First Generation
James Hosmer, m. 1) Ann 2) Marie 3) Alice or Ellen
b. 1607, son of Stephen and Dorothy (Selden) Hosmer
brother of Thomas Hosmer of CT
emg. from Hawkhurst, Kent County, England
Arrived on the "Elizabeth" w/ wife Ann and daughters Marie 2 yrs, and Ann 3 mo.
also came with 2 maid servants, and 4 manservants
was a clothier
settled in Cambridge MA, where he was admitted as a Freeman 5/17/1637
moved to Concord
d. in Concord 2/6/1678 (7 Feb 1685, according to "Old Families", 1928 Hosmer Genealogy and Adams' book)
Children w/ Ann (probably died winter of 1635/6):
Mary (or Marie) b. 1632/3 Eng. d. young
Ann b. 1635 Eng. d. young
Children w/ Mary (buried 1641):
James b. 1637 (New England) m. Sarah White (daughter of John White) 1658 d. 4/21/1676 in King Philip's War; widow m 2) Samuel Rice
Mary b. 1/10/1639-40 in Concord; d. 8/18/1642
Children w/ Alice/Ellen (d. 3 Mar 1664/5):
Stephen b. 11/27/1642 Concord m. 5/24/1667 Abigail Wood d. 12/15/1714 Concord
Hannah b. 1644 Concord, m. Joseph Hayward 1665 d. 12/15/1675
Mary b. 4/14/1646 Concord m. Thomas Smith; d. 1 Oct 1719
Second Generation
Stephen Hosmer m. Abigail Wood (b. 10 Apr 1642 d. 5 Dec 1717) d/o John Wood
was a soldier in King Philip's War, under Capt Wheeler, 29 Feb 1675/6
Children:
Mary b. Concord 2 May 1668; m. 1) Samuel Wheeler 27 Jan 1690 2) John Bellows 5 Dec 1721
Abigail b. Concord 6 Nov 1669 m. George Wheeler 14 Aug 1695; d. 27 Dec 1717
John b. Concord 31 Aug 1671 m. Mary Billings (siter of Prudence) 12 May 1699; d. 1751
Ruth b. Concord 25 (or 28th) Aug 1675
Dorothy b. Concord 10 Dec 1677 m. John Wheeler 8 Mar 1711
Stephen b. 27 June (or Apr?) 1680 m. Prudence Billings 26 Feb 1706/7 Concord
Hannah b. Concord 9 Dec (or Apr?) 1682
James b. Concord 27 June 1685 d. 28 Sept 1685
Third Generation
Stephen Hosmer m. 26 Feb 1706 Prudence Billings (b. 1690, d. 6 Oct 1770) d/o Nathaniel and Jane (Bannister) Billings of Concord
was a selectman of Concord in 1700, 1703 and 1729.
Children:
Prudence, b. 27 Nov 1707 m. Thomas Hosmer
Stephen, Capt. b. 13 Nov 1709 m. 1) Meliscent Wood 2) Elizabeth Farrar
Jonathan b. 29 Mar 1712 m. 25 Apr 1734 Martha Conant d. 25 June 1775
Josiah, b. 8 Oct 1714, m. 11 Apr 1738 Hannah Wesson
Jane, b. 27 Mar 1717
Abigail, b. 31 Dec 1719
Ephraim, b. 22 Nov 1722
Sarah, b. 25 June 1725
Huldah, b. 15 Apr 1729 m. Noah Brooks 13 Mar 1749
Fourth Generation
(Deacon) Jonathan Hosmer m. Martha Conant
on a committee of nine in 1772
town clerk of Acton 1744-1755 and 1758-1761
d. 25 June 1775, aged 64
Children:
Jonathan b. Concord 28 Aug 1734; stonemason
Martha b. Acton 2 Apr 1736
Ruth b. Acton 8 May 1738 m. Gideon Powers
Stephen b. Acton 1 Feb 1739/40
Sarah b. Acton 7 July 1745
Lucy b. Acton 14 Nov 1752
Abner b. Acton 21 Aug 1754 d. 19 Apr 1775 at Concord Bridge "The shot heard round the world" bur. under the granite obelisk monument in Acton, MA, with Capt Issac Davis and James Hayward.
Jonas b. 24 (or 21? or 26?) Oct 1758
***Note: All the Powers family data that I've seen shows Ruth Hosmer's father as Abner Hosmer of Acton. BUT- the only Abner Hosmer in Acton is 16 years her junior- he was her brother! All the Hosmer and Conant genealogies show her father as Jonathan Hosmer, mother as Martha Conant. What probably happened is that she came to be thought of as "related to" or "from the family of" Abner Hosmer after he became infamous for being killed!
Sources for Hosmer/Conant info:
"James Hosmer, Cambridge, 1635", copyright 1911 by William Frederick Adams; privately printed, Springfield, Mass.; illustrated; This is the Hosmer-Barney Genealogy.
"Genealogy of the Hosmer Family", by James B. Hosmer, 1861; CT branch of Thomas Hosmer, but gives info on Thomas and James' parents, and their cousin Thomas Seldon, mentioned as kinsman in Thomas Hosmer's will; Seldon also mentions Thomas Hosmer in his will as cousin.
"Hosmer Genealogy" by George Leonard Hosmer 1928, pub. by Technical Composition Co., Cambridge Mass. Establishes Dorothy Seldon/Selden as wife of Stephen Hosmer in Eng.
"Hosmer Genealogy II" by Ronald Sidney Hosmer 1981, Library of Congress
"The Conant Family 1887- A Genealogy and History of the Conant Family in England and America" 1887 by Frederick O'dell Conant
Winthrop Society
"Old Families of Concord, Mass. Vol. I" by Charles Edward Potter, 1887
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