John Robert Hodges I

Listed among the children of his father's 1st wife Sarah Vann:

Spouse
Sarah Vann (1693–1760)

Children
Sarah (1717–)
Henry (1720–1802)
John Ballentine (1720–1778) - no evidence his middle name was Ballentine or that any of them had middle names, as that wasn't common in their era
John Robert (1728–1822)

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Tabitha Little, Birth: 1746 - Beaufort Co., NC; Father: Thomas Little; Husband: John Robert Hodges, Sr.

5 Children: Howell Hodges, Robert Hodges, John Robert Hodges, Jr., William Henry Hodges (born 19 JUN 1770, Kingston, NC), and Julia Hodges

http://tobetsy.blogspot.com/2010/12/john-robert-hodges-1735-1810.html

John Robert Hodges, Sr. ( 1736-1810 )

John Robert Hodges, Sr. was the first child born to Richard and Sarah Hodges of North Carolina on June 26, 1736. The 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, NC he inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. He sold part of the property he had inherited in Beaufort County in 1756, the year he married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort Co., NC on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little (1700-1764). They married in Beaufort or Pitt Co. ( Pitt Co. was formed out of Beaufort County). He was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period from 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. In 1779 John Hodges of Washington County, NC (not GA) appointed his brother, Howell, as power of attorney and in 1780, Howell sold this land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hodges-388

"The Hodges Family - Floral City Florida February 14, 1910

"…. My Father William Henry Hodges told me and Willis that his Father, John R. Hodges was born on June 26, 1736 in England and he could not remember for sure who his (John R.'s) Father was but he thinks he remembers it was Joseph and that he was a rich man in England. My Father William Henry told me and Willis that his Father, John R. came to America before the Rev War and settled in the eastern part of North Carolina with two Brothers, William and Howell. They had been given land grant by the King of England, and though he (William Henry) was only 6 years old at the time of the beginning of the Revolution, he remembers that his Father and Uncle William were loyal to the King. There was some bad words between the Brothers, because Uncle Howell was for the revolution. My Father (John R.) And his brother William were called Torries and the other settlers treated them bad, so they hooked up their wagons and started for the Spanish Territory in Florida. They traveled in the waterways to cover their tracks and finally reached the east part of South Carolina.
My mother, Tabitha, who was a Little before she married Daddy, took sick with fever and died in S.C. Everyone was very sad and Daddy John never got over her death. …

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