Solomon HEDGES, , ESQ. (CSPS - REV. W.)

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George Washington's Diary 1748

Saterday 26. Travelld up the Creek to Solomon Hedges Esqr. one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of Frederick where we camped. When we came to Supper there was neither a Cloth upon the Table nor a Knife to eat with but as good luck would have it we had Knives of [our] own.

Solomon Hedges. usually called Squire Hedges, a justice of the peace for Frederick County, was a member of a Quaker family from Maryland who were early settlers in Frederick. Hedges was living in the county as early as 1744, when he served on the first grand jury for Frederick in May of that year.

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Solomon Hedges died 06-Jan-1797 Brooks County, Virginia. A will dated January 6, 1797, in which he bequeathed his estate to his six children. viz: Rebecca; Joseph; Catherine; Silas; Joshua and Rachel. Will was probated Ohio County, Virginia 00-Dec-1801
1 Land speculators in the Monocacy Valley tried to interfere with the surveys of the settlers. In 1732 Joseph Hedges received a letter from a speculator demanding satisfaction for the land on which Hedges live, the speculator claiming all of the land on the Monocacy and its branches. In 1735 John Van Metre Sr. and his wife Margaret whose daughter, Rebecca, had married Solomon Hedges, eldest son of Joseph, sold all of his farm animals and removed himself into Virginia.
John Van Metre Sr., his sons and daughters, built their.... homes on
"Meadow" which had been surveyed for John November 17, 1725. "Meadow" consisted of the land along Carroll Creek that is now the southeastern part of Frederickstown at the intersection of South Market and South Streets, thru a part of the fair grounds.
Joseph Hedges' son, Solomon
Solomon Hedges had 192 acres surveyed March 13, 1733 on Tuscarcra Creek a
little northeast of present-day Yellow Springs, which he called Hedges Delight. His father, Joseph, had previously - July 1, 1730 - had 258 acres surveyed, which he called "Hedge Hogg"
Land Grant: 00-Nov-1732 "Hedges Hogg", Frederick Maryland; Inherits from father.
Taxlist: 1733 Monocasy Hundred, Maryland
Marriage: 1735 Monocasy Hundred, Maryland
Appointed: 1735 Monocasy Hundred, Maryland: constable replacing Thomas Douthitt who's health was failing.
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On April 10, 1738, Solomon Hedges bought 275 acres from James Davies of
Orange County, Virginia. This was later Frederick County, Virginia. He was later in what is now Berkeley Co. Va. in 1754. Frederick County was formed from Orange County in 1738. Court did not meet until 1743, so land remained Orange County, Virginia.
Event: 02-Nov-1739 Patterson Creek, Hampshire
In 1760, Solomon and his wife Rebecca, sold Peter Stienbergen, 320 acres on Now Creek, Hampshire County, Va. He was one of the first settlers in Hardy
County, Va.
By April 6, 1778 Solomon was in Ohio County, Va. and was surity for David
Shepard, High Sheriff. On this date (his son) Silas produced a commission as
Colonel of Militia from Lt. Governor, John Page. The court was held at Black's Cabin on Short Creek (now West Liberty, West Va.)Solomon and Silas Hedges recorded many of the court transactions.
Silas Hedges, was recommended to the governor as High Sheriff, but a mistake was make in the recommendation placing that of Silas before that of Solomon Hedges. Solomon, having formerly acted as judge in the court of Hampshire, On June, 1778 Solomon took his oath as Justice of Peace.
On October 4, 1779, Susanna Fisher, an orphan, was bound to Solmon Hedges
and he was to pay her $30.00 above the sum allowed by law at expiration of
their time.
In 1789, Solomon Hedges of Ohio Co. Va. sold to Tomas Dean of Hampshire Co. Va. 250 acres on New Creek.
Solomon Hedges, Lot #3, survey on Patterson Creek Manor, directed 4-7-1761, by Thomas Lord Fairfax. Report by Joseph Niville, Sept. 7, 1793 Deed Book A, Page 136.
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In the year 1754 we have five Hedges families living what is present day
Berkeley County, West Virginia. Joshua Hedges born April 14, 1717, died Feburary 16, 1790, married Elizabeth Chapline; Jonas Hedges married Agnes Powelston; Peter Hedges married Elizabeth Seeds; Ruth Hedges who married to Abraham Vanmeter; Solomon Hedges who married Rebecca Vanmeter. These were all children of Joseph Hedges who emigrated to America in 1710 and died at Monocacy, Maryland, 1732. There were also five children in this family which did not come to htis area: Charles; Joseph; Catherine; Dorcas and Samuel (Will of Joseph Hedges in The Christine Bergen papers Berkeley County Courthouse.) Joseph was the son of Charles hedges who died in England in 1720. His father was Sir Charles Hedges who died in England 1n 1714.

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Moorefield Examiner Jan 12, 1905

Joost Van Meteren the son of Jan Joost, (the second generation) and the father of Isaac of Old Fields was married in New Paltz, Ulster County, NY., December 12, 1682 to Sarah du Bois, who is mentioned above. Four children were born to them while they resided in Kingston and baptized there, I, Jan (John) In 1683; who undoubtedly later settled in Berkeley Co., Va. Dying there in 1745 and leaving eleven children, five sons and six daughters, one of whom Elizabeth married, Col. Thomas Shepherd, and another Solomon Hedges (This Solomon Hedges is the one mentioned in George Washington Journal when surveying beyond the Blue Ridge in 1747-48). II. Rebecca in 1686 who married in 1704 Cornelius Elting and had ten children, III. Lysbeth in 1689 of whom nothing is yet known. IV. Hendrick (Henry) in 1695; who married a number of times and finally settled in Salem County, NJ., where he died in 1759 leaving ten children. His last wife was Mary, sister of Erasmus Fetters.
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Sources: (Hedges)

Title: American Descendants of Chretien du Bois of Wicres, FranceAuthor: Heidgerd, WilliamPublication: Du Bois Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, New York, 1968Abbrev: Note: Re-edited by the Du Bois Family Association, 1998