Dorcas Hoskins

• Evidence needed to support as daughter of Sir John Isham and Elizabeth Isham.
• Not the wife of Roger Carraway

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Dorcas [uncertain]

• "Mira"
• Hoskins formerly Isham aka Foster
• Born about 1600 in England
• Died after 1651 after about age 51 in Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginia
• Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
• [siblings unknown]
• Wife of Bartholomew Hoskins — married 3 Jul 1628 in St Dunstan's Church, Stepney, Londonmap
• Descendants descendants
• Mother of Robert Foster, Richard Foster, Ann Elizabeth (Foster) Carraway, Bartholomew Hoskins Jr., Katherine (Hoskins) Meares, Dorcas (Hoskins) Jarvis, John Hoskins, Richard Hoskins and Sarah Hoskins

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Isham-52

Dorcas' origins are unknown. That includes her parents; her maiden name; and her first husband's given name.[1]

She married first someone by the name of Foster. Russell (1983), claims that Dorcas had several children with her first husband, Mr. Foster, including Richard.[2] Warner (1971), states that the husband of Dorcas was a Richard Foster, but he doesn't cite this claim.[3] Issue:

1. Richard Foster (b. 1619),[4] a.k.a. Richard Hoskins, succeeded step-father, Bartholomew Hoskins.[2]

Dorcas married her second husband Bartholomew Hoskins, by license. The entry was transcribed as follows: "3rd July 1628, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Bartholomew HOSKINS of St. Mary, Bothaw, London, gent, and Dorcas FOSTER of London, widow, L.F.O. married.

The study then focuses on the meaning of "L.F.O," and states:

L.F.O. probably means London Faculty Office, suggesting that Bartholomew and Dorcas married by license as we had suspected, but one which had been granted by the Faculty Office. The Faculty Office granted licenses to couples from different areas of the country who wished to marry in a parish other than their own.[5]

Dorcas and Bartholomew Hoskins had at least one child, Bartholomew II; but Hoskins was succeeded by his step-son, Richard Foster.[2] Russell (1983), states that there is no evidence that Bartholomew left any children who survived him. Warner (1971), believes that this second marriage produced the following children:[6][7]

1. Bartholomew
2. Richard
3. Dorcas
4. m. Richard Foster. Issue: dau. Dorcas.
5. (dau) UNKNOWNnm. (unproven) Thomas Meares[8]

Disputed Origins

Speculation has led to unproven claims that she was from the Isham family.[5] As such, she's been variously called:

Dorcas Ann Isham
and Mira Isham[11]

but there is no proof to back up these assertions.

Her parents had previously been shown as John Isham and Elizabeth Barker. They were removed as there is no evidence to support their identification (see changes).

Comments

Sorted a bit. Note that the former est. DOB of 1587 is based on speculation aboout her being Mira Isham. Apparently, the essay released by Achievements of Canterbury, (n.d.), clarifies how she even came to be Mira in recent times. Long story short ... they went on a wild goose chase of uncited IGA and other trees which somehow came to believe Dorcas is an Isham. They investigated them but found nothing to substantiate the speculation. However, at least one of those trees used and est DOB of 1600AD for both Bart and Dorcas.

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On 3 Jul 1624, Mrs. Dorcas Foster (Isham) was married at St. Dunstan's Church, in Stepney, London, England to Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia and London, England. Dorcas Foster was described as a widow with several small children. Bartholomew Hoskins, an ancient planter, was in Virginia by 1616. He undoubtedly made a number of trips from Virginia and England as he maintained a home in each location. On one of these trips back to England he married Mrs. Dorcas Foster. Bartholomew and Dorcas eventually made their home in Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.

Source: The Marriage Registers of St. Dunstan's Stepney in the County of Middlesex. Edited by Thomas Colver Fergusson, Vol. 1 1568-1639

The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 83

A hodgepodge of info collected from https://www.myheritage.com/names/dorcas_isham-- take it with a grain of salt!

Dorcas Mira "Immigrant" Foster (born Isham), 1587 - 1670

• Dorcas Mira "Immigrant" Foster (born Isham) was born in 1587, in Mundon, Hertfordshire, England, to John Isham and Elizabeth Isham (born Barker).
• John was born in 1550, in Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England.
• Elizabeth was born in 1559, in Sonning, Berkshire, England.
• Dorcas had 6 siblings: Elizabeth ISHAM, Robert ISHAM, Henry Esham ISHAM, Euseby ISHAM, Thomas Isham and one other sibling.
• Dorcas married Robert Foster in 1615, Durham, United States.
• Robert was born in 1587, in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England.
• Dorcas married Roger Carraway in 1650, at age 63 in Lower Norfolk, VA.
• Roger was born in 1590, in Calne, Wiltshire, England.
• Dorcas married Sir Robert Foster in 1608, at age 21 in England.
• Sir was born in 1587, in Mundon, Hertfordshire, England.
• They had 4 children: Ann Forster, Ann Alcock, John Foster and one other child.
• Dorcas married Bartholomew Hoskins on July 3 1624, at age 37 in Stepney, London, England.
• Bartholomew was born in 1599, in Suffolk, England.
• They had 17 children: Sarah Edson (born Hoskins), Dorcas HOSKINS, Ann Hoskins, Richard Foster, Robert Foster, Sarah Hoskins, Richard Hoskins, Dorcus Hoskins, Robert Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Bartholomew Hoskins, John Hoskyns, Sarah Hoskins, John Hoskins, Ann Carraway (born Foster), Katherine Hoskins and one other child.
• Dorcas passed away in 1670, at age 83 in Virginia, USA.
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 8 2018, 3:58:02 UTC

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Individual Page Person Info Name: Dorcas Isham 1 2 Sex: F Birth: 1587 in Hertfordshire, England Death: 1670 in Lower, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Person Id: I16081 Tree Id: 101440

Search for Dorcas Isham in Newspapers 8685 Possible Record Matches on Ancestry

Parents Father: John Isham: Birth: 1550 in 1672243, Northamptonshire, England. Death: 17 MAR 1595 in England Mother: Elizabeth Barker: Birth: 1559 in England. Death: 1590 in Lamport, Northamptonshire, England

Family Marriage: Married: Bartholmew Hoskins on 03 JUL 1624 at London, Suffolk, England. Bartholmew Hoskins: Birth: 1580 in London, Suffolk, England. Death: 1663 in Tidewater Viriginia Children: John Hoskyns: Birth: 1540 in England. Death: in England Ann Foster: Birth: 1620 in Yorkshire, England. Death: 15 NOV 1692 in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA John Hoskins: Birth: 1625 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. Death: 1680 in Northumberland, Virginia, USA Bartholomew Hoskins: Birth: 1627 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. Death: 1660 in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, USA Dorcus Hoskins: Birth: 1629 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States. Death: 1685 in Currituck Co North Carolina

Family Marriage: Married: ^Thomas Robert Foster. ^Thomas Robert Foster: Birth: in Hunsdon England. Death: BEF 1623 in England Children: James Richard Foster: Birth: 18 JUL 1619 in Durham, England. Death: 1681 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States Pemell Foster: Birth: 30 JUL 1621 in St Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.

Family Marriage: Married: Thomas Foster at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire England. Thomas Foster: Birth: in England. Death: in England Children: RICHARD JAMES FOSTER: Birth: 1619 in Durham, England. Death: 1681 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/howry-family-tree/I2714.php

(1) She is married to Sir Robert Foster.

They got married in the year 1608 at England, she was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

   Thomas Foster  1608-????

   William Foster  1610-????

   John Foster  1612-1670

   Elizabeth Foster  1618-????

   Richard James /Forster Foster  1619-1681 

   Ann Foster  1620-1692

(2) She is married to Roger Carraway.

They got married in the year 1615 at England, she was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

   John Carraway  1615-1669

(3) She has/had a relationship with Robert Foster.

(4) She has/had a relationship with Bartholomew Hoskins.

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117932044/dorcas-mira-foster_ho... has errors