Life Synopsis of Richard Hocking, Sr.

Richard Hocking, Sr., was born in 1781 at Ruan Lanihorne, Cornwall County on the southwest tip of England. At the age of 25, on January 30, 1806, he was married to 23 year old Amy Johns at Cornelly in Cornwall County. She was from Philleagh there in Cornwall.

Richard and Amy had five sons. George in 1807, John on Nov. 20, 1809, James on Sept. 3, 1810, Richard Hocking, Jr., on January 25, 1816, and William. Plus they had two daughters. Sarah was born in 1808 and Mary on July 12, 1812.

Some records indicate that Richard, Sr., died before the family left England. He would have been 60 years old when they left in 1841.

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