John HOSMER^{[1, 2]}

1618 - 1644  (~ 25 years)

• Name	John HOSMER
  Birth	c.1618	England
  Baptism	26 Apr 1618	Hawkhurst Parish, Kent, England   [2]
  	John was baptized on 26 April 1618 at St. Laurence's Church in Hawkhurst, England.
  Gender	Male
  Death	1644
  	He died in 1644.
  Will	25 Jan 1643/4	Hawkhurst, Kent Co, England   [3]
  	John's will was dated 24 January 1643/4 at Hawkhurst. It named his bother William as his executor. Samuel Newington and Robert Pemel acted as witnesses to the document.
  Will Recorded	10 Jul 1644	Canterbury, Kent Co, England   [3]
  	The will was proved on 10 July 1644 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury in Kent County, England.
  Occupation	Hawkhurst, Kent, England   [3]
  	He made his living as a clothworker. The Hawkhurst area of Kent was well known during the 16th and 17th centuries as a woolen cloth manufacturing center.
  Person ID	I4003	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Stephen HOSMER,   b. c.1570, England d. May 1632 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	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.
  Photos		St. Mary's Church, Ticehurst Parish, Sussex, England.
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(UNKNOWN)
  Marriage	Before 24 Jan 1643/4  [3]
  	While her name is unknown, John's wife was left by his will a bequest of "all goods she brought with her at marriage, and to her also £80"
  Family ID	F6260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  St. Laurence's Church, Hawkhurst Parish, Kent, England

  
  

• Sources

  [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]. [S4471] Church of England, Parish Church of Hawkhurst (Kent)., Bishop's transcripts, Parish Church of Hawkhurst (Kent), 1611 - 1911., ((Salt Lake City, UT: filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991)), baptismal register. [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. 425: [John Hosmer will, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, 1644, no. 498]. [S3398] Patricia Geddes, transcriber, Marriage Registers of Ticehurst, 1559 - 1840, ((n.p.: n. pub., n.d.)), SOG: SX/R 143 (Sussex shelves).