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