Hedges One-Name Study

Hedges
One-Name Study

Topics

About the Hedges One-Name Study
Variants
Origin of the surname
Historical occurrences
Distribution of the name
Data
DNA project
Links
Contact Details

About the Hedges One-Name Study

My desire to seek further information about my Hedges forebears arose when my Father gave me the Birth Certificate of my Great Grandfather George Hedges, born 23 November 1852 at Headington Quarry, Oxford, I subsequently recorded all information relating to the Hedges name hoping to find connections with my own family. This was how the Hedges One Name Study was born and was subsequently registered with The Guild of One Name Studies.

Variants

Headgis, Headges, Hegges and Edges are registered variants. I have yet to be convinced that Hedge Hedger Hodges are true variants. In the Baptism Register for the Parish of Sonning-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, between 1715 and 1723, Hedges, Hegges, Heges and Headges were recorded for 6 baptisms in one family.

Work on this aspect of the Study is ongoing.

Origin of the surname

The Hedges surname is derived from place of residence – at or by the Hedge written as Ate Hegge, or Attehegge. It is possible this is also a surname of occupation.

Work on this is also ongoing.

Historical occurrences

Sir Charles Hedges 1650 – 1714. Secretary of State to Queen Anne. Chancellor and Vicar-General of Rochester Diocese; Member of Parliament for Orford, Dover, Malmesbury, Calne, West Looe and East Looe at various times between 1698 and 1714; Judge of the High Court of Admiralty: Judge of the Preregotive Court of Canterbury 1711 – death.

Frederick William Hedges V.C. 22 November 1896 – 29 May 1954

Elven Evert Hedges Born Iowa 25 October 1888, died France 2 May 1931 – Music hall artist and lyricist with his brother Freddie

Cornelius Hedges born Massachusetts 28 October 1831, died 29 April 1907 - Newspaper editor, U.S. District Attorney and instrumental in establishing Yellowstone National Park.

William Hedges born Marylebone, London 10 May 1836 and died 22 June 1913 - founder of Benson and Hedges Limited

William Ross Hedges Chemist and Snuff Manufacturer of Birmingham

Distribution of the name

The Hedges surname is found most frequently in the southern counties of the United Kingdom. The main centres being Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, London (Surrey and Middlesex).

Hedges have spread to most States of America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Data

The Study database is steadily growing and consists of more than 70,000 entries with many more thousand waiting to be keyed in.

The database consists of

Parish Register Entries – Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

Other Parish records and Directories

Births Marriages and Deaths registered with the General Registration Office

Census – UK 1841 through 1901 plus American and Canadian Census

Wills, Probates, Inventories

Obituaries

Memorial Inscriptions

Newspaper reports from National and Local Newspapers

Other miscellaneous information

DNA project

The Hedges/Headges/Hedgis/Hegges DNA Project was set up on 8th December 2007. This is a project for Y-DNA which is passed from Father to Son through the generations and, therefore, only male Hedges may take part. More details can be found at

https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=D42693&special=true

and

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Hedges/