Samuel Thomas (1655 - 1720)

Born 6 Nov 1655 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

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Died 12 Dec 1720 at age 65 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Samuel Thomas was born on 06 Nov 1655 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America as the first child of John Thomas Sr. and Sarah Pitney. He had seven siblings, namely: John, Elizabeth, Daniel, Sarah, James, Ephraim, and Israel. He died on 12 Dec 1720 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. When he was 24, he married Mercy Ford, daughter of William Ford and Sarah Dingley, on 27 May 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Samuel Thomas was buried in 1720 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. His reference number is 2096627. His reference number is 60. His reference number is 2067880.

Samuel Thomas and Mercy Ford had the following children:

1. John Thomas was born on 08 Nov 1683 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He died in Jan 1769 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He married Lydia Waterman on 23 Dec 1714 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
2. Bethiah Thomas was born on 25 Jan 1681 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. She died about Oct 1761 in Massachusetts.
3. Samuel Thomas was born on 07 Dec 1685 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Colony of Plymouth. He died on 22 Sep 1768 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He married Rebecka Howland on 15 Feb 1728 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
4. Nathan Thomas was born on 21 Nov 1688 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth. He died on 03 Nov 1741 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He married Alice Baker on 04 Mar 1713 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. He married Abiah Snow on 02 Jan 1717 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Povince of Massachusetts Bay, New England. He married Sarah Foster on 17 Jun 1719 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
5. Joseph Thomas was born in 1690 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He died on 25 Jan 1759 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He married Lydia Winslow on 10 Dec 1718 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.
6. Gideon Thomas was born on 23 Dec 1692 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He died on 14 Dec 1766 in Massachusetts Bay.
7. Sarah Thomas was born about 1697 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
8. Josiah Thomas was born before 16 Mar 1698 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died about 28 Mar 1748 in Duxbury, Pllymouth, Massachusetts. He married Deborah Bartlett on 19 Dec 1723 in Duxbury, Pllymouth, Massachusetts. He married Mary Stedman on 05 Jul 1715 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Burial

Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts ^[1]

1720 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Probate

His will is dated 31 January 1717 in Marshfield and proved on 6 October 1720 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Marcy, his sons, John Thomas, Nathan Thomas, Samuel Thomas, Joseph Thomas, Gideon Thomas, and Josiah Thomas, and his daughters, Bethiah and Sarah Thomas. His moveables inventory was taken on 30 September 1720. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ FindaGrave Memorial: 20839210
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-FNJK : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 146-147 of 485; State Archives, Boston.

• Robert M. Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (West Greenwich: Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1970), p. 7 (birth)
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/Sr4cd6
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Marshfield Town Meeting Minutes, with Births, Marriages and Deaths; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1s9gTFG
• S37: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
• Richards, Lysander Salmon. History of Marshfield (Memorial Press, Plymouth, Mass., 1905) Vol. 2, Page 90
• Ancestral File Number: GWM4-3C
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8R-DJH : 15 January 2020), Samuel Thomas, 1655.