Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

William Hoskins

Male 1690 - 1727  (37 years)


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  • Name William Hoskins 
    Birth 18 Mar 1690  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 May 1727  Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2991  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Philip Hoskins,   b. 1650, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1718, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Waughop,   b. Bef 1665, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1694 and 1698, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1681  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Violetta Harrison,   b. Abt 1694, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1747, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1710  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Hoskins,   b. 1715, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1773, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Mary Hoskins,   b. 1715, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1762 and 1769, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q
      Hoskins, William, s/o Philip Hoskings and Elizabeth Hoskings of Portobacco, b. 18 Mar 1690
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      Mr. William Hoskins 12.342 CH £473.17.5 May 21 1727 Sep 26 1727
      Servants mentioned: Thomas Monro, Robert Minson.
      Appraisers: John Beale, Matthew Stone.
      Creditors: Dan Jenifer, Gustavus Browne.
      Next of kin: Benjamin Hoskins, Baylard Hoskins.
      Administratrix: Violetta Hanson, wife of Robert Hanson.
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      William Hoskins 10.447 A CH £473.17.4 £95.12.10 Sep 4 1730
      Received from: John Macfarlane & John Robuton, David Cockran, Mr. John Parnham, David Cockran, John Ward, Robert Hanson, Philip Pratchett.
      Payments to: John Farrish, John Abbington, John Howard, Margaret Miller, Jennett Hasty, Thomas Taylor, Dr. Daniel Jenifer, Dr. Gustavus Brown, John Eburnethey, Philemon Lloyd, Esq., Mr. George Dent, Lord Baltimore, Mary Anne Hoskins (her claim to estate of her sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), ****Mary Stone (her claim to estate of her sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), ****David Stone (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), Bennet Hoskins (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), Martha Hoskins (his claim to estate of his sister Mary Hoskins (deceased was administratrix)), John Speake, John Maddox, David Cockran,
      Administratrix: Violetta Hansen, wife of Robert Hansen.
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      Col. Robert Hanson 32.50 A CH £94.4.10 Feb 6 1752
      Sureties: Rev. Theophilus Swift, Capt. William Hanson.
      Payments to: Mr. Robert Gilpin, Mary Cunningham (daughter of William Hoskins (deceased was administrator), her portion of her father's estate), Walter Hanson who married Elisabeth Hoskins (other daughter of William Hoskins, her portion of her father's estate), Joseph Milburn Simms, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Walter Hanson, Daniel Jenifer,
      Representatives: accountants (each married a daughter (unnamed)), Voletta Hanson (of age), Benjamin Hanson (died a minor), Robert Hanson (aged 10 or 11).
      Administrators: Joseph Harrison Hanson, Gerard Fowke.
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      Thomas Osborn 11.371 A CH £241.14.7 £287.11.9 Jan 29 1731
      A second inventory is cited in the amount of £3.4,0,
      Received from: John Gray, Francis Dunnington, John Barker, John Ward, James Marten, George Medway, Peter Babb, John Philbert, John Speake, Jr., John Smith, Thomas Mudd, William Marten, Edward Brawner, James Allen, Richard Wade, William Nelson,, William Sanders, John Dodson,, John King, Thomas Sanders, Thomas Allen, executor of Stephen Brown.
      Payments to: John Speake, Thomas Ward, John Chandler, Daniel Jenifer, John Howard, John Atchison, Col. John Fendall, Walter Winter, Stephen Evans, Dr. Brown, John Allen, James Lutwidge, Thomas Sympson. John Perry, Lomax Maittew, Thomas Brooke & William Holland, Esq., Samuel Hanson, James Glascock, Thomas Thompson, John Cooper, James Maddox, Isaac Bennett, John Ebarnathy.
      Legatees: Elisabeth Hoskins (daughter of William Hoskins), Mary Hoskins, Joseph Osburn.
      Distribution to: widow (unnamed).
      Executrix; Elisabeth Thorn, wife of Absalom Thorn.
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      Hoskins, Philip, joyner, Charles County, 26th June, 1720; 16th Nov., 1720.
      To bros. Oswell and Bennet, personalty.
      To bro. William, ex., residue of estate, real and personal, with all -rights in estate of father., Col. Philip Hoskins, dec'd.
      Test: Wm. Wills,, Thomas Causton, Robert Hanson. 16,218,
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      Hoskins, Col. Phillip,Charles County, 20th June, 1714; 3rd Apr., 1718.
      To son William and hrs., 100 A. bou. of Thos. Love, personalty and former gifts confirmed.
      To son Phillip and hrs., 50 A., Friendship, and personalty on son William's plantation. Certain personalty to be sold and proceeds divided among all child. equally. To every grandchild (both sons and daus.), personalty.
      To son Oswald and hrs., 178 A., dwelling plantation and his pt. of personal estate.
      To son Bennett, 200 A. bought of Garrett Sinett, and 187 A., Hoskins' Lot,and shareof personal estate.
      To son Ballard, 190 A. bou. of James Mackey, nr. Chingamuxson Cr., 100 A., St. John's, and 100 A. adj. St. John's, lying bet. the two Beaverdams, and share of personal estate.
      To daus. Mary, Anne and Martha, personalty.
      Shd. any of sd. child. die during minority, estate bequeathed to child. of former wife to be divided among them; and estate given to child. of last wife, Ann, divided among them.
      To wife Ann, extx., residue of personal estate during life; at her decease to be divided among child. testator had by sd. wife Ann. She to settle a plantation for each son, and neither the child. testator had by former wife nor child. present wife had by her former husband to have any part of estate more than is justly due them. Testator desires to be buried in Portobacco Church.
      Overseers: Wm. Hoskins, Thos. Stone and Joseph Harrison.
      Test: Archibald Johnson, Jane Booth, Sarah Mudd. 14. 475.
      Test. speaks of Jane Hamilton, late called Jane Booth. 3rd Apr., 1718. Caveat filed by son William.
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      Sarah Swann, born say 1688, was a "Mollatto Hired woman" servant of Col. Hoskins on 9 September 1707 when the Charles County, Maryland Court presented her for having an illegitimate child by a "Negroe." She admitted her guilt to the same offense on 8 June 1714, and the court ordered that she serve her master an additional four years. On 10 June 1718 the court presented her for having another illegitimate child, and on 12 August 1718 the court sentenced her to 12 lashes "so that ye blood appear" because she had no one to pay her fine. Jacob Miller, innholder, was security for the payment of her court fees. On 11 November 1718 the court rejected the petition of William Hoskins that his "mollatto" servant Sarah Swann had born a child in his house for which he had received no reparation [Court Record 1704-10, 373; 1711-5, 402; 1717-20, 104, 142].
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      Charles County Land Records, Liber H#2, Page 120
      3 Feb 1717; Recorded at request of William Hoskins:
      12 Dec 1717; Indenture from Richard Butts of Stafford County, Virginia, carpenter, to William Hoskins, Gent.; for 3,000# tobacco; a parcel called Muckhaddam about a mile from the west side of Portobacco Creek; bounded by John Coffer; containing 50 acres; also a tract which John Payne bought of Clement Theobalds one the west side of Portobacco Creek; containing 50 acres; /s/ Richard Butts; wit. Matthew Steward, Thomas Lambert (mark); 26 Nov 1717 John Clark, planter, by virtue of power of attorney from Richard Butts and Mary his wife, ack. deed
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      Charles County Land Records, Liber H#2, Page 122
      3 Feb 1717; Recorded at request of William Hoskins, Gent.:
      12 Dec 1717; Letter of attorney from Richard Butts of Stafford County, Colony of Virginia, and Mary his wife, appoint John Clark as attorney; 26 Dec 1717 Matthew Steward and Tho. Lambert made oath on signature of above
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      Charles County Land Records, 1722-1729; Book L#2
      Page 231. At the request of Mary Smallwood of CC, widow, the following deed was recorded this Aug 18, 1725.
      Aug 12, 1725 from Willm Hoskins of CC, gent, to Mary Smallwood of CC, widow, executrix of the will of James Smallwood, late of CC, deced, for 95 £sterling money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by Gerrard Fowke & Bennett Hoskins of CC, Gent, & towards the discharging of a judgment obtained against them by sd James Smallwood in the name of the Lord Proprietary in the Provincial Court on the administration bond of the adm. of Wm Dent, Esq, late of CC, deced, and for divers other causes, sd William Hoskins has sold to sd Mary Smallwood, & for the use of sd Mary & the devisees of the afd James Smallwood, all that parcel of land, being part of a tract of land called Friendship, lying on the south side of Mattawoman fresh in CC, which part is bounded by: sd Friendship as it was ascertained by the Land Commissioners for CC, a parcel of land called Hopewell which sd James Smallwood bought of the afd Wm Dent, to the beginning, containing about 333 acres. Sd Wm Hoskins covenants with sd Mary Smallwood & the devisees afd that they can have and enjoy the before granted land & premises without let or hindrance by Wm Hoskins or anyone claiming under him, sd Wm Hoskins or against the heirs of Bennett Hoskins, Esq, late of the Kingdom of Great Brittain, deced, in whose name the afd land called Friendship was patented. If it shall so happen that the sd Mary & the devisees afd shall, at any time hereafter, be legally dispossessed of the before bargained premises or any part thereof by the heirs of the afd Bennett Hoskins Esq, then sd Wm Hoskins shall repay to the sd Mary Smallwood or the devisees afd, the full purchase money. Signed-W. Hoskins, Wit-Jno Fendall*, Robt Hanson*.
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      Osburn, Thomas, Charles County, 10th Nov., 1726; 20th Feb., 1727.
      To Elizabeth and Mary, daus. of Will Hoskins, personalty.
      To son Joseph and hrs., entire real and 1/2 personal estate;
      sd. son dying without issue,, to pass to wife and hrs. Sd. son to care of Will Hoskins, and Richd. Harrison, to receive estate at age of 21.
      Wife Elizabeth, extx. and residuary legatee.
      Test: Richard Price, Robert Minion, Daniel Coffe. 19.86.
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      Charles County Court Records, March 1741/2 Court, Liber T#2, Page 320
      At last Jun CC Court, Commission issued to Thomas Stone, Samuel Hanson, William Hanson, & David Stone, Gent, to examine witnesses touching the bounds of a tract of land in CC called Coffers Chance, in the possession of Matthew Coffer. The petition for Commission was dated the 9th day Jun [last] at which Court, Matthew Coffer preferred his petition in writing to this Court before Gustavus Brown, Gent, & his Associates, CC Court Justices, for Commission as afd. The Commissioners are not related to the petitioner, contiguous proprietor, nor interested in sd land. Signed Jun 10, 1741 - Edmd Porteus, Clerk.
      And now here, Samuel Hanson, William Hanson, & David Stone, return to this Court the Commission afd, together with the certificate and depositions, viz -
      We certify that we met on the premises of Coffers Chance on Mar 8, 1741, and then and there, the above depositions were taken by us. Signed - SHanson, Wm Hanson, David Stone.

      Capt, Matthew Barnes, age about 72, declares that about 16 years ago, he was present when John Coffer proved a marked hickory standing on the side of a valley, where the deponent now lays his hand, to be the 1st bound tree of a tract of land called Coffers Chance, which probate this deponent understood was taken by the then Sher. by order of the Provincial Court in a matter of controversy between William Hoskins and Daniel Bryan relating to a tract of land called St. Bridgets.

      Colo. Robert Hanson, age about 62, says that 15-16 years ago, he heard John Coffer being sworn on a resurvey of a tract of land called St. Bridgets, then in controversy between William Hoskins and Daniel Bryan, declares that his mother showed him a bounded hickory standing on the side of a valley, and said to him, boy, this is the beginning tree of thy land, which tree is the same tree mentioned in Capt. Matthew Barns' deposition.

      Francis Adams, age about 64, declares that a bounded white oak near a fork of Logg Swamp whereon he now lays his hand, was showed him by John Coffer to be a bounded tree of the sd coffer's land.
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      Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber X#2, 1743-1744; Page 96. At the request of the parties, the following instrument of writing was recorded on Apr 21, 1744.
      CC. At the request of Colo. Robert Hanson & Violetta, his wife, relict of William Hoskins, late of CC, deceased, Walter Hanson & Elizabeth, his wife, eldest daughter of said William Hoskins, & John Cunningham & Mary, his wife, the other daughter of sd William Hoskins, I certify that I have resurveyed a parcel of land, being part of a tract of land called Lindsey (formerly belonging to the said William Hoskins) lying in CC on the west side of the easternmost branch of Avan River, commonly called Natyany Cr, bounded by a tract of land called the Planters Delight, that part of the sd tract formerly belonging to the Revd Mr_ William Maccouchie, now in the possession of the Revd Mr Theophilus Swift, and have divided the said parcel into 3 equal parts, of which of the middle part is for the said Colo Robert Hanson & Violetta, his wife, as her right of dower, the northernmost part for the said Walter Hanson and Elizabeth, his wife, and the southernmost part being for John Cunningham and Mary, his wife. Resurveyed and divided, Feb 9, 1743[/4] - Wm Hanson, Dep. Sur_
      We hereby certify that we approve of the within division, and oblige ourselves to abide by it. Signed Feb 13, 1743[/4] - Robert Hanson, Violetta Hanson, Walter Hanson, Elizabeth Hanson, John Cunninghame, Mary Cunninghame.
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      Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber X#2, 1743-1744; Page 162. At the request of Elizabeth Hanson and Mary Cunninghame, the following deed was recorded on Sep [sic] 30, 1744.
      Nov 15, 1744 from Robert Hanson of CC, Gent, and Violetta, his wife, to Elizabeth Hanson and Mary Cunninghame, daughter[s] of the said Violetta Hanson. Mr. William Hoskins, late of CC, died intestate, leaving Violetta, his widow, wife of the afd Robert Hanson, and 2 daughters /to wit/ the afd Eliza who after intermarried with a certain Walter Hanson, and the afd Mary who intermarried with a certain John Cunninghame. At the time of his death, the afd William Hoskins owned a tract of land in CC called Friendship, by which means one third part of the afd tract of land (after the death of sd William Hoskins) became the property of Violetta as her right of dower. Now this deed witnesses that Robert Hanson and Violetta, his wife, for the natural love and affection which they have for the afd Elizabeth Hanson and Mary Cunninghame and for 5 shillings sterling and for other good causes, have given Elizabeth and Mary all the title and claim that they have to the third part of the afd tract of land. Signed - Robt Hanson, Violetta Hanson. Wit - Allen Davis, Richard Harrison.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 313-81: FRIENDSHIP: 2000 acres; Possession of - 954 Acres - Dent, Thomas : 1046 Acres - Hoskins, Bennett: Surveyed 13 June 1672 for Bennett Hoskins at a branch beech by a fresh run called Mattawoman main fresh running down the run. Poss. by Thomas Dent & 1046 acres Bennett Hoskins in England: Other Tracts Mentioned: COFFERS CHANCE; HARWOOD; MUCH HADDUM; Conveyance notes - 100 Acres - John Coffer; 16 March 1724, 333 Acres - Mary Smallwood from William Hoskins; 12 Aug 1725

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