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- Thomas Hodges
Birth 1 Sep 1683
Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
Death Mar 1749 (aged 65)
Raines Tavern, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Burial Thomas Hodges Family Farm Cemetery
Raines Tavern, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 141889894
s/o Thomas Hodge b 1651 Kent, England & Christian Monkton Hodge b 1656 Kent, England
Thomas Hodge(s) b 1651 is the son of Thomas Hodge b 1594 in Hadlow, Kent, England, Christian Monkton who is the brother of Moses Hodge(s) b 1650 in Kent, England who married Susan Ray.
(1) Source: Hodges-Hodge Society, Patriarch Page.
h/o Christian Woodson
NOTE: Thomas Hodges b 01 Sep 1683 may have been the very first Lineage I Hodges to migrate to Virginia as he is listed in the Early Colonial Virginia story. (http://genealogical-gleanings.com/Early%20Virginia.htm)
NOTE 2: It has been been noted that in 1665 Roger Hodge (Hodges) b 1618 in England came from Bermuda in that year on "boat Truelove" this came to light because of DNA match for Linage I and he settled on Julian Creek Norfolk County, Virginia.
Christening:
Tho. Hodge
England Births and Christenings
Name Tho. Hodge(s)
Gender Male
Son Tho. Hodge(s)
Name Tho. Hodge(s)
Gender Male
Christening Date 16 Sep 1683
Christening Place Hadlow, Kent, England
Father's Name Tho. Hodge(s)
Emigration:
Abt. 1700
As a Indentured person his Indentured Service earned him twenty acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia and this is where he raised his family.
SETTLED:
Near New Kent, Henrico County, Virginia (Later becoming New Kent County, also near Curles, Henrico County, Virginia where the Woodson Family lived.
Married: 1704 Henrico County, Virginia
Received LAND GRANT:
Thomas Hodges Land Grant 27 Jan 1734, 400 acres in Goochland County, Virginia (later becoming Cumberland County, Virginia) on the Branches of Willis' Creek in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Son, Robert Hodges b 1704 in Henrico County, Virginia Planter, 09 Feb 1727 Deed ½ of 400 acres of Land Patented , North Side of James River.
Son, Welcome William Hodges was one of the first of the Hodges family to receive a Land Grant in Goochland County. 400 acres on 27 Jun 1734 North of the James River.(Sir Willam Gooch was Govenor of Virginia 1727 ~ 1749 he parceled out land in Goochland County, Virginia for growing tobacco.)
Son, Edmund Hodges was the second member of the Hodges family to receive a Land Grant in Goochland County. 400 acres on 08 Sep 1736 North of the James River.
Son, John Hodges, b 1708 ~ d 11 Oct 1805, purchased 200 acres on BYRD CREEK from JOHN COBB, on May 19,
1735. (Goochland County Deed Book 2, page 91)
OCCUPATION:
Planters, Farmers, Timber men, and Coopers. They also produced Tar Pitch for the naval stores. They grew Tobacco and Hops and food for the local markets. Thomas Hodges Family had a Hops Garden, he learned the trade from his father who had a Hops Garden in Kent England.
Buried on a trace of land just off Willis' Creek, Cumberland County, Virginia
Children of this Union are:
Robert Hodges, b 1705 ~ d Dec 1771
Welcome William Hodges, b 1706 ~ d 1772
John Hodges, b 1708 ~ d 11 Oct 1805
Edmund Hodges, b 17 Dec 1709 ~ d 17 Feb 1782
Drury Hodges, b 1711 ~ d 25 Nov 1771
Samuel Hodges, b 1712 ~ d 21 Mar 1775
Thomas Jr. Hodges, b 1714 ~ d 25 Nov 1771
Delany Hodges, b 1719 ~ d 1798
Elinore Hodges, b ? ~ d ?
Mary Hodges, b 1715 ~ d ?, information from Thomas Hodges Last WILL dated Nov 1749 in Cumberland County, Virginia
By Stan Hodges June 30, 2000 at 07:26:04
THE HODGES FAMILY BEGAN IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA. THE EARLIEST ANCESTER SEEMS TO BE That of THOMAS HODGES I AND WIFE CHRISTIAN, OF CUMBERLAND CO. VIRGINIA. THOMAS HODGES I LEAVES A WILL THERE IN 1749.
HIS SON THOMAS HODGES II AND WIFE ELIZABETH FLEMING REMOVE TO PRINCE GEORGE CO. VIRGINIA.
THEY HAVE THREE KNOWN CHILDREN;
Anne (HODGES) SHAW born abt.1834 ,
Thomas HODGES III, AND
William HODGES.
THOMAS HODGES III OF HALIFAX CO. VIRGINA MARRIED SUSANNAH BOMAR ABOUT 1764.
THEY HAD TWELVE CHILDREN,
THE OLDEST FLEMING HODGES WAS BORN ABOUT 1765. FLEMING MARRIED ELIZABETH BETSEY POWELL , THE DAUGHTER OF EDWARD POWELL ALSO OF HALIFAX CO. VIRGINIA. THEY WERE MARRIED IN April 14,1792. In Halifax County, Virginia.THOMAS HODGES III DIED IN THE YEAR 1808, LEAVING A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT LISTING ALL OF HIS KNOWN CHILDREN.
Fleming Hodges, Thomas Hodges IV, Bibby Hodges, Elizabeth Hodges, Wilmoth Hodges, Obediah Hodges, Bush Hodges, Miles Hodges, Fielding Hodges, Eligah Hodges, Frederick Hodges, John Hodges.
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1683 - 1749 (65 years)
