The History of Elizabeth Colgate c.1740-1799
| Date | Event | Age Approx. |
| c.1740 | Estimated date of Elizabeth's birth | - |
| 20 Oct 1759 | Marries Benjamin Hosmer | 19 |
| - | Birth of son Daniel (Later witness to sister Eleanor's marrage) | - |
| - | Birth of daughter Elizabeth | - |
| c.1768 | Birth of daughter Eleanor | 28 |
| 1771 | Birth of Joseph (Joseph later died 15 Dec 1837 aged 65, married Ann who died 4 Feb 1853 aged 77, both buried in Spicer's Ash burial ground, left surviving children John, James, Sarah, Mary, Charlotte, Ann, Elizabeth, Jane, and Martha | 31 |
| - | Benjamin is a deacon of the Zion Baptist Church, Smarden Kent. (Meeting at "The Meeting House" Water Lane Smarden Kent)? | - |
| 1783 | Excutors of will of Ann Brungar of Biddenden Kent | 43 |
| 26 May 1799 | Elizabeth dies and is buried at Spicer's Ash Burial ground Water Lane Smarden Kent (see appendix 7) | 59 |