Nicholas Hobbs of Gerrans, Gent.
(Abt 1580-1624)
Thomasin
(Abt 1585-1664)
Edward Hobbs of Gerrans, Gent.
(1617-1671)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Susanna Kempe

Edward Hobbs of Gerrans, Gent.

  • Born: 1617, Gerrans, Cornwall
  • Christened: 9 Jun 1617, Gerrans, Cornwall 1
  • Married: 10 Feb 1647/8, Gerrans, Cornwall 1
  • Buried: 13 Aug 1671, Gerrans, Cornwall 1

  General Notes:

9 x great-grandfather

  Research Notes:

In 1624 Edward Hobbs was named as a beneficiary in his father's will, then underage.

In March 1641/2 Edw Hobbs of Gerrans took the Protestation Oath.

In 1653 Edward Hobbs was co-executor and a beneficiary of the will of his mother-in-law Joane Kempe of Rosteague, widow, who left him £20.

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Lease, land at Boskean and Cobbs Lane, Bodmin, 14 Jul 1659. 2

Parties*:

1) Hugh Hobbs, Bodmin borough, gentleman, and Joan Hobbs, his wife
2) Edward Hobbs, Gerrans, yeoman.

Tenement of Boskeane, three fields at Cobbs Lane.

Term: 21 years. Consideration: £230. Rent: 40 shillings per annum.

* Hugh and Edward were brothers.

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In 1664 Edward Hobbs of Gerrans paid 10 shillings tax on 5 hearths.

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Edward Hobbs of Gerrans left a will, proved in 1671. 3

  Marriage Information:

Edward married Susannah Kempe, daughter of Nicholas Kempe of Rosteague and Johane Budge, on 10 Feb 1647/8 in Gerrans, Cornwall. (Susannah Kempe was christened 17 Nov 1624 in Gerrans, Cornwall and was buried on 1 Nov 1701 in Gerrans, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

Edward Hobs Esq. and Susanna Kempe

Sources

1 Cornwall OPC.

2 Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), Reference: T/22.

3 Cornwall OPC, "Indexed only in the 'Calendar of Wills and Administrations: Devon and Cornwall: 1532-1800': The original wills were destroyed in 1942 in the bombing of the Exeter Register Office."

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