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Excerpt from Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family in New England: Containing the Names of Over 1500 Persons, From 1633 to 1853, Numbering Eight Generations I will also indulge the hope that some one of the name will, at some future time, continue this work, correcting the errors of the present writer, and adding a long list of honest and Honorable names. It will be found that, in the early history of New England, it was considered quite honorable to aspire to commissions in the militia of this Commonwealth. The Hodges family have aspired to the commission of Captain very generally; and whether qualified or not, they have been very successful in their aspirations. It has been remarked that, in the towns of Taunton, Norton, and Mansfield, you may call every man you meet of the name, Captain Hodges, and you will be [right about three fourths of the time. A small number of the name have had the boldness to endeavor to reach the office of Colonel. Allow a suggestion to be made ih' this place to every man bearing the name; don't ever try to [go higher for should any individual of the name ever reach the next grade in rank above Colonel, he may have the misfortune (according to precedents recently established in political affairs) to be nominated President of the United States' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.