929.2 H663h 1687329 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENFA' nr-Y rOIJ '=:rTION ^c 3 1833013633422 ^(rfWK^3?Tts:.*J 1& HODGE GENEALOGY FIRST OF TiiE NAME IN THIS COUNTRY TO THE PRESENT TIME A NUMBER OF ALLIED FAM! :3 AND MANY IllSrORiCAL FA' COMPILED BY ORLANDO JOfIN HODGE ^- f I : BOSTON / K.->CKVVEI.1 A-;I) CiMJRCHlLi. I'REiS 1900 / // TMIRTV-rOL'R GENERATIONS. 775-1900. Theancestral linehere prejentedhis beentracedwithmuchcare, andisbelievedto becorrect. It"itisnot,the faultiswithhistorical and genealogical writers,from whoseworks,in most part, the facts given have been gathered. The writer, in his researches, has not hopedtoaddanynewhonortothatofbeingan"Americancitizen," buta;adiversioninidlemomentshascompliedwhatispresented. 1'he Lamberts, Lymans, Deweys, Caui^iin^, and English fi-ilit: whoarerepresentedareofthiscountry,andalittleresearchonlywill benecessarytoshowwheretheoA-shootscorinectwiththemainline. O. J. H. — I. Egbert, historytellsus,wasthe firstkingofEngland; thathewas born about 775,and in 800 ascended the throneof Wessex,one of the seven kingdoms forming the Heptarchy bv which Britain was then governed; thatin 827 hehad subdued all theother rulersand be- come solemonarchofEngland. Hediedabout 838,and wassucceededby hisson, -I|KQ'7'3^*^ — II. Ethelwolf,who ruled until 857,when dying hewas succeeded by his four sons in succession. The three elder oneseachruled butashort time,the youngest of themdyingin 871 fromtheeffectsof awoundreceived in battle with the Danes. Upon his death the fourth son, — III. Alfred,called "Alfred the Great," horn in 840 at Wantage, Berkshire,becamekingand ruledthirtyyears, until his death in October, 901. He married El>with, daughter of a Mercian nobleman, bvwhojn he had