John Hodgetts married Olivia Lucas in 1811. They moved to Tasmania in 1811 and settled at Launceston where they worked a farm of 460 acres growing wheat and potatoes, with some cattle and pigs. In about 1835 they sold their farm and moved to Cressy where John became a blacksmith.
* further information: Peter McKay, A Nation Within a Nation: The Lucas Clan in Australia (2004), p 390
'Hodgetts, John (1791–1871)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hodgetts-john-25624/text33933, accessed 10 December 2019.
25 October 1791
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
13 August 1871
Longford, Tasmania, Australia