ELIZABETH HODGEKINS' 1814 WILLElizabeth Hodkins’ Will
[HB FAGLEY -why my wife's Mahala Sellers Kirkpatrick,with Burget
mother
moved to sw Bantam,Oh,1890's.
between Slade's farm,and Slade's [Rapp's] stagecoach inn????The
1814 will
is on the Ohio River hilltop
n w of Levanna,now Brown Co,Ohio.The Slade's,after moving owned
what is
now the dam of Lake Harsha,
plus the stagecoach inn at RTS 125 and 222South]. Plus Ezekial Slade,JP
owned a farm now flooded
south of Williamsburg. Bob Slade,Asst County Supt of Clermont Co
schools
was an active historian till
his death a few years ago. He revised,with many pictures,a
Clermont Co
history in 1970-75, and,with
Ruhama Fagley,et al's aid, furnished the county weekly newspapers
with
old pictures,and history articles.
]
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James Hodgkins' Will
Elizabeth's children & gr children
Pleas held before the honorable John Thompson Esquire
President
Judge & Philip Gatch, Alexander Blair & Joseph Campbell
Esquires
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the court
house in
Williamsburgh for the County of Clermont at the Term of
August in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fourteen of
this
State the twelfth.
This day came James Hodkins the Executor of the Will &
Testament of
Elizabeth Hodkins late of this County Deceased & produced
said Will.
At the same time came William Crossly & Calwell Tweed
subscribing
Witnesses thereto & being duly sworn According to Law depose
& say
that they were present when the Testator signed &
Acknowledged the
same as her last Will & Testament & that they in her presence
at her
Request & in the presence of each other signed their names as
Witnesses thereto. And that they believed the Testator to be
of
sound Mind Memory & Judgement when she signed & Acknowledged
the
same Whereupon ordered said Will be Recorded.
On Motion Ordered that Setters Testamentary issue to James
Hodgkins
Executor of the last will & Testament of Elizabeth Hodgkins
late of
this County Deceased on his entering into Bond in three
Thousand
Dollars with Amos Moore & Henry Chapman his securities,
thereupon
the said James Hodkins with his said securities entered into
&
Acknowledged Bond in three thousand dollars in open Court
Conditioned as the Law directs The said James Hodkins took
the oath
required by Law The Court Order the personal property of said
Deceased to be appraised by Amos Ellis, Charles Campbell &
William
Crossley under oath or Affirmation.
Will
In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Hodgkins of Pleasant
Township in
the County of Clermont & State of Ohio do for settling such
Temporal
Estate as it hath Pleased the Lord to bestow unto me make
this my
last will & Testament in manner & form following Revoking all
others. Item I bequeath twenty Dollars to Mary Burget wife of
Voluntine Burget which the said Voluntine Burget owes me &
Ten
Dollars to William Lain. Also I bequeath twenty Dollars to
Elizabeth
Burget wife to Aron Burget & to the rest of my beloved grand
Children the following Sums (to wit) to John Slaid fifty
Dollars to
Ezekiel Slaid fifty Dollars, to James Slaid fifty Dollars, to
Samuel
Slaid Eighty Dollars to William Slaid one hundred & Eighty
Dollars.
To Mary Pangburn wife of Samuel Pangburn fifty Dollars, To
James
Hodgkins son of Joshua Hodgkins one hundred Dollars. To Nancy
Hodgkins Joshua Hodgkins’ Daughter fifty Dollars to Margary,
Joshua
Hodgkins’ Step Daughter twenty Dollars, to Amos Robans forty
Dollars
- To Samuel Robans forty Dollars to Ezekiel Robans forty
Dollars to
William Robins John Robins Hannah Robins & James Robins Each
fifty
dollars To Elizabeth Wright Wife of George Wright fifty
dollars To
my son James Hodgkins’ children each fifty dollars. & To my
son
Samuel Hodgkins twenty dollars. I also will the ballance of
my
Estate if any to my son James Hodgkins. I also order my
Executor to
pay all my bequeaths in two years after my decease to those
my
Legatees that is of lawfull age. & I nominate my son James
Hodgkins
to be Executor of this my last will & Testament made this
fourth day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred &
fourteen. 1814.
signed sealed & acknowledged
by Elizabeth Hodgkins
to be her last will &
Testament in presence
of us who have hereunto
set our names
Wm. Crosley
Caldwell Tweed
Elizabeth Hodgkins
her mark
seal
REFERENCE:
Copy of will rec'd 6 Feb 1998 from Clermont County, Ohio
Probate
Court / 76 South Riverside Drive / Batavia, Ohio 45103. -
Transcribed by T. Bodkin
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ELIZABETH HODGKINS' CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDRENElizabeth Hodgkins’
Children and Grandchildren
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The information presented here is based on the contributions
and
efforts of many people.We hope it is a help to our relatives
and, in
the interest of accuracy, welcome additions and corrections.
Children named in Elizabeth’s Will
Three sons were named and there appears to be three daughters
who
married Slade, Lane and Robbins, though none were named
directly and
can only be inferred from the names of the grandchildren.
Sons: Samuel and James named directly; Joshua's children
named as
grandchildren.
James Hodgkins - our direct ancestor's will proved 1828 in
Brown
Co, Ohio named wife Hannah and nine children named below.
Samuel Hodgkins - served in the rev war from Harford Co,
Maryland;
married twice with two known children: Elizabeth Burgett
(see
below) from first marriage, wife's name unknown, and Hannah
Hodgkins, from second marriage to Lydia Wright, was not
born until
1832.
Joshua Hodgkins - three children named in the will: son
James,
daughter Nancy and step-daughter Margary, although Joshua
himself
was not named as an heir and perhaps already deceased;
there is a
Joshua Hodkins enumerated in the 1790 census in Harford Co,
MD and
a Joshua Hodshins enumerated in Fawn Twp, York Co, PA, a
township
which borders Harford county. Is either of these
Elizabeth's son?
Anyone have further information on Joshua?
Daughters: Elizabeth's daughters named indirectly and may
have
predeceased her.
Hannah Hodgkins - married Samuel Lane (from bible record of
Valentine Burgett and Mary Lane), see children below
Susannah Hodgkins - married Obadiah Robbins, son of Vincent
Robbins and Ann Kitchen. We have marriage date of July 1776
in New
Jersey. See Washburn, Robbins and other families for more
on the
Robbins family.
Mary Hodgkins - married Ezekiel Slade Jr., son of Ezekiel
Slade
(1730-1802) and Ann Whitaker (see Wally Garchow's website
and
Christos Christou Jr.'s website for more on the Slade
family).
Ezekiel Slade Jr. and Mary Hodgkins were married 28 Jan
1783 in
Baltimore Co, MD; Source: Maryland Marriages 1634-1777,
Robert
Barnes.
[Note: Is Ezekiel Slade Jr. above the same person whose
will was
proved in Harrison Co, KY in 1807? That will names wife
Sarah
Slade. Was Ezekiel Slade Jr. married more than once?]
Grandchildren named in Elizabeth’s Will
By the count below, Elizabeth left legacies to 28
grandchildren.
Twenty of those were named individually in her will plus
eight
children of James Hodgkins who were alive in 1814. Jesse H.
Hodgkins, youngest son of James was born after Elizabeth's
death.
Names are in order of appearance and spelled as in the will.
Burgett (spelled Burget in the will):
Mary Burgett wife of Valentine Burgett; [Mary Lane, dau of
Samuel
Lane and Hannah Hodgkins - see Bible Record]
Elizabeth Burgett wife to Aaron Burgett; [Elizabeth
Hodgkins, dau
of Samuel]
Lane (spelled Lain in the will):
William Lane
Mary Lane (see Mary Burgett above)
Slade (spelled Slaid in the will):
John Slade
Ezekiel Slade
James Slade
Samuel Slade
William Slade
Pangburn:
Mary Pangburn wife of Samuel Pangburn - who are Mary's
parents?
Hodgkins:
James Hodgkins, Joshua Hodgkins' son
Nancy Hodgkins, Joshua Hodgkins’ daughter
Margary, Joshua Hodgkins’ step daughter
Robbins (spelled Robans and Robins in the will):
Amos Robbins
Samuel Robbins
Ezekiel Robbins
William Robbins
John Robbins
Hannah Robbins
James Robbins
Wright:
Elizabeth Wright wife of George Wright - we believe this is
the
Elizabeth Robbins, daughter of Susannah Hodgkins and
Obadiah
Robbins. See Travis LeMasters website for more on George
Wright's
family.
Hodgkins:
James Hodgkins’ children were not named individually. Names
below
are from James Hodgkins' 1828 will and spelled as they
appeared
there.
James Hodgekins (oldest son and executor; husband of Sarah
Crosley)
William Hodgekins (deceased husband Martha (Irwin)
Hodgekins)
Elizabeth Hall (wife of Edward Hall Jr.)
Susannah Mefford (wife of Joshua Mefford)
Nancy McConnell († wife of Ellis Downing McConnell)
Ellen Mefford (wife of Thomas Mefford)
Hannah McConnell († wife of Nathan Bascomb McConnell)
Mary Ellis (deceased wife of William Ellis)
* Jesse Hodgekins (underage in 1828; † husband of Mary
McConnell)
* Nine children were named in James Hodgkins will dated
1828, but
youngest son Jesse was born after Elizabeth's death, 11 Mar
1817
according to his tombstone.
† Ellis Downing McConnell, Nathan Bascomb McConnell and
Mary
McConnell were all children of Thomas McConnell and Mary
Downing.
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JAMES HODGKINS' 1828 WILLJames Hodgekins’ Will
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Elizabeth Hodgkins Will
Pleas held at the Courthouse in Georgetown in the County of
Brown
and State of Ohio before William Anderson, James Finley and
Robert
Brickenridge, Esquire associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas
in and for the County aforesaid on the seventeenth day of
December
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
eight.
This day the last will and testament of James Hodgekins
senior late
of Brown County deceased was produced in open Court by James
Hodgekins junior the executor therein named and proven by the
oaths
of Henry Chapman, James Allen and Michael Sellers the
subscribing
witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded together with
the proof
thereof; whereupon came personally into open Court here this
said
James Hodgekins junior together with Henry Chapman and
Michael
Sellers his securities and entered into our acknowledged
bench in
the usual? sum of six hundred dollars undiliened? as the law
directs
which bond is approved by this Court & therefore certificate
is
granted the said James Hodgekins jun for obtaining probate of
said
will in due form of law, and he thereupon took the oath
prescribed
by law, Which said will is in the words following to wit:
In the name of God Amen
I James Hodgekins of the County of Brown and State of Ohio
being
weak in body but sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be
Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last
will and
testament in manner and form? following that is to say, first
I give
and bequeath unto my beloved wife Hannah Hodgekins the
plantation
wherein I now live until my son Jesse Hodgekins comes of
lawful age,
then he is to have two thirds of said plantation and my wife
the one
third until her death and on her death my son Jesse Hodgekins
is to
have all the plantation to himself - I do also give and
bequeath
unto my oldest son James Hodgekins the sum of ten dollars I
also
give and bequeath unto my oldest grandson James Hodgekins the
sum of
one hundred dollars - I also give and bequeath unto my two
grand
daughters Ellen and June Hodgekins the sum of fifty dollars
each - I
also give and bequeath unto my daughter-in-law Martha
Hodgekins the
house and ground where she now lives during her widowhood and
the
use of firewood for herself and family - but if she should
remain a
widow after her oldest son comes of lawful age then she is
not to
have the possession of the aforesaid land any longer - I also
will
that all my personal property be sold at public sale and the
money
arising therefrom to be equally divided between my five
herein after
named daughters Elizabeth Hall, Susannah Mefford, Nancy
McConnell,
Ellen Mefford and Hannah McConnell all of the money that is
herein
bequeathed to my grandchildren is to be paid to them as soon
as they
come of lawful ages - I will unto my deceased Mary Ellis’
four
children eight dollars to be paid unto them as soon as they
come of
lawful age. I hereby appoint my son James Hodgekins my sole
executor
of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former
wills
made by me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal
this seventh day of December 1828.
James Hodgekins
Signed sealed, published and declared by the above named
James
Hodgekins to be his last will and testament in the presence
of us
who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the
presence
of the testator.
Henry Chapman
James Allen
Michael Sellers
State of Ohio Brown County
Personally appeared in open Court James Allen Michael Sellers
and
Henry Chapman subscribing witnesses to the instrument of
writing
here produced purporting to be the last will and testament of
James
Hodgekins late of Brown County deceased who being duly sworn
according to law deposeth and saith that the said James
Hodgekins
signed the said instrument of writing in their presence as
his last
will and testament that they signed the same as subscribing
witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other
and at
his request that the said James Hodgekins was of sound mind
memory
and judgement at the time of signing, sealing and publishing
the
said instrument of writing as his last will and testament
that he
was more than twenty one year old at the time of doing the
same and
was not under any legal restraint at said time.
Henry Chapman
James Allen
Michael Sellers
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 17th day of
December A.D.
1828
Wm Shepherd Clk
REFERENCE:
Brown County, Ohio Willbook Vol. 1, page 111, on microfilm
#6588, at
San Jose Family History Center library (19 Nov
1996—Transcribed by
T. Bodkin)
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I noted that the online census of 1840 Brown County, OH shows Abraham
Burget, Volentine Burgett, John, Henry, and George Mefford, Valentine
McDonald aka McDaniel, Andrew, James, and John Kirkpatrick, Aaron
and
Volentine Burgett (another one) fairly close together. A group,
as I have
noted but not written out completely, appears on page 377.
Have not checked
the Sellers List site to see if all of this has been extracted.
In any case, have a look at the Hodgkins material. It may
be helpful.
SHERRY