Capt.
Thomas
Southworth
Born in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Southworth
and Alice (Carpenter) Bradford
Brother of
Constant Southworth, William Bradford Jr. [half], Mercy (Bradford) Vermayes [half] and Joseph Bradford [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Reyner) Southworth
— married
1 Sep 1641 in Plymouth Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Southworth) Howland
Died
at about age 53
in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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Biography
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Thomas Southworth was born in Leiden, Holland about 1616 to English parents. his mother married Gov. William Bradford. His siblings including Constant lived with relatives in London, and abbout 1627/ 1628 Constant made the journey to the new world to join the Bradford household.
Thomas 1 September, 1641, married Elizabeth Reyner, daughter of Rev. John Reyner [sic], and they had one child, Elizabeth, who married Joseph Howland (PCR 2:23). He died 8 December 1669 (PCR 8:32). His will, dated 18 November 1669, proved 1 March 1669/70, named his wife and his daughter Elizabeth Howland, and her husband, Joseph, and left gifts to Thomas Faunce, Deborah Morton, William Churchill, and "my brother Constant Southworth" (MD 18:185-86). The Thomas Southworth who came to Plymouth should not be confused with his uncle, Thomas Southworth, who stayed behind in Leiden.[1]
Both Southworth brothers would grow up to be community leaders.
Birth
Removes
- Date: 1628 Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts[5]
Marriage
- Husband: Thomas Southworth
- Wife: Elizabeth Reyner
- Marriage: Date: 1 SEP 1641 Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts[3]
- Marriage of parents: Date: 28 MAY 1613 Place: Leiden, Holland[1][6]
- Child: Thomas Southworth
Death
- Died: 8 December 1669 in Plymouth.[4]
- Will: of Captaine Thomas Southworth
- Made 18 November 1669. Proved 1 March 1669/70.[7]
- The Last Will and Testament of Captaine Thomas Southworth deceased exhibited to the Court of his Matie held att Plymouth the first day of March Anno: domine one Thousand six hundred sixty and nine; on the oathes of Gorge Bonum and Iohn Morton;
- This eighteenth day of Nouember Anno: domine: one Thousand six hundred sixty and nine;
- The Last Will and Testament of Captaine Thomas Southworth ::Memorandum;
- I giue vnto my daughter Elizabeth howland all my housing and Lands both vpland and meddow within the Township of Plymouth to her and her heires Lawfully begotten vpon her owne body; To them and theire heires for euer; Item I giue all my other Lands out of the Township of Plymouth vnto my said daughter Elizabeth and vnto her husband Ioseph howland; Towards the payment of my debts; to be done with the advise of the Supervisors of this my last will and Testament
- Item I giue my Rapier and belt to my sonne in Law Ioseph howland I giue Thomas Faunce forty shillings to be payed in sheep or neate Cattle
- I giue vnto deborah Morton the sume of forty shillings to be payed in sheep or neate Cattle
- Item I giue vnto William Churchill a sheep to be deliuered to him the next Springe following the date heerof That lott and halfe of Land which is att the Eelriuer which was exchanged by mr William Bradford deceased: with Iohn Faunce for a Lott att Ionses Riuer I doe yeild vp all my Interest in the said Lott of Land & halfe To Thomas Faunce and his heires for euer
- The Rest of my estate I leaue in the hands of my son Ioseph howland and my daughter his wife & my brother Constant Southworth To be disposed of as they shall see Reason: for the supply of my wife in her poor Condition
- Thomas Southworth
- and a seale
- Witnes
- Iohn Morton
- Gorge Bonum;
- Plymouth Colony Wills, vol. III, p. 1
Research notes
Some sources suggest that either Thomas or Constant came on the Anne with their mother in 1623.[8] Anderson puts the date of immigration for both of them as by 1628. .
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stratton, Eugene A. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Pub, 1986. Pages 355-6.
- ↑ Weis, Frederick L. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas Southworth of Plymouth and Duxbury, Massachusetts. Dublin, New Hampshire: Priv. printed, 1958.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Samuel Gilbert Webber. A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards) Descendants of Constant Southworth: With a Sketch of the Family in England. Fort Hill Press; 1905. p. 33–.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shurtleff, Nathaniel ed. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, vol. 8: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1680. (Boston, 1857): page 32.
- ↑ Weis, Frederick L. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas Southworth of Plymouth and Duxbury, Massachusetts. Dublin, New Hampshire: Priv. printed, 1958. View in FamlySearch Page: p 38
- ↑ Wesis. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas Southworth, p 2.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-V3RK : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 305 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/anne.htm
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel ed. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, vol. 8: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1680. (Boston, 1857). Archive.org LINK
- Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American M, found at http://www.Ancestry.com.
- "Thomas Southworth" Lee - Beckwith Ancestry, WorldConnect online tree, viewed August 9, 2020.
- Hills, Leon C. History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie. Washington, D.C: Hills Pub. Co, 1936. Page: 100 View on FamilySearch (go to online page 70.
- Weis, Frederick L. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas Southworth of Plymouth and Duxbury, Massachusetts. Dublin, New Hampshire: Priv. printed, 1958. View in FamlySearch
- Samuel Gilbert Webber. A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards) Descendants of Constant Southworth: With a Sketch of the Family in England. Fort Hill Press; 1905. p. 1–.
- Ancestry.com Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011 NOTETown and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Record for Thomas Southworth Link: Ancestry Record matownvital #4415895
- Ancestry.com The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Record for Captain Thomas Southworth File Link: Ancestry Record negenreg #166637
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995). Pages 1712-1715. Featured name: "Thoma Southworth" View with NEHGS Membership Record for Thomas Southworth File Link: Ancestry Record greatmigration #65911
- Ancestry.com U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; Page Number: 161 Record for Thomas Southworth Link:Ancestry Record pili354 #3500939
- Roberts, Gary B, Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Year??
- "A genealogical profile of Thomas Southworth, Plimouth.org & NEHGS collaboration
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Southworth Genealogical Research & DNA Study Project to be Conducted by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
The Southworth Genealogical Research & DNA Study Project’s goal is to determine if Constant Southworth’s (b. about 1612) and Thomas Southworth’s (b. about 1617) ancestors descend from Samlesbury or Clarborough England. As Constant and Thomas Southworth’s potential royal descent has not been definitively proven, I hope that by combining new genealogical research, male Southworth descendant Y-DNA testing and analysis through a New England Historic Genealogical Society study project that Constant and Thomas Southworth’s descendancy will be resolved. Descendants of Sir John Southworth (b. 1526) and Mary Ashton will be identified for Y-DNA testing to compare DNA results against descendants of Thomas Southworth (b. c. 1548), Constant’s and Thomas’ grandfather. Additionally, this project will identify living male descendants of Richard Southworth (b. 1545) and his wife Imogene Aston of Clarborough, Nottinghamshire to compare DNA results. Contact me via private message for more project information.
Background: Earlier genealogical research was often accepted based on loose assumptions (See a discussion: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cochoit_Working_3). Subsequently, Constant Southworth’s potential royal descent has not been definitively proven. I hope that by combining additional research, analysis, and Y-DNA results through projects like the Family Tree DNA Southworth Surname project (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/southworth-southard/about/background) the ancestry of Constant Southworth will be resolved.
Additional Research and Analysis Since 1992: Under Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2018), 1:708-709, Mr. Roberts first acknowledges the uncertainty of Edward’s origins: “Edward Southworth, probably [emphasis added] the Leyden Pilgrim…” (p. 708). He then addresses Sue Allan’s “In Search of Separatist Edward Southworth of Leiden” 2017 online monograph https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/in-search-of-separatist-edward-southworth-of-leiden-his-genealogical-origins-uncovered?pass-through=true argument against Leyden as Edward’s correct origin as Edward’s father, Thomas Southworth of Samelsbury, Lancashire was a Protestant, while Thomas’s father, Sir John Southworth, and two of Thomas’ brothers were “sometime ardent Catholics variously imprisoned.” Comment: My understanding is that during this period, most family members tended to practice the same faith, though there can be exceptions such as perhaps Thomas followed Protestantism to avoid being imprisoned. Alternatively, Ms. Allan presents a circumstantial argument that Edward Southworth of Leyden was born 12 April 1585 at Clarborough, Nottinghamshire, son of Richard Southworth of Clarborough and Immyn Aston; and this Richard was son of Richard Southworth of Clarborough and Welham and Emma Levesey of Keeton (in Nottinghamshire).
edited by Kathryn Smith