Person:Richard Hobbs (10)

Richard Hobbs was baptised on 3rd September 1775 at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire. He was the son of Elizabeth Hobbs, formerly Cook, and her husband John Hobbs. The family lived at Ballingdon, which was actually a detached part of the parish of Whipsnade at the time, but on the borders with the neighbouring parishes of Great Gaddesden and Flamstead.

On 17th June 1804, aged 28, Richard married Sarah Symonds at Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, a few miles north-west of Great Gaddesden. They returned to the Great Gaddesden area after their marriage, having a son called Matthew baptised there in 1805. They then had a daughter called Martha baptised in 1808 at neighbouring Flamstead.

Richard died aged 35, being buried at Flamstead on 9th September 1810. It has yet to be established when Sarah died. Richard's daughter Martha appears to have died aged four in 1813, whilst his son Matthew settled at Ringshall, on the borders of Ivinghoe and Little Gaddesden parishes.

1. ↑ Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Sep[tembe]r 3d 1775
   Baptized at Gaddesden Richard Son of John & Elizabeth Hobbs

2. ↑ England. National Burial Index.

   bur. 9 Sep 1810, Flamstead, Hertfordshire: Richard Hobbes