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Asa Hodgkins-[1272]
(1793-After 1874)

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Asa Hodgkins-[1272]

Born: 3 Apr 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, U.S.A. ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage: Jerusha Leeds-[1273] on 30 Nov 1815 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ¹ ²
Died: After 1874, Amsterdam, Holland ⁶

Death Notes:

"Asa Hodgkins was the 3rd generation son of William born Hancock about 1790 and was murdered in Amsterdam, Holland. He was married to Jerusha Leeds of Boston." Eben Hodgkins Genealogy.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Elected: Selectman, Between 1870 and 1874, Lemoine, Hancock, Maine, U.S.A. ⁷

Asa married Jerusha Leeds-[1273] [MRIN: 418], daughter of Edward Sto(W)(Ne) Leeds-[2701] and Nancy Clap-[2702], on 30 Nov 1815 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A..¹ ² (Jerusha Leeds-[1273] was born in 1798 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ⁸ ⁹.)

Marriage Notes:

"He married Jerusha Leeds of Boston. It may interest some to know of the romance of this marriage. Asa Hodgkins was a rising young man--first mate of a big ship of Boston. I have heard the old folks say that Asa was the handsomest man they ever saw.
"Once upon a time, when his ship was in Boston, he met Jerusha Leeds of a wealthy family. She was smitten by his beauty and accomplishments and unimpeachable character. He felt pleased and highly honored to be noticed by a wealthy young lady of great accomplishments. Soon their mutual esteem grew into a deep affection which ripened into reciprocal love. When her parents learned of their mental attitude toward each other they forbade further associations; and assured her that if she should marry Asa Hodgkins--a man beneath her in wealth and social standing, they would disinherit her. But, as love is the strongest law in the universe, Jerusha Leeds married Asa Hodgkins, MY GRANDFATHER. They had three children; the youngest two died; and Jerusha Leeds Hodgkins, left a widow and cut off from her fortune and disowned by her family, brought her surviving son William E. Hodgkins, my father, down to Uncle Thomas Hodgkins who reared him kindly." [Eben B. Hodgkins in Hodgkins Genealogy]

The marriage was recorded by the Reverend Thomas Baldwin, Pastor of the Second Baptist Chruch, Boston, per NEHG Register, Volume 125, October 1971.

1 Eben B. Hodgkins, editor, Genealogy of the Hodgkins family (Trenton, Maine: Trenton, Maine, 1927) ID: 236. Repository: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3007, U.S.A., www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, Call Number:929.273 H667, G HOD 706 [project entry]. Surety: 1

2 Baldwin, Thomas Rev. Pastor Second Baptist Church, Boston 1815, NEHG Register, Vol 125, Oct. 1971, page 293 Marriage Records (Boston, MA: NEHG Register and Banner Blue Div., Broderbund Software, Inc., October 1971) ID: 503, Page 293. Surety: 3

3 Eben B. Hodgkins, editor, Genealogy of the Hodgkins family (Trenton, Maine: Trenton, Maine, 1927) ID: 236, Page 22. born Hancock about 1790. Repository: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3007, U.S.A., www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, Call Number:929.273 H667, G HOD 706 [project entry]. Surety: 1

5 Source #383 IGI - Maine - Asa Hodgkins relative Isaac James Palmer (FamilySearch). Surety: 3

6 Eben B. Hodgkins, editor, Genealogy of the Hodgkins family (Trenton, Maine: Trenton, Maine, 1927) ID: 236, Page 22. Murdered in Amsterdam, Holland. Repository: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3007, U.S.A., www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, Call Number:929.273 H667, G HOD 706 [project entry]. Surety: 1

7 Town of Lamoine Selectmen, Town of Lamoine online [http://www.lamoine-me.gov/History/Selectmen%20Historical.htm], accessed 21 Feb 2005 ID: 688, http://www.lamoine-me.gov/History/Selectmen%20Historical.htm. Surety: 3

8 Beverly Farrington, E-Mail message 13 Aug 1996 from Beverly Farrington to Don E Appleby (Don E Appleby 14 Aug 1996). Surety: 3

9 Jerusha /Leeds/ entry, International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library) ID: 726, Film 445897 Ref No. 52031. Surety: 1

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