Thomas Betterly (1723 - 1775)

Born 17 Nov 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Carson) Betterly — married 6 Apr 1749 in Kings Chapel, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1775 at age 51 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

He was born 17 Nov 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ^{[1] [2]} and his parents were Elizabeth (Alden) and Thomas Betterly ^[3] (c1688-c1729).

Thomas Betterly or Betterley married on 06 Apr 1749 in Kings Chapel, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Carson ^{[4] [5] [6]} (1732-1775).

He passed away on 28 Jul 1775 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ^[7]

An inventory of the estate of Thomas Betterly, late of Boston, who died intestate, was taken on 09 October 1778 by his attorney and administrator, Benjamin Coleman, which listed a dwelling house and land at the southend of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, valued at 300 pounds.

Children b: Boston, MA

1. Elizabeth Betterly, b: 16 Jan 1750; d: 15 Feb 1750
2. Thomas Betterly, b: 28 Apr 1751; d: 25 Jun 1836 New Fane, Windham Co, VT; m: Lydia Warren
3. Elizabeth Betterly, b: 07 Apr 1754
4. William Carson Betterly, b: 29 Mar 1762; d: 30 Nov 1841 Butler Twp, Luzerne Co, PA; m: Anna "Nancy" Marshall
5. George Betterly, b: 18 Aug 1769; d: 29 Mar 1839 Brookline, NH.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records 1626-2001 on FamilySearch database with images (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM3-Q4F : 10 Nov 2020) citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in Boston, MA; FHL#4329324; for Thomas Betterly, 17 Nov 1723 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Births 1636-1924 on FamilySearch database (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DF-G99 : 27 Oct 2020) for Thomas Betterly, b: 1723
3. ↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower in 2 volumes compiled by Susan E. Roser & Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. of Baltimore, MD in 1992; on ancestry.com with image; for Thomas Betterly, b: 17 Nov 1723 (parents: Thomas Betterly & Elizabeth Alden)
4. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 on ancestry.com with image; m: 06 Apr 1749 Boston, Massachusetts for Thomas Betterley & Elizabeth Cason
5. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages 1633-1850 on ancestry.com citing FHL#0818093-0818095; m: 06 Apr 1749 Boston, Suffolk County, MA for Thomas Betterley & Elizabeth Carson
6. ↑ Ancestry.com Family Tree
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #151250154 for Thomas Betterley, b: 17 Nov 1723 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; d: 28 Jul 1775 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; no photo

• "Probable English Origins of Thomas Betterley" by Lawrence McGrath & Esther Whitney Mott & Phylicia Salisbury; The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, MA 2008) v162; WN 645; p14

• Rootsweb Family Tree sourced by Lawrence McGrath