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Benoni HODSDON |
| Birth |
bap 29 Nov 1647, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts32 |
| Death |
bef 9 Feb 1718/19, Berwick, York, Maine22 |
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Nicholas* HODSDON (~1615-1704) |
| Mother |
Esther* WINES (1618-1647) |
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| Spouse |
Abigail CURTIS |
| Birth |
abt 1647 |
| Death |
aft 1733 |
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Joseph HODSDON |
| Birth |
Jul 1675, Kittery, York, Maine |
| Death |
bef 4 Apr 1764, Berwick, York, Maine32,33,74 |
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Thomas HODSDON |
| Birth |
1689, Kittery, York, Maine |
| Death |
bef 27 May 1717, Berwick, York, Maine22 |
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Mary LORD |
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1 Dec 1709, Kittery, York, Maine32 |
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Esther HODSDON |
| Birth |
abt 1704, Berwick, York, Maine |
| Death |
aft 1777 |
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Samuel HODSDON |
| Birth |
abt 1706, Kittery, York, Maine |
| Death |
bef 1755, Berwick, York, Maine32 |
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| Notes for Benoni HODSDON |
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Benjamin Hodgdon, b. 1647, m. Abigail Curtis, dau. of Thomas Curtis, of Scituate, Massachusetts, their son Alexander of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; b. there, was the first Treasurer of Massachusetts; m. Jane Shackleford. [ref 18:1-289]
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Benoni, Berwick, bp. 5 Dec. 1647, bot 50 a. from John Wincoll 1671. His ho. was burnt by Ind. 16 Oct. 1675; later he liv. on the homestead and cared for his parents. In 1690 he had a cow and goods belonging to Andrew Searle's est. Selectm. 1692-5; Gr.J. 1688, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1700-1; Rep. 1692, 1718. On commit. to build meet.-ho. 1701, and orig. memb. of the ch. W. Abigail Curtis. He d. ab. 1718; Mrs. Abigail taxed 9 Feb. 1718-9, not in agreem. of heirs 13 Oct. 1733. Ch: Abigail, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Hannah, Thomas, Esther, Samuel. [ref 22]
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BENONI, Kittery, had his ho. burn. by the Ind. Oct. 1675; was rep. at Boston, one of the first under the new Chart. 1692. [ref 20]
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Benoni Hodsdon bapt. 5 Dec. 1647; married Abigail, dau. of Thomas Curtis of York and died about 1718. Selectman in 1692 and 1694. Children: Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, Abigail, John, Esther, Elizabeth. [ref 33:530]
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BENONI Hodsdon2, bapt. in Hingham, Mass., Dec. 5, 1647 (after the death of his mother). Moved with his father to Boston and later to Kittery, Me., where he m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas Curtis of Scituate, Mass., and York, Me. He lived first at Quamphegon, near Salmon Falls, N. H., where his house was burned by the Indians, Oct, 16, 1675, and a number of the inhabitants slain. He was given the homestead at Birchen Point, Kittery, by his father Oct. 22, 1678. He was a prominent man in Kittery (now Berwick, Me.,); selectman in 1692 and 1694; was also an influential member of the church, and one of the committee to locate the meeting house in 1701, also representative in 1718. Benoni sold his homestead Mar. 2, 1713, to his son Thomas, he to pay his brothers and sisters a certain sum as their share of their father's estate. He d. in 1718, and administration on his estate was granted to his widow, May 15, 1718. Children: Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, Hannah, Abigail, John, Esther, Elizabeth. [ref 32:12,18]
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9 Dec 1678 Agreement between Nicholas Hodsdon of Kittery, husbandman, and Benoni Hodsdon, son of said Nicholas, agrees that Benoni shall during the Natural life of Nicholas, have, hold and use in Partnership with his father, all that farm that his father has for several years lived upon, with all lands, medows, Orchards, Marshes, garden and all the privileges thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining without any division of lands or houses, but in partnership and the same shall hold during the Natural life of said Nicholas. It is agreed that all of the stock of any nature heretofore belonging to the said Nicholas or Benoni are to be one half the said Nicholas and the other half the said Benoni. The said Benoni agrees to take the best of care of the farm and pay all charges and any profit arising from the product of the farm to be equally divided every year. It is agreed after the death of Nicholas the goods and implements of the farm shall belong to Benoni (York deeds, Vol. 3, p. 41).
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| Notes for Abigail CURTIS |
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daughter of Thomas CURTIS and Elizabeth SALMON
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CURTIS, Abigail, daughter of Thomas; m. by 1678 Benoni Hodsdon [ref 22]
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