OUR GREATGRANDFATHER, JOHN HOXTER AND WIFE ALTA WERE BORN AND DIED IN DELAWARE. I FIRST FOUND INFORMATION ON THEM IN MILFORD, AND MISPILLON, DELAWARE IN THE 1880 CENSUS.
CHILDREN LISTED ON THIS CENSUS:
IRENE, RACHEL, WILHELMINA, JOHN, CAROLINE, ELIZA, MIRANDA, MARGARETTA, VIRDA, AND ROY. THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE MORE BROTHER BORN TO JOHN HOXTER IN THE 1880'S, HIS NAME WAS CHARLES.
MY BRANCH ON THE FAMILY TREE STARTS FROM ROY. ROY WAS BORN AUGUST 3, 1879 IN DELAWARE. HE MOVED TO MARYLAND SOMETIME IN THE LATE 1800'S OR EARLY 1900'S AND MARRIED HANNAH C ROSS OF CHESTER, MARYLAND, OR KENT ISLAND.
THEY MOVED TO GOLDSBORO, MARYLAND.
THEIR CHILDREN'S NAMES WERE:
ZORABEL, JOHN C., WATSON PARKER, EMMA, ALVIN, ALTA, WILLIAM M., MILDRED, ELMIRA, ANNA, JOSEPH.
MY MOTHER WAS JOHN'S GRANDDAUGHTER, HER NAME WAS ELMIRA.
ZORABEL, MARRIED RAY EVANS.THEY LIVED IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. NO CHILDREN
JOHN C. MARRIED VIOLA WILKERSON. THEY LIVED IN GOLDSBORO, MARYLAND.
CHILDREN'S NAMES: ORVEL C, ELIZABETH (BETTY), ALUSSIA, ALTA V, ANNA L, MARIAN, JEDINA, DORIS.
WATSON MARRIED (E)LIZA S IN MARYLAND.THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, GERALDINE.
WATSON MARRIED HELEN GRENICH, OF DENTON, MARYLAND. THEY LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA.
EMMA LIVED IN CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
ALVIN DIED JUST BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY FOR WWII.
ALTA MARRIED KENNETH EMORY. SHE LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM M, MARRIED MOZELLA FAULK. THEIR CHILDREN'S NAMES ARE:
WILLIAM M, LOUIS, JOAN, LAWRENCE, DEBORAH, AND TIMOTHY. THEY LIVE IN AND AROUND THE WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AREA.
MILDRED MARRIED MARSHALL HENRY OF GOLDSBORO, MARYLAND. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN:
EARL, NORMAN, JEROME, MAURICE, QUINTELLA, AND CARROLL.
ELMIRA MARRIED FRANK JONES. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN: FRANCES, JOYCE, JOSEPH, HUBERT, YVETTE, AND CARLITA. THEY LIVE IN AND AROUND THE PHILADELPHIA AREA.
ANNA MARRIED PAUL BROWN. SHE HAS ONE SON. WALTER GREEN. THEY LIVED IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
JOSEPH HAD ONE DAUGHTER BEFORE HE (CHARLOTTE) MARRIED CALLIE M WILLIAMS; THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: JOANNE, CURTIS. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN NEW YORK.
WE ARE THE COUSINS OF THE HOXTER CHILDREN.
MARGARETTA: BECAME MARGARET ETTA. SHE MARRIED AND MOVED TO GOLDSBORO, MARYLAND. SHE HAD ONE SON S. HENRY MAY. HE MARRIED GLADYS BATTLE OF NEW JERSEY. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN: JOHN, IVORY, (SIS), AND HAROLD.
