Thomas TALMAGE b. 1587 Barton Stacey, Hampshire d. Bef 9 Dec 1653 Easthampton, Massachusetts: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1587 - Bef 1653 (66 years)

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Name	Thomas TALMAGE [1, 2, 3]
Birth	1587	Barton Stacey, Hampshire [2]
Gender	Male
Death	Bef 9 Dec 1653	Easthampton, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3]
Notes	Excerpt from "The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy": He was an Englishman and brother of John Talmadge of Newton Stacey, Hants,....... Thomas Talmadge came to America 1631, in the ship "Pough", which carried ten passengers. Another report says he came in the fleet with Govenor Winthrop in 1630, (Savage, iv or ix, 252). He landed at Charlestown moved to Boston and then Lynne. May 14, 1634, the "Genall Court" made "Thomas Talmage" a freeman. In 1637 a committee composed of Daniel Howe, Richard Walker and Henry Collins, was appointed to lay out farms, and in 1638 they allotted one of two hundred acres to "Thomas Talmage" and one of twenty acres for "Thomas Talmage his son." On Sept 3, 1640, a letter of attorney by the emigrants seems to have been executed at Boston. Mr. S.C.N. Talmage in his Talmage Genealogy, 1901, writes that Thomas Lechford was an English lawyer who came to Boston, 1638, and returned to England, 1641. He was the first practising lawyer in Massachusetts and kept a notebook of legal memoranda which has been published and contains these entries, page 294, old 167: "William Talmage, of Boston, in New England, Thomas Talmage, Robert Talmage and Richard Walker, husband of Jane Talmage, deceased, sonnes and daughter of Thomas Talmage, brother of John Talmage of Newton Stacey, in the county of Southampton, deceased, make a letter of attorney to Richard Conying and William Dowlying, overseers of the will of the said John Talmage, deceased, to receive of the executor and administrator of the last will and testament of Symon Talmage, our brother, and of John Talmage, aforesaid, the summes of money due unto us by the will of the said John Talmage (and a certificate under the public seal)..... By order of the court on Mar 7, 1644, the town was divided into four wards and Thomas, Sr., lived in the first, while Thomas Jr., and Robert lived in the second ward. Among the freemen March 8, 1649, is Thomas Talmage, and on May 10, 1649 he was number 13 in the list of Townsmen. He is not in the list of inhabitants 1657, and he must have left about 1650, going to Easthampton, of which his son, Thomas Jr., was one of the founders in 1649. On May 24, 1651, Thomas Talmage, Sr., was fined for absence from Town Meeting at Easthampton. He probably died 1653, for on Dec 9, 1653, the town records show it was "ordered that the share of whale in contraversy between Widowe Talmage shall be divided even as the lott is," and in Feb 1654, Thomas Talmage (no Sr., or Jr. attached to name), was given five acres of land...... [1] In a letter of 8 March 1631/2 the Company of Husbandmen in London inform their members in New England that "Goodman Tamage and his wife take it very unkindly that you should keep his malt and not let his sons have a small quantity of "plattewer' at his request to be paid at return". This confirms that Thomas Talmage was still in England in 1632, but that at least two of his sons had already arrived by that time. We know that William was in New England by this date, and he was probably accompanied by Thomas Junior. On 11 March 1638/9 Thomas Talmage was one of the inhabitants of Lynn who petitioned the colony government to allow them to build a bridge to pass over the river. On 7 March 1643/4 Thomas Talmage Sr. was in the first ward with respect to the profits from whales washed up on shore; Thomas Talmage Jr. and Robert Talmage were in the second ward. The ages given above for the children of the immigrant are all estimates, and so are subject to change. Nevertheless, the gap of seven years between Thomas and Christian is worthy of note, and may indicate that Thomas Talmage had two wives in England. Some sources give Thomas Talmage a son Davis or David, born about 1630. This seems to be based on two records only. the town records of Easthampton are said to contain an entry that reads "Davis and Thomas Talmage shall have the land granted unto them, " 24 May 1655. this may be simply an incomplete record, in which the first grantee of land has surname Davis, and the first name is lost or omitted. The second record claimed is the death of "David or Davis" in May 1708, aged 78. Without seeing the actual death record, this constitutes very slender support for inclusion as a child of Thomas Talmage. Furthermore, in his will of 23 January 1638/9 John Talmage names the six children of his brother Thomas listed above, but does not names a David or Davis. [3]
Person ID	I56313	Main Tree
Last Modified	27 Jul 2022

Father	"John Goodmand" TOLLEMACHE, b. 1560 d. 1630 (Age 70 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Unknown ?
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F40600	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Unknown ?

Marriage Abt 1605 England [3]

Children

	1. Simon TALMADGE, b. Abt 1605, England d. 1640, England (Age 35 years) [Birth]
	2. William TALMAGE, b. Abt 1607, England d. Bef 09 Jan 1672 (Age < 65 years) [Birth]
	3. Capt Thomas TALMAGE, b. 1617, England d. Between Apr and Sep 1691 [Birth]
+	4. Christain TALMAGE, b. Abt 1616, England [Birth]
	5. Jane TALMAGE, b. Abt 1618, England d. 03 Sep 1640 (Age 22 years) [Birth]
	6. Robert TALMAGE, b. Abt 1619, England d. Bef 1662 (Age < 42 years) [Birth]

Family ID F20094 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Apr 2020

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[S03484] Arthur White Talmadge, The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishers;;).
[S11418] E-Mail from Julie Clodius Talmadge dated 04/09/2020.
[S03453] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, (Name: Name: NEHGS: 1995;;).