This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hobson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general/3048.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: RE: Hobson in County Armagh. I missed the first inquiry from Karen in 2002, for some reason, but may have replied directly to her. Do not know. At any rate, my Hobson line came from England before 1630, and because of that, I do not have any English Hobson history, given the lack of written materials (that I am aware of) at the time. The Hobsons who came to America were Quakers, who kept some pretty amazing records in their early years in America. Several books have been written here in America detailing the Hobson genealogy, but none of them reach back far enough to establish lineage in England.