Robert Hudgins & Charlotte Lewis

Sally’s 7-great Grandparents:

Robert Hudgins 1660 – ? | parents
& 1701 Charlotte Lewis | parents
of Liverpool, England
and Llanthory, Wales

Robert Hudgins, son of Thomas Hudgins 1620, was born 1660 in Liverpool, England and died in Llanthory, Wales.
Robert Hudgins prospered greatly, maintained a large shipyard and shipbuilding enterprise and had homes both in Lancastershire and in the family hometown of Llandaff, Wales.
In 1686 he was appointed Sheriff of Llanthony, a position which he held to the day of his death.
He married in 1701 Charlotte Lewis, daughter of Henry Lewis of Trelech, Wales.
They lived thereafter in Liverpool but maintained his family home in Llandaff. (Note how often in succeeding generations the names Charlotte and Lewis recur.

Robert Hudgins, shipbuilder and trader of Liverpool, England, father and sponsor of William, John, Lewis, Robert.
The brothers left England in 1743 with their families to settle of Piankatank River, Gloucester Co, VA. They engaged in Plantation operation, shipbuilding and shipping and eventually acquired most of the shore of the Piankatank River from Geynn Island to Hampton, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Some of the family evacuated with the loyalists after 1776 and went to Canada probably Nova Scotia. Janet Hudgins

Children of Robert Hudgins and Charlotte Lewis:
1. William Thomas? Hudgins 1702 England – 12 Oct 1771 Gloucester, VA
married 1737 Mary Ann Shakespeare? Houlder 1717 – 1748 England
daughter of Humphrey?Thomas Houlder, Esq and wife Mary Shakespeare
married 2nd 30 Nov 1756 Johanna Digges dau of Cole Diggs
Gloucester County, VA
2. John Hudgins 1705 England – 1784 Gloucester, VA
3. Lewis Hudgins 1706 England – 1799 Gloucester, VA
4. Robert Humphrey Hudgins 1710 England – 1791 Gloucester, VA

“In the year 1743 William Hudgins, his three brothers and their families left their homes in Liverpool, England to settle permanently in the Dominion of Virginia. They had frequently visited the Tidewater area in prior years in their capacities as captains of the ships owned and operated by their father, Robert Hudgins. The locality appealed to them as a good base for shipbuilding and as a staging point for their trading business. The farming and fishing opportunities were also great, their prospects were bright and their hopes were high.” William (Hudgins) selected Milford Haven in the County of Gloucester as the most likely place to live and purchased there a small manor known as ‘Hesse Castle’ from a retiring army officer named John Armistead. He had purchased from the Crown considerable lands in the nearby Counties of Middlesex, York, Elizabeth City and Hanover which he and his brothers worked as plantations. The group prospered, exchanged and purchased more land, ever closer to the base in Milford Haven. Within a period of a few — almost the entire shore of the Planketank River from Gwyns Island to Hampton. Most of this land was in what was then Gloucester Co. By the act of the Virginia Assembly of December 16, 1790, the County of Gloucester was divided and that portion in which the Hudgins family lived became Mathews County
effective January 1, 1791. Mathews County was named in honor of General George Mathews, and Indian fighter and officer in the Revolutionary War. He was famous for his winning command at the Battle of Point Pleasant which was said to have been one of the bloodiest Indian wars in history. In the Revolution he distinguished himself at the Battle of Brandywine and at Germantown.
Following the Revolution General Mathews moved to Georgia where he became the Governor of the new
state, and office which he held from1793 to 1796.

above notes found in RHWWTTEN (HUDGINS) OF WALES by GEOFFREY L. HUDGINS

Grandchildren of Robert Hudgins and Charlotte Lewis:

Children of William Hudgins and Mary Ann Houlder:
After the death of his young wife, William Hudgins, left England and went to Gloucester County VA with his two brothers John and Lewis in 1754, leaving his three sons with their grandparents in England. In 1865 these three young men came to Gloucester County to join their father, step-mother, and two half brothers Anthony and Hugh. from Janet Johnson
1. Robert Hudgins ca 1748 –
married 22 Dec 1770 p 228 KPR Elizabeth Weskom
a. Wescom Hudgin 31 Dec 1773 p 155 KPR –
2. Houlder Hudgins 10 Jan 1748/9 Manchester, England – bef. 12 Feb 1816 Clifton, Matthew Co, VA
Rev. war -Tabbs Co , 115 Reg,; VA Militia 1807 private Will 1815
married 27 Jan 1769 p 227 KPR Mary Hunley 8 March 1742 -1773
dau of James and Mary Hunley
a. William Houlder Hudgins 12 June 1771 – 1840 Matthews Co, VA
1798 sheriff, Matthews Co, VA
married 25 Dec 1796 Frances Gwyn 1775 – 1838
b. Nancy Yeatman Hudgins 1773 – 1838
married 1st John Berry
married 2nd John Burke
married 2nd 1774 Mary Gwyn 1744 -1793
a. John Lewis Hudgins 1775 – 1871
i. Houlder Hudgins
b. Thomas Hudgins 1788 – 1862
c. Mary Gwyn Hudgins 1792 – ca 1874
married 1st Mr. Haller
married Gen. William Winder of Hampton, VA
married 3rd 1794 Elizabeth Anderson 1774 – 1804
a. Robert Hudgins 1797 – 1859
b. Houlder Hudgins 1799 – 1868
married Elizabeth Hudgins 31 Aug 1814 –
c. Ariadne Hudgins 1795 – ca 1895
married Mr. Jas. Vaughan
married 4th 1806 Harriott Whiting
d. Charlotte Lewis Hudgins 1807 – ca 1897
3. Lewis Hudgins ca 1750 – ca 1840 [WFT]
? married 24 Aug 1765 Joice Steward

Children of William Hudgins and Joannah Digges:
1. Anthony Hudgins 24 Jul 1757 VA – ca 1834
Rev. war
married Mar 1778 Sarah “Salley” Hunley
a. William Hudgins 23 Jan 1779 – ca 1869
b. Hunley Hudgins 11 Sept 1780 – ca 1840
married Elizabeth
c. Anthony Hudgins 28 Dec 1781 – 1856
married 1800 Patsie 1783 – 1845
d. Isaac Hudgins 4 April 1782 –
e. Diggs Hudgins 4 Mar 1786 – ca 1785
f. Peter Hudgins 19 Oct 1787 – 1830
married 31 Oct 1816 Lucina Sydnor Degge/Digges
g. Sarah Hudgins 10 Mar 1791 -ca 1885
married William? Brooks
h. Mary Hudgins 10 Aug 1793 – ca 1887
2. Milley Hudgins 10 Jun 1759 –
3. Sarah Hudgins 10 Jun 1759 –
4. William Hudgins 4 Nov 1761 – ca 1809
married Mary
a. Bailey Hudgins died 11 Sept 1815 Matthews Co, VA
married Nancy
i. Joice Hudgins bef 1815 –
ii. Lewis Hudgins bef 1815 –
iii. Polly Hudgins bef 1815 –
b. daughter Hudgins
married Meredith Hurst
c. Sarah “Salley” Hudgins ca 1804 –
married 19 Jun 1823 John P Richardson of Norfolk, VA
5. Hugh Hudgins 1764 – aft 1841
6. Isaac Hudgins 17 Mar 1772 – ca 1806
a. Isaac Hudgins ca 1790 – ca 1838 Matthews Co, VA
married “Polly” Mary
b. John Hudgins
c. Warner Hudgins died bef 20 Apr 1821
i. Elias Hudgins
d. Johanna Hudgins
married John White
e. “daughter” Hudgins
married James Owens

Children of unknown Hudgins:
George appears to be either son of John Hudgins or his brother Robert Humphrey Hudgins
? 1. George Hudgins ca 1730 – ca 1791 Mathews Co VA
married ? Hilligan
a. [John] Perrin Hudgins ca 1750 – 1805 Mathews Co VA
married [banns] Matthews Co VA 18 Oct 1774 Sarah Minter
i. Jesse Hudgins 26 May 1775 – 1 Aug 1860 Mathews Co VA
married 26 Dec 1801 Mary Degge Hudgins 29 March 1783 – 16 Dec 1824
daughter of John Hudgins and Amelia Foster
1. Mildred Amelia Hudgins 11 Aug 1802 –
married Edward Davis
2. Sarah Hudgins 16 Aug 1804 – 4 Feb 1889
married 13 Jan 1831 Rev. John Hudgins 9 Jan 1809 – 1 Sept 1849
3. Rosanna Hudgins 29 Oct 1807 –
married Ned Smith
4. William D Hudgins 29 May 1810 – Sept 1825
5. John Perrin Hudgins 28 May 1813 – Jan 1825
6. Lucina Foster Hudgins 17 Oct 1815 Matthews Co, VA – 16 Dec 1897 York Co, VA
7. Jesse Hudgins, jr 23 Jan 1818 – Jan 1825
8. Humphrey Hudgins 31 Oct 1820 Matthews Co, VA – 16 Aug 1899 Matthews Co, VA
buried in Family Cemetery, Rt. 605, Mathews Co., VA.
married Nancy Brooks 1825 – 1901
married 2nd 31 Aug 1825 Elizabeth Borum
ii. William Perrin Hudgins 15 Apr 1784 – 6 Jan 1839
married 18 March 1808 Mary Pugh 1788 – 1875
13th child: Elias Perrin Hudgins 1835 Mathews Co – 1902 Richmond VA
b. George Hudgins ca 1752 – ca 1808
married Dorothy
i. Archibald Hudgins 18 Sept 1766 – ca 1851
ii. Averilla Hudgins 16 Jun 1768 – 20 Apr 1851
married Josiah Pugh June 1762 – 15 Mar 1848
iii. Hugh Hudgins 29 Jan 1773 –
c. Averilla Hudgins 20 July 1755 –
?2. James Hudgins [10 white souls 1784 census Kingston Parish]
married 16 Sept 1761 Ann Jarvis
?3. Aaron Hudgins
married 6 June 1759 Mary Callis
?4. Hugh Hudgen
married 10 Nov 1768 Mary Dawson

Children of Lewis Hudgins and Elizabeth Burton:
1. William Hudgins 12 Dec 1758 –
William went to Canada after the War as he fought as a loyalist for the Queens Rangers. His brother John was killed at Yorktown also fighting as a loyalist. There is a book “200 Years of Hudgins” that lists William and his family and their settling in Canada. from Carolyn M
2. John Hudgins 6 March 1760 – 6 Jan 1781 [killed at Yorktown]

Child of Robert Humphrey Hudgins:
Robert Humphrey Hudgins 1710-1791 was born 1710 in England and came in 1742 to Virginia with his son Humphrey Deggs Hudgins 1735 – 1796.
1. Humphrey Deggs Hudgins 1735 England – 14 Nov 1796
married Joanna
a. Humphrey Deggs Hudgins Jr 7 August 1757 – Dec 1822 Gates Co, NC
married 9 Feb 1776 p 233 KPR Louisa Foster 1756 – bef Dec 1822
b. John Hudgins 8 October 1762 – 1803 Gloucester Co, VA
married 1780 Amelia Foster 9 Oct 1760 Saluda, Middlesex Co, VA,-8 Dec 1794
age 34 Gloucester Co, VA
married 2nd Ann ?

Hudgins of Tidewater Virginia

“Kingston Parish Register”
“Hudgins, Virginia to Texas” by Egar H Hudgins

Gabriel Hudgins ca 1725 –
& 27 Nov 1751 Lucretia Hudgins
of Kingston Parish, Glochester Co VA

From the Kingston Parish Register transcribed by Emma Matheny and Helen Yates:
marriages –Gabriel Hudgin and Lucretia Hudgin, Nov 27 1751 [p 218]
Births and Baptisms:
John Hudgen, son of Gabriel and Lucretia, born 31 Dec 1756 and bapt 1 Mar 1757 p 13
George Hudgen, son of Gabriel and Lucretia, born 29 Sept and bapt 2 Nov 1766 p 31
Sarah Hudgen, daughter of Gabriel and Sukey, born 4 Sept and bapt 12 Oct 1758 p 16
Sukey Hudgen, daughter of Gabriel and Sukey, born 9 Dec 1760 and bapt 15 Feb 1761 p 21
Ann Hudgen, daughter of Gabriel and Sukey, born 20 Dec 1763 and bapt 12 Feb 1764 p 26
James Hudgen, son of Gabriel and Suky, born 15 Oct and bapt 9 Dec 1770 p 38
?Christopher Hudgen, bastard son of Suky Hudgen, born Nov 8 and bapt 9 Dec 1770 p 38
Dorothy Hudgin, daughter of Gabriel and Suky, bapt 27 Feb 1774 p 155
?Nancy Hudgin, daughter of Suky Hudgin, born 27 March and bapt 14 April 1774 p 156

Desc. of Gabriel Hudgins b ca 1725