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- "Richard was called of Portsmouth at the time of his marriage to Jane, described as of Taunton. It is not proved that this was the same man who later married Mary Tisdale, but there is every reason to suppose that he was the same. It has been suggested that Jane's husband was of Portsmouth, N. H., because there was a Haskins family near there at Great Island. However, the editors of Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (pp. 316-317) repudiate this suggestion; no Richard is found in that family or region; and if from there, the Taunton record would more likely have described him as of Piscataqua than as of Portsmouth. On the other hand, members of the William Hoskins family of Plymouth were already living at Taunton, and Richard may have gone in youth to Portsmouth, R. I., no great distance to the south of Taunton.
Richard lived in the South Purchase of Taunton, which was set off in 1712 as the town of Dighton. He was one of the signers, 11 Oct. 1708, of the petition for the erection of a township in the South Purchase. He is proved brother of John Hoskins or Haskins of Taunton and Dighton, and was executor of his will. The name was spelled in both forms at this period both in Bristol County, Mass., and in Norwich, Conn., but Haskins became the standard form in both places, and is used as the preferred form in the printed Taunton Vital Records.
Whether Richard had any surviving issue by Jane is not known. She could have been mother of John and Mercy, evidently the oldest children, but from Mary on they must belong to Mary Tisdale, since Mary was named in her grandfather Tisdale's will, and it physically possible that all the children were by Mary Tisdale.
Richard Hoskins was one of those who contributed money for the Canada Expedition in 1690. He bought 170Ùa acres from Samuel and Hannah Waldron, 9 May 1692, and on 19 Feb. 1694/5 bought several pieces of land from Mary Street which had belonged originally to her father, Francis Street. On 2 Sept. 1695, he bought from Joseph Tisdale, whose wife Mary consented. This was an uncle of Richard's wife. On 2 Dec. 1696, Richard Haskins of Taunton, for ¹3 14s. in silver money of New England, sold to Philip King of Taunton, half a purchase right, including future divisions of land. Two acres were laid out to Richard Haskins, 11 Mar. 1696/7, adjoining the westerly side of a brook called Browne's Brook, flanking his own former land. On 29 Aug. 1705, Joseph Tisdale of Taunton, for a horse valued at ¹8, sold to Richard Haskins of Taunton, two or three acres bounded by Haskins' land, mentioning Browne's Brook. Benedict Arnold of Newport, R. I., on 29 Nov. 1705, for ¹300, conveyed to Richard Haskins of Taunton, weaver, certain divisions in the Township of Taunton on the west side of Taunton River.
On 20 Jan. 1708/9, Richard Haskins of Taunton, for ¹11, sold to Gilbert Winslow of Swansea, 1Ùa acres in Swansea, a small piece of salt meadow. Samuel Waldron of Dighton, on 22 Feb. 1713/14, in an exchange of land, conveyed to Richard Haskins of Dighton lots 64 and 65 in the upper division, known as Taunton South Purchase but now within the limits of the town of Dighton, each lot supposed to contain between 60 and 70 acres.
On 16 Mar. 1714/15, at a meeting of the Proprietors of the South Purchase, "Richard Hoskins was chosen Clarke for ye South Purchase in Dighton and was sworne to the faithful Discharge of ye office of Clarke," attested by Jared Talbot, Justice. On 1 Mar. 1716/17, Richard Haskins of Dighton, for ¹900, sold to Mr. Daniel King of Scituate, "my Dwelling house, shop, and barne" and his home land in Dighton, his wife Mary releasing her right of dower.
He rendered his final accounting as executor of his brother John's estate, 2 Apr. 1717, and made his first purchase in Norwich, Conn., just a week later.
On 9 Apr. 1717, Thomas Stodder of Norwich, with the consent of his wife Deborah, for ¹604, sold to Richard Haskins of the Town of "Deiton," County of Bristoll, Massachusetts Bay, 199 acres in eight parcels adjoining together "upon ye middle hill . . . . with ye two Dwelling houses and ye Barn."
The inventory of the estate of Richard Haskins of Norwich "who dyed December ye 26: 1717" was taken 21 Jan. 1717/18 by Obadiah Smith, Joseph Kingsbury, and Jonathan Metcalf; and was sworn in Court by his widow, Mrs Mary Haskins, 11 Feb. 1717/18. The house and land were valued at ¹604; other items, including a bill and bond from Daniel King and a bond from James Tisdale, totaled over ¹446. Administration was granted the same date to Mary and John Haskins of Norwich. The order of distribution, 14 July 1719, permitted the eldest son to retain the real estate, by giving security to the other heirs. The widow was to have her third; the eldest son, a double portion amounting to ¹185.13.5; the eldest daughter, Mercy, 50s. with what she had in her father's lifetime; and each of the other seven children, ¹92.16.8Ùa. There is a receipt in the file from Joseph Kingsbury to John Haskins "upon ye account of what was du to me from his father," and on 1 Apr. 1718, Daniel Haskins receipted to John Haskins for "six shilins in mony due to me from my fathers Estate." An administration account includes two "Journeys to Dighton 24 days to get in ye Debts at 4s P day." [Probate Rec. New London, B-249; J2-24, 53; File 2522.]
On 20 Mar. 1727, John Hoskins of Norwich conveyed to his brother, Daniel Hoskins, 48 acres on Middle Hill, for what is due towards his portion and also for what is due to him for sister Rebecca Hoskins' portion, as Daniel is guardian to said Rebecca.
The above records, and the grandfather Tisdale's will, prove that the following children belong to Richard: John, Mercy, Mary, Daniel, and Rebecca. Sarah, Elizabeth, and Hannah were married in Norwich and cannot be placed in a later generation. This accounts for eight of the nine children who are known to have survived; the evidence for Martha is not so good, but in additiona to the reasons stated in The Waterman Family (1-102 to 106) for believing her to be a Haskins, Mary Tisdale had a sister of that name." (Waterman, The Granberry Family) [1]
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Abt 1660 - 1717 (57 years)
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