Individual Details
John Allen HOSKINS Sr
(9 Mar 1743 - 15 Jan 1819)
Much of the information on the Hoskins in Southeastern Kentucky is derived from the research of Raymond E. HOSKINS of Decatur, Tennessee. The following is from "Hoskins Cousins From Southeastern Kentucky - Part I":
In the early 1770's the frontier was along the Watauga River in what is now Tennessee. According to "Tennessee Cousins" the first settlement was on Roan Creek in what is now Johnson County, Tennessee. Among the early settlers were Joseph, Jesse, John, Ning (short for Ninian) and Josiah HOSKINS. It was thought that these were related, but, no connection could be found until 1992. Anthony HOSKINS of Chicago was researching his ancestry when he found the marriage of Thomas and Ann HOSKINSON and the birth of six of their children, Priscilla, John, Jesse, Ning, Josiah and Ann HOSKINSON. These records were in the "Index to the Vestry Proceeding of Prince George's Parish of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1719-1829" Based on the names, ages and circumstances, there can be little doubt that these four brothers came to what is now northeastern Tennessee in the 1770's. They had dropped the "ON" from their name as they immigrated westward. It now appears that most if not all the HOSKINS households that came into southeastern Kentucky before 1850 are descendants of Thomas HOSKINSON.
It is said that after John Hoskins killed James Milligan in Washington Co. NC/TN, he and Ruth Lloyd Hoskins, five of their sons, nephew, Thomas Hoskins Sr., and Thomas Hoskins, Jr. moved into southeastern KY. They were also joined by other nephews and their families who had been living in the Washington Co. area in what is now Grainger, Union, Anderson, Campbell, and Claiborne counties in TN. Therefore, it is believed that, for the most part, descendants of Thomas and Ann Hoskinson, Jr. make up the Hoskins who live in southeastern KY and northeastern TN. [John Hoskins was charged as an acessory in the death of James Milligan]
In the year 1782 Washington County, North Carolina, John Hoskins purchased 510 acres on both sides of Roane Creek, warrant number 17. In that same year Jessie Hoskins purchased 146 acres on the East side of Roane Creek, warrant number 239. Ninian (probably Ningg's son) and Thomas Hoskins also had taxable property in the years between 1790-1795. [This would have to be Ning since Ninian Jr. would have been only 13-15 years old. Thomas would probably be the eldest son of John Hoskins and Ruth Lloyd]
Our records state John Hoskins and Jessie Hoskins paid into the treasury fifty shillings for every hundred acres. When John Hoskins purchased his land, his wife Ruth also signed the deed of purchase.
Wife and Children:
In the early 1770's the frontier was along the Watauga River in what is now Tennessee. According to "Tennessee Cousins" the first settlement was on Roan Creek in what is now Johnson County, Tennessee. Among the early settlers were Joseph, Jesse, John, Ning (short for Ninian) and Josiah HOSKINS. It was thought that these were related, but, no connection could be found until 1992. Anthony HOSKINS of Chicago was researching his ancestry when he found the marriage of Thomas and Ann HOSKINSON and the birth of six of their children, Priscilla, John, Jesse, Ning, Josiah and Ann HOSKINSON. These records were in the "Index to the Vestry Proceeding of Prince George's Parish of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1719-1829" Based on the names, ages and circumstances, there can be little doubt that these four brothers came to what is now northeastern Tennessee in the 1770's. They had dropped the "ON" from their name as they immigrated westward. It now appears that most if not all the HOSKINS households that came into southeastern Kentucky before 1850 are descendants of Thomas HOSKINSON.
It is said that after John Hoskins killed James Milligan in Washington Co. NC/TN, he and Ruth Lloyd Hoskins, five of their sons, nephew, Thomas Hoskins Sr., and Thomas Hoskins, Jr. moved into southeastern KY. They were also joined by other nephews and their families who had been living in the Washington Co. area in what is now Grainger, Union, Anderson, Campbell, and Claiborne counties in TN. Therefore, it is believed that, for the most part, descendants of Thomas and Ann Hoskinson, Jr. make up the Hoskins who live in southeastern KY and northeastern TN. [John Hoskins was charged as an acessory in the death of James Milligan]
In the year 1782 Washington County, North Carolina, John Hoskins purchased 510 acres on both sides of Roane Creek, warrant number 17. In that same year Jessie Hoskins purchased 146 acres on the East side of Roane Creek, warrant number 239. Ninian (probably Ningg's son) and Thomas Hoskins also had taxable property in the years between 1790-1795. [This would have to be Ning since Ninian Jr. would have been only 13-15 years old. Thomas would probably be the eldest son of John Hoskins and Ruth Lloyd]
Our records state John Hoskins and Jessie Hoskins paid into the treasury fifty shillings for every hundred acres. When John Hoskins purchased his land, his wife Ruth also signed the deed of purchase.
Wife and Children:
Events
| Birth | 9 Mar 1743 | Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1767 | Ruth Caswell LLOYD | |||
| Military | 1776 - 1781 | during the Revolutionary War | |||
| Military | 1812 - 1815 | United States | |||
| Death | 15 Jan 1819 | Licking, Licking, Ohio, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Caswell LLOYD (1750 - 1818) |
| Child | George Henderson HOSKINS (1784 - 1872) |
| Child | Reuben HOSKINS (1786 - 1846) |
| Child | John HOSKINS ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Wilder HOSKINS (1789 - 1880) |
| Child | Thomas HOSKINS (1768 - 1853) |
| Child | Exekiel HOSKINS (1776 - 1850) |
| Father | Thomas Azariah HOSKINSON Jr (1718 - 1802) |
| Mother | Mary Ann BEALL (1722 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Priscilla HOSKINSON (1741 - ) |
| Sibling | Jesse HOSKINSON (1745 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Ninian "Ning" HOSKINSON (1747 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Josiah HOSKINS (1749 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Thomas HOSKINS (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann HOSKINSON (1753 - ) |