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(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) RICHARD GODFREY, of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1652, married Jane (or Joan) Turner, born in England in 1614, daughter of John Turner, and had four Children :
I. Richard, of whom further.
2. John.
3. Robert.
4. Jane.
(J. Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. II, p. 266. Hotten : "List of Emigrants," p. 123.)
(II) RICHARD GODFREY, JR., son of Richard and Mary (Turner) Godfrey, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, and died August 14, 1725. He served in King Philip's War under Captain Samuel Appleton, the date given as July 24, 1676. Also, on December 20, 1675, he served at the Garrison at Mendon, Massa- chusetts. He was a member of the first military company of Taunton in 1700. He married (first), in January, 1680, Mary Richmond. (Richmond III.) They were the parents of :
I. Richard, born March 1, 1681.
2. John, of whom further.
3. Joseph, born March 1, 1694-95.
(J. Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol, II, p. 266. S. H. Emery: "History of Taunton, Massachusetts," p. 353. G. M. Bodge: "Sol-
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HODGES.
Arms-Or, three, crescents sable. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a heraldic antelope's head argent attired of the first .. (Burke: "Encyclopedia of Heraldry.")
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WILLIAMS,
Arms-Sable, a chevron argent, between three spear heads of the last, points embrued gules.
(C. C. Williams: "Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams of Taunton, Massachusetts," p. 29. Crozier: "General Armory.")
GOLLOP (GALLOP).
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Motto --- "Be bolde, Be wyse." (J. D. Gallup: "A Genealogical History of the Gallup Family,". p. 8 .: Burke : "General Armory,")
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(Burke: "General Armory.")
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diers in King Philip's War," pp. 156, 363. "Taunton, Massachusetts, Vital Records," Vol. I, pp. 180, 182.)
(III) CAPTAIN JOHN GODFREY, son of Richard and Mary (Richmond) God- frey, was born October 31, 1691, and died November 4, 1758. He was captain of the Fifth Foot Company of Taunton, Massachusetts, a justice of the peace, and representative in 1741-42-43 and 1745. Emery's "History of Taunton" gives a facsimile of his signature. John Godfrey was married at Dighton, February 2, 1716, Henry Hodges officiating, to Joanna Gooding. (Gooding III.) Children of John and Joanna (Gooding) Godfrey :
I. Infant, born May 19, 1719, died at birth.
2. George, of whom further.
3. John, born December 24, 1723, died October 29, 1725.
4. John, born November 25, 1728, died November 26, 1749.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XVII, p. 235. S. H. Emery : "History of Taunton, Massachusetts," pp. 375, 378. "Taunton, Massachusetts, Vital Records," Vol. I, p. 180. Family records.)
(IV) GEORGE GODFREY, son of John and Joanna (Gooding) Godfrey, was born March 19, 1720, and died at Taunton, Massachusetts, June 30, 1793. His war record follows: A list of brigadiers elected for the various counties in Mas- sachusetts, said Godfrey was chosen brigadier for Bristol County, January 30, 1776; also brigadier-general for Bristol County; on list of field officers of Mas- sachusetts Militia ; commissioned February 8, 1776, etc. There is also an account dated Taunton, March 24, 1777, stating (rendered by said George Godfrey) that on orders from the Council, he had marched with his brigade December 8, 1776, through Rehoboth to Warren, Rhode Island, and continued in service twenty-five days, allowing one day to return home from Howland's Ferry; this account was allowed in Council April 25, 1777; also the return of officers made by said God- frey, dated Taunton, January 6, 1778; also brigadier of Bristol County Militia; service eight days, on the alarm at Rhode Island of August 1, 1780.
George Godfrey married (first), in Taunton, Massachusetts, April 3, 1740, Lydia Hodges, born probably in 1720, in Taunton, died about 1741-42, daughter of Henry and Mercy (Eddy) Hodges. He married (second), at Norton, Massa- chusetts, May 9, 1744, Bethiah Hodges. (Hodges IV.) Child of first marriage :
I. Deborah, born in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 30, 1740; married, August 18, 1757, Minor Sprague.
Children of second marriage :
2. Lydia, born May 21, 1745, died December 22, 1826, in Foxboro, Massachusetts; mar- ried (first) at Raynham, Massachusetts, May 2, 1782, Colonel Jonathan Shaw; married (second) at Raynham, May 1, 1798, Dr. George Wheaton, of Norton, Massachusetts.
3. Joanna, born November 5, 1747; married, at Taunton, Massachusetts, April 8, 1773, Nathaniel Carver.
4. Bethiah, of whom further.
5. Mary, born November 8, 1751, died in Taunton, Massachusetts, October 12, 1843; married, in Taunton, November 21, 1775, John Reed.
6. John, born February 26, 1754; married, June 3, 1779, Jerusha Hodges, who was born February 18, 1761, and died April 20, 1850.
7. Wealthy, born in Taunton, May 21, 1756; married, April 8, 1779, Abijah Hodges, who died in 1812.
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8. George, Jr., born September 17, 1758; married, December 26, 1782, Abigail King.
9. Rufus, born July 8, 1761, died in 1836; married, in Taunton, March 9, 1785, Wealthy Crossman.
10. Linda (or Malinda), born March 1, 1766; married (first), in Taunton, April 4, 1786. Job Fisk; married (second), in Taunton, July 22, 1800, Elisha Cobb; married (third) a Stone.
(A. D. Hodges, Jr .: "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," Third Edition, 1896, pp. 85, 121, 122, 128, 158. "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," 1899, a compilation from the archives, Vol. VI, p. 526.)
(V) BETHIAH GODFREY, daughter of George and Bethiah (Hodges) Godfrey, was born September 22, 1749, and died October 30, 1796. She married Thomas Sergeant Baylies. (Baylies III.)
(A. D. Hodges, Jr .: "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," p. 128.)
(The Hodges Line).
The family of Hodge, Hodges, or Hodgson, is of ancient lineage in England. The name is derived from the nickname, Hodge, and means "son of Roger." The "d" is intrusive, as in Rodger or Rodgers. In 1379, Johannes Hodgeson was men- tioned in the Poll Tax of County York, as was also Thomas Hogge and Ebbota Hoggese. The family became numerous and the name is now familiar in the coun- ties of Gloucester, Middlesex, Somerset, Leicester, Dorset, Worcester, Northamp- ton, Kent, and others. William Hodges, of Taunton, is descended from one of the English branches, without doubt, but so far his direct English ancestry has not been found.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) WILLIAM HODGES probably came from England, and died in Taunton, Massachusetts, April 2, 1654. He settled in Taunton, and his name is in the sec- ond list of early settlers made by the town clerk, John Wilbore. In August, 1643- 1644, he is on the list of males of Taunton, between sixteen and sixty years of age, able to bear arms. He was propounded freeman, and June 5, 1651, was admitted freeman. On that date he was also appointed constable at Taunton. He was on the grand jury June 2, 1652, and on a coroner's jury at Plymouth Court August 2, 1653. He was one of the original stockholders of the first Taunton Iron Works, subscribing £20 for a whole share. He was evidently a man of property and was comparatively young when he died. The Plymouth files contain "an Inventory of the goods and chattles of William Hedgis, late of Taunton, desceased April the 2nd Anno 1654."
William Hodges married, in Taunton, Mary Andrews. (Andrews II.) Children :
I. John, born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1650, died there between May 27 and October I, 1719; married, in Taunton, May 15, 1672, Elizabeth Macey, who died January 29, 1718-19, at Norton, Massachusetts, daughter of George and Susanna (Street) Macey, of Taunton.
2. Henry, of whom further.
(A. D. Hodges, Jr .: "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," Third Edition, 1896, pp. 71, 72, 73.)
(II) HENRY HODGES, son of William and Mary (Andrews) Hodges, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1652, and died there September 30, 1717. The city authorities of Taunton placed on the engine house a tablet inscribed "Home-
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stead of Elder Henry Hodges, 1681-1717." He was a leading man in the com- munity, captain of the military company and a deacon and presiding elder of the church, occupying, it is said, a seat in the pulpit with Rev. Samuel Danforth. He owned considerable real estate and was administrator of a large number of estates and his activities in this field suggest that he was probably a surveyor. He was on the grand jury June 6, 1683, and in 1681 was appointed constable at Taunton. He was selectman for twenty-eight years ( 1687-1701, 1703-09, 1711-16), a member of the town council two years ( 1689-90), and he represented Taunton in the General Court for five years. He was elected ensign of the first military company in March, 1690. He was the first captain of his company and retained his command until 1714. He was a subscriber to the fund for the Canada Expedi- tion of 1690 under Sir William Phipps, and also a shareholder in the first Taun- ton Iron Works. He was buried in the "Neck of Land Burying Ground." The inscription on his gravestone is as follows: "Here lies the body of Elder Henry Hodges. Died September 30, 1717, aged 65 years."
Henry Hodges married, December 17, 1674, Esther Gallop. (Gallop II.) They had the following children, born in Taunton, Massachusetts :
1. Mary, born February 3, 1675-76; married, about 1695, James Keith.
2. Esther, born February 17, 1677-78, died in Middleboro, Massachusetts, in February, 1760; married Ichabod Southworth.
3. William, born March 18, 1679-80, died February 12, 1768; married, in Taunton, Mas- sachusetts, July 29, 1708, Susannah Gilbert.
4. Charity, born April 5, 1682, died in Middleboro, Massachusetts, February 29, 1739; married (first), March 25, 1702-03, Elkanah Leonard; married (second), Decem- ber 17, 1722, Jabez Perkins.
5. John, born in 1684, died in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1759; married Hannah Morton. 6. Henry, born in 1685-86, died in Taunton, September 18, 1755; married, April 5, 1711, Sarah Leonard.
7. Joseph, of whom further.
8. Benjamin, born about 1691, died in November, 1754; married (first), abont 1719, Abiah Deane; married (second), May 29, 1749, Sarah (Lane) Silley.
9. Ephraim, born about 1693, died in Mansfield, Connecticut, March 4, 1772; married, January 21, 1731, Bethiah Danforth.
10. Elizabeth.
II. Abigail.
(Ibid., pp. 75, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88. J. Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England," Vol. II, pp. 439, 440.)
(III) JOSEPH HODGES, son of Henry and Esther (Gallop) Hodges, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1688-89, and died in 1745 on his return from the capture of Louisburg, Cape Breton. His will is dated February 25, 1744-45. Major Joseph Hodges was a man of prominence in Bristol County. Soon after his first marriage, he settled near the Taunton line in the southerly part of Norton, Massachusetts, at the "crooked meadow," on the farm where his grandson, Cap- tain Seth Hodges, lived in 1844; it was later owned by Ezra Perry in 1859. Major Hodges was assessor of Norton in 1723-24-25-27; selectman in 1729-30-33-34- 41-42; and representative to the General Court in 1737. He was elected a deacon of the church on December 9, 1736, and held this office until his death. The Nor- ton town records show that he was ensign in 1729 (perhaps earlier) and captain in 1737 (or earlier). In 1744 occurred the war between England and France, known as the "Old French War." The Colonies took an active part and Bristol
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County sent a regiment commanded by Colonel Sylvester Richmond, with Ebenezer Pitts as lieutenant-colonel and Joseph Hodges as major. No roster of this regi- ment exists, so far as is known, except the roster of Major Hodges' company, preserved by his descendants. In the State House, Boston, is a copy of the so-called "Pepperell Papers," owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society, and these contain rolls relating to the Louisburg Expedition. In Vol. II, pp. 58 and 59, is a list of officers aged and sick, or for other reasons going to New England, and among the names given is that of "Maj'r Jos. Hodges in Collo. Richmon's Regiment."
Major Joseph Hodges married (first), in Taunton, Massachusetts, March II, 1712-13, Bethiah Williams. (Williams III.) He married (second), in Barring- ton (now in Rhode Island), October 26, 1738, Mary (Toogood-Kent) Barney, who was born at Swansea, Massachusetts, in February, 1686, daughter of Nathan- iel and Elizabeth Toogood, or Twogood. She had married (second), at Reho- both, Massachusetts, January 22, 1729-30, Joseph Barney, of Rehoboth, who died at Rehoboth, May 20, 1762, and was buried at New Meadow Neck, Barrington, Rhode Island. The children of Major Joseph and his first wife, Bethiah Wil- liams, were (all born in Norton, Massachusetts ) :
I. Joseph, born April 25, 1714, died near Lake George, New York, September 19, 1756, in fight with Indians; married (first), in Norton, Massachusetts, November 26, 1739, Naomi Pratt, who died August 29, 1748; married (second), in Attleboro, Massa- chusetts, November 30, 1749, Miriam ( Hodges) Bishops.
2. Charity, born March 30, 1716, died about 1812 or 1814; married, June 8, 1738, James Winslow.
3. Timothy, born October 11, 1718, died in Taunton, Massachusetts, April 9, 1791; mar- ried, in Pembroke, Massachusetts, June 3, 1756, Lydia Cox, who was born Febru- ary 7, 1735-36.
4. Jonathan, born February 26, 1721-22, died in Norton, Massachusetts, July 18, 1795; married, in Berkley, Massachusetts, September 29, 1743, Abigail Sanford, who was born October 21, 1720.
5. Bethiah, of whom further.
6. Mary, born July 2, 1726, died December 15, 1775; married (first), in Norton, Novem- ber 23, 1748, George Morey, who was born December 28, 1724, and died February 28, 1753; married (second), in Norton, April 13, 1758, Samuel Newcomb, who was born September 1, 1726, and died November 18, 1802.
7. Isaac, born February 4, 1728-29, died in March, 1807; married, in Norton, January 31, 1750-51, Mary Pratt, who was born in 1729-30, and died in 1814.
8. Mehitable, born October 24, 1731, died in 1750, unmarried.
(A. D. Hodges, Jr .: "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," Third Edition, pp. 85-86, 124, 126, 128-30.)
(IV) BETHIAH HODGES, daughter of Major Joseph and Bethiah (Williams) Hodges, was born in Norton, Massachusetts, November 30, 1723, and died in Taunton, Massachusetts, January 27, 1786. She married George Godfrey. (God- frey IV.) -
(Ibid., p. 128. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XVII, p. 234.)
(The Williams Line).
· The home of this Williams family was Gloucestershire, and a claim is made to a long lineage back to the Welsh Gwaith Voed, Lord of Cardigan. This pedigree involves that of the Cromwell family. The Welsh line goes back to Caradoc, or
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Caractacus. It would appear that definite claim can be made to the ancestral head, William Williams, of County Gloucester.
(C. C. Williams: "Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams, of Taunton, Massachu- setts," pp. 2, 3, 15, 16.)
(I) HOWELL AP MADOC married Gwenllian, daughter of Ll'n ap Ievan.
(II) MORGAN AP HOWELL married Joan, daughter of Thomas Button, of Glamorganshire, and had:
I. Jevan (ancestor of the Cromwells).
2. Thomas, of whom further.
(III) THOMAS AP MORGAN, or THOMAS WILLIAMS, married (first) a daugh- ter of a Daniel, of Edmonton; he married (second) Margaret; he had two sons :
I. John, of whom further.
2. William.
(IV) JOHN WILLIAMS, son of Thomas Williams, was steward of Wimbledon Manor, Surrey. He died at Mortlake in 1502. He married Margaret Smyth, daughter of Richard Smyth, and she died in 1501. They had :
I. John.
2. Richard, of whom further.
(Ibid., p. 16.)
(V) RICHARD WILLIAMS, son of John and Margaret (Smyth) Williams, was born in Roehampton in 1487, and died in Monmouthshire in 1559. He settled at Monmouth and at Dixton, Monmouthshire. He was married twice, his second wife being named Christian. Child of the first marriage :
I. Joan.
Children of the second marriage :
2. Reece.
3. Ruth.
4. John, of whom further.
(Ibid., p. 17.)
(VI) JOHN WILLIAMS, of Huntingdon, County Gloucester, son of Richard and Christian Williams, died in 1579. He married, and had a son :
I. William, of whom further.
(VII) WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Huntingdon, County Gloucester, and later of Synwell, a hamlet in Wooten-Under-Edge, was born about 1560, died and was buried September 29, 1618, in Synwell, Gloucestershire. His will of September 26, 1618, names his sons, Richard and Samuel, also three daughters. He married (first), November 15, 1585, Joan Shepard, who died about 1600. He married (second), December 4, 1603, Jane Woodward, who died February 2, 1614. His children were all baptized in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Wooten-Under- Edge. Of the first marriage was born :
I. Ann, baptized December 2, 1599.
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Children of the second marriage:
2. Richard, of whom further.
3. Jane, baptized in March, 1608, died in 1655, unmarried.
4. Samuel, died in 1669; married Alice (Adams) Knight.
5. Elizabeth.
(The Family in America.)
(I) RICHARD WILLIAMS, son of William and Jane ( Woodward) Williams, was baptized at Wooten-Under-Edge, near Gloucester City, Gloucestershire, Eng- land, and died in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1692-93. He was called "the Father of Taunton, Massachusetts." About 1636-37, he, his wife, perhaps two children, and his wife's sister, Elizabeth, came to America, and lived at first in Dorchester. Massachusetts. They were church members in 1639. Soon after arrival, Richard Williams took up land in Taunton and removed there, for his name is on the original list of "first purchasers" in 1637. Later, in 1668, there was an addi- tional purchase, called the "North Purchase," in which list his name stands first, and his sons, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Samuel also appear. In 1680 he bought land in Assonet. Records show him a freeman in 1639; in a military company in 1643; in 1645 Deputy Plymouth Colony, also 1645-66; an original member of the First Church of Taunton; deacon for several years, and from time to time he rendered services to his townsmen. He was the oldest original shareholder in the Taunton Iron Works, established in 1656 by James and Henry Leonard.
Richard Williams married, in Gloucester, England, February II, 1632, Frances Deighton, or Dighton. (Dighton II.) Children :
I. John, baptized in Parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Wogten-Under-Edge, Gloucester, + England, March 27, 1634, died at sea. (It is a question as to whether he died on the voyage over.)
2. Elizabeth, baptized at Wooten-Under-Edge, February 7, 1636, died young.
3. Samuel, born in Taunton about 1637-38, died in August, 1697; married (first) Mary Gilbert; married (second) Anna (Rogers-Tisdale) Terry.
4. Nathaniel, born in Taunton, November 17, 1639, died August 16, 1692; married, November 17, 1668, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of John Rogers, of Duxbury, Mas- sachusetts.
5. Joseph, born in Taunton about 1642-43, died August 17, 1692; married, November 28, 1667, Elizabeth Watson.
6. Thomas, of whom further.
7. Elizabeth, born in Taunton in 1647, died October 20, 1724, aged seventy-seven; mar- ried, in 1668, John Bird.
8. Hannah, born in Taunton in 1649, died August 12, 1693; married John Parmenter as his second wife.
9. Benjamin, born about 1651, died in July, 1701; married, March 18, 1689-90, Rebecca Macy, who married (second), in 1706, James Leonard.
(C. C. Williams : "Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams, of Taunton, Massachu- setts," pp. 26, 27, 35.)
(II) THOMAS WILLIAMS, son of Richard and Frances (Dighton) Williams, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 1645, and died in 1706, his will pro- bated in Taunton, June 12, 1706. He married, in 1679, Mary Macy. (Macy II.) Their children, born in Taunton, Massachusetts, were:
I. Mary, born in 1680, died before 1728; married, February 13, 1705, Colonel Ebenezer Robinson, of Raynham, Massachusetts.
2. Jonathan, born in 1683, died April 7, 1761; married (first), April 3, 1707, Elizabeth Leonard; married (second) Anna (Wilber) Williams.
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3. Sarah, born in 1685; married, May 14, 1712, James Hall.
4. Macy, born in 1687, died young.
5. Hannah, born in 1689, died in 1755; married, December 3, 1712, Joseph Snell.
6. Bethiah, of whom further.
7. Mehitable, born in 1695, died in Boston, Massachusetts, April 17, 1789; married, Octo- ber 20, 1720, Rev. Benjamin Webb.
8. Damaris, born in 1698; married, January 16, 1724, Daniel Howard.
(Ibid., p. 40.)
(III) BETHIAH WILLIAMS, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Macy) Williams, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1692, and died in Norton, Massachusetts, between 1731 and 1738. She married Major Joseph Hodges. (Hodges III.)
(Ibid., p. 40. A. D. Hodges, Jr .: "Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England," p. 85. E. W. Peirce: "Contributions Biographical, Genealogical and Historical," pp. 408-09.)
(The Macy Line).
The family name Macy, or Macey, is from "the son of Macy," or from Macei, near Avranche in Normandy. Robert de Maysey and William de Macy are on rec- ord in the Hundred Rolls of Wiltshire, and Walter Masce in the Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire in 1273.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) LIEUTENANT GEORGE MACY was in Taunton, Massachusetts, as early as 1643, and died August 17, 1693. He was a town representative in 1672, for six years. During King Philip's War he was made lieutenant, and in 1690 was appointed captain. He married Susannah Street. They had several daughters, among whom was Mary, of whom further.
(Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. III, p. 142. C. C. Williams : "Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams, of Taunton, Massachu- setts," p. 40. "Plymouth Colony Records," Vol. VI, p. 237.)
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