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- William Hoskins was deceased by 5/27/1727 when VIOLETTA administered his estate, valued at £473.17.05 (Inv 12:342). By that date VIOLETTA had married secondly her brother-in-law, Col. Robert Hanson, a widower, whose first marriage was to Benedicta Hoskins, the sister of William Hoskins, and who had married secondly Dorothy Turner Perry, the daughter of Thomas Turner and the widow of John Perry with two sons: John Perry and Thomas Perry. Dorothy died around 1726.
On 4/21/1744 Col. Robert Hanson and his wife VIOLETTA, "relict of William Hoskins," with the daughters of William Hoskins - ELIZABETH wife of Walter Hanson, and MARY wife of John Cunningham - divided William Hoskins' land into three equal parts (Deed X#2:96). On 11/15/1744 VIOLETTA and Col. Robert Hanson divided VIOLETTA's share of the tract "Friendship," now called "Harwood," part of land once owned by William Hoskins between her daughters ELIZABETH and MARY. By 1753 Walter Hanson the husband of ELIZABETH had 568 acres and the widow MARY CUNNINGHAM had 568 acres (Rent Rolls).
After serving as a justice and commissioner for Charles County, and as a Colonel in the Maryland Militia, Col. Robert Hanson wrote his will on 4/5/1746 and it was probated in Charles County on 9/27/1748 (Will 25:412). VIOLETTA was the mother of his two youngest daughters. His daughter Dorothy had married COL. RICHARD HARRISON. VIOLETTA died prior to her husband. No wife is mentioned in his will. JOSEPH HANSON HARRISON administered his estate on 9/9/1749, valued at £878.14.08 (Inv 41:2-17).
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