Thomas
Hosmer
aka Osmer
Born before in Hawkhurst, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of Stephen Hosmer
and Dorothy (Selden) Hosmer
Brother of
Stephen Hosmer, James Hosmer, William Hosmer, Mary (Hosmer) Huckstep, Anne Hosmer, Anne (Hosmer) Poyle [half], John Hosmer, John Hosmer, Stephen Hosmer and Tamazine Hosmer [half]
Husband of
Frances (Unknown) Hosmer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Katherine (Hoskins) Hosmer
— married
6 May 1679 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Hosmer) Maltby, Clemence (Hosmer) Smith, Stephen Hosmer and Hester (Hosmer) Buckingham
Died
after age 84
in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
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Biography
Origin
Thomas Hosmer was christened 2 January 1602/03 in Hawkhurst, Co. Kent, England, son of Stephen Hosmer.[1][2] The registers at Ticehurst, Sussex, show that Stevin Hossmeer married January 25, 1601/2 to Deraty Selline (Selden).[2][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). 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.[1]
Uncertain Second Wife's Maiden Name
As his 2nd, Thomas married, after 1675, to Katherine (Hoskins?) Wilton ( p 123).[4]
- Anderson, in David Wilton 'Great Migration Begins, Pages 2019-2021. "MARRIAGE: By about 1632 Katherine ____ (daughter of Anne, the widow of John Hoskins, but not necessarily daughter of John Hoskins) [TAG 30:191-92, 38:3]. She married (2) Hartford 6 May 1679 Thomas Hosmer [Grant74].
- Anderson, in Thomas Hosmer, The Great Migration Begins. Pages 1002-104."MARRIAGE: (2) Catherine (____) Wilton, widow of David Wilton [Grant 74; see also TAG 38:6-7; she died after 7 February 1685[/6] (date of her Husband's will)."
Roberts in The Hosmer Heritage, reports that Katherine's maiden name was Hoskins and cites two works. However, the first by James Bidwell Hosmer, Genealogy of the Hosmer Family, agrees with Anderson:
The record 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 state that Thomas married Katherine (Hoskins) Wilton, daughter of John Hoskins and Ann Filer, and widow of David Wilton.[6]
While Katherine's maiden name is not known, her mother is known, Ann (Filer) Hoskins, the wife of John Hoskins.[7] "The Parentage of Anthony Hoskins of Windsor, Conn." Does not say her mother is known, Ann (Filer) Page 191:"Why should Ann (whether or not born Ann Filer)"...Page 192:"Hence IF John Hoskins married Ann Filer"... Walter Filer-Anderson's Great Migration-Page667-Claims have been made that Ann, wife of John Hoskins, was the sister of Walter Filer, but serious doubt have been cast upon this alleged connection [TAG 30:191-192; M&JCH 19:169]; there may be some confusion here between "Hoskins" and Hosford."...John Hoskins-Anderson's The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. Vol 2, G-O. [Page 1002-"Older sources claim that John Hoskins's wife was Ann Filer sister of Walter Filer"..."There is, however, NO evidence for the identity of Hoskins's Wife",]
This is proved by Ann Hoskin's will, written 17 August 1660. in which she mentioned "my daughter Wilton's daughter, Mary Marshall."[7] One of Ann's two overseers was "my son, David Wilton."[7] Note that "son" was Ann's affectionate way to identify the person whomwe now would call "son-in-law". (In Ann's time period, the term "son-in-law" was really "son-by-law", what we now call a stepson).
It is unlikely that John Hoskins was Katherine's father, however. The birth dates of the children, and the respective wills of John and Ann Hoskins are circumstantial evidence of earlier marriages for each of them. Probably Katherine was the daughter of Ann Hoskins and her unknown 1st husband.[7]
Marriages
He married first by 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 last appeared in his records 30 July 1668 with "great beating of the heart."[1]
He married second after 1675 Katherine Hoskins ( p 123).[4] She and Thomas had no children together.
Katherine and David Wilton had one child, Mary Wilton, born 1634 who married Samuel Marshall.[8] 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.[8] It is unknown whether he was related to Katherine or David.
Newtowne (now Cambridge)
Thomas, became a freeman in Massachusetts, 6 May 1635.[9] He became the town selectman in November of the same year. He was granted several parcels of land.[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 one with a house.[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.[4] They were seeking autonomy in their own 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 only one season, as evidenced by the February, 1639 list of land 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.
Besides 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 that is reported, but the court found for Whatly £4 12s and cost of Court. The court granted execution in October. Thomas must have made some sort of protest (over this or another) because in March 1644/5 "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 vil. 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 about the execution, and giveing him incouridgement by prvoking speches to resist the officer, but 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 south side of Hartford list.[13] He returned to Hartford.
Death and Legacy
Thomas wrote his will 7 Feb 1685/6 while still 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 husband, Jonathan Hunt, lived in Northampton, and it is possible that Thomas went to live with them in his later months.[4]
Thomas died 12 Apr 1687 in Northampton, Massachussetts.[4] He is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery, in Northampton, Massachusetts. The stone reads: Thomas Hosmer aged 83 yers. He dyed Aprill 12. 1687.[15] It is unknown when wife Katherine died, except that she was living when Thomas mentioned her in his will.[1]
Last Will & Testament
Dated 7 February 1685/6; proved 1 September 1687; inventoried 14 July 1687[14][16]
- my wife [not named]
- grandson Thomas Hosmore (under 21)
- son Stephen's son
- son Buckingham
- daughter Hunt
- daughter Hannah Malby
- son in law Malby
- three 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:
- Hannah Hosmer, b abt 1636; m1 in Concord 20 Mar 1656/7 Josiah Willard, son of Simon; m2 before 1686 William Maltby
- Clemence Hosmer, b abt 1642; m1 in Northampton 3 Sep 1662 Jonathan Hunt; m2 1694/5 John Smith of Milford
- Stephen Hosmer b abt 1645; m bef June 1668 Hannah Bushnell, dau of Francis
- Esther Hosmer b abt 1647; m in Saybrook 20 Sep 1666 Thomas Buckingham.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Anderson, Robert Charles, "Thomas Hosmer" The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Vol I-III, Pages 1002-05) (Online database accessed March 14, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hosmer, George Leonard, Hosmer Genealogy; Descendants of James Hosmer Who Emigrated to America in 1635 and Settled in Concord, Mass. Cambridge, MA: Technical composition company, 1928, HathiTrust.org accessed March 14, 2015
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1: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 Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 892,355.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Roberts, Ronald Longaker, The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer. South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984, accessed March 14, 2015
- ↑ Hosmer, James Bidwell, Genealogy of the Hosmer Family. Hartford: Steam Press of Elihu Geer, 1861, Archive.org accessed March 14, 2015.
- ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Page 321) Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1977, accessed March 14, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Kiepura, Genevieve Tylee, "The Parentage of Anthony Hoskins of Windsor, Conn." (Vol 30, Page 191) The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed March 14, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Coddington, John Insley, "Wilton and Marshall Families." (Vol 38 1963, Pages 1-4, 7) The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed March 14, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (William White, Boston, 1853-) p. 370
- ↑ The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 (Cambridge, Mass., 1901) selectman p. 14; land pp 5, 7, 13, 16, 18.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber) The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1676; with the Journal of the Coucil of War 1675 to 1678... (Hartford: F A Brown, 1852.) AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Vol II.1665-1678. Google Books pp 521, 518
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.) p 324
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11436105
- ↑ See transcript of will in attached .pdf
- Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.320
- Founders of Hartford Conn
- Hartfield Memorial-Thomas Hosmer
- THOMAS HOSMER FAMILY HISTORY
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- Thomas Hosmer - from Great Migration Begins on Ancestry.com
See Also
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-349006751-1-501806/thomas-hosmer-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
- Bridgman, Thomas. Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton (Hopkins, Bridgman & Co., Northampton, Mass., 1850) Page 13
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First name(s) Thomas Last name Hosmar Name note - Marriage year 1636 Marriage date 12 Jul 1636 Marriage place Frant Spouse's first name(s) Francis Spouse's last name Maynard Spouse's age - County Sussex Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages Collections from England, Great Britain
edited by Ann Browning
Name: Hosmer, Thomas Title: Aliases: Date of birth: Date of death: Earliest known date: 1616 Latest known date: 1619 Place of birth: Place of death: Place(s) of residence: Rotherfield, East Sussex House/Home/Estate: Nationality: Role(s): mine digger or drawer Notes: Rotherfield Manor Court 9 Apr 1616 "At this court licence is granted to Thomas Hosmer to dig marl on his customary land as much as he pleases at any seasonable time for the space of five years now next to follow, and the marl and myne that he takes in digging to be sold, providing that he pay the lord of the said Manor for a fine for one hundred cartloads of marl from thence viijd. at any court of the said Manor held from Martinmas, and for the marl in the preceding year per cartload" (Pullein 1928, 276-7)
"On Dec 21 Thomas Hosmer for three hiundred loads of marl paid ijs., and in the following October his licence was renewed for seven years in a slightly different form; for 'every load of Iron myne which he takes in digging marl on his customary land he is to pay jd. at any court he wishes.' He paid for three hundred loads of marl on Dec 27, but nothing is entered about any iron found." (Pullein 1928, 277)
References: Pullein, C.. (1928) Rotherfield: the story of some Wealden manors. Courier. Tunbridge Wells (for this connection see page(s) 276-7)
Katherine's mother was just Ann. Filer was not her maiden name: 1. 5 Pages-John Hoskins-Anderson's The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. Vol 2, G-O. [PAGE 1002-"OLDER sources claim that John Hoskins's wife was Ann Filer sister of Walter Filer".. "There is, however, NO evidence for the identity of Hoskins's WIFE",] ALSO see in Ann's Memories Section: 2. 3 Pages-Walter Filer-Anderson's Great Migration-Page667-Claims have been made that Ann, wife of John Hoskins, was the sister of Walter Filer, but serious doubt have been cast upon this alleged connection [TAG 30:191-192; M&JCH 19:169]; there may be some confusion here between "Hoskins" and Hosford."