William Hoskins

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William Hoskins

Also Known As: "Haskins"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Death: May 27, 1730 (82)
Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Staples Street Burying Ground, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of William Hoskins and Ann Hoskins
Husband of Sarah Hoskins
Father of Ann Smith, Twin of Hannah; Hannah Macomber, Twin of Ann; Sarah Gachet; William Hoskins, III; Henry Hoskins and 5 others
Brother of Mary Cobb; Rebecca Briggs; Elizabeth (Hoskins) Tilson; Thomas Hoskins; John Hoskins and 5 others
Half brother of Sarah Eaton

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About William Hoskins


GEDCOM Note

Lieut. Hoskins was one of two residents of Taunton "who were entitled to singular respect from being engaged in the battle of Narragansett Swamp in 1675.

Served as William "Hodgkin" and "Hodskins" in Major Appleton's Co. in the Narragansett Campaign, and appears as William Hopkins, of Taunton, alive and clearly a misreading of Hoskins in the list of claimants to Narraganset Twnsp #4,Greenwich, MA.

The will of William Hoskins of Taunton, dated 6 Mar 1730, named his son William (right in lands given for Expedition to the Narragansett Fights on Henry (all rights in New Roxbury or Woodstock); son Josiah (I paid 50 pounds to his father Beverly ror the land he now lives on); son Jacob; heirs of son Stephen (Stephen, Marcy, and Abiah); daughter Ann, widow of Nathaniel Smith; daughter Darah, wife of Nataniel Smith; daughter Hannah, wife of William Mccomber; son John; and beloved wife Sarah (one-third)

Probate Rec. Bristol Co., 7-38

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William Hoskins's Timeline

1647
November 30, 1647
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1669
1669
- 1693
Age 21
Town Clerk, Middleboro
1678
February 14, 1678
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
February 14, 1678
Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1679
August 31, 1679
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1679
<Of Berkley New Salem,Bris,Mass>
1681
June 30, 1681
Taunton, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
1686
October 12, 1686
Taunton, Bristol County, Dominion of New England
1689
April 4, 1689
Taunton, Briston, MA