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10201 Things were not easy for Prudence the first years after arriving at the log cabin. She was a very courageous pioneer woman. The Indians really pestered her and there were many of them living near the cabin. Every time taht she baked bread, the Pottowatomies whose sense of smell was keen, would come in flocks to get a handout as soon as the bread was taken out of the oven. They also liked cooked meat of chickens and enjoyed running down the biggest and the fattest of the flock. Many wore the Indian artifacts the Padelford family collected in those early days and throughout the years. POUND, Prudence (I45210)
 
10202 This biographical sketch adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.

Jacob Gates, one of the (LDS) First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1862 to 1892, was the son of Thomas Gates and Patty Plumbly... His father was a farmer, and during the early period of Brother Gates' life he worked on the farm. He also worked at the carpenter and joiner trade, and his education was confined to a limited period of time.
He married Millie M. Snow, (Her name is given in another source as Mary Minerva Snow.) daughter of Levi Snow and Lucinia Streeter, March 16, 1833. Later in life he practiced plural marriage and fathered a total of thirteen children of record. He was baptized by Orson Pratt June 18, 1833, and confirmed a member of the Church the same day by Zerubbabel Snow. April 11, 1834, with his young wife, he left his father's house for Missouri, where he arrived June 30, 1834, and located seven miles west of Liberty, Clay county, which was quite a small village at that time.

While here Brother Gates was invited to go with Caleb Baldwin upon a mission, on which he left Jan. 25, 1836. At Flat Branch, Sangamon county, Ill., on Feb. 18, 1836, he was ordained an Elder in the Church under the hands of Elder Baldwin, and on the 25th of the same month he left Edgar county, Ill., to return home to Clay county, in company with 32 souls, who chose Elder Gates as their captain.

In the fall of 1836 Elder Gates moved to Caldwell county, Mo., a distance of about fifty miles, where he was ordained a Seventy under the hands of the Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, Dec. 19, 1838. In the same fall (1838) he had been compelled to march under a large military escort, in company with some fifty-seven other brethren, a distance of about forty miles, to Richmond, Ray county, to which place Joseph and Hyrum Smith had also been taken from, Far West. Elder Gates' journal says: "It was here that we were tried for all the capital crimes, save one, before Judge Austin A. King, and we were imprisoned some three weeks. Finally we went each other's bail and were released, when we left for Quincy, Illinois."

Not long after this Elder Gates went to Hancock county and received a commission as ensign in a company of militia. The same month he left home in company with Chandler Holbrook to preach the gospel, going as far east as Kirtland, Ohio, and Clay county, Mo., and in the fall returned home, in company with Wm. Snow he left Nauvoo, July 7, 1843, on a mission to La Porte, in the northern part of Indiana, and the fall of 1841 he went south into Marshall county and organized a branch of the Church; a goodly number were baptized.

In June, 1843, he again left home for a mission to the New England States, and before going he met the Prophet Joseph. His health was feeble, but the Prophet said: "Go and fill your mission, and we will wrestle after you come back." The Prophet and Elder Gates would often engage in the game for exercise. When Elder Gates returned home from his mission, May 26, 1844, he saw the Prophet for the last time, a little distance from him, on his horse, going to his martyrdom.

At the October conference, 1844, he was ordained and set apart senior president of the fourth quorum of Seventies, under the hands of Parley P. Pratt and Orson Pratt.

In the autumn of 1847 he came to Utah, and in the fall conference of 1849 he was appointed, with several others, to take a mission to England. He left Salt Lake City Oct. 19, 1849, and embarked at New Orleans on the steamer "Maine," which arrived in Liverpool April 6, 1850. While on this mission, which lasted three Years, Elder Gates filled several important positions in presiding over different divisions of the British mission, and many were added to the Church. On his return home he was appointed to take charge of a company of Saints which he successfully brought across the plains, arriving in Salt Lake City Sept. 30, 1853.

During the following few years he traveled throughout Utah, assisting in the organization of the different quorums of Seventy. In 1859 he was called on another mission to Europe. To fill it he left Utah Sept. 19, 1859, and reached Liverpool on the 13th day of December, Soon after his arrival there he received a letter from Pres. Brigham Young, informing him that he had been selected as one of the First Council of Seventies. While upon this mission he traveled with Apostles Amassa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich. In 1861 he returned home; on his way he stopped at the different points and assisted in the outfitting work of companies of Saints about to cross the plains. At the October conference, 1862, he was ordained a member of the First Council of Seventies.

While living in St. George, Washington county, he served as a member of the county court for several years. He was also elected a member of the house of representatives of the legislative assembly of the Territory to represent the district composed of the counties of Washington and Kane. He was re-elected three times to the same officer, namely, in the years 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867. He was also elected a member of the council of the legislative assembly in 1873, to represent the district composed of the counties of Kane and Washington. May 12, 1866, he was appointed brigade aid-de-camp, First Brigade of the Nauvoo Legion Militia of Utah, in Iron military district, with the rank of colonel of infantry.

After a well spent life Elder Gates died at his residence in Provo, Utah as a true and faithful Latter-day Saint. 
GATES, Jacob (I96989)
 
10203 This Henry Bodwell was the great-grandfather of the late Joseph Robinson Bodwell, Governor of Maine, who died in Augusta, December 15, 1887. BODWELL, Henry Jr (I06757)
 
10204 This last marriage was solemnized in the Meeting House of the Society of Friends, to which both parties belonged. He was a farmer and lived in that part of Dartmouth, Mass., now called New Bedford. His will mentions his children, Elizabeth, Eunice and Richard as minors at that date, 1757, March 19. His estate was divided among James, Stephen and Richard. PECKHAM, Stephen (I100928)
 
10205 This page has biographies for Henry Jaques (b. 1619) and his grandfather, also Henry Jaques (b. ca. 1535)

Henry, Sr. who was born in 1619 was an immgrant from England who became a Massachusetts colonist ca. 1640. As a carpenter he became a freeman 1669 and was Constable of Newberry, Essex, Massachusetts.

The parents of Henry, Sr. is uncertain since his father is identified as Richard Jaques or one of his brothers. Henry's grandparents were Henry Jaques and Maud.

Henry Jacques, Sr. seems to have married 1st Maride Wilts, born about 1622 at Stanton, Whiltshire, England. He married 2nd Anne Knight on 8 Oct 1648 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Ann Knight was born May 5, 1631 in St Mary and Ethelfri, Romsey, England and was christened May 5, 1631 in Ramsey, Hampshire, England. She died 22 Feb. 22, 1704/1705 in Newbury.

Henry's will of 1679 left legacies to his wife Ann and children. The will was proved March 8, 1687.

He was deposed in 1663 about 44 years, about 56 in 1676, and 60 in 1678.

Children of Henry and Ann Knight:

- Henry Jaques Jr was born 30 Jul 1649 and died 17 Apr 1679.
- Mary Jaques (b. 12 Nov. 1651, Newbury.
- Mary Jaques (b. after 23 Oct 1653);
- Hannah Jaques (b. Oct. 20, 1655, d. 13 Mar 13,
1730/1731);
- Aaron Jaques (b. 1656/1657, d. 1711);
- Richard Jaques (b. 1658, d. May 28, 1683.
- Sgt Stephen Jaques (b. Sept. 9, 1661, d. after
Aug. 13, 1743);
- Sarah Jaques (b. March 20, 1663/1664, d.
after March 4, 1725/1726);
- Daniel Jaques, Sr (b. Feb. 26, 1666/1667 - married Susannah Mary Williams - see link below);
- Elizabeth Jaques (b.Oct. 28, 1669, d. 1743);
- Ruth Jaques (b. April 14, 1671, d. Jan. 9, 1764);
- Abigail Jaques (b. March 11, 1673/1674, d.
24 Jan. 14, 1762/1763).

He was buried 24 Feb 1686/1687.

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"Henrie" Jaques was born about 1535 in Of Hullaventon, Wiltshire, England and died in 1601 at Hullaventon, Wiltshire, England. Henrie married before 1578 to Maude of Rodborne, Wiltshire, England.

The Jaques family was a old one of England. Burke mentions a baronetcy in Middlesex Co. that became extinct in 1630. John Jaques was a merchant in York; and his son, S. Roger was Mayor of York in 1639, whose 4th son William was a merchant in London. S. Roger's great-great-grandson, Laurence Sterne was the author of "Tristram Shandy" and "Sentimental Journeys Through France and Italy."

Knighted by Charles I, the family became known as "Jaques of Elvington."

In the 1st half of the 17th century the name is found in the shires, or counties of York, Suffolk, Middlesex and Wilts.

Henry Jaques' will was dated 2 June 2, 1601; it was proved 1601:

"To sonnes Thomas and Peter and dau. Ellenor Clarke a busshel of wheate each." And to his 7 grandchildren "a lambe each" with the "rest to Sonne Robert, executor requesting my wife Maude to lett sonne Robert occupie my tenament and yeard lands for her maintenance of meat, drinks, cloth, etc., etc."

Children:
- Robert Jaques (born about 1568);
- Thomas Jaques (born about 1570);
- Ellenor Jaques (born about 1572);
- Richard Jaques (born 1574 in Of Rodborne, Wiltshire, England, died 1580);
- Peter Jaques (born about 1576);
- Richard Jaques (born about 1579 and died
1652/1653).

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JAQUES, Henry (I32061)
 
10206 This stillborn daughter was delivered on 10 Feb 1896 to Joshua Lee Grubaugh and Nora Mary Henry. Not only did the child die, but Nora, herself, died on 11 Feb 1896 from complications related to the childbirth. This child was the 12th and, obviously, the last child born to Joshua Lee and Nora Mary.

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GRUBAUGH, Daughter (I80156)
 
10207 This well known resident of Shrub Oak came to Peekskill on Thursday and transacted considerable business. Early in the afternoon he started to return home, riding on a load of lumber. When near the creek on Main Street, west of the Beecher house, he was observed to pitch forward and fall from the wagon to the hard ground. Parties who saw him fall immediately went to his assistance, and he was removed to the store nearby, and Dr. P. H. Mason called as quickly as possible, but he could only announce that the man was dead, that he had been attacked with apoplexy and was unconscious when he fell from the wagon. There was a flesh wound on the side of the face where it had struck the ground, but no fracture of the skull nor dislocation of the neck, although the first rumors were that the unfortunate gentleman had been thrown from his wagon and his neck broken. Coroner Hyatt was notified and held an inquest in the early evening, a verdict of death from apoplexy being rendered.

Mr. Slawson was about 65 years of age, and leaves a family of two sons and one daughter. His wife died a year or two ago. He has resided at Shrub Oak some eight or ten years, pursuing the occupation of a farmer. For many years he was the proprietor of the Slawson house at Lake Mahopac, Putnam county, in the days when that place was a famous boarding resort. For forty-five years he was a consistent church member, and was highly respected in the community in which he lived.

Source: The Democrat, Jan. 7, 1882 (Peekskill, New York) 
SLAWSON, Seeley (I52268)
 
10208 Thomas and Clarissa settled in the Town of Chazy, NY and had at least 14 children.[Slosson 11-20-00 Greene.FTW]

Thomas's brothers, David and William settled in Chazy, NY, afer 1804, but only
William's descendents seem to have remained in the area. William Slosson was
one of the first settlers going north on the old state road in 1807. The
Slosson cemetery, in use in 1826, is on the east side of old state road - 75
stones.

Excerpt from Chazy Historian: "Thomas is likely the first to have settled here, no date has been ascertained but the genealogy states that all his fifteen children were born in Chazy, the dates of the first seven not given, the eight born in 1810. He was the fifth child of Eleazer born in Addison, VT. 1772 and married Clarissa Belden of Troy NY where she died in 1865 and he died in Aurora, Ill. in 1870. At least three of his children died young, nine went to Aurora, Ill. to live, Julius settled in Mooers and Daniel, several years after his marriage went to Aurora." 
SLOSSON, Thomas (I53089)
 
10209 Thomas and Hepzibah had 8 children. WELLS, Lieut. Thomas III (I60328)
 
10210 Thomas and his wife Isabell resided at Newbownee, Suffolk Co., England. The sailed on the Ship "Lion" on June 22, 1632, and arrived in Boston on September 16, 1632. (Information given by Rhonda Hansch) UFFORD, Thomas (I57962)
 
10211 Thomas and Jonathan Starr married sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Morgan, daughters of Capt. James Morgan. Samuel, the oldest son of Jonathan, removed to Norwich, and is the founder of the Norwich family of Starrs. Jonathan, the second son, was the ancestor of the present Jonathan Starr, Esq., of New London, and of the late Capt. Jared Starr. Richard, another brother of this family, removed to Hinsdale, Mass., and was one of the fathers of that new settlement, and a founder of its infant church.

The descendants of Jonathan Starr have been remarkable for longevity,?eight of his children lived to be eighty, and most of them over eighty-five years of age. One of his daughters, Mrs. Turner, was one hundred years and seven months old. In the family of his son Jonathan, the father, mother, and four children averaged ninety years of age.


Title: History of New London county, Connecticut: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Editor: Duane Hamilton Hurd
Publisher: J. W. Lewis & co., 1882
Page 826
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Captain Jonathan Starr son of Samuel Starr was born at New London February 23, 1673/74 and was a prominent man of his native town He was constable deputy to the general assembly I712-14 member of the governor's council I711-12, 13-16 sergeant of the militia 1712 ensign 1715 lieutenant and captain I716-27

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A ..., Volume 2
By William Richard Cutter, Edward Henry Clement, Samuel Hart, Mary Kingsbury Talcott, Frederick Bostwick, Ezra S. Stearns

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American Marriages Before 1699 American Marriages Before 1699
Name: Jonathan Starr
Spouse: Elizabeth Morgan
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1699
Marriage Place: New London, Conn.

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
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STARR, Capt. Jonathan (I71303)
 
10212 Thomas Andrew Wedge, 75, of New Milford, CT, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019 at Danbury Hospital. He was the husband of Lorraine (Pretty) Wedge.
He was born March 24, 1944 in Bridgeport, CT, son of the late Harold and Rita (Potanovich) Wedge.
He was retired from Barden Corporation in Danbury and enjoyed trains and the simple pleasures in life. He especially loved his family.
In addition to his wife Lorraine, he is survived by his daughter Stefanie Georg and husband Chris of Bantam, CT; son Andrew Wedge and wife Dawn of Waterbury, CT; sister Sallie Caulford of Virginia; sister-in-law Carol Kent and her husband John of New Milford; brother-in-law James Pretty and wife Virginia of North Carolina. He was predeceased by a sister Gloria Morgan.
Calling hours will take place on Friday December 6, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge Street, New Milford, CT.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, 733 Third Avenue, Suite 510, New York, NY 10017

Published in Danbury News Times on Dec. 3, 2019

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WEDGE, Thomas Andrew (I410)
 
10213 Thomas Avery may have lived for a short time at Stonington, but most of his life was spent at New London, first on the east side of the river in what is now Groton, and later in the North Parish, now called Montville. May 12, 1681, he was made a freeman of New London; May, 1693, he was commissioned captain of the train band on the east side of the river, New London; in 1694, he was deputy to the general court.....

Thomas Avery received his share of his grandfather's estate by deed from his father, James Avery, April 1, 1685, and three weeks later sold it to his brother, Samuel. He also owned other land in New London. He was in the King Philip war of 1675, and, for his services, had lot No. 10 of arable land and lot No. 154 of cedar swamp allotted to him in Voluntown. He was in the ill-fated Fitz-John Winthrop expedition of 1690 which was to advance from Albany by way of Lake Champlain to Montreal. In his diary, Winthrop gives an account of the difficulties that they encountered. under the date of Aug. 4, 1690, is found the following:

"I consulted with the officers & twas concluded to march forwards, & then devided our provition, wch was about 35 cakes of bread for each souldr, besides port, which was scarce eateavle. At this post (Saratoge) I left Liut Tho. Avery with some souldrs to gaurd our porvition to us wch was coming vp the river" (The Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Hist. Col., Fifth Series, 8:314)"

For an account of this expedition, see Avery's HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE, vol. 3, pages 263, 264.

The latter part of his life he lived near the Mohegan India reservation. On the 22d of June, 1720, Capt. Thomas Avery and his brother Capt. James Avery were appointed interpreters for the Mohegans in the suit then pending before the governor and council. In 1721, Caezer, the sachem of the Mohegans, conveyed to Thomas Avery 160 acres of land in consideration of the kindness shown them by Captain Avery and his family. Upon this land Thomas Avery lived; the house he built there is still standing. About ten years before his death, in consideration of love and good will and on account of the infirmities of age, he conveyed this land to his son, Abraham.

The last entry of accessions to the church of New London during Mr. Bradstreet's ministry reads: "Sept. 10, 1682, Thomas Avery and wife were added to the Church." They were among the organizers of the church of the North Parish, afterward called Montville. Their names appear first on the list of original covenanters. Before the North Parish could enjoy religious services, a long-standing quarrel had to be settled. October, 1721, the parish petitioned the general court for liberty to form a separate church. The first name on the petition was that of Thomas Avery, the third was that of Abraham Avery. (Connecticut Ecclesiastical Archives, 2:251). Finally, Jan. 17, 1721, it was agreed that the meeting-house should stand on Raymond Hill, land being given for the purpose. In his church record, Mr. James Hillhouse, the first minister, says:

"I was installed October the 3d day, 1722.
Mr. Adams preached from Acts 16:9. There were seven that belonged to the Church at my installment- Capt. Avery, Capt. Denison, Mr. Nathl Otis, Mr. Allen, Mr. Vibber, Charles Campbell and one Deacon."

 
AVERY, Thomas (I03090)
 
10214 Thomas Avery was called yeoman of Saybrook on a deed dated 11 September 1703. He was involved in a controversy with Thomas Lord over land in Saybrook, which was settled 8 December 1704. He and his brother, Samuel Avery, sold land in "Pochange," Oyster River tract to Samuel Chapman on 5 June 1706, and 24 October 1706, he called himself of New London, gentleman, when he amended the prior deed to Chapman. AVERY, Thomas (I71278)
 
10215 Thomas Baker, of Woodstock, Vt., m. Sarah Ward April 14, 1767, where they afterwards resided. The time of their decease is unknown. She was not living at the date of her brother's will, (Capt. Samuel Ward), July 26, 1826, who bequeathed a money legacy to the children of his "late sister Baker, of Lyme, N.H.". BAKER, Thomas (I03467)
 
10216 Thomas became the "domicellus" of Huxham manor, with his mother Joan presenting the priest, by license of elder brother John, who d.s.p.) BAMFIELD, Thomas (I82204)
 
10217 Thomas Belcher of the city of London, cloth worker (pinmaker), died about the year 1618. Bound 9 Jan. 2 Jac. 1604 Cloth-worker made free 9 ay 1612. BELCHER, Thomas (I611)
 
10218 Thomas Boreman "the elder" of Claydon, near Banbury, the first of the name found in that town, was the great grandfather of Thomas and Samuel Boreman, the emigrants to New England. He appears first in 1546 in a Lay Subsidy list for Banbury Hundred, where Thomas Boreman, Cleidon, is taxed L3-00s-3d on goods. The Parish register of Claydon begins in 1569, then years only before the death of Thomas; the baptisms of his children are therefore not to be found in it, and their names can only be gathered from his will. As nearly as can be computed, he was at the time of his death, in 1579, somewhere between 50 and 60 years of age. "The Elder", affixed to his name does not signify that he was an old man, but is added to distinguish him from a younger brother Thomas, probably of Cropredy. His will is dated Apr. 3, 1576, and was proved May 2, 1580. His burial record in the Parish Register is, "Thomas Boreman, the elder, Dec. 9, 1580," but the year is evidently a mistake, as shown by the Probate records. This entry in the Register follows others of later date, showing that it was not made till several years after his death, when there might naturally be confusion between the last part of 1579 and the year following. The inventory of his property, taken jan. 4, 1579/80, together with his will, show him to have been the cultivator of a farm with considerable live stock, including a horse, two cows, three heifers, and sixty pig. He had good store of hay and grain in his barn, and a good supply of farming implements, household furniture, bedding, etc., the whole not greatly differing from the average inventory of the first New England settlers some four generations later, and making mention of the same rooms in the dwelling house, viz.: the Hall, or living room, Kitchen, and Chambers. His various tools - augrs, saws, adze- and "the bedstede I made myself," imply that he may have also resembled the Puritan emigrants of a later day, in having, in addition to his occupation as a farmer, skill in a trade, evidently in his case that of some worker in wood, possibly, like a number of his descendants, that of a cooper, whose distinguishing implement, as shown by the coat of arms of their corporation in the city of London, was the adze. Thomas Boreman's wife, who survived him, was named Isabel; no record of her death has been found, and it does not appear whether she as the mother of all his children. BOREMAN, Thomas (I98520)
 
10219 Thomas Brigham, the ancestor of the Brighams in New England, embarked at London for America, April 18, 1635, in the ship Susan and Ellyn, Edward Payne, master. He was then 32 years of age, and consequently was b. in 1603. He settled in Watertown, near Cambridge line, on land which was afterward set to Cambridge. He was made freeman in 1639, and was selectman in 1640, and subsequently. He m. about 1637 Mercy Hurd, b. in England. He d. Dec. 18, 1653, and she m. 1655 Edmund Rice, then of Sud., but afterwards of Marl. He d. and she m. as her 3rd husband William Hunt of Marl., who d. 1667, and she d. 1693. BRIGHAM, Thomas (I97759)
 
10220 Thomas Brooke, Knt., of Brooke, Somerset, Holditch in Thorncombe, Dorset, and Weycroft, Devon, 'jure uxoris' Lord Cobham, M.P. from Dorset and Somerset, Sheriff of Devonshire, is the son of Thomas Brooke, Knt., of Holditch, by Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Simon Hanham, of Gloucester. he was born about 1392 (aged twenty-six in january 1417/8. They had ten sons and four daughters. Although he adopted his step-father's Lollardism he escaped execution. BROOKE, Thomas Knt. (I90686)
 
10221 Thomas Browne Knt., of Betchworth Castle, Surrey 'jure uxoris', son of Richard Browne, Knt. He was Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, and Sheriff of Kent 1440 and 1460. They had seven sons and two daughters.
Sir Thomas Browne was convicted of high treason: on 20 July 1460 and immediately beheaded. 
BROWNE, Thomas Knt. (I89725)
 
10222 Thomas Bryan, Knt., of Ashridge in Chesham, co. Buckingham son of Thomas Bryan, Knt., of Ashridge in Chesham, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was knighted by King Henry VII in 1497, and was Vice Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of Aragon. BRYAN, Sir Thomas Knt. (I08670)
 
10223 Thomas came in the "Fortune" that arrived at Cape Cod November 9, 1621.

Excerpt from "Dawes-Gates, Ancestral Lines":
His residence was first at Plymouth, but before the spring of 1632 he had followed his father-in-law, William Brewster, to Duxbury, where Patience Brewster, the wife of Thomas Prence, died in 1634 and where the residences of these two families continued until 1644, at which time the beloved Elder William died and Thomas Prence removed with his family to Nauset on the Cape. In this change he was accompanied by six other families, including those of John Doane, Josiah Cooke, and Edward Bangs, a total of forty-nine souls. there he was instrumental in forming the fourth church in the infant colony and in 1651 the settlement was renamed Eastham. While Thomas was still resident in Duxbury, and aged on about thirty-four, he was elected governor in 1634, serving then for the term of one year. In 1638 he was again the recipient of the same honor, but five years previously a law had been passed requiring the governor to reside in Plymouth, so he declined the office. On the insistence of the court he agreed to accept the position if the residence clause were waived. That request was granted, and he served during the year 1638. For more than forty years after 1632 he continuously served as an assistant or magistrate, except while holding the chief office of governor.
While resident in Eastham, and immediately following the death of Governor Bradford, Thomas Prence was unanimously chosen to succeed him, and thereafter for sixteen consecutive years, or until his own death in 1673, he held the office of governor. On his election in 1657 the court again granted him the special concession of waiver of residence, permitting him to continue to live at Eastham, where he had a farm of at least two hundred acres of the richest land in the vicinity. 
PRENCE, Gov. Thomas (I45394)
 
10224 Thomas came to New England at the age of 21, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay. He afterwards removed to Southhold, Long Island; thence to Huntington, and thence to Jamaica, from whence he removed to Norwalk in 1665. BENEDICT, Thomas (I05538)
 
10225 Thomas Chaffe, the immigrant ancestor of nearly all who today bear this surname under its varied forms of orthography, from Chafe to Chaffee, now residing in the United States and parts of Canada, came to New England, where in 1635 he owned land and was living in Hingham, Mass. The place and date of his birth, his parentage, the time and place of his arrival and the name of the ship which bore him from the Old World to the New, are at present unknown.

The first mention of him in the records is found in the Town Clerk's office in Hingham, under the date 1635:

"Given unto John Tucker by the town of Hingham for a planting lot six acres of land lying upon the Worlds End Hill, bounded with the land of Thomas Chaffe and the land of John Prince, Southward and with the land of Ralph Woodward, Northward, butting upon the Sea Eastward and Westward."

This is not only the earliest mention of Thomas Chaffe, but also the name of Chaffe. How long Thomas Chafe had owned this land when John Tucker received his land, we do not know. Hingham was one of the oldest towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There were settlers there as early as 1633, at which time it bore the name of "Bare Cove." The General Court, on September 2, 1635, changed the name to Hingham in deference to requests, no doubt made by those early settlers, several of whom came from Hingham in the County of Norfolk, England. Whether Thomas Chaffe was one of the earliest settlers of Hingham, we do not know; the list of those who in 1635 owned land there does not give his name, but the above extract from the records proves conclusively that at that time he was a property owner, though the entry of his grant was not made until 1637, when we find, under the heading "The severall parsells of land and meadow legally given unto Thomas Chaffe by the towne of Hingham," the following:
"Given unto Thomas Chaffe by the Towne for a planting lott seven acres of land upon the worlds end hill bounded with the sea eastward and southward and with the land of John Prince westward and with the land of John Tucker northward."

Under the same date we find another entry:
"Given unto Thomas Chaffe all the salt marsh on the south side of straitts ond for two acres and he is to have all the sd parsells of land to him and his heirs for ever be they more or less as they were measured."

"July 17th 1637. . . Given unto Thomas Chaffe by the towne for a house lott two acres of land Butting upon Batchellor street eastward bounded with the land of William Ludkin southward."

The small amount of land granted to Thomas Chafe for his house or home lot, proves that at this time he was unmarried, as it was the custom of those days to grant small parcels of land to bachelors, as being sufficient for their needs. Bachelor Street is now known as Main Street, and the original Chaffe home lot is about opposite the old meeting-house....

The name of his wife and the date and place of his marriage are unknown. He was probably married in Hull, as the copious notes and manuscripts left by the Reverend Peter Hobart, pastor of the church at Hingham from September, 135, until the date of his death in1678, make no mention in any way of Thomas Chaffe, his wife or children. The town are records of Hull prior to 1657 have been lost; if extant they would doubtless give us the desired information. It is probable that the wife's Christian name was Dorothy, as her sons both had daughters by that name, which was not a name found in the families of their wives; in that day it was the custom to name children for their grandparents, the cases where this was not done being very exceptional.....

Soon after July 25, 1680, he made his will which was exhibited "Sixt of March Anno Domini 1683.

Just what the date of Thomas Chaffe's death was we do not know, but probably not long before the filing of his will. He was doubtless buried in the ancient Chaffe Burying Ground on his own farm....... 
CHAFFE, Thomas (I73644)
 
10226 THOMAS CLARKE, PLYMOUTH

1633
Took the Freeman's oath.
Was assessed for the Colony tax, L 4s. 0d.

1634
Takes Wm. Shuttle as apprentice for 11 years. At end of tie T.C. was to give him 2 suits of clothes and 8 bushels of corn.

1637
Thomas Clarke heads the list of volunteers to act against the Pequin Indians. Is mentioned as Thomas Clarke, yeoman, of Eel river.

1638
A tract of land called Slowly Field is granted to Thomas Clarke. he is presented to the Court for stopping the highway to Eel river.

1639
Simeon Trott agrees to serve Thomas Clarke for 7 years, he to receive a calf and 12 bushels of corn at end of time.

1639
Abraham Perce sold to Thomas Clarke one acre of land lying on ye S. side of ye towne abutting on Hob's hole with one end and bounded on ye one side with the ground of Ralph Wallen, on the other side with common ground, for the sum of 30 pounds of good merchantable tobacco, to him and his heirs forever.

1639
Thomas Clarke is fined 30s. for selling a pair of boots and spurs for 15s., which he bought for 10s.

1641
He is constable and surveyor of highways for the years 1642, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

1644
Thomas Clarke sells 12 acres of land at Duxbury for one Dutch cow, valued at L6.
Has suit with Matthew Fuller, which Thomas Clarke gains.
Has a suit with Wm. Powell, which Thomas Clarke gains.

1648
Has a suit with -- Gromes, which is settled by Thomas Clarke receiving 14 bushels of wheat and 5 bushels of corn.

1650
Thomas Clarke is allowed to draw and sell a cask of strong waters. Is one of the Committee of Plymouth Colony.

1652
Is presented for staying and drinking at James Cole's--acquitted.

1654
Is on a Committee to raise means to fit out an expedition ordered by the Lord Protector.

1655
Is presented to the court for taking L6 for the use of L20 for one year -- acquitted.


 
CLARKE, Thomas (I11805)
 
10227 Thomas Clarke, who was buried on the hill, in Plymouth, came over in the Anne, in 1623 being then 23 years old.

He was probably a seafaring man, as well as carpenter. It is recorded that in 1635, he lost a boat worth L15 in a great storm in Eel river.

He had for his garden plot, in 1623 one acre on the south side of the brook. In 1637, he was the first to volunteer to go against the Piquot Indians. In this roll are Mr. Stephen Hopkins and his two sons, Caleb and Giles. At this date he dwelt at Eel river, and was styled "yeoman."

In 1642, he was surveyor of Plymouth: in 1651, one of the Plymouth committee. He appears to have been a very active, trading speculating man. In 1629, he bought an acre of land on the south side of the town for 30 pounds of tobacco and the next day sold it to Governor Bradford. He purchased a lot of land at Eel river in 1630, for L10. He resided at Plymouth in 1643 and 58. December 3, 1639, he was fined 30 shillings for extortion, in that he sold a pair of boots and spurs for 15 shillings which he purchased for 10 shillings. Before 1631 he had married Susanna, daughter of widow Mary Ring...

Mr. Clarke was elected one of the deputies of Plymouth in 1655, and again in 1656....

March 6, 1654/5, he was presented before the grand jury for taking six pounds for the bare loan of twenty pounds one year, which the jury "conceived to be great extortion, contrary to the law of God and man." At his trial the traverse jury cleared him. It was probably a false charge....



 
CLARKE, Thomas (I11805)
 
10228 Thomas Cornwallis, Esq., of Brome, Suffolk, M.P. for Suffolk, is the son and heir, of John Cornwallis, of Brome and Oakley, by Phillippe, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Bucton, of Brome. CORNWALLIS, Thomas Esq. (I90156)
 
10229 Thomas Dacre, K.B., K.G., 3rd Lord Dacre of Gillesland, son and heir was summoned to Parliament from 17 Oct 1509 and distinguished himself at the head of a troop of horse at Flodden on 9 Sep 1513. They had two sons and five daughters. DACRE, Thomas (I89951)
 
10230 Thomas Dade, Gent of Tannington, Suffolk, is the son and heir of William Dade, Gent., of Witton, co. Norfolk by Margery, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Godbold, Gent., of Badingham, co. Suffolk. DADE, Thomas Gent. (I90146)
 
10231 Thomas Darcy, Knt., K.G., of Temple Hurst, co. York, son and heir, was born about 1467. They had three sons and one daughter. She was living in 1503. He was summoned to Parliament, certainly from 17 Oct 1509, by writs directed 'Thome Darcy de Darcy Chl'r', whereby he became Lord Darcy of Temple Hurst. he joined in Aske's rebellion, called 'the Pilgrimage of Grace', and was convicted of high treason on the charge of delivering up Pontefract Castle to the rebels. Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcy, was beheaded on tower Hill on 30 June 1537, and was buried at St. Botolp's, Aldgate. DARCY, Thomas Knt. (I89962)
 
10232 Thomas De Beauchamp, K.G., Earl of Warwick de fact, Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, younger son of Thomas de Beauchamp, of Elmley, co. Worcester, 11th Earl of Warwick, Baron of Salwape, co. Worcester, of Hanslope, co Buckingham, of Flamstead, co., Herford, and of Warwick, co. Warwick (of Magna Charta Surety descent and descendan of Charlemagne), by Katherine, daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Baron of Wigmore, co. Hereford (descendant of Charlemagne).

He may have joined in the alleged plot of the Earls Gloucester and Arundel for which he was arrested on a charge of high treason, being banished to the Isle of Man for life until liberation on the accession of King Henry IV. 
DE BEAUCHAMP, Thomas K.G. (I15783)
 
10233 Thomas De Mowbray, Int., K.G., 6th Lord Mowbray, younger son, was born on 22 Mar 1365/6, and was brother and heir of John De Mowbray. He was created Earl of Nottingham on 12 Feb 1382/3, Earl Marshal on 30 June 1385, and Duke of Norfolk on 29 Sep 1397. He was married for the first time to Elizabeth Strange, Baroness Strange of Blackmere 'suo jure', daughter and heiress of John Strange, Lord Strange of Blackmere. She died in her tenth year on 23 Aug 1383 s.p. He married for the second tie at Arundel Castle in the presence of the King and Queen in July 1384 to Elizabeth Fitz Alan, widow of William Montagu, styled Lord Montagu. She was born in 1375. He served under his father-in-law in the naval victory over the French, Spanish and Flemish fleets off Margate on 24 Mar 1386/7. On his return from the Holy Land Thomas De Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, died of the pestilence at Venice, Italy, on 22 Sep 1399, and was buried in the abbey of St. George there. DE MOWBRAY, Sir Thomas Knt. (I17170)
 
10234 Thomas De Ros, Knt., 4th Lord Ros of Helmsley, third son of William de Ros, Baron of Helmsley, co. York by Margery, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere. He was born at Stoke Albany, co. Northampton, on 13 Jan. 1336/7, and was brother and heir of William de Ros. They had four sons and two daughters. He took part in the King's expedition in Normandy in 1355, and in the campaigns of 1356 and 1359-60. He was summoned to Parliament from 24 Aug 1362. In 1368 he was ordered to reside on his lands in Ireland with his armed forces, to prevent the loss and destruction of the country. 'Thomas de Roos, lord of Hamelak' died testate at Uffington, co. Lincoln (while preparing to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem), on 8 June 1384, and was buried at Riveaulx.  DE ROS, Thomas Knt. (I17433)
 
10235 Thomas De Ros, Knt., 8th Lord Ros, younger son, was born in 26 Sep 1406. He was brother and heir of John de Ros, 7th Ros, and was aged fourteen a his brother's death. He was knighted by the King at Leicester on 19 May 1426 , served in France under the Duke of Bedford in 1427, and was summoned to Parliament in 1429. Thomas De Ros, Lord Ros, died 18 Aug 1430 'in the King's wars in France.' DE ROS, Lord Thomas (I89595)
 
10236 Thomas Denne of St. Mary's in Sandwich merchant, who d. in Mar. 1621. He was mayor of Sandwich in 1620/1. DENNE, Thomas (I12583)
 
10237 THOMAS DEWEY, the Settler (spelled also in the Dorchester records, Duee), came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1633, from Sandwich, Kent, England, near the ancient town of Dover, and was enrolled as a freeman there, may 14, 1634. He removed about 1638 to Windsor, Ct., and m. there, march 22, 1638/9, widow Frances Clarke, by whom he had 5 children. He was cornet of the town troop of soldiers. he d. at Windsor, April 27, 1648. he was frequently juror and deputy to the General Court. His widow m. for a 3d husband, Nov. 30 1648, George Phelps, and soon afterwards removed to Westfield, Mass., with all the Dewey children except Israel, who remained in Windsor and d. there at an advanced age, leaving no issue. Thomas Dewey and all his descendants for several generations are believed to have been farmers. DEWEY, Thomas (I64181)
 
10238 Thomas died of dysentery contracted at the siege of Harfleur, "on his birthday, aged 34".

He married Nov. 26, 1405 at Lambeth, Beatrice, illegitimate daughter of John I, King of Portugal, and his mistress Inez Perez.
There were no children. 
FITZ ALAN, Thomas (I22339)
 
10239 Thomas died two days after the Battle of Shrewsbury.
He was unmarried. 
DE PERCY, Thomas (I17321)
 
10240 Thomas died when somewhere near 58 years of age, and was buried March 9, 1627/8. We find no will, but there is a full inventory of his estate taken March 8, 1627/8, the day before his funeral, together with the account of his widow Elizabeth as administratrix, dated Apr. 12, 1630. It is from the latter that we learn that their son Felix lived in London. Thomas's property considerably exceeds that of his father William, and his grandfather Thomas. He has livestock consisting of horses, mares, and colts, two cows, two steers, four heifers, seventy-nine sheep, an also poultry, with all the implements for carrying on a large farm. His widow Elizabeth continued to manage it after his death, assisted probably by hr son John, then in his twentieth year. Of the two sons, Felix, aged 29, was in London, and Thomas, aged 27, afterwards the emigrant, was apparently also away. the widow survived her husband about three years, and died at the age of 56. The date of her burial was May 11, 1631. She had made her will, April 27, 1631, shortly before her death, and while sick. This will is of great importance, because the special provision she makes in it for the maintenance of her son Daniel, together with a similar provision that Thomas of Ipswich makes for his brother Daniel, clearly prove that the emigrant Thomas was her son.

Judging by the sum of her inventory, Mrs. Boreman mast have ably managed the farm left by her husband, for we find that the value of the property after the interval of three years had more than doubled in her hands, rising from a valuation of L54 3s 3d to L109 6s 4d. She had five horses and mares, with five "payre of horse geres" for them, six milch cows and eight heifers, besides swine and poultry. The farm implements included two cards, three harrows, ploy, twenty-two hurdles, etc. The household utensils and provisions show that there was carried on there, in addition to the ordinary labor, the brewing of ale, the making of cheese and butter, the smoking of bacon, and the spinning of linen. The house had on the ground floor, the hall, there, as in early New England, a large apartment, serving not only as the entrance room, but as the ordinary living place; the kitchen, and the old kitchen, and the bedroom, called the chamber she laye in"; above stairs were the "over rooms." These all, with perhaps the "daye house" or dairy, constituted the house proper. Outside was the barn with stabling for the horses, and room for hay and grain; also various "hovels" or sheds, for carts, for oats, for pease, and for wood and a "garden house," the whole forming a considerable establishment, for that early day in a small village.

A special interest attaches to the study of the position and circumstances of this family, from the fact that their emigrant son, Thomas, was one of those honored through life in New England by the then rate title of "Mr." 
BOREMAN, Thomas (I98514)
 
10241 Thomas Earl Rowley, Sr., age 69, was born to Earl J. Rowley and Elva Ina (Slawson) Rowley on December 5, 1948 in Fort Dodge, IA. He received his education at Central Webster Community School in Lehigh & Burnside, graduating in 1967.

While there, he met Karen Phillips, and to this union three children were born. Tom & Karen divorced in 1977 where he then moved to Florida. He later moved to Plainview, TX and spent a few years farming in a "dry" county.

Tom served in the United States Army from December 1, 1969 until he was honorably discharged as an E4 Specialist on January 29, 1975. He served his time as an MP in Fort Carson, CO. In the Army, Tom received the Code of Conduct medal and the National Defense Service medal. While living in Texas, Tom received his Associates in Applied Science degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology from Texas State Technical Institute in Amarillo, TX on February 25, 1991.

In 2008, he moved back to Lehigh, IA, to live near his brothers, where he resided until his death on January 26, 2018. Tom said the last nine years were his best in his life as he spent the time getting to know his children, grandchildren and great-grandsons.

He worked quite a few years in maintenance at the Fort Museum in Fort Dodge, IA, until his retirement.

He is survived by his daughter, Tina (Joe) Lara and his sons, Thomas Rowley, Jr. and Jeffery Rowley; brothers, Don (Lisa) Rowley, Ron Rowley and Steve Rowley and sister Roberta (Christos) Joanides; nine grandchildren, Alishia Lara, Nicholas (Cherisa) Lara, Cassandra (Tyler) Gustin, Colton Rowley, Colby Rowley, Tyler Swainey, Matthew Rowley, Jaidyn Rowley, and Jordyn Rowley and two great-grandsons Peyden Lara and Andrew Lara. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews & their families who loved him very much.

He was preceded in death by his parents Earl & Elva Rowley, his brother Joe Rowley & twin newborn grandsons.

A memorial service celebrating Tom's life will be held at a later date this spring.

 
ROWLEY, Thomas Earl Sr. (I105340)
 
10242 Thomas Flegg died Feb 6, 1697/8; will proved Feb. 16 of same, does not mention all of his children.

He came to New England when only 21 years old with Richard Carver, in whose employ he was. They embarked at Scratby, Norfolk, 1637. Although of an ancient and respectable family of Norfolk, he was registered as servant of Carver's. that word being used at the time to denote servitude of any kind. Thus Sir Ferdinando Gorges speaks of Gov. Vines as "my servant"; Pepys, the diarist is registered as the servant of kinsman, Lord Sandwich, and the records of the time abound in such instances. It is altogether probable that the young man had entered into an arrangement very common at the time, to work for Carver for a certain period in payment for his passage. (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, I, p. 40.) That there was nothing debasing about his servitude is proved by the part he subsequently took in the affairs of the new settlement, for at this time in New England, social distinctions were most rigidly observed. Although not among the first proprietors of Watertown, his name appears on the records as early as 1641, as owner of a "homestall" of six acres and a lot of twenty acres. Between 1671 and 1687, he was Selectman eight terms, 1671-74-75-76-78-81-85 and 87. He lost his eye by a gunshot accident previous to 1659. He was released from training April 165(?) by paying the company 5 shillings per annum and was fully released therefrom by the court April 5, 1681, when his eldest son was 40 years old.  
FLEGG, Thomas (I82713)
 
10243 Thomas Fogge, Esq., of Ashford,Kent, Sergeant Porter of Calais to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. They had two daughters "Thomas Fogges, esquyer, of Eshetisford" died testate on 16 Aug 1512, and was buried at Ashford. FOGGE, Thomas Esq. (I90419)
 
10244 Thomas Fones was at an early age apprenticed to a grocer in London. He was freed from the apprenticeship in 1602. However, he did not pursue the grocery trade becoming and apothecary. FONES, Thomas (I75968)
 
10245 Thomas Gerard, Knt., of Kingsley & Bryn, co. Lancaster, son of Peter Gerard, of Kingsley and Bryn, co. Lancaster and Margaret, daughter of Thomas Stanley, Knt., of Hooton, Co. Chester. GERARD, Sir Thomas Knt. (I77567)
 
10246 Thomas Gleason settled in Framingham near his father, his lot being No. 14, at the southeast corner of Main and Sutton streets; house No. 194. Years later a brick house was built on the same site. He removed to Oxford, Mass. about 1723. On Oct. 3, 1723 he deeded his home lot, house No. 194, to his son Thomas, who sold it to Jacob Cummings Nov. 21, 1726. he and his wife, with about thirty others, were signers of the Covenant, and were the founders of the church in Oxford, Jan. 18, 1720/1. He was one of the Selectmen of Oxford from 1723 to 1726; Constable 1721. On Sept. 6, 1709 he served on a committee in Framingham "to lay out such highways as are needful for the 17 families to go to meeting, and to mill, and to market." On tax list June 27, 1710, rated is 7d. Thomas and his two brothers, Isaac and John were signers of a petition dated June 11, 1711 to his Excellency Joseph Dudley relative to purchasing 4000 acres from the Indians of Natick.

The site of Howarth's Mill was sold by Abraham Skinner, the original proprietor, to Thomas Gleason in March 1722. This included the house, lot and water privilege of Skinner, located at Augetteback Falls. Thomas, who was a man of means, settled here, built a grist mill and saw mill. His estate included "mills and streams, with homestead and buildings." 
GLEASON, Thomas (I103228)
 
10247 Thomas Grey and Cecily Bonville had three sons and six daughters. he was created 'Marquess of Dorset' on 18 Apr 1475. He was summoned to parliament from 15 Nov 1482 by writs directed 'Thome Marchioni Dors'. In January 1482/3 on the death of his grandmother, Elizabeth, lady Ferrers of Groby, he became Lord Ferrers of Groby. "Thomas Gray, mercus Dorsett of Asteley', died testate aged fifty on 20 Sep 1501, and was buried at Astley, co Warwick. GREY, Thomas (I26170)
 
10248 Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England, and Southampton, Long Island 1591-1679, With His Amer. Desc. to the Eighth & Ninth Gen. Source (S03492)
 
10249 Thomas Hammond, son of William and Mary (?) Hammond, of Melford, England, and grandson of John and Agnes (?) Hammond, of Lavenham, England, was baptized at Melford, county of Suffolk, England, with his twin brother, John, Sept. 2, 1603. He was a first cousin of William Hammond, who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1636.

He married in Lavenham, England, Nov. 12, 123, Elizabeth Cason, b. in Great Whelnetham, a few miles north of Lavenham, before 1604, daughter of Robert and Prudence (Hammond) Cason. She was a grand-daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (?) Hammond, of Great Whelnetham.

Thomas Hammond was one of the first settlers in Hingham, Mass. Had land granted him there in 1636. Took the freeman's oath march 9, 1636-7.

He was on the grand jury in 1637. His two younger children were baptized in Hingham. The elder children were undoubtedly born in England, although the place of their birth has not been definitely ascertained.

Thomas Hammond, Vincent Druce, John Parker, Nicholas Hodgdon and John Winchester all settled in Hingham at about the same time; all of these removed from there and settled in the same neighborhood, near the boundary line between what are now the towns of Newton and Brookline, Mass.

Nicholas Hodgdon first purchased 67 acres of land on Cambridge Hill, which he sold Dec. 4, 1650, to Thomas Hammond and Vincent Druce, then of Hingham. They also bought 13 acres, granted by the town of Cambridge to Robert Bradish, and 16 acres in Muddy River, next to lands of John Parker. Hammond and Druce bought in 1658, of Thomas Brattle and others, 600 acres in Muddy River (now Brookline) called Royton farm, which they held in common for some years. The division was finally made as shown by his unsigned will. He probably removed to Cambridge Village (now Newton) about 1650, but held lands in Hingham for same years after that date. In 1652, he sold land there (Suffolk Deeds, folios 221-222)...

In 1656, he sold lands in Hingham to William Sprague for L60. In the same year he bought of Esther Sparhawk, daughter of Nathaniel Sparhawk, 330 acres more of land, in Cambridge, for L40.

His homestead, in Newton, was near the Brookline boundary and near a beautiful sheet of water, which has since borne his name, "Hammond Pond." the homestead remained in the family several generations, Josiah Hovey Hammond, father of Mr. George W. Hammond, of the Forest Paper Co., having been the last of the race who was born there.

Thomas Hammond was one of the wealthiest men in town in his day. there seems to have been a close friendship between himself and Vincent Druce, but no relationship has been shown by any papers or records found.

He died in 1675, leaving an unsigned will which was admitted to probate.....It is found in Middlesex Probate, No 7160....

His inventory amounted to L1,139 16S 2d and was by Elder Wiswall and John Spring. It was dated Oct. 25, 1675, and states that he deceased Sept. 30, 1675. A family tradition relative to Elizabeth Cason, his wife, is given on p. 299 of Jackson's History of Newton and is as follows:

"It is said that when a young woman, in England, she took a walk with a party of young folks and went into the Mint to see how money was coined. the master of the Mint was pleased with her appearance and chat, and gave her an invitation to try her hand in the operation. She had evidently made some impression on him, and he was desirous to know if she could make as good an impression upon the coin; so he placed a piece of silver coin upon the die, about the size of a half crown--she came forward and grasped the lever and stamped a fair impression upon the coin, where upon he presented her with the silver piece, which she bore off in triumph; and from her fair hand it has passed through those of her descendants, to the seventh generation, and is now (1854) possessed by Stephen Hammond, of Roxbury, whose son, William, of the eighth, is looking wishfully for it."

This coin is now (1902) in the possession of Mr. George W. Hammond, of Yarmouthville, Me.
 
HAMMOND, Thomas (I72888)
 
10250 Thomas Harby, Esq., of Adston, co. Northampton, is the son of William Harby, of Ashby, by Emma, daughter of William Wilmore, of Ashby. HARBY, Thomas (I81759)
 

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