Mary (Clapp) Hodges (1697 - 1756)

Born 6 Mar 1697 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Hodges — married 2 Mar 1721 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1756 at age 59 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Clapp was born the 6th of March, 1696/97, at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Joseph Clapp and Abigail Allen.^[1]

She married, as his second wife, William Hodges on the 2nd March, 1720/21, at Scituate,^[2] & is styled, Mary Hodges in the Will of her father, Joseph, dated the 14th of November, 1740.^[3]

Their children were: Job b. 1721, Elijah b. 1724/5, Abijah b, 1728 & Mary b, 1731/2 all at Taunton.^[4]

She is not the Mary Clapp that married Caleb Torrey.

Sources

1. ↑ Original Town Records of Scituate, MA, Vol. 6, pgs. 58, bottom 2 entries & 59, bottom 8 entries.
2. ↑ Original Town Records of Scituate, MA, Vol. 6, pg. 30, 9th entry.
3. ↑ Plymouth County, MA, Probate Records, Vol. 11, pgs. 26-31.
4. ↑ Genealogical record of the Hodges family of New England ending December 31, 1894 by Hodges, Almon D. Page 80

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