| Birth: | Dec. 25, 1747
Hebron
Tolland County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | Jul. 19, 1818
Thetford
Orange County
Vermont, USA | 
Aaron was the 5th of 7 children (2nd son) born of Joseph Hosford (1715-1761) and his wife Eunice Beach (1716-1797 or 1799): His siblings were: Eunice (Unis) (b. 1738), Anne (b, 1740), Joseph (1743-1819), Mindwell (1745-1829), Elihu (1749-1810), and Obadiah (1756-1822).
Aaron moved to Thetford, Orange County, Vermont soon after his brother Joseph settled there. Joseph arrived in Thetford, March 3, 1766. Aaron was the first blacksmith in Thetford.
Aaron married, at Marlboro, Hartford County, Connecticut, February 2, 1768/9, Lucy Strong (1748-1818) by whom he had 4 children: Aaron (1769-1850), Joseph (1771-1842), Lucy (b. 1773), and John (1781-1838).
Aaron served for 12 days as a Private, along with his brothers Sergeant Elihu and Private Joseph, in Captain William Heaton's (Thetford) Company of Vermont Militia from August, 1780 to April 1781, in the alarm at Royalton and twice to Newbery. In October 1780, an enemy force (British and their Indian Allies) raided Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, burnt the town, and captured a number of people and carried them to Canada.
References:
(1) "Ye Horseforde Booke - Horsford-Hosford Families in the United States of America" by Henry Hallock Hosford, 1936, pages 34, 48-50, and 73
(2) "The Hosford Genealogy" by Norman F. Hosford & David H. Hosford, 1993, pages 25-26 and 47-49
(3) "Gazetteer of Orange County, VT. 1762-1888" by Hamilton Child, 1888, pages 430 and 431
(4) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 364 and 365
Family links:
Spouse:
Lucy Strong Hosford (1748 - 1818)
Inscription:
Mr.
Aaron Hosford
died July 19th
1818 Aged 70.
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Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
North Thetford
Orange County
Vermont, USA |
Created by: Chazmanbsr
Record added: Nov 11, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 31297109 |
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