Deed, Levi T. Prescott to Prescott H. Hosmer, for property "on Lindall Place in Boston with the brick dwelling house thereon…numbered four (4)," 1867 November 10
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Vault A45, Hosmer Unit 4
EXTENT: 33 items (1 container)
ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT: Organized in a single file, arranged chronologically (for deeds, by date witnessed rather than date received or recorded in the registry).
BIOGRAPHY: The collection consists primarily of documents relating to Abel Hosmer and his descendants and heirs. The Hosmers were established in Concord with the arrival of James Hosmer, who was born in England in 1607 and sailed to America in 1635. James was one of the sixty-three settlers who were granted land in Concord in the 1637 settlement with the Indians. He and his wife Alice had two daughters and a son, Stephen, born in 1642 in Concord. Stephen married Abigail Wood, and one of their eight children was Stephen, born in 1680. Stephen and his wife, Prudence Billings, had nine children, including Josiah Hosmer, born in 1714 in Concord. Josiah married Hannah Wesson, and their fourth child of nine was Jesse, born in 1745 in Concord. Jesse married Ann Prescott. Their tenth and last child was Abel, born in 1796. Abel married Olive Prescott Davis, who gave birth to six children, including Prescott Hayward Hosmer, born in 1827 in Concord. Prescott married Julia Whitney, born in 1852. Edward Caiger was adopted as a youth into the Hosmer family after the death of his parents. The heir of his adoptive mother, Julia Hosmer of Concord, he came into possession of this collection of Hosmer deeds and papers.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection consists of property documents, primarily deeds, 1791-1931, relating to the Hosmer family of Concord, Mass. It also includes plot plans, mortgage documents, and a ship cargo insurance policy. The bulk of the deeds relate to Abel Hosmer. Other family members represented in the collection include Jesse Hosmer, John Hosmer, Elijah Hosmer, Joseph Hosmer, J. Albert Hosmer, Prescott H. Hosmer, Julia Hosmer, and Edward B. Caiger.
SOURCE OF ACQUISITION: Presented by Dorothy Caiger Senghas, 2000 January 20.
ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Hosmer family property documents are found in several collections in the Concord Free Public Library Special Collections, including the Winnifred Sturdy Collection of Papers and Records Connected Primarily with Concord, Mass., and Miscellaneous Property Documents (Primarily Deeds) Relating Mainly to Concord (Mass.). Contact Special Collections staff for additional information.
NOTES/COMMENTS: Accessioned (AMC 036) 2000 Feb. 7.
PROCESSED BY: JHG; finding aid completed 2004 May 25.
Folder 1 (1791-1811):
Deed, Ephraim Wood, "executor of the last will and testament" of John Cuming, to Elisha Willington, for property in the "northerly part of Concord, bordering land of Joseph and Benjamin Hosmer," 1791 September 11.
Deed, Robert Darby Cooper and Edward Heywood Cooper to Jesse Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1799 July 9.
Deed, Hannah Wright to Jesse Hosmer, for property "in the southwesterly part of Concord," 1810 June 20.
Deed, John Hosmer 2nd, Jesse Hosmer, John Hosmer senior, Elijah Hosmer, and Hannah Wright to Esther Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1811 April 5.
Insurance policy, New England Marine Insurance Company to Clarke and Beal for Elijah Beal, "on the Brig, Factor and her cargo from Boston to Lisbon," 1811 July 20.
Folder 2 (1817-1819):
Deed, Nathan Wood to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1817 April 1.
Deed, Esther Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1818 October 20.
Deed, Daniel Shattuck and Joseph Hosmer to Elijah Hosmer, for property "near the dwelling-house of the said Elijah," 1819 March 9.
Deed, Elijah Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property "near the dwelling house of the said Elijah," 1819 March 10.
Deed, John Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the west part of Concord," 1819 March 15.
Deed, Abiel Heywood to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the westerly of Concord," 1819 December 1, accompanied by a rough plot plan. (The two were contained within a single paper wrapper at the time of donation.)
Folder 3 (1820-1831):
Deed, Nathan Barrett to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the southwesterly part of Concord, " 1820 March 22.
Deed, Elijah Stevens to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the southwesterly part of Concord," 1822 February 5.
Plot plan, Cyrus Hubbard, surveyor, for Lt. Nathan M. Wright, for property in Acton, 1826 March 29.
Plot plan, Cyrus Hubbard, surveyor, for Abel Hosmer, for property in Acton, 1826 March 29.
Deed, Edmund Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for "certain pieces of land and buildings situated in the westerly part of Concord," 1828 October 4.
Deed, Josiah Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property in Concord, 1831 November 28.
Folder 4 (1837-1845):
Deed, Hartwell Bigelow to Abel Hosmer, for property in Concord, 1837 May 1.
Deed, Abel Moore to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1841 January 27.
Deed, Sarah Lane to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the westerly part of Concord," 1845 January 1.
Deed, Sarah Reed to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the south part" of Acton, 1845 January 27.
Deed, John Hayward to Abel Hosmer, for property "in the southerly part of Acton," 1845 January 31.
Folder 5 (1847-1867):
Deed, Joseph Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property in Concord, 1847 August 21.
Deed, Daniel Shattuck to Abel Hosmer, for property in Concord, 1847 August 23.
Deed, John Hosmer and J. Albert Hosmer to Abel Hosmer, for property in Concord "on the road leading to Groton," 1859 November 28.
Deed, Levi T. Prescott to Prescott H. Hosmer, for property "on Lindall Place in Boston with the brick dwelling house thereon…numbered four (4)," 1867 November 11.
Folder 6 (1874-1931):
Deed, Thomas Hagerty (of Concord) to John Lyons (of Boston) for property in the "northwesterly part of Concord … bounded by land now or late of Abel Hosmer," 1874 November 10.
Mortgage deed, Emigrant Savings Bank for Thomas Hagerty, 1874 November 10, to John Lyons, 1875 October 22.
Mortgage deed, Emigrant Savings Bank for Thomas Hagerty, to John Lyons, 1880 March 26.
Entry to Foreclose Mortgage, Lawrence Logan, assignee of Thomas Hagerty (mortgage given to John Lyons), documenting "a peaceable entry into the premises for purposes …of foreclosing said mortgage for breach thereof," 1885 Oct. 2.
Deed, Thomas Hagerty to Julia Hosmer for "property in the northwesterly part of Concord," 1885 November 13. Includes newpaper advertisement of mortgagee’s foreclosure sale.
Deed, Henry R. Bourne and Mabel Thayer Bourne, and Maude Thayer and Mary Scott Thayer to Edward B. Caiger, for land and buildings numbered 24 and 21 on India Wharf, Boston, 1924 October 27.
Deed, Edward B. Caiger to Florence M. Orrill, for land and buildings numbered 24 and 41 on India Wharf, Boston, 1931 March 31.
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