Thomas Vickery Sr. (1695 - 1767)

Born 15 Nov 1695 in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bull) Vickery — married 8 Jul 1718 in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1767 at age 71 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

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Biography

Thomas Vickery was born on 15 November 1695 in Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, the son of Benjamin and Dorcas (Paine) Vickery.^[1]

He married Mary Bull on 08 July 1718 in Hull. ^[1] Thomas died between 18 October 1766 and 23 November 1767 in Merrimack, New Hampshire.^[1] His gravestone in the Bedford Cemetery in Hillsborough County, gives 27 February 1767 as his date of death.^[2]

Children of Thomas and Dorcas (Paine) Vickery born Hull (first 9) and Merrimack, NH (last 2):^[1]

1. Mary Vickery, b. 11 Feb 1720/21
2. Thomas Vickery, b. 23 Dec 1722; m. Lydia ____.
3. Phebe Vickery, d. 27 Oct 1723 Hull
4. Phebe Vickery, b. 12 Nov 1724; d. 30 Nov 1725 Hull
5. Dorcas Vickery, b. 14 Jan 1726/7
6. Phebe Vickery, b. 6 May 1729; m. Samuel Vose.
7. Benjamin Vickery, b. 25 Dec 1731; m. Hannah ____.
8. Marcy Vickery, d. 16 Jul 1735. [Or is this d. rec. for Mary above?]
9. John Vickery, b. bp. 20 Jun 1736; m. Hannah Davis.
10. Hannah Vickery, b. 03 Dec 1736; unmarried at Merrimack 1756.
11. Moses Vickery, b. May 1741; m. Elizabeth ____.

Research notes

A daughter Huldah Vickery is named on Thomas' FindAGrave memorial, however there are no supporting sources to show she ever existed. She was not named in the Hull Vital Records.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], pages 46-7, 202-3.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 April 2022), memorial page for Thomas Vickery (15 Nov 1695–27 Feb 1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #67914094, citing Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Amy Levesque (contributor 47156425). (Includes gravestone photo & inscription.)

See also:

• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z1-F4M : 4 December 2014), Thomas Vickre and Mary Bul, 08 Jul 1718; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873789 IT 2.