Record Of The Families In New England Of The Name Of Hodges Etc

Author : Almon D. Hodges
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ISBN 13 : 9781332130788
Total Pages : 578 pages
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Download or read book Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England written by Almon D. Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England: Ending December 31, 1894 The compiler succeeded, however, in collecting the names of more than 1, 500 persons. In 1891, a member of the family, while tracing back his ancestry, had occasion to write a letter of enquiry to that very able lawyer and enthusiastic genealogist, Hon. Josiah Hayden Drummond of Portland, Me. Mr. Drummond, mistaking the import of the questions, answered far more than was asked, and began to accumulate and rapidly send facts about the early members of the Taunton branch. His correspondent could not do otherwise than co-operate, and in a short time the principal data of the first four generations of this branch were collected, the greater part being obtained by Mr. Drummond. Many persons now became interested in the work, which was pushed until this book, containing 15,000 names, was completed. Mrs. Harriet (Hodges) Stone, of Newton, Mass., was an early contributor, and to her belongs the credit of compiling the account of the Salem branch, as well as of giving many other valuable facts and suggestions. Mrs. Stone has made a study of the early immigrants of the name and of English families, and has found so many clews to the possible English ancestry of the New England families, that a solution of this as yet unsolved problem seems probable. Mr. Isaac W. Wilcox of Taunton, whose knowledge of Bristol County genealogy is remarkably accurate and extensive, has been a most valuable and able assistant, without whom the work could not have been done so speedily and so well. The list of members of the family, 800 in number, who have cooperated with the compilers, is so large, that to give the individual names would require more space than the necessary limits of this work allow. Persons in all parts of the United States have contributed to these pages. The evidence of the strong and widespread affection of the Hodges family for their kin, has been most gratifying. One name, however, may be mentioned, as the bearer has passed away while the work was in progress - that of Deacon Edgar Hodges Reed of Taunton, who had devoted years to historical studies of Bristol County families, was always most courteous and generous in imparting the results of his researches, and was a most important co-worker in the compilation of the edition published 42 years ago, as well as of the present edition. Explanations. The different generations are denoted by the exponents placed after the Christian names. Thus: William Hodges is William Hodges of the first generation; George Hodges is George Hodges of the second generation; Henry Clay Hodges is Henry Clay Hodges of the seventh generation. The names are arranged and numbered according to generations, and in each generation according to priority of birth. Only those children of any one generation are numbered who are carried forward, with their numbers, to the next generation as heads of families. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.