Mary (Cooper) Colton Carried Off by Indians!

One of our immigrant ancestors was George Colton (d. 1699). He and his wife Deborah Gardner had ten children. The oldest son was Isaac Colton, another of our ancestors, who married Mary Cooper in 1670 and lived in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. On 26 March 1676 Mary was carried off by Indians after being wounded. She was later abandoned as dead but recovered and outlived her husband Isaac. He died in 1700 and she died in 1742.

John and Elizabeth Tilley Howland

One of our Mayflower ancestors was John Howland. He had a rather eventful journey across the Atlantic. During a raging storm he was swept overboard while checking the ships rigging. He caught a rope as he hit the water and, after being drug below the surface of the water, was hauled back to the ship by several other men.

He was a manservant who married Elizabeth Tilley whose parents had died. Elizabeth was a ward of Gov. Carver of Plymouth Colony. According to The Mayflower by Vernon Heaton, John Howland died in Plymouth in 1673. Elizabeth died in 1687 in the home of her daughter Lydia in Swansea, Massachusetts.

Joshua and Lucy Sturgis Hallett Buried in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts

In searching the website capecodgravestones.com I found that Joshua and Lucy Hallett were buried in the Woodside Cemetery in Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Lucy Sturgis (Hallett) Tilton's Death Notice Found

Joshua Hallett, Jr. and his wife Sophronia Mann Dyer were the parents of 13 children. Joshua and Sophronia lived on Cape Cod, Massachusetts where most of their children also continued to live throughout their lives. Their ninth child was Lucy Sturgis Hallett, born 2 March 1849 in Massachusetts. She married William Henry Tilton. Unfortunately Lucy died young (age 23) on 5 April 1872. Her five-month-old son, Joseph W. Tilton, had died the month before. Lucy's and the infant's death announcements were recently found in the Barnstable Patriot of 23 April 1872.

Sally Hosmer Cook Buried in Waterford, Vermont

Sally Hosmer (1784-1863), a daughter of Josiah Hosmer, Jr., married Solomon Cook, Jr. on 4 April 1804 in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. They moved to Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire and are shown there in the 1830 census. Solomon died in 1839 and where Sally went between 1839 and 1863 I have not been able to discover. She died on 13 August 1863 in Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont and is shown in a transcript of burials in the Pike Cemetery in Waterford. I found this transcript recently on the Upper Connecticut River Valley home page.

1827 Newspaper Article Mentions Josiah Hosmer, Jr.

An article in the 20 August 1827 issue of the "New Hampshire Patriot and Gazette" published in Concord, New Hampshire says that Josiah Hosmer, Jr. prepared a "sumptuous dinner" for a July 4, 1827 celebration in Littleton, New Hampshire. Several local men gave speeches and offered toasts in honor of our country.

Josiah Hosmer, Jr. lived at the time in Whitefield, New Hampshire a short distance from Littleton. Josiah was 86 years old. His wife, Abigail (Barrett) Hosmer, died in 1829 at the age of 63 in Whitefield. After her death Josiah lived with his daughter Abigail (Hosmer) Wood in Whitefield.

Jefferson Hosmer Buried in Waterford, Vermont

Several of the children of Josiah Hosmer, Jr. went to New Hampshire and Vermont to live by 1830. They lived on both sides of the Connecticut River in northwestern New Hampshire and northeastern Vermont. One son of Josiah Hosmer, Jr. was Jefferson Hosmer (1801-1875). In searching for him on Ancestry.com I discovered that he was buried in Pike Cemetery in Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont. His wife's maiden name was Lois Pike.

Josiah Hosmer's Tombstone Picture Found Online

While searching Find-A-Grave.com I located a photograph of the tombstone of Josiah Hosmer, the son of Josiah Hosmer, Jr.

The Josiah whose tombstone is pictured here was a brother to Luther Hosmer, Diane and Marsha's direct line ancestor. Josiah was born in Templeton, Massachusetts in 1786 and died in Burlington, Vermont in 1876. He was buried in Whitting Hill Cemetery in Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont. Josiah had been a chair maker and farmer in Johnson about 30 years.