Thomas Tomson (1664 - 1742)

Born 19 Oct 1664 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Morton) Tomson — married 13 Dec 1715 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1742 at age 78 in Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

THOMAS TOMSON b. 19 October 1664 Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony; ^[1] married (late in life, see romantic tale in Middleboro by Weston) on 13 December 1715 in Middleboro, Mary Morton b. 15 December 1689 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony d/o John Morton and Mary Ring. (Marriage of Mary Morton implied in her father's 1717/8 will; proven by conveyance by Thomas Tomson and wife Mary on 21 February 1725/6 of land that had belonged to her father. One of Thomas' good friends was John Morton, who had encouraged Thomas, at age 25, to marry. Thomas apparently pointed at Morton's infant daughter Mary and said I shall marry this one when she is of age. Mary Morton was 25 years old when she married Thomas Tomson, who was 50 years of age. ^[2] Thomas Tomson died intestate, 26 October 1742 in Halifax, Province of Massachusetts Bay: Find A Grave: Memorial #37295548

Thomas Tomson was a farmer and a glazier, setting panes of glass in lead, then setting them in sashes and frames. Prior to this, windows were covered in oil soaked paper. Upon the death of his father, John in1696, he was awarded 700 acres of land. ^[3]

On 29 September 1742 (sic), administrators of his estate were appointed: son Ruben Tomson (husbandman), widow Mary [Morton] Tomson, John Murdoch of Plymouth and Ebenezer Morton of Middleboro. Inventory of his estate was taken 13 July 1743:^[4] it was valued at more than 3,075 pounds and included an enslaved black woman and an enslaved black girl and interest in the stable at the meeting house. The estate was divided on 18 December 1743 among his surviving children. Wife Mary was appointed guardian of minor sons Ebenezer and Zebadiah on 14 July 1743.

Mary (Morton) Tomson died in Halifax, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 20 March 1781. She left a will dated 1 May 1756 and proven 4 July 1781, naming son Ebenezer Tomson, executor, and naming other four surviving sons and descendants of daughter, Mary (Tomson) Waterman, deceased.

The home that Thomas Tomson built in 1720 is still standing in Halifax, Massachusetts at 592 Plymouth Street, currently owned by David Mason.

Marriage

13 December 1715 Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Research Notes

I can find no source that Patience Tomson was the daughter of Thomas Tomson and Mary (Morton) Tomson. Cunningham-10584 18:04, 24 May 2021 (UTC). The marriage record for Patience Tomson to David Warren lists her father as Thomas Thomson, and her residence as Providence. Is there a different Thomas Thomson living in Providence. I am detaching Patience (Thomson) Warren (abt.1697-aft.1738) from this profile. Earls-502 02:13, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Tomson in the Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 (accessed 24 May 2021) https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/24320181?h=bae9f8&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
2. ↑ History of the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts by Weston, Thomas, 1834-1920 Page 354 accessed 24 May 2021 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00wes/page/354/mode/2up?q=Mary+Morton
3. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Mass by Charles Hutchinson Thompson: https://books.google.ca/books?id=NTxWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=descendants+of+john+thompson+page+30.&source=bl&ots=534cgF6kk8&sig=ACfU3U0tBFAytaZr-sWZuH0sV1OWDgdFOQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlucjigOPwAhVQIjQIHUmwCTsQ6AEwFHoECBQQAw#v=onepage&q=descendants%20of%20john%20thompson%20page%2030.&f=false accessed 24 May 2021 pages 30, 31
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-JV25 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 58 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ citation needed

1. "Barnstable, Massachusetts, Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 14:86. his ["John Tompsons"] Son Thomas born ye 19 octo'r 1664 [1]

2. "Estate of Thomas Tomson of Halifax and the Will of His Widow Mary", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 25:176.

Citing Halifax VR: "Mr Thomas Tomson Seniro Dyed Pctober the 26th 1742" [also printed MD 3:30]. Citing gravestone in Thompson Street Cemetery Halifax: "Here lyes interr'd ye Body of Mr Thomas Tomson who died Octo'br ye 26th 1742 aged 78 years ..." But according to probate records of Plymouth County, an administrator to his estate was aapointed "twenty ninth day of September" in 1742. bond dated 23 January 1742/43, inventory taken 13 Jul 1743.

18 December 1743 settlement of his estate mentions "the Six Children": "Ruben Tomson the Eldest son", other sons Ebenezer, Zebediah, Thomas, and Amasa, and "Mary Waterman the wife of Samuel Waterman Daughter of the s'd Deceased". [2]

3. Thomas Tomson: Find A Grave: Memorial #37295548

4. Mr. Thomas Tomson Senior dyed October the 26th 1742 Vital Records of the Town of Halifax , to the end of the year 1849 [3]

5. Thompson Nexus Thompson-L archives Thompson Nexus Thompson-L archives (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 12 Mar 2023.)

6. Thomson, Ignatius. A Genealogy of John Thomson, Who Landed at Plymouth, in the Month of May, 1622 (E. Anthony, Taunton, Mass., 1841)

7. S36: Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England Rivers: Title: Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England Riverside Press, Rev. edition (Houghton Mifflin, Co., New York, 1934)

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

View Record Name Thomas Thompson Birth Date 1664 Birthplace Massachusetts Volume 177 Page number 232 Reference A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.4: 286

• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots

View Record Name Thomas Thomson Cemetery Thompson Street Cem Location Halifax MA 62

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

View Record Name Thomas Tompson Event Type Birth Birth Date 9 Oct 1664 Birth Place Barnstable, Massachusetts Father Name John Tompson

• Family Data Collection - Births

View Record Name Thomas Thomson Father John Thomson Mother Mary Cooke Birth Date 19 October 1664 City Plymouth County Plymouth State MA Country USA

• Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013

Name Thomas Tomson Birth Date 19 Oct 1664 Age at Death 78 Death Date 26 Oct 1742 Burial Place Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA