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Did the Hosmer Family Live in Northampton Ma

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Contents

  • 1 Biography
    • 1.1 Origin
    • 1.two Immigration
    • 1.3 Uncertain Second Wife'south Maiden Proper noun
    • 1.four Marriages
    • 1.5 Newtowne (now Cambridge)
    • 1.6 Hartford, Connecticut
    • i.vii Farmington, Connecticut
    • 1.8 Death and Legacy
    • i.9 Last Will & Testament
    • i.10 Children[one]
  • ii Sources
    • 2.i See Also

Biography

Origin

Thomas Hosmer was christened ii Jan 1602/03 in Hawkhurst, Co. Kent, England, son of Stephen Hosmer.[1] [2] The registers at Ticehurst, Sussex, show that [[Hosmer-20|Stevin Hossmeer married January 25, 1601/ii to Deraty Selline (Selden).[two] [3] In his will, written January 5, 1631/2, Stephen was called a "shearman."[2]

Thomas had siblings: Stephen Hosmer (1604 - 1605), James Hosmer (1605 - 1685), William Hosmer (1608 - ?), Mary Hosmer (1610 - ?), Anne Hosmer (1611 - ?), John Hosmer (1617 - 1617), John Hosmer (1619 - 1644) and Stephen Hosmer (? - 1623). Blood brother, James Hosmer, went to New England in 1635. James and Thomas were uncles of Thomas Selden of Hartford.[2]

Immigration

He arrived in Massachusetts about 1633, settling initially in Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts, then to Hartford, Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, back to Hartford and finally to Northampton, Massachusetts.[ane]

Uncertain Second Wife'south Maiden Proper noun

As his 2nd, Thomas married, after 1675, to Katherine (Hoskins?) Wilton ( p 123).[4]

Anderson, in Peachy Migration Begins, says Thomas married, as his 2nd, on 6 May 1679 Catherine (_____) Wilton, widow of David Wilton, citing Grant 74; TAG 38:six-vii, and that she died subsequently 7 Feb 1685/six (the appointment of her husband's will. I.eastward., Anderson does non accept that she was Katherine Hoskins.

Roberts in The Hosmer Heritage, reports that Katherine's maiden name was Hoskins and cites ii works. However, the start past James Bidwell Hosmer, Genealogy of the Hosmer Family unit, agrees with Anderson:

The tape of the minister of Windsor at that time, is as follows: "May 6th, '79, Goodman Osmer of Hartford, and the widow Wilton, that had been wife to David Wilton, were to be married at Hartford."[5]

The second is Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, by Barbour which does country that Thomas married Katherine (Hoskins) Wilton, daughter of John Hoskins and Ann Filer, and widow of David Wilton.[vi]

While Katherine's maiden name is not known, her mother is known, Ann (Filer) Hoskins, the wife of John Hoskins.[7]

This is proved past Ann Hoskin's will, written 17 August 1660. in which she mentioned "my daughter Wilton'southward daughter, Mary Marshall."[seven] One of Ann's two overseers was "my son, David Wilton."[vii] Note that "son" was Ann's affectionate way to identify the person whomwe now would call "son-in-law". (In Ann'southward time period, the term "son-in-law" was really "son-past-law", what we now call a stepson).

It is unlikely that John Hoskins was Katherine'south father, however. The nativity dates of the children, and the respective wills of John and Ann Hoskins are circumstantial evidence of before marriages for each of them. Probably Katherine was the daughter of Ann Hoskins and her unknown 1st hubby.[7]

Marriages

He married first past about 1635 Frances Unknown. It is unknown whether this marriage took place in England or New England. She was a frequent patient of John Winthrop and concluding appeared in his records xxx July 1668 with "great beating of the centre."[1]

He married second afterward 1675 Katherine Hoskins ( p 123).[4] She and Thomas had no children together.

Katherine and David Wilton had i kid, Mary Wilton, born 1634 who married Samuel Marshall.[eight] They also took in and raised an orphan, John Taylor, the son of John and Rhoda Taylor of Windsor; he was born between 1639 and 1642 and orphaned in 1645/6.[eight] Information technology is unknown whether he was related to Katherine or David.

Newtowne (at present Cambridge)

Thomas, became a freeman in Massachusetts, six May 1635.[9] He became the town selectman in November of the same year. He was granted several parcels of country.[10] A land inventory was taken in 1636, listing Thomas with five parcels of land and a house. Even though he had gone to Hartford some time previously, in 1642, he still owned 2 parcels in Cambridge 1 with a business firm.[11]

Hartford, Connecticut

Thomas was a prominent member of Rev. Thomas Hooker's congregation, and went with that group, in June, 1636, to settle the Connecticut River Valley.[four] They were seeking autonomy in their ain affairs.[4]

The next year, on June 6, 1637, Thomas and Benjamin Burr were both back at Newtown (Cambridge), the purpose is unknown.[4] They probably stayed merely one season, as evidenced by the Feb, 1639 listing of state holders at Hartford which included Thomas "Osmer."[4]

Thomas was chosen as Constable at Hartford in 1639 and in 1663.[4] In 1643 and 1647, Thomas was elected one of the Townsman at Hartford.[4] He was also a Deputy to the General Court of Connecticut and served many times as a member of the jury.[4] His house lot was #156 in the lower left corner of the map.

Likewise serving on Colony juries, Thomas occasionally sued someone and was sued. For instance, in June 1644, Thomas Osmore sued John Plum. The jury found for Thomas and he was awarded 5s damages and costs of Court. In July 1644, James Whatly sued Thomas Osmore "in and ac. of the Case." No more than than that is reported, but the court institute for Whatly £4 12s and cost of Courtroom. The courtroom granted execution in October. Thomas must take made some sort of protest (over this or another) because in March 1644/five "Tho: Osmore, for some exprssions used by [him] tending to the derogatiõ of the justice of the Court uppon an execution issued out of the Court, is fined vi50. 13s. 4d. And "The Court takeing the cariedge of Jeramy Addoms into consideratiõ, fynd his misdemeanor great, in adhereing to Tho: Osmor in his misaprhensions most the execution, and giveing him incouridgement by prvoking speches to resist the officeholder, merely espetially his passionat distempered speches, lowd languadge & unmannerly cariedge in the face of the Court, to the great offence of the beholders," was required to appear in Court for censure.[12]

Farmington, Connecticut

A census of freemen was taken in Connecticut towns in 1669. Thomas Hosmer was on the Farmington, Connecticut, list. His son Stephen Hosmor was on the southward side of Hartford list.[13] He returned to Hartford.

Death and Legacy

Thomas wrote his will seven February 1685/6 while notwithstanding a resident of Hartford. "I Thomas Hosmer of Hartford." His 1687 inventory was taken in Hartford and was valued at £1036, a large amount for the time.[14]

Thomas' daughter, Clemence, and her married man, Jonathan Chase, lived in Northampton, and it is possible that Thomas went to live with them in his later months.[iv]

Thomas died 12 Apr 1687 in Northampton, Massachussetts.[four] He is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery, in Northampton, Massachusetts. The stone reads: Thomas Hosmer aged 83 yers. He dyed Aprill 12. 1687.[xv] Information technology is unknown when married woman Katherine died, except that she was living when Thomas mentioned her in his volition.[1]

Concluding Will & Testament

Dated seven Feb 1685/six; proved i September 1687; inventoried 14 July 1687[fourteen] [xvi]

  • my wife [not named]
  • grandson Thomas Hosmore (nether 21)
  • son Stephen's son
  • son Buckingham
  • girl Hunt
  • daughter Hannah Malby
  • son in constabulary Malby
  • iii grandchildren:
    • Thomas Buckingham
    • Thomas Hunt
    • Hannah Hosmore
  • rest of my grandchildren
  • free school in Hartford £5 when it is settled and 40s to the poor
  • Rev. Mr. John Whiting
  • son Stephen Hosmore
  • the children of my kinsman Thomas Selden

Children[1]

Children of Thomas and first wife, Frances:

  1. Hannah Hosmer, b abt 1636; m1 in Concord 20 Mar 1656/seven Josiah Willard, son of Simon; m2 before 1686 William Maltby
  2. Clemence Hosmer, b abt 1642; m1 in Northampton 3 Sep 1662 Jonathan Hunt; m2 1694/5 John Smith of Milford
  3. Stephen Hosmer b abt 1645; m bef June 1668 Hannah Bushnell, dau of Francis
  4. Esther Hosmer b abt 1647; g in Saybrook 20 Sep 1666 Thomas Buckingham.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 one.1 1.ii one.iii 1.4 Anderson, Robert Charles, "Thomas Hosmer" The Bang-up Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-Iii. (Vol I-Three, Pages 1002-05) (Online database accessed March 14, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Celebrated Genealogical Society, 2010)
  2. ↑ two.0 2.ane 2.2 2.iii Hosmer, George Leonard, Hosmer Genealogy; Descendants of James Hosmer Who Emigrated to America in 1635 and Settled in Concur, Mass. Cambridge, MA: Technical composition company, 1928, HathiTrust.org accessed March 14, 2015
  3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ane:1:N29V-L9D : 10 February 2018), Stevin Hossmeer and Deraty Selline, 25 Jan 1601; citing Ticehurst, Sussex, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Order of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 892,355.
  4. ↑ iv.00 four.01 iv.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 iv.ten Roberts, Ronald Longaker, The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer. Southward Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984, accessed March xiv, 2015
  5. ↑ Hosmer, James Bidwell, Genealogy of the Hosmer Family. Hartford: Steam Press of Elihu Geer, 1861, Annal.org accessed March fourteen, 2015.
  6. ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Page 321) Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan one, 1977, accessed March 14, 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.ii 7.3 Kiepura, Genevieve Tylee, "The Parentage of Anthony Hoskins of Windsor, Conn." (Vol 30, Page 191) The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. Fifty. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed March fourteen, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Guild, 2009 - .)
  8. ↑ eight.0 8.1 Coddington, John Insley, "Wilton and Marshall Families." (Vol 38 1963, Pages one-4, seven) The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed March fourteen, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Celebrated Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
  9. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Visitor of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (William White, Boston, 1853-) p. 370
  10. ↑ The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901) selectman p. 14; land pp five, 7, 13, 16, eighteen.
  11. ↑ The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New towne" and the town of Cambridge (Cambridge, Mass., 1896) pp 31-32, 52, 103
  12. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. (Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850.) AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Volume I. 1636-1665 https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Conn.html?id=X8VSAAAAcAAJ Google Books p 107, 108, 109, 111, 115, 123,124
  13. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber) The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1676; with the Periodical of the Coucil of State of war 1675 to 1678... (Hartford: F A Chocolate-brown, 1852.) AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Vol II.1665-1678. Google Books pp 521, 518
  14. ↑ fourteen.0 14.one Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.Due south. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.) p 324
  15. ↑ Detect A Grave: Memorial #11436105
  16. ↑ See transcript of will in attached .pdf
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