Thomas LORD

Male 1585 -


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  • Name Thomas LORD  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • 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]
    Birth 1585  Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I36944  Main Tree
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2022 

    Father Richard LORDE,   b. Abt 1555, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 16 Oct 1610, Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Joane ?,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 22 Sep 1610, Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Abt 1582  [3
    Family ID F19598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy BIRD,   b. 25 May 1588, Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Aug 1675, Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1610/11  Towcester, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Capt Richard LORD, Sr.,   b. 1611, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1662, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
     2. Thomas LORD, Jr.,   b. 1619, Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1662, Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
     3. Anna LORD,   b. 1621, Towcester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1688, Anquilla, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
    +4. William LORD,   b. 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1678, Saybrook, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
     5. John LORD,   b. 1625, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Robert LORD,   b. 1627, Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1670 (Age 44 years)  [Birth]
     7. Amy LORD,   c. 30 Nov 1626, Towcester, co. Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jan 1690, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)  [Birth]
     8. Dorothy LORD,   c. 1 Jul 1629   d. Jan 1656/57, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F05191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2022 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    2. [S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut.

    3. [S00060] Kenneth Lord, "Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord", (Name: Name: New York 1946;;).

    4. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).