Thomas Sedgwick  [George Sedgwick / Ann Benson]
  brother of Immigrant Francis Sedgwick (1797)
b. February 27, 1795, England^1,2
bp March 22, 1795, Bolton Abbey Parish, Yorkshire, York, England.²
d. aft 1870, [Stockton, San Joaquin, California?]¹
m. bef 1820 Parmelia Hodge
immigrated to Columbia County, New York 1820 or before, to California 1850-1860

Parmelia Hodge  [parents unknown]
b. abt 1795, Connecticut¹
d. aft 1870, [Stockton, San Joaquin, California?]¹

Census records:

"THOMAS SEDGWICK, believed to have come from England when 19 years old, located in California about 1850, coming by boat, around the Horn. He had two sons, Charles and Thomas. C G Sedgwick of Long Beach, California, and D J Sedgwick, Cupertino, Santa Clara Co., California, are said to be descendants of this Thomas Sedgwick."

- Francis Morris or Hubert Merrill Sedgwick New Haven Collection

One George Sedgwick and one Ann Benson were married December 6, 1792 Bolton Abbey Parish, Yorkshire, York, England.^2,5 They had two sons, Thomas born Feb. 27, 1795 and baptized March 22, 1795, and Francis born February 13, 1797 and baptized on May 7 1797.² Francis is known to have immigrated to the United States;² there can be no doubt that Thomas did, too.

Children:

The early census records indicate that there are other children.

Sources and notes:

1. Census records, any of those indicated.

2. "Sedgwick" by Donna Ziegler
a report of some of the descendants of one John Sedgwick (b. abt 1718) and Ann Levens

3. Farrington Memorial [R929.2 F246]
Daniel Farrington, 1880, Southworth Brothers. Portland, Maine
available online at GenealogyLibrary.com

4. California Death Index 1940-1997
an Ancestry.com database

5. The parish register of Bolton Abbey, 1689 to 1812, LDS Film 0477646 Item 2.
found at the LDS genealogy website www.FamilySearch.org