Brief Life History of Stephen
When Stephen Hodgetts was born in 1785, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Hodgetts, was 24 and his mother, Martha Tonks, was 11782. He married Elizabeth Timmins on 26 March 1807, in Saint Thomas's Church, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 23 July 1843, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 58, and was buried in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Stephen Hodgetts, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Stephen Hodgetts, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Stephen Hodgetts, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Hodgett, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, from a suffixed diminutive of the personal name Hogge (see Hodge ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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