Thomas Loring (1725)

Born 12 Apr 1725 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Zilpha (Bradford) Loring — married 1 Oct 1750 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Biography

Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary (Southworth) Loring, was born at Duxbury, MA on April 12, 1725.

In 1741, Thomas being above fourteen years old, made the choice of his uncle Joshua Loring of Duxbury to be his guardian.^[1]

He married Zilpha Bradford, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Stetson) Bradford, at Kingston, MA on October 1, 1750.

They had three sons, Joshua, Melzar, and Simeon, all born at Duxbury but recorded at Plympton, MA.

Thomas died at Plympton on March 18, 1804 at the age of 78.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-NKMP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 222 of 288; State Archives, Boston.

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 1 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), p. 437

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 3 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), pp. 303-304

• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 106 (birth)

• Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Plymouth: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 250 (marriage)

• Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Plymouth: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923), p. 493 (death)

• Charles Henry Pope, Katharine Peabody Loring, assist., Loring Genealogy, (Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917), p. 38

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-S4S : accessed 27 September 2021), entry for Thomas Loring, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.