HODGE GENEALOGY FROM THE FIRST OF THE NAME IN THIS COUNTRY TO THE PRESENT TIME WITH A NUMBER OF ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANY HISTORICAL FACTS COMPILED BY 0 ORLANDO JOHN HODGE (605) BOSTON ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL PRESS 1900 TO THE MEMORY OF MY SON AND ONLY CHILD, <tlarn 1Roberts 1bobge, BORN JULY 16, 1857, AND DIED NOVEMBER 29, 188o, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDIC.A.TED. Clark was a young man of generous impulses, great energy, and exemplary life. A few months before his death he had happily married and entered into business pursuits with ani- mation and high hopes. o. J. H. IN FRIENDSHIP'S CROWN. '' Fast as the rolling seasons bring The hour of fate to those we love, Each pearl that leaves the broken string Is set in friendship's crown above. As narrower grows the earth!y chain, The circle widens in the sky ; These are our treasures that remain, But those are stars that beam on high." Oliver Wendell Holmes. SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS. "Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive and successive rise; So generations in their cause decay; So flourish these when those have passed away." Alexander Pope. THE SHADOWY PAST. '' Gather we from the shadowy past The struggling beams which linger yet, Ere o'er those flickering lights is cast The shroud that none can penetrate." Platt Rogers Spmcer. THE TRUMPET. "The trumpet! the trumpet! the dead have all heard; To=the depths of the stone-covered charnel are stirr'd; tFrom the sea, from the land, from the south, and the north, The vast generations of man may come forth." Henry Ha,-t JJ,filman. PREFATORY REMARKS. THE desire ,to know something of our ancestors is very general, and the greater the knowledge acquired the more interesting the subject becomes. For years I felt that at least I should like to know my own family line in this country, but had little or. no time to devote to researches in that direction. Finally, however, about the year r 876, I took up the matter ,vith some zeal and soon became much interested in genealogy. Since then I have devoted such spare time as I could to compiling this work. During the years that have elapsed I have searched through the musty records of sev~ral hundred churches, towns, and probate courts. I have looked through State archives, genealogi­ cal works, and old family manuscripts, as would seem aln1ost without number. Not only this, but I have visited very many of the old grave-yards in the New England States, talked with the " oldest inhabitants '' here and there, written more than a thousand letters of inquiry, and travelled in search of information many times that number of miles. But notwithstanding my earnest labors, I am not unmindful that 1ny work is far from complete. My ardent hope, however, is that some person in the near future may take up the subject ,vhere I leave it, and give a (5) 6 HODGE FAMILY. ' more full and interesting history of the Hodge families in this country than it has been possible for me to do at this time. If in the publication of the facts I have gathered, the genealogical taste of those of our name and family, now living, or those who may come after, may be gratified, even in some small degree, I shall feel that my labors have not been altogether in vain. Criticism is invited, and letters pointing out errors that may be found will be thankfulJy received. Such letters will be preserved with a vie,v to a revised edition by some one in the future. My expectations are fulfilled. Thanks are due to Mr. Almon D. Hodges, of Boston, Mass., for much valuable information. During the preparation of his work, - " The Hodges Family of New England," - lately published, \Ve have had occasion to exchange notes very often. Hodge and Hodges, now two distinct names in this country, in the old records are sometimes confounded, and it has often been difficult to determine whether a name was intended for one or the other. Rev. M. G. Hodge, of Wisconsin, and his daughters have furnished interesting facts with a readiness and fulness which, had some others equally interested emulated it, would have greatly lessened my labors. Hon. N orinan Hodge, of Danbury, Conn., an octogenarian, has given me valuable copies of town, pro­ bate, and family records. My wife, Virginia, has been invaluable in tracing out " family links " and in the general assistance she has given me. Others who have aided me I must thank in a general way. THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. PAGE. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . I I NAMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS • . 20 COLONIAL AND OTHER \VARS • . 21 EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS • . • • 22 Jv!ULTIPLICITY OF ANCESTORS • • . 22 JOHN HODGE, THE GREAT PROGENITOR. • • • • • • 23 LINEAGE CHART-JOHN l-lODGE AND SUSANNA DENSLOW • 207 OTHER HODGE FAMILIES : THE CHARLES HODGE FAMILY • • • . 209 THE PHILO HODGE FAMILY • • • . 232 THE NICHOLAS HODGE FAMILY . 240 OTHER PROBABLE DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS • • • 2 45 JOHN HoDG (HODGE), OF KITTERY, l\IE. • • • • 2 49 OTHER HODGES IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND • • 2 57 THE GEORGE HODGE FAMILY (1\1ASS.) • • • • • 267 THE PHILADELPHIA HODGE FAMILY • • • • • • 2 74 THE NEHEJVIIAH HODGE FAMILY • . 283 THE REUBEN 1-IODGE FAMILY • • . 285 CAPT. JOHN HODGE OF THE "MONTGOMERY " • • 287 THE LANSINGBURG (N.Y.) HODGE FAMILY • • • • 289 THE JAMES HODGE FAMILY (PENN.) • • • • • • 291 A NORTH CAROLINA HODGE FAMILY • • • • • • 2 94 A MISSISSIPPI HODGE FAMILY • • • . 2 95 A NEW HAMPSHIRE HODGE FAMILY • • • . 296 THE LEVI HODGE FAMILY • • • • • • . 298 ANDREW HODGE, OF VIRGINIA • • • • • • • • 302 ,VILLIAM HODGE FAMILY (MARYLAND) • • • • • 3o3 RICHARD HOGGE, HODGES, OR HODGE • • • • • 305 HODGES, UNCLASSIFIED • • • • • • • • • • • • 308 MARRIAGES • • • . • • . • . • 33 1 (7) 8 HODGE FAMILY. PAGE. MILITARY SERVICE IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR • • • • • 33 2 PEDIGREE CHART • • • • • • • • • • • • • 338 ALLIED FAMILIES ( WITH JOHN HODGE AND DESCENDANTS) : THE DENSLOW FAMILY • • • • • • • • • • 339 THE WELLES FAMILIES • • . 345 THE ALLIS FAMILY • • • . 35 2 THE FOOTE FAMILY • • • . 354 THE CHURCHILL FAMILY. 356 THE TREAT FAMILY • • . 359 THE HURLBUT FAMJ!,Y • • • • . 362 THE \-VHITE F Al\IILY • • • • . 364 OTHER ALLIED FAMILIES : THE ENGLISH FAMILY . 368 THE NEWCOMB FAMILY • • . 385 ACADIAN EMIGRATION • • • • • • • • . 388 THE CAULKINS FAMILY • • • • • • • • . 389 TBE DEWEY FAMILY • • • • • • . 393 THE SHEDD FAMILY • • • • • • . 397 HISTORICAL INCIDENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS : CAPTURE OF ABIGAIL ALLIS • • • • . 400 CAPTURE OF flANNAH DUSTIN . • • 401 THE STORY OF A BELL • • . 4o3 STORY OF THE THIMBLE • • • . I 0 404 A. WEDDING-TRIP- 1820 • • • • • • • . 405 WHY HE WAS CALLED HADJI • • • • • • • • 408 KING HODGE OF LIBERIA . I 0 408 HODGES, NOT HODGE. • • • • • • • • , • 410 THE SQUIRE AND HIS TENANT - OLD ENGLISH RHYME, 411 THE DEAD DRUMMER . 413 IN THE BEYOND . 414 WHEN WE ARE GONE. 414 GENERAL INDEX • • • . • • • • 4 1 5 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. ORLANDO J. HODGE ( 605) . Frontispiece DR. FRANK HODGE (590) . facing LYMAN D. HODGE (609) . " KARL HODGE ( I I 2 7) . " DWIGHT ,v. HODGE ( 6 18) " 0. J. HODGE, 2D ( 1528) " CLARK R. HODGE (1165) " 200 VIRGINIA S. HODGE • • . " 209 DWIGHT M .. HODGE ( 5) . " 291 THE OLD LOG HOUSE • . " 37° THE "WALK-IN-THE-WATER" . " 406 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. "WHAT'S in a name?" says Shakespeare. The query at first suggests that there is very little, but further thought leads to the conclusion that there is very much. It is evident that individual names in great part have come, as another has observed, from some cir­ cumstance of birth, incident in life, or good desired. Tacitus tells us how Germanicus, always a popular general, having had a son born to him in camp, dressed the lad like a little soldier, complete even to his boots ( calt"ga), in the hope of pleasing his men. The men of course made a pet of him and called him Caligula, or Little Boots, and it is by his camp nickname of Little Boots that Claudius, son of Germanicus, lives in history to this day. Cameron, it is said, was given, signifying crooked nose ; ,vhile Turn-bull, no,v Trumbull, had its origin in the fact that a man in one of the parks of Scotland turned a mad bull, and thereby saved the life of a gentleman of distinc­ tion. The incident is said to have occurred in I 3 I 5. Leyden has put the supposed facts in verse, as follows: '' On Scotia's lord he rushed with speed, Bent his strong neck to toss the startled steed; His arms robust the hardy hunter flung Around his bending horns, and upwards wrung, \Vith writhing force his neck retorted round, And rolled the panting monster on the ground, Crushed with enormous strength his bony skull ; And courtiers hailed the man who turned the bull." (II) 12 HODGE FAMILY. Godman, Christian, and other like names undoubtedly were given with a view to influence the persons thus named to be worthy followers of Christian doctrines, or because the individuals had already been zealous in the faith. Anderson in his work on surnames says: " The sobri­ quets perpetuated as surnames originally mostly were given from the person's general appearance, or the color of the skin or hair, hence White, Black, Brown, Gray, and Green, or supposed likeness of the animal creation, as Lyon, Bull, Lamb, Wolf, Hogg ( which does not mean a pig or sow, but a lamb a year old), and Tod, which is the Scotch name for Fox." Mr. Anderson might have extended his list of nan1es representing colors by adding Blue, Pink, Purple, Red, Scarlet, and Violet, and to the animal kingdom have added Buck, Bullock, Catt, Cattle, Colt, Coon, Hare, Kidd, Mink, Mouse, Seal, Squirrel, Stag, and others. There are many persons bearing these names.