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From: Sue Mackay <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Hobbs
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 22:27:00 +0000
References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030130111648.00a291d0@mail.onetel.com>
In-Reply-To: <024f01c2c8d0$0ae185e0$0203a8c0@tessalaptop>

Thanks Tessa. I have passed this on to Bruce Webber in Australia
Sue

At 04:25 31/01/03 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi Sue
>
> From "The Dell Chronicles" by Margarete Jeal it would appear that Daniel
>Hobbs returned to England and joined the Grenadier Guards.
>
>Margarete also stated, incorrectly, as others have done, that Sarah had
>married Edward Field. Philip and Jane Randall also had a daughter named
>Sarah born 9 April 1832, baptised 24 June 1832 (CORY MS 15 869, Baptism
>Register 24.8.1820 - 20.2.1859: Salem Circuit of the Methodist Church,
>Eastern Cape, South Africa, Entry 337.) and it was she who married Edward
>James Field on 6 June 1853 at the Wesleyan Church, Bathurst. Ceremony was
>performed by Rev John Wilson and witnesses were Edward Brown and Sarah Kemp.
>They were both from Rietfontein. (CORY MS 15 345 & 346, Marriage Register
>1843 - 1864: Bathurst Circuit Methodist Church, Eastern Cape, South Africa,
>Entry 49.)
>
>There is a Sarah Ann Hobbs born abt 1848 (year calculated from age stated in
>register), died June 1918 and buried 5 June 1918 at the Wesleyan Church
>Cemetery in Bathurst. I have no idea to whom she belongs. (CORY MS 17 158:
>Burial Register 17.8.1863 - 14.3.1989: Bathurst Circuit of Methodist Church,
>Eastern Cape, South Africa). Wonder whether this is Sarah Ann Kemp Hobbs??
>
>Hope this helps. Enjoy your day at the PRO.
>Tessa
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Sue Mackay <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [ZA] Hobbs
>
>
>At 04:22 30/01/03 +0200, you wrote:
> >Philip HOBBS *1792, arrived 1820 with Weymouth [ship] x England, Charity NN
> >[surname unknown] who was born 1795.
> >b1 Daniel *1817
> >b2 Sarah *1819 x CHANDLER
> >b3 Charity *1824 +Cathcart 28.6.1907 x Edward BROWN *Bathurst 1820
> >+Cathcart 31.10.1896, son of Stephen Brown and Sarah Ann Saunders.
> >
> >Notice that the above states the other child that died was Sarah, however
> >SAG shows her married to Chandler, and therefore it must have been her
> >brother that died! Or is SAG wrong?
>
>SAG is wrong. I have seen the log of the Weymouth and it clearly states
>that Sarah Hobbs died on 3 Feb 1820 and was buried at sea the following
>day, just off Las Palmas. I am going to the PRO tomorrow to view the log
>again as I know so much more about the others who sailed with them. I plan
>to take my son's laptop and will try to do a complete transcription.
>
>BTW, in the sudden rush of Hobbs information I have been receiving recently
>I have heard from a man in Australia who claims to be descended from Daniel
>Hobbs, the eldest son. This is the first reference to Daniel I have come
>across, though my correspondent doesn't know much about him or who his wife
>was. It is said that his daughter was Sarah Ann Hobbs, who married Edward
>Field in 1853. Can anyone throw any light on this?
>
>Sue
>Cardiff UK
>
>
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