CHRIS HOBBS FAMILY TREE

"And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished , as though they had never been ;and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them. But these were merciful men, whose righteousness has not been forgotten....Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore. The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will show forth their praise"

Ecclesiasticus XLIV

“Let not ambition mock their useful toil,

Their homely joys and destiny obscure;

Nor grandeur hear, with disdainful smile

The short and simple annals of the poor.” 

Thomas Gray 1750

The above tree shows the last three generations i.e. my parents, grandparents and great grandparents.

In ten generations (three hundred years) each one of us will have descended from no less than 2046 direct ancestors and from 1024 distinct lines indicating that we all represent an enormous mixture of families and genes. In twenty generations (six hundred years the figures are a staggering 2,097,150 ancestors descending from 1,048,576 distinct lines. Custom and tradition in genealogy is for attention to be paid to your paternal line but in my case I'll investigate each and every possibility.

"We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything."

"Human beings are born with only two inbuilt fears: the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling. All other fears are abnormal and have to be learned"

Blaise Pascal

"Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.’

Alfred Lord Tennyson - Ulysses

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