Person:Thomas Hobbs (13)

Thomas Hobbs was baptised on 11th April 1779 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 9th August 1803, aged 24, Thomas married Judith Palmer at Flamstead. They went on to have five children baptised at Flamstead between 1805 and 1819, although one died young.

Thomas's father died in 1810 and his mother died in 1815.

Thomas and Judith's eldest son died as a young man in 1830.

The 1841 census finds Thomas and Judith living on Roe End Lane in Flamstead, in the rural area north-west of the village itself.

Judith died in 1845, aged 66.

Thomas moved in with his daughter Sarah and her husband, who lived in the nearby village of Markyate (then often called Market Street or Markyate Street), which straddled the parishes of Flamstead, Caddington and Studham at the time. The 1851 census finds Thomas living with them in the Flamstead part of Markyate, whilst in 1861 they were living together in the Caddington part of Markyate.

Thomas died in 1866, aged about 87. He was buried at Flamstead on 2nd April 1866.

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

   April 11th 1779 Baptized at Gaddesden Thomas Son of John and Elizabeth Hobbs

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 441; Book 1; Folio 28; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Row End Lane, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Hobbs, female [sic], 60 [1776-81], Ind[ependent], born in county
   Judith Hobbs, female, 60 [1776-81], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1715; Folio 413; Page 27, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Market Street, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   David Smith, head, married, male, 35 [1815/16], Plait Dealer, b. Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire
   Sarah Smith, wife, married, female, 35 [1815/16], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Smith, sister, unmarried, female, 29 [1831/2], b. Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire
   Fanny Smith, mother, widow, female, 71 [1779/80], b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   Thomas Hobbs, father in law, widower, male, 71 [1779/80], Retired, b. Gadesden Row, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Smith, visitor, married, male, 37 [1813/14], Grainer, b. Sunderland, Durham

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1015; Folio 76; Page 13, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Markyate Street, Caddington, Hertfordshire
   David Smith, head, married, male, 43 [1817/18], Grocer, b. Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire
   Sarah Smith, wife, married, female, 43 [1817/18], Wife, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Hobbs, father to wife, widower, male, 82 [1778/9], Father to Wife, b. Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
   Mary Hobbs, niece, unmarried, female, 21 [1839/40], Shopwoman, b. Epping, Essex
   Sarah Hunt, niece, unmarried, female, 9 [1851/2], Visitor, b. Eydon, Northamptonshire

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Thomas HOBBS, March Quarter 1866, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 303, aged 88 [1777/8]

6. ↑ England. Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com).

   bur. 2 Apr 1866, Flamstead, Hertfordshire: Thomas Hobbs