William Hodgkins, of Ipswich

WILLIAM1 HODGKINS (1622-1693) resided in the Little Neck area of Ipswich, Mass., for over fifty years, beginning about 1641. [Callender, pp. 1-2] He had a share in Plum Island about 1654. It is recorded in 1666 that he built a hundred feet of posts and rails and in 1668 he built a house. In 1687 William Hodgkins, Jacob Perkins, and Matthew Perkins built twenty feet of wharf in the Cove. [Hammatt, pp. 135-139] In 1667 he served on an inquest jury at the "Ile of Showles." He became a member of the First Church in Ipswich in 1673 and in 1676 he deposed incourt that he had lived at Quartermaster Perkins's about thirty years ago. In 1677 he petitioned the town of Ipswich for a "little eyland butting against Mister paines eyland which hath a letle marsh about it that is cut everry year by one or other that hast letle or no ned of it if the town would be pleased to grant me the cutting of it I would ingage to burne all the marsh about the neck." [Holman, p. 2]

In April 1679, "William Hodgken, sr." was in court for excessive drinking on the training day, witnessed by Seth Story and Samuell Ayres. The following September he was again fined for excessive drinking. In March 1682 Samuel Bishop in settling the estates of Thomas and Margaret Bishop brought suit against Hodgkins for debt, but the case was withdrawn. The following September, Hodgkins acknowledged judgment in fish to SamuelBishop. In 1683 he still was having trouble "by a record of the execution levied upon him, in favor of Samuel bishop, an attachment, as served and collected by Robert Lord and not satisfied." [Holman, pp. 2-3]

In 1684 when his son-in-law Robert Cotes and daughter Mary came from Lynn to reside in Ipswich, William Hodgkins furnished a bond of œ50 and submitted a signed and sealed document that they would not be burdensome to the town. [Hammatt] The inventory ofhis estate lists the house and homestead at œ80, as well as stock and personal estate, among which were his gun and sword and "two Bibels & other Books." [Holman, p. 5]

His wife was GRACE2 DUTCH ( ? -c.1704), and their children were Hannah, William, Samuel (died age 1«), SAMUEL, John, Mary, Edward, Hezekiah, Thomas, Christopher, Martha, and Abigail.

Grace Dutch was the daughter of OSMOND1 DUTCH (1584-1684) and GRACE PRATT. Their children, whose order of birth is unknown, were GRACE, Hester, Hezekiah, Robert, Alice, and Mary.Osmond Dutch was mentioned early as a purchaser and grantee of land in Gloucester, Mass. His residence was in the easterly part of the harbor, near the head of which was a miry place long called "Dutch's Slough." He bought a homestead in 1651. He served as selectman in 1650. His estate was œ83.10s, but apparently there was some problem as on July 21, 1685, in relation to her husband's estate, there was a "humble petition of the poor distressed widow, Grace Dutch" to the General Court.

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From Geni member Tabitha King, Nov 2014:

"I suspect this William Hodgkins Jr 1622 is not the son of William Hoskins 1615-1695 who married Sarah Cushman 1615-1638 and Ann Hinds 1617-1666. The William Hoskins Jr born to Wiliam 1615-1695 and Ann Hinds married Sarah Caswell 1658-1730. We know that Ann Hinds m. William Hoskins 1615-1695 on 21 Dec 1638 and so could not have been William Hodgkins 1622's mother. Nor could Sarah Cushman 1615-1638 and married to William Hoskins 1615-1695 on 2 Nov 1636."

References

1. Winifred Lovering Holman, "The Hodgkins Line" (typescript at NEHGS).
2. Ruby Hodgkins Callender, Hodgkins Genealogy, pp. 1-2.
3. Abraham Hammatt, The Hammatt Papers: The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., pp. 135-139.
4. John J. Babson, History of the Town of Gloucester, p. 83., for Osmond Dutch.
5. Hodgkins of Hancock, Maine

Links

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/d/Wayne-C-Hodgkins/G...

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/aDeathsH.shtml "(HODGKINS (Hodgkin)) William, Dec. 26, 1693."

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LKGK-W3P/william-hodgkins-162...

William Hodgkins
Male
before 27 October 1622–26 December 1693

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Brief Life History of William

When William Hodgkins was born before 27 October 1622, in St Giles without Cripplegate, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Henry Hodgkins, was 11619 and his mother, Sarah Bradford Cusheman, was 30. He married Grace Dutch about 1657, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 26 December 1693, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Spouse

William Hodgkins
Male
1622–1693

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Male

Grace Dutch
Female
1633–1694

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Female

Marriage
about 1657
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Children (11)

Roger Haskins
Male
1643–1693

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Male

Hannah Hodgkins
Female
1654–1676

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Female

Samuel Hodgkins
Male
1658–1725

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Male

Mary Hodgkins
Female
1661–1729

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Female

John Hodgkins
Male
1662–1690

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Male

Edward Hodgkins
Male
1663–1715

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Male

Hezekiah Hodgkins
Male
1665–Deceased

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Male

Abigail Hodgkins
Female
1665–1723

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Female

Thomas Hodgkins
Male
1668–1719

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Male

Christopher Hodgkins
Male
1670–1724

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Male

Martha Hodgkins
Female
1673–1732

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Female

Parents

William Henry Hodgkins
Male
1590–Deceased

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Male

Sarah Bradford Cusheman
Female
1592–1638

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Female

Siblings (1)

William Hodgkins
Male
1622–1693

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Male