Children were:
942 i.
Hugh MOSHER.1884. Hugh MOSHER ?
(942). IMMIGRANT - There is some uncertainty as to who was the father
of the Hugh Mosher that was born in 1633. Bonnie Hubbard provides the following
on this: "There definitely was another Hugh Mosher in New England in the
1600s and since it is not a common name it seems natural to assume there must
be some connection between the two. Savage says there was a Hugh Mosher in Falmouth
in 1640, who came 'perhaps,' in the Jane, from London, arriving at Boston 12
June 1632, was inhabitant of Newport 1660.... The Newport Hugh, age ~30 in 1663,
would be a minor in 1640 and not likely to be mentioned by name in Falmouth records.
Austin says (p. 228): 'It seems probable, although absolute proof is lacking,
that he [our Hugh] was a son of Hugh Mosher, the early settler of Casco Bay and
Saco, Maine. Two of the latter's sons, James and John, removed from Maine to
Brookhaven, Long Island, and it seems likely that a son Hugh went to Newport
(cf., Libby-Noyes-Davis, Gen. Dict. of Me. & N.H., pt. 4, p. 496).' So I
looked up that reference and found under Mosher, 'Hugh, Casco Bay, came to Boston
in the James of London 5 June 1632.' Note the similarity, but not total agreement,
with Savage's citation. Handwritten records and notes are often difficult to
decipher. It goes on to mention that he was a creditor of the estate of the
Saco clapboardman Williams who died in 1635 and was on a jury in Saco 1640.
Later he evidently lived on the Harrisicket River. More is told about his sons
James and John, names our Hugh also gave to sons. Then 'Despite the unusual
name, nothing is seen that actually connects Hugh Mosier, b. ±1663, of Newport
(1660)...with this fam.'" (Bonnie Hubbard)
Children were:
942 i.
Hugh MOSHER.
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