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We are descended from Thorndike Deland Hodges in generation seven, son of Mary Osgood Deland and John Hodges. I have transcribed some pertinent excerpts from the book "The Deland Family in America" by Frederick Deland Leete describing Huguenots in America (beware fanciful elaborations) and Philip and Benjamin Deland.

Descendants of Phillip Deland



First Generation


1. Phillip Deland was born about 1626.

General Notes: a miller, possibly Philip Charles

Phillip married (name unknown).


Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Benjamin Deland was born in 1656-1660 in Beverly MA and died before 23 Nov 1691 in Salem MA.

Benjamin married ²Catherine Hodges³ (b. 20 Aug 1664, d. 2 Jan 1713) on 7 Dec 1681 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1

+ 3 M    ii. John Deland was born in 1660.

John married ²Elizabeth [Deland]³.(b. Abt 1662)

+ 4 M    iii. Philip Deland was born about 1664.

Philip married ²Margery [Deland]³.(b. Abt 1666, d. 1694)

Philip next married ²Jane Atkinson³ (b. Abt 1666) in 1695.


Second Generation (Children)


2. Benjamin Deland was born in 1656-1660 in Beverly MA and died before 23 Nov 1691 in Salem MA.

General Notes: from the Deland book:

"Benjamin Deland, aged about twenty years, deposed that on Oct 7 1676, he with the other soldiers who were in the garrison at Westfield adn those who were in the garrison at Hadley and the other towns, were dismissed. They came toward home and 'met at Squabage the gratest part, and severall came a foott and all the souilders came but a fott pace.' " this affair evidently relates to King Philip's War, 1675-6"

Benjamin was a fisherman.

Benjamin married ²Catherine Hodges³, daughter of ²George Hodges³ and ²Mary Hudson Huston³, on 7 Dec 1681 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1 Catherine was born on 20 Aug 1664 and died on 2 Jan 1713, at age 48.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 5 F    i. Mary Deland was born on 27 Nov 1683 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1

Mary married ²Robert Roundy³ (b. 1698-1740) on 2 Dec 1703 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1

+ 6 M    ii. George Deland was born on 6 Feb 1691 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 1 2 and died on 10 Jul 1749 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 58.1

George married ²Bethiah Peters³ (b. Sep 1686) on 10 May 1711 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1

   7 F    iii. Elizabeth Deland was born in 1682-1705.
+ 8 M    iv. Benjamin Deland Jr was born on 31 May 1686 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 16 Apr 1756 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 69.1

Benjamin married (name unknown).

   9 M    v. John Deland was born on 14 Sep 1688 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   10 F    vi. Katharine Deland was born on 23 Nov 1691.

General Notes: A widow, a schoolmarm. Hodges book, p. 30-31. In 1714, there was a movement to get a master for the school, and what became of Katharine Deland, after she lost her five pounds a year, is not known.

3. John Deland was born in 1660.

General Notes: A fisherman, called "John of Beverly"

John married ²Elizabeth [Deland]³. Elizabeth was born about 1662.

4. Philip Deland was born about 1664.

Philip married ²Margery [Deland]³. Margery was born about 1666 and died in 1694 in Newbury, about age 28.

Philip next married ²Jane Atkinson³ in 1695. Jane was born about 1666.


Third Generation (Grandchildren)


5. Mary Deland was born on 27 Nov 1683 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1

Mary married ²Robert Roundy³ on 2 Dec 1703 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1 Robert was born in 1698-1740.

6. George Deland was born on 6 Feb 1691 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 1 2 and died on 10 Jul 1749 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 58.1

George married ²Bethiah Peters³, daughter of ²Richard Peters³ and ²Bethiah [Peters]³, on 10 May 1711 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1 Bethiah was born in Sep 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.2


Children from this marriage were:

   11 F    i. Hannah Deland was born in 1710-1730.
+ 12 F    ii. Bethiah Deland was born on 4 Jan 1712.

Bethiah married ²John Kempton³ (b. Abt 1710) on 12 Nov 1730 in Salem MA.

+ 13 F    iii. Mary Deland was born on 3 Oct 1714.

Mary married ²Oliver Kempton³.(b. Abt 1710)

Mary next married ²Daniel Blaney³ (b. Abt 1710) in 1737.

+ 14 F    iv. Lydia Deland was born on 16 Jan 1717.

Lydia married ²Joseph Jeans³ (b. Abt 1715) on 9 Oct 1735.

   15 F    v. Catherine Deland was born on 6 Mar 1720.
+ 16 M    vi. George Yeoman Deland was born on 8 Jun 1721 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 30 Oct 1771 in Salem MA, at age 50.

George married ²Abigail Proctor³ (b. 27 Aug 1727) on 22 Aug 1744 in Salem MA.

   17 M    vii. Joseph Deland was born about 1723.
   18 M    viii. Samuel Deland was born about 1725.
   19 F    ix. Sarah Deland was born about 1727.
+ 20 M    x. Benjamin Deland was born on 21 Sep 1729 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 15 Oct 1810 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 81.3

Benjamin married ²Hannah Cook³ (b. 19 Jun 1732, d. 24 Sep 1811) on 20 Sep 1752 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.2

8. Benjamin Deland Jr was born on 31 May 1686 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 16 Apr 1756 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 69.1

Benjamin married (name unknown).


Children from this marriage were:

+ 21 M    i. Benjamin Deland Jr. was born about 1720.

Benjamin married ²Elizabeth Felton³.(b. 1723)


Fourth Generation (Great Grandchildren)


12. Bethiah Deland was born on 4 Jan 1712.

Bethiah married ²John Kempton³ on 12 Nov 1730 in Salem MA. John was born about 1710.

13. Mary Deland was born on 3 Oct 1714.

Mary married ²Oliver Kempton³. Oliver was born about 1710.

Mary next married ²Daniel Blaney³ in 1737. Daniel was born about 1710.

14. Lydia Deland was born on 16 Jan 1717.

Lydia married ²Joseph Jeans³ on 9 Oct 1735. Joseph was born about 1715.

16. George Yeoman Deland was born on 8 Jun 1721 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 30 Oct 1771 in Salem MA, at age 50.

George married ²Abigail Proctor³, daughter of ²Thorndike Jr. Proctor³ and ²Abigail Wilson³, on 22 Aug 1744 in Salem MA. Abigail was born on 27 Aug 1727 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 22 M    i. Thorndike Yeoman Deland was born on 25 Jul 1752 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and died on 6 Apr 1806 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 53.1

Thorndike married ²Elizabeth Osgood³ (b. 19 Aug 1753, d. Jun 1801) on 12 Jan 1774 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

Thorndike next married ²Eunice Becket³ (b. Abt 1754) on 11 Apr 1782.

+ 23 F    ii. Abigail Deland was born about 1745.

Abigail married ²John Tarpe³ (b. Abt 1743) about 1770.

+ 24 F    iii. Sarah Deland was born about 1747.

Sarah married ²Stephen Felton³ (b. Abt 1745) about 1769.

   25 M    iv. Robert F Deland was born in 1754.
   26 M    v. Benjamin Deland was born about 1749.
+ 27 F    vi. Lydia Deland was born about 1751.

Lydia married ²Josiah Ward³ (b. Abt 1749) on 6 Nov 1781.

   28 M    vii. Ebenezer Deland was born in 1752.
20. Benjamin Deland was born on 21 Sep 1729 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 15 Oct 1810 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 81.3

General Notes: Said by "The Spectator" to have been the Revolutionary soldier who enlisted Sept 28 1776. He volunteered from Salem for "The Rhode Island Expedition" and kept "a sort of livery and had much property in Salem." He is on an honor roll of Mass. Patriots 1777-1779 (big money donors)

Benjamin married ²Hannah Cook³, daughter of ²Joseph Jr. Cook³ and ²Eunice Pope³, on 20 Sep 1752 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.2 Hannah was born on 19 Jun 1732 3 and died on 24 Sep 1811, at age 79.3


Children from this marriage were:

   29 M    i. Joseph Deland was born on 30 Mar 1755.
   30 F    ii. Hannah Deland was born about 1755.
   31 F    iii. Elizabeth Deland was born about 1757.
   32 F    iv. Eunice Deland was born in Oct 1759.
   33 F    v. Bethiah Deland was born on 23 Mar 1766.
   34 M    vi. John Deland was born about 1763.
   35 F    vii. Mary Deland was born about 1765.
   36 M    viii. Benjamin Deland was born on 20 Jan 1763.
+ 37 M    ix. George Deland was born on 22 Sep 1771.

George married ²Mary Osgood³ (b. Abt 1773) on 24 Oct 1802.

21. Benjamin Deland Jr. was born about 1720.

Benjamin married ²Elizabeth Felton³, daughter of ²Samuel Felton³ and ²Unknown³. Elizabeth was born in 1723 in Salem MA.


Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandchildren)


22. Thorndike Yeoman Deland was born on 25 Jul 1752 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and died on 6 Apr 1806 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 53.1

General Notes: He was a sea captain (see the Deland Biography) and so called "Mariner"

Thorndike married ²Elizabeth Osgood³, daughter of ²Benjamin Osgood³ and ²Mary Symonds³, on 12 Jan 1774 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born on 19 Aug 1753 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died in Jun 1801 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 47.1


Children from this marriage were:

   38 F    i. Abigail Deland was born about 1780.
   39 F    ii. Sarah Deland was born about 1782.
+ 40 F    iii. Elizabeth Deland was born on 29 Sep 1776.

Elizabeth married ²George Osborne Jr³ (b. Abt 1774) about 1800.

Elizabeth next married ²Abner Rev. Kneeland³ (b. Abt 1774) about 1800.

+ 41 M    iv. Thorndike II Deland 4 was born on 4 Jul 1778 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 17 Oct 1883 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 105.

Thorndike married ²Mehitable Batchelder³ 4 (b. 7 Aug 1783, d. 12 Sep 1852) on 6 Sep 1801 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1

   42 M    v. Robert Deland was born on 29 Jul 1782 and died on 20 Aug 1864, at age 82.
   43 F    vi. Eliza Deland was born in 1792.
   44 M    vii. John Deland was born in 1796 and died on 22 Feb 1824, at age 28.
   45 F    viii. Mary Deland was born in 1801.

Thorndike next married ²Eunice Becket³ on 11 Apr 1782. Eunice was born about 1754.

23. Abigail Deland was born about 1745.

Abigail married ²John Tarpe³ about 1770. John was born about 1743.

24. Sarah Deland was born about 1747.

Sarah married ²Stephen Felton³ about 1769. Stephen was born about 1745.

27. Lydia Deland was born about 1751.

Lydia married ²Josiah Ward³ on 6 Nov 1781. Josiah was born about 1749.

37. George Deland was born on 22 Sep 1771.

General Notes: He was drowned at sea, unknown date

George married ²Mary Osgood³ on 24 Oct 1802. Mary was born about 1773.


Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandchildren)


40. Elizabeth Deland was born on 29 Sep 1776.

Elizabeth married ²George Osborne Jr³ about 1800. George was born about 1774.

Elizabeth next married ²Abner Rev. Kneeland³ about 1800. Abner was born about 1774.

41. Thorndike II Deland 4 was born on 4 Jul 1778 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 17 Oct 1883 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 105.

General Notes: Thorndike 2nd, was a member of the firm "Dutch and Deland." When the War of 1812 was declared they had six vessels at sea. Two were confiscated by Napoleon at San Sabastian and another was caught by the British and taken to Halifax. This ruined the firm and plunged Thorndike into debts of which however he paid the last in 1825. In the few remaining years of his life he was not able to accumulate much to leave to his family. "A kind genial man, a welcome companion to everybody" from Deland book.

Thorndike married ²Mehitable Batchelder³,4 daughter of ²John Deacon Batchelder³ and ²Hannah Woodbury³, on 6 Sep 1801 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.1 Mehitable was born on 7 Aug 1783 in North Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 12 Sep 1852 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 69.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 46 F    i. Mary Osgood Deland 4 was born on 8 Dec 1808 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 4 and died on 29 Dec 1903 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 95.4

Mary married ²John Hodges³ 4 (b. 11 Dec 1802, d. 29 Apr 1882) on 15 Dec 1833 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.5

+ 47 M    ii. Thorndike Deland was born on 1 Jul 1806 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died in 1890 in Philadelphia, at age 84.

Thorndike married ²Elizabeth Margaret Rawle³ (b. Abt 1808) about 1830.

   48 M    iii. John Osgood Deland was born on 14 Sep 1802 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 13 Jul 1815, at age 12.
   49 F    iv. Mehitable Deland was born on 3 Sep 1804 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   50 F    v. Louise Matilda Deland was born on 1 Dec 1810 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died in Oct 1875, at age 64.
   51 F    vi. Caroline Elizabeth Deland was born on 6 Oct 1812 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   52 F    vii. Harriot Ann Deland was born on 26 Jul 1814 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   53 F    viii. Emily Augusta Deland was born on 13 Jan 1816 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   54 M    ix. Horace Deland was born on 14 Apr 1818 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.1
   55 F    x. Laura Prince Deland was born on 19 Jul 1824 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died on 7 Apr 1839 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 14.1

Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandchildren)


46. Mary Osgood Deland 4 was born on 8 Dec 1808 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 4 and died on 29 Dec 1903 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 95.4

General Notes: Boston Evening Transcript, Wed Dec 30 1903: "HODGES - at Topsfield Mass., Dec. 29, Mary Osgood Deland, widow of John Hodges, late of Salem, 95 yrs 21 dys. Services at Mt. Auburn Chapel

Lived at High Street, Topsfield, at death

Mary married ²John Hodges³,4 son of ²Gamaliel Hodges³ and ²Sarah Williams³, on 15 Dec 1833 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.5 John was born on 11 Dec 1802 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 4 and died on 29 Apr 1882 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 79.4 6


Children from this marriage were:

+ 56 F    i. Harriet Hodges was born on 31 Oct 1834.7

Harriet married ²Ripley Lincoln Stone³ on 17 Feb 1864.

+ 57 M    ii. Thorndike Deland Hodges 8 was born on 19 Dec 1836 in Salem Massachusetts 4 7 and died on 6 Jun 1900 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 63.4 9

Thorndike married ²Mary Williams Bowen³ 8 (b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 29 Nov 1908) on 25 Apr 1867 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.10

   58 F    iii. Mary Osgood Hodges 11 was born on 19 Jul 1839 7 11 and died wFT Est 1840-1933, at age 1.11
   59 M    iv. John Hodges was born on 8 Dec 1841 7 and died on 30 Jul 1864 in Killed at siege of Petersburgh, VA, at age 22.

General Notes: Entered Harvard in 1858, but left in the middle of his Junior year to volunteer in the Union army. lots of this...Hodges book p. 54

Noted events in his life were:

• Cemetery.

   60 F    v. Louisa Williams Hodges was born on 10 Dec 1843 and died wFT Est 1844-1937, at age 1.
+ 61 M    vi. Benjamin Hodges was born on 12 Apr 1847 7 and died on 12 Jan 1897 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 49.1

Benjamin married ²Maria Rees Reynolds³ (b. Abt 1850) about 1870 in Statesburg, SC.

Benjamin next married (name unknown) on 16 Dec 1886 in Statesburg, South Carolina.11

   62 M    vii. Osgood Hodges was born on 15 Nov 1849 7 12 and died on 2 Nov 1880 in Salem MA, at age 30.
+ 63 M    viii. Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges was born on 19 Apr 1852 13 and died after 1886.

Nathaniel married ²Adele Louise Goepper³ (b. Abt 1854) on 13 May 1886 in Cincinnatti, OH.

47. Thorndike Deland was born on 1 Jul 1806 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 1 and died in 1890 in Philadelphia, at age 84.

Thorndike married ²Elizabeth Margaret Rawle³ about 1830. Elizabeth was born about 1808.


Children from this marriage were:

   64 F    i. Margaretta Wade Deland was born about 1835.

Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandchildren)


56. Harriet Hodges was born on 31 Oct 1834.7

Harriet married ²Ripley Lincoln Stone³.

57. Thorndike Deland Hodges 8 was born on 19 Dec 1836 in Salem Massachusetts 4 7 and died on 6 Jun 1900 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 63.4 9

General Notes: Graduated at Harvard 1857, studied law, and began the practice of his profession in Salem - 1860 census living with family, deemed "lawyer." Then Haverhill till 1862.

Civil War: in August, 1862, he was mustered into the United States Service and became Sergeant of Co. F, 35th Mass. Vol. Inf., being promoted 2nd Lieutenant the following January. In May, 1863, he was discharged for promotion, became Captain of the 35th U.S. Colored Vols., and was mustered out as Brevet Major, Jan'y 15, 1866.

Opened a law office in Boston, then resumed his practice as lawyer in Haverhill, Mass., where he married, which town he represented in the State legislature in 1869. moved to NY 1870, then Elizabeth NJ, back to Mass for last few years.

I did not find him in Haverhill in 1870 census. Griffith Bowen book says daughter Mabel born in NYC in 1868. Or, try NJ? He removed then to Elizabeth, N.J. - in 1880 census family was in Elizabeth 7th Ward, Union County, New Jersey, page 2 dist 2 dist 175 born MA Thorndike occupation Lawyer, 43, Mary W 40 keep house born Ohio, parents born MA Mabel T 12 born Mass (or try NY) Charles B 9 b. NJ Fannie E 7 born NJ Richard O 3 NJ

Thorndike HODGES Self M M W 43 MA
Occ: Lawyer Fa: MA Mo: MA Mary W. HODGES Wife F M W 40 OH
Occ: Keeps House Fa: MA Mo: MA Mabel T. HODGES Dau F S W 12 MA
Occ: At School Fa: MA Mo: MA Charles B. HODGES Son M S W 9 N J
Occ: At School Fa: N J Mo: N J Fannie E. HODGES Dau F S W 7 N J
Occ: At School Fa: N J Mo: N J Richard O. HODGES Son M S W 3 N J
Fa: N J Mo: N J Julia KIERMAN Other F S W 15 N J
Occ: Servant Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Bessie DOUD Other F S W 20 IRE
Occ: Servant Fa: IRE Mo: IRE

Was living in New York in 1890 - "and thence went to NYC where in 1894 he resides and practices"

Occupation says "Lamps" but I think that was a mis-reading of "Lawyer"

Thorndike married ²Mary Williams Bowen³,8 daughter of ²Charles Bowen³ and ²Ann Elizabeth Williams³, on 25 Apr 1867 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.10 Mary was born on 25 Dec 1839 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio 10 and died on 29 Nov 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age 68.9 10 14


Children from this marriage were:

   65 F    i. Mabel Thorndike Hodges was born on 30 Jan 1868 in New York City, NY 15 and died after 1930.

General Notes: Mrs. Mabel Hodges Kittredge DAR ID Number: 70582 Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts Wife of Joseph Kittredge, MD Daughter of Sergeant. Peter Woodbury Daughter of Thorndike D. Hodges (1836-1900) and Mary W. Bowen (1839-1908), his wife, married 1867 Granddaughter of John Hodges (1802-1882) and Mary O. Diland (1809-1903), his wife, married 1833 Great Granddaughter of Thorndike Diland and Methitable Batchelder, his wife. Great Great Granddaughter of John Batchelder and Hannah Woodbury (born 1754), his wife, married 1771 Great Great Great Granddaughter of Peter Woodbury and Mary Rea, his wife, married 1753 Peter Woodbury (1705-1775) served at Lexington Alarm as sergeant in in Captain Caleb Dodge's company from Beverly, Massachusetts, wher he was born and died

Reference: The National Society of the Daughters of the America Revlution Volume 71 Page 212

She wrote a letter after 1930 (mentions "Small John")

Mabel married ²Joseph M.D. Kittredge³, son of ²Joseph Kittredge³ and ²Henrietta F. [Kittredge]³, on 31 Oct 1889 in South Orange, New Jersey.10 15 Joseph was born on 21 May 1858 in North Andover, Massachusetts and died about 1966, about age 108.

   66 F    ii. Frances Edwina Hodges was born on 14 Jul 1872 in Orange, New Jersey 15 and died on 3 Nov 1890 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 18.9 15

General Notes: Buried in the Bowen plot at Cambridge Cemetery

   67 M    iii. Richard Osgood Hodges was born in 1877 in Elizabeth, New Jersey 10 16 and died on 4 Apr 1927 in Allegheny, West View, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age 50.17

General Notes: Married by Julian C. Jayes, Newton Clergyman

Lived in North Andover at Academy Road at time of death.

Committed suicide

His remains taken to Duxbury MA in 1927

Richard married ²Abby Dana Ames³, daughter of ²Fisher Ames³ and ²Virginia Lee³, on 11 Jun 1902 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.10 Abby was born on 15 Sep 1871 in Dedham, Massachusetts 10 and died after Apr 1927.

   68 M    iv. Charles Bowen Hodges Sr. was born on 29 Jun 1870 in Orange, Essex, New Jersey 8 and died on 15 Oct 1947 in Boston Massachusetts, at age 77.

General Notes: He was "of Sewickley PA" a mechanical engineer age 29 at the time of his marriage. MJ thinks he met Imogene while boarding - she was a fellow boarder, or was living unmarried in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1894. Maybe daughter of a boarding house owner. She thinks this could indeed have been in Waterloo.

Graduated from M.E. Stevens Institute 1891. 1895-1926 H.K. Porter Co., Pittsburgh PA, director in later years. "He spent most of his engineering career designing steam locomotives, as all good engineers should." from recollections of John Suffern Hodges "Locomotives for 13 years"

After retiring, became treasurer of Wellesley College. Before moving to Wellesley, they lived in North Andover (first at 18 Weston Road and around 1931 to 2 Denton Road) and Winter Park Florida. At last they moved to Derry, New Hampshire.

On October 23 1947 an obit in "The Townsman" said Mr. Hodges of Winter Park Florida died in Boston after a long period of ill health, and that he had moved there shortly after retiring from Wellesley College Business manager job in 1938. "The funeral service was conducted at St. Andrew's Church Friday afternoon by Rev. Charles W. F. Smith.

Charles married ²Imogene Burt³, daughter of ²Adin Burt³ and ²Almira Burnham³, on 13 Oct 1898 in Waterloo, IA. Imogene was born on 17 Jul 1876 in Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio 8 and died on 26 Jul 1958 in Winter Park Florida, at age 82.18 19

61. Benjamin Hodges was born on 12 Apr 1847 7 and died on 12 Jan 1897 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 49.1

Benjamin married ²Maria Rees Reynolds³ about 1870 in Statesburg, SC. Maria was born about 1850.


Children from this marriage were:

   69 M    i. Benjamin Deland Hodges was born wFT Est 1869-1895 and died wFT Est 1876-1975, at age 7.
   70 M    ii. Mark Reynolds Hodges was born wFT Est 1869-1895 and died wFT Est 1876-1975, at age 7.

Benjamin next married (name unknown) on 16 Dec 1886 in Statesburg, South Carolina.11

63. Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges was born on 19 Apr 1852 13 and died after 1886.

Nathaniel married ²Adele Louise Goepper³ on 13 May 1886 in Cincinnatti, OH. Adele was born about 1854.



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