Bartholomew Hoskins^[1]

1600 - 1660  (60 years)

• Name	Bartholomew Hoskins  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1600	London, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1624	, , Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Death	1660	Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I24500	Master
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2015

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Mira Isham,   b. 1593, Little Munden, Hertfordshire, England d. 1670, Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1628	St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England   [4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Hoskins,   b. 1637, , , Virginia, USA d. 1672, , , Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F6382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1600 - London, London, England Arrival - 1624 - , , Virginia, USA Marriage - 3 Jul 1628 - St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England Death - 1660 - Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Bartholomew Hoskins, "ancient planter", is known to have been in Virginia by 1616. From The Virginia Genealogist we find Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia married Mrs. Dorcas Foster in London, 1624, a widow with several young children. It is also known that he made frequent trips between Virginia and England during this early period, and kept a residence in London on Fleet Street for several years after his removal to Virginia. According to Virginia Gleanings in England, he was a plaintiff or defendant in many chancery cases in England, no doubt necessitating his numerous trips back to England. He and wife Dorcas settled in Elizabeth City in Lower Norfolk County. He is frequently mentioned in Virginia colonial records and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He also acquired considerable land in Virginia. Some of these land grants are shown here, taken from Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 1 and 2. Note the Richard Hoskins, a probable relative, perhaps a brother, in the third record, and Richard Foster, mentioned in the last record, likely the stepson of Bartholomew Hoskins. **************************************************************************************** **** BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thomas Dale, 100 acs., 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt. BARTHO. HOSKINS, 1350 acs. on the Swd. side of Rappa. River. 12 Aug. 1651, p. 338. Due by vertue of the rights of a former patent for trans. of 27 pers. MR. BARTHALOMEW HOSKINS, 800 acs. upon the Northward side of the Ewd. branch of Eliz. River, Jan. 1, 1645, page 157. Near Hoskins Cr. Trans. of 16 pers: Richard Hoskins, Osmond Boardman, Joane Curtis, Barbara Douse, Alice Curtis, Tho. Cakebread, Mary Richardson, Edward Spicer, Edmond ____, Sands Nicholls, Roger Gilbert, Sr., Roger Gilbert, Junr. Robert Body, Robert Harwood, Wm. Knowles, Masld Fisher. BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, 400 acs. Low. Norf. Co., 6 Mar. 1648, p. 172. Lyeing on Nwd. side of the Broad Cr., being a br. of the Ewd. br. of Elizabeth River. Sd. land granted to Henry Watson, 10 June 1639 & by the relict of sd. Watson assigned to Richard Foster, & by him assigned to Richard Day & Richard Woodman (or Woolman), & 200 acs. the residue due sd. Woolman for trans. of 4 pers: (& the whole 400 acs. purchased of Day & Woolman by sd. Hoskins.) Bartholomew Hoskins of Elizabeth River, planter, in the county of Lower Norfolk to John Greene of London, merchant, 600 acres on the S. side of Rappahannock, part of 1350 acres patented by the sd Hoskins. The patent issued by "Sir Wm Berkeley Kt & Governor then of this colony of Virginia." Dated 13th Oct. 1655. Signed Barth Hoskins the seale. Wit: Jo Smith, Richard Richardson. "Countryman Thrush I shall intreat you to acknowledge this bill of sale which I have made to Mr Greene for his Land at Rappanhannock in Court in my behalfe and this is my note shall be your sufficient warrant therein and that it be according to your mind so Just. Your lo Friend Barth Hoskins From Eliz River this 21st December 1655". Ack. 15th April 1656. Rec. 12 Jun 1656. 1624 On July 3, 1624, Mrs. Dorcas Foster was married at St. Dunstan's Church, in Stepney, London, England to Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia and London, England. Dorcas Foster was described as a widow with several small children. Bartholomew Hoskins, an ancient planter, was in Virginia by 1616. He undoubtedly made a number of trips from Virginia and England as he maintained a home in each location. On one of these trips back to England he married Mrs. Dorcas Foster.. The maiden name of Dorcas is yet unknown as is the name of her Foster husband. Bartholomew and Dorcas made their home in Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.Source: St. Dunstan's Parish Register, Stepney, London, England;The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 271635 A Richard Foster sailed from London on August 10, 1635 on the ship Safety and arrived at Jamestown that fall. He was but sixteen years old; born in 1619/20. We find on that same ship were: Bartholomew Hoskins, John Gloster (Foster), age 23, Robert Fister (Foster), age 20, Robert Piscer (possibly Foster), age 44 and Elizabeth Piscer (Foster), age 16. We make the assumption that the surnames, Piscer, and Fister were miss interpreted as in subsequent documents the name Foster appears. Some researchers have assumed that Elizabeth Foster was a twin sister to Richard and that Robert Foster, age 20, was Richard's older brother. There is sufficient information to make that assumption about Robert, but not Elizabeth.SOURCE: Original List of Persons of Quality; Hotten, pp. 122-3Note: It has not been found when Bartholomew Hoskins first came to Virginia nor when his wife, Dorcas, came. We know that Dorcas had "several" children. Could they have been Richard, Elizabeth, and Robert? We can assume that she did not leave them in England. Dorcas was born ca. 1601 in England as she was 34 in 1635. If the twenty-year-old Robert Foster, of the Safety, was her son she must have been married ca 1615/16. She would have been young but not too young to have born a child. 1636 Assuming the above to be correct, Bartholomew, Dorcas and her children made their home in Elizabeth City County. In 1636 Elizabeth City County was divided into Elizabeth City County and New Norfolk. The next year New Norfolk was divided into Lower County New Norfolk and Upper County New Norfolk. Almost immediately Lower County New Norfolk was renamed Lower Norfolk and in 1642 Upper County New Norfolk was renamed Nansemond County. Consequently the Hoskins family, without moving, found themselves living in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia in 1637.1639 Richard Foster (A) refers to Bartholomew Hoskins as his father (we know that he is actually his step-father) however, Richard was only a child when his biological father died) according to a deposition in the county in which he lived (Lower Norfolk.)SOURCE: Lower Norfolk Minute Book 1637-1643, pp.41; Carroway - Foster - Williamson and Bartholomew Hoskins 1601 -1707: Alice Granbetty Walter, pp.4Richard Foster (A) made a deposition in Lower Norfolk CountySOURCE: Lower Norfolk Minute Book 1637-1643, pp. 27Bartholomew Hoskins, gent. and wife of Elizabeth City is on a ship to sail for England to Virginia.SOURCE: American Colonists in EnglandDorcas Foster Hoskins was in England in 1641 for in that year she presented a petition to the House of Lords "on behalf of her said husband now in Virginia - that all proceedings in a suite commenced by John Carter and Joane his wife against the said Bartholomew Hoskins may be stayed."SOURCE: Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families, Warner, pp. 16A Richard Foster married Bartholomew and Dorcas Foster Hoskin's daughter, Dorcas Hoskins around this date. This is not Richard Foster (A) as she is his half-brother, consequently is must have been Richard Foster (B), the attorney.January 1648 Bartholomew Hoskins received a land patent of 1350 acres on the southside of Rappahanock River for the transport of several persons, including "Richard Foster, 2 times";SOURCE: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book 5, pp 182Copied by Jerry Stevens from “The Immigrant FOSTER in Virginia” by Dr. B. G. Fosterhttp://fosterfamily.surnames.com/dr_ foster.htm Some of the Descendants of John Hoskins, Who Came From England to America in 1630 - by Nitschke, Luella H. Syracuse, N.Y. , 1957 Bartholomew Hoskins (Hodgkins) was a merchant and in the shipping business (ship owner) pg. 28 By 1655 he had acquired over 4,000 ac of land and become a man of prominence in his community. He was among the vestrymen for the Parish of Lynnhaven, a member of the County Court and the representative for Lower Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses, 1649-1656. He wa a man of great bravery, adventure, faced many time treacherous ocean and dangers of a new and strange land. This information comes from Glenister Hoskins book "Batholomew Hoskins of Virginia and some of his Descendants" The only written information on Samuel comes being paid to teach two children and the 1830 census of Jefferson County. Bartholomew Hoskins and Widow Dorcas Foster...Bartholomew Hoskins, "ancient planter", is known to have been in Virginia by 1616. From The Virginia Genealogist we find Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia married Mrs. Dorcas Foster in London, 1624, a widow with several young children. It is also known that he made frequent trips between Virginia and England during this early period, and kept a residence in London on Fleet Street for several years after his removal to Virginia. According to Virginia Gleanings in England, he was a plaintiff or defendant in many chancery cases in England, no doubt necessitating his numerous trips back to England. He and wife Dorcas settled in Elizabeth City in Lower Norfolk County. He is frequently mentioned in Virginia colonial records and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He also acquired considerable land in Virginia. Some of these land grants are shown here, taken from Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 1 and 2. Note the Richard Hoskins, a probable relative, perhaps a brother, in the third record, and Richard Foster, mentioned in the last record, likely the stepson of Bartholomew Hoskins. Some Records Pertaining to Bartholomew Hoskins BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thomas Dale, 100 acs., 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt. MR. BARTHALOMEW HOSKINS, 800 acs. upon the Northward side of the Ewd. branch of Eliz. River, Jan. 1, 1645, page 157. Near Hoskins Cr. Trans. of 16 pers: Richard Hoskins, Osmond Boardman, Joane Curtis, Barbara Douse, Alice Curtis, Tho. Cakebread, Mary Richardson, Edward Spicer, Edmond ____, Sands Nicholls, Roger Gilbert, Sr., Roger Gilbert, Junr. Robert Body, Robert Harwood, Wm. Knowles, Masld Fisher. BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, 400 acs. Low. Norf. Co., 6 Mar. 1648, p. 172. Lyeing on Nwd. side of the Broad Cr., being a br. of the Ewd. br. of Elizabeth River. Sd. land granted to Henry Watson, 10 June 1639 & by the relict of sd. Watson assigned to Richard Foster, & by him assigned to Richard Day & Richard Woodman (or Woolman), & 200 acs. the residue due sd. Woolman for trans. of 4 pers: (& the whole 400 acs. purchased of Day & Woolman by sd. Hoskins.) BARTHO. HOSKINS, 1350 acs. on the Swd. side of Rappa. River. 12 Aug. 1651, p. 338. Due by vertue of the rights of a former patent for trans. of 27 pers. Bartholomew Hoskins of Elizabeth River, planter, in the county of Lower Norfolk to John Greene of London, merchant, 600 acres on the S. side of Rappahannock, part of 1350 acres patented by the sd Hoskins. The patent issued by "Sir Wm Berkeley Kt & Governor then of this colony of Virginia." Dated 13th Oct. 1655. Signed Barth Hoskins the seale. Wit: Jo Smith, Richard Richardson. "Countryman Thrush I shall intreat you to acknowledge this bill of sale which I have made to Mr Greene for his Land at Rappanhannock in Court in my behalfe and this is my note shall be your sufficient warrant therein and that it be according to your mind so Just. Your lo Friend Barth Hoskins From Eliz River this 21st December 1655". Ack. 15th April 1656. Rec. 12 Jun 1656. The connection of Bartholomew Hoskins to Samuel Hoskins, through John Hoskins and Thomas Hoskins is as shown in Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families by Charles Willard Hoskins Warner, 1971. This is the same finding arrived at in Annals of Our Ancestors. It should be noted that the records of King and Queen County were completely destroyed in a fire during the Civil War, in 1864, so once John Hoskins, son of Bartholomew, removed to this county, the only records we have of him and his son and grandson, also King and Queen residents, are bits and scraps of information which have been gathered from personal family records of descendants, and historical collectors. One such piece of evidence being a copy of the will of Thomas Coleman of King and Queen County, a copy of which had been made for an attorney in an 1809 suit, and discovered years later in another county. In this will is named his daughter, Dolly Hoskins. Hoskins of VA--- 1. Bartholomew Hoskins (1600-1662) came to VA in 1614-15 bef. the departure of Sir Thos. Dale, the governor, and appears to have lived first in Jamestown. He went to Buck Roe in the Corp. of Eliz. City where he rec'd a patent of 100 ac as "an ancient planter"-- due for his personal adventure and graunted to him by Sir Francis Wyatt, 3 Nov 1624." Means he paid his own way to VA. He was only abt. 15, which indicated that he was of a family with means. With a small group of others he rec'd 100 ac patent as the first landowner in the Colony. In 1624 the London Co. was dissolved and the control of VA was taken over by the Crown. All persons had previouslylived on land as lessees of the London Company which was a business enterprise. In 1624 the Crown awarded 100 ac of land to those settlers who had risked their lives & fortunes to settle in VA and gave them the honorary title of "Ye Ancient Planter". in 1660 Bartolomew was aged 60. The Buck Roe patent was confirmed on 7 Sep 1632 and described as follows: "W. upon a cr. deviding this and the land of Peter Arundel, Gent., E. towards land of John Arundel, Gent., N. upon the back river and S. toward head of Hampton River. Due for his per adv. and graunted to him by Sir Francis Wyatt, 3 Nov. 1624. pg 12 By 1634 Bartholomew was living in Eliz City with his wife and was styled as Barth Hoskins, gent." In 1636 New Norfolk Co. was formed from eliz. City which in 1637 was divided into Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk (later Nansemond). Sometime bef. 1642 Bartholomew owned 40 ac of land in Upper Norfolk which he acquired as the admin. of the estate of John bridges, dec. He also had by two former patents 300 ac. and by two other former patents 650 ac. These were granted for Hoskins transporting from Eng. Epaphroditus Lawson, Wm. Lawson, Lettice Lawson, Rowland Lawson & nine others. This land adjoined More Fantleroy and was assigned by Hoskins unto Epaphroditus Lawson. It was described as being "Upon New Towne Haven River running N.W. by a bay side called Mount Lawson, adj. More Fauntleroy. Later Barth. was granted a petent (1 Jan 1645) of 1,350 ac of land on the Rappahannock river, when this area was still unsettled and known then as York County. This patent was the earliest in what is now Essex Co. This patent encouraged settlement aft. 1651. By law no one could settle north of the York until 1651, due to the Indian Treaty. Hoskins continued to live in Lower Norfold and patented this land to encourage immigration into the wilderness. He also wished to sell the land and make a profit. The boundaries were from Saint Margaret's school up the river to Tignor's Creek (later Brockenbrough' Gut and now Bristow's Marina). More pg. 25 Patent Bk 1 VA Library Bartholomew Hoskins, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thos. Dale, 100 acs. 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt.

  
  

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