I believe that makes us 3rd Cousins: Annie, Elizabeth Ann's sister, married John Henry Simmons, then down through their son Frank to my father Ian and so to me. I'll sort out what I have on the rest of the Hodges & Pugsleys.
I have been searching in
https://www.freereg.org.uk/ and by using a wildcard managed to find baptism records for the children of Thomas and Ann Pugsley (12 children - another large family
). The listings are all from St Andrew’s Church Register, Harberton, Devon. (The mother’s forename for the first record is “Mary Ann”, not just “Ann” as is shown for the other children; but it is my guess that “Mary Ann” and “Ann” are the same woman):
4 Aug 1816 – Child: Mary Ann PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton Ford – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Mary Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: J C Hicks”
1 Mar 1818 – Child: Thomas PUGSLEY – Abode: Luscombe – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: J C Hicks”
10 Oct 1819 – Child: Jane Elizabeth PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: J L Tozer”
6 Jan 1822 – Child: Maria PUGGESLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGGESLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: Wm Marshall”
8 Feb 1824 – Child: Susanna PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Anne – Register note: “Recording official: T B Murray is the clerk”
27 Nov 1825 – Child: James PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Anne – Register note: “Minister officiating: George Martin”
30 Dec 1827 – Child: Edmund POGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas POGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: Joshua Reynolds Johnson”
21 Feb 1830 – Child: Anna Maria POGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas POGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “First wrote Henry as child’s name then scratched that out; Minister officiating: Joshua Reynolds Johnson”
14 Aug 1831 – Child: Charles POGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas POGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: Joshua Reynolds Johnson”
18 May 1834 – Child: Robert PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: George Martin”
16 Jul 1837 – Child: Sarah Ann PUGSLEIGH – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEIGH, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Minister officiating: George Martin”
30 May 1839 – Child: Robert PUGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father: Thomas PUGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Ann – Register note: “Privately baptized JRJ; Minister officiating: Joshua Reynolds JOHNSON”
The baptism listing below is a little different. There was no father’s name and the father’s occupation was “Servant” (but this most likely applied to the mother, not the father):
28 Jun 1837 – Child: James POGSLEY – Abode: Harberton – Father’ occupation: Servant – Mother: Jane POGSLEY – Register note: “Privately baptized by me JRJ; Received into the congregation July 15 1837 by me George Martin; Minister officiating: Joshua Reynolds Johnson”
I would say that this child, James Pogsley, was the James Pugsley, aged 4, listed among the members of the Pugsley household in the 1841 census. My guess is that he was the illegitimate child of Thomas and Ann's daughter Jane Elizabeth Pugsley, born 1819. Jane was not in the house when the census was done – maybe she was a live-in servant at another household.
Another odd one is an entry for a child born 1813 with a different mother’s name (I see the abode given of Harberton Ford is also the abode for Mary Ann Pugsley, born 1816):
28 Mar 1813 – Child: Ann POGSLEY – Abode: Harberton Ford – Father: Thomas POGSLEY, labourer – Mother: Sarah – Register note: “Minister officiating: J Williams”
I didn’t quote the record sources for any of the above listings; the record sources were included in the register notes. This posting is long-winded enough without making things worse.
Polly