Lord, Thomas Jr.

Birth Name Lord, Thomas Jr.
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1619    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lord, Thomas1585
Mother Bird, Dorothy1588-05-251676
    Brother     Lord, Richard 1611-01-05 1662-05-17
         Lord, Thomas Jr. 1619
    Sister     Lord, Ann before 1614-09-18 about 1688
    Brother     Lord, William 1623 1678-05-17
    Brother     Lord, John 1625
    Brother     Lord, Robert 1626
    Sister     Lord, Aymie 1629 1691-01-08
    Sister     Lord, Dorothy 1631 1657-01-00

Narrative

Thomas Lord, Jr., was one of those who owned land "by the town'scourtesie;" his home-lot was on what is now Wells St., next westof his brother, Capt. Richard Lord. Thomas Lord m. at Boston,Sept. 28, 1652, Hannah Thurston, perhaps this Thomas, but hiswife is supposed to have been related to Gregory Wolterton, asthe latter bequeaths in his will, July 14, 1674, to Dorothy,Hannah, and Mary lord, dau'rs of Thomas lord, dec'd, things "inthe trunk, that was their mother's." In 1652, he was engaged bythe General Court "to continue his aboade in Hartford for thenext ensuing year, and to improve his best skill amongst theinhabitants of the Townes uppon the River within thisjurisdiction, both for setting of bones and otherwise." He wasto be paid a salary of 15 pounds; in addition to receive forvisiting at any house in Hartford, 12d., in Windsor, 5s., and inMattabeset (Middletown), 8s., Farmington, 6s., Wethersfield, 3s.He d. in 1662; called of "Wethersfield" in will dated Oct. 28,1661; he names wife Hannah, and eldest dau. Dorothy; leaveshouse and land in Hartford as well as in Wethersfield; inv.April 5, 1662; amount, 202.18 pounds. His widow, whom Portercalls Mary, m. Nehemiah Olmsted. Ch.: i. Dorothy, b. Aug. 17,1653. Thomas Lord in his will dated Oct. 28, 1661, leaves hishouse and land in Hartford to "eldest dau. Dorothy, incapable ofcaring for herself." ii. Hannah, b. 1656. Savage says (vol. iv.p. 166) that joseph Stanton, b. 1648, son of Thomas and Ann(Lord) Stanton, m. Hannah Lord, possibly this Hannah. iii. Mary,b. 1659 (all mentioned in Gregory Wolterton's will). iv. Sarah,b. 1648. Hannah and Mary Lord, dau'rs of Thomas Lord, sometimeof Wethersfield, dec'd, wards of George Gardner, of Hartford,convey, May 21, 1677, to Phineas Wilson, a lot of land, whichwas evidently their gr. f. Thomas Lord's home-lot.

Pedigree

  1. Lord, Thomas
    1. Bird, Dorothy
      1. Lord, Richard
      2. Lord, Ann
      3. Lord, Thomas Jr.
      4. Lord, William
      5. Lord, John
      6. Lord, Robert
      7. Lord, Aymie
      8. Lord, Dorothy

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