Hotten's List of English Emigrants records the death of John Hodges in the Great Indian Massacre in Jamestown in 1622. Jessie Lotta Hodges reported this and other facts which made it possible to link the Hodges Family in American to the Lineage in England. Her unpublished manuscript found in the South Caroliniana Library in Columbia in 1996 describes documents which connect John Hodges, English Emigrant, with his son, Robert Hodges, Sr. of Isle of Wight, VA. The most important document found, the will of Mr. Roger Higgins dated 1672. This document, 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.
From the early records of Isle of Wight, VA we conclude that John Hodges married Mary and left a son and daughter, after which his widow, Mary, married Francis Higgins who was imported to VA 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.
Note: In the list of Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors on page 127 found in the Bulloch County Library; Hodges, John ( -1622) Va.; m. Mary ---. Council of Safety. Could this be a clue as to what John was doing in Jamestown at the time of the Great Massacre?
Reference: The Marlboro Hodges Family Unpublished Manuscript by Jessie Lotta Hodges from The South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC. The Hodges Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by Hugh Buckner Johnston, unpublished manuscript.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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ReplyDeleteThis is all very exciting information for me. Do you have a more indepth study or book that I can obtain? I was able to finally link my great-grandfather to Jordan Hodges; then to Robert Hodges -- via DAR records and internet sources (yeah, I know about internet sources!). But! This is the first time I've seen a link to Jamestown!
My mother was born a Hodges and descends from Wiley Franklin Hodges, whose widow Margaret moved from Washington Co, GA to Brewton AL.
My lineage is: John Hodges (Adventurer) > Robert Hodges > Robert Hodges, Jr. > Richard Hodges > Henry Hodges > Jordan Hodges > Wiley Franklin Hodges > Henry Key Hodges > Guy Conrad Hodges > Mary Jean Hodges > Guy H. Power.
Thanks and Cheers!
-Guy
February 25, 2012 11:48 PM
The in-depth study to which you refer is the unpublished manuscript of Jessie Lotta Hodges. It is hundreds of pages in length! I copied the section (100 pages) that contained the Hodges' I descended from while researching at the South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, South Carolina. My genealogist friend & I traveled to Washington County, GA & met with a descendant of Jordan Hodges and compared notes and found that we descended from the same lineage. I have begun work on a book on which traces my line back to England. Nancy
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DeleteMy family has a copy of Jessie Hodges' manuscript as she is a cousin and knew my grandmother who was descended from the Hodges. You mention the book is 100s of pages in length. What we have is about 100 pages. I have contacted the South Caroliniana Library and they have the same documents that we have. I am curious about these 100s of pages! My mother and I were hoping to find her actual research notes if they have been archived somewhere. Katherine
Guy,
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