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. -- 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