Birth: 8 Jun 1763 Place: Berlin, CT or Wallingford CT³⁸

Death: 21 May 1841 Place: Plymouth, Wayne Co., MI

Father: John III HOISINGTON of Southington (1713-1797)

Mother: Mary SMITH (1719-1790)

Wife: Hannah WOOD

Death: Apr 1845 Place: Tyrone, MI³⁸

 1. M Child: Washington HOISINGTON

Birth: About 1785 Place: VT

Death: Place: MI?

Burial: Place: Hoisington Lake, Fenton, MI

Spouse: Debora MAPLES

2. M Child: Ripley HOISINGTON

Birth: About 1787 Place: VT?

Spouse: DAVIS

3. M Child: Earl HOISINGTON

Birth: About 1791

Death: Place: Oceana Co., MI

Spouse: Mary EVANS

4. M Child: Ariel (Rial, Royal) HOISINGTON

Birth: 1793

Death: About 1875 Place: Canada

Spouse: Almira HALL (CLEVELAND)

5. M Child: George HOISINGTON

Birth: About 1795

Death: 1817 Place: NY

Spouse: Mary Ann UNKNOWN

6. M Child: William Orvil HOISINGTON

Birth: About 1804

Death: Place: Jackson, MI

Spouse: Saphrona SAFFORD

7. F Child: Elizabeth "Betsy" HOISINGTON

Birth: Place: NY

Spouse: John LEMON

8. M Child: Henry HOISINGTON

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Notes:

Listed at Woodstock VT 1790 Fed Census, 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 1 female.

Listed as Vespatian Hassington at Williamstown, Orange Co., VT in 1800 Census with 4 males under 10, 2 males between 10-16, 1 female between 26-45, 1 female 46 or over.

Listed in 1840 Washtenaw Co. MI census, Salem Township, Page 118: 1 male between 70-80, 1 female between 70-80

²² "Vespasian Hoisington was a soldier of the Revolution. From the Pay Roll of Lieut. Beriah Green's Company (Ind) of Rangers raised for the defense of Vermont is taken - "Vespasian Hoisington, Pay commenced Feb. 12, served 1 mo. 9 days. Discharged Mar 20, 1781. The Census of Pensioners, pub. in Washington, D.C. , 1841, gives his age as 78.

According to³⁹ , Hannah had applied for widow's pension previous to the time it was granted.

Transcription of Pension Application

Unless otherwise noted, all information is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston²².

^38"Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files", transcribed by Virgil D. White. National Historical Publishing Co. GS973.34/W58

³⁹from Karen Donaldson,descendant of Earl Hoisington