Henry Hodge (1810, bur.1837)

  • Name:

  • Henry Hodge1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

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1836, Register Entry for Baptism of Samuel Hodge St Mary the Virgin, Marystow

  • Birth:

  • 1810

  • Marystow, Devon

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  • As no baptismal record can be found for Henry it is not possible to determine the names of his parents and thus his ancestry. Also, the lack of a baptismal record together with the fact that he died before the 1851 Census means that it is not possible to be certain about the year or place of his birth. However, he was married in Marystow, all his children were born there and he was buried in the churchyard of Mariystow's parish church so it is fairly safe to assume that he was born there. His burial on 30 January 1837 gives his age as 26 which indicates that he was probably born in 1810.

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1823 to 1836 (age 12-26)

  • labourer probably in a tin mine; the Tavistock area2 3 4 1

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  • In the baptismal records for his three children he is described as a labourer. The register entry for the marriage of his son Henry to Fanny Knighton in 1861 gives his occupation as a miner. As this was 24 years after his death (his son was only 2 at the time) the information must have come from Henry junior's mother Maria. At the time of his death tin was being mined on Dartmoor in the vicinity of Tavistock which is about 8 miles south of Marystow so he may have been a labourer in a tin mine. He probably started work at the age of 12 and continued until his death.

  • Parent:

  • 24 Oct 1832 (age 21-22)

  • Baptism of daughter Mary Anne

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  • Their son Henry who was 3 was almost certainly there but who else was present is not known.

  • Parent:

  • 30 Sep 1834 (age 23-24)

  • Baptism of son Henry

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  • They almost certainly took Henry's elder sister Mary. Who else was there is not known.

  • Parent:

  • 16 Oct 1836 (age 25-26)

  • Baptism of son Samuel

  • Burial:

  • 30 Jan 1837 (age 26)

  • St Mary the Virgin churchyard5

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  • Address: Marystow, Devon

    His wife Maria was almost certainly there with their children Mary who would have been four, Henry who would have been two and Samuel who would have been one. The cause of his death is unknown.

Marriage

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1831, Register Entry for Marriage of Henry Hodge and Maria Abbot

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Marriage of Henry Hodge and Fanny Georgina Knighton, Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon, 17 October 1861, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

2.

Parish Register for Baptism of Mary Anne Hodge, St Mary the Virgin, Marystow, Devon, 24 October 1832, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

3.

Parish Register for Baptism of Henry Hodge, St Mary the Virgin, Marystow, Devon, 30 September 1834, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

4.

Parish Register for Baptism of Samuel Hodge, St Mary the Virgin, Marystow, Devon, 16 October 1836, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

5.

Parish Register for Burial of Henry Hodge, St Mary the Virgin, Maristow, Devon, 30 January 1837, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

6.

Parish Register for Marriage of Henry Hodge and Maria Abbot, St Mary the Virgin, Marystow, Devon, 31 July 1831, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.