Historical records matching George Hodgson, Sr
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About George Hodgson, Sr
George was born on January 6, 1701, to Robert Hodgson in England. He died in 1774 in North Carolina.
George had set out to America with his parents and siblings, but they died and were buried at sea. He arrived in America in 1710, at nine years old. George grew up in or near Philadelphia, PA. In 1735, he acquired 300 acres of land in Pennsylvania. Around 1750, he moved his family to Guilford County, North Carolina. There he owned a large plantation and received as a land grant 640 acres. He and his wife were members of the Center Monthly Meeting in North Carolina.
He married Mary Thatcher on February 21, 1729.
George had at least two brothers, both were buried at sea.
Following quoted from Mary Elizabeth (Wilson) (Stewart) Robbins:
"February 21, 1729", he (George) married a Quaker girl named Mary Thatcher. There are no records to show that George Hodson ever joined the Quaker church, but Mary Thatcher was a Quaker, and the church would not give them permission to marry. Because of this, they went across to Wilmington, Delaware, and were married by a priest in the "Old Swedes Church". Mary was dismissed from the Quaker church because of this.
Twenty-three years later, on May 2, 1752, Mary and four children were officially received into the Quaker church."
GEDCOM Note
Family legend was that George was the only survivor of a shipwreck George was left no inheritance because, according to reference 51, he and wife Mary Dix Thatcher, also a Quaker, eloped without the Chester (Pa) Meeting's approval, or the approval of their parents. Although both were disowned, their certificates were later sent from Chester Meeting to New Garden (North Carolina) Meeting and were on hand when New Garden was granted monthly meeting status in 1754. The spelling of "Dix" was later changed to "Dicks". George and family lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania, located just south of Philadelphia. In 1750 he moved with a family of seven children, some of whom were then grown, and settled in the Quaker stronghold in Guilford County (formerly Roan), North Carolina. His brother, Robert Hodgson III migrated to the same locale in 1756. Zacharia Dicks and his brother Nathan, cousins of George's wife, Mary, had preceded the Hodson brothers to North Carolina. They were among the earliest Quakers to explore and settle in the Piedmont area. Reference 51 suggests that their glowing reports of the region and the fact that without an inheritance George and Mary were probably having a difficult time, induced George to move to that area.
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George Hodgson, Sr's Timeline
| 1701 |
January 6, 1701
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Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
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| 1710 |
1710
Age 8
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Pennsylvania, United States
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April 4, 1724
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New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
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August 4, 1731
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Chester County, Pennsylvania
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August 4, 1731
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Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1733
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Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
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March 11, 1735
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Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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March 11, 1738
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Guilford Co, New Caledonia
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1738
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