Mindwell Hosford

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• Reference Number: 6578

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This person shows in the Barbour Collection for Tolland as marrying Daniel Tillotson 16 Sept1742. The only source I have found for marrying Phelps is in the Phelps book. Supposedly the Hosford book, which I have not seen, says on page 33 that Anna is the mother of all the children.

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• Reference Number: 5921
• Birth: 23 Sep 1677, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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The following is copied from werelate.org:

From Ye Horseford Booke

Obadiah became resident and prominent at Hebron.

Obadiah and Mindwell were both buried in "Obadiah's Nine Acres." This nine acres he bought from the Deweys in 1720 and he allowed priviledge of burial to all persons from the town. No stone appears for Mindwell but Obadiah's stone displays a long and curious inscription which reads as follows:

"These in memory of that most Worthy and much serviceable and well beloved Capt. Mr. Obadiah Hosford, Capt. of the First Military Company in Hebron and Grate Practicnor of Phisick who after sarveing God his generation & the publick Faithfully many years in this life and a patient looking for the Blissful dawn of that Illusterous day wherein our Victorious and tryumphant Joshua will lead the Armies of Israel into the land of Canaan and command the Sun of Glory to stand still in the noon of Eternity and that Permanent Happiness... love to know an evening did with the holy disciple lean himselfe upon the Breast of his Beloved and the will of God ...lly fell asleep in the cradle of Hope on the 27th day of February A.D. 1741 in the 63 year of His Age.
By Benjamin Collins-Lebanon Crank"

The Benjamin Collins of the last line was the maker of the tombstone, possibly the composer of the epitaph. Lebanon Crank does not refer to Mr. Collins but denotes a town adjacent to Hebron which later became Columbia.

... Court and land records show him at Hebron in and after 1706. The people worshipped for a time in Dr. Obadiah Horsford's barn. Sheldon's History of Northfield states that David Barber and 13 others were baptized in this barn in 1717. The church was later built upon the N.W. corner of Obadiah's farm. In 1712 Obadiah petitioned the General Court for leave to practise medicine. The following testimonials are on file:

The first was given by Gershom Buckeley, by profesion first a minister, later a physician. He was evidently of a discreet and cautious temper.

"Gasen bury May 7, 1712
As to Mr. Obadiah Horsford's desire of a Testimonial to ye wld fr his allowance to practise Physick, my answer is that when men give any Testimony whatever, they ought to testify what they know, not what they do not know.

I know by written report and in part from himself that he hath practised divers years, but as for his having skill and success in ye art and practise of Physick, I know nothing. It may be very good for ought I know. G. Buckeley"

The second testimonial is from Samuel Mather, also a physiscian:

"Whereas Docter Obediah Hosford of Hebron, desireth a testimonial from us as to his qualifications fitting him for ye practise of Physick in this Collony - We do by what we have heard of his practice some years past and by ye good acceptance he hath had among his people and by what we conceive he hath gained, by Reading and Experience in that Science, approve of his being an allowed Physitian and hope he may be allowed and encouraged therein. Saml Mather (Practr Medicine) Windsor May 16, 1712"

At New Haven, Oct. 11, 1722, The Court of Conn. Colony established and confirmed Mr. Obadiah Hosford to be Captain of a Train Band in Hebron. In 1729 and 1731 he was Deputy from Hebron to the General Court. He kept an inn at Hebron and in 1731/2 was one of the incorporators of the New London Company "invited for trade and commerce."

Obadiah's will, dated Sept. 14, 1737, proved June 1, 1741, describes him as Captain Obadiah Horsford of Hebron...

?References
1.? Hosford, Henry Hallock. Ye Horseforde Booke: Horsford-Hosford families in the United States of America. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cleveland, Ohio: Tower Press, 1936).

Will uses name Horsford

2.? Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925, Bk I p. 18.

"Obediah son of John Hossord (or Hofford or Hosford) was born Sept 28th 1677"

Obadiah married Mindwell Phelps on 4 May 1704 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mindwell (daughter of Joseph Phelps and Mary Porter) was born in 1682 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Oct 1771 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6155

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• Reference Number: 5839

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Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records:
Hosford, John, Windsor. Died 7 August, 1683. Invt. £1203-17-04. Taken 14 November, 1683, by Jacob Gibbs, Samuel Cross. The children: William, b. 25 Oct., 1658; John, 16 Octo., 1660; Timothy, 20 Oct. 1662; Ester, 27 May, 1664; Sarah, 27 Sept. 1666; Samuel, 2nd June, 1669; Nathaniel, 19 August, 1671; Mary, 12 April, 1674; Obadiah, 28 Sept. 1677. (W. R.). Attest:
Henry Wolcott, Register.
Court Record, Page 81-10 December, 1683: Invt of the Estate of Mr. John Hosford was exhibited in Court. Adms. to the Widow and the son William. Timothy Thrall, Abraham Phelps and Samuel Cross to be Overseers to assist the Widow & her son in the Adms. and dispose of the Children. Order to dist the Estate as followeth: £ s d
To the Widow, of Personal Estate (& 1-3 of the Real Estate), 85-00-00
To William Hosford, the eldest son, 225-10-00
To John Hosford, 121-15-00
To Timothy Hosford, 121-15-00
To Esther Hosford, 100-00-00
To Sarah Hosford, 100-00-00
To Samuel Hosford, 114-00-00
To Nathaniel Hosford, 114-00-00
To Mary Hosford, 100-00-00
To Obadiah Hosford, 132-00-00

Note: John Hosford sen., who died 7 August, 1683, married, 5 No- vember, 1657, Phillipi Thrall She died May, 1698. ( W. R.)

Record of Agreement, on File 1701, between the Children of John Hosford:

Signed: deborah hosford, Ls. joseph phelps, Ls.
in Eliot, Justice of Peace. timothy hosford, Ls. nathaniel hosford, L,
samuel hosford, Ls. josiah X owen jr., Li
esther phelps, Ls. obadiah hosford, Ls.
Page II-(Vol. VII) 8 April, 1701: Mr. John Eliot did exhibite in this Court an Agreement, under the Hands and Seals of the Children of John Hosford sen., formerly of Windsor, Decd, and-their legal Represen- tatives, respecting the Settlement of that Estate, which the Court accepts and ordered to be kept on File.


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John married Philippi Thrall on 5 Nov 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Philippi (daughter of William Thrall and Elizabeth Unknown) was born on 5 Nov 1637 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in May 1698 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Phillury Thrall
• Reference Number: 5934

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The Thrall Genealogy states William Thrall of Windsor had at least two sons, Timothy and David. John Winthrop, in his genealogical journal mentions that John Hosfords wife is the brother of Timothy Thrall of Windsor.(TAG 1948 p112)

NEHGS has entry under search of cemetery transcriptions (but doesn't show which cemetery??): John Hosford d. May 1868, m. Phillury 5 Nov 1657, dau of William Thrall, d. 7 Aug 1683

NEHGS- from "The Descendants of Benjamin Cooley": John Hosford, b. prob England, d. Aug 7, 1693(Savage d. Nov or May 8, 1698, Stiles) m. Nov 5, 1657, Philippa (Phillury) Thrall, dau William who was among the first settlers of Dorchester. William Thrall served in the Pequot war, and d. Aug 3, 1679, age 73. His wife d. 30 Dec 1676.

Phillipi Hosford is mentioned in the will of William Thrall. Also Philippi's child, Sarah Hosford is mentioned in the will. See will notes under William Thrall.

Most online trees show Philippa dying on 7 Aug 1683, the same date her husband died. But that is not correct. His probate file shows his widow Philippa as one of the administrators of his estate, so obviously she could not have died on the same date as him.

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• Reference Number: 3595
• Birth: 1647, Connecticut, USA

Joseph married Mary Porter on 26 Jun 1673. Mary (daughter of John Porter, Jr and Mary Stanley) was born on 17 Jul 1653 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 Jan 1682 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1995
• Death: 16 Jan 1682, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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• Reference Number: 1892

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William Hosford was born in England date unknown. He married Florence Hayward in Beaminster, Dorsetshire on 21 Jan 1620/21. She was baptized in Beaminster on 14 Apr 1594.

William and Florence migrated to the colonies in 1633, settling in Dorchester. In 1635 he moved to Windsor.

Florence died at Windsor 20 Aug 1641.

William remarried by 1650 to Jane, the widow of Henry Foulkes.

About 1654 William returned to England without his wife Jane, with the hope that she would join him at a later date. Which she did in 1655 or 1656.

Sometime after 1655, William Hosford died in England. His widow Jane died in England sometime after 15 Jan 1671.

The above information from the Great Migration Begins book series.


Died:
Tiverton, Devon, England

William married Florence Hayward on 21 Jan 1620/21 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. Florence was born on 14 Apr 1594 in Beaminster, Dorset, England; died on 20 Aug 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1893

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• Reference Number: 6174
• Will: 11 Dec 1678, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
• Death: 3 Aug 1679, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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From the Thrall website at http://www.thrale.com/history/usa/william_thrall.php: Note-This passage contains errors-see below.
William Thrall is the founder of the Thrall family in the United States. He was born in 1605 in Sandridge, Hertfordshiure, England and came to the Colonies on the 'Mary and John' in the year 1630. The Mary and John was a vessel of four hundred tons captained by a man named Squeb and the vessel sailed with 180 passengers.

William was part of a company of Puritans under the leadership of Rev. John Wareham of Exeter and Rev. John Meverick, both ministers of the Church of England Setting sail from Plymouth, England on 20 March, they first came ashore on 30 May 1630. They disembarked with what goods they had, to some high land in the salt meadow, now a part of the city of Boston. They named the place Dorchester, which was selected by the captain of the "Mary and John" as he came from Dorchester, England. Page 277 of Prince's Chronology of New England records…

“May 30, Lord's Day. Mr. Wareham and his church, and their goods, were put ashore at Nantasket Point. The went immediately to Charlestown, and from thence to Mattepan, and began a town and named it Dorchester, and the native Indians were kind to them.”

Revs. Wareham and Meverick and their group stayed in Dorchester less than five years, as a number of their menfolk had discovered more fertile land below the first falls of the Connecticut River, at the junction of the Farmington River just above Hartford. Part of the Colony went by boat and the remainder traveled across the one hundred miles of virgin forest, to establish the town of Windsor. Windsor was unofficially known as Thrallville in the early years.

The first we know of William Thrall is that he is listed with the following men who were among the thirty men who went from Windsor to join in the fight against the Pequod Indians in May 1637. Capt. John Mason, Sgt. Benedict Alvord, Thomas Barber, Thomas Buckland, George Chappel, John Dyer, James Eggleston, Nathaniel Gillet, Thomas Gridley, Thomas Styles, Sgt. Thomas Stares, Richard Osborn, Thomas Parsons, William Thrall. The Indian village in this case was so completely destroyed that for many years, the settlers had no further trouble with the Indians. Some years later, the participants were given land grants. To quote from Dr. Styles records with regard to the first Indian war in New England,

“The danger was imminent, and so complete the victory that it caused universal rejoicing throughout New England, and a grant of land was given each soldier and officer, and to this day the memory of an ancestor who was in the Pequod fight, is an honorable heirloom in every Connecticut family”

William Thrall is mentioned many times in the early records. His lot shows up in the first plot of Windsor, between the lots of Nicholas Palmer and Thomas Bascomb, and ran from the road to the Farmington River. In 1646, William sold this lot to Nicholas Palmer and moved to Simon Hoyte's place, north of the village. Robert Wilson bought a half interest with William in the Hoyte's 80 acres, but sold his half to Thrall in 1654. This 80 acres has been part of the holdings of the Thrall family ever since.

William Thrall was born in 1605 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, and died on 3 August 1679 in Windsor, Connecticut, America. William Thrall made a will.

We know very little about the wife of William Thrall. She is referred to in the Old Windsor records as Goode Thrall, but 'Goode' was an expression applied to women with families and it is simply an abbreviation of 'Goodwife'. Whether she came over to New England on the "Mary and John" with her husband or they met in Dorchester, has never been established. The record of her death simply states… “Goode Thrall, wife of William, died 30 July 1676”

The above quote from the Thrall website has some good information, but some of the important details are incorrect. The birthdate of 1605 in Sandridge is generally accepted to be another William Thrall. There is no evidence that William was aboard the 1630 voyage of the Mary & John. It is generally accepted that he was not. Records with his name begin in 1637. It may be a good assumption that he arrived in 1636 with another voyage of the same ship. The other information given above does all appear to be correct.

There is no good evidence of birthplace or parents name. There were a lot of Thralls in England and there are many possibilities. Winthrops Journal did have an entry that William Thrall was 60 years old in 1666. See TAG V24 P112.

Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records:
Page 27-8.
Thrall, William, Windsor. Died 3 August, 1679. Invt. £158-09-06. Taken by Christopher Sanders, Jacob Drake. Will dated 11 December, 1678.
I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Es tate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip(i) Hosford the sum of £45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Sec-ond : that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Ben jamin Woodbridge 20 Shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillipi Thrall. A Cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip(i) Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Over- seers.

Witness: Job Drake, william X thrall.
Mary Woodbridge.

Court Record, Page 18-4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven.

William married Elizabeth Unknown in 1632 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1609 in England; died on 30 Dec 1676 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6170

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This may not be her name. She was referred to in early records as "Goode Thrall" which is shorthand for "Goodwife" and probably is not her name.

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• Reference Number: 3568

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A very authoritative treatment of george Phelps can be found in the "Puritan Great Migration Project" at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phelps-76

The birthplace in England of George Phelps is not known. It has been claimed that he arrived in 1630 on the "Mary and John", but as the first record of him in Dorchester was May 1635 it is more likely that he did not arrive on the "Mary and John". Possibly he is the passenger George P. who arrived on the "Recovery" in 1634.

He was with the group which moved to Windsor with Rev. John Warham.

He married first by 1638 to Philura Randall, the daughter of Phlip Randall, with whom he had 5 children. Philura died 29 Apr 1638 in Windsor.

On 2 Nov 1648 he married the widow of Thomas Dewey, Frances whose maiden name is unknown, with whom he had 3 additional children.

George Phelps died in Westfield 8 May 1687.

George Phelps appears in the "Great Migration Begins: Series" and all the above information is from that source.

The Phelps Family DNA site at http://www.phelpsdna.com/ has determined that Williams Phelps and George Phelps not only are not brothers as was previously assumed, but are not biologically related in genealogical time.

George married Phillury Randall in 1637 in Connecticut, USA. Phillury (daughter of Philip Randall and Joane Fush) was born in 1617 in England; died on 29 Apr 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Phillury Randall
• Reference Number: 3600

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• Reference Number: 2571
• Birth: 1620, England
• Baptism: 9 Feb 1622, Felstead, Essex, England
• Birth: 9 Feb 1622, Felstead, Essex, England

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Parish Register in Felstead, Essex, England shows baptism of John, son of John and Anna Porter on 9 Feb, 1622.

John married Mary Stanley in 1650. Mary (daughter of Thomas Stanley and Bennet Tritton) was born on 2 Feb 1633 in Ashford, Kent, England; died on 13 Sep 1688 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2575

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