Tell me more about the Robert Hodgson who was in New Amsterdam by 1655 and was a proven Quaker. I would love to see the records in Chester Co. that you have for him. I think there are at least four Robert Hodgsons here in the records that I have. The most important clues seem to be that Sarah names Robert Hodgson as her eldest son, therefore born ca. 1698 if they were m. in 1697. This does not line up with the Robert Hodgson who m. Theodate Seals in 1740 at Warrington MM. The Cecil Co Deed of 1744 says that Robert the son of Robert Hodgson was of Kent County Delaware. We know that Robert and Theodate witnessed the wedding 22, 4m, 1756 at Warrington MM. Robert from Warrington was probably received on certificate at Cane Creek MM, NC 6, 12m, 1760. Here are the records for the Maryland Robert Hodgson. Both Robert Hodgson and his wife Sarah left wills in Cecil Co, MD: 1733 Cecil Co. Wills AA1:263 Robert HODGSON Ch: Robert, Matthew, Phineas, Joseph, John, Jonathan, Richard, David, Rachel, Sarah. 1733 Dec 17. Robert HODGSON: Sarah HODGSON Exex, along with Evert EVERDSON Junr & Walter SCOTT Junr ... Wit: Benj. PEARCE Junr., Wm. RECONSEY? Film #013879 Cecil Co, MD Administrations No. 64, p. 421. 1744 Cecil Co, MD Deeds 6:345 27 July 1744 Robert HODGSON of the County of Kent upon Delaware Son and Heir of Robt. HODGSON late of Cecil County in Maryland decd of the one part and John MACKEY of Cecil County Yeoman of the other part ... 1748 Cecil Co. Wills BB2:32 Sarah HODGSON Children: Eldest son Robert, Matthew, Phineas, Joseph, John, Jonathan, Richard, David, Rachel, Sarah WOOD, grandson David, granddau Sarah WOOD. 1748/9 Feb 23 Sarah HODGSON: Jonathan HODGSON & Richd HODGSON Exors. of Sarah HODGSON late of Cecil Co. with the Deceaseds will annext do make... along with Walter SCOTT Jun & Evert EVERTSON of Cecil Co. bound £300 Wit: Robert HODGSON, John THOMPSON Film #013879 Cecil Co, MD Administrations No. 64, p. 421. PLEASE NOTE!!! There is no George Hodgson listed as a son of Robert and Sarah in their wills. [You can not declare that George was disowned and then use as proof that he was not named in their wills.] Also note that Robert Hodgson, son of Robert Hodgson is said to be living in Kent upon Delaware in 1744. Here is his will. 1765 HODGSON, Robert, Sr. Will (copy). Made Jan. 11, 1765. Heirs: sons Robert, William, David; daus. Mary CATLIN, Margarett PRICHARD. Exec'rs, bro-in-law Andrew CALDWELL & son Robert. Wits., Preston BERRY, Jane CALDWELL, Ann REYNOLDS, David CALDWELL. Prob. Augs. 12, 1767. Arch. vol. A24, pages 129-131. Reg. of Wills, Liber L, folios 33-34. Robert HODGSON's son Joseph HODGSON wrote a will in 1759 naming his uncle Andrew CALDWELL, his bro Robert HODGSON Jr. as Exor and his mother Train HODGSON as Trustee. Robert and Train HODGSON were witnesses to a will in 1733. Therefore Robert was married to Train when he sold [1744] that piece of land in Cecil County that he inherited from his father. The son William HODGSON left a will in 1770 naming his daus Esther and Train and his brother David as Exor. Leon deValinger, Jr., Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records 1680-1800, (Dover, Del.: Archives Commission, 1944), p. 229. PLEASE NOTE! This cannot be the Robert HODGIN who m. Theodate SEAL in 1740 west of the Susquehanna River in what became York Co, PA. He or his wife were witnesses to Quaker marriages there in 1740, 1748, 1749, 1756. You just cannot be in two places at the same time. It also seems certain that the Robert of the 1765 Kent Co Delaware will is this eldest son of Robert and Sarah of Cecil County. The will in 1765 cannot be Robert and Theodate who are in North Carolina in 1760 and they leave for South Carolina in 1771. I. Robert HODGSON d. 1733. wife Sarah BORDEN d. 1748 II. Their eldest son Robert HODGSON b. ca. 1698, d. 1767 Kent DE. He m. Train CALDWELL. III. Their son Robert HODGSON mentioned in his brother's will in 1759 and in his father's will in 1765. None of this family above appears to be Quakers and none of these above are Robert HODGIN who m. the widow Theodate SEALS in 1740 in York Co, PA. And he is the Robert HODGIN who is claimed to be the brother of George HODGSON. Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Ferguson [mailto:ferg@ntelos.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:44 AM To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PaOldC] George Hodgson Without some sort of proof that these Georges are one and the same, I think it would seem more likely that the Chester Co George was an ancestor of the area's original Hodgson emigrant, Robert, who emigrated here because he was a persecuted Quaker in England....he was in New Amsterdam by 1655 after being physically abused and then banished from New England for practicing his Quaker religion. by 1692, land was sold in Concord, in 1694....in the early 1700s a Robert Hodgson was taxed on land on Conestoga Creek and later lived in Md,....in 1715 he owned land in East Nottingham, called 'Hodgson's Choice'. S. Very interesting! George who married Mary Thacher later died in Guilford County, North Carolina but he is the one that married at Old Swede's.

There is a very long bio on him, in Futhey and Cope....too long to type it all in., here are facts, extracted from the bio. He came from Reading England ... imprisoned for 16 weeks as a Quaker..landed in New Amsterdam 1657...went with 9 other Friends to L. I....banished from New England...imprisoned in New Amsterdam and sentenced to work "2 years with a negro at the wheelbarrow." Became ill and was spared because the sister of Gov Stuyverant intervened in his behalf. Upland records 1677-8 mention Robberd Hutchinson as an attorney. (there is, perhaps, a brother, too....Ralph). `1692 owned 50 acres of land in Concord....sells it in 1699. took up a warrant in 1714-15 in Conestoga for 2000 acres..had a certificate dated 1717, Newark MM for him and his family, including wife, Sarah. Patent 1715, 250 acres in , called Hodgson's Choice....600 acres patent granted by Md...called Pleasant Garden, principally in what is New london twp...this was his final residence. died 1732...left children Joseph, John, David, Richard, Phineas, Matthew, Rachel Scott, Sarah, Jonathan and Robert. Sandra >" Tell me more about the Robert Hodgson who was in New Amsterdam by 1655 >and was a proven Quaker. " -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006