William Henry Hodges was the son of John Robert Hodges, Sr. and Tabitha Little. He was born in North Carolina and came to Georgia with his parents. He married first, Ann Blitch. Their children are Willis Alexander Hodges, James M. Hodges, and William Riley Hodges. Ann died, and William married Hannah Colson. They settled on a farm in Tattnall County near the present-day Old Anderson's Church.
William Henry Hodges married 11 Mar 1827 in Tattnall County to Hannah Colson. Their children were:
1. Seaborn Randolph Hodges (b. 26 Apr 1816; d. 11 Oct 1899; married 18 Feb 1840 to Elizabeth Ann (Betsy Ann) Hendricks; Seaborn was a doctor)
2. Samantha Mariah Hodges (b. 09 may 1819; d. 27 Jun 1902; married 16 Jan 1846 (?) to Elmore Callaway) (This writer's G-G-Grandmother...and G-G-G-Grandmother!)
3. Irvin Jackson Hodges (b. 25 Dec 1824; d. 10 Nov 1897; married Mary McDilda)
4. Phillip Powell Hodges (b. 24 Mar 1830; d. 30 Aug 1861; married 15 Jul 1850 to Julia Ann Anderson)
William Hodges' name is in the constitution of Anderson's Church. He was the FIRST person buried in Anderson's Cemetery...AKA Old Anderson's Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
My grandmother, Fannie DeLoach Eason, said William Hodges was a good man and was "easy-going".
From 'Tales of Old Tattnall and Evans' by Nancy Hodges Crosby 2012:
William Henry Hodges ( 1770- 1849 )
Pioneer Settler and Sheriff of Tattnall County, GA
William was born on June 19, 1770 to John Robert Hodges, Sr and Tabitha Little of Bertie County, North Carolina. 1794 William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. About 1800 William married his first wife, Ann (1780-1815), daughter of Abraham Blitch of Effingham. Their children were: James M. b. 1800 (m.Ann McCall), Cynthia b. 1803 (m.Irvin Moore), Elizabeth b. 1806 (m.Obediah Garrett), William Riley b.1808 (m.Nancy Leigh b.1812), Samuel b.1810(m.Elizabeth Daniel) and Willis b.1812 (m.Mahala Jones).
William Henry Hodges was a pioneer settler of Tattnall County. In 1807 he was appointed Juror at Ohoopee Mills, his older brother, John, having served in 1806. As early as 1804 their father Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land in Liberty County, Ga. Willouby and Robert Hodges, Jr appear in Tattnall Inferior Court Records on April 23, 1807 regarding warrent grant payment. William and Nathan are found in Tattnall Court serving on the same jury in March of 1809. Tattnall County Court Records show 200 acres surveyed on March 1, 1813 for William, with all sides vacant. Another 200 acres were surveyed March 2, 1814, and 150 acres surveyed August 5, 1815 adjacent to his and land of Nathan. All these tracts were on Cedar Creek. His wife, Ann, died in 1815.
"William Hodges, planter, purchased 400 acres from Paul and Sarah Bevell of Screven in Tattnall Deed made December 25, 1815." William married Hannah (1787-1870) daughter of Benjamin Martin Colson and settled on Cedar Creek. Their children were Seaborn b. 1816, Samantha Mariah 1819, Irwin Jackson b. 1824 and Phillip Powell b.1830. William was a farmer, civic leader and Sheriff of Tattnall County from 1832 to 1834. In 1846 he sawed logs for and helped build Anderson Church where he and Hannah were charter members. In 1837 he received a land grant just east of Bellville. Lucille Hodges reported their home was near the entrance to Georgia Pacific on a spring head. In Tattnall Deed made July 19, 1849 recorded September 4, 1849 William gave sons Seaborn R Hodges and Irwin J. Hodges and son in law Elmer Callaway one tract containing 300 acres and another containing 83 acres. William died in August 24, 1849 and in 1850 Seaborn and Hannah settled his estate. William, Hannah, Seaborn and Betsy are buried at Anderson (west of Manassas, north off highway 292, on Old Anderson Church Rd).
John Robert Hodges, Sr. (1736-1810) Revoltionary Soldier
John Robert Hodges, Sr., son of Richard and Sarah, was born on June 26, 1736 in Bertie County, NC. In the 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, John inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. John married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort County on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little. John Robert and Tabitha's children include; John Robert, Jr. born August 26, 1768, Howell, William Henry born June 19, 1770 and Nathan on May 7, 1776.
The 1761 Pitt County NC Deed Book A lists John and Robert Hodges buying land with Howell and Robert as witnesses. In 1782 Pitt County, NC lands were purchased from the state for 386 acres by Robert, 874 by Matthew, 73 by Benjamin, 640 jointly by Henry and Matthew, 500 by Henry, 400 by William and 200 by Howell Hodges. Further evidence of relationships among these Hodges men are indicated by their close proximity in the 1761 Pitt County Tax list.
Availabilty of land during this period pushed migration south and away from the coast. While land records are fundamental in tracing families, county lines changed and many courthouses burned, further complicating a difficult task. If wills survived even children receiving lands during their father's lifetime were usually mentioned.
William Hodges (c 1740-1802) of Effingham & Screven
The 1747 will of Richard Hodges confirms that John Robert had a brother, William Henry who was under age at the time of Richard's death. Research indicates William married Lydia, migrated to Effingham and left property to his descendants.
On December 4, 1788 a land warrant in Effingham, later Screven, was issued to William. The 200 acres was surveryed January 28, 1789 and granted to William in 1791. Descendants of William Hodges of Effingham and Screven are listed in the deed to disperse at his death.
In Screven County Deed Book L, page 299, John, William, Samuel, Nathan and Mary Hodges along with John Dampier sell 200 acres "on the waterway of the Little Ogeechee and Reedy Branch bounded on all sides by vacant land at the time of survey in the county of Effingham" to Joseph Cohorn for two hundred dollars on the 24th day of August, 1802.
John Robert was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. On May 22, 1779 John filed a Power of Attorney in Pitt County which read; "I John Hodges of Washington County & State of North Carolina, appoint friend and brother, Howell Hodges" as power of attorney. In 1780 Howell sold the land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John. Indications are the 150 acres of land on the north side of the Great Ogeechee sold by John Hodges and Tabby to Samuel Walker, planter, all of Effingham Co., by deed dated November 6, 1790 book A-B was land received for Revoltionary service.
In Montgomery County Deed Book D, Deed dated August 1, 1792 Robert Hodges of Liberty Co., planter, sells to Joshua Loper of Effingham Co., planter, 575 acres in Washington Co., lying on Williamson's Swamp at the mouth of Little Beaverdam Creek. Witnesses: Asa Loper and William Davis.
In 1794 John Robert's son William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. Land warrants were granted on February 3, 1794 and 200 acres surveyed in Screven for William Hodges who resides in this state and for 150 acres in Screven for John Hodges August 14, 1802 (Land Plat Book A). Soon after they were in Tattnall. Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land granted April 10, 1803 in Liberty to Neal Smylie of Liberty Deed dated January 12, 1804, Liberty Co, Ga Deed Book F.
Deeds Transcribed by Genealogist, Carl Swain:
Pitt County, N.C. Deed Book A. 1761
Page 2245: Grantor: Cannon, Edward Grantee: John Hodges page 186 Year 1761
Page 2246: Grantor: Folson, Ebenezer Grantee: John Hodges page 134 Year 1761
Page 2247: Grantor: Kennedy, John Sr. Grantee: Robert Hodges page 63 Year 1761
Pitt County, NC Deed Book B, page 228: August 1762.
John Hodges, Jr. 200 a. to Edmond Kennedy. Witness: Robert and Howell Hodges.
North Carolina Genealogy Volume XIV No. 4, Winter 1968 which included Pitt Co. NC: 1762 Tax List p 2211 and Deed Book A, 1760-1761. Note: The first figure following each name is the total number of whites; the second figure is the total number of blacks; the third figure is the total number of taxables for each person.
Page 2214 reads as follows:
Hodges, John 1-1-2
Hewbanks, Richard 1-0-1
Hodges, John Senr.; Howell Hodges,Couns (constable) 2-4-6
Hodges, Mathew 1-0-1
Hodges, Henry 1-4-5
Hodges, Robert; Arthur Holden 2-3-5
Richard Hodges of North Carolina ( 1692 - 1751 )
Richard Hodges, son of Robert, Jr and Ann Mathewes was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, VA. Richard age 37 moved with his family to Bertie County, NC where he and his father paid quit rent in 1729. Son, John Robert Hodges, was born to he and Sarah in 1736. His father made a will in 1740. In 1741 Richard received a land grant in Beaufort County, NC. And in August of 1742 Richard along with brother Elias was an executor of his father's will in Bertie Co. He sold land in Bertie and soon after the death of his father moved to Beaufort County and settled on Chocowinity Bay. He made a will in 1747 which was probated April 16, 1751 in Anson County, NC. Other children of Richard and Sarah were William Henry Hodges (m. Lydia d. 1802), Sarah and Howell.
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
F 402 Richard Hodges of Bluford Co, NC to George House. Feb 7, 1742/43. 55 pds. for 150 A. on NS Morattack River at Runerry Marsh on Flagg Run. Adj. ____ Nairon, Henry Roades, Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
F 403 Richard Hodge to George House. Feb. 7, 1742. 15 sh. for 20 A. On NS Morattuck River in NES Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell, Jesse Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
Will of Richard Hodges of Beaufort Co., NC, transcribed by Carl Swain, Genealogist:
In the Name of God Amen the third day of September 1747 I Richard Hodges of Beaufort County and province of NC, Planter, being in perfect health and of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Ressurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God to bless me in this life I give demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner & form. Imprimis I give and Bequeath to Sarah my dearley beloved wife one negro girl named Saul Imprimis I Lend to Sarah my dearly beloved wife one negro wench named Jane and her Increase from the date hereof during her life then to be Equally divided to my beloved sons and my beloved Daughter John Henry & Sarah Hodges. Imprimis I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife her choice of one feather bed & furniture. Item I give to my beloved son John Hodges one plantation and parcell of land belonging thereunto containing by estimation four hundred acres lying in the fork on Cochavinity Bay & one negro boy named Peter and one negro girl named Grace and ten cows & calves & one feather bed & furniture and one breading mare and one horse & one Gunn & two dishes & one porringer and one tankard and two basons. Item. I give to my beloved son Henry Hodges the manner Plantation and one negro boy named Saul and one negro girl Zilla & ten cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one Breading mare & one horse and one Gunn and two Dishes and two basons and one porringer. Item. I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Hodges one negro girl named Hannah & one negro girl named Florah and ten Cows & calves & feather bed & furniture & two breading mares and two dishes and two basons & one porringer. Item. I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my Beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges one negro wench named Franch & her Increase to be equally divided when the above said Henry Hodges arrives to the age of twenty one years. Imprimiss. I give & Bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife during her life all the rest of my goods & Chattles then at her Decease to be Equally divided to my beloved son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges. Likewise, I Constitute make & Ordain my well beloved wife Sarah Hodges & my well beloved son John Hodges my Sole Exors of this my Last will & Testament all & singular & I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all and every other formal Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and Excrs by me in anywise before named willed & Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Richard R. Hodges, James Coupper, James Singleton, Tho. Williams
(Note: Richard, James Cooper, James Singleton & Tho. Williams all signed with their mark)
At a court held forsaid 16th April 1751 the due Execution of the within will was proved by the oath of James Singleton & Certified. Antho Hutchinson Clerk C. Anson County, North Carolina
References: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges, Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina Volume II compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood of Washington, North Carolina 1969 p. 227. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
Robert Hodges, Jr. (c 1675 - 1742) of Virginia & Bertie County, NC
The signature of Robert Hodges, Jr on the Presentments of the Grand Jury of 1694 of Isle of Wight gives us insight into his social and financial standing. In Virginia no man could serve on the Grand Jury unless he owned 500 acres of land. Later, in 1707 the Crown granted him land in Isle of Wight and again in 1713 and William Davis deeded him property in 1725. Robert, Jr married Ann, the daughter of Anthony Mathewes, Jr and his wife Elizabeth Boddie. Ann Mathewes' family was one of wealth and distinction. Historians tell us of discontent in Virginia during this era over excessive taxes and many from the best of Virginia's social circles migrated to North Carolina. Robert Hodges, Jr and his wife, Ann, joined them.
In the Bertie County, North Carolina deed books genealogist, Carl Swain, found that Robert Hodges, Jr purchased three tracts, a total of 350 acres of land, between 1726 and 1734. Carl also noted that the very violent Tuscarora Indians in this area were not defeated until 1712 and that families moved together for safety and settled on waterways for transportation to escape the Indians. In 1721 Frances Parker, an allied family, sold land in Virginia and in 1725 moved from Isle of Wight, VA to Bertie County, NC. Soon after purchasing land in 1726, with Virginia money, Robert Hodges, Jr and associates moved from Virginia and settled in Bertie County, NC. Robert, Jr paid Quit Rents in Bertie in 1729. The Bertie estate of Ann and Robert Jr was on the north side of the Marratuck River within Bubbery Marsh on Flagg Run. At the time of his death he owned three plantations, three slaves and race horses. One Common Prayer Book followed a punch bowl on the list of his worldly possessions and gives further insight into the lives of this southern family.
Robert, Jr left a 1740 Bertie, NC will that named his widow, Ann and six children; John , Richard 1692 - April 16, 1751 (m. Sarah), Elias 1704- 1779 (m. Mary), Ann (m. Joseph Moore), Olive (m. Edmond Wiggins) and Mathew (m. Isaac Williams), Sarah (m. Jno. Cain ).
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
B 245 William Gray To Robert Hodges, March 7, 1726/27. 80 pds. for 180 A. On NES little Roquis Swamp. Adj. James Williams, Richard Milton. Wit: John Gray, Joseph Moor. March Court. (note: Wittness Joseph Moore is the son in law of Robert Hodges, Jr who married his daughter,Ann, listed in his will as Ann Moor.)
D 27 Christopher Gewin, Jun. to Robert Hodges Aug. 30, 1733. 20 pence for 20 A. Adj. Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, jurat, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
D 28 Christopher Gewin, Jun. To Robert Hodges. Aug. 30, 1733/34. 32 pds. for 150 A. On NS Morratock River at "Remaroy Marsh" at Flaggy Run. Adj Henry Roades. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
Transcribed Will of Robert Hodges by Carl Swain, genealogist:
North Carolina State Archives
Secretary of State Papers
In the Name of God Amen. The Thirty day of March 1740, I Roburt Hogges of the County of Bartie being in good health and perfect sences and memory. Thanks be unto God their fore Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for all Men once to dye do Make and Ordain this My Last Will and Testament. That Is to Say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend My Soul into the hands of God that Gave it to And My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Cristien burriell at the discretion of My Exeutors not douting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mightly power of God-- And as touchen Such Worldly Estate Whearwith it hath pleased God to bless Me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form---
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to My Loving Wife one Negro Garl Named Jene to hur and hur one disposen
Item I give and bequeath to My Son Elias Hogges one Negro Man Named Peter---
Item I give and bequeath to My two sons John and Richard Hogges one Negro Man Named Dick between them and to my Son John Hogges the plantation and Land in Virginia that he Now Lives upon to him and his heirs forever and to My Son Richard Hogges a plantation and Land in Bartie County in unarow Meders Whear he now Lives to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to My Three daughters Ann Moor and Ollive Wigens and Marthew Williams Each of them a Fether bed and coverings as belongs to them and I Give and bequeath to my daughter Sary Cain My Plantation that I now live upon in Bartie County and all the Land belonging to it to hur and hur heirs and one feather bed and covering that belong to it and that to be hur shear. I give and bequeath to My Loven Wife Ann Hogges the use of all My whole Estate hur life time willd and on willd and after hur deceased all My Estate with in dors and with out that is not Given in Legesies To be equally devided among My Three Sons and three daughters that is Ann Ollive and Mathew and they to Chuse among themselves three Men to devid It and Every one to take his Equall part and I Like wise Constitu Make and ordain My Son Elias Hogges and My Son Richard Hogges and My Son In Law Isaac Williams My Executors of this My Last Will and Testament and I doe Hearby utterly disallow Revoake and disannul all and Every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any Wayes before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifing and Confirming this and no other to be My Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have heare unto Set My Hand and Seal the day and Year above writen.
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the sd Roburt Hogges as his last will and testament in the presents of us the Subscribers-- Needham Bryan, William Bryan. Robert Hogges (his mark)
Bertie County Ss. August Court 1742. Present His Majesty's Justices These may Certify that the above Will of Robert Hogges was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of Needham Bryan, Adam Rabey and William Bryan Evidences thereto, & that Richard Hodges & Elias Hodges took the Oath of Executors & c. Test. Henry Delon Cler. Cor.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges Unpublished Genealogy Manuscript from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
John Hodges, English Emigrant, Jamestown
Genealogist Jessie Lotta Hodges described her search of early Virginia records as a struggle to identify her ancestor among more than thirty English Hodges emigrants. She found it a formidable task as six or more bore the name of John Hodges. But after years of persistence a chain of evidence emerged that proved that our English John was the son of William Hodges, Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers Hodges and the brother of Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr. of county Northhampton, England.
After five years researching the Hodges family with genealogist Carl Swain he suggested I check in the Caroliniana Library since many emigrant families slowly moved from Tidewater Virginia into coastal counties of North Carolina and onto South Carolina and Georgia. Carl had previously established that Robert Hodges born in Isle of Wight, Virginia was the progenator of my family tree and theorized that John Hodges, English emigrant, was his father.
The South Caroliniana Library in Columbia provided the massive unpubished c 1940 manuscript of Jessie Lotta Hodges. Unusual for a woman of her time Jessie apparently traveled extensively for most of her adult life researching original early American records and old English collections. At Peabody Library in Baltimore she discovered in Captain John Smith's history of his travels in Virginia the names of John, William and Thomas Hodges together with Richard Rogers as among his Adventurers in Virginia in 1620. The fact that these four men left England together was highly significant to her when she recalled that William Hodges, Jr. had married Elizabeth Rogers in Daventry. In this group we see William Hodges who bore his father's name and John probably named for his materal grandfather, John Rogers. She reasoned that Richard Rogers, the other youthful Adventurer, was a nephew of Elizabeth Rogers Hodges. Further research by Jessie in Baker's "History and Antiquities of co Northampton" volume 1, p. 519 lists a marble monument with this inscription:
I. Henry Hodges d. 1555 in Daventry co Northampton
II. William Hodges Sr. 1577 in Daventry
III.William Hodges, Jr d 1641 m. Elizabeth d. Jno. Rogers
Hotten's List of English Emigrants recorded the death of John Hodges in the Great Indian Massacre in Jamestown in 1622. Futher, the list of Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors reveals; Hodges, John ( -1622) Va.; m. Mary. Council of Safety. The Jessie Lotta Hodges manuscript documented her find in Hotten's list and the connection of John Hodges, with his son, Robert Hodges, Sr. of Isle of Wight, VA making it possible to link the Hodges Family in American to the Lineage in England. Jessie also noted that after a lifetime spent as a poor English curate, Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr.'s purchase of the large English Estate of Sulgrave Manor would indicate he had inherited all of his father's estate after his three brother's emigrated to America.
From the early records of Isle of Wight, Virginia we conclude that emigrant John Hodges married Mary and left a son and daughter, after which his widow, Mary, married Francis Higgins who was imported to Virginia by George Ludlow before May 22, 1651. On August 14, 1652 Francis Higgins and Thomas Taberer patented 250 acres in Isle of Wight County on the first swamp of Blackwater. It appears they sold this land to Richard Williamson after which Francis Higgins soon died leaving two sons. Mary then married her third husband, Phillip Lupo, a rich landowner in Isle of Wight who had a daughter and two sons, perhaps from an earlier marriage. Roger Higgins, apparently a bachelor, made his will in Isle of Wight Co. probated on August 10, 1672 naming (1) mother Mary Lupo, (2) brother and executor Robert Hodges, (3)Robert's eldest son; Robert Hodges, Jr. (4) Robert's second son Elias Hodges (5) Robert's third son Roger Hodges (6) James Lupo (7) Ann Ogburns wife of Nicholas (8) brother James Higgins.The will of Mr. Roger Higgins dated 1672, as described by Jessie Lotta Hodges, proves Mary's triple marriages and the half-brother relationship between Roger Higgins and Robert Hodges, son of John and Mary. It also names Robert Hodges' three sons so a third generation is established.
Robert Hodges, Sr. (c 1620 – 1687) Isle of Wight, VA
Robert Hodges, Sr. born about 1620, resided in New Port Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia. Jessie Lotta Hodges reported four sons born to Robert, Sr in addition to those listed in the 1672 will of Roger Higgins. Listed were his sons; Robert Jr. born in 1668 married Ann Matthews, Elias born in 1670 married Sarah and Roger born in 1672 died in 1727. She reports four others; John, Richard, Benjamin, and James all of whom died in Isle of Wight except James and Robert, Jr who left wills in Bertie Co., NC. Also note that in old English script of early records the final "s" of names was raised above the line and often overlooked, thus Roger probably Rogers, perpetuating the family name.
On November 9, 1687 the estate of Robert Hodges, Sr. was valued at 12,580 pounds of tobacco by John Goodrich, Timothy Fenn and William Webb before Justice Thomas Taberer: 16 cattle, 17 small hogs, 11 sheep, horse colt, old horse, old mare, old couch, 2 chests, 2 tables, 2 bedsteads, spinning wheel, 2 feather beds, rug, blankets, sheets, flock bed, tablecloth, 4 napkins, 4 earthen pans, 10 glass bottles, tin lamp, spit, 3 iron pots, 4 iron hooks, frying pan, brass kettle, brass pan, brass ladle, fire tongs, 20 pounds of pewter, powdering tub, boat, cart and wheels, pair of hooks, old grubbing hoe, old grindstone, handsaw, hammer, 2 axes, 5 iron wedges, pair of small steelyards, pair of compasses, set of plate (i.e.silver) buttons, silver bodkin, razor, 2 hones, 2 pairs of pipe molds, pistol and a gun. Since Robert Hodges died intestate administration on his estate was granted to John Downes on the same date as the appraisal, having been recorded on April 23, 1688.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC. The Hodges Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by Hugh Buckner Johnston, unpublished manuscript. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors p.127 found in the Bulloch County Library.
William Henry Hodges married 11 Mar 1827 in Tattnall County to Hannah Colson. Their children were:
1. Seaborn Randolph Hodges (b. 26 Apr 1816; d. 11 Oct 1899; married 18 Feb 1840 to Elizabeth Ann (Betsy Ann) Hendricks; Seaborn was a doctor)
2. Samantha Mariah Hodges (b. 09 may 1819; d. 27 Jun 1902; married 16 Jan 1846 (?) to Elmore Callaway) (This writer's G-G-Grandmother...and G-G-G-Grandmother!)
3. Irvin Jackson Hodges (b. 25 Dec 1824; d. 10 Nov 1897; married Mary McDilda)
4. Phillip Powell Hodges (b. 24 Mar 1830; d. 30 Aug 1861; married 15 Jul 1850 to Julia Ann Anderson)
William Hodges' name is in the constitution of Anderson's Church. He was the FIRST person buried in Anderson's Cemetery...AKA Old Anderson's Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
My grandmother, Fannie DeLoach Eason, said William Hodges was a good man and was "easy-going".
From 'Tales of Old Tattnall and Evans' by Nancy Hodges Crosby 2012:
William Henry Hodges ( 1770- 1849 )
Pioneer Settler and Sheriff of Tattnall County, GA
William was born on June 19, 1770 to John Robert Hodges, Sr and Tabitha Little of Bertie County, North Carolina. 1794 William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. About 1800 William married his first wife, Ann (1780-1815), daughter of Abraham Blitch of Effingham. Their children were: James M. b. 1800 (m.Ann McCall), Cynthia b. 1803 (m.Irvin Moore), Elizabeth b. 1806 (m.Obediah Garrett), William Riley b.1808 (m.Nancy Leigh b.1812), Samuel b.1810(m.Elizabeth Daniel) and Willis b.1812 (m.Mahala Jones).
William Henry Hodges was a pioneer settler of Tattnall County. In 1807 he was appointed Juror at Ohoopee Mills, his older brother, John, having served in 1806. As early as 1804 their father Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land in Liberty County, Ga. Willouby and Robert Hodges, Jr appear in Tattnall Inferior Court Records on April 23, 1807 regarding warrent grant payment. William and Nathan are found in Tattnall Court serving on the same jury in March of 1809. Tattnall County Court Records show 200 acres surveyed on March 1, 1813 for William, with all sides vacant. Another 200 acres were surveyed March 2, 1814, and 150 acres surveyed August 5, 1815 adjacent to his and land of Nathan. All these tracts were on Cedar Creek. His wife, Ann, died in 1815.
"William Hodges, planter, purchased 400 acres from Paul and Sarah Bevell of Screven in Tattnall Deed made December 25, 1815." William married Hannah (1787-1870) daughter of Benjamin Martin Colson and settled on Cedar Creek. Their children were Seaborn b. 1816, Samantha Mariah 1819, Irwin Jackson b. 1824 and Phillip Powell b.1830. William was a farmer, civic leader and Sheriff of Tattnall County from 1832 to 1834. In 1846 he sawed logs for and helped build Anderson Church where he and Hannah were charter members. In 1837 he received a land grant just east of Bellville. Lucille Hodges reported their home was near the entrance to Georgia Pacific on a spring head. In Tattnall Deed made July 19, 1849 recorded September 4, 1849 William gave sons Seaborn R Hodges and Irwin J. Hodges and son in law Elmer Callaway one tract containing 300 acres and another containing 83 acres. William died in August 24, 1849 and in 1850 Seaborn and Hannah settled his estate. William, Hannah, Seaborn and Betsy are buried at Anderson (west of Manassas, north off highway 292, on Old Anderson Church Rd).
John Robert Hodges, Sr. (1736-1810) Revoltionary Soldier
John Robert Hodges, Sr., son of Richard and Sarah, was born on June 26, 1736 in Bertie County, NC. In the 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, John inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. John married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort County on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little. John Robert and Tabitha's children include; John Robert, Jr. born August 26, 1768, Howell, William Henry born June 19, 1770 and Nathan on May 7, 1776.
The 1761 Pitt County NC Deed Book A lists John and Robert Hodges buying land with Howell and Robert as witnesses. In 1782 Pitt County, NC lands were purchased from the state for 386 acres by Robert, 874 by Matthew, 73 by Benjamin, 640 jointly by Henry and Matthew, 500 by Henry, 400 by William and 200 by Howell Hodges. Further evidence of relationships among these Hodges men are indicated by their close proximity in the 1761 Pitt County Tax list.
Availabilty of land during this period pushed migration south and away from the coast. While land records are fundamental in tracing families, county lines changed and many courthouses burned, further complicating a difficult task. If wills survived even children receiving lands during their father's lifetime were usually mentioned.
William Hodges (c 1740-1802) of Effingham & Screven
The 1747 will of Richard Hodges confirms that John Robert had a brother, William Henry who was under age at the time of Richard's death. Research indicates William married Lydia, migrated to Effingham and left property to his descendants.
On December 4, 1788 a land warrant in Effingham, later Screven, was issued to William. The 200 acres was surveryed January 28, 1789 and granted to William in 1791. Descendants of William Hodges of Effingham and Screven are listed in the deed to disperse at his death.
In Screven County Deed Book L, page 299, John, William, Samuel, Nathan and Mary Hodges along with John Dampier sell 200 acres "on the waterway of the Little Ogeechee and Reedy Branch bounded on all sides by vacant land at the time of survey in the county of Effingham" to Joseph Cohorn for two hundred dollars on the 24th day of August, 1802.
John Robert was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. On May 22, 1779 John filed a Power of Attorney in Pitt County which read; "I John Hodges of Washington County & State of North Carolina, appoint friend and brother, Howell Hodges" as power of attorney. In 1780 Howell sold the land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John. Indications are the 150 acres of land on the north side of the Great Ogeechee sold by John Hodges and Tabby to Samuel Walker, planter, all of Effingham Co., by deed dated November 6, 1790 book A-B was land received for Revoltionary service.
In Montgomery County Deed Book D, Deed dated August 1, 1792 Robert Hodges of Liberty Co., planter, sells to Joshua Loper of Effingham Co., planter, 575 acres in Washington Co., lying on Williamson's Swamp at the mouth of Little Beaverdam Creek. Witnesses: Asa Loper and William Davis.
In 1794 John Robert's son William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. Land warrants were granted on February 3, 1794 and 200 acres surveyed in Screven for William Hodges who resides in this state and for 150 acres in Screven for John Hodges August 14, 1802 (Land Plat Book A). Soon after they were in Tattnall. Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land granted April 10, 1803 in Liberty to Neal Smylie of Liberty Deed dated January 12, 1804, Liberty Co, Ga Deed Book F.
Deeds Transcribed by Genealogist, Carl Swain:
Pitt County, N.C. Deed Book A. 1761
Page 2245: Grantor: Cannon, Edward Grantee: John Hodges page 186 Year 1761
Page 2246: Grantor: Folson, Ebenezer Grantee: John Hodges page 134 Year 1761
Page 2247: Grantor: Kennedy, John Sr. Grantee: Robert Hodges page 63 Year 1761
Pitt County, NC Deed Book B, page 228: August 1762.
John Hodges, Jr. 200 a. to Edmond Kennedy. Witness: Robert and Howell Hodges.
North Carolina Genealogy Volume XIV No. 4, Winter 1968 which included Pitt Co. NC: 1762 Tax List p 2211 and Deed Book A, 1760-1761. Note: The first figure following each name is the total number of whites; the second figure is the total number of blacks; the third figure is the total number of taxables for each person.
Page 2214 reads as follows:
Hodges, John 1-1-2
Hewbanks, Richard 1-0-1
Hodges, John Senr.; Howell Hodges,Couns (constable) 2-4-6
Hodges, Mathew 1-0-1
Hodges, Henry 1-4-5
Hodges, Robert; Arthur Holden 2-3-5
Richard Hodges of North Carolina ( 1692 - 1751 )
Richard Hodges, son of Robert, Jr and Ann Mathewes was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, VA. Richard age 37 moved with his family to Bertie County, NC where he and his father paid quit rent in 1729. Son, John Robert Hodges, was born to he and Sarah in 1736. His father made a will in 1740. In 1741 Richard received a land grant in Beaufort County, NC. And in August of 1742 Richard along with brother Elias was an executor of his father's will in Bertie Co. He sold land in Bertie and soon after the death of his father moved to Beaufort County and settled on Chocowinity Bay. He made a will in 1747 which was probated April 16, 1751 in Anson County, NC. Other children of Richard and Sarah were William Henry Hodges (m. Lydia d. 1802), Sarah and Howell.
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
F 402 Richard Hodges of Bluford Co, NC to George House. Feb 7, 1742/43. 55 pds. for 150 A. on NS Morattack River at Runerry Marsh on Flagg Run. Adj. ____ Nairon, Henry Roades, Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
F 403 Richard Hodge to George House. Feb. 7, 1742. 15 sh. for 20 A. On NS Morattuck River in NES Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell, Jesse Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
Will of Richard Hodges of Beaufort Co., NC, transcribed by Carl Swain, Genealogist:
In the Name of God Amen the third day of September 1747 I Richard Hodges of Beaufort County and province of NC, Planter, being in perfect health and of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Ressurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God to bless me in this life I give demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner & form. Imprimis I give and Bequeath to Sarah my dearley beloved wife one negro girl named Saul Imprimis I Lend to Sarah my dearly beloved wife one negro wench named Jane and her Increase from the date hereof during her life then to be Equally divided to my beloved sons and my beloved Daughter John Henry & Sarah Hodges. Imprimis I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife her choice of one feather bed & furniture. Item I give to my beloved son John Hodges one plantation and parcell of land belonging thereunto containing by estimation four hundred acres lying in the fork on Cochavinity Bay & one negro boy named Peter and one negro girl named Grace and ten cows & calves & one feather bed & furniture and one breading mare and one horse & one Gunn & two dishes & one porringer and one tankard and two basons. Item. I give to my beloved son Henry Hodges the manner Plantation and one negro boy named Saul and one negro girl Zilla & ten cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one Breading mare & one horse and one Gunn and two Dishes and two basons and one porringer. Item. I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Hodges one negro girl named Hannah & one negro girl named Florah and ten Cows & calves & feather bed & furniture & two breading mares and two dishes and two basons & one porringer. Item. I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my Beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges one negro wench named Franch & her Increase to be equally divided when the above said Henry Hodges arrives to the age of twenty one years. Imprimiss. I give & Bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife during her life all the rest of my goods & Chattles then at her Decease to be Equally divided to my beloved son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges. Likewise, I Constitute make & Ordain my well beloved wife Sarah Hodges & my well beloved son John Hodges my Sole Exors of this my Last will & Testament all & singular & I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all and every other formal Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and Excrs by me in anywise before named willed & Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Richard R. Hodges, James Coupper, James Singleton, Tho. Williams
(Note: Richard, James Cooper, James Singleton & Tho. Williams all signed with their mark)
At a court held forsaid 16th April 1751 the due Execution of the within will was proved by the oath of James Singleton & Certified. Antho Hutchinson Clerk C. Anson County, North Carolina
References: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges, Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina Volume II compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood of Washington, North Carolina 1969 p. 227. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
Robert Hodges, Jr. (c 1675 - 1742) of Virginia & Bertie County, NC
The signature of Robert Hodges, Jr on the Presentments of the Grand Jury of 1694 of Isle of Wight gives us insight into his social and financial standing. In Virginia no man could serve on the Grand Jury unless he owned 500 acres of land. Later, in 1707 the Crown granted him land in Isle of Wight and again in 1713 and William Davis deeded him property in 1725. Robert, Jr married Ann, the daughter of Anthony Mathewes, Jr and his wife Elizabeth Boddie. Ann Mathewes' family was one of wealth and distinction. Historians tell us of discontent in Virginia during this era over excessive taxes and many from the best of Virginia's social circles migrated to North Carolina. Robert Hodges, Jr and his wife, Ann, joined them.
In the Bertie County, North Carolina deed books genealogist, Carl Swain, found that Robert Hodges, Jr purchased three tracts, a total of 350 acres of land, between 1726 and 1734. Carl also noted that the very violent Tuscarora Indians in this area were not defeated until 1712 and that families moved together for safety and settled on waterways for transportation to escape the Indians. In 1721 Frances Parker, an allied family, sold land in Virginia and in 1725 moved from Isle of Wight, VA to Bertie County, NC. Soon after purchasing land in 1726, with Virginia money, Robert Hodges, Jr and associates moved from Virginia and settled in Bertie County, NC. Robert, Jr paid Quit Rents in Bertie in 1729. The Bertie estate of Ann and Robert Jr was on the north side of the Marratuck River within Bubbery Marsh on Flagg Run. At the time of his death he owned three plantations, three slaves and race horses. One Common Prayer Book followed a punch bowl on the list of his worldly possessions and gives further insight into the lives of this southern family.
Robert, Jr left a 1740 Bertie, NC will that named his widow, Ann and six children; John , Richard 1692 - April 16, 1751 (m. Sarah), Elias 1704- 1779 (m. Mary), Ann (m. Joseph Moore), Olive (m. Edmond Wiggins) and Mathew (m. Isaac Williams), Sarah (m. Jno. Cain ).
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
B 245 William Gray To Robert Hodges, March 7, 1726/27. 80 pds. for 180 A. On NES little Roquis Swamp. Adj. James Williams, Richard Milton. Wit: John Gray, Joseph Moor. March Court. (note: Wittness Joseph Moore is the son in law of Robert Hodges, Jr who married his daughter,Ann, listed in his will as Ann Moor.)
D 27 Christopher Gewin, Jun. to Robert Hodges Aug. 30, 1733. 20 pence for 20 A. Adj. Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, jurat, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
D 28 Christopher Gewin, Jun. To Robert Hodges. Aug. 30, 1733/34. 32 pds. for 150 A. On NS Morratock River at "Remaroy Marsh" at Flaggy Run. Adj Henry Roades. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
Transcribed Will of Robert Hodges by Carl Swain, genealogist:
North Carolina State Archives
Secretary of State Papers
In the Name of God Amen. The Thirty day of March 1740, I Roburt Hogges of the County of Bartie being in good health and perfect sences and memory. Thanks be unto God their fore Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for all Men once to dye do Make and Ordain this My Last Will and Testament. That Is to Say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend My Soul into the hands of God that Gave it to And My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Cristien burriell at the discretion of My Exeutors not douting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mightly power of God-- And as touchen Such Worldly Estate Whearwith it hath pleased God to bless Me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form---
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to My Loving Wife one Negro Garl Named Jene to hur and hur one disposen
Item I give and bequeath to My Son Elias Hogges one Negro Man Named Peter---
Item I give and bequeath to My two sons John and Richard Hogges one Negro Man Named Dick between them and to my Son John Hogges the plantation and Land in Virginia that he Now Lives upon to him and his heirs forever and to My Son Richard Hogges a plantation and Land in Bartie County in unarow Meders Whear he now Lives to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to My Three daughters Ann Moor and Ollive Wigens and Marthew Williams Each of them a Fether bed and coverings as belongs to them and I Give and bequeath to my daughter Sary Cain My Plantation that I now live upon in Bartie County and all the Land belonging to it to hur and hur heirs and one feather bed and covering that belong to it and that to be hur shear. I give and bequeath to My Loven Wife Ann Hogges the use of all My whole Estate hur life time willd and on willd and after hur deceased all My Estate with in dors and with out that is not Given in Legesies To be equally devided among My Three Sons and three daughters that is Ann Ollive and Mathew and they to Chuse among themselves three Men to devid It and Every one to take his Equall part and I Like wise Constitu Make and ordain My Son Elias Hogges and My Son Richard Hogges and My Son In Law Isaac Williams My Executors of this My Last Will and Testament and I doe Hearby utterly disallow Revoake and disannul all and Every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any Wayes before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifing and Confirming this and no other to be My Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have heare unto Set My Hand and Seal the day and Year above writen.
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the sd Roburt Hogges as his last will and testament in the presents of us the Subscribers-- Needham Bryan, William Bryan. Robert Hogges (his mark)
Bertie County Ss. August Court 1742. Present His Majesty's Justices These may Certify that the above Will of Robert Hogges was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of Needham Bryan, Adam Rabey and William Bryan Evidences thereto, & that Richard Hodges & Elias Hodges took the Oath of Executors & c. Test. Henry Delon Cler. Cor.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges Unpublished Genealogy Manuscript from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
John Hodges, English Emigrant, Jamestown
Genealogist Jessie Lotta Hodges described her search of early Virginia records as a struggle to identify her ancestor among more than thirty English Hodges emigrants. She found it a formidable task as six or more bore the name of John Hodges. But after years of persistence a chain of evidence emerged that proved that our English John was the son of William Hodges, Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers Hodges and the brother of Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr. of county Northhampton, England.
After five years researching the Hodges family with genealogist Carl Swain he suggested I check in the Caroliniana Library since many emigrant families slowly moved from Tidewater Virginia into coastal counties of North Carolina and onto South Carolina and Georgia. Carl had previously established that Robert Hodges born in Isle of Wight, Virginia was the progenator of my family tree and theorized that John Hodges, English emigrant, was his father.
The South Caroliniana Library in Columbia provided the massive unpubished c 1940 manuscript of Jessie Lotta Hodges. Unusual for a woman of her time Jessie apparently traveled extensively for most of her adult life researching original early American records and old English collections. At Peabody Library in Baltimore she discovered in Captain John Smith's history of his travels in Virginia the names of John, William and Thomas Hodges together with Richard Rogers as among his Adventurers in Virginia in 1620. The fact that these four men left England together was highly significant to her when she recalled that William Hodges, Jr. had married Elizabeth Rogers in Daventry. In this group we see William Hodges who bore his father's name and John probably named for his materal grandfather, John Rogers. She reasoned that Richard Rogers, the other youthful Adventurer, was a nephew of Elizabeth Rogers Hodges. Further research by Jessie in Baker's "History and Antiquities of co Northampton" volume 1, p. 519 lists a marble monument with this inscription:
I. Henry Hodges d. 1555 in Daventry co Northampton
II. William Hodges Sr. 1577 in Daventry
III.William Hodges, Jr d 1641 m. Elizabeth d. Jno. Rogers
Hotten's List of English Emigrants recorded the death of John Hodges in the Great Indian Massacre in Jamestown in 1622. Futher, the list of Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors reveals; Hodges, John ( -1622) Va.; m. Mary. Council of Safety. The Jessie Lotta Hodges manuscript documented her find in Hotten's list and the connection of John Hodges, with his son, Robert Hodges, Sr. of Isle of Wight, VA making it possible to link the Hodges Family in American to the Lineage in England. Jessie also noted that after a lifetime spent as a poor English curate, Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr.'s purchase of the large English Estate of Sulgrave Manor would indicate he had inherited all of his father's estate after his three brother's emigrated to America.
From the early records of Isle of Wight, Virginia we conclude that emigrant John Hodges married Mary and left a son and daughter, after which his widow, Mary, married Francis Higgins who was imported to Virginia by George Ludlow before May 22, 1651. On August 14, 1652 Francis Higgins and Thomas Taberer patented 250 acres in Isle of Wight County on the first swamp of Blackwater. It appears they sold this land to Richard Williamson after which Francis Higgins soon died leaving two sons. Mary then married her third husband, Phillip Lupo, a rich landowner in Isle of Wight who had a daughter and two sons, perhaps from an earlier marriage. Roger Higgins, apparently a bachelor, made his will in Isle of Wight Co. probated on August 10, 1672 naming (1) mother Mary Lupo, (2) brother and executor Robert Hodges, (3)Robert's eldest son; Robert Hodges, Jr. (4) Robert's second son Elias Hodges (5) Robert's third son Roger Hodges (6) James Lupo (7) Ann Ogburns wife of Nicholas (8) brother James Higgins.The will of Mr. Roger Higgins dated 1672, as described by Jessie Lotta Hodges, proves Mary's triple marriages and the half-brother relationship between Roger Higgins and Robert Hodges, son of John and Mary. It also names Robert Hodges' three sons so a third generation is established.
Robert Hodges, Sr. (c 1620 – 1687) Isle of Wight, VA
Robert Hodges, Sr. born about 1620, resided in New Port Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia. Jessie Lotta Hodges reported four sons born to Robert, Sr in addition to those listed in the 1672 will of Roger Higgins. Listed were his sons; Robert Jr. born in 1668 married Ann Matthews, Elias born in 1670 married Sarah and Roger born in 1672 died in 1727. She reports four others; John, Richard, Benjamin, and James all of whom died in Isle of Wight except James and Robert, Jr who left wills in Bertie Co., NC. Also note that in old English script of early records the final "s" of names was raised above the line and often overlooked, thus Roger probably Rogers, perpetuating the family name.
On November 9, 1687 the estate of Robert Hodges, Sr. was valued at 12,580 pounds of tobacco by John Goodrich, Timothy Fenn and William Webb before Justice Thomas Taberer: 16 cattle, 17 small hogs, 11 sheep, horse colt, old horse, old mare, old couch, 2 chests, 2 tables, 2 bedsteads, spinning wheel, 2 feather beds, rug, blankets, sheets, flock bed, tablecloth, 4 napkins, 4 earthen pans, 10 glass bottles, tin lamp, spit, 3 iron pots, 4 iron hooks, frying pan, brass kettle, brass pan, brass ladle, fire tongs, 20 pounds of pewter, powdering tub, boat, cart and wheels, pair of hooks, old grubbing hoe, old grindstone, handsaw, hammer, 2 axes, 5 iron wedges, pair of small steelyards, pair of compasses, set of plate (i.e.silver) buttons, silver bodkin, razor, 2 hones, 2 pairs of pipe molds, pistol and a gun. Since Robert Hodges died intestate administration on his estate was granted to John Downes on the same date as the appraisal, having been recorded on April 23, 1688.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC. The Hodges Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by Hugh Buckner Johnston, unpublished manuscript. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors p.127 found in the Bulloch County Library.
William Henry Hodges was the son of John Robert Hodges, Sr. and Tabitha Little. He was born in North Carolina and came to Georgia with his parents. He married first, Ann Blitch. Their children are Willis Alexander Hodges, James M. Hodges, and William Riley Hodges. Ann died, and William married Hannah Colson. They settled on a farm in Tattnall County near the present-day Old Anderson's Church.
William Henry Hodges married 11 Mar 1827 in Tattnall County to Hannah Colson. Their children were:
1. Seaborn Randolph Hodges (b. 26 Apr 1816; d. 11 Oct 1899; married 18 Feb 1840 to Elizabeth Ann (Betsy Ann) Hendricks; Seaborn was a doctor)
2. Samantha Mariah Hodges (b. 09 may 1819; d. 27 Jun 1902; married 16 Jan 1846 (?) to Elmore Callaway) (This writer's G-G-Grandmother...and G-G-G-Grandmother!)
3. Irvin Jackson Hodges (b. 25 Dec 1824; d. 10 Nov 1897; married Mary McDilda)
4. Phillip Powell Hodges (b. 24 Mar 1830; d. 30 Aug 1861; married 15 Jul 1850 to Julia Ann Anderson)
William Hodges' name is in the constitution of Anderson's Church. He was the FIRST person buried in Anderson's Cemetery...AKA Old Anderson's Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
My grandmother, Fannie DeLoach Eason, said William Hodges was a good man and was "easy-going".
From 'Tales of Old Tattnall and Evans' by Nancy Hodges Crosby 2012:
William Henry Hodges ( 1770- 1849 )
Pioneer Settler and Sheriff of Tattnall County, GA
William was born on June 19, 1770 to John Robert Hodges, Sr and Tabitha Little of Bertie County, North Carolina. 1794 William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. About 1800 William married his first wife, Ann (1780-1815), daughter of Abraham Blitch of Effingham. Their children were: James M. b. 1800 (m.Ann McCall), Cynthia b. 1803 (m.Irvin Moore), Elizabeth b. 1806 (m.Obediah Garrett), William Riley b.1808 (m.Nancy Leigh b.1812), Samuel b.1810(m.Elizabeth Daniel) and Willis b.1812 (m.Mahala Jones).
William Henry Hodges was a pioneer settler of Tattnall County. In 1807 he was appointed Juror at Ohoopee Mills, his older brother, John, having served in 1806. As early as 1804 their father Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land in Liberty County, Ga. Willouby and Robert Hodges, Jr appear in Tattnall Inferior Court Records on April 23, 1807 regarding warrent grant payment. William and Nathan are found in Tattnall Court serving on the same jury in March of 1809. Tattnall County Court Records show 200 acres surveyed on March 1, 1813 for William, with all sides vacant. Another 200 acres were surveyed March 2, 1814, and 150 acres surveyed August 5, 1815 adjacent to his and land of Nathan. All these tracts were on Cedar Creek. His wife, Ann, died in 1815.
"William Hodges, planter, purchased 400 acres from Paul and Sarah Bevell of Screven in Tattnall Deed made December 25, 1815." William married Hannah (1787-1870) daughter of Benjamin Martin Colson and settled on Cedar Creek. Their children were Seaborn b. 1816, Samantha Mariah 1819, Irwin Jackson b. 1824 and Phillip Powell b.1830. William was a farmer, civic leader and Sheriff of Tattnall County from 1832 to 1834. In 1846 he sawed logs for and helped build Anderson Church where he and Hannah were charter members. In 1837 he received a land grant just east of Bellville. Lucille Hodges reported their home was near the entrance to Georgia Pacific on a spring head. In Tattnall Deed made July 19, 1849 recorded September 4, 1849 William gave sons Seaborn R Hodges and Irwin J. Hodges and son in law Elmer Callaway one tract containing 300 acres and another containing 83 acres. William died in August 24, 1849 and in 1850 Seaborn and Hannah settled his estate. William, Hannah, Seaborn and Betsy are buried at Anderson (west of Manassas, north off highway 292, on Old Anderson Church Rd).
John Robert Hodges, Sr. (1736-1810) Revoltionary Soldier
John Robert Hodges, Sr., son of Richard and Sarah, was born on June 26, 1736 in Bertie County, NC. In the 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, John inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. John married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort County on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little. John Robert and Tabitha's children include; John Robert, Jr. born August 26, 1768, Howell, William Henry born June 19, 1770 and Nathan on May 7, 1776.
The 1761 Pitt County NC Deed Book A lists John and Robert Hodges buying land with Howell and Robert as witnesses. In 1782 Pitt County, NC lands were purchased from the state for 386 acres by Robert, 874 by Matthew, 73 by Benjamin, 640 jointly by Henry and Matthew, 500 by Henry, 400 by William and 200 by Howell Hodges. Further evidence of relationships among these Hodges men are indicated by their close proximity in the 1761 Pitt County Tax list.
Availabilty of land during this period pushed migration south and away from the coast. While land records are fundamental in tracing families, county lines changed and many courthouses burned, further complicating a difficult task. If wills survived even children receiving lands during their father's lifetime were usually mentioned.
William Hodges (c 1740-1802) of Effingham & Screven
The 1747 will of Richard Hodges confirms that John Robert had a brother, William Henry who was under age at the time of Richard's death. Research indicates William married Lydia, migrated to Effingham and left property to his descendants.
On December 4, 1788 a land warrant in Effingham, later Screven, was issued to William. The 200 acres was surveryed January 28, 1789 and granted to William in 1791. Descendants of William Hodges of Effingham and Screven are listed in the deed to disperse at his death.
In Screven County Deed Book L, page 299, John, William, Samuel, Nathan and Mary Hodges along with John Dampier sell 200 acres "on the waterway of the Little Ogeechee and Reedy Branch bounded on all sides by vacant land at the time of survey in the county of Effingham" to Joseph Cohorn for two hundred dollars on the 24th day of August, 1802.
John Robert was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. On May 22, 1779 John filed a Power of Attorney in Pitt County which read; "I John Hodges of Washington County & State of North Carolina, appoint friend and brother, Howell Hodges" as power of attorney. In 1780 Howell sold the land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John. Indications are the 150 acres of land on the north side of the Great Ogeechee sold by John Hodges and Tabby to Samuel Walker, planter, all of Effingham Co., by deed dated November 6, 1790 book A-B was land received for Revoltionary service.
In Montgomery County Deed Book D, Deed dated August 1, 1792 Robert Hodges of Liberty Co., planter, sells to Joshua Loper of Effingham Co., planter, 575 acres in Washington Co., lying on Williamson's Swamp at the mouth of Little Beaverdam Creek. Witnesses: Asa Loper and William Davis.
In 1794 John Robert's son William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. Land warrants were granted on February 3, 1794 and 200 acres surveyed in Screven for William Hodges who resides in this state and for 150 acres in Screven for John Hodges August 14, 1802 (Land Plat Book A). Soon after they were in Tattnall. Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land granted April 10, 1803 in Liberty to Neal Smylie of Liberty Deed dated January 12, 1804, Liberty Co, Ga Deed Book F.
Deeds Transcribed by Genealogist, Carl Swain:
Pitt County, N.C. Deed Book A. 1761
Page 2245: Grantor: Cannon, Edward Grantee: John Hodges page 186 Year 1761
Page 2246: Grantor: Folson, Ebenezer Grantee: John Hodges page 134 Year 1761
Page 2247: Grantor: Kennedy, John Sr. Grantee: Robert Hodges page 63 Year 1761
Pitt County, NC Deed Book B, page 228: August 1762.
John Hodges, Jr. 200 a. to Edmond Kennedy. Witness: Robert and Howell Hodges.
North Carolina Genealogy Volume XIV No. 4, Winter 1968 which included Pitt Co. NC: 1762 Tax List p 2211 and Deed Book A, 1760-1761. Note: The first figure following each name is the total number of whites; the second figure is the total number of blacks; the third figure is the total number of taxables for each person.
Page 2214 reads as follows:
Hodges, John 1-1-2
Hewbanks, Richard 1-0-1
Hodges, John Senr.; Howell Hodges,Couns (constable) 2-4-6
Hodges, Mathew 1-0-1
Hodges, Henry 1-4-5
Hodges, Robert; Arthur Holden 2-3-5
Richard Hodges of North Carolina ( 1692 - 1751 )
Richard Hodges, son of Robert, Jr and Ann Mathewes was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, VA. Richard age 37 moved with his family to Bertie County, NC where he and his father paid quit rent in 1729. Son, John Robert Hodges, was born to he and Sarah in 1736. His father made a will in 1740. In 1741 Richard received a land grant in Beaufort County, NC. And in August of 1742 Richard along with brother Elias was an executor of his father's will in Bertie Co. He sold land in Bertie and soon after the death of his father moved to Beaufort County and settled on Chocowinity Bay. He made a will in 1747 which was probated April 16, 1751 in Anson County, NC. Other children of Richard and Sarah were William Henry Hodges (m. Lydia d. 1802), Sarah and Howell.
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
F 402 Richard Hodges of Bluford Co, NC to George House. Feb 7, 1742/43. 55 pds. for 150 A. on NS Morattack River at Runerry Marsh on Flagg Run. Adj. ____ Nairon, Henry Roades, Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
F 403 Richard Hodge to George House. Feb. 7, 1742. 15 sh. for 20 A. On NS Morattuck River in NES Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell, Jesse Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
Will of Richard Hodges of Beaufort Co., NC, transcribed by Carl Swain, Genealogist:
In the Name of God Amen the third day of September 1747 I Richard Hodges of Beaufort County and province of NC, Planter, being in perfect health and of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Ressurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God to bless me in this life I give demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner & form. Imprimis I give and Bequeath to Sarah my dearley beloved wife one negro girl named Saul Imprimis I Lend to Sarah my dearly beloved wife one negro wench named Jane and her Increase from the date hereof during her life then to be Equally divided to my beloved sons and my beloved Daughter John Henry & Sarah Hodges. Imprimis I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife her choice of one feather bed & furniture. Item I give to my beloved son John Hodges one plantation and parcell of land belonging thereunto containing by estimation four hundred acres lying in the fork on Cochavinity Bay & one negro boy named Peter and one negro girl named Grace and ten cows & calves & one feather bed & furniture and one breading mare and one horse & one Gunn & two dishes & one porringer and one tankard and two basons. Item. I give to my beloved son Henry Hodges the manner Plantation and one negro boy named Saul and one negro girl Zilla & ten cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one Breading mare & one horse and one Gunn and two Dishes and two basons and one porringer. Item. I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Hodges one negro girl named Hannah & one negro girl named Florah and ten Cows & calves & feather bed & furniture & two breading mares and two dishes and two basons & one porringer. Item. I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my Beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges one negro wench named Franch & her Increase to be equally divided when the above said Henry Hodges arrives to the age of twenty one years. Imprimiss. I give & Bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife during her life all the rest of my goods & Chattles then at her Decease to be Equally divided to my beloved son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges. Likewise, I Constitute make & Ordain my well beloved wife Sarah Hodges & my well beloved son John Hodges my Sole Exors of this my Last will & Testament all & singular & I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all and every other formal Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and Excrs by me in anywise before named willed & Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Richard R. Hodges, James Coupper, James Singleton, Tho. Williams
(Note: Richard, James Cooper, James Singleton & Tho. Williams all signed with their mark)
At a court held forsaid 16th April 1751 the due Execution of the within will was proved by the oath of James Singleton & Certified. Antho Hutchinson Clerk C. Anson County, North Carolina
References: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges, Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina Volume II compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood of Washington, North Carolina 1969 p. 227. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
Robert Hodges, Jr. (c 1675 - 1742) of Virginia & Bertie County, NC
The signature of Robert Hodges, Jr on the Presentments of the Grand Jury of 1694 of Isle of Wight gives us insight into his social and financial standing. In Virginia no man could serve on the Grand Jury unless he owned 500 acres of land. Later, in 1707 the Crown granted him land in Isle of Wight and again in 1713 and William Davis deeded him property in 1725. Robert, Jr married Ann, the daughter of Anthony Mathewes, Jr and his wife Elizabeth Boddie. Ann Mathewes' family was one of wealth and distinction. Historians tell us of discontent in Virginia during this era over excessive taxes and many from the best of Virginia's social circles migrated to North Carolina. Robert Hodges, Jr and his wife, Ann, joined them.
In the Bertie County, North Carolina deed books genealogist, Carl Swain, found that Robert Hodges, Jr purchased three tracts, a total of 350 acres of land, between 1726 and 1734. Carl also noted that the very violent Tuscarora Indians in this area were not defeated until 1712 and that families moved together for safety and settled on waterways for transportation to escape the Indians. In 1721 Frances Parker, an allied family, sold land in Virginia and in 1725 moved from Isle of Wight, VA to Bertie County, NC. Soon after purchasing land in 1726, with Virginia money, Robert Hodges, Jr and associates moved from Virginia and settled in Bertie County, NC. Robert, Jr paid Quit Rents in Bertie in 1729. The Bertie estate of Ann and Robert Jr was on the north side of the Marratuck River within Bubbery Marsh on Flagg Run. At the time of his death he owned three plantations, three slaves and race horses. One Common Prayer Book followed a punch bowl on the list of his worldly possessions and gives further insight into the lives of this southern family.
Robert, Jr left a 1740 Bertie, NC will that named his widow, Ann and six children; John , Richard 1692 - April 16, 1751 (m. Sarah), Elias 1704- 1779 (m. Mary), Ann (m. Joseph Moore), Olive (m. Edmond Wiggins) and Mathew (m. Isaac Williams), Sarah (m. Jno. Cain ).
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
B 245 William Gray To Robert Hodges, March 7, 1726/27. 80 pds. for 180 A. On NES little Roquis Swamp. Adj. James Williams, Richard Milton. Wit: John Gray, Joseph Moor. March Court. (note: Wittness Joseph Moore is the son in law of Robert Hodges, Jr who married his daughter,Ann, listed in his will as Ann Moor.)
D 27 Christopher Gewin, Jun. to Robert Hodges Aug. 30, 1733. 20 pence for 20 A. Adj. Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, jurat, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
D 28 Christopher Gewin, Jun. To Robert Hodges. Aug. 30, 1733/34. 32 pds. for 150 A. On NS Morratock River at "Remaroy Marsh" at Flaggy Run. Adj Henry Roades. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
Transcribed Will of Robert Hodges by Carl Swain, genealogist:
North Carolina State Archives
Secretary of State Papers
In the Name of God Amen. The Thirty day of March 1740, I Roburt Hogges of the County of Bartie being in good health and perfect sences and memory. Thanks be unto God their fore Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for all Men once to dye do Make and Ordain this My Last Will and Testament. That Is to Say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend My Soul into the hands of God that Gave it to And My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Cristien burriell at the discretion of My Exeutors not douting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mightly power of God-- And as touchen Such Worldly Estate Whearwith it hath pleased God to bless Me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form---
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to My Loving Wife one Negro Garl Named Jene to hur and hur one disposen
Item I give and bequeath to My Son Elias Hogges one Negro Man Named Peter---
Item I give and bequeath to My two sons John and Richard Hogges one Negro Man Named Dick between them and to my Son John Hogges the plantation and Land in Virginia that he Now Lives upon to him and his heirs forever and to My Son Richard Hogges a plantation and Land in Bartie County in unarow Meders Whear he now Lives to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to My Three daughters Ann Moor and Ollive Wigens and Marthew Williams Each of them a Fether bed and coverings as belongs to them and I Give and bequeath to my daughter Sary Cain My Plantation that I now live upon in Bartie County and all the Land belonging to it to hur and hur heirs and one feather bed and covering that belong to it and that to be hur shear. I give and bequeath to My Loven Wife Ann Hogges the use of all My whole Estate hur life time willd and on willd and after hur deceased all My Estate with in dors and with out that is not Given in Legesies To be equally devided among My Three Sons and three daughters that is Ann Ollive and Mathew and they to Chuse among themselves three Men to devid It and Every one to take his Equall part and I Like wise Constitu Make and ordain My Son Elias Hogges and My Son Richard Hogges and My Son In Law Isaac Williams My Executors of this My Last Will and Testament and I doe Hearby utterly disallow Revoake and disannul all and Every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any Wayes before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifing and Confirming this and no other to be My Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have heare unto Set My Hand and Seal the day and Year above writen.
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the sd Roburt Hogges as his last will and testament in the presents of us the Subscribers-- Needham Bryan, William Bryan. Robert Hogges (his mark)
Bertie County Ss. August Court 1742. Present His Majesty's Justices These may Certify that the above Will of Robert Hogges was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of Needham Bryan, Adam Rabey and William Bryan Evidences thereto, & that Richard Hodges & Elias Hodges took the Oath of Executors & c. Test. Henry Delon Cler. Cor.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges Unpublished Genealogy Manuscript from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
John Hodges, English Emigrant, Jamestown
Genealogist Jessie Lotta Hodges described her search of early Virginia records as a struggle to identify her ancestor among more than thirty English Hodges emigrants. She found it a formidable task as six or more bore the name of John Hodges. But after years of persistence a chain of evidence emerged that proved that our English John was the son of William Hodges, Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers Hodges and the brother of Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr. of county Northhampton, England.
After five years researching the Hodges family with genealogist Carl Swain he suggested I check in the Caroliniana Library since many emigrant families slowly moved from Tidewater Virginia into coastal counties of North Carolina and onto South Carolina and Georgia. Carl had previously established that Robert Hodges born in Isle of Wight, Virginia was the progenator of my family tree and theorized that John Hodges, English emigrant, was his father.
The South Caroliniana Library in Columbia provided the massive unpubished c 1940 manuscript of Jessie Lotta Hodges. Unusual for a woman of her time Jessie apparently traveled extensively for most of her adult life researching original early American records and old English collections. At Peabody Library in Baltimore she discovered in Captain John Smith's history of his travels in Virginia the names of John, William and Thomas Hodges together with Richard Rogers as among his Adventurers in Virginia in 1620. The fact that these four men left England together was highly significant to her when she recalled that William Hodges, Jr. had married Elizabeth Rogers in Daventry. In this group we see William Hodges who bore his father's name and John probably named for his materal grandfather, John Rogers. She reasoned that Richard Rogers, the other youthful Adventurer, was a nephew of Elizabeth Rogers Hodges. Further research by Jessie in Baker's "History and Antiquities of co Northampton" volume 1, p. 519 lists a marble monument with this inscription:
I. Henry Hodges d. 1555 in Daventry co Northampton
II. William Hodges Sr. 1577 in Daventry
III.William Hodges, Jr d 1641 m. Elizabeth d. Jno. Rogers
Hotten's List of English Emigrants recorded the death of John Hodges in the Great Indian Massacre in Jamestown in 1622. Futher, the list of Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors reveals; Hodges, John ( -1622) Va.; m. Mary. Council of Safety. The Jessie Lotta Hodges manuscript documented her find in Hotten's list and the connection of John Hodges, with his son, Robert Hodges, Sr. of Isle of Wight, VA making it possible to link the Hodges Family in American to the Lineage in England. Jessie also noted that after a lifetime spent as a poor English curate, Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr.'s purchase of the large English Estate of Sulgrave Manor would indicate he had inherited all of his father's estate after his three brother's emigrated to America.
From the early records of Isle of Wight, Virginia we conclude that emigrant John Hodges married Mary and left a son and daughter, after which his widow, Mary, married Francis Higgins who was imported to Virginia by George Ludlow before May 22, 1651. On August 14, 1652 Francis Higgins and Thomas Taberer patented 250 acres in Isle of Wight County on the first swamp of Blackwater. It appears they sold this land to Richard Williamson after which Francis Higgins soon died leaving two sons. Mary then married her third husband, Phillip Lupo, a rich landowner in Isle of Wight who had a daughter and two sons, perhaps from an earlier marriage. Roger Higgins, apparently a bachelor, made his will in Isle of Wight Co. probated on August 10, 1672 naming (1) mother Mary Lupo, (2) brother and executor Robert Hodges, (3)Robert's eldest son; Robert Hodges, Jr. (4) Robert's second son Elias Hodges (5) Robert's third son Roger Hodges (6) James Lupo (7) Ann Ogburns wife of Nicholas (8) brother James Higgins.The will of Mr. Roger Higgins dated 1672, as described by Jessie Lotta Hodges, proves Mary's triple marriages and the half-brother relationship between Roger Higgins and Robert Hodges, son of John and Mary. It also names Robert Hodges' three sons so a third generation is established.
Robert Hodges, Sr. (c 1620 – 1687) Isle of Wight, VA
Robert Hodges, Sr. born about 1620, resided in New Port Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia. Jessie Lotta Hodges reported four sons born to Robert, Sr in addition to those listed in the 1672 will of Roger Higgins. Listed were his sons; Robert Jr. born in 1668 married Ann Matthews, Elias born in 1670 married Sarah and Roger born in 1672 died in 1727. She reports four others; John, Richard, Benjamin, and James all of whom died in Isle of Wight except James and Robert, Jr who left wills in Bertie Co., NC. Also note that in old English script of early records the final "s" of names was raised above the line and often overlooked, thus Roger probably Rogers, perpetuating the family name.
On November 9, 1687 the estate of Robert Hodges, Sr. was valued at 12,580 pounds of tobacco by John Goodrich, Timothy Fenn and William Webb before Justice Thomas Taberer: 16 cattle, 17 small hogs, 11 sheep, horse colt, old horse, old mare, old couch, 2 chests, 2 tables, 2 bedsteads, spinning wheel, 2 feather beds, rug, blankets, sheets, flock bed, tablecloth, 4 napkins, 4 earthen pans, 10 glass bottles, tin lamp, spit, 3 iron pots, 4 iron hooks, frying pan, brass kettle, brass pan, brass ladle, fire tongs, 20 pounds of pewter, powdering tub, boat, cart and wheels, pair of hooks, old grubbing hoe, old grindstone, handsaw, hammer, 2 axes, 5 iron wedges, pair of small steelyards, pair of compasses, set of plate (i.e.silver) buttons, silver bodkin, razor, 2 hones, 2 pairs of pipe molds, pistol and a gun. Since Robert Hodges died intestate administration on his estate was granted to John Downes on the same date as the appraisal, having been recorded on April 23, 1688.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC. The Hodges Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by Hugh Buckner Johnston, unpublished manuscript. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors p.127 found in the Bulloch County Library.
William Henry Hodges married 11 Mar 1827 in Tattnall County to Hannah Colson. Their children were:
1. Seaborn Randolph Hodges (b. 26 Apr 1816; d. 11 Oct 1899; married 18 Feb 1840 to Elizabeth Ann (Betsy Ann) Hendricks; Seaborn was a doctor)
2. Samantha Mariah Hodges (b. 09 may 1819; d. 27 Jun 1902; married 16 Jan 1846 (?) to Elmore Callaway) (This writer's G-G-Grandmother...and G-G-G-Grandmother!)
3. Irvin Jackson Hodges (b. 25 Dec 1824; d. 10 Nov 1897; married Mary McDilda)
4. Phillip Powell Hodges (b. 24 Mar 1830; d. 30 Aug 1861; married 15 Jul 1850 to Julia Ann Anderson)
William Hodges' name is in the constitution of Anderson's Church. He was the FIRST person buried in Anderson's Cemetery...AKA Old Anderson's Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
My grandmother, Fannie DeLoach Eason, said William Hodges was a good man and was "easy-going".
From 'Tales of Old Tattnall and Evans' by Nancy Hodges Crosby 2012:
William Henry Hodges ( 1770- 1849 )
Pioneer Settler and Sheriff of Tattnall County, GA
William was born on June 19, 1770 to John Robert Hodges, Sr and Tabitha Little of Bertie County, North Carolina. 1794 William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. About 1800 William married his first wife, Ann (1780-1815), daughter of Abraham Blitch of Effingham. Their children were: James M. b. 1800 (m.Ann McCall), Cynthia b. 1803 (m.Irvin Moore), Elizabeth b. 1806 (m.Obediah Garrett), William Riley b.1808 (m.Nancy Leigh b.1812), Samuel b.1810(m.Elizabeth Daniel) and Willis b.1812 (m.Mahala Jones).
William Henry Hodges was a pioneer settler of Tattnall County. In 1807 he was appointed Juror at Ohoopee Mills, his older brother, John, having served in 1806. As early as 1804 their father Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land in Liberty County, Ga. Willouby and Robert Hodges, Jr appear in Tattnall Inferior Court Records on April 23, 1807 regarding warrent grant payment. William and Nathan are found in Tattnall Court serving on the same jury in March of 1809. Tattnall County Court Records show 200 acres surveyed on March 1, 1813 for William, with all sides vacant. Another 200 acres were surveyed March 2, 1814, and 150 acres surveyed August 5, 1815 adjacent to his and land of Nathan. All these tracts were on Cedar Creek. His wife, Ann, died in 1815.
"William Hodges, planter, purchased 400 acres from Paul and Sarah Bevell of Screven in Tattnall Deed made December 25, 1815." William married Hannah (1787-1870) daughter of Benjamin Martin Colson and settled on Cedar Creek. Their children were Seaborn b. 1816, Samantha Mariah 1819, Irwin Jackson b. 1824 and Phillip Powell b.1830. William was a farmer, civic leader and Sheriff of Tattnall County from 1832 to 1834. In 1846 he sawed logs for and helped build Anderson Church where he and Hannah were charter members. In 1837 he received a land grant just east of Bellville. Lucille Hodges reported their home was near the entrance to Georgia Pacific on a spring head. In Tattnall Deed made July 19, 1849 recorded September 4, 1849 William gave sons Seaborn R Hodges and Irwin J. Hodges and son in law Elmer Callaway one tract containing 300 acres and another containing 83 acres. William died in August 24, 1849 and in 1850 Seaborn and Hannah settled his estate. William, Hannah, Seaborn and Betsy are buried at Anderson (west of Manassas, north off highway 292, on Old Anderson Church Rd).
John Robert Hodges, Sr. (1736-1810) Revoltionary Soldier
John Robert Hodges, Sr., son of Richard and Sarah, was born on June 26, 1736 in Bertie County, NC. In the 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, John inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. John married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort County on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little. John Robert and Tabitha's children include; John Robert, Jr. born August 26, 1768, Howell, William Henry born June 19, 1770 and Nathan on May 7, 1776.
The 1761 Pitt County NC Deed Book A lists John and Robert Hodges buying land with Howell and Robert as witnesses. In 1782 Pitt County, NC lands were purchased from the state for 386 acres by Robert, 874 by Matthew, 73 by Benjamin, 640 jointly by Henry and Matthew, 500 by Henry, 400 by William and 200 by Howell Hodges. Further evidence of relationships among these Hodges men are indicated by their close proximity in the 1761 Pitt County Tax list.
Availabilty of land during this period pushed migration south and away from the coast. While land records are fundamental in tracing families, county lines changed and many courthouses burned, further complicating a difficult task. If wills survived even children receiving lands during their father's lifetime were usually mentioned.
William Hodges (c 1740-1802) of Effingham & Screven
The 1747 will of Richard Hodges confirms that John Robert had a brother, William Henry who was under age at the time of Richard's death. Research indicates William married Lydia, migrated to Effingham and left property to his descendants.
On December 4, 1788 a land warrant in Effingham, later Screven, was issued to William. The 200 acres was surveryed January 28, 1789 and granted to William in 1791. Descendants of William Hodges of Effingham and Screven are listed in the deed to disperse at his death.
In Screven County Deed Book L, page 299, John, William, Samuel, Nathan and Mary Hodges along with John Dampier sell 200 acres "on the waterway of the Little Ogeechee and Reedy Branch bounded on all sides by vacant land at the time of survey in the county of Effingham" to Joseph Cohorn for two hundred dollars on the 24th day of August, 1802.
John Robert was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. On May 22, 1779 John filed a Power of Attorney in Pitt County which read; "I John Hodges of Washington County & State of North Carolina, appoint friend and brother, Howell Hodges" as power of attorney. In 1780 Howell sold the land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John. Indications are the 150 acres of land on the north side of the Great Ogeechee sold by John Hodges and Tabby to Samuel Walker, planter, all of Effingham Co., by deed dated November 6, 1790 book A-B was land received for Revoltionary service.
In Montgomery County Deed Book D, Deed dated August 1, 1792 Robert Hodges of Liberty Co., planter, sells to Joshua Loper of Effingham Co., planter, 575 acres in Washington Co., lying on Williamson's Swamp at the mouth of Little Beaverdam Creek. Witnesses: Asa Loper and William Davis.
In 1794 John Robert's son William served in the Effingham County Militia in Capt. Nathaniel Hudson's Company. Land warrants were granted on February 3, 1794 and 200 acres surveyed in Screven for William Hodges who resides in this state and for 150 acres in Screven for John Hodges August 14, 1802 (Land Plat Book A). Soon after they were in Tattnall. Robert Hodges, Sr. "of Tattnall" sold 200 acres of land granted April 10, 1803 in Liberty to Neal Smylie of Liberty Deed dated January 12, 1804, Liberty Co, Ga Deed Book F.
Deeds Transcribed by Genealogist, Carl Swain:
Pitt County, N.C. Deed Book A. 1761
Page 2245: Grantor: Cannon, Edward Grantee: John Hodges page 186 Year 1761
Page 2246: Grantor: Folson, Ebenezer Grantee: John Hodges page 134 Year 1761
Page 2247: Grantor: Kennedy, John Sr. Grantee: Robert Hodges page 63 Year 1761
Pitt County, NC Deed Book B, page 228: August 1762.
John Hodges, Jr. 200 a. to Edmond Kennedy. Witness: Robert and Howell Hodges.
North Carolina Genealogy Volume XIV No. 4, Winter 1968 which included Pitt Co. NC: 1762 Tax List p 2211 and Deed Book A, 1760-1761. Note: The first figure following each name is the total number of whites; the second figure is the total number of blacks; the third figure is the total number of taxables for each person.
Page 2214 reads as follows:
Hodges, John 1-1-2
Hewbanks, Richard 1-0-1
Hodges, John Senr.; Howell Hodges,Couns (constable) 2-4-6
Hodges, Mathew 1-0-1
Hodges, Henry 1-4-5
Hodges, Robert; Arthur Holden 2-3-5
Richard Hodges of North Carolina ( 1692 - 1751 )
Richard Hodges, son of Robert, Jr and Ann Mathewes was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, VA. Richard age 37 moved with his family to Bertie County, NC where he and his father paid quit rent in 1729. Son, John Robert Hodges, was born to he and Sarah in 1736. His father made a will in 1740. In 1741 Richard received a land grant in Beaufort County, NC. And in August of 1742 Richard along with brother Elias was an executor of his father's will in Bertie Co. He sold land in Bertie and soon after the death of his father moved to Beaufort County and settled on Chocowinity Bay. He made a will in 1747 which was probated April 16, 1751 in Anson County, NC. Other children of Richard and Sarah were William Henry Hodges (m. Lydia d. 1802), Sarah and Howell.
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
F 402 Richard Hodges of Bluford Co, NC to George House. Feb 7, 1742/43. 55 pds. for 150 A. on NS Morattack River at Runerry Marsh on Flagg Run. Adj. ____ Nairon, Henry Roades, Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
F 403 Richard Hodge to George House. Feb. 7, 1742. 15 sh. for 20 A. On NS Morattuck River in NES Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell, Jesse Harrell. Feb. Court 1742.
Will of Richard Hodges of Beaufort Co., NC, transcribed by Carl Swain, Genealogist:
In the Name of God Amen the third day of September 1747 I Richard Hodges of Beaufort County and province of NC, Planter, being in perfect health and of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Ressurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God to bless me in this life I give demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner & form. Imprimis I give and Bequeath to Sarah my dearley beloved wife one negro girl named Saul Imprimis I Lend to Sarah my dearly beloved wife one negro wench named Jane and her Increase from the date hereof during her life then to be Equally divided to my beloved sons and my beloved Daughter John Henry & Sarah Hodges. Imprimis I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife her choice of one feather bed & furniture. Item I give to my beloved son John Hodges one plantation and parcell of land belonging thereunto containing by estimation four hundred acres lying in the fork on Cochavinity Bay & one negro boy named Peter and one negro girl named Grace and ten cows & calves & one feather bed & furniture and one breading mare and one horse & one Gunn & two dishes & one porringer and one tankard and two basons. Item. I give to my beloved son Henry Hodges the manner Plantation and one negro boy named Saul and one negro girl Zilla & ten cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one Breading mare & one horse and one Gunn and two Dishes and two basons and one porringer. Item. I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Hodges one negro girl named Hannah & one negro girl named Florah and ten Cows & calves & feather bed & furniture & two breading mares and two dishes and two basons & one porringer. Item. I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my Beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges one negro wench named Franch & her Increase to be equally divided when the above said Henry Hodges arrives to the age of twenty one years. Imprimiss. I give & Bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife during her life all the rest of my goods & Chattles then at her Decease to be Equally divided to my beloved son John Hodges & my beloved son Henry Hodges & my beloved Daughter Sarah Hodges. Likewise, I Constitute make & Ordain my well beloved wife Sarah Hodges & my well beloved son John Hodges my Sole Exors of this my Last will & Testament all & singular & I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all and every other formal Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and Excrs by me in anywise before named willed & Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Richard R. Hodges, James Coupper, James Singleton, Tho. Williams
(Note: Richard, James Cooper, James Singleton & Tho. Williams all signed with their mark)
At a court held forsaid 16th April 1751 the due Execution of the within will was proved by the oath of James Singleton & Certified. Antho Hutchinson Clerk C. Anson County, North Carolina
References: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges, Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina Volume II compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood of Washington, North Carolina 1969 p. 227. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
Robert Hodges, Jr. (c 1675 - 1742) of Virginia & Bertie County, NC
The signature of Robert Hodges, Jr on the Presentments of the Grand Jury of 1694 of Isle of Wight gives us insight into his social and financial standing. In Virginia no man could serve on the Grand Jury unless he owned 500 acres of land. Later, in 1707 the Crown granted him land in Isle of Wight and again in 1713 and William Davis deeded him property in 1725. Robert, Jr married Ann, the daughter of Anthony Mathewes, Jr and his wife Elizabeth Boddie. Ann Mathewes' family was one of wealth and distinction. Historians tell us of discontent in Virginia during this era over excessive taxes and many from the best of Virginia's social circles migrated to North Carolina. Robert Hodges, Jr and his wife, Ann, joined them.
In the Bertie County, North Carolina deed books genealogist, Carl Swain, found that Robert Hodges, Jr purchased three tracts, a total of 350 acres of land, between 1726 and 1734. Carl also noted that the very violent Tuscarora Indians in this area were not defeated until 1712 and that families moved together for safety and settled on waterways for transportation to escape the Indians. In 1721 Frances Parker, an allied family, sold land in Virginia and in 1725 moved from Isle of Wight, VA to Bertie County, NC. Soon after purchasing land in 1726, with Virginia money, Robert Hodges, Jr and associates moved from Virginia and settled in Bertie County, NC. Robert, Jr paid Quit Rents in Bertie in 1729. The Bertie estate of Ann and Robert Jr was on the north side of the Marratuck River within Bubbery Marsh on Flagg Run. At the time of his death he owned three plantations, three slaves and race horses. One Common Prayer Book followed a punch bowl on the list of his worldly possessions and gives further insight into the lives of this southern family.
Robert, Jr left a 1740 Bertie, NC will that named his widow, Ann and six children; John , Richard 1692 - April 16, 1751 (m. Sarah), Elias 1704- 1779 (m. Mary), Ann (m. Joseph Moore), Olive (m. Edmond Wiggins) and Mathew (m. Isaac Williams), Sarah (m. Jno. Cain ).
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H (documented by Carl Swain):
B 245 William Gray To Robert Hodges, March 7, 1726/27. 80 pds. for 180 A. On NES little Roquis Swamp. Adj. James Williams, Richard Milton. Wit: John Gray, Joseph Moor. March Court. (note: Wittness Joseph Moore is the son in law of Robert Hodges, Jr who married his daughter,Ann, listed in his will as Ann Moor.)
D 27 Christopher Gewin, Jun. to Robert Hodges Aug. 30, 1733. 20 pence for 20 A. Adj. Robert West. Wit: John Harrell, jurat, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
D 28 Christopher Gewin, Jun. To Robert Hodges. Aug. 30, 1733/34. 32 pds. for 150 A. On NS Morratock River at "Remaroy Marsh" at Flaggy Run. Adj Henry Roades. Wit: John Harrell, Joseph Harrell. Feb. Court 1733.
Transcribed Will of Robert Hodges by Carl Swain, genealogist:
North Carolina State Archives
Secretary of State Papers
In the Name of God Amen. The Thirty day of March 1740, I Roburt Hogges of the County of Bartie being in good health and perfect sences and memory. Thanks be unto God their fore Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for all Men once to dye do Make and Ordain this My Last Will and Testament. That Is to Say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend My Soul into the hands of God that Gave it to And My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Cristien burriell at the discretion of My Exeutors not douting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mightly power of God-- And as touchen Such Worldly Estate Whearwith it hath pleased God to bless Me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form---
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to My Loving Wife one Negro Garl Named Jene to hur and hur one disposen
Item I give and bequeath to My Son Elias Hogges one Negro Man Named Peter---
Item I give and bequeath to My two sons John and Richard Hogges one Negro Man Named Dick between them and to my Son John Hogges the plantation and Land in Virginia that he Now Lives upon to him and his heirs forever and to My Son Richard Hogges a plantation and Land in Bartie County in unarow Meders Whear he now Lives to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to My Three daughters Ann Moor and Ollive Wigens and Marthew Williams Each of them a Fether bed and coverings as belongs to them and I Give and bequeath to my daughter Sary Cain My Plantation that I now live upon in Bartie County and all the Land belonging to it to hur and hur heirs and one feather bed and covering that belong to it and that to be hur shear. I give and bequeath to My Loven Wife Ann Hogges the use of all My whole Estate hur life time willd and on willd and after hur deceased all My Estate with in dors and with out that is not Given in Legesies To be equally devided among My Three Sons and three daughters that is Ann Ollive and Mathew and they to Chuse among themselves three Men to devid It and Every one to take his Equall part and I Like wise Constitu Make and ordain My Son Elias Hogges and My Son Richard Hogges and My Son In Law Isaac Williams My Executors of this My Last Will and Testament and I doe Hearby utterly disallow Revoake and disannul all and Every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any Wayes before Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifing and Confirming this and no other to be My Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have heare unto Set My Hand and Seal the day and Year above writen.
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the sd Roburt Hogges as his last will and testament in the presents of us the Subscribers-- Needham Bryan, William Bryan. Robert Hogges (his mark)
Bertie County Ss. August Court 1742. Present His Majesty's Justices These may Certify that the above Will of Robert Hogges was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of Needham Bryan, Adam Rabey and William Bryan Evidences thereto, & that Richard Hodges & Elias Hodges took the Oath of Executors & c. Test. Henry Delon Cler. Cor.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family by Jessie Lotta Hodges Unpublished Genealogy Manuscript from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC. Lucille Hodges Interview and Papers.
John Hodges, English Emigrant, Jamestown
Genealogist Jessie Lotta Hodges described her search of early Virginia records as a struggle to identify her ancestor among more than thirty English Hodges emigrants. She found it a formidable task as six or more bore the name of John Hodges. But after years of persistence a chain of evidence emerged that proved that our English John was the son of William Hodges, Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers Hodges and the brother of Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr. of county Northhampton, England.
After five years researching the Hodges family with genealogist Carl Swain he suggested I check in the Caroliniana Library since many emigrant families slowly moved from Tidewater Virginia into coastal counties of North Carolina and onto South Carolina and Georgia. Carl had previously established that Robert Hodges born in Isle of Wight, Virginia was the progenator of my family tree and theorized that John Hodges, English emigrant, was his father.
The South Caroliniana Library in Columbia provided the massive unpubished c 1940 manuscript of Jessie Lotta Hodges. Unusual for a woman of her time Jessie apparently traveled extensively for most of her adult life researching original early American records and old English collections. At Peabody Library in Baltimore she discovered in Captain John Smith's history of his travels in Virginia the names of John, William and Thomas Hodges together with Richard Rogers as among his Adventurers in Virginia in 1620. The fact that these four men left England together was highly significant to her when she recalled that William Hodges, Jr. had married Elizabeth Rogers in Daventry. In this group we see William Hodges who bore his father's name and John probably named for his materal grandfather, John Rogers. She reasoned that Richard Rogers, the other youthful Adventurer, was a nephew of Elizabeth Rogers Hodges. Further research by Jessie in Baker's "History and Antiquities of co Northampton" volume 1, p. 519 lists a marble monument with this inscription:
I. Henry Hodges d. 1555 in Daventry co Northampton
II. William Hodges Sr. 1577 in Daventry
III.William Hodges, Jr d 1641 m. Elizabeth d. Jno. Rogers
Hotten's List of English Emigrants recorded the death of John Hodges in the Great Indian Massacre in Jamestown in 1622. Futher, the list of Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors reveals; Hodges, John ( -1622) Va.; m. Mary. Council of Safety. The Jessie Lotta Hodges manuscript documented her find in Hotten's list and the connection of John Hodges, with his son, Robert Hodges, Sr. of Isle of Wight, VA making it possible to link the Hodges Family in American to the Lineage in England. Jessie also noted that after a lifetime spent as a poor English curate, Rev. Moses Hodges, Sr.'s purchase of the large English Estate of Sulgrave Manor would indicate he had inherited all of his father's estate after his three brother's emigrated to America.
From the early records of Isle of Wight, Virginia we conclude that emigrant John Hodges married Mary and left a son and daughter, after which his widow, Mary, married Francis Higgins who was imported to Virginia by George Ludlow before May 22, 1651. On August 14, 1652 Francis Higgins and Thomas Taberer patented 250 acres in Isle of Wight County on the first swamp of Blackwater. It appears they sold this land to Richard Williamson after which Francis Higgins soon died leaving two sons. Mary then married her third husband, Phillip Lupo, a rich landowner in Isle of Wight who had a daughter and two sons, perhaps from an earlier marriage. Roger Higgins, apparently a bachelor, made his will in Isle of Wight Co. probated on August 10, 1672 naming (1) mother Mary Lupo, (2) brother and executor Robert Hodges, (3)Robert's eldest son; Robert Hodges, Jr. (4) Robert's second son Elias Hodges (5) Robert's third son Roger Hodges (6) James Lupo (7) Ann Ogburns wife of Nicholas (8) brother James Higgins.The will of Mr. Roger Higgins dated 1672, as described by Jessie Lotta Hodges, proves Mary's triple marriages and the half-brother relationship between Roger Higgins and Robert Hodges, son of John and Mary. It also names Robert Hodges' three sons so a third generation is established.
Robert Hodges, Sr. (c 1620 – 1687) Isle of Wight, VA
Robert Hodges, Sr. born about 1620, resided in New Port Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia. Jessie Lotta Hodges reported four sons born to Robert, Sr in addition to those listed in the 1672 will of Roger Higgins. Listed were his sons; Robert Jr. born in 1668 married Ann Matthews, Elias born in 1670 married Sarah and Roger born in 1672 died in 1727. She reports four others; John, Richard, Benjamin, and James all of whom died in Isle of Wight except James and Robert, Jr who left wills in Bertie Co., NC. Also note that in old English script of early records the final "s" of names was raised above the line and often overlooked, thus Roger probably Rogers, perpetuating the family name.
On November 9, 1687 the estate of Robert Hodges, Sr. was valued at 12,580 pounds of tobacco by John Goodrich, Timothy Fenn and William Webb before Justice Thomas Taberer: 16 cattle, 17 small hogs, 11 sheep, horse colt, old horse, old mare, old couch, 2 chests, 2 tables, 2 bedsteads, spinning wheel, 2 feather beds, rug, blankets, sheets, flock bed, tablecloth, 4 napkins, 4 earthen pans, 10 glass bottles, tin lamp, spit, 3 iron pots, 4 iron hooks, frying pan, brass kettle, brass pan, brass ladle, fire tongs, 20 pounds of pewter, powdering tub, boat, cart and wheels, pair of hooks, old grubbing hoe, old grindstone, handsaw, hammer, 2 axes, 5 iron wedges, pair of small steelyards, pair of compasses, set of plate (i.e.silver) buttons, silver bodkin, razor, 2 hones, 2 pairs of pipe molds, pistol and a gun. Since Robert Hodges died intestate administration on his estate was granted to John Downes on the same date as the appraisal, having been recorded on April 23, 1688.
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC. The Hodges Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by Hugh Buckner Johnston, unpublished manuscript. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors p.127 found in the Bulloch County Library.
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