The Founders of Hartford
Thomas Hosmer, son of Stephen and Dorothy Hosmer, was born in Hawkhurst Co. Kent, Jan. 2, 1603. Stephen Hosmer
d. in Hawkhurst, May 24, 1633 Thomas Heartier was in Cambridge, 163-2; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635 removed to Hartford
in June, 1636 ; he received 60 acres in the distribution of 1639, and his home-lot was on the edge of the South
Meadow, Bell the south end of Governor St. He was chosen constable, 1639w 1663 ; townsman, 1643, 1647 ; also deputy
several times. His first wife, Frances, d. Feb 15, 1675, aged 73. He m. (2) May 6, 1679, Katherine, widow of David
Wilton, of Northampton ; removed to Northampton, where he d. April 12, 1687 aged 83. (Tombstone.)1 -
Ch. :i. Stephen, b.1645; Hartford ; m. Hannah dau. of Deacon Francis Bushnell, of Saybrook ; appointed townsman, 1673,
1676, 1677, 1689; chosen deacon of the First Church, 1686 ; d. Nov. 4, 1693 he had a large family; the late James B.
Hosmer was his great-great-grandson2. ii. Clemence, m. (I) Sept. 3, 1662, Deacon Jonathan Hunt, of
Northampton; (2) 1694, John Smith, of Milford. iii. Hannah; m. (1) March 2C 1657, Josiah Willard, of Wethersfield; (
2) Maltby. iv. Hester; m. Sept 20, 1666, Rev. Thomas Buckingham, of Saybrook.
1 He gave by will f5 towards a free school in Hartford &$147;to be paid when there is an such
settled effectually.”
1 Also Chief Justice Stephen Titus Hosmer, of Middletown.
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