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About John Hodgson (abt. 1705-1747)
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John Hodgson, a lawyer, had a remarkably busy life serving as NC Attorney General, Assemblyman from Bertie County 1735, Assemblyman from Chowan County 1738, Speaker of the House 1739-40, Provincial Treasurer 1740, Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Commissary of North Carolina troops in the ‘War of Jenkins’ Ear.’ Hodgson married two sisters, Elizabeth and Penelope Pagett. Penelope went on to become a leader of the Edenton Tea Party.
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