Thomas Tousey (abt. 1688 - 1761)

Born about 1688 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Clark) Russell — married 12 Nov 1717 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1761 at about age 73 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

• Son of Thomas Tousey of Wethersfield, and grandson of Richard Tousey, of Saybrook.
• Reverend Thomas TOUSEY was born 1688. Graduated Yale 1707. He married Hannah CLARK on 12 Nov 1717 in Milford, New Haven, CT. They had nine children.
• According to The Tousey Family in America, Thomas was the first minister in Newtown CT and the grandson of Richard Tousey, who was an early settler of Saybrook CT, as well as one of the pioneer settlers of Wethersfield CT.
• Thomas owned a slave called Happy.
• Newtown's first physician.

In May 1742, he petitioned the Hartford Assembly for money to take a voyage to Great Britain to defend a suit that Mr. Samuel Calrk brought about to recover an estate in lands from Mr. Tousey. The Assembly allowed 500 pounds to be paid within four years.^[1]

His inventory was completed in May 1761 in Newtown and recorded at Danbury.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Hoadly, Charles J., "The Public Record of the Colony of Connecticut, October 1735-October 1743", Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1874, Page 463. (https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/books/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Connecticut_1735-1743.pdf)
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNW4 : 16 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 113-114, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 205-207.

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