Biography:
1. William Hosty was employed as a Labourer "drawing and setting stoves and in the willow plantation". He was paid 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812).
2. By the 13th February 1814, he had become a Puntman earning 2/8d per day, and was allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/230).