Place:
County of Northumberland, Parish of Lemington
Source:
Index to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter... by Henry Dangar (London : Joseph Cross, 1828). p9
Details:
Granted 500 Acres of land. Annual Quit rent £ 3 15s
Place:
County of Northumberland, Parish of Lemington
Source:
Index to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter... by Henry Dangar (London : Joseph Cross, 1828). p9
Details:
Granted 120 acres of land. Annual quit rent 18s
Place:
Jerrys Plains, Co. Hunter, Parish of Walkworth, 140 miles NW of Sydney
Source:
Bailliere's Official Postal Directory 1867 p150
Details:
Grazier. Great Lodge
Details:
On List of residents of Jerrys Plains thanking Mr. Oliver Sander, teacher of the Denominational School for his successful mode of teaching during the last two years
Source:
Australian Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records
Details:
Marriage of Richard Hobden, widower, to Elizabeth Southward, widow
Source:
Convict Indent. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4012]; Microfiche: 666
Details:
James Cusack per Prince Regent assigned servant
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4013]; Microfiche: 668
Details:
William Quirk per John 1827 assigned to Richard Hobden on arrival
Ship:
Earl Spencer 1813 (came free)
Source:
Singleton Pioneer Register p. 47
Details:
Born 1790 in Sussex, England, son of Samuel Hobden and Mary Skinner. Spouse 1. Albenia Walker. Spouse 2. Elizabeth Southard (a widow). See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
First Name:
Richard James
Source:
Singleton Pioneer Register p. 47
Details:
Born 1818 in Sydney, Son of Richard Hobden and Albenia Walker. Died 1878 in Muswellbrook. Spouse Jane Kinsman Ellis. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
First Name:
Richard junior
Details:
Subscription for new church
First Name:
Richard junior
Place:
Great Lodge Farm, Jerry's Plains
Details:
Selling by private contract 400 head of cattle running at James & John Brown's Waterloo Creek station
First Name:
Richard, Robert, William, Henry
Source:
Morrison, W. Frederic (1888). The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison. Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company.
Details:
HOBDEN BROTHERS, Graziers.-The father of these gentlemen, a native of the Hawkesbury River, was reared in Sydney. He settled in 1840 on the land now occupied by his sons. It was at first of small area but was increased by purchase till he at last owned about 3000 acres. In 1847 he planted about three acres with vines-which was the first vineyard on Jerrys Plains -and these vines are yet yielding large results. The father died in 1877, since which the estate and business have been carried on by the sons under the style of Hobden Brothers. They added to the estate in 1880 by the purchase of over 700 acres and have now turned their attention largely to fruit growing, about forty acres being set apart as an orchard and vineyard. In the orchard there are apples, apricots, plums of various kinds, peaches in great variety, and many different kinds of oranges. As fine oranges are produced here as in any part of the colony, and also a species of lemon which grows to an enormous size, the largest measuring twenty-three inches in circumference. The soil on which the orchard and vineyard are planted is a sandy loam and very rich, which, with the climate, seems well adapted for the production of almost every kind of fruit that can be grown in a temperate tropic. Beside fruit-growing the firm have a large area of grazing land stocked principally with horses and cattle, among which are two very fine stallions, kept for station use. Of late years Messrs. Hobden Brothers have been exhibitors at the local agricultural shows, and have taken several prizes for their fruit.
Details:
Indicted for cutting and maiming John Walter's ear
