Jane (Broggriffe) Hobbs (1799 - abt. 1887)

Born 22 Apr 1799 in Shoreditch, London England

Wife of John Hobbs — married 14 Aug 1827 in St Phillips Sydney

Descendants

Died about 16 Dec 1887 at about age 88 in Auckland New Zealand

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Biography

Jane Broggreff was born in Shoreditch (Ramsgate) London on the 14th April 1799 and baptised at St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch on the 22nd April 1799. Her parents were William Broggref (1770-1832) and Margaret Bolton (1770-1815). ^[1]

John Hobbs and Jane Broggref were married in Sydney in 1827 ^[2]

The Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser 15th August 1827 ^[3]

MARRIED

By special licence yesterday morning, the 14th inst. by the Reverend Mr. Cowper, in the Church of St Philip, Sydney, the Reverend John Hobbs, Weslyan Missionary to New Zealand, to Miss Jane Broggref, late of Ramsgate in the County of Kent.

from First Years at Hokianga 1827 - 1836 by Rev. C. H. Laws - The New Zealand party left Sydney for the Hokianga in the ship “Governor Macquarie" on October 20th, 1827. Its members were Rev John Hobbs and Mrs. Hobbs, Miss Bedford and Mr. and Mrs Luke Wade. Hobbs had been married on August 15th to Miss Jane Brogriff of Ramsgate who with Miss Bedford, had arrived from England in the vessel by which William Cross had traveled.

Buried in Grafton, Symonds Street cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NLJ4-6PX : accessed 19 Nov 2014), Jane Broggriffe, 14 Apr 1799; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 396231, 396232.
2. ↑ N.S.W. MARRIAGES - 85/1827 V182785 11 / 4111/1827 V18274111 3B Hobbs John & Broggref Jane married - District: CA
3. ↑ Trove : Family Notices (1827, August 15). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2188765

• N.Z. DEATHS - 1887/3869 - Hobbs Jane aged 88 years