aka Hoking
Erickson:
HOKIN, William, b. 1789/93, drowned 17.12.1831 (Perth), arr. 1.6.1829 per Parmelia with wife & chd. m. (UK) Mary Ann (Marianne) [BIRT] b. 1790 d. 3.8.1876, she m. 2nd 22.5.1833 John THOMAS. Chd. John b. 1815, William G. b. 1817, Mary Ann b. 1819, Thomas b. 1821, David b. 1823, Charles b. 1826. Bricklayer & artificer. Employed on public works. Granted 200 acres Swan Loc P 10 at "Large Lakes". Had a public house licence 1.7.1830.
Tuckfield:
Kenton very soon gave away his Swan Hotel for reasons unknown. After only six months, in July 1830, the licence was taken over by William Hokin, senior, who with his family, had arrived on the Parmelia. He likewise did not last long, for a good reason. In December 1831, while he and a man named Vines were bringing a boatload of limestone from Freshwater Bay, the boat either capsized or swamped somewhere in Melville water and both men were drowned. What eventually happened to these two pubs has not yet been discovered.
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