Thomas Harlock (1659 - 1744)

Born 1659 in Edgartown, Dukes, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Harlock — married before 1691 (to before 1692) in Edgartown, New York

Husband of Sarah (Marchant) Harlock — married 16 Nov 1696 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Stewart) Harlock — married after 1697 in Edgartown, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1744 at about age 85 in Felix Neck, MA

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Biography

Charles Edward Banks, in his "History of Martha's Vineyard", shows Thomas Harlock, born in 1659 at Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard (at that time, a part of New York under the control of the Dutch) as the son of Thomas Harlock and Bethiah Mayhew. The younger Thomas, a successful yeoman farmer, is shown as having had three marriages: the first is to an unknown wife; the second to Sarah (Marchant) Arey, widow of Richard Arey; and the third to another Sarah, the daughter of Daniel & Mary Stewart.

Assuming Banks's report to be accurate -- it is essentially supported by dates offered in Torrey's "New England Marriages" (only a birth year is shown in one marriage record, and only a death year in another) -- Thomas was born in 1659 and died in 1744.

Quotation from Banks ^[1] (note that "E." is Edgartown):

"10. Thomas 2 Harlock, (Thomas 1 ), b. 1659; res. E., yeoman. He m. (1) ; (2) Mrs. Sarah (Marchant) (8) Arey, wid. of Richard, 16 Nov. 1696, who was b. abt. 1661 and d. Jan. 1728-9; (3) Sarah Stewart (3), who was b. abt. 1668 and d. bef. 1745. Thomas Harlock was a leading citizen of E. in his time, residing first on Burial Hill and later rem. to the head of Sanchacantacket near Felix Neck. He d. 9 June 1744. His will 27 May 1743 was pro. 9 July 1744."

Research notes: If Banks is correct, then -- unless there was a rare divorce -- there has possibly been confusion over the identity of the Sarah Harlock who died in 1729. If Thomas's second wife, Sarah (Marchant) [Arey], left him a widow prior to his marriage to Sarah Stewart, and if he married the second Sarah prior to 1729, then it is this second Sarah -- not Sarah (Marchant) [Arey] -- who died in that year. The other option, since no original record of the Stewart marriage is in evidence, is that Thomas married third _after_1729. The FindAGrave record (see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155318619) -- which claims that it was Sarah (Marchant) [Arey] Harlock who died in 1729 is not helpful -- as there is no gravestone shown and the burial itself is somewhat speculative.

This profile was originally created through the import of Wilson.ged on 14 September 2010.

By First Wife:

• Mary, 3 b. 6 June 1692; m. Samuel Huxford (10) 6 Jan. 1715.

By Second Wife:

• Thomas, b. 20 Jan. 1698.
• Thomas 3 Harlock, (Thomas 21 ), b. 20 Jan. 1698; res. , farmer. He m. Hannah , of whom nothing definite is known except that she was living as his widow in 1748.
• Bethia, 4 b. 1719; m. Elijah Smith (63) 21 June 1739.
• Sarah, b. (1723); d. 1762 unm.; (deaf and dumb).
• Mary, b. 1727; m. Daniel Coffin (38).
• Patience, b. (1730); m. Thomas Norris (33) 11 Aug. 1751. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts (Volume 3), by Charles Edward Banks; G.H. Dean, Boston, 1911-25; http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-banks/the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna/page-16-the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna.shtml
2. ↑ http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-banks/the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna/page-16-the-history-of-marthas-vineyard-dukes-county-massachusetts-volume-3-kna.shtml

• Marriage (1) (to wife whose name is unknown) and (2) (to Sarah (Marchant) Arey): New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/700/426889064 (subscription required)

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• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3Q-FSH : 4 December 2014), Thomas Harlock in entry for Mary, 06 Jun 1692; citing , 2:1K79MVS; FHL microfilm 911,736.

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70942724