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Extract from the Sussex Express 1.9.1860
FLETCHING. Suicide.
F.H.Gell,Esq., held an inquest on Thursday, touching the death of Henry Hobbs, who committed suicide by hanging himself in his garden on Tuesday. Elizabeth Pumphery deposed - "I have been housekeeper to the deceased for the last six weeks. His brother lived in the same house. They were labourers. The deceased was 73 years of age. He was generally a reserve man and said but little. About half past seven I heard him go into the garden. On that morning there appeared to be no difference in him. He ate his breakfast before he went out. I left the house for a couple of hours but did not see him him on my return. I thought he was at work in the garden. When the deceased's brother returned he enquired if I had seen the deceased. I told him I had not. He went into the garden and in about a quarter of an hour returned, and said his brother had hung himself. Some neighbours were called in. When I first went as housekeeper he was very low spirited but I used to talk to him and make him more cheerful. I think the reason for him being so low spirited was that his wages had been cut and he was afraid of coming to want. I did not think it likely he would come to want."
Jasper Hobbs, brother to the deceased, deposed - "I went on Tuesday last to Uckfield for him on business. I conversed with him before I started; there appeared to be no change in his manner. I returned at 12 o clock, and as I did not see deceased in the house I went into the garden to look for him. I found hanging by a cord fastened round his neck, to the branch of an apple tree, dead. His feet nearly or quite touched the ground. I called Mr.Trayton Weston and some other persons, and sent for Mr.Jones a surgeon at Fletching. Mr.Jones's assistant came and said deceased had been dead three or four hours. My brother became low spirited in November last and continued more or less so to his death. His wages were lowered and he was afraid he should come to want. I think at times he was not in his right mind."
Trayton Weston corroborated the evidence of the last witness on finding the body. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity"
James Hobbs | m: c 1730 | Jane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1710 d: Jun 1768 Buxted, Sussex bur: 12th Jun 1768 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex | b: c 1710 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James | John | William | Ann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1728 d: Apr 1806 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 8th Apr 1806 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1730 Fletching, Sussex ch: 23rd Jul 1730 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Nov 1800 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 19th Nov 1800 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1733 Fletching, Sussex ch: 27th Feb 1733 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Jun 1800 Fletching, Sussex bur: 9th Jun 1800 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1736 Fletching, Sussex ch: 23rd Feb 1736 St Andrew & St Mary Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Hobbs | m: 21st Sep 1748 St. Anne, Lewes, Sussex | Caroline Hider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1728 d: Apr 1806 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 8th Apr 1806 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1729 d: Jul 1803 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 7th Jul 1803 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James | John | Jasper | Edward | Isaac | Henry | Jane | Martha | b: 1749 Fletching, Sussex ch: 2nd Apr 1749 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Dec 1809 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 10th Dec 1809 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1752 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 17th May 1752 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Jul 1836 Fletching, Sussex bur: 7th Jul 1836 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1757 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 16th Mar 1757 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1761 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 28th Jun 1761 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1763 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 23rd May 1763 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Nov 1846 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 24th Nov 1846 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1768 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Mar 1768 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Feb 1774 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 6th Feb 1774 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1770 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 18th Jun 1770 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1772 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 4th Jun 1772 St Bartholomew Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caroline | William | Hannah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1750 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 21st Sep 1750 St Bartholomew Parish Church | b: 1754 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 8th Sep 1754 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Oct 1834 Rotherfield, Sussex bur: 27th Oct 1834 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex | b: 1759 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 14th Oct 1759 St Bartholomew Parish Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Hobbs | m: 19th Mar 1786 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex | Elizabeth Nickolls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1752 Maresfield, Sussex ch: 17th May 1752 St Bartholomew Parish Church d: Jul 1836 Fletching, Sussex bur: 7th Jul 1836 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1764 Sussex d: Dec 1846 Fletching, Sussex bur: 11th Dec 1846 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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b: 1787 Fletching, Sussex ch: 22nd Apr 1787 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Sep 1828 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 29th Sep 1828 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1789 Fletching, Sussex ch: 1st Mar 1789 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex d: Aug 1860 Fletching, Sussex bur: 2nd Sep 1860 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1791 Fletching, Sussex ch: 10th Jul 1791 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex d: Jun 1857 Fletching, Sussex bur: 28th Jun 1857 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex | b: 1793 Fletching, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1793 St Andrew & St Mary Church | b: 1797 Fletching, Sussex ch: 12th Nov 1797 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Dec 1876 Maresfield, Sussex bur: 5th Dec 1876 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex | b: 1800 Fletching, Sussex ch: 28th Dec 1800 St Andrew & St Mary Church | b: 1803 Fletching, Sussex ch: 16th Oct 1803 St Andrew & St Mary Church d: Jan 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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