David Hobson, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1796 - 1875  (78 years)

• Name	David Hobson
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	16 Dec 1796	Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  		Hobsons - birth registers Caption Note: RG4: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths London Various Piece 4663: Dr Williams´ Library Registry, Birth Certificates, 1817-1820 - searched via Ancestry.co.uk: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2972/40612_B0151976-00404/1648894 Keywords: Birth Certificate
  		Hobson, David - birth Caption Note: The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Birth Certificates from the Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist Registry and from the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry; Class: RG 5; Piece: 76. Keywords: Birth Certificate
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	13 Dec 1819	Gravesend, Kent, England
  	William Smith's party on the Northampton
  Settler ID	333
  Name	David Edmund Hobson 1820
  Occupation	Cottesbrooke, Stoneyvale, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [7]
  a Farmer
  Occupation	a Husbandman  [1]
  Religion	the Protestant Church  [3]
  Death	15 Jun 1875	Wellfound (Welgevonden) farm, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Burial	Wellfound (Welgevonden) farm cemetery, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6]
  	Cemetery is on a section of the original Martyrsford farm in the Jansenville district.
  		Hobson, David - headstone Caption Note: in Wellfound Farm Cemetery Media Date: 15 JUN 1875 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I28812	master
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William Hobson,   b. 2 Jun 1756   d. 1816 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Ann Carey,   b. 1763, Paulersbury, S E England d. 1843 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F15686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Robinson, 1820 Settler,   b. 29 Feb 1804, London, England d. Abt Jan 1880, Wellfound (Welgevonden) farm, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1823	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  MARL Marriage Licence	6 Feb 1823	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [8]
  Children	1. infant Hobson,   b. 12 Apr 1824   d. 18 Apr 1824 (Age 0 years)   2. infant Hobson,   b. 6 Mar 1825   d. 1825   3. infant Hobson,   b. 12 Feb 1826   d. 26 Feb 1826 (Age 0 years) + 4. Mary Ann Hobson,   b. 29 Jun 1827, Layton, Albany District, Cape, South Africa d. 1 Apr 1906, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 78 years) + 5. Phoebe Prudence Hobson,   b. 13 Jul 1829, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Sep 1875, Jansenville district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 46 years) + 6. David Edmond Hobson,   b. 28 Sep 1830, Cottesbrook farm, Fort Beaufort District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 23 Jul 1907, Jansenville, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 76 years)   7. child Hobson,   b. Jan 1833 + 8. Millicent Dorrell Hobson,   b. 6 Jul 1834, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1920 (Age 85 years) + 9. William Carey Hobson, - III - 2,   b. 1 Dec 1836, Cottesbrook farm, Albany district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 12 Jun 1897, Martyrsford farm, Jansenville District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 60 years)   10. child Hobson,   b. Abt Nov 1838 > 11. Hannah Cooper Hobson,   b. 1 Jan 1840, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 26 Aug 1912, Hill Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years) + 12. Susannah Sophia Hobson,   b. 8 Oct 1841, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Aft 1892 (Age > 52 years) + 13. Samuel Joshua Hobson,   b. 30 Aug 1844, Somerset East district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Feb 1896, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 51 years) + 14. Charles Jesse Hobson,   b. 23 Feb 1847, Somerset East district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Jan 1918, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F8006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Dec 1796 - Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire,England Settler - 13 Dec 1819 - Gravesend, Kent, England Occupation - a Farmer - - Cottesbrooke, Stoneyvale, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 6 Feb 1823 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa MARL Marriage Licence - 6 Feb 1823 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  name seen as David Edmund Hobson on Family Search.org https://beta.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22David%20Edmund%22~%20%2Bsurname%3AHobson~%20%2Bsubcollection_id%3A5&igi=%281%202%29 Ancestry : http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2972/40612_B0151976-00404/1648894

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S516] Vernon, Carl - BERRINGTON GEDCOM - East London Museum, BERRINGTON GEDCOM - East London Museum, (email < ncede@softhome.net>). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S477] Nixon, Bob, HOBSON Family Tree. [S2291] Registration Records, RG4, Registration of B M D's - piece 4663. [S1968] John Powell, Powell, John. [S12] Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, "Some Frontier Families", (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 33), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.