James Hobden b1801 Keymer

[suziq]

There are also:
Henry  13 July 1777
Dinah 14 Mar 1781
Thomas 19 Oct 1783

parents Henry and Eleanor

(Sorry if I am duplicating info you already know)

Suziq

[Manjo]

Hi Suzi,
That's fantastic, thanks so much.
I am having problems tracing them thereafter. Jonathan and Sarah were in Brighton and had children - Henry 1805 who I think may have died in 1806, Christiana in 1808 and Kate in 1833. In 1841, they have a 12 year old living with them who is called Henry Hobden and who is a tailor's apprentice. I think this is the Henry who married Ellen Stapleton in 1854.  I can't find his birth anywhere. Any ideas where to look?
Kind regards,
Mandy

[Manjo]

Hi again Suzi,
I have found a burial for Henry Hobden, infant in Southease in 1877, can I safely assume this is my the Henry you also found?
Thanks.
Mandy

[suziq]

Hi Mandy
Sorry I have been away........ do you have any idea where Christiana and kate are in 1841, i have found them both with Jonathan and Sarah in 1851 but seems strange they're not with their parents in 1841!!!!!!
There is a Henry Hobden in Brighton in 1851 as a servant but seems odd to leave an apprenticeship to go into service??
Am still hunting for Henry born @ 1829 and Kate's baptism!!!!!

Suziq

[Manjo]

Hello Suzi,
Thanks for getting back to me. I have the marriage certificate of Henry Hobden and Ellen Stapleton, 16 May 1854. Henry's address is the same as his father, Jonathan - 3 Portland Street East Brighton. Henry's occupation is a 'flyman'. He was 22 when he got married.
I can't find Christiana or Kate at any other time either, nor a Henry who would have been born around 1832. I wondered if Jonathan had remarried hence the age gap  between kids but Sarah was still alive in 1851 so I don't think that's the case.
Very frustrating!
Mandy

[caledonhills]

Ok everyone. I have received the marriage certificate for James Hobden and Jane King in 1851. It states that his father was Edward Hobden (labourer) and that James is a 49 years old widower. His occupation is carpenter and he is living at 8 Blackman Street, Brighton. Jane King (nee Willett) is a widow whose father was Samuel Willett.

The witnesses were Richart Chart, signed and Eliza Jenkins (her mark)
Jane King could not sign her marriage certificate either.

The interesting thing is that there were a lot of Willetts in Keymer. I have an Edward Hobden born 1761 (his wife Jane) and a John (17) living at the Keymer workhouse in the 1841 Census for Keymer.
There is also an Edward Hobden (45) living right next door to my Thomas Hobden at Parish House, Keymer. I think they were brothers. If James was also my Thomas's brother, but moved to Brighton, then maybe the elder Edward is their father.

I do see an Edward Hobden who married a Jane Brooker.

This in no way helps me connect him to my Thomas or confirms that he may be the James who was a witness to my Thomas's marriage in Bolney. This is very frustrating.

Did anyone find when Mary (Starley) Hobden died and how old she was?

Sandra