Elizabeth Middleton

21 August 1748–1782 (Age 33)
Chester le Street, Durham, England

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Middleton was born on 21 August 1748, in Chester le Street, Durham, England, her father, Robert Middleton, was 45 and her mother, Frances Coxon, was 31. She married Richard Reed Hodgson on 2 December 1770, in Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1782, in Durham, England, at the age of 34.

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Family Time Line

Richard Reed Hodgson
1748–1837
Elizabeth Middleton
1748–1782
Marriage: 2 December 1770
Hannah Hodgson
1772–1813
Thomas Hodgson
1774–1849
Robert Hodgson
1776–1820
Isabel Hodgson
1775–
Richard Hodgson
1777–1841
William Hodgson
1780–1860

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 December 1770Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (4)

    1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
    Age 4
    Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
    1754 · Seven Years' War
    Age 6
    The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
    1770 · Boston Tea Party
    Age 22
    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’ (see Middlebrook ). Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄thhyll (from gem̄th ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin. This surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland.History: A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681. The name has also been established in Ireland since at least the 13th century; its presence was reinforced by settlers in the 17th century.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Midthun
    Melton
    Middlebrook
    Milton

    Sources (10)

    • Elizabeth Hodgson in entry for Mary Hodgson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
    • Richard Reed Hodgson and Elizabeth Middleton in England, Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts, 1639-1919; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SHW-7LL?cc=1309819&wc=9K59-6TG%3A13618101%2C16337901%2C16337902

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