March 16, 1658 -- Thomas Silver was born at Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1]
Thomas Silver and Mary Williams were married on 4 January 1680/81, apparently in Newbury, Massachusetts. The marriage was recorded in Newbury with a date of 4 January 1680/1 and in Haverhill, Massachusetts, with a date of 28 December 1681. The Haverhill record may be an entry for their marriage intentions.[2][3] Mary was the daughter of John Williams and Rebecca Colby.
He was a solider in King Philip's War in 1676.
He died at Haverhill 26 August 1695, after which his widow married Simon Wainwright.
Sources
↑ Unless otherwise cited, information on this profile is from: Marsha Russell, "Descendants of Thomas Silver of Essex County, MA," in Essex Genealogist, vol 22 (2002), p 87 (subscription required); see also p 89
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Newbury, Vol. 2, page 450.
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
Haverhill, Vol. 2, page 471: Thomas, and Mary Williams, Dec. 28, 1681.
See also:
George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 400.
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The birthdate of the son Thomas who survived to adulthood was 26 March 1658. Source: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-genealogist-the/image?pageName=87&volumeId=13117&rId=24759420