Rev. Henry HODGES ( -1837)

1. Rev. Henry HODGES was a Clergyman. He married Cordelia MURRAY on 25 April 1803 in Ore. He died on 1 July 1837.

 

Cordelia MURRAY, daughter of General Sir James Patrick 1 MURRAY Governor of Canada, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Governor of Hull (1721-1794) and Ann WHITHAM (1761?-1824), was born on 16 March 1781 in Mahon, Minorca. She died on 1 May 1849. She and Henry HODGES had the following children:

 

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Henry HODGES (c. 1808-1870)

Second Generation

2. Henry HODGES, son of Rev. Henry HODGES and Cordelia MURRAY, was born circa 1808 in Blackheath. He was a Rector of Alphamstone. He married Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY on 14 July 1834 in Benowen. He died on 1 September 1870.

 

In 1851, according to the census, the couple were living in Alphamstone, Essex with their four children and four servants. Harriet (snr.) 's occupation is listed as Rector's wife. He must have begun his work there in about 1837/8, because of the birthplace of his children. In the 1861 census only the daughters were at home, and a third one, Julia, had been added. The amount of servants in the house had gone down to two.

 

Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, daughter of Major General James Patrick 2 MURRAY (1782-1834) and Elizabeth RUSHWORTH (1783-1865), was born on 6 April 1809 in Co. Cork, Ireland. She was baptised on 20 December 1809 in Freshwater Church. She died on 29 June 1882. She and Henry HODGES had the following children:

 

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Harriet Elizabeth Cordelia HODGES (c. 1836- )

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Frederick Owen Douglas HODGES (c. 1839- )

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George Hugh Cartwright HODGES (c. 1841- )

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Mary Beatrice (Ann?) HODGES (c. 1848- )

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Julia HODGES (c. 1854- )

Third Generation

3. Harriet Elizabeth Cordelia HODGES, daughter of Henry HODGES and Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, was born circa 1836 in Beckley, Sussex.

 

4. Frederick Owen Douglas HODGES, son of Henry HODGES and Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, was born circa 1839 in Alphamstone.

 

Both boys in the family were listed as being at Elizabeth College (Guernsey?) in the Trinity term of 1856.

 

5. George Hugh Cartwright HODGES, son of Henry HODGES and Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, was born circa November 1841 in Alphamstone.

 

6. Mary Beatrice (Ann?) HODGES, daughter of Henry HODGES and Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, was born circa 1848 in Alphamstone.

 

In the 1871 census she is shown to be, at the age of 23, still unmarried, and visiting an address in Paddington, where a couple and their one year old daughter live with 5 servants; the man is a partner in a London brewery!

 

7. Julia HODGES, daughter of Henry HODGES and Harriet Elizabeth MURRAY, was born circa 1854.