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A number of Hogwood records in the USA originated from Francis Hawgood born 1620/5. Francis Hawgood moved to America from Gloucester, although this is not likely to be his birth place, around 1650, marrying Elizabeth Creed. Not all Hogwoods however will be from this line. Francis' will shows his name as Hogwood. Descendants of Francis Hawgood/Hawkwood/Hogwood have been DNA matched to earlier ancestors with the name Hawgood.
US records show numerous misspellings of his name and those of his descendents, including Hawkwood, Haywood, Hagood, Hogwood, Haguewood and Hagewood.
Howgoode : 1652 - Surrey County records by Eliza Timberlake Davis - Page 21 26 Oct 1652. “Jno Gibbings and Francis Howgoode bind themselves to pay unto Wm Murrell the sume of eighteen hundred pounds of good tob”
Haughgood : 8/5/1661, 10/10/1661 - Charles City County record - Francis Haughgood - “Court proceedings: Accusation by Peter Grey. Court heard "sev'all circumstantiall exa'iacons to us presented. Ordered FH taken into custody of sheriff until delivered by "due Course of law." SE 10/10/1661: many witnesses summoned by PG agst. FH, "to excess chg to Co., the law allowing but 3, and 3 being sufficient, paymt to the others suspended until pleasure of Gov. and Council is known." [APPEARS he was fG] SE 12/3/1661 judgt. in favor of Capt. Edd Hill agst. est. of Francis Haughgood for 4158 l.t. SE 2/3/1662: John Stephens ordered to pay Francis Houghgood 250 l.t. in 10 days.”
Francis Hawgood - "On 30 JUL 1670 FRA. HAWGOOD WAS LISTED IN a second patent AS A HEADRIGHT IN A PATENT TO WILLIAM PEBLES FOR 473 ACRES on the South side of the James River in Charles City County, included with nine other persons ref: Cavaliers and Pioneers Vol. II, p. 74 by Nugent"
Francis' will quotes him as Hogwood. Will, 3 Jan 1676, Surry County, Virginia Colony. 115 Francis Hogwood's last will, recorded in Surry Co, VA Record Book 1671-84, p122. "In the Name of God Amen. I Francis Hogwood of Surry County being very sick but praised be God in pfect Sence & Minde, Doe make this my last Will & Testamt: first I recoment my Soule to God that gave it, trusting in the meritts of Jesus Christ for my salvation, & I dispose of my worldly Estate as followeth first I doe Will and Ord: that all my Cattle bedding & my Mare & my pewter be equally divided amongst my fower Children Richard William George & my Daughter Frances, & yt all the rest of my goods & my hoggs shall be apprazzed & Equally divided ... only ... that Richard having a Gun already William & George have the other two. Secondly I give unto my sd Daughter my two Gold Rings & one bodkin and the other bodkin to my Sister Mary Creed
Francis appears in many US trees with descendants having various ‘H’ names. These versions of Hawgood, in particular a Haywood line, are not however related to most other lines with the same surname. It is likely that in the case of Haywood, that the name already existed in the US, and in times of illiteracy, that the spelling of a similar sounding and known name was adopted in error. A number of tree believe that Francis Hawgood's father was George Awood. There is no evidence to confirm this and indeed a detailed search of Gloucester records has not revealed any Hawgood families of the timescale involved. Bristol was a hub of shipping and it is more likely this was simply a departure point and not Francis' birthplace. There is no connection between this line of Haywoods/Haguewoods/Hawgoods to the Heywoods and later Haywoods living in Barbados in the 1600s.
As well as the paper record trail preceeding Francis Hawgood’s birth, the DNA evidence, through the closeness of the genetic matching, means that Francis was descended from a Hawgood between 1500 and 1620.