Benoni Hodsdon

1647 - 1718  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Benoni Hodsdon
  Christening	5 Dec 1647	Hingham, MA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1718	Berwick, ME
  Person ID	I53335	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2002

  
  

  Father	Nichilas Hodsdon,   b. Abt 1615, England d. 1704, Wells, Maine (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Ester Wines,   b. Abt 1618   d. 29 Nov 1647, Hingham, MA (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1630	Hingham, MA
  Family ID	F22089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Curtis,   b. 1653, Gorgeana, ME d. Aft 1718 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1678	York Co., ME
  Children	1. Hannah Hodsdon   2. John Hodsdon,   b. 24 Jul 1698, Boston, MA d. Bef 1733 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F22087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - Abt 1678 - York Co., ME Burial - 1718 - Berwick, ME  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  and Abigail lived at Quamphegon, near Salmon Falls, ME, where their house was burned by the Indians 16 Oct. 1675 and several inhabitants were slain. Benoni was given the homestead at Birchen Point, Kittery, ME, by his father on 22 Oct. 1678. He was a prominent man, selectman in 1692 and 1694, an influential member of the church and one of the committee to locate the meeting house in 1701 and a representative in 1718. Benoni sold his homestead 2 March 1773 to his son, Thomas, he to pay his borthers and sisters a certain sum as their share of their father's estate. The administration on his estate was granted to his widow on 15 May 1718. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site