Thomas LORD, Jr.

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• Death: 1667

Thomas married Hannah or Mary ? on 28 Sep 1652 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dorothy LORD was born on 17 Aug 1653.
2. Hannah LORD was born in 1656 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was buried on 6 May 1681.
3. Mary LORD was born in 1659.
4. Sarah LORD

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He lived at Towcester from 1610 to at least as late as 1629. He sailed from London, April 29, 1635 in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann", with his wife and all his children except Richard the eldest who had preceded him. He was then fifty and his wife forty-six. After a year or more at Cambridge or Boston, he joined Hooker's party in 1636 and became an original proprietor of Hartford. His home lot was on the bank of the Little River, now Wells St., and hie owned eight other parcels of land. He was a man of position and influence and was given the prefix "Mr." His eldest son, Richard, came over some years before he did and was in Cambridge where he owned a shop. (Paige's Cambridge, P. 600.) but followed his father to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1643. He afterwards settled in New London, became a very prominent citizen and was mentioned in the Royal Charter.

Thomas married Dorothy BIRD on 23 Feb 1610/11 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. Dorothy was born on 25 May 1588 in Towcester, England; died on 02 Aug 1675 in Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]