Stephen HOSMER^[1]

1570 - 1632  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Stephen HOSMER
  Birth	c.1570	England
  Baptism	26 Dec 1570	Ticehurst Parish, Sussex, England   [1]
  	"Steven Hosmer, s. of James" was baptized on 26 December 1570 at St. Mary's Church in Ticehurst, England.
  Gender	Male
  Will	5 Jan 1631/2	Hawkhurst, Kent Co, England   [2]
  	Stephen's will was dated 5 January 1631/2 at Hawkhurst. He appointed his son William as his sole executor. William Pixe, George Pixe and Richard Kilburn witnessed the document.
  Death	May 1632
  	Stephen died during May 1632.
  Burial	24 May 1632	Hawkhurst Parish, Kent, England   [3]
  	His body was interred on 24 May 1632 in the yard of St. Laurence's Church in Hawkhurst, England.
  Will proved	6 Jun 1632	Canterbury, Kent Co, England   [2]
  	His will was proved on 6 June 1632 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury in Kent County, England.
  Occupation	Hawkhurst, Kent Co, England   [2]
  	Stephen made his living as a shearman, a cutter of cloth. The Hawkhurst area of Kent was well known during the 16th and 17th centuries as a woolen cloth manufacturing center.
  Person ID	I3802	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	James HOSMER,   b. England d. c.1605
  Mother	Agnes (UNKNOWN),   b. England d. Sep 1614
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy SELDEN,   b. England d. 5 Feb 1640/1, England
  Marriage	25 Jan 1601/2	Ticehurst Parish, Sussex Co, England   [4]
  	"Stevin Hossmeer & Deraty Selline" were married on 25 January 1601/2 at St. Mary's Church in Ticehurst, England.
  Children	1. Thomas HOSMER,   b. c.1602/3, England d. 12 Apr 1687, Northampton, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 168 years)   2. Stephen HOSMER,   b. c.1604, England d. Jan 1604/5 (Age ~ 0 years)   3. James HOSMER,   b. c.1605, England d. 7 Feb 1685/6, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 80 years)   4. William HOSMER,   b. c.1607/8, England d. After 24 Jan 1643/4 (Age 163 years)   5. Mary HOSMER,   b. c.1609, England d. After 24 Jan 1643/4 (Age ~ 34 years)   6. Anne HOSMER,   b. c.1611, England d. After 24 Jan 1643/4 (Age ~ 32 years)   7. John HOSMER,   b. c.1615, England d. Sep 1615 (Age ~ 0 years)   8. John HOSMER,   b. c.1618, England d. 1644 (Age ~ 25 years)   9. Stephen HOSMER,   b. c.1621, England d. Aug 1622 (Age ~ 1 years)
  Photos		St. Mary's Church, Ticehurst Parish, Sussex, England.
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		St. Mary's Church, Ticehurst Parish, Sussex, England.
  		St. Laurence's Church, Hawkhurst Parish, Kent, England

  
  

• Sources

  [S208] transcriber unknown, The Parish Register of Ticehurst, Sussex, Baptisms 1559 - 1837, ((n.p.: n. pub., n.d.)), p. 8., SOG: SX/R 142 (Sussex shelves). [S4312] Sophie Selden Rogers, Elizabeth Selden Lane, Edwin van DeusenSelden, compilers, Rogers, Lane & Selden, Selden Ancestry: A Family History, ((Oil City, PA: Edwin van Deusen Selden, 1931)). pp. 424-425 [Stephen Osmere will; Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, PRC17/68/359b]. [S4312] Sophie Selden Rogers, Elizabeth Selden Lane, Edwin van DeusenSelden, compilers, Rogers, Lane & Selden, Selden Ancestry: A Family History, ((Oil City, PA: Edwin van Deusen Selden, 1931)), p. 396. [S3398] Patricia Geddes, transcriber, Marriage Registers of Ticehurst, 1559 - 1840, ((n.p.: n. pub., n.d.)), SOG: SX/R 143 (Sussex shelves).