Thomas Brastow Porter (1808 - 1895)

Born 22 Jan 1808 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Vining) Porter — married 1 Jun 1837 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 11 Sep 1895 at age 87 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Thomas, son of Labbeus Porter & Polly, was born on 22 January 1808 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

Thomas married Emily Vining on 1 June 1837 in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

In the 1850 census Thomas (age 41) was in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

In the 1880 census Thomas (age 42), Retired Lumber Dealer, was the married head of household in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[4]

Thomas, son of Lebbens Porter & Polly Bronston, died (age 87) on 11 September 1895 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[5] Thomas was mentioned on a memorial in Village Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 11 September 1895.^[6]

- From Edmund S Soper's Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People - Reminiscences, pub 1907

In 1844 the house occupied by Mr. Thomas B. Porter and Peter Lane, on the " turnpike" (Washington street), was burned. This house was formerly the old Weymouth and Braintree Academy. After this, Mr. Porter built and lived in the house on the corner, near the Universalist Church, and now occupied by Dr. William F. Hathaway. Captain Peter Lane built on half of the old Academy cellar, the house now occupied by Frederick Cate, who married Captain Lane's daughter. Mr. Rufus K. Trott lived in the house just above, but which was soon occupied for many years by Mr. Ezra Leach.

From Edmund S Soper's Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People - Reminiscences, pub 1907

On the wharves, early in the "thirties," were Porter & Webb, carrying on the lumber business, and later Whitcomb Porter and Harvey Reed, while Quincy Reed and Elisha Blanchard were engaged in the grain business.

Quincy, and thence through the towns of Dorchester and Roxbury to a point in the City of Boston near the Boston and Providence Rail Road Depot.

They, therefore, pray that they may be incorporated for that purpose, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the liabilities contained in the thirty-ninth Chapter of the Revised Statutes, concerning Rail Road Corporations.

And as in duty bound will ever pray.

Noah Fifield Cyrus Lincoln

Amos Stetson Samuel Reed

Dean Randall Roscius R. Walker

Ei.ias Richards Isaac L. Blanchard

John W. Loud Ezekiel Worster

T. B. Portm William Cole

John C. Rhines Peter Lane

Ira Curtis George Blanchard

Joseph Loud, Jr. Fisher A. Kingsbury

Jacob Richards Eli Thayrr

Caleb Stetson Asa B. Wales

James White, 2ci Alexander Bowditch

Elisha Blanchard Eben C. Bowditch

Joseph Loud William W. Hobart

Warren Loud J. W. Hayden

Amos W. Stetson N. W. Loring

John B. Allen Samuel Bowditch

Nov. 6th, 1844.

A true Copy: Attest

Silas Binney

Deputy Sheriff

>>>

(1856) In looking over the old records of the Weymouth Band, I find we played for some political party nearly every night in September and October, and that our time was about equally divided between the Fillmore Club and the Fremont Club. There seems to have been no Democratic Club in our village, as all appear to have belonged to the Republican and the American or Know-Nothing parties.

On the nomination of Fremont, there was a great ratification meeting at the Town Hall. The Band played on this occasion, and in the procession was a hand-organ which Mr. Thomas Porter had secured. I remember that hand-organ grinding out music in a wagon from the beginning to the end. In this campaign torchlights came for the first time, and grand illuminations of houses, each vicing with the other in trying to make the greatest display.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010771.
   FamilySearch Record: F42W-3Z9 (accessed 30 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-WQG9 Image number 00365
   Thomas Brastow Porter born on 22 Jan 1808, son of Labbeus Porter & Polly, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
   citing FHL microfilm: 002031514;
   FamilySearch Record: Q28L-6CC6 (accessed 30 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91C-VSKT-K Image number 00236
   Thomas B Porter marriage to Emily Vining on 1 Jun 1837 in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
3. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Record: MDSW-8Y9 (accessed 30 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-64J9-LR4 Image number 00560
   Thomas B Porter (41) in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
4. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MHX8-912 (accessed 30 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBS-7BM Image number 00545
   Thomas B Porter (42), married, Retired Lumber Dealer, head of household in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts, United States.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004275104.
   FamilySearch Record: FHWD-Z8X (accessed 30 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L975-4HV8 Image number 00461
   Thomas Bronston Porter death 11 Sep 1895 (age 87), son of Lebbens Porter & Polly Bronston, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #102430938 (accessed 30 April 2023)
   Memorial page for Thomas Brastow Porter (17 Jan 1808-11 Sep 1895), citing Village Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: Sec E Lot 37 Grave 1); Maintained by Phd (contributor 47902981).

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