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Thomas Hodges

Birth
Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
Death
Mar 1749 (aged 65)
Raines Tavern, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Raines Tavern, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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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 Linage 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)

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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.

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SETTLED:

Near New Kent, Henrico County, Virginia (Later becoming New Kent County, also near Curles, Henrico County, Virginia where the Woodson Family lived.

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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.

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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
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 Linage 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)

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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.

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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.

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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