Sarah Hodges

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Captain William Wilkins & Ann Wilkins

WIVES of Richard Hodges and their children:

On Ancestry there is info that addresses the confusion over Richard's wife's name. Most Ancestry trees have his wife listed as Sarah Vann. Some have her listed as Sarah Vann Wilkins. Some have merged them into one person as Sarah Vann Wilkins. One person suggested this possibility for the uncertainty of her name;

"Accounts vary wildly concerning Richard Hodge or Hodges and his wife (or wives) and children. Many show wife as Sarah Vann Wilkens... marriage dates range from 1720 to 1732, and places range from Isle of Wight County, Virginia to Bertie Co, North Carolina...! The names of the children seem to be listed fairly consistently, but then that could be because people have copied them over and over... ? I have done basically that, although some are better documented than others, and I have further speculated that there were two wives...one Sarah Vann and one Sarah Wilkins....I have absolutely no proof of this and it may very well be wrong, but it would explain why some marriage dates are 1720 or 1725 (which would corresponde well with the first two sons) and also shown as a marriage date is 1732 (which would be too late for the first two, but would be compatable with the very next son who was born abt 1732)... if anyone can help untangle this mess, please do."

and at least one tree does, in fact, show the two wives and their children:

Richard Branch Hodges
BIRTH: 1700 Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA DIFFERENT

DEATH: 21 Nov 1751 Marlboro, South Carolina, United States

sources (6) records (5) photos (1)

Family Info

Father
Robert Hodges III (1675–1742)

Mother
Ann Brandt Branch (1680–1742) (I don't believe her middle name was Brandt or that any of his children had middles names, as that wasn't common in their era)

Spouse
Sarah Vann (1693–1760)

Children
Sarah (1717–)
Henry (1720–1802)
John Ballentine (1720–1778)
John Robert (1728–1822)

Spouse
Sarah Wilkins (1713–1760)
Married 1732

Children
Lemuel (1733–)
Thomas (1736–1755)
Ann (1742–1835)
Howell (1742–1799)
Mary (1744–)
Sarah (1747–1806)
Isabell (1748–1802)

A discussion about this can be seen under Richard's Discussion tab.

WIVES of Richard Hodges and their children:

On Ancestry there is info that addresses the confusion over Richard's wife's name. Most Ancestry trees have his wife listed as Sarah Vann. Some have her listed as Sarah Vann Wilkins. Some have merged them into one person as Sarah Vann Wilkins. One person suggested this possibility for the uncertainty of her name;

"Accounts vary wildly concerning Richard Hodge or Hodges and his wife (or wives) and children. Many show wife as Sarah Vann Wilkens... marriage dates range from 1720 to 1732, and places range from Isle of Wight County, Virginia to Bertie Co, North Carolina...! The names of the children seem to be listed fairly consistently, but then that could be because people have copied them over and over... ? I have done basically that, although some are better documented than others, and I have further speculated that there were two wives...one Sarah Vann and one Sarah Wilkins....I have absolutely no proof of this and it may very well be wrong, but it would explain why some marriage dates are 1720 or 1725 (which would corresponde well with the first two sons) and also shown as a marriage date is 1732 (which would be too late for the first two, but would be compatable with the very next son who was born abt 1732)... if anyone can help untangle this mess, please do."

and at least one tree does, in fact, show the two wives and their children:

Richard Branch Hodges
BIRTH: 1700 Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA DIFFERENT

DEATH: 21 Nov 1751 Marlboro, South Carolina, United States

sources (6) records (5) photos (1)

Family Info

Father
Robert Hodges III (1675–1742)

Mother
Ann Brandt Branch (1680–1742) (I don't believe her middle name was Brandt or that any of his children had middles names, as that wasn't common in their era)

Spouse
Sarah Vann (1693–1760)

Children
Sarah (1717–)
Henry (1720–1802)
John Ballentine (1720–1778)
John Robert (1728–1822)

Spouse
Sarah Wilkins (1713–1760)
Married 1732

Children
Lemuel (1733–)
Thomas (1736–1755)
Ann (1742–1835)
Howell (1742–1799)
Mary (1744–)
Sarah (1747–1806)
Isabell (1748–1802)

A discussion about this can be seen under Richard's Discussion tab.