Nicholas HODSDON
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BIRTH: Birthplace listed as Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts on FamilyTree. DEATH: 1. Nicholas was killed by Indians. 2. Death date listed as 20 Feb 1679 on FamilyTree.
NOTES: 1. Benoni and Abigail lived at Quamphegon, near Salmon Falls, Maine 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, Maine 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, and he was to pay his brothers 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. BURIAL: Buried on the Hodson Family Homestead, Kittery, York County, Maine.
He married Esther Wines 6 Dec 1639 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts . Esther Wines was born at Kittery, York, Maine 1621 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Esther Hodsdon
born 20 Sep 1640.
Mehitable Hodsdon
born Nov 1641.
Jeremiah Hodsdon
born 6 Sep 1643.
Israel Hodsdon
christened 19 Jun 1646.
Elizabeth Hodsdon
christened 19 Jun 1646.
Benoni Hodsdon
born 29 Nov 1647.
Nicholas Hodsdon died 11 May 1704 at Wells, York, Maine .
Esther Wines died 29 Nov 1647 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts .