Thomas Bodkin House (1729)
The Thomas Bodkin House is at 6 Union Street in Marblehead. In its earliest form, it was a gambrel-roofed house, built in 1729 by Thomas Bodkin, a brewer and merchant, around the time of his marriage to Sarah Rhodes. His brewery was located in a separate building behind the house. Bodkin lived in Marblehead until 1748. The house was later owned by Capt. Benjamin Hind who, around 1765, connected the brewery with the main house, which he also enlarged. Hind was responsible for laying out Union Street, which had previously been a cart path.
I traced one line of my ancestry back and the most notable relatives are devereuxs, phillips, goodwins, parkers….while driving around Marblehead, I came upon this house- of Bodkin- which is a different family line of mine all of whom seem to be Bodkins from Virginia. Do you have any more information on thomas bodkin(s)?