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Daniel Hockley, Labourer, married Sophia Mason on 17 Jul 1815 at the parish church in Broxted, Essex. Witnesses were Samuel Mason and Amelia Baker.
For now Daniel is the earliest of my Hockley ancestors that I can follow a trail of records to in order to be confident are correct. He was reputedly the son of Daniel Hockley and Sarah Turner - and thus brother of Sally Hockley - but I've found no record of his birth (or baptism) to prove this. There is, however, a listing of a Daniel Hockley, baptised in Broxted on 21 Feb 1790, son of John and Mary Hockley, which looks to be a far more likely candidate.
Daniel and Sophia had nine children:
- George Hockley bap. 1 Oct 1815 in Broxted
- Lucy Hockley bap. 26 Oct 1817 (No further records found)
- Eliza Hockley bap. 23 Jul 1820 (died, aged 25, and was buried on 7 Jul 1845 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow.)
- Mary Hockley bap. 9 May 1824
- Tamar Hockley bap. 8 Oct 1826. Tamar as a name: There are three characters in the Bible with this name.
- Sarah Hockley bap. 10 Aug 1828 (buried 14 Sep 1828)
- Sophia Hockley bap. 14 Aug 1831
- William Hockley bap. 15 Sep 1833
- James Hockley bap. 5 Aug 1838
From Lucy onwards, they were baptised at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow.
Youngest child, James, falls within Civil Registration and, the General Register Office record confirms the mother's maiden name as MASON.
In 1841, at Halfway House, Great Dunmow, were Daniel Hockley (50), Sophia (45), George (25), Eliza (20), Tamar (15), Sophia (10), William (8), James (2) and Lucy (0), daughter of Eliza Hockley, Single Woman [1]. Mary Hockley (18ish) was working as a Female Servant in the household of William Piper (30) Chemist & Druggist in High Street, Great Dunmow, Dunmow.
Sophia Hockley died, aged 46 - which suggests a year of birth of 1796 - and was buried, on 23 Oct 1842, at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow.
In 1861, the widowed Daniel Hockley - age wrongly estimated to 62 - was living in the household of son William Hockley (27), married to Charlotte (née Cock) (27), their daughter Sarah C (1) and William's brother, James (23).
Daniel Hockley died in 1868, his age was estimated to 81. Daniel Hockley was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow on 8 Jul 1868.
[1] Lucy Hockley (b. 1841 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 77), bap. 5 Mar 1841 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, daughter of Eliza Hockley, Single Woman. In 1861, Lucy Hockley (20) Domestic Servant was an Inmate of Great Dunmow Union Workhouse. In 1871, Lucy Hockley (30) Domestic Servant was an Inmate of Dunmow Union Workhouse, but, in 1881 Lucy Hockley (36ish) was employed as a Domestic Servant by Charles Cook (70) in Chelmsford Road, Barnston, Dunmow. Lucy Hockley of Dunmow Union Workhouse died, aged 49, and was buried on 22 Nov 1890.