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Generation: 2
2. | William Hobson was born on 2 Jun 1756 (son of Collins Hobson and Ann Pickering); died in 1816. Notes:
William Hobson married Ann Carey. She was the sister of Dr William Carey. It is he who it may be said started the stream of Bible translations. He had the urge to bring the Bible to men everywhere and this led him to carry the Gospel overseas. He was the first missionary to India being selected on 2 October 1792, after the Baptist Missionary Society was formed at Kettering. In India the early years were one of hardship and struggle. Eventually he was appointed professor of Sanskrit – the master key to many of India’s dialects. The professorship was at Fort William College, Calcutta.
Ann Hobson (nee Carey) gave herself to God – she thankfully insisted that she owed their discipleship to William Carey. Ann won her farmer husband to Christ who opened his Cottesbrook farmhouse for the preaching of the Gospel, to the anger of Sir James Langham of Langham Place who was his baronet landlord. He refused to allow the preaching as it was a departure from the church as Established. After William Hobson’s early death he evicted Ann, saying, “I certainly shall never feel disposed to surrender my farms and houses to those who oppose my wishes in matters which I consider of the utmost importance. Besides, your’s is a conspicuous family and of much influence in the neighbourhood”.
Ann then returned to her birthplace – Paulersbury – where they continued to farm. Like many other people in England at this time she must have fallen on hard times and decided to send her two youngest sons, David and William, to the Colony with the 1820 Settlers.
In all probability if they had not been persecuted for their religious beliefs they would not have been sent out with the Settlers.
William married Ann Carey in Mar 1789. Ann was born in 1763 in Paulersbury, S E England; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Ann Carey was born in 1763 in Paulersbury, S E England; died in 1843. Children:
- Phoebe Hobson was born on 10 Mar 1790 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England.
- Jesse Hobson was born on 22 Mar 1792 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England.
- Levi Hobson was born on 13 Oct 1794 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England.
- David Hobson, 1820 Settler was born on 16 Dec 1796 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England; died on 15 Jun 1875 in Wellfound (Welgevonden) farm, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Wellfound (Welgevonden) farm cemetery, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- 1. Hannah Hobson was born on 6 Jan 1799 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England.
- Melicent Hobson was born on 3 Jan 1803 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England.
- William Carey Hobson, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Jan 1805 in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England; died on 21 May 1870 in Carlilse Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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