Sarah Hockett

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Hockett was born on 1 June 1826, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Jehu Hockett, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Wilson, was 29. She married Zimeriah Addison Hodgin on 28 December 1846, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Fentress Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 May 1889, in Center MM, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Zimeriah Addison Hodgin
1815–1887
Sarah Hockett
1826–1889
Marriage: 28 December 1846
Fatima Jane Hodgin
1848–
Hannah Caroline Hodgin
1850–1905
Nancy Eunice Hodgin
1851–1914
Louisa Hodgin
1852–1900
John Franklin Hodgin
1853–1897
William L. Hodgin
1855–1923
Lydia Martitia Hodgin
1857–1935
Mary E. Hodgin
1860–1930
Martha Ann Hodgin
1860–1948
David Lindley Hodgin
1863–1863
Zimmeriah Addison Hodgin
1864–1948
Sarah Ellen Hodgin
1864–1944

Sources (34)

  • Sally Hodgson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Hockett, "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979"
  • Sallie, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English personal name Hoket, apparently a diminutive (Hocc-et) of Old English Hocca; see Hock 7.

variant of Hoggett, itself either a variant of Hoggard or a diminutive of Hogge, a Middle English pet form of Roger .

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

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