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William Hodgkins

Male Abt 1622 - 1693  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name William Hodgkins  [1
    Birth Abt 1622  of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Dec 1693  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I36600  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2021 

    Family Grace Dutch 
    Marriage Bef 1658  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. Sgt. Thomas Hodgkins,   b. 1668, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1719 (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F21517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2021 

  • Notes 
    • His parentage is unknown. Despite widespread claims to this effect, he was not a son of the William Hoskins/Hodgkins who first appears in Plymouth in 1634, then at Taunton ion 1690 and back to Plymouth in 1692. That William had a son named William who married Sarah Caswell.

      It has been suggested that this William Hodgkins was the man of that name baptized 27 Oct 1622 at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, son of another William Hodgkins. A birth date on 1622 aligns with his deposition of 29 Sep 1691, when he stated that he was about 69 years old and that he had been at Ipswich for about 50 years, but there is no other evidence to connect him to the London baptismal record, and William Hodgkins is hardly an uncommon name.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2821] The Hovey Book, Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Massachusetts, "compiled under the auspices of the Daniel Hovey Association." Haverhill, Massachusetts: Press of Lewis R. Hovey, 1913.

    2. [S6011] The Hammatt Papers No. 1: The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass, 1633-1700 by Abraham Hammatt. Ipswich, Massachusetts: Ipswich Antiquarian Papers, 1880.

    3. [S1427] The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachuetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1947., place only.

    4. [S3353] Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919.

    5. [S1686] Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester by John J. Babson. Gloucester, Massachusetts: M. V. B. Perley, 1876.

    6. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.