Lydia HODGES

Lydia married Gen. George GODFREY on 3 Apr 1740 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. George was born on 19 Mar 1720/1 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 30 Jun 1793 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Henry Hodges lived in Taunton on the Rehoboth road, about 3 1/2 miles from the Green, on his homestead-lot of about 50 acres. He owned several other lots of land in Taunton and Norton, and also a tract of about 100 acres in Stoughton which he gave before his death to his sons Josiah and Eliphalet, who settled there. he was selectman of Taunton 8 years, 1731 to 1735 and 1737 to 1739. He was lieut. of (prob.) the 2nd Taunton Company, which fact gives rise to the conjecture that he may have served in Queen Anne's War, but no record of such service in known. His gravestone in the West End Burying Ground (called also the Oakland Cemetery, on Glebe street) bears this inscription: -

In Memory of
Lev henry Hoges
Who Died Septem
ye 18th, 1755
in ye
70th year of his
Age.

Henry married Sarah LEONARD on 05 Apr 1711 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born on 06 Sep 1688 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Oct 1771 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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