Thomas LORD b. 1585 Towcester, England d. 17 May 1678 Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1585 - 1678 (93 years)

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Name	Thomas LORD [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
	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. [1]
Born	1585	Towcester, England [1, 2, 4]
Gender	Male
Died	17 May 1678	Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut [2]
Person ID	I36944	Main Tree
Last Modified	10 Mar 2016

Father	Richard LORDE, b. Abt 1555, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. Bef 16 Oct 1610, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England (Age ~ 55 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Joane BYRDE, b. Bef 07 Mar 1561, Everdon, Northamptonshire, England , d. Bef 22 Sep 1610, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England (Age > 49 years)
Relationship	Birth
Married	Abt 1582 [4]
Family ID	F19598	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Dorothy BIRD, b. 25 May 1588, Towcester, England , d. 02 Aug 1675, Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut (Age 87 years)

Married 23 Feb 1610/11 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England [1, 3, 4, 5]

Children

	1. Capt Richard LORD, Sr., b. 1611, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. 17 May 1662, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 51 years) [Birth]
	2. Thomas LORD, Jr., b. 1619, Towcester, England , d. 1662, Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut (Age 43 years) [Birth]
	3. Anna LORD, b. 1621, Towcester, England , d. 1688, Anquilla, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 67 years) [Birth]
+	4. William LORD, b. 1623, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. 17 May 1678, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut (Age 55 years) [Birth]
	5. John LORD, b. 1625, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. Between 1654 and 1715, Starford, Virginia (Age 29 years) [Birth]
	6. Robert LORD, b. 1627, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. 13 Jul 1678, Charlestown, Suffolk County,Massachusetts (Age 51 years) [Birth]
	7. Amy LORD, b. Bef 30 Nov 1625, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. 08 Jan 1690, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut (Age > 64 years) [Birth]
	8. Dorothy LORD, b. Bef 01 Jul 1629, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England , d. Jan 1656/57, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age > 27 years) [Birth]

Last Modified 14 Jul 2018

Family ID F05191 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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[S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut.
[S00060] "Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord", Kenneth Lord, (Name: Name: New York 1946;;).
[S9777] Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Nathaniel Goodwin, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).