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     Wealthy Horton married Henry Olds, son of Joseph Olds and Hannah Bissell.¹

     Aimee Hosek was the daughter of Martha Sue VanAken.

     Clemence Hosmer married John Smith.² Clemence Hosmer was born c 1642. She was the daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances (?).¹ Clemence Hosmer married Jonathan Hunt, son of Thomas Hunt and Margaret Webster, on 3 Sep 1662 at Sudburrowe, Thrapston, England. Clemence Hosmer died a 13 Oct 1695.²
     "[John Smith] married second, probably in 1695, Clemence (Hosmer) Hunt, daughter of Thomas Hosmer or Hartford and widow of Jonathan Hunt of Northampton. Clemence was admitted to the First Church, Milford, 13 Oct. 1695, from the church in Northampton; her gravestone, or the reading of it, must therefore be in error in the statement that she died 20 Sept. 1695; perhaps the year should be 1698."²

     Hannah Hosmer was the daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances (?).¹ Hannah Hosmer died in Jul 1674.¹

     James Hosmer married Agnes (?).¹
     "The first Hosmer of whom we have authentic records is James, of Ticehurst, County Sussex, England. He was married to Agnes ----. James and Agnes had three sons, Stephen, Thomas, and James, and two daughters, Martha and Anne."¹ (an unknown value).

     Stephen Hosmer was born in 1645.² He was the son of Thomas Hosmer and Frances (?).¹ Stephen Hosmer died on 4 Nov 1693.²

     Stephen Hosmer was baptized on 20 Dec 1570 at Ticehurst, County Sussex, England.² He was the son of James Hosmer and Agnes (?).² Stephen Hosmer married Dorothy Selden.² Stephen Hosmer died on 24 May 1633 at Hawkhurst, County Kent, England, at age 62.³
     "Stephen, the eldest son, was baptized at Ticehurst, Dec. 20, 1570, but after his marriage to Dorothy Selden, moved to Hawkhurst, County Kent, England, about fifteen or twenty miles from home. Nine children were born to them and were baptized at Hawkhurst. Their names were Thomas, Stephen, James, William, Mary, Anne, John, John, and Stephen."²

     Thomas Hosmer married (1) Frances (?).² Thomas Hosmer was baptized on 2 Jan 1603/4 at Hawkhurst, County Kent, England.³ He was the son of Stephen Hosmer and Dorothy Selden.^1,2 Thomas Hosmer died on 12 Apr 1687 at age 83⁴ and was buried at Center Church, Northampton, Massachusetts.^5,6
     The two Hosmers who came to this country at this time were Thomas, eldest son, and James, third son, of Stephen and Dorothy (Selden) Hosmer. The exact date that Thomas, the emigrant, left England is not known but he was in Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. He was made a freeman, May 6, 1635, and a selectman of the town. He left Cambridge in 1636, probably with Rev. Thomas Hooker, and moved to Connecticut, becoming one of the founders of Hartford."²
     Sometime before 1877, a memorial stone for Thomas Hosmer was placed in Center Church Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, next to the stone of his wife, Frances. The inscriptions are:
In memory of FRANCES
THOMAS HOSMER the wife of
who come from THOMAS HOSMER
Hawkhurst in the aged 73 years
County of Kent, England dyed Febr. 15,
& was one of the original ANO 1675
settlers of Hartford.
He died in Northampton, Mass.
April 12, 1687 & was buried
there aged 83 years.⁷

     Anna L. Hotchkiss was born on 8 Sep 1824.¹ She married Jesse Wheelock, son of Amariah Wheelock and Elizabeth Old, on 16 Jan 1850 at Cambridge or Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania.¹

     Tamar Houghton was born on 8 Jun 1754.² She married Jonas Whitney on 11 Jan 1773 at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.¹ Tamar Houghton died on 31 Mar 1831 at age 76.²

     Charles Mc. Houser was born c 1898 at Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Samuel H. Houser and Jessie Fremont Olds.¹

     Emmerson O. Houser was born c 1886.¹ He was the son of Samuel H. Houser and Jessie Fremont Olds.¹

     Malvina Ernestine Houser was born on 27 Aug 1864.¹ She married Samuel Peter Bowers, son of Peter Bowers and Mary Brown, on 3 Mar 1887 at Richland County, Illinois.² Malvina Ernestine Houser died on 2 May 1942 at Richland County, Illinois, at age 77.¹ She was buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois.³

     Samuel H. Houser married Jessie Fremont Olds, daughter of William Emerson Olds and Margaret Melona Morgan.^3,4
     Samuel H. Houser and Jessie Fremont Olds appeared on the census of 16 Apr 1910 at Wilkes-Barre Ward 10, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as follows:
     Houser, Samuel H., 58, head, m. once, for 26 years, b. Penn., parents b. Penn., Life Insurance
      , Jessie F., wife, 48, m. once, for 26 years, 6 children, 3 living, b. Canada - English, parents b. Vermont
      , Emmerson O., son, 24, single, b. Penn.
      , Sanborn O., son, 22, single, b. Penn.
      , Charles Mc., son, 12, single, b. Penn.
     Keller, ___, female, boarder, 32, b. Penn.
     Bird, Anna, boarder, 27, b. England.⁴

     Sanborn O. Houser was born c 1888.¹ He was the son of Samuel H. Houser and Jessie Fremont Olds.¹

     Abiel Howard was born on 6 Nov 1704.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Howard and Sarah Deane.² Abiel Howard married Silence Washburn, daughter of Nehemiah Washburn and Jane Howard, on 26 Apr 1737.¹ Abiel Howard died on 10 Jan 1777 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at age 72.¹

     Bethiah Howard was the daughter of John Howard and Martha Hayward.

     Carrie Estella Howard was born in 1861.³ She married Walter Howard Olds, son of William W. Olds and Mandana L. Ray, in Jun 1888.¹ Carrie Estella Howard died on 7 Aug 1939. This gives her calculated age as 78 years.³ She was buried at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Mt. Albion, Orleans County, New York.²
     Carrie Estella Olds and Walter Howard Olds appeared on the census of 22 Apr 1910 at Ridgeway, Orleans County, New York, as follows:
     Olds, Walter H., head, age 52, m. once for 22 years, b. New York, father b. N. Y., mother b. Vermont
      , Carrie E., wife, 49, m. once for 22 years, 2 children, 2 living, b. N. Y., parents b. N. Y.
      , Howard R., son, 21, b. N. Y.
      , Mildred F., dau., 19, b. N. Y.⁴

     Daniel Howard was born on 3 Oct 1699 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith.¹ Daniel Howard married Damaris Williams on 16 Jan 1723.¹

     David Howard was born on 3 Mar 1703 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith.¹

     Ebenezer Howard was born on 10 Jan 1700 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Howard and Sarah Deane.

     Elizabeth Howard was the daughter of John Howard and Martha Hayward.

     Ephraim Howard was born in 1667.¹ He was the son of John Howard and Martha Hayward. Ephraim Howard married Mary Keith, daughter of James Keith and Susanna Edson, in 1688 or 1689.² Ephraim Howard died on 11 Aug 1750 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts,³ and was buried at South Street Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.³
     The list of their children, from the Bridgewater, Mass., Vital Records, is:
Jane Haward was born Septem 17 Anno Do 1689
Susanna Haward was born March 8th Anno Dom 1692
Martha Haward was born August 7th An Do 1695
Ephraim Haward was born May 25 Anno Do 1697
Daniel Haward was born October 3d Anno Do 1699
David Haward was born March 3d Anno Do 1705
Silence Haward was born June ye 3d Anno Dom 1705
Mary Haward was born December 21 Anno Dom 1707.⁴
     The marriage of Ephraim Howard ( --1704?, Dorchester), Bridgewater & Mary [Keith] is reported by Torrey with the added information that their first child was born in 1689 and an unusual reference to a marriage BOND dated 24 Oct 1688.⁵
     The marriage bond for "Ephraim Howard of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Husbandman and Mary Keeth of the same place spinster" dated 24 Oct. 1688 with Jonathan Howard of Bridgewater, Husbandman, surety, signed by Ephraim Haward and Jonathan Haward and with Jonathan Frankline and Jno. Bonamy as witnesses is preserved in Suffolk Court Files, Nos. 129996 to 130016.
Ref: NEGHR, vol 64, April 1910, pp. 188-190.
Other Ephraim Howards existed at the time. One was "Epraim ye sonne of Samuell Howard & of Isabell his wife borne 23 Febr. 1661" [Ref. NEHGR Vol. 16, Jan. 1862, p. 47, Boston Records] and one (possibly the same) was "Here Lyes ye Body of Ephraim Howard Aged About 40 Years Departed This Life May ye 12 1704." [Ref. NEHGR Vol. 4, July 1850, p. 277, Dorchester Inscriptions.] This appears to be the death date to which Torrey referred.
     John Galen Howard, d. 1931, was reported as a descendant of John Howard, immigrant to Plymouth Colony about 1630, through his son Ephraim, 1667-1750, who married Mary Keith and had Ephraim, b. 1697.
[Ref. NEHGR, Vol. 85, Oct. 1931, p. 437]

     Ephraim Howard was born on 25 Mar 1697 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith.¹

     Henry Howard was born on 6 Sep 1710 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Howard and Sarah Deane.

     Henry B. Howard was born on 22 Jun 1834.¹ He married Luthera Burnham, daughter of David Burnham and Betsey Olds, on 14 May 1862.¹ Henry B. Howard died on 7 Nov 1914 at age 80.¹

     James Howard was the son of John Howard and Martha Hayward.

     Jane Howard was born on 17 Sep 1689 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^1,3 She was the daughter of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith.^1,2 Jane Howard married Nehemiah Washburn, son of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard, on 26 Mar 1713 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^4,1,5 Jane Howard died on 26 Jan 1715 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at age 25.⁶

     John Howard was born at England. He married Martha Hayward, daughter of Thomas Hayward and Susannah (?). John Howard died c 1700.
     The Howard Genealogy by Heman Howard (1903) says Lt. John Howard died in 1700 nand his estate inventory was taken in October of the next year. He prints a copy of the estate division.

     John Howard was the son of John Howard and Martha Hayward.