Hobsons of Kettering

Hobsons of Kettering – A Susanna Hobson was baptized and added to the church at Kettering on February 29, 1784 (Kettering Church Book, f. 83). A James Hobson, most likely her husband, joined at Kettering on November 26, 1786, from Northampton  (ff. 4-5). She may have been related to Mary Hobson, who joined at College Lane in Northampton in 1771 (College Lane Church Book, f. 13, shelfmark CSBC 48, Northamptonshire Record Office), and William Hobson (1756-1826) of Cottesbrooke, who married Ann Carey (1763-1843), William Carey’s sister.  The sister of James Hobson (formerly of Walgrave Lodge) married a Captain Tomlin who eventually joined the church in Serampore in 1803 under William Ward. Andrew Gunton Fuller married Esther Hobson of Guilsborough, a member of the same Hobson family, in 1821.