An Account of the Family of Hodilow, of Cambridge• Shire, Essex, Northamptonshire, and Middlesex
28 AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF HODILOW, OF CAMBRIDGE• SHIRE, ESSEX, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AND MIDDLESEX, OF the patronymic of this ancient and truly respectable family, no certain derivation can be given. The name, which was, three centuries ago, written " Hodylowe," " Hoddelow," " Houdilow," "Hodelow," &c. was undoubtedly foreign, and, if the statement in the will of an early member of the family can be relied on, or rather the inference from it,-" that the family came from Holland,"-of course Dutch; and that the Hodilows settled in England in the reign of Henry VII. It must not, however, be concealed that there was a family of " Howndes• lowe," (sometimes softened to " Hodeslow,") resident in Eng• land in the time of Edward IV.; but again, every endeavour to connect these persons with the family of which it is now intended to treat, has been used, unsuccessfully. THOMAS a Honn.ow, who must have been born before or about 1459 (38 Hen. VI.) founded the family; and is believed to have been a Dutchman by birth. Whether he came to Eng• land or not, is unknown ; yet, were he or were his sons the set• tlers in this country, it seems probable that the family came over with Henry VII. A.D. 1485. Sure it is that he married, and this probably abont 1480; though his wife's name is unrecorded; and had issue, three sons, who all resided in Cambridgeshire: viz. I. ROBERT Honn.ow, of whom presently. II. JoHN HoDILow, of Histon, co. Cambridge, living 1520 (11 Hen. VIII.) who was progenitor of the Hodilows of Im• pington, in that county; whose history see post.
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