Person:Timothy Hosford (1)
Timothy Hosford, I
b.20 Oct 1662 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
d.7 Jan 1740/41 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 Nov 1657
  1. William Hosford1658 - 1688
  2. John Hosford1660 - 1668
  3. Timothy Hosford, I1662 - 1740/41
  4. Hester Hosford1664 - 1760
  5. Sarah Hosford1666 - Aft 1718
  6. Samuel Hosford, I1669 - 1746
  7. Nathaniel Hosford1671 - 1748
  8. Mary Hosford1674 - 1753
  9. John Hosford1675 - 1698
  10. Obadiah Horsford1677 - 1741
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Timothy Hosford, I1662 - 1740/41
  • W.  Hannah Palmer1666 - 1702
m. 5 Dec 1689
  1. Hannah Horsford1690 -
  2. Mary Horsford1691 -
  3. Timothy Horsford1693 - 1701
  4. John Horsford1699 - 1701
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Jan 1706
  1. Abigail Horsford1707/08 - Aft 1740
  2. Timothy Horsford1709 - 1787
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Facts and Events
Name Timothy Hosford, I
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Oct 1662 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Marriage 5 Dec 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USAto Hannah Palmer
Marriage 24 Jan 1706 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticutto Abigail Buckland
Death? 7 Jan 1740/41 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Timothy moved from Windsor to Litchfield, Conn. soon after his brother Nathaniel who was at Litchfield in 1724. After the death of his father he was said to be the most active man of the family. He was interested financially in several Connecticut towns as Harwinton, Norfolk, Torrington, Cornwall, and Litchfield. In 1711 he supplied stores to forces of the colony sent on an expedition against Canada. Hinman records that he received a legacy from Sarah Sears, widow of Windsor, who died in 1689. His will, dated Oct. 21, 1740, names wife Abigail, sons Daniel "of Hebron" and Timothy, daughters Abigail and Hannah Dibble. Timothy Horsford was Executor.

In 1739 Nathaniel, Timothy and William Horsford with ten others purchased land in Torrington, Conn. for a tannery. (S2, S3)

References
  1. ↑ Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925
    Bk I p. 18.

    "Timothy son of John Hossord (or Hofford or Hosford) was born Oct 20th 1662"

  2.   Hosford, Henry Hallock. Ye Horseforde Booke: Horsford-Hosford families in the United States of America. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cleveland, Ohio: Tower Press, 1936).
  3.   Hosford, Norman Frank, and David Hatch Hosford. The Hosford genealogy: a history of the descendants of William Hosford sometime resident of Beaminster, Dorsetshire; Dorchester, Massachusetts; Windsor, Connecticut; and Calverleigh, Devonshire. (West Kennebunk, Maine, United States: Phoenix Publishing, c1993).
  4.   Mortimer Elwyn Cooley in collaboration with Lyman Edgar Cooley and Ernest Linwood Cooley; Compiled by Vivien Bulloch Keatley. Cooley Genealogy, The. (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. Rutland, Vermont)
    pp. 530-31.

    Timothy Hosford3, b. Oct. 20, 1662, Windsor; d. Jan. 7, 1740, Litchfield, Conn. He m. (1) Dec. 15, 1689, Hannah Palmer, d. Jan. 8, 1701/2; he m. (2) Jan. 24, 1706, Abigail Buckland, da. Thomas, b. Nov. 11, 1667, Windsor. Thomas Buckland1 was a Freeman in 1635, prob. of Dorchester; early removed to Windsor. He served in the Pequot War during 1637. His wife was Temperance Denslow, da. Nicholas1. Nicholas Denslow1 was in Dorchester in 1630; he was a Freeman in 1633 (Mar. 4), and removed about 1640 to Windsor, where he d. Mar. 1667. His wife, Elizabeth (--), d. there Aug. 13, 1669.

    Timothy Hosford3 had six children; four of whom were by his first wife, and two by his second wife.

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