Person Sheet


Name Henry HOSIER
Birth ?
Death 1686
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Burgess for Kent Co., Md. 1678-86; Justice & County Commissioner 1671-83; Named Constable of Langford Bay, Kent Co., Md. 22 Mar 1686.178
Spouses:
1 Johanna WIFE OF HENRY HOSIER
Children: Joanna(Johanna)
Notes for Henry HOSIER
He is written up in the Biog. Dict. of Maryland Legislators.
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Liber FF - Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668, State of Maryland, pp. 722-724
This Indenture made the ninth day of November in the Seaven and
thirtyeth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius Absolute lord
and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon lord
Baron of Baltemore &c annop d¤i One thousand six hundred Sixty
eight Betweene Timothy Goodridge of Talbott County on the
one part and John Staines of the Citty of Bristoll mchant on the
other pte Wittnesseth that the sd Timothy Goodridge for & in
consideracon of the sume of Foure thousand pounds of tobacco to
him in hand payd by the said John Staynes the receipt whereof the
said Timothy Goodridge doth hereby acknowledge and thereof
and of e_y part and parcell thereof doth hereby Absolutely &
cleerly exonate accquitt & discharge the said John Staynes his
heires executors administrators & Assignes by theis pnts hath
given granted bargained Aliened Sold enfeoffed and Confirmed
And by theis pnts doe give grant bargaine Alyen Sell Enfeoffe
and Confirme unto him the said John Staynes his heires and
assignes fore[ever?] All that moyety and one halfe of a

Parcell of land called New Yorke lying in Talbott County and on
the South side of Chester River in langfords bay beginning att a
mked pine standing by a Cove side & running by the land of John
Tully Southeast and by South foure hundred perches bounded on
the East by a lync drawne Northeast and by East from the end of
the South east & by east line five hundred perches then North one
hundd pches untill itt Intersect with the land of Robert Cager and
by Cagers land to the first marked Pyne on the South by the first
South east & by South lyne Conteyning and now laid out for eight
hundred acres more or lesse To be holdcn of the Mann of Baltemore
& now in the Tenure or possession of Henry Hosier & the said Tim-
othy Goodridge Together with all the Rights & benifitts there unto
belonging Royall mines excepted and alsoe all patents Deeds writings
and evidences touching or Concerning the same To have and to hold
the said Moyety and one half e of the said parcell of land & all and
singuler the said Bargained premises unto him the said John Staynes
his heires and assignes fore To the only proper use and behoofe of
him the said John Staynes his heires and asss for eu And the said
Timothy Goodridge for him self e his heires executors and Adminis-
trators Doth hereby Covenant & grant to and with the said John
Staynes his heires and assignes that he the said John Staynes his
heires executors and Administrators the said Moyety and one halfe
of the said parcell of land and all other the bargained premisses unto
him the said John Staynes his heires and assignes against all mann
of persons whatsoever shall and will for e[ver] hereafter warrant and
defend by theis presents the Rents and Services hereafter to become
due to the lord Proprietary for the same allwaies excepted and fore-
prized And further that he the said Timothy Goodridge his heires
and assignes shall and will from tyme to tyme and att all all tymes
hereafter during the Space of Seaven yeares and att the requests and
pper Costs and Charges in the law of him the said John Staines his
heires and assignes Doe make execute and suffer and cause to be
Done made executed and suffered all and euy such further and other
act and Acts thing or things Device or Devices assureance or assure-
ances whatsoe[ver] Requisite in the Law for the assureing and more
assure makeing of the said Bargayned premises unto him the John
Staynes his heires and assignes foreU Beitt by Inroliment of theis
pnts Fyne Feofmt or otherwise or by any other such lawfull wales
or meanes as by him the said John Staines his heires or assignes or
by his or their Councell learned in the law shall be reasonbly devised
advised or required In wittnes whereof the parties to theis pnts have
Enterchangeably sett their hands and Scales the Day and yeare first
above written Timothy Goodridge
Sealed & deli[v]ed in the p[rese]nce of
Henry Hosier
Wm King
Edward Savage
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Liber FF , pg. 672 - Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668:12 Dec 1668 State of Maryland
Dennis Holland Serut to Thomas Cooper the Admt of Thomas
Freeman Craues aduizmt of the Court Concerning the Contract made
between himselfe and Henry Hosier his first master of whome hee
was purchaced by the said Freeman wherein his then mastr Hosier
was to pay him a Certaine sume of mony att the expiracon of Three
yeares which is denyed to be due by Thomas Cooper the Admr and
being now departing the prouince desires of the Court who must
sattisfy him the said money, Opinion of the Board that hee must
serue three yeares from the Arriuall of the shipe and bee sattisfyed
the same by his last master hee shall serue.
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He and his wife Johanna and at least four children:
Henry, Johanna, Elizabeth and Mary came to Kent Co., Md. by 1671. He
served in the Assembly of Md. as a delegate from Kent County from
1676 to 1682. He patented "Bristol", 150 acres, on 15 Jun
1681. His will was dated 5 Jan 1685/6 and proved 3 May 1686. To
his son, Morgan Jones and dau. Johannah Jones and to dau.
Eliza, he left personalty. Son Henry, was named executor and
residuary legatee. His estate was administered on 5 Jun 1686
and 1 Nov 1698.
Source: Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore, Vol. 1, The Hosier Family, Pages 199-200
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Liber M M, p.107, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673. 171 [Date: abt 12 Nov 1673]
Henry Hosier & all ffrancis Kilborne late of Charles County gentl
agt otherwise called ffrancis Kilborne of the Prov
ffrancis Kilborne ince of Maryland in Charles County planter
was suthoned to answere unto Henry Hosier & John Staynes of a
plea that he Render unto them or Either of them for the account of
Mr Wm Bullock of the Citty of Bristol Marchant the full & Just
sume of Ten hundred thirty foure pounds of good Marchantable
Tobacco and Casque to conteine ye same to them he oweth &
from them unjustly Deteynes.

And whereupon they the said Henry Hosier and John Staynes Liber M M
by George Parker their Attorney say that whereas the said ffrancis
Kilborne the fourth day of May in the yeare of our Lord 1670
by his certeine bill or writing obligatory sealed with the seale of the
said ffrancis and here in Cort pduced whose date is the day and yeare
first abovewritten did binde himself his heires Executors Admrs or
assignes to pay or cause to be payd unto Henry Hosier and John
Staynes of the Citty of Bristol Marchants or either of them or
Either of their heires Executors Admrs or assignes for the accompt
of Mr William Bullen of the Citty of Bristol Marchant at or before
the Tenth day of October next Ensueing the date thereof the full &
Just sume of Tenn hundred thirty foure pounds of good Mar
chantable Tobacco and Casque to Conteine the same within halfe a
mile of some Convenient Landing place of the Clifts, The vallue
of wch said Tobacco is already Received in goods Notwithstanding
the said ffrancis the said sume of Tenn hundred thirty foure pounds
of Tobacco to them the said Henry and John or to either of them
hath not payd though often required but the same to pay hath Re
fused and still doth Refuse, whereupon they say they are Damnifyed
and have losse to the value of fifteene hundred pounds of Tobacco,
and thereupon they bring their suite
And the said ffrancis by Robert Carvile his Attorney cometh and
Defendeth the force and injury when &c and as to six hundred and
Twelve pounds of Tob pt of the said Debt of One Thowsand thirty
foure pounds of Tobacco the said Robert sayes nothing in Debarring
the said Henry of Judgmt for the same agt the said ffrancis by
the said Henry Remaineth agt the said ffrancis thereupon undefended
Therefore it is Considered by the Cort here that the said Henry have
Judgemt for the said six hundred and Twelve pounds of Tobacco
debt and One hundred Seaventy & Two pounds of Tobacco costs of
suite, and the said ffrancis in mercy &c.
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At a Court holden for ye County of Kent, March 25th 1676,

Present--Mr. Joseph Wickes
Mr. James Ringgold
Mr. John Hinson
Mr. Henry Hosier.
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178Whereas Mr. Henry Hosier was summoned . . . . to show cause whearefore Mrs. Mary Tilghman, Executrix of Richard Tighman, might not have Execution upon an order of Court, detained against him in March Court 1674-5 for two thousand one hundred pounds of Tob. with Costs of Suit ye sd Mr. Hosier having satisfied neither debt nor costs of suit, as is made apparent; This Court doth order Execution to ye sd Tilghman for ye sd Debt with Costs of Suite.
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Gloucestershire Probate Records - Stray wills proved at Bristol, England in 1678 - Abstracts of Wills Proved at Bristol for which the Testators died elsewhere than the immediate Bristol area. Source: GENUKI, Genealogy of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Record transcribed by Leslie Mahler.
MASEY, Richard - Bristol, soapmaker - Henry Hosier of Bristol soapmaker, now of Maryland; widow Browne of Calne, Wiltshire
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Dec: 13: 1680: The like Commission for tryall of Causes then issued for
Eod Die the like Comisso then also issued for Kent County to
Major Joseph Wicks
Major fames Ringold
Mr Henry Hosier Quorum
Mr Michael Miller. Mr Wm Lawrence. Mr John Henson. Mr Nathaniel Evelt gentl. Mr Samuel Tovey Justices, Mr Cornelius Comegys. Mr Philip Conner.
And Dedimus Potestatem to Major Joseph Wicks & Capt Henry Smith
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On 29 Apr 1685, he and Charles Tilden appraised the inventory in the estate of Benjamin Ricord of Kent Co., Md. who m. Elizabeth Hall, widow of Thos. Hall.
Source: Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore, Vol. 2, The Ricaud (Richaux-Ricand) Family, Page 263
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He had a "Headright" according to a listing in Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, 1979-88, Supplement II, Page 31 [see below]
178Liber XII, fol. 554:
"June the fourth 1670 Came Henry Hosier of the County of Calvert, Mcht. and proved right unto 1050 acres of land it being due to him for transporting these persons following into this Province to inhabite. Vizt: William Key, John Avery,(*) Vertu Avery (and 21 others)"
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Lib, R. R. R., Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681 85/6, State of Md.
Summons issued for Henry Hosier as foll (viz)
Maryld ss: By the Ld Propry & Councill
You are hereby willed & Required forthwith upon Receipt hereof to summons Henry Hosier of your County gentl that all excuses sett apart he be and psonally appeare before his Lsp: and Councill on the first Day of the next Prov" Court at
such tyme and place when and where the sd Court shall be held to answer unto such matters and thinges as shall then and there on behalf of his Lsp be objected agt him whereof faile not at your perill.
Dated the Seaventh day of Novemb.
in the Eighth yeare of the Dominion of the Rt honble Charles
&c. Annoq Dmi: 1683:
Signed p ordr John Llewellin Clk
To the Sheriff of Kent County Specially appointed or his Deputy
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Upper House Journal - Assembly Proceedings, October November 1683
Lower house of Assembly 4th October 1683
The said Attorney Generall and Mr Rousby also desire the p. 491 Ordinance of his Lordship for Electing Burgesses &c. The same sent down to the Lower house by the Secretarys Mr Sewall and Mr Darnall who return and say the have Delivered the same and that the Lower house will peruse it Coll Lowe and Coll Stevens Appointed by this house to Join with Captain Smith and Mr Hosier Members of the Lower house as a Committee of both houses to Consider of the Method for Bringing in Money into this Province and the said Coll Lowe and Coll Stevens sent to the Lower house with this Message Vizt
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178Att a Court called and held for the electing Delegates for the sd county this third Day of November 1685 & likewise for Laying the County Levy
By a just and free Election of the Freemen of the sd County, Mr. Henry Hosier and Mr. Michael Miller were chosen Burgesses for this said County of Kent.
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178SEC. 110. At a Court holden for Kent County the 22d day of March in the Twelfth year of the Dominion of the Rt. Honble Charles Lord Baron of Baltimore. Annoq Domi. 1686-7. The Court Orders and appoints Constables for the year ensuing:
Thomas Seward, Constable for Eastern Neck. Benjamin Ricaud, Constable for Swan Creek. James Wattson, Henry Hosier, William Bateman, Constables for Langford's Bay. Richard Jones, Constable, Upper Hundred, Kent Island. Edward Jones ordered to remain until sufficient cause to the Court, showed to the contrary as aforesaid.
This Court orders that Mr. Wm. Harris who is bound for England, to buy and bring for the County of Kent the weights and scales according to Law for each Towne in said County and the costs and charge shall be allowed him in said County Levy.
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WILL: Hosier, Henry, Sr., Kent Co., 5th Jan., 1685-6; 3rd May, 1686. To son Morgan Jones and dau. Johanna Jones, and to dau. Eliza:, personalty. Son Henry, ex. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal. Test: Philip Sutton, Ann Sutton, Thos. Stevens. 4. 247.

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