. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . NEW ENGLAND ANCESTRY. several years in England, and then the militant first ministerof the First Church in Boston from 1630 until his death in1667. Elders and deacons of churches, captains of military com-panies, selectmen of towns, and holders of other prominentlocal positions Avere exceedingly plentiful. It was a vigorous,energetic. God-fearing stock in all its branches. In the year 1643 William Hodges, the first known memberof the tribe, appeared at Taunton, Mass. Whence he came,and why he crossed the ocean, is unrevealed. He may havebeen the Will
. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . NEW ENGLAND ANCESTRY. several years in England, and then the militant first ministerof the First Church in Boston from 1630 until his death in1667. Elders and deacons of churches, captains of military com-panies, selectmen of towns, and holders of other prominentlocal positions Avere exceedingly plentiful. It was a vigorous,energetic. God-fearing stock in all its branches. In the year 1643 William Hodges, the first known memberof the tribe, appeared at Taunton, Mass. Whence he came,and why he crossed the ocean, is unrevealed. He may havebeen the William Hedges who was appointed on a jury atSalem, Mass., March 27, 1638, but this is not certain. About1649 he married Mary Andrews, whose father was one of theleading men of Taunton, and by her had two sons, John andHenry. He held considerable property, and probably wascomparatively young when he died in 1654. /^^<^ ^0^3:) Henry Hodges of Taunton, the second son, was captain ofthe military company, held the highest town offices for many.
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