Thomas BOREMAN

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The exact date of Thomas Boreman's coming to New England is not known. He was probably her as early as 1634, but its first found on record in March, 1634/5, when he was made freeman by the General Court of Massachusetts. His first grant of land is recorded at Ipswich in 1635...

The family name of Thomas Boreman's wife, Margaret, has not been found, neither does it appear whether they were married before or after coming to New England. Judging from what can be gathered as to the ages of their children, it seems probable that their marriage took place not long before leaving England, at which time Thomas was about 33 years old, and his wife no doubt considerably younger; her surviving him some seven years indicates this. She was, of course, born in England ,and may have been a daughter or sister of one of the Ipswich settlers. Her title of Mris or Mistress implies the respectability of her family. If their children all lived to grow up, their number was not a large one for that day. It should not be forgotten that their family included also Thomas Boreman's bother Daniel, who lived to be at 65, and who, though he makes no figure in Ipswich records, is to Thomas Boreman's descendants a most import personage, without the knowledge of whose existence they would have had no certainty of their English ancestry.

Thomas Boreman's will (the original on file in the Probate Office inSalem) was made Dec. 17, 1670, when he was just past his 69th year. He aded to it a codicil dated May 3, 1673, and his inventory was taken on the 26th of the same month, showing that he died in May, 1673, at the age of 72 years and 7 months. It is interesting to note that his cousin Samuel of Wethersfield, fourteen years younger, had died in April, about one month before.

Mrs. Margaret Boreman, the widow, died Nov. 25 1679 ( Essex County Records at Salem).

Family/Spouse: Margaret ?. Margaret died on 25 Nov 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel BOREMAN died on 27 Apr 1708 in Topsfield, Massachusetts.

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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."

Thomas married Elizabeth CARTER on 2 Feb 1595/6. Elizabeth (daughter of Felix CARTER and Margaret ?) was born about 1575; was buried on 11 May 1631. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William Boreman of Claydon, grandfather of Thomas Boreman of Ipswich, Mass., baptism not recorded, married Annis ?, who died about five years before her husband, and was buried May 12, 1608. Their children had then all been some time married, and William, as appears from his will, afterwards made his home with his oldest son, Thomas, another son, John, perhaps living in part of the same house. The thee remaining sons, Nicholas, William, and Christopher, do not appear in the Claydon Register, and probably settled in some other place. The will of William was made Dec. 12, 1610, he being then sick, but he lived about two years longer, and it was not proved until April 13, 1613. He was buried Jan. 10, 1612/, aged probably not far from sixty years. His inventory taken on the day of his burial, indicates that he was in comfortable circumstances in life, with an estate somewhat larger than his father's. His occupation seems to have been exclusively husbandry.

William married Annis ?. Annis was buried on 12 May 1608. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Felix Carter is, equally with Thomas Boreman, the ancestor of all descendants of the emigrants Thomas and Samuel Boreman, since the mother of each of these two was his daughter. He is the first of his name in Claydon records, his earliest appearance being July 28, 1577, when the baptism of his son Peter is recorded. the baptisms of his son George and of his oldest daughter Elizabeth, mother of Thomas Boreman, and not on record, and it is possible that the family had, in 1577, recently come to Claydon. Not person of the name appears in the Lay Subsidy lists for Banbury Hundred before Felix himself in 1610. It is not unlikely that a Richard Carter of Horton, "Quarryer," whose will was proved June 12, 1617, was his bother, since Felix named one of his sons Richard. Hornton s also in Oxfordshire, in Bloxham Hundred, some six or seven miles southwest of Claydon. Felix Carter is early fund in connection with the Boremans, as one of the appraisers of the estate of the first Thomas, 2 May 1580.

In a Lay Subsidy list for Claydon, 7th James I (1610), Felix Carter is the first of the only two there named, the other being Matthew Clerke; their tax is the same, iis. viid., and it is 'in terris', that is , on lands. As may be noticed, the taxes before spoken of have been 'in onis,' or on goods. It thus appears that Felix Carter was owner in his own right of the property he occupied, as is shown also by his disposing of it in his will to his daughter Julian and her heirs." The ordinary mode of land tenure in England, as is well known, is by lease from the Lord of the Manor, generally for a long term of years, or for life, the eldest son usually succeeding to the estate on the death of his father, when the lease is renewed. All the Bormans of Blaydon held the land they occupied in this way, and the records of their holdings are perhaps still in existence in the Manor Rolls, which should be at Boughton Castle. Felix Carter was thus, in the above respects, one of the two exceptions among Claydon land-holders, and may be considered to have been one of the richer men in the village. The amount of his inventory considerably exceeds the others of the family found there, and a good share of it was in money, called a debte in the hands of Franncys Ward by specialty." His will is nuncupative, its date, May 29, 1619, the same as that of his burial, being that on which the witnesses gave testimony to the bequests they had heard him declare. His inventory, where he is described as yeoman, was taken on the 31st of the same month. He must have been at his death not far from 70 years old. His widow survived him about a year and a half, her daughter Julian Boreman and her family probably living with her and caring for her during that time. She made her will (Nuncupative) Oct. 14, 1621, and her inventory was taken the 12th of November following. If the date is correct, it was not proved till Apriul 6, 1624, more than two years after her decease.

Felix married Margaret ?. Margaret died before 12 Nov 1622. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]