Thomas Hodgkin was born on 26 Jul 1740 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut and was the son of Joseph Hodgkin, Jr. and Lydia. His mother was Lydia Redfield, a direct-line 6th generation descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, a crewman and passenger respectively on the voyage of the famous ship, named The Mayflower, for establishment of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. His sister, Abigail, was born on 28 Sep 1738. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Hodgkin, Jr. (1710-1752) and Lydia Redfield (1716 – 1784) who were married in Guilford, CT on 21 Feb 1736/7. Thomas’s father, Joseph Hodgkin, Jr. (1710-1752) was the son of John Hodgkin (1633-1682), who emigrated sometime between 1641 to 1654, from Essex County, England to what would become Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Thomas’s mother was named Mary Hill. Thomas’s grandfather, John Hodgkin, married Mary Bishop (1652-1687) in Guilford on 4 Apr 1670. Thomas’s grandmother Mary’s, parents were John Bishop, Jr. and Susanna Goldham. Her grandfather, John Bishop, was a signer of the Guilford Covenant in 1648. After Thomas’s father Joseph Hodgkin, Jr. died in 1752, his mother, Lydia, married a man, named Levi Leete, in Guilford, CT on 15 Nov 1753
Thomas Hodgkin was rumored to have married twice. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Parmelee in Guilford on 4 Jun 1758. Elizabeth was born in Guilford, CT on 18 Jul 1741 and was the daughter of Issac Parmelee and Elizabeth. Thomas’ wife, Elizabeth, born in 1741, died on 14 Dec1787. She was the mother of five children by Thomas. They were: Joseph born 1759, John bapt. 1761, Ambrose born 1762 , Eunice bapt. 1765, and Thomas born 1767. Thomas Hodgkin, who lived 38 years following his first wife’s death at the age of 45, is rumored to have then married a women, named Eunice Rose. Although conceivable given the length of time he lived following Elizabeth’s death, no evidence of this marriage has yet been found.
There is little record of the Revolutionary War Service of Thomas Hodgkin except for him being mentioned by name as a Sergeant in the 1834 American Revolutionary War Pension application (file # S.17493), submitted by his son, Ambrose.
In his pension application Ambrose relates that his father, Thomas, enlisted on 1 April 1778 and was a sergeant in Captain Dan Collins’ Guilford Militia Company for about 9 months. This Militia Company operated under the direction and command of the 789Guilford Selectmen for the defense of the town of Guilford and the local coast of Long Island Sound. He was discharged from the Militia in 1780.
The life of Thomas Hodgkin following the death of his wife, Elizabeth Parmellee, at the age of 45 years remains a mystery. Guilford Town records (Vol. 7, p. 143) indicate Thomas of East Guilford, died 27 May 1825 at the Almshouse, age 85.
The location of the grave of Thomas Hodgkin remains unknown. He is not listed among the graves located in a family plot in the Grove Cemetery, Section #1, Row #3 in Windsor Locks, CT. The nine family graves are marked with a single tall tower-like monument with family member names carved onto it. The oldest stone carvings are those of Ambrose Hotchkiss, died Mar.10.1841, age 80 years and Sarah E. Hotchkiss, his wife, died Aug.6.1845. age 78 years.
It is reported that Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth, had become members of the First Congregational Church of Madison, Connecticut. His grave is on Guilford Green. The grave of his wifee, Elizabeth, nee’ Parmalee, Hodgkin, is in the cemetery at Hammonasset, near Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut with the inscription, “The Body of Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Hodgkin who died Dec 14 1787 age 46 years.”
No matter his end of life circumstances,Thomas Hodgkin was a veteran of the American Revolution and a descendant of the Mayflower, through John Alden and his wife, Priscilla Mullens. He also has many descendants throughout the United States of America and his memory lives on through organizations like the Sons of the American Revolution.

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Bible Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Guilford, vol.. 2, p. 40
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 16, Part 2 (John Alden), pp, . LVIII, 1904, p. 326
IBID, p. 327
New England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 58, p. 281
Guilford Vital Records, Vol. A, p. 67
Edgar E. Hotchkin, Descendants of John Hotchkin of Guilford, Connecticut, 1995, Gateway Press, Balto., MD, p.3
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 16, Part 2 (John Alden), p. 328
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Guilford Vital Records, Vol. 2, p. 75
New England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. XCIV, Vol. 58, p, 282
Descendants of John Hotchkin of Guilford, Connecticut, 1995, comp. Edgar E. Hotchkin, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, p, 21
National Archives & Records Admin. (NARA), Wash., DC 20408, Amer. Rev. Pension Application File # S.17493
NARA Amer. Rev. War Pension file #S.17493, U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Commissioner’s letter, dated 16 Aug 1926
Ibid
Ibid
Headstone Inscriptions Town of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, copied in 1934 under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and W.P.A, sponsord by the CT State Library compiled under the supervision of Chrles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, Hartford, Connecticute, Dec 1937, p. 5
North Madison Congregational Church records, Vol. 1, p. 257
Hodgkin-Grover Bible, General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) reference documents from GSMD Record Copy application #7147 of William Clark Knowles
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 16, (John Alden), Part. 2, p. 328