Possible variant spellings of the name ...
HOSKINS(ON)
Hodgkins
Hooskins
Huskins
Haskins
Askins
Oskins
Erskine
Hawkins
Hodgkinson
Hodgkin
Hodson
Hudson
Hudgkins
Hukinson
Huskrisson
Huskerson
Huskrisson
Anything is possible;
         depending on what they were drinking and hearing in the early days.