Adam Hodgins

1799 - 1885  (86 years)

• Name	Adam Hodgins
  Born	1799	Dromineer, Tipperary, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jan 1885	Biddulph, Ontario
  Buried	St. James Anglican, Clandeboye, Mdsx, Biddulph, Ontario
  Person ID	I183718	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Hodgins,   b. 1756, Of Ballinderry And Dromineer, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Prittie,   b. 1763, Of Kilmore Parish, Ireland ,   d. 23 Feb 1853  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1785	Modreeny Church
  Family ID	F74099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Haskett,   b. 21 Mar 1813, Blackhall, Borrisokane, Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. Dec 1848, Biddulph, Ontario  (Age 35 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1834
  Children	1. "Long" John Hodgins,   b. 23 Aug 1835, Lucan, Ontario ,   d. 26 Aug 1907, Biddulph, Ontario  (Age 72 years)   2. Thomas Haskett "Long Tom" Hodgins,   b. 8 Aug 1837, Lucan, Ontario ,   d. 29 Apr 1866, Port Edwards, Ontario  (Age 28 years)   3. Elizabeth Hodgins,   b. 1839, Lucan, Ontario ,   d. Jun 1860  (Age 21 years)   4. Adam Haskett "Long Adam" Hodgins,   b. 24 Aug 1842, Biddulph, Ontario, Ontario ,   d. Mar 1889  (Age 46 years)   5. James "Butcher Jim" Hodgins,   b. 3 Dec 1844, Lucan, Ontario ,   d. 20 Feb 1915  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F74044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Reckless, rugged, adventurous type" Served in Royal Irish Constabulary under older brother Colonel James. "Proved to be a problem and a worry to the colonel because he was headstrong and impetuous". Accused of either shooting or knowing who shot someone in a riot between Protestants and Catholics in June 1821 in Borrisokane, Ireland. His brother the Colonel feared for his safety afterwards and arranged for him to leave the country with his brothers Tom and John. Some sources claim he was smuggled out of the country in a coffin. Trip across the Atlantic was in very rough weather andthe ship was blown off course, took 17 weeks to reach Montreal. Worked on Rideau Canal project with brothers near Ottawa. His brothers settled near Ottawa. Helped survey town of Biddulph, Ontario. In 1831 when the remaining members of the Hodgins family emmigrated, Adam directed them to Middlesex County because of his experience as a surveyor. Settled in Lucan, Ontario in 1832. Said that the spirit of Adam lives at least once in every generation of his descendants.