Thomas Lovelace (abt. 1619 - 1689)

Born about 1619 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1689 at about age 70 in Staten Island, New York

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Biography

Thomas was the son of William Lovelace and [[Barne-2|Anne Barne(s). He was born in about 1619.^[1][2] The birth date is based on his older brother, the poet Richard Lovelace, being born in 1618.^[3] He was probably born in Kent where his father lived. Thomas was named as second son in the 1622 will of his father,^[4] and was also named in the 1632 will of his mother^[5] and the 6 October 1629 will of his paternal grandfather Sir William Lovelace.^[6]

After his father's death, an application was made for Thomas to attend school at Sutton's Hospital (now Charterhouse School), London, but there is no record of his doing so.^[7]

A poem by him in memory of his brother Richard Lovelace was included in a posthumous collection of poems by the latter^[3] published in 1659.^[8]

By 1669 Thomas had acquired a plantation on Staten Island.^[7]

In 1671 he was an Alderman of New York City^[1][2] and a member of the Council of the colony, of which his brother Francis was then Governor. The next year he was a Captain of the Foot Company of Staten Island. In 1672-3 he was a Justice of New York City.^[3]

In 1673, after the Dutch gained control of New York City, Thomas was one of the commissioners sent to negotiate terms, and was briefly detained as a prisoner-of-war.^[9] His lands were confiscated and he was ordered to leave New York, but the Dutch agreed to allow him six months, and then a further three months, to settle his affairs. As a result he managed to remain there, though, until the English regained control the next year.^[3][7] On 18 April 1674 he was the subject of a caveat from the Dutch authorities against granting him land near Staten Island.^[10]

In 1684-5 he was Sheriff of Richmond County, New York.^[1][2][3]

Thomas married someone called Mary, whose family origins are not known.^[1][2] They had at least once child:

• William,^[1][2] who was buried at Fort James, New York in 1671^[3] with what was a very elaborate funeral^[7]

Thomas died in 1689.^[1][2] His wife survived him; his lands passed to a piece called Mary, who was the wife of Ellis Duxbury.^[3][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, pp. 52-53, LOVELAVE 16.ii, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 634, LOVELACE 21.ii
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} J Hall Pleasants. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, continued, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 28, 1920, pp. 183-184, Internet Archive
4. ↑ J Hall Pleasants. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, continued, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 28, 1920, p. 179, Internet Archive
5. ↑ J Hall Pleasants. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, continued, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 28, 1920, p. 181, Internet Archive
6. ↑ J Hall Pleasants. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, continued, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 28, 1920, pp. 89-90, Internet Archive
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} J Hall Pleasants. Thomas Lovelace, in 'The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record', Vol. 51, 1920, pp. 188-192, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Richard Lovelace. Lucasta. Posthume poems of Richard Lovelace Esq, Clement Darby, 1659, British Library catalogue entry
9. ↑ 'America and West Indies: July 1673', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 7, 1669-1674, ed. W Noel Sainsbury (London, 1889), pp. 504-510, British History Online, accessed 13 July 2023
10. ↑ New York State Archives, ref. NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0238a: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial administrative records, 1673-1674. Series A1881. Volume 23.1

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 13 July 2023.

Although Thomas Lovelace is not listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix), his sister is, and he is shown as settling in New York (vol. II, page 53). He is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed July 2015 by a Magna Carta project member) to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Huntingfield. Thomas Lovelace is also a Gateway in a Richardson-documented trail to surety baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 51-53 LOVELACE), badged 22 July 2023. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the profile of his sister, Anne.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".