Joseph HOSMER

Notes:

!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Married Sabra Mygatt, who was b 1727, d 7 June 1789, age 62 buried
Center Church. She was the daughter of Zebulon Mygatt & Dorothy
Waters. 4 children, see Barbour, p. 322.

!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 322
!Barbour says he died 9 June 1777, age 71.

Notes:

!information from pedigree chart by Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT, and
family group record by Beth Richmond with information from Ina
Mangum, Heber City, UT

!Thomas Hosmer was an original founder of Hartford CT. His name is
inscribed 14th down on the East Side of the Founder's Monument in
Hartford. ("Geneology of the Descendents of Thomas Lord" by Kenneth
Lord, New York, 1946, microfilm in SLC FH Library, #929.273 L884LKA)

!His children are sealed to their parents.

!nformation from:
!James B. Hosmer. Genealogy of the Hosmer Family.
!Temple Index card.
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.
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!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 321
!Barbour gave baptism date, and cites source as Second Church Record. I
am assuming that is the Second Church of Hartford. Check
!Barbour gives as source of death and burial info as Hartford Town
Records
!Died age 57

Thomas married Ann PRENTISS. Ann (daughter of John PRENTISS and Sarah JONES) was christened 19/19 Jan 1678/1679; died 6 Aug 1753, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Ann/Anna
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

Notes:

!He is buried in the graveyard of the Center Church in Hartford, Conn.

!Might have been born in 1645.

!Genealogy of the Hosmer family, by James Hosmer
!Genealogy Dictionary of New England, by Savage
!Record submitted by Elles Hoopes, Safford, AZ
!Ina Mangum

!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 321
!Barbour says he was born in 1645, died age 49, bur Center Ch.

Stephen married Hannah BUSHNELL. Hannah (daughter of Francis BUSHNELL, Deacon and Mary GROMBRIDGE) was born 1645, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died Aft 1693. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the
ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, by Herbert Furman
Seversmith, U.S. & Can 929.273 Se 835s
!Seversmith thought Hannah was born about 1638.

Notes:

!Last name might be spelled Prentice.

!He was of New London.

!The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 321

John married Sarah JONES. Sarah was born 1654; died 1733. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

Notes:

!Settled in Newtown, New Cambridge, Mass. in 1632.

!Married (2) Catherine (Hoskins) Wilton, widow of David Wilton of
Northampton and dau of John Hoskins & Ann Filer.

!Death date might be 12 April 1686.

!Gen. of the Hosmers fam., by James Hosmer
!Hartford Steam Press
!Elihu Greer
!NUC Library
!Aunt Nean
!Family group record by Beth Richmond.

!On Founders' Monument in Hartford, Conn.

!Might have died Northampton, Conn./Mass.
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Married 1st Frances
!Married 2nd Katherine Hoskins, on or about 6 May 1679, Hartford, Conn.
Katherine was the widow of Lt. David Wilton.

!Arrived in America was prior to 1632

!Religion = congregational

!Residences = Hawkhurst, Kent, England; Newtowne (Cambridge), Mass. -
prior to 1632; Hartford, Conn. - June 1636; Northampton, Mass.

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!from "Hosmer Genealogy: descendants of James Hosmer who emigrated
to America in 1635 and settled in Concord, Mass." by George Leonard
Hosmer, Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1928. FHL US/CAN
929.273 H794h.

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!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 320
!age 83 when he died.
!bur Center Ch
!gave the info about 2nd wife above, but gave name as Katherine.
!Thomas was in Cambridge 1632
!removed to Hartford in June 1636
!removed to Northampton where he died.

Thomas married Frances BUSHNELL. Frances was born 1602, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 Feb 1675, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried , Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Might have died in 1673. Died at age 73.

!Frances was Thomas' first wife.

!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Barbour, Lucius B. Families of early Hartford, Connecticut. pub. 1977.
US/CAN 974.63 D2b, p. 320-321
!Barbour says she died age 73 and was bur Center Ch.

Notes:

!Might have married Eliza Chapman. She might be the mother of his kids.
!Francis had two more daughters (5 daughters total).

!Savage, Gen Dict of N.E.
!from Beth Richmond.
!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.
!used as sources: Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 10-33, and
!Colonial Families of Long Island, p. 514-516.
!Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the
ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, by Herbert Furman
Seversmith, U.s. & Can 929.273 Se 835s

!Came to America in 1635. Vessel: The Planter
!of Saybrook, Conn.
!died at age 81.
!had favor of Indians.
!Occupation: Carpenter, Millwright.
!in Salem, Mass. in 1639
!in Guilford, Conn. in 1640 and stayed at least until 1649
!in Saybrook, Conn. before March 1661. Probable he was there by 1653
when he was appointed appraiser of some Saybrook properties.

Francis married Mary GROMBRIDGE. Mary (daughter of Thomas GRUMBRIDGE and Ann) was born 7 Jan 1606, Horsham, Sussex, England; died Aft 1648. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the
ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, by Herbert Furman
Seversmith, U.S. & Can 929.273 Se 835s
!Seversmith thought Marie was probably born in Horsham, Sussex,
England, in 1609, but has no proof.

!She is listed on the shipping list of the ship, The Planter,which sailed
for New England in April 1635. Her age is given as 26.

Notes:

!Occupation : Blacksmith
!Public office : Deputy, New London, Conn., Oct. 1668 - Oct. 1670.
!Lived in Roxbury, Mass., 1631-1652; New London, Conn., 1652.
!Prentiss / Prentice

!The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

John married Esther. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.