Samuel Hodgkins (1658 - 1725)

Born 2 Nov 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Gee) Hodgkins — married 1683 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 May 1725 at age 66 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel, the son of William and Grace Dutch Hodgkins, was born at Ipswich in 1658.^[1]

Samuel Hodgkins first appears in Gloucester with his wife Hannah in 1684. Samuel Hodgkins was appointed, in 1694, to keep the ferry at Trynall Cove, where he had already built a house. He was a shoemaker; and a descendant of the same trade was living, near the close of the last century, where his ancestor settled, and was the last ferryman at the place.

Samuel Hodgkins's wife died July 28, 1724, aged sixty years; and he next married Mary Stockbridge, May 3, 1725. The date of his death is not known. Fifteen children are recorded to him: namely, Samuel, born in 1684; Hannah, 1686; John, 1688; Philip, 1690; William, 1691; a daughter, 1694; Jedediah, 1696; Patience, 1697; Abigail, 1699; Mercy, 1700; David, 1702; Martha, 1704; Anna, 1705; Jonathan, 1706; and Experience, 1708.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Volume I-Births. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1910. Page 158.

• Samuel Hodgkins on Find A Grave: Memorial #125245421 Retrieved 10:47, 22 August 2017 (EDT).

• History of Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Babson, page 104.

Contributors

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