Hosford handwritten records
A few years ago, I received this small handwritten manuscript from my great-aunt.I transcribed it as faithfully as I could, given its age and condition.There are more dates (births, deaths, and marriages) in a different handwriting at the end of the manuscript, which I have not included here.I made some guesses, but if I truly couldn't read a word, I have noted it.
Enjoy!Mike
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Genealogy of the Ancestors of Lotan Hosford writen by his Mother ....d (penned?) by her hand in Her 66th year of her age
our work begun
wee soon shall done
see how our time
was spend our Life
and breath must yield
to death wee all shall
have an end
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to Lotan Hosford
Andrew Peters was born in Amsterdam in Hollon in 1641
and came to amaraca in 1665 and brought with them three
sons and two dafters and one son born on the ocean named
Seaborn and one son born in Andever in the bay State
in 1667 his name was Willam he was my great granfather
he marid margret Russ and a son named John born in
andever in the bay state in 1694 this Willam was kild
by the indians in 1695 his son John my grandfather marid
mary marks of brookfieldin the bay state She was born
december 28 in 1697 they had a son born named John
december 28 1717 in brookfield in the bay state they moved
to ..bron (Hebron?) in conatecut in 1719 january and sons and dafters mary willam margret joseph Phebe marcy [word
unclear]Andrew Jonathon Bemslee he was born
november 5th 1743
John Peters my father was born in brookfield and marid
in hebron in Conettecut to Judia Phelps She was born
november 15 in 1723 they had a son John born June 30
1740 then Lydia February 25 1742 mary January 21 1744
Susanna december 5 1745 Phebe April 9 1748 new stile
marcy february 9 1750 and died february 6 1753 margaret
march 29 1752 Absalom march 24 1754 Andrew february 11
1756 and died february 8 1759 marcy and samuell december
20 1758 andrew march 12 1760 joseph october 17 1762 willam
february 13 1764 sarah [word unclear] november 12 1768
Joseph Hosford was born in hebron Conettecut June 22 in
1743 Mary Peters was born January 21 1744 and marid in
1764 moly was born april 20 1765 in heborn and moved
to thetford in 1766 Eunice was born march 3 1767 sarah
may 5 1769 Lydia July 23 1771 Joseph October 19 1773
Susanna Aprel 6 1776 a dafter bornaugust 20 1778 and
died 23 1778 Hemon (?) January 15 1780 Lotan march 12
1782 Phebe was born July the 9th 1784 Lucinda September
5 in 1786 Qincy marva (?) July 12 1789
Sixty five years through
many afears and sorows
I have past I am alive
and doo survive though
I must die att last
This busy mind when
not resind is troblesom
wee see now in old age
must quit this stage
this lifes a winters
day
Mary Hosford
My fathers Poettrie
this day my years are
seventy six and if by
fate my days are fixt
I never can pass by that
Line doo good or bad now [?]
after time
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though man at first
was good and just wee
are taught for to belive
though adams fall
contemd us all and that
old wicked Eve
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if adams fall condemd
us all and man became
acurst if it be so I
fain would know how
devils came at first
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for if there were a devil here
before old adam came I
cant conceive how mother
eve should be so much to blame
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When I was yong in
bloom of Life time
quickly past away
I chose a mate it was
my fate with him to
com away
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and Loo I come and left
my home a Long and tedus
way. Though plesur lact
could not go back must
setel here and stay
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the town all new nabors
a few in troble was my
mind my husband said
dont feel so bad wee will
hope for better times
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the house was poor and
but one door barks covered
from the storm a letel
wheat some sass and meet
and bier to keep us warm
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four daughters yong and had
no son as planly did apoer
as time rold on wee had a
son born in my thureth year
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two daughters deer did then
apeer of daughters wee had
six: the youngest died
we morned and syed
all though her fate was fixt
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the doctors brave could not
her save but surely die
she must: she never cryd
but grond and died and
turnd to her native dust
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wee had too moor boys to
increes our joys it was
pleasant them to see both
stout and brave if wee
could them raise
of sons wee then had three
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wee had three moor: girls
perfect and well a
blessing god hath given
now these are all when
wee them call in number
there is eleven.
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Mary Hosford
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