Sharon, this is a belated reply, but just found your post today. I'm looking for a NY "Norman W. Hodges" who adopted a Locena Foote (why, when, where) b 1804 NY. She m Josiah Wilkins b 1800 NY, they went west to MI, IL, IA from Wayne or Genesee co NY after 1830. Other families w/them: Boughton, Newell, Wilkins, Foote. Some Hodges buried Linn co IA: Hope Hodges b Mar 24, 1820, d Feb 5, 1892. Elizabeth J Hodges, b Dec 25 1824, d Sept 12, 1896. Maybe a connection with your Hughbert's Stueben co NY family. Locena my gmother's gmother. reply "eonm@bellsouth.net" Marilyn Noe, Atlanta Ga.