"First american generation of HODGES - 1666 1. ROGER HODGES - emigrated to Norfolk Co. Virginia and Isle of Wight Co., VA from England married Mary Manning, had 9 children died 1708 Virginia 2. Joseph HODGES (son of Roger); b. 1670 married three (3) times, Sarah, Martha and Mary. He fathered 7 sons and 1 daughter lived in Norfolk, VA; died 1766 3. JAMES HODGES, Sr. (son of Joseph) b. 1714, d. 1758 in Pasquotank Co., N.C. He lived all his life in VA, moving to NC 1757 died 1 year later. Married first Mary Portlock 1735 m. (2) Marian Stokley 1757, one year before his death. He fathered 6 sons and 4 daughters. 4. JAMES HODGES, Jr. (son of James Sr.) b. 1735 in VA m. (1) Elizabeth Hodgson. m (2) Mary. He fathered 4 sons and 5 daughters, lived in Norfolk, VA; moved to Halifax, NC then to Smith Co. TN where he died 1814. 5. David HODGES (son of James Jr.) b. Nov 5, 1768. in Halifax Co., NC m. Nancy Ward; fathered 5 sons and 5 daughters. He was a Methodist preacher. He moved from Halifax Co., NC to smith Co. Tennessee then to Franklin Co. Alabama from there to Tishamingo Co., MS where he died 23 April 1844. 6. JOHN WYLIE HODGES (son of David) b. 23 April 1801 in Smith Co. TN - d. Jackson Co., Texas 17 April 1858. >From Tenn., he moved with his father and mother (David and Nancy) to northern Alabama, m. (1) TALITHA ANN MORTON about 1827 in Alabama. Their first 5 children were born in Alabama. Namely, David WYLEY 1829, QUIN MORTON 1830, MARY ELIZABETH 1832, JOHN SUTHERLAND 1834, and SUSANNAH ANDERSON 1836. JOHN WYLIE HODGES moved from AL to TX about 1838. He settled in Colorado Co near Egypt, TX. On 16, May 1839, J. W. Hodges took title to 640 acres of land in Goliad Co., Texas. Before he left Colorado, Co. he lost his first wife TALITHA on 1 Oct. 1839 and their last child named for her mother, Aug. 18, 1840. He moved his young family to Jackson county to be near his late wife's family. Here he married (2) Susan Lewis Menefee. Susan was a first cousin of TALITHA ANN. In 1847, he moved his family to the Goliad property, in Jackson Co., TX. John Wylie Hodges and Susan Lewis Menefee had the following children: 1. Lucy Ann Hodges b. 5 Nov 1844; m. Dillard R. Fant 2. Wm. Depriest Hodges b. July 1846 3. Robert Ward Hodges, b. 8 Feb.1848 m. Martha Wordley 4. Thomas Menefee Hodges b. 30 Aug 1849 m. Sally M. Leyless 5. Franses Maranda Hodges, b. Jan. 1851 m. Nathaniel Word 6. Agnes Shelton Hodges, b. 7 Dec 1852 m. Eugene Davis 7. George Pierce Hodges, b. April 1856" Source: The above information was furnished to me by Thelma HODGES Overman, Box 186 Whitharrral, Texas 79380 dated 1980. She may have gotten information Ruth HODGES Gaines (Mrs. Hugh Gaines); 1514 E. 37th St., Odessa, TX 79762 and the book "We Cousins", Vol. 1 & 2. I do not find a connect to my HODGES lines; however, I also have a JOHN WYLIE HODGES. Gerry HODGES Hackley in Corpus Christi, Texas