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Introduction Table of Contents
GETTING STARTED When my Father’s sister, Mildred (Hoskinson) Blubaugh, came
to Arizona in August of 1972 to attend his funeral, she spent a couple of
nights at my home in Benson. At that time, she told me how she had been
working on the genealogy of the Hoskinson family. She told me of her travels
to Maryland and Virginia for the purpose of searching for old family records. I’ve always had a special love of the subjects of History and Geography and an interest in places and events that have happened wherever, but at that time I had not developed any special interest in learning the history of our family. To me, Aunt Mildred’s information was something along the lines that was nice to know, but I just didn’t have any inclination to find out more about it. Several years later, I became aware that my Mother had a book titled, “Genealogy of One Branch of The Hoskinson Family, The Descendants of George Washington Hoskinson” written by Alice Hoover Wooldridge of Myrtle Point, Oregon. Mrs. Wooldridge is also a descendant of George Washington Hoskinson and in the preface of the book, she tells how she worked at compiling the record of the Hoskinson family and descendants for more than thirteen years. This book covers that branch of the family up to the year of 1962. Mrs. Wooldridge also stated, “It is the hope of the compiler that some interested member of the family, who has the patience and the finances, will trace the family back to the immigrant ancestor.” I borrowed this book from my Mother, had it copied, and then stuck this copy away for several more years. In January 1998, my Bridgman cousins, Zella, Bud, Carmen and Bud’s wife Mary made a visit to my home in Benson. One evening, I brought out Mrs. Wooldridge’s book and all of us spent an enjoyable night going through parts of it. My cousins linked some individuals to parts of the family, figuring out the proper connections. We gave particular attention to our Grandmother Maud’s “Diary of Our Honeymoon”, getting out an atlas and plotting their trip from Burrton, Kansas to Watonga, Ok. When I came into the kitchen the next morning, I found cousin Carmen standing by the windows, looking at the coming dawn. She then told me that I should catch the family history up to the present time. She explained that I was retired and had the time, plus knew how to use a computer, so therefore could be the one to collect the information and put it together. Yes, I was intrigued by the idea of doing that, but was somewhat hesitant to do so. With the book were a few genealogical forms for persons to record immediate family history on and Carmen took some of them. I later found that she copied those forms and sent them to other family members, who filled them out, then sent them to me. I later teased her about pushing me into doing this work, but it was a push that I actually needed to get going on it. Mrs. Wooldridge and Aunt Mildred Blubaugh performed their labors of compiling the family history by writing letters, interviewing people and researching records in the days prior to the invention of the computer and the internet. We still follow the same procedure at the present time but the use of the internet gives us a distinct advantage. Our family is extremely fortunate to have a few distant relatives who have performed extended genealogy research on distant family members, then have posted the results of their research onto various internet websites, allowing easy access for the rest of us. I shall now acknowledge that I have gained much of my information from many of those websites. How may I be certain that all this information is factual? I can’t. But, I’ve noticed some instances where other persons have updated or corrected a few areas, but generally haven’t disputed most of these records. The main contributor of most of the information I’ve found is a Robert J. Hoskins of Raleigh, North Carolina, a descendant of Jeremiah Hoskinson. He is the one who traced our line back to Thomas Hoskinson, the emigrant who first came to America. All of us need to be greatly appreciative that Mr. Hoskins did so much difficult work of researching our family’s history, then posted it to the internet and made it available to all the rest of us. His work had to be very difficult, as he had to sort out four Azariahs, Ezekiels and Johns. There were three different Jeremiahs, Isaiahs, Elizabeths, Josiahs and James. Who knows how many other of these names would be attached to various persons that he wasn’t able to prove a linage to? It was appalling to find that our emigrating ancestor had legal difficulties with a man named Atwood. A very dark day in my immediate family was September 17, 1984, when another man named Atwood kidnapped and murdered Vickie Lynn Hoskinson, the eight year old daughter of my brother, Rodney Hoskinson. I had quite a time in finding the ancestor that came to America on the Mayflower. By the time I began working on this project, Aunt Mildred had become disabled by the dreadful Alzheimer’s Disease and was unable to be of assistance. It wasn’t a Hoskinson, since the first Hoskinson came to America in 1700. I then concentrated on the Burlingame and Bosworth families since Mrs. Wooldridge described them as prominent New England families, but then determined that the first Bosworths came to the New World in 1634. But, I noticed that the Bosworth son married a girl named Hannah Howland. As my Mother’s sister Neva is married to a Ray Howland, that name caused curiosity, but it was a few months before I checked that curiosity out. When I finally did, it was a WOW! As you will find, both of Hannah Howland’s parents were passengers on the Mayflower. I had finally found what my Aunt Mildred had found so many years before. Gerald Hoskinson
Finally…. This has been a fascinating journey through history for me. I have spoken to family members both near and far and lost a few along the way. I have found that I am really grateful that I found an interest in doing this before my resources had all gotten too old to remember their own past, and the stories of their grandparents. I have so many of you that I would like to thank for all of your help that there is no way to list you all. For the things that are correct, please thank your cousins who contributed the information, for the things that are wrong, please excuse the transcriber. The volume of information that has arrived on my doorstep has been daunting! It has been requested by some of our cousins to remind all of our family to please help us to prevent identity theft and not post any personal information on living members on the internet. Please keep in touch with me and apprise me of family changes, after all of this work, I feel very emotionally involved in your lives! I plan on keeping this email account open regardless of my physical address. And finally, I have never intended to distress anyone in the family over our past. I have attempted to make no judgments or criticism, just reporting the information that we were able to locate. And just to let my grandfather know—I have not found any horse thieves! Enjoy!
Alice Hoover Wooldridge’s Preface This is a copy of the foreword of Alice Wooldridge’s book on the Hoskinsons. The fact that we have such a large amount of information on our common ancestors has a lot to do with the work Alice did years ago. She’s an important part in keeping the memory of those ancestors alive. Thank you Alice. This record has been compiled over a period of more than thirteen years of research. In some places in the following pages will be found the terms “prob.” for probably and “abt.” for about. I trust the reader will clearly understand that the matter following these terms is not stated as a proven fact but that it seems to me to be the truth, although after searching diligently for proof, I have been unable to find it. Hence, it is stated subject to correction, if in the years to come, any evidence to the contrary should come to light. The purpose of this publication is to put down all that I know, so that others, who are interested in tracing the family or their connection to it, may have the benefit of this information. There are probably errors but I have tried to be correct. Some relatives would not answer letters and information concerning them has sometimes been supplied by other relatives – I hope it is correct, but I cannot be responsible if it is in error. Any additional data, from any individual, would be greatly appreciated. It is the hope of the compiler that some interested member of the family, who has the patience and the finances, will trace the family back to the immigrant ancestor. I would particularly like to express my appreciation to: Mr. Harmon H. Day, Mrs. Louis C. Lamb and Mrs. Harry Hoskinson, without whose help this book would not be as complete or even possible. To the many other relatives who have been so kind to send records of their families, who have helped and encouraged me, MY SINCEREST THANKS. Mrs. C.F. Wooldridge, Sr. Forewords from: Gerald Hoskinson. Cicely Stewart-Kunsman. Alice Hoover Wooldridge The Descendants of John Hodgkinson Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Ezekiel Hoskinson 1785 to 1873 George Washington Hoskinson and Lucy Burlingame Bosworth The Descendants of George Washington Hoskinson
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