sep 1872 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Eliza Bassett Frost [Hobbs] was the daughter of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. She was born 30th Jan 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1849 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
6 iAnnie Elizabeth who was born 3rd Oct 1865 at West Firle, Sussex; christened 14th Jun 1868 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Eliza Basset, single woman
  iiGeorge Albert who was born Oct to Dec 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married Charles Frost, general labourer on July to Sep 1882, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q3 Vol 2b Page 188. He was born 1854 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5th Nov 1854 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iPercy who was born 1883 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiCharles who was born 1885 at Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiiAlice Eliza who was born 1886 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  ivMaud Louisa who was born 1888 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  vWilliam who was born 1891 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 12th Jul 1891 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  4. George Bassett was the son of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. He was born 1855 at Reynard Farm, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Dec 1855 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
  He married Jane Coppings on 7th Sep 1882 at Frant, Sussex. She was born c 1860
   
  5. Louisa Ashdown [Bassett] was the daughter of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. She was born 27th Sep 1857 at Reynolds, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1857 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Basset (labourer) and Louise Basset
  She married John Ashdown, farm labourer on Oct to Dec 1880, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1880 Q4 Vol 2b Page 245. He was born 1860 at Waldron, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  6. Annie Elizabeth Bassett was the daughter of unknown father and Eliza Bassett Frost [Hobbs]. She was born 3rd Oct 1865 at West Firle, Sussex; christened 14th Jun 1868 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Eliza Basset, single woman
  iViolet Annie S. who was born 9th Sep 1890 at Eastbourne, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1985 Leicestershire
   

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