Hodgsons of Wood Enderby and Bradney, Lincolnshire
I would like to know more about my great-grandfather’s ancestors in Lincolnshire. David HODGSON 1743-1822 of Wood Enderby and his wife Mary had at least 5 children.Charles b.1792, Rebecca b.1795 married a miller from Wragby named Joseph CLARK, and my ancestor William is believed to have married Ann CLAY 1817 and then farmed in Bardney.Their son, William bp 1823 moved to Merthyr Tydfil and became a Police Inspector.He is at Bardney in 1841 and Merthyr by late 1851.A family story says he was a policeman in London before coming to Wales.I would very much like to trace him in 1851.