Ancestors of my Grandfather Wm.

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My Grandfather Wm. Hoskins' Ancestors

Dickson/Dixon, Hodgkinson/Hoskinson/Hoskins, Jones, McCowan, Moore, Stringer, Watkins

My Hoskins ancestors are descendants of John Hodgkinson, Sr. born about 1615. My Hodkinson ancestors are from St. Johns Parish, Preston, Lancashire, England. The immigrant Thomas Hoskinson, Sr., was the son of John Hodgkinson, Jr. and Mary Birchall who were married April 13, 1678 in St. Johns Parish, Preston, Lancashire, England. Thomas left Liverpool, England as an indentured servant some time in 1699 aboard the ship Eleanor and died about 1742 in Prince George Co., MD. My Hodkinson / Hoskinson ancestors migrated to Knox, Harlan, Clay & Laurel Counties in Kentucky and had dropped the 'on' from the name Hoskinson.

David Hoskins has a Hoskins Family History web site for the ancestors and descendants of Thomas Hoskinson Sr.

The McCown Family History web site is one you should look at if you have any McCown/McCowan ancestors. Information about my great grandmother Lucy McCowan is under the section Databases - The Virginia McCowns.

My Southeast Kentucky Ancestor Database

My great-grandfather was Robert Hoskins was born April 09, 1872 in Kentucky and died January 25, 1921 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. He married Lucy McCowan March 27, 1893 in Laurel County, KY, daughter of William McCowan and Hily Watkins.

Robert Hoskins' father was Silas Hoskins, who was born January 22, 1840 in Clay County, KY and was the son of Joshua Hoskins and Martha Patsy Jones. Joshua Hoskins & Patsy Jones were married in Clay County, Kentucky on September 20, 1837.

[See my Southeast Kentucky Picture Page for copy of Joshua & Patsy's marriage bond.]

My great-grandfather Robert Hoskins' mother was Harriet Dickson/Dixon, daughter of John C. Dickson and Eurotus (Eurodus, Roda) Stringer. John & Eurotus were married September 21, 1873 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Silas Hoskins and Harriet Dixon never married. Silas & Harriet were also the parents of my great-grandfather's brother Leander Hoskins. Leander married Lucinda (Sinda) Hurley September 18, 1897 in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Silas Hoskins did marry twice. He married (1) Patient Jones September 09, 1869 in Clay County, KY, daughter of Milton Jones and Malinda Sasser. He married (2) Elizabeth Brewer November 15, 1882 in Clay County, KY.

Children of ROBERT HOSKINS and LUCY McCOWAN are:

JOHN HOSKINS, b. January 1894; d. 1966; m. NANNIE MARRS.
LEANDER HOSKINS, b. March 1896; d. 1971; m. GRACE EASTER CRUTCHER.
WILLIAM HOSKINS, b. May 09, 1898, Jackson County, KY; d. May 06, 1969, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; m. LAURA EMMALINE OWENS, November 08, 1919, Hamilton, Ohio.
ELMER HOSKINS, b. February 1900; d. 1967; m. LUCY EDITH COLDIRON.
VIRGIL HOSKINS, b. 1905; d. 1952; m. DELLA COYLE.
HANSFORD HOSKINS, b. 1908; d. 1964; m. (1) NELLIE VIRGINIA STURM; m. (2) GEORGIA CONRAD.

Information on my Hoskins, Jones, Graham, McCowan, Moore, Watkins ancestors are from: my uncle Hank, distant cousins and fellow researchers, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Clay County, KY Census, 1890 Special Census, Clay County, KY, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 & 1910 Laurel County, KY Census, KY, Hoskins Cousins From Southeastern Kentucky - Part 1 complied by Raymond F. Hoskins, article in Clay County Ancestral News, March 1996 Issue, Civil War Military Records for Silas Hoskins, death certificates for my grandparents and great grandparents, marriage records for Joshua Hokins to Patsy Jones, Silas Hoskins to Patient Jones & Elizabeth Brewer, Robert Hoskins to Lucy McCowan and William Hoskins to Laura Owens, obituaries for my grandparents. Civil War Pension Files for Harriet Dixon Burns & Silas Hoskins.

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