Catherine (Land) Hedges (abt. 1685 - aft. 1749)

Born about 1685 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hedges — married 1709 in New Castle County, Delaware

Descendants

Died after 1749 after about age 64 in Monocacy Manor, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland [uncertain]

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Biography

Catherine Land was born about 1685 in New Castle, Delaware. She died in 1749 in Monocacy Manor, Frederick County, Maryland. [Parents]

"The Colonial Descendants of William and Mary Hedges," by Peter Stebbins Craig, November 1988 with additional addenda provided by Dr Craig throughout the 1990s

Joseph's Wife. After over ten years of research into the identity of Catharine, wife of Joseph Hedges, I am led to the conclusion that she was the daughter of Samuel and Dorcas Land and stepdaughter of George Hogg, who married Samuel Land's widow about 1688. My conclusion that Joseph Hedges' wife was the daughter of Samuel Land and Dorcas Walliam was an insight gleaned from studying Craig Horle's "Lawmaking and Legislators of Pennsylvania," which brought out the connection between the Land family and the Hogg family. John Dern had previously theorized some connection between Joseph Hedges and George Hogg because of the name selected for his Frederick County VA (sic) property - Hedge Hogg. However, research into George Hogg ruled him out as a candidate for being the father of Catharine. My conclusion that George Hogg was Catharine's step-father (not her father) was reached in early 1998 and, of course, was unknown to John Dern before he died in 1995. Had he been alive in 1998, I feel sure that he would have agreed with my conclusion. Indeed, John Dern's notes established Joseph's mother, Mary, lived next door to Samuel Land in New Castle. Samuel Land, later sheriff of New Castle County, and his wife Dorcas Walliam (daughter of James and Mary Walliam) were living near London in 1675 when they received a patent for land in John Fenwick's proposed colony in what later became known as Salem County, New Jersey. Dissatisfied with conditions there, they moved with Dorcas' father to New Castle by 1676. James Walliam died intestate in New Castle in 1693. (Craig Horle, "Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania", 1:727-728) His son-in-law Samuel Land died intestate in New Castle County by 17 March 1686/7 when his widow Dorcas was named administratrix of his estate. (New Castle wills, A:84) She then married George Hogg as his second wife. Dorcas died by 1716 when Hogg married a third time, to Ann Humphreys. (Horle, supra, 1:435-436) The will of Dorcas' mother, Mary Walliam, dated 22 October 1695, named three sons of Dorcas Hogg by her first husband Samuel Land - Thomas, John and Henry Land - but not her daughters. It seems evident that Catharine, who became the wife of Joseph Hedges, was her daughter. Joseph and Catharine Hedges named their plantation Hedge Hogg and used the names of Samuel and Dorcas in naming their children.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 December 2020), memorial page for Catherine Land Hedges Bloomfield (1685–1749), Find A Grave: Memorial #209744419 ; Maintained by Underwood-Hart-Siweck-Ozee Group (contributor 47992157) Burial Details Unknown. With extensive biography

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Land-264 created through the import of Land.ged on May 29, 2012 by Joe Willis Jones.
• WikiTree profile Stalcop-44 created through the import of Dankowski Family Tree.ged on May 28, 2012 by Laura Mercado.
• WikiTree profile Stalcop-50 created through the import of Wiki Tree.GED on Jun 30, 2012 by Dale Smith.