The ancestry of John HOSKINS of Guilford County, North Carolina
is uncertain.  Through the years, three major thoughts as to his
identity have been given by different researchers.  All those
list his ancestry as from Chester Co., PA.  In order, those
theories were:
1. John born about 1727, son of Stephen HOSKINS and Sarah WARNER.1
2. John born 24 day, 12th month 1699 [1700] brother of Stephen.
3. A John born say 1725, son of John in #2.

The first of these, that John of Guilford County, NC was the son of
Stephen HOSKINS is easily disproved.  This John was named in the 1769
will of his uncle Joseph Hoskins as his residuary heir, and was stated
to be living at Burlington,2 [New Jersey]. This John HOSKINS
died at Burlington 27 day, 3 mo. 1814, age 87.3

For the second theory that John of Guilford County was the John born
24 day 12 month 1699 [1700], there are the following problems.  This
man appeared as late as 1737/8 in the Uwchland, Chester Co., PA tax lists
as a "freeman," which means that he was unmarried.  That the sons of John
of Guilford County, those sons being Joseph, Arnold and Moses were not
born until the 1750s at the earliest, starting a family at about age 50,
while not impossible, would be unusual.

The next problem is that when John first moved to Guilford County, as "John
HUSKEN," he was a chain carrier on 12 Nov. 1778 for the survey of 200 acres for 
Bennett BRADFORD.4 Again, it would be unusual for a 78 (almost 79)
year old man to be a chaing carrier.

The third theory is that John born in 1699/1700 had a son John born about
1725. The problems with that are that John HOSKINS that was a "freeman"
[meaning he was unmarried] as early as 1735 in "Uwclan" [Uwchlan] Township,5
and still listed as the same in 1737.6 If this was the elder John
born 1699/1700, then he was unmarried, so he could not have had a child about
1725.  If this was a son of John, then to be at least age 21 in 1735, he would
have been born by 1714, when the elder John was only age 14.

That said, the most likely possibilty is #2.

Mr. HODGKINSON had children:
1. John HODGKINSON b. about 1650; m. Mary;49,50 d. 1698
   Chester Co., PA.50
2. Frances HODGKINSON living 1695;50

John HOSKINS49 and Mary49 had children:
1. John HOSKINS49,50 b. 12 day, 4 month 1677 Frodsham, Cheshire, England;49
   m. 31 day, 8 month, 1698 Ruth ATKINSON;51 d. 26 day 8 month 1716;44
2. Hannah HOSKINS50 m. 31 day, 8 month, 1698 Charles Whitacer51

John Hoskins and Ruth ATKINSON had children:
1. John HOSKINS47 b. 24 day 12 month 1699;44 m. Hannah (ELLIS)?; 
   d. 19 May 1780,7 and 2 June 1784,8 Guilford Co., NC
2. Stephen HOSKINS46,47 b. 18 day 12 month 1701/2;44; m. Sarah46
3. George HOSKINS b. 8 day 8 month 1703;44 d. before 1723;47
4. Joseph HOSKINS46,47 b. 30 day 4 month 1705; m. Jane FENN 26 day 8 month 1738;45
   d. 6 Jan. to 21 July 1773 Chester Co., PA48
5. Mary HOSKINS46,47 b. 1 day 8 month 1707;44; m. John MATHER46

John HOSKINS1 married Hannah (ELLIS?)
John died between 19 May 17807 and 2 June 17848 Guilford Co., NC.
On the latter date for his marriage, Moses HOSKINS was stated to be
the son of John HOSKINS deceased and his wife Hannah.

John8 and Hannah8 were the parents of:
1. Joseph HOSKINS12 b. say 1751 PA; m. Hannah10 EVANS 20 Oct. 1773;9
   d. between 24 July10 and 20 Aug. 1799 Guilford Co., NC13
2. Arnold HOSKINS b. PA; m. Elesebeth -?-;11 d. between 10 June 1797;11 and
   19 Nov. 1799 Guilford Co., NC14
3. Moses HOSKINS8 b. 1763 PA;15 m. Ruth HODSON 2nd day 6th month 1784;8
   d. 4 Oct. 1839, bur. Dillon Cem., (near) Dillon, Tazwell Co., Illinois15

Joseph HOSKINS and Hannah EVANS had children:
1. Elizabeth10,16 "Betsey"14 HOSKINS b. ca. 1776 Guilford Co., NC;16 m.bond
   William DENNIS 15 Sep. 1800;18 d. 1857 Guilford Co., NC17
2. John HOSKINS10 b. ca. 1780 Guilford Co., NC;19,20 m. Mary "Polly" -?-;21
   d. 14 Oct. 1853 Guilford Co., NC, bur. New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro,
   Guilford, North Carolina, United States20
3. Hannah HOSKINS10 b. ca. 1783; m.bond Caleb JESSOP 27 July 1803;18
   d. 1840-1850 Guilford Co., NC
4. Eli HOSKINS10 b. 4 July 1785;22 m.1. Amy21/Emma24 GOSSETT; m.2.bond Sarah SWAIN
   22 Nov. 1836;18 d. 2 June 1852;22 bur. New Garden Friends Cem., Greensboro,
   Guilford Co., NC22
5. Ann HOSKINS10 b. 10 July 1788;21,23 m.1. Jesse BALES/BEALS ca. 1809;21 m.2.
   Elias JESSOP23 5day 7mo 1820;21 d. 20 Mar. 1875, bur. Spiceland, Henry Co., Ind.23
6. Joseph HOSKINS10; m.bond Sally HOBBS 18 Nov. 1819;18
7. Mary HOSKINS10 b. ca. 1795;52 m.bond Fleet W.52 HUNT 5 Oct. 1819;18 living 1850;52
8. Ellis HOSKINS10 b. 1796; m. bond 4 Dec. 1821;18 m. 6 Dec. 1821
   Sarah "Sally" McCUISTON;25 d. 17 Mar. 1873 Guilford Battleground;25
   bur. Guilford Cem., Guilford Co., NC1

Ellis HOSKINS posted a bastardy bond for a child with Sally BENBOW on 21 May 1818.26
She later had a marriage bond on 21 Jan. 1826 with John HARRISON.18
Ellis HOSKINS and Sally BENBOW had child born in Guilford County.
1. Carver BENBOW29 b. 1 Dec. 1817;28 m. Lucinda RUBOTTOM 7 Mar.29 (17 Sep.)28 1841;
   d. 28 Nov. 1893, Pomeroy, Garfield Co., WA28

Ellis HOSKINS posted a bastardy bond for a child with Rhoda COVEY on 19 May 1820.27
She later married Leven IRELAND, they having a marriage bond on 13 Dec. 1820.18

Ellis HOSKINS and Sarah "Sally" McCUISTON had children:
1. Jesse Evans HOSKINS b. 27 Oct. 1822;30 m. Theodosia MOSBY 17 Apr. 1851;31
   d. 9 Sep. 1872 Versailles, Woodford Co., KY, bur. Versailles Cemetery30
2. James F. HOSKINS b. 19 July 1824;33 m. Mary A. GIBBS 11 Apr. 1854;32 d. 22 Oct. 1886,
   bur. Smith Grove Cem., Davie Co., NC33
3. Isabella A. HOSKINS b. ca. 1826;37 m. George J. SMITH 5 Feb. 1856;18 living 186037

James F. HOSKINS and Mary A. GIBBS had children:
1. Minnie Elizabeth HOSKINS b. 7 July 1865;35 m. John Henry SAUNDERS 1234/14 Sep. 1881;35 
   d. 26 Nov. 1927,35 Anthony, Dona Ana Co., NM;36 bur. Evergreen Cem.,
   El Paso Co., TX
2. John Joseph HOSKINS b. 10 Jan. 1872;38,40,41 m.1. Lilia Virginia HENDRIX;39
   22 Mar. 1896;42 m.2. Josephine Howell43 ETCHESON 30 Jan. 1900;34 d. 12 June 1957
   Canutillo, El Paso Co., TX;40,41 bur. Mountain View Cem., Prescott,
   Yavapai Co., AZ41
3-7. five other children died young38


1. Makers of America, Vol. III, (Washington, D. C.: B. F. Johnson, Inc., 1917), 
   pp. 365-371.
2. Joseph Hoskins original will, Chester Co., PA Estate File 2775.
3. Records of Burlington and Mt. Holly Monthly Meeting 1678-1872,
   page 340, FHL microfilm 0,441,457.
4. NC Warrants and Surveys, Guilford Co., NC, #146, Bennet Bradford,
   Images 599-602.
5. Chester County, PA County Tax Ordered 1735, Rates, List 1735A, p. 37
   and County Tax Ordered 1735, Rates, 1735/36 Assessors Book p. 28.
6. Chester County, PA County Tax Ordered 1737, Rates, Book 1737/8, p. 20.
7. Guilford Co., NC Deed Book 2:98.
   19 May 1780 John Huskins purchased 199 acres from Bennet Bradford
   and wife Margarate.
8. Marriage certificate Moses Hoskins-Ruth Hodson, Society of Friends,
   New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, Vol. 1:205,
   FHL microfilm 0,371,252.
9. The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the United Churches of
   Christ Church and St. Peter's in the City of Philadelphia commencing
   January 1763, unpaginated, chronological, 23 Oct. 1773, FHL
   microfilm 0,384,802.
	Note the record gives her name as Mordecan EVANS.
10. Joseph Hoskins will, Guilford Co., NC original loose wills.
    Recorded copy, Book A:165.
11. Arnold Hoskins will, Guilford Co., NC original loose wills.
    Recorded copy, Book A:167.
12. Guilford Co., NC Deed Book 5:263.
    Joseph Haskins sold to Moses Haskins, the same tract that was purchased
    in 1780 by John [#7]. It would appear he inherited the land, although
    court records do not survive from the time John likely died in the 
    early 1780s.
13. Guilford County, NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1796-1811
    Book, p. 109.
14. Guilford County, NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1796-1811
    Book, p. 119
15. Moses Hoskins headstone, Dillon Cem., Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL
16. 1850 Guilford Co., NC census, Elizabeth Dennis household, page 420.
17. Guilford Co., NC loose estate files, Elizabeth Dennis 1857 file.
      Letters of administation issued 19 May 1857 to Ellis Hoskins, adm.
18. Guilford Co., NC marriage bonds, alphabetical by groom.
      William Dennis-Betsy Haskins, 1800, Bondsman: Daniel Dennis.
      Caleb Jessop-Hannah Hoskins, 1803, Bondsman: John Hoskins.
      Joseph Hoskins-Sally Hobbs, 1819, Bondsman: Ellis Hoskins.
      Fleet Hunt-Mary Hoskins, 1819, Bondsman: Joseph Hoskins.
      Levin Ireland-Rhoda Covey, 1820, Bondsman: Isaac Armfield.
      Ellis Hoskins-Sally McCuistion, 1821, Bondsman: Joshua Foster.
      John Harrison-Sarah Benbow, 1826, Bondsman: Joshua Foster.
      Eli Hoskins-Sarah Swain, 1836, Bondsman: M. F. C. Iddings.
      George Smith-I.A.Hoskins, 1856, Bondsman: J. B. Hoskins.
19. 1850 Guilford Co., NC census, John Hoskins household, p. 408B.
20. John Hoskins headstone, New Garden Friends Cem., Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC.
21. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore:
    Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969).
      1:490  Jesse Beales and wife Ann Beales, born 10d 7m 1788 had son John
              b. 16d 8m 1810
      1:502  Polly Hoskins, wife of John d. 13d 9m 1842
      1:526  24d 2m 1810 Jesse Bails condemned for his marriage out of union
      1:549  26d 8m 1820 Amy Hoskins received on request
      1:549   4d 6m 1834 Joseph W. Hoskins, son of John & Mary m. Anne Moore
      1:554   5d 7m 1820 Elias s. Pratt & Hope m. Ann Beales
22. Eli Hoskins headstone, New Garden Friends Cem., Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC.
23. Willard Heiss, Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII, Part Four, 
    (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1972), p. 247 [image 261/517].
24. Thomas Gossett 1832 will, Guilford Co., NC original loose wills.
    Recorded copy, Book B:446.
25. Ellis Hoskins War of 1812 Pension File 11943, 
      4 July 1876 deposition of widow Sallie [signed Sally] Hoskins.
26. Ellis Hoskins bond, Guilford Co., NC loose Bastardy Bonds.
27. Ellis Hoskins bond, Guilford Co., NC loose Bastardy Bonds.
28. Carver Benbow obituary, "East Washingtonian," Pomeroy, WA, 2 Dec. 1893 issue,
    page 3.
29. Willard Heiss, Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Volume VII, Part Five,
    (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1974), 236 [image 246/496].
      Carver Benbow of Parke Co., son of Sarah Benbow (now Sarah Harrison)
      of Hendricks Co. m. Lucinda Rubottom of Parke Co. at Bloomfield Meeting
      House.
30. Jesse E. Hoskins headstone, Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford Co., KY
31. Woodford Co., KY marriage returns, Jesse E. Hoskins-Theodosia Mosby
32. Davie Co., NC Marriage Returns 1851-1867, page 16, FHL microfilm 0,572,606.
33. Dr. J. F. Hoskins headstone, Smith Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Smith
    Grove, Davie Co., NC
34. Davie Co. NC 1877-1922 Marriage Register.
     John H. Sanders and M. E. Hoskins.
     Joseph Hoskins and Josephine Etcheson.
35. John Henry Saunders Bible, original was in possession Willis Saunders, 
    Las Cruces, NM (deceased). Photographs in my possession.
36. Information Willis Saunders (deceased).
37. 1860 Guilford Co., NC census, Ellis Hoskins household, page 194.
38. 1900 Davie Co., NC census, Joe Hoskin household, page 151B.
39. Susie (Hoskins) Richardson [daughter], interview 29 May 1979.
40. Joseph John Hoskins Death Certificate, Texas Death Certificates, 1957,
    Certificate #37001, FHL microfilm 2,135,739.
    Note: The death certificate states he was to be shipped to Prescott, AZ. 
41. Joseph John Hoskins headstone, Mountain View Cem., Prescott,
    Yavapai Co., AZ
42. John Hoskins-Virginia Hendrix marriage Forsyth Co., NC.
43. Josephine Howell Hoskins headstone, Mountain View Cem., Prescott,
    Yavapai Co., AZ
44. Chester Monthly Meeting Transcript of Records, Delaware Co., PA,
    page 45, FHL microfilm 441437.
45. Chester Monthly Meeting Transcript of Records, Delaware Co., PA,
    page 11, FHL microfilm 441437. 
46. Ruth Hoskins will, Chester Co., PA Will Book 2, p. 43.
47. Chester Co., PA Deed Book S, pp. 501-503.
48. Joseph Hoskins will, Chester Co., PA Will Book 5, pp. 420-424.
49. Cheshire Quarterly Meeting, Cheshire, England, p.  14.
50. John Hodgskinson will, Philadelphia Co., PA Will Book A, pp. 409-410.
51. Chester MM of Women's Friends 1695-1733, US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935,
    Ancestry.com.
      John Hoskins and Ruth Adkison laid their intention for marriage
        the second time on 31 day, 8 month, 1698.
      Charles Whitacer and Hannah Hoskins laid their intention for
       marriage the second time on 31 day, 8 month, 1698.
52. F. W. Hunt household, 1850 Parke Co., Indiana, p. 326a.