Thomas BOREMAN

Abt 1570 - 1628  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Thomas BOREMAN  [1]
  	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." [1]
  Birth	Abt 1570	Claydon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	9 Mar 1627/8  [1]
  Person ID	I98514	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	William BOREMAN,   b. Abt 1553, Claydon, England bur. 10 Jan 1612/3 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Annis ?   bur. 12 May 1608
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F40743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CARTER,   b. Abt 1575   bur. 11 May 1631 (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1595/6  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas BOREMAN,   c. 18 Oct 1601, Claydon, England d. May 1673 (Age ~ 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F40741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S11411] Charlotte Goldthwaite, Boardman Genealogy 1525-1895, (William F. J. Boardman ).