Katherine Hosmer

2nd wife of Thomas Hosmer-married 1679

daughter of John Hoskins and Ann, and widow of David Wilton."

Origins

Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633" (Boston, MA: NEHGS, c1995). Available on Ancestry.com and AmericanAncestors.org. John Hoskins sketch.

MARRIAGE: By about 1613 Ann _____ (assuming she was mother of all three of the children listed below). The language of the wills of John Hoskins and Ann Hoskins and the bunching of the estimated ages of the three possible children suggest that both Ann and John may have been married previously. "Old widow Hoskins" died at Windsor 6 March 1662[/3] [CTVR 21; Grant 83].

CHILDREN:

• i (prob.) JOHN, b. by about 1613; a John Hoskins is admitted to freemanship on 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369], and twice in 1634 there are references to "John Hoskins Sr." [DTR 6], which implies the presence of a younger adult of the same name in Dorchester; there is no further record of this man, and no certainty that he was son of John Sr.
• ii THOMAS, b. by about 1614; freeman 6 May 1635 [MBCR 1:370]; m. Windsor 20 April 1653 "Elisabeth Birg widow" [CTVR 41; Grant 61], widow of Richard Birge and daughter of WILLIAM GAYLORD.
• iii (poss.) KATHERINE, b. say 1615; m. (1) by about 1634 DAVID WILTON; m. (2) Hartford 6 May 1679 Thomas Hosmer [TAG 38:6].