Stephen Hoxsie, I

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 442

Stephen was a Friend (Quaker)

Stephen Hoxsie was born on 28 November 1713, in Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island. He was the son of John Hoxsie (1677-abt.1767) and Mary (Hull) Hoxsie (1681-1734).[1]

On 27 February 1735, Stephen married Elizabeth (Kenyon) Hoxsie (1720-1778) in Richmond, Rhode Island.[2]

The couple had the following children, born in Richmond:

Barnabas, b. 1 Nov 1735, m. Elizabeth Wilbur
Stephen, b. 8 May 1738, m. Elizabeth Tefft
Elizabeth, b. 13 Jul 1740, m. Thomas Rogers, Jr.
Edward, b. 9 Jan 1743, died 4 Nov 1750
Hannah, b. 7 Jan 1745, m. Simeon Perry
Samuel, b. 13 Aug 1747, m. Anna Wilcox
Ruth, b. 4 Jan 1749, m. John Foster
John, b. 28 May 1754, m. Bridget Tripp
Edward, b. 11 Nov 1754, m. Mary Barber
Mary, b. 23 Mary 1757, m. John Knowles
Gideon, b. 9 Sep 1759, m. Mary Hawes

Stephen Hoxsie lived near the Friends Meeting house in Richmond, and he became clerk of the Meeting in 1747, and for 27 years he created all the records. He was a man of influence and often preached at Meeting.

Stephen was made a freeman at Westerly, Rhode Island on 4 May 1736. He served as Justice of the Peace for Charlestown 1739-1741, and Richmond 1757-1758. He was a Deputy to the Rhode Islnad Assembly in 1744.

Stephen became a widower in 1778, and he married secondly Abigail Austin (1725-1817), widow of John Ball and Abraham Deuel, and daughter of Robert Austin and Hannah Crandall.[3]

Stephen Hoxsie was incorrectly proved to be a patriot of the Revolution, by furnishing a substitute. This fact has been proven to belong to his son Stephen Hoxsie, Jr. So far, no record of any patriotic service for Stephen Hoxsie, Sr., has been found.

Stephe Hoxsie died at age 79 in Richmond, Rhode Island. He is buried in the Usquepaug Cemetery in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island. [4]

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Stephen Hoxsie (1713 - 1793)

Stephen Hoxsie

Born 28 Nov 1713 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Son of John Hoxsie and Mary (Hull) Hoxsie

Brother of John Hoxsie, Joseph (Hoxie) Hoxsie, Solomon Hoxie and Benjamin Hoxsie

Husband of Elizabeth (Kenyon) Hoxsie — married 27 Feb 1735 in Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island

Husband of Abigail (Austin) Hoxsie — married 7 Jun 1783 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father of Barnabas Hoxsie, Samuel Hoxsie, Ruth (Hoxsie) Foster, John Hoxsie and Gideon Hoxie

Died 24 Oct 1793 in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 23 Jan 2021 | Created 24 Jun 2015

Sources

↑ Hoxie, Leslie R. The Hoxie Family; Three Centuries in America. Ukiah, OR: Leslie R Ray, 1950. p 15-16. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KT-NPG : 11 February 2018), Stephen Hoxsie and Elixabeth Kinyon, 27 Feb 1734; citing Richmond Twp,Washington,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 930,852.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-JFM : 5 January 2021), Stephen Hoxie, 1783.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 January 2021), memorial page for Stephen Hoxsie (28 Nov 1713–24 Oct 1793), Find A Grave: Memorial #137614626, citing Usquepaug Cemetery, Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by nancy robison (contributor 47058011).

Kenyon, Howard Nathaniel. (1935). American Kenyons: history of Kenyons and English connections of American Kenyons, genealogy of the American Kenyons of Rhode Island, miscellaneous Kenyon material. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle company. p.57
Wright, William E. Ancestors and Descendants of William Browning Greene and Mary Hoxsie Lewis with Allied Families. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1993. p. 254

Wilbur Family Geneaology prepared by Orina Delano Reagan [Delano-852] (10th generation in America), daughter of Joseph Kempton Delano [Delano-849] and Dora Wadsworth Wilbur [Wilbur-420] (9th generation in America). Sources unknown. Wilbur-403 16:09, 22 October 2015 (EDT)