Thomas Havens was born abt 1650 in Newport Co., Rhode Island Thomas died by 1704 in North Kingstown, RI He was a freeman in 1671 and a juryman in 1677. He was taxed in 1687 at Kingstown, R.I. His estate was probated in 1704, and his son William was administrator.
Spouse: Mary Pierce born abt.1631 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England.
Children:
Ruth Havens 1656-
Dinah Havens 1658-
William Havens 1659-1733
Elizabeth Havens 1660-
Thomas Havens 1661-Sep 1748
Robert Havens 1663-
Martha Havens 1664-
Phebe Havens 1665-
John Havens 1667-
Margaret Havens 1668-
Nathaniel Havens 1670-1763
Joseph Havens 1672-14 May 1764
'The Havens Family of New Jersey', pages 8-9:
" He [Thomas] had at least three sons, William, Thomas and Joseph, and two daughters, Phoebe and Martha." ***
[Duke.FTW] Marriage 1 Mary PIERCE b: 1630 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
Married: 1658/1660
Children
Nathaniel HAVENS b: 1670/1675 in Kingston, Washington, RI
Life Event Timeline
The following is an account of the historical records bearing the name Thomas Havens, of Portsmouth, RI., from Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island[1](page 93) and other sources (as noted):
GD of RI, : "Portsmouth, Kings Town, R. I.
1671 - Freeman.
1677. - Juryman.
1687: On 6 September 1687, he is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 9s 11d, which places him as an adult resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. [2] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. Therefore, this tax list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. [3]
March 12, 1691. - He had 30 sheep in his care belonging to Maj. Richard Smith, as shown by will of the latter.
1704. - Probate of his estate; three sons, William, Thomas, Joseph, and two daughters, Phoebe, and Martha noted; eldest son William, administrator.
May 27, 1709. - His sons William, Thomas and Joseph were concerned in the purchase of a tract of 1,824 acres near Devil's Foot, being part of the vacant lands ordered sold by the Assembly."
Children of Thomas Havens
Thomas (son of William) of North Kingstown, married [unknown]. Of his
children, four married Wightman kindred:
Havens, Barrington S. The Havens family in Suffolk County, New York : a genealogical survey of some of the descendants of William S. Havens, 17th century settler in Aquidneck, Rhode Island. Page 6. [1]
Barrington S. Havens, [Havens Family in Suffolk County, New York, A Genealogical Survey of Some of the Descendants of William Havens, 17th Century Settler in Aquidneck] Rhode Island, 1975
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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