Hodge
25 September 2012
VIRGIN ISLANDS FAMILIES
Hodge
Origin:
Related Families: Baa, Balfe, Bladwell, Collins, Colquhoun, Combe, Cunningham,
Eustace, Georges, Gibbes, Harrigan, Hoggins, Leonard, Lettsom, MacNamara,
Mark, McDougle, Mingo, asea, Pickering, Purcell, Rawbone, Williams
V.I. Locations: St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Vieques, Virgin Gorda
Contributor: Svend E. Holsoe, Ricki Marshall
Christopher Hodge of Anguilla signed a petition prior to November 1717
requesting permission from the British Governor of the Leeward Islands to settle on
Vieques.1
He was settled on Vieques in about November 1717 with 2 enslaved persons.2
--------------Thomas Hodge, Senior, of Anguilla signed a petition prior to November 1717
requesting permission from the British Governor of the Leeward Islands to settle on
Vieques.3
He was settled on Vieques in about November 1717 with 3 enslaved persons.4
--------------Arthur Hodge of Anguilla signed a petition prior to November 1717 requesting
permission from the British Governor of the Leeward Islands to settle on Vieques.5
He was settled on Vieques in about November 1717.6
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1
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (v), Anguilla Petition.
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (ix), A List of Men able to bear Arms and of
Negroes on Crab Island.
3
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (v), Anguilla Petition.
4
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (ix), A List of Men able to bear Arms and of
Negroes on Crab Island.
5
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (v), Anguilla Petition.
6
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (ix), A List of Men able to bear Arms and of
Negroes on Crab Island.
2
1
Benjamin Hodge of Anguilla signed a petition prior to November 1717
requesting permission from the British Governor of the Leeward Islands to settle on
Vieques.7
He was settled on Vieques in about November 1717.8
-----------Peter Hodge of Anguilla signed a petition prior to November 1717 requesting
permission from the British Governor of the Leeward Islands to settle on Vieques.9
He was settled on Vieques in about November 1717.10
--------------Benjamin Hodge was from Anguilla. 11
On 14 November 1717, he and his family, which consisted of his wife and four
children, along with 14 enslaved people were accounted for as living on Tortola.12
---------------Prior to 6 January 1717/1718, Thomas Hodge along with several others from
Spanish Town and Tortola petitioned the British King for permission to settle on St.
Croix. 13
---------------Jan Hodge was married to Anna Maria Markoe, who was born in 1696.
On 4 September 1725, they were in Spanishtown when their son Pieter was
born.14
Children of Jan and Anna Maria (Markoe) Hodge:
1. i.
Pieter Hodge, b. 4 September 1725
1. Pieter Hodge was born on 4 September 1725 in Spanishtown, and was
baptized on 8 December 1725 on St. Eustatius.15
7
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (v), Anguilla Petition.
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (ix), A List of Men able to bear Arms and of
Negroes on Crab Island.
9
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (v), Anguilla Petition.
10
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67 (ix), A List of Men able to bear Arms and of
Negroes on Crab Island.
11
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67, viii.
12
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67, viii.
13
British National Archives, Kew, CO 152/12/2, no. 67, vii
14
The Hague, Volume 247, Baptisms, St. Eustatius, 1714-1717, film no. 0038855.
15
The Hague, Volume 247, Baptisms, St. Eustatius, 1714-1717, film no. 0038855.
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2
----------------Ann Hodge was born in about 1735.16
She was married on 29 October 1761 at Mr. Hodge's residence on St. Croix to
Edward Bladwell,17 who was born in about 1735.18
She was buried at Lawrence Bladwell's on St. Croix by the Anglican Minister on
3 September 1769, age 34 years old.19
He was buried by the Anglican Minister at Lawrence Bladwell's on 5 January
1771, aged 36 years old.20
----------------Unknown Hodge was married on 4 November 1745 at the plantation of unknown
Mardonne [McDonnough] by the Pastor of the St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church to
Susanna Cunningham.21
------------------Unknown Hodge apparently had land on Tortola. 22
In 1720, after his death, 100 acres was leased by the guardian of Bazaliel Hodge
and Benjamin Hodge's guardian, Fra. Delap of Antigua, a merchant, to Benjamin
Wickham of Antigua, a gentleman.23
Bezaliel Hodge was married on 9 February 1764 at Mr. Gibbes's residence on St.
Croix by the Anglican Minister to Elizabeth Balfe.24
He was President of the British Virgin Islands in 1777.25
Bazaliel Hodge accumulated fifteen estates on Tortola before his death in 1787.26
He wrote a will on 19 June 1787 and it was sworn on 18 August 1787.27
He died on 15 August 1787. 28 He left a widow named Elizabeth. 29 The will was
proven 18 September 1789. 30
16
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1761-1787, Burials.
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1761-1787, f. 1.
18
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1761-1787, Burials.
19
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1761-1787, Burials.
20
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1761-1787, Burials.
21
St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church, Church Book, 1743-1754.
22
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 301.
23
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 301, citing his book, Antigua, vol. 2, p. 79.
24
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1761-1787, f. 2; see: Vere L.
Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London: Michell Hughes
and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,303, where she is listed as "Barry," his second wife.
25
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
26
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 84.
27
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302, referencing "460, Macham."
17
3
In 1798, his heirs owned on Tortola, the following lots: 42, 44. 63, 64, 70, 71, 72,
73, 74, 76, 84, and 86, all of which were in sugar production, and lot 97, which was in
pasture, and finally, lot numbers 18, 58, 94, 96, 101 and 103 which were fallow.31
[1. Ruth Hodge, who was born in about 1766, was a granddaughter of Bezaliel
Hodge.32 She was married on 14 January 1788 to William Payne Georges, Junior, of
Manchester Square, London. 33
His will was dated 23 January 1806 and was proved 21 February 1806. 34
She remarried in September 1808 Pickering Lettsom, who was John Coakley
Lettsom's youngest son and was born in about 1782.35
He was a Barrister of the Inner Temple, and in 1808, he was sent as a Judge to
Tortola.36
Pickering Lettsom died on 28 October 180837 and was buried in the Friends'
burial ground at Fat Hog Bay.38
She died on 24 January 1809 on Tortola. 39
2. Unknown Hodge, also a granddaughter of Bezaliel Hodge and a sister to Ruth
Hodge. ] She was married to Charles Combe.41
He died on Tortola in 1808, aged 28.42
40
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
29
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
30
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 303. The will read in part, "To my present wife Eliz., on
whom I settled my house at Hunton's Gut, I give the interest of L-10,000 c. for her life. My house at Hog
Bay to be kept up out of my estate till 1 Jan. 1804, when my granddauughter Ruth Hodge will be 38 years
of age…."
31
To Isaac Pickering, Esq’r. of Fox Lease Hants this Plan of Tortola … London: Robert Wilkinson, 1798.
32
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,305.
33
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,305.
34
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302, citing "131, Pitt," & 305.
35
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 99.
36
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 99.
37
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 100.
38
Vernon W. Pickering, Early History of the British Virgin Islands: from Columbus to Emancipation
Second Edition (Falcon Publications International, 1997), p. 162.
39
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,305.
40
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 307.
41
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,305.
28
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Children of Bezaliel Hodge:
(Order unknown)
1. i.
Frances Hodge
2. ii. Sarah Hodge
1. Frances Hodge was married to George Leonard of Tortola and presumably
living on Tortola.43
She died at Peckham, county Surry, England on 7 November 1789.44
2. Sarah Hodge was married on Tortola to John Pickering, Jr.,45 who was the
captain of his father's sloop in 1750.46
He arrived on Tortola on 14 February 1750, along with Mary Evanes and Phiba
47
Smith.
On 14 May 1750, he departed Tortola destined for Philadelphia, via New York, in
his father's sloop, with Richard Ross as Master.48
He made several trips to England.49
In 1762, John Pickering moved to New York.50
----------------John Hodge was married on St. Croix to Ann:51
Children of John and Ann Hodge:
1. i.
2. ii.
John Hodge, b. 30 April 1766
Arthur Hodge, b. 14 October 1768
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 307, citing Gentlemen's Quarterly, (29 September 1808), p.
1039.
43
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, pp. 302,303..
44
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
45
Charles F. Jenkins, Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics (London: Friends'
Bookshop, 1923), pp. 44, 89. For a genealogy of the family see: Caribbeana, vol. iii.
46
Charles F. Jenkins, Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics (London: Friends'
Bookshop, 1923), p. 28.
47
Tortola Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1740-1760, transcription, see:
<http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/~bvi/tortquak.html>.
48
Tortola Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1740-1760, transcription, see:
<http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/~bvi/tortquak.html>.
49
Charles F. Jenkins, Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics (London: Friends'
Bookshop, 1923), p. 43.
50
Charles F. Jenkins, Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics (London: Friends'
Bookshop, 1923), pp. 44, 78.
51
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1765-1786, f. 3v?.
42
5
1. John Hodge was born on November 1765 and baptized on 14 May 1766 in the
Christiansted Anglican Church.52
2. Arthur Hodge was born on 14 October 1768 and baptized on 12 February
1769 in the Christiansted Anglican Church.53
--------------William Ronan Hodge owned in 1798 on Tortola lot numbers 53 and 65, which
were in sugar production. 54
--------------Unknown Hodge from Tortola was married to Elizabeth Gibbes.55
Child of unknown and Elizabeth (Gibbes) Hodge:
1. i.
Ruth Hodge, b. 6 October 1767
1. Ruth Hodge was born on 6 October 1767. 56
52
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1765-1786, f. 3v?.
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1765-1786, f. 7.
54
To Isaac Pickering, Esq’r. of Fox Lease Hants this Plan of Tortola … London: Robert Wilkinson, 1798.
55
Genealogical remarks concerning the MacDougall family including their wives and children, found on
the back side of a painting of William MacDougall at the National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
56
Genealogical remarks concerning the MacDougall family including their wives and children, found on
the back side of a painting of William MacDougall at the National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
53
6
-----------------This branch of the Hodge family probably came from Anguilla in the early 1700's
to Tortola.57
Arthur William Hodge was a wealthy planter on Tortola and was a member of
the island's governing Council,58 at least in 1737. 59
Children of Arthur William Hodge:
(order unknown)
1. i.
Arthur William Hodge, b. 1763
2. ii. Anne Hodge
1. Arthur William Hodge was born on Tortola in 1763.60
On 17 October 1781, he entered at age 18, Oriel College of Oxford University,
England. 61
In November 1782, he entered the Army as Second Lieutenant in the Royal
Welch Fusilliers (24rd Foot).62 He was mustered out at the end of 1783.63
In 1787, he was appointed a member of the British Virgin Islands' Council and he
took office as a member of the upper house of the legislature and Justice of the Peace at
Road Town, Tortola in November 1787.64 He was not confirmed in the positions until
June 1791.65
He was married and lost his first wife in a short time.66
He was married for a second time to Jane MacNamara.67 She must have died
shortly after the birth of her daughter.68
57
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
58
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
59
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
60
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
61
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
62
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
63
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
64
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
65
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
66
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
67
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
68
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), pp. 83-84.
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He subsequently had a relationship with a slave named Peggy.69
In 1798, he owned on Tortola lot number 85 which was in sugar production. 70
In 1800, he was in England and was negotiating for another wife.71 At this time,
he owned a 535 acres plantation in Road Division of Tortola.72
On 2 June 1800, Arthur Hodge, then 37 years old married Ann Maria Hoggins,
aged 21, at Clifton, Gloustershire, England.73 They resided in London.74
In 1803, the family moved to Tortola,75 and they settled on an estate called
Bellevue.76
She died on 29 November 1808, aged 29 years old.77
He was hanged on 8 May 1811. 78
Child of Arthur William and Jane (MacNamara) Hodge:
3. i.
Rosina Jane Hodge, b. c1795.
Child of Arthur William Hodge and Peggy:
4. i.
Bella Hodge, b. 1798
Children of Arthur William and Ann Maria (Hoggins) Hodge:
5. i.
6. ii.
7. iii.
Jane Rosina Hodge, b. 21 February 1801
Justina Jane Hodge, b. 27 March 1802
Henry Cecil Hodge, b. 20 February 1805
2. Anne Hodge first married a man with the surname Collins.79 She was
widowed by Christmas 1807.80
69
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
70
To Isaac Pickering, Esq’r. of Fox Lease Hants this Plan of Tortola … London: Robert Wilkinson, 1798.
71
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
72
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 84.
73
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 85; St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1797-1841, f. 83, 29 June
1814.
74
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 85.
75
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 85.
76
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 86.
77
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 97.
78
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
79
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 97.
8
She then married John Rawbone of Tortola.81
3. Rosina Jane Hodge was born in about 1795.82
4. Bella Hodge was born in 1798.83
5. Jane Rosina Hodge was born on 21 February 1801 and was baptized on 29
June 1814 in the Christiansted Anglican Church.84
6. Justina Jane Hodge was born on 27 March 1802 and was baptized on 29 June
1814 in the Christiansted Anglican Church.85
7. Henry Cecil Hodge was born on 20 February 1805 and was baptized on 29
June 1814 in the Christiansted Anglican Church.86
----------------Ann Hodge was married on St. Croix on 5 January 1772 at Mrs. Hodge's
residence by the Anglican Minister to Charles Eustace.87
-----------------Thomas Hodge, a free black man, was born on St. Croix. 88
He was acknowledged to be married on 8 August 1777, and was married on 11
September 1777 in the St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church to Grace Baa, a free black
woman, who was born on St. Thomas. 89 Standing for the bridegroom was Christian
Moll, a free mulatto and Anna La Maar, a free black woman. 90 Standing for the bride
was Andries Baa, her father and Anna Baa, her mother[?].91
He was still living with his wife, Grace Baa, in 1795. 92
---------------80
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 94.
81
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 82.
82
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
83
John Andrew, The Hanging of Arthur Hodge; A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone (Xlibris Corporation,
2000), p. 83.
84
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1797-1841, f. 83, 29 June 1814.
85
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1797-1841, f. 83, 29 June 1814.
86
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1797-1841, f. 83, 29 June 1814.
87
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1761-1787, f. 5.
88
St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church, Church Book, Marriages, 1776-1784, 1786-1787, 8 August 1777.
89
St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church, Church Book, Marriages, 1776-1784, 1786-1787, 25 August 1775.
90
St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church, Church Book, Marriages, 1776-1784, 1786-1787, 25 August 1775.
91
St. Croix Dutch Reformed Church, Church Book, Marriages, 1776-1784, 1786-1787, 25 August 1775.
92
RA, Dansk Kancelli, F. 26, Vestindiske Sager, 1773-1799, [Journal, 1787-1799], ff. 426-428v.
9
Charlotte Hodge was born on St. Croix in about 1800 and was baptized in the
Anglican Church.93
In October 1835, she was living, free, with her children and mother at 42 King’s
Street, Christiansted, unmarried and employed Huckstering. 94 She is probably the
daughter of Nancy Glass. 95
-----------------Isabella Hodge was born on Tortola in about 1801 and was a member of the
Anglican Church. 96
In 1857, she was a Washer by profession and was living at 40b Hill Street,
Christiansted, which she owned, with her brother, Pawlis Mark, who was born on St.
Croix, in about 1822 and was a member of the Lutheran Church.97
------------------Charlotte Hodge was born on Anguilla in about 1801 and was baptized in the
Moravian Church. 98
She had a relationship beginning in about 1826 to at least 1846 with Manuel
Mingo, who was born on St. Croix in about 1801 and was baptized in the Moravian
Church. 99
In October 1846, they were living with his daughter at estate Parasol, Northside B
Quarter, unmarried and employed as a Tailor and she was his House Keeper. 100
---------------------Rachel Hodge, a free woman, had a relationship with J. Colquhoun. 101 Their
child was baptized in the Anglican Church in 1815. 102
---------------Henry Hodge was born on St. Croix in about 1817 and was a member of the
Anglican Church.103
In 1860, he was resident as a widower at estate Petronella, East End Quarter,
where he was the Driver.104
NARA, RG55, Box 322, St. Croix Census, 1835, Christiansted, 42 King’s Street.
NARA, RG55, Box 322, St. Croix Census, 1835, Christiansted, 42 King’s Street.
95
NARA, RG55, Box 322, St. Croix Census, 1835, Christiansted, 42 King’s Street.
96
RA, St. Croix Census, 1857, Christiansted, 40b Hill Street.
97
RA, St. Croix Census, 1857, Christiansted, 40b Hill Street.
98
RA, St. Croix Census, 1846, Free, Northside B Quarter, estate Parasol.
99
RA, St. Croix Census, 1846, Free, Northside B Quarter, estate Parasol.
100
RA, St. Croix Census, 1846, Free, Northside B Quarter, estate Parasol.
101
St. John’s Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1815-1841, Baptism 17 September 1815.
102
St. John’s Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, 1815-1841, Baptism 17 September 1815.
103
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1841-1867, 1861, no. 9; RA, St.
Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
104
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
93
94
10
He was married on 27 July 1861 to Jane Williams, who was born in about
105
1821.
They were both workers at estate Petronella, East End Quarter.106 Witnesses to
the wedding were Jno. W. Derrick and Adolphus Joseph.107
Children of Henry Hodge:
1. i.
2. ii.
Simon Hodge, b. c1843
John Hodge, b. c1853
1. Simon Hodge was born on St. Croix in about 1843 and was a member of the
Anglican Church.108
In 1860, he was resident at estate Petronella, East End Quarter, as a 2nd class
laborer.109
2. John Hodge was born on St. Croix in about 1853 and was a member of the
Anglican Church.110
In 1860, he was resident at estate Petronella, East End Quarter.111
----------------Christiana Hodge was born on estate Petronella in about 1836 and was a
member of the Anglican Church.112
She was at estate Petronella in 1850, given as age 12 and a member of the
Anglican Church and a second class laborer.113
By March 1868, she was married to Christian Frederik Harrigan,114 who was
born on estate Seven Hills in about 1837 and was a member of the Moravian Church.115
Since at least 1860, they were living unmarried with their two children, at estate
Petronella, where they were both considered as first class laborers.116
In 1880, Christiana Hodge's grandmother, Judie Jacksen, who was born at estate
Petronella in about 1800 and a member of the Anglican Church, never married, was
living with the family at estate Marian Høy.117 Judy can also be found in the 1850
105
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1841-1867, 1861, no. 9.
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1841-1867, 1861, no. 9.
107
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Marriages, 1841-1867, 1861, no. 9.
108
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
109
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
110
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
111
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
112
RA, St. Croix Census, 1880, no. 21, East End A Quarter, estate Marian Høy.
113
RA, St. Croix Census, 1850, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
114
St. John's Anglican Church, Christiansted, Church Book, Baptisms, 1867-1875, f. 15, no. 113.
115
RA, St. Croix Census, 1880, East End A Quarter, no. 21, estate Marian Høy; the 1860 census says he
was born in about 1835 and was a member of the Anglican Church (RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End
Quarter, estate Petronella).
116
RA, St. Croix Census, 1860, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
117
RA, St. Croix Census, 1880, East End A Quarter, no. 21, estate Marian Høy.
106
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census where she is listed as 43 years old, a member of the Anglican Church, unmarried
and a third class laborer.118
Christian Frederik Harrigan, Christiana's husband, died on 22 April 1901, and she
was allowed to keep his estate intact, including the properties of estate Marian Høy and
26 King's Cross Street.119
In 1911, Christiana Hodge was living at her home at 26 King's Cross Street,
Christiansted along with several of her children, grandchildren and a great grand child. 120
----------------Unknown Hodge married an Unknown Pasea. 121
118
RA, St. Croix Census, 1850, East End Quarter, estate Petronella.
V.I., Williams Library, Christiansted, Caribbean Collection, Christiansted Probate Court, Case no.
12/1902.
120
RA, St. Croix Census, 1911, Christiansted, 26 King's Cross Street.
121
Vere L. Oliver, Caribbeana. Being Miscellaneous Papers … of the British West Indies. (London:
Michell Hughes and Clarke, 1919), Vol. III, p. 302.
119
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