Henry HISCOCK 1821-1893 James HISCOCK 1825-1900 & Edwin HISCOCK 1830-1906

Three brothers, Henry HISCOCK, James HISCOCK & Edwin HISCOCK along with their families emigrated from Dorset, England to Victoria, Australia in the 1850's. James and Edwin settled at Hotspur and Henry settled near Geelong and later at Pyramid Hill.


Henry HISCOCK 1821-1893 & Sarah HAYNE 1817-1858 & Mary DORRINGTON 1820-1881

Henry HISCOCK b. 1821 Yeovil, Somerset, England married 1845 Lychett, Dorsetshire to Sarah HAYNE b. 1817, Tintinhull, Somersetshire and had the following children:

  1. Eliza HISCOCK, b, 1847 Lytchett, DOR, Eng
  2. George Edwin HISCOCK, b. 1848, Wareham, DOR, Eng, m. Margaret Cecelia DEVELING
  3. Charles HISCOCK, b. 1852, Poole, DOR, Eng, m. Julia SPIER



James HISCOCK 1825-1900 & Jane COBB 1832-1917

James HISCOCK b. 1826 Somerset, England married 1854 Dorsetshire to Jane COBB b. 1833 Dorsetshire and had the following children:

  1. Mary Arabella HISCOCK b. 1859 Digby, Vic;
  2. Eliza Caroline HISCOCK b. 1861 Grassdale, Vic;
  3. Sarah Augusta HISCOCK b. 1872 Hotspur, Vic., m. Andrew Charles CAMPBELL

James HISCOCK was listed as an early landowner at Lower Crawford on the Glenaulin Parish map.


Edwin HISCOCK 1830-1906 & Elizabeth TERRY 1830-1905

Edwin HISCOCK b. 1831 Dorsetshire, Eng married 1855 Poole, Dorsetshire to Elizabeth, TERRY b.1831 Poole, Dorsetshire, Eng and they had the following children:

  1. Edwin Thomas HISCOCK b. 1857, Hotspur, Vic, m. Ann TAYLOR;
  2. Mary Louisa HISCOCK b. 1859 Hotspur, Vic, m. Thomas O'NEIL;
  3. Henry HISCOCK b. 1861 Digby, Vic, m. Martha Ann BRINDLEY;
  4. Arthur John HISCOCK b. 1863 Hotspur, Vic. m. Emily Jane BROOKSBY;
  5. Charles HISCOCK b. 1865 Hotspur, Vic d. 1874;
  6. Elizabeth Jane HISCOCK b. 1867 Digby, Vic, m. George Edward SAVILLE;
  7. James HISCOCK b. 1870 Branxholme, Vic, m. Jane DIXON.

Edwin HISCOCK was listed as an early landowner on the Hotspur Parish map.

H. HISCOCK was listed as an early landowner on the Hotspur Parish map.

H. HISCOCK was listed as an early landowner at Lower Crawford on the Glenaulin Parish map.



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