Pvt. Abner Hosmer

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Abner Hosmer</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>1754- 1775</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#epitaph_hosmer" TITLE="Pvt. Abner Hosmer"><U><B>Epitaph </B></U></A></div> <div> From the stone that stood at the head of Pvt. Hosmers' grave for seventy -five years in Woodlawn Cemetery,</div> <div> before it was removed and place at the base of the Davis Monument.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#ancestors_of_abner_hosmer" TITLE="Pvt. Abner Hosmer"><U><B>Ancestors of Abner Hosmer</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>REV. JAMES T. WOODBURY'S SPEECH</B></div> <div> WHO was Captain Isaac Davis? Who was Abner Hosmer? Who was James Hayward? </div> <div> And what was Concord fight?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id152_davis_monument_dedicated_october_29th.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Capt. Isaac Davis"><U><B>Davis Monument</B></U></A></div> <div> Dedicated October 29th, 1851</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="48523830.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="epitaph_hosmer"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Epitaph</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>"MEMENTO MORI"</I></div> <div> HERE LIES THE BODY OF MR. ABNER HOSMER,</div> <div> SON OF DEA. JONA. HOSMER, AND MRS. MARTHA HIS WIFE,</div> <div> WHO WAS KILLED IN CONCORD FIGHT</div> <div> APRIL 19TH, 1775,</div> <div> IN YE DEFENCE OF YE JUST RIGHTS OF HIS COUNTRY,</div> <div> BEING IN THE 21ST YEAR OF HIS AGE.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Pvt. Abner Hosmer</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Abner Hosmer was born at Acton on August 21, 1754 and was the third son of Jonathan and Martha (Conant) Hosmer. He is not listed in Coburn's (1912) muster roll but was a Private in Captain Isaac Davis' Acton Minute Men company and was present and killed, with Davis, in the first volley fired by the British regulars at the North Bridge in Concord on April 19,1775.1</div> <bR> <div> Captain Isaac Davis, Abner Hosmer, and James Hayward, the third Acton man killed in the battle, initially were buried in the old burying ground (now the Woodlawn Cemetery). On October 29, 1851, as part of the dedication of the Acton monument, their bones were removed from the cemetery, placed in a compartmented casket, and reinterred on the Town Common. It was noted at that time that Hosmer had suffered a fatal wound to the head.</div> <bR> <div> Hosmer (1928) writes that Abner Hosmer was a drummer and also carried a musket, and he has been described as a "drummer boy" in several histories of the American Revolution, thereby evoking the image of the young drummer boy in Archibald Willard's painting <I>The Spirit </I>of '76. However, Abner Hosmer was nearly 21 years old in April 1775 and was a fully armed and equipped minute man. Although he may also have served as:a drummer, Francis Barker, the company's drummer, was present on the field that morning (Coburn, 1912; Fischer, 1994) .</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>The Hosmer Family in the American Revolution: </I></div> <div> <I>A Register of Hosmer in Military Service (1775-1783)  page 63</I></div> <div> <I>By Henry L. Hosmer, 1998</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="ancestors_of_abner_hosmer"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Ancestors of Abner Hosmer</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>Generation No. 1</I></div> <bR> <div>      <B>1.</B>  <B>Abner Hosmer,</B> born August 26, 1754 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died April 19, 1775 in Concord, Middlesex, MA..  He was the son of <B>2. Jonathan Hosmer</B> and <B>3. Martha Conant</B>.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for Abner Hosmer:</div> <div> Abner was killed at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775. </div> <div> His remains were re-emtombed at the monument  in</div> <div> Acton Center, when the obelisk was built in 1851.</div> <bR> <div> HOSMER ABNER<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, b. 21 Aug 1754. He and Capt. Davis of Acton, under the command of Buttrick and Robinson, were both killed in the first volley fired in the fight at Concord Bridge, 19 Apr 1775. Abner was a drummer and also carried a musket. He was only 20 years, 8 months of age when he died. At the base of the monument at Acton are two bronze tablets, one dedicated to Davis and one to Abner Hosmer.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> More About Abner Hosmer:</div> <div> Concord Fight: April 19, 1775, Capt. Isaac Davis Co.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutionary War</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Generation No. 2</I></div> <bR> <div>      <B>2.</B>  <B>Jonathan Hosmer,</B> born March 29, 1712 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.; died June 25, 1775 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  He was the son of Stephen Hosmer and Prudence Billings.  He married <B>3. Martha Conant</B> April 25, 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      <B>3.</B>  <B>Martha Conant,</B> born July 10, 1716 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.; died May 05, 1795 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  She was the daughter of Lott Conant and Martha Cleaves.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for Jonathan Hosmer:</div> <div> On page 26 of the Hosmer Book is says:</div> <div> Jonathan, b. Mar.29,1712</div> <div> Direct line:</div> <div> Jonathan(4),Stephen(3),Stephen(2)James(1)</div> <div> Stephen Hosmer married Prudence Billings</div> <div> on Feb.26,1706 and J. was the 3rd child</div> <div> of nine. </div> <bR> <div> More About Jonathan Hosmer:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: SAR 1775</div> <bR> <div> Notes for Martha Conant:</div> <div> "The Conant Family 1887- A Genealogy and History of the Conant Family in England and America" 1887 Frederick O'dell Conant</div> <bR> <div> Martha Conant b 10 July 1716. Married Jonathan, son of Stephen and Prudence (BILLINGS) Hosmer, grandson of Stephen and Abagail (WOOD) Hosmer, great grandson of James HOSMER, the immigrant. Jonathan was born 29 Mar 1712; was deacon of the Acton Church; Town clerk of Acton 1744-55 and 1758-61.</div> <bR> <div> More About Jonathan Hosmer and Martha Conant:</div> <div> Marriage: April 25, 1734, Concord, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of Jonathan Hosmer and Martha Conant are:</div> <div>           i.     Jonathan Hosmer, born August 28, 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.; died July 10, 1822 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Submit Hunt January 31, 1760 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; born October 26, 1737 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.; died June 03, 1812 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for Jonathan Hosmer:</div> <div> Like his father , Jonathan Hosmer was a brickmason</div> <bR> <div> In Acton, on the 10th inst. Mr. Jonathan Hosmer, aged 88.</div> <div> Mrs. Hosmer, wife of the late Samuel Hosmer of this town, aged 90.</div> <bR> <div> Hosmer, Jonathan.Sergeant, Capt. Simon Hunt's (Acton) co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt.; service, 6 days; company called out March 4, 1776, at the time of fortifying Dorchester Heights. Roll dated Acton.  </div> <bR> <div> Hosmer, Jonathan (also given Jonathan, Jr.).Return dated Acton, Aug. 14, 1777, made by Capt. Simon Hunt to Col. Eleazer Brooks, of men drafted from train band and alarm list under his command to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Aug. 8, 1777; also, Private, Capt. George Minott's co., Col. Samuel Bullard's regt.; enlisted Aug. 16, 1777; discharged Oct. 1, 1777; service, 1 mo. 16 days, in Northern department, including 9 days (180 miles) travel home.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> More About Jonathan Hosmer:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: Revoluntionary War</div> <bR> <div> More About Submit Hunt:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Marriage Notes for Jonathan Hosmer and Submit Hunt:</div> <div> Jonathan Hosmer of Acton and Submit Hunt of Concord married by the Rev. Mr. Bliss Jan. 31,1760</div> <bR> <div> More About Jonathan Hosmer and Submit Hunt:</div> <div> Marriage: January 31, 1760, Concord, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>           ii.     Martha Hosmer, born April 01, 1736 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died February 03, 1813 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Samuel Wheeler March 17, 1759 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; born October 18, 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.; died April 05, 1817 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About Samuel Wheeler and Martha Hosmer:</div> <div> Marriage: March 17, 1759, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>           iii.     Ruth Hosmer, born May 08, 1738 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Gideon Powers September 03, 1757 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for Gideon Powers:</div> <div> Gideon Powers (m. Lydia Russell)</div> <div> b. 31 December 1706 Cambridge</div> <div> Was a soldier from Lexington in the French and Indian War</div> <div> married 1724</div> <div> died 1784</div> <bR> <div> Children: </div> <bR> <div> Gideon b. 28 July 1731 (Amos Powers shows 1729) m. Ruth Hosmer d. 1789</div> <div> Elliott b. 12 February 1732/3 m. 1st Sarah Cragin 2nd Mary Baker or Barker d. June 1783</div> <div> Jonas b. 6 Dec 1738 m. Betsey Tower d. unk.</div> <div> William b. 30 December 1740 m. Elizabeth Gates d. 13 Mar 1829</div> <bR> <div> Gideon Powers (m. Ruth Hosmer, a Roger Conant descendent)</div> <div> born 28 July 1731, Littleton, MA</div> <div> married (intentions publ) 3 September 1757, Acton</div> <div> served as a private, 1776, in Capt. Abijah Smith's company, Colonel Enoch Hale's Vermont militia; also signed the Association Test at Temple NH (See DAR ID # 91360)</div> <div> Moved to Temple NH; several children went to Bethel, Maine</div> <div> died 1789, Temple NH</div> <bR> <div> More About Gideon Powers and Ruth Hosmer:</div> <div> Marriage: September 03, 1757, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>           iv.     Stephen Hosmer, born February 01, 1739/40 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died March 28, 1807 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Sarah Davis December 12, 1765 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; born February 20, 1748/49 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died November 11, 1827.</div> <bR> <div> More About Stephen Hosmer:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: SAR 1775</div> <bR> <div> More About Stephen Hosmer and Sarah Davis:</div> <div> Marriage: December 12, 1765, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>           v.     Sarah Hosmer, born July 07, 1745 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Oliver Stevens April 01, 1766 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; born in Littleton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About Oliver Stevens and Sarah Hosmer:</div> <div> Marriage: April 01, 1766, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>           vi.     Lucy Hosmer, born November 14, 1752 in Acton, Middlesex, MA; married Joseph Stanley August 20, 1773 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About Joseph Stanley and Lucy Hosmer:</div> <div> Marriage: August 20, 1773, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      1     vii.     Abner Hosmer, born August 26, 1754 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died April 19, 1775 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div>           viii.     Jonas Hosmer, born October 26, 1758 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.; died February 01, 1840 in Wapole, N.H; married Betsy Willard.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>