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Hodgin,
Hodgen, etc.
I asked a friend
to check her books for Hodgens, Derrell
Oakley Teat, Oct 2005
Edward MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland, Dublin:
Irish Academic Press, 1980,
p. 159 "Hodgins - This variant of Hodgeson (Hodge is a pet name
of Roger) is one of the English names which has become very numerous
since its establishment in Ireland in the seventeenth century. It is
now much scattered through Leinster and Munster but rare in other provinces.
Hodges (which, as well as Hodson, has ben confused with Hodgins) is
less numerous but is on record from late sixteenth century."
Scots Kith and Kin - no listing for Hodgens
John Black, Surnames of Scotland, NY: New York
Public Library, 1979.
"Hodgen, 'son of Ro(d)ger,' from the pet form Hodge +diminiutive
ending -en. Adam Hodgeon in Hillaire, parish of
Lesmahagow, 1685 and eight more of the names are recorded (Lanark CR.)
John Hodgen in Hillend, Lanarkshire, 1708 (minutes, p. 35).
Charles Wareing Badsley, A Dictionary of English
and Welsh Surnames with Special American Instances, Baltimore, MD:
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.
p. 389. "Hodgin, Hodgins, Hodgings.--Bapt. 'the son of Roger,'
from ick. Hoedge and dim. Hodg-in; cf. Col-in, Collins, Collings, from
Nicholas. The final g in Hodgings is excrescent, as in Jennings or Collings.
Manchester (Hodgin), 3; (Hodgings), 1; London (Hodgins), 2.
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