Anna (Tisdale) Thomas (1672 - 1733)

Born 27 Jan 1672 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of George Leonard — married 4 Jul 1695 (to 5 Sep 1716) in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Nathaniel Thomas — married 3 Sep 1730 (to Sep 1733) in Norton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Sep 1733 at age 61 in Norton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Anna Tisdale was born on January 27, 1672, in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John Tisdale Jr.^[1] and Hannah Rogers.^[2][3]

Anna married George Leonard on July 4, 1695, in Taunton,^[4] the son of Thomas and Mary (Watson) Leonard.^[2] All of her children were born to this marriage. They were the first settlers of Norton and acquired large tracts of land and set up an iron works, and produced many descendants. George was active in local politics and church, and was a major in the militia.^[5][3] On 6 Dec 1708 George Leonard of Taunton and wife Anna sold 200 acres formerly of their father John Tisdale late of Taunton, deceased. Anna acknowledged her signature on 24 April 1726.^[2] Major George Leonard died at Norton September 5, 1716, in his 46th year.^[6] George's will, dated 30 August 1716 and inventoried 29 October 1716, named wife Ann, daughters Phebe, Anna, Abigail, Marcy and Mary, eldest son George, second son Nathaniel and son Ephraim, sisters Elizabeth Williams and Mary Tisdal.^[2]

During the latter part of 1718 to 1720 Mrs. Anna Leonard and her son George contested the rates set by the assessors of the town of Norton and took the matter to court, which also ignited a lengthy disturbance in the church with one of the assessors, John Skinner.^[7]

Anna married secondly Nathaniel Thomas, as his second wife, on September 3, 1730 in Norton.^[8]

Anna Thomas died at Norton September 1733, age 61.^[9]

Anna's will:

"In the Name of God Amen I Anna Thomas (the Wife of Nathaniel Thomas of Plimouth in the County of Plimouth in the province of the Massachusets Bay in Newengland Esqr) being authorized by a Covenant or agreement made between my sd husband & my self before out Intermarriage to make a will and to dispose of such things as to me did then appertain as I should se cause as by sd Covenant or agreement Reference thereto being had may fully and at Large appear and now being under bodily weakness but of perfect mind and memory and of a disposing mind (Thanks be given to God) ... And as to such wordly estate ... son George Leonard of Norton Esqr ... son Nathaniel Leonard ... grandaughter Anna Daughter of sd Nathll ... son Ephraim Leonard ... son Abihail Leonard all the pewter I have which was his Grandmother Leonards ... daughter Phebe Raynolds (wife of mr Joseph Raynolds of Bristol) ... my Daughter Abigail Williams (wife of Warham Williams of Watertown) ... daughter Mary Clap (Wife of Revd Thos Clap of Taunton) ... Friends the Revd Mr Joseph Avery & Mr Joseph Hodge (whom I make and Constitute Executors of this my last Will & Testament) both of Norton ... hand & Seal the fifteenth Day of August Anno Domini one thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Three."

Sworn to Dec 19 1733. Note the parenthesis were in the original.^[10][11] Anna's estate included many colorful garments of satin, velvet and other fine materials which she left to her daughters.^[2]

Nathaniel Thomas died in 1739. In his will, dated 5 October 1737 and proved 13 March 1738, he mentioned his third wife Mary, and among others, Rev. Nathaniel Leonard, Anna's son.^[2]

Children of George Leonard and Anna Tisdale all born Norton:^[12]

1. Phebe Leonard, b. 11 Mar 1696; m. Joseph Reynolds
2. George Leonard, b. 4 Mar 1698, Hon. George Leonard Esq. d. 4 Dec 1778
3. Nathaniel Leonard, b. 9 Mar 1699/1700, Rev. Nathaniel d. 11 Jun 1761
4. Anna Leonard, b. 16 Dec 1701, d. 31 Jan 1724/25 in her 24th yr.
5. Abigail Leonard, b. 20 Oct 1703; m. Rev. Warham Williams.
6. Ephraim Leonard, b. 16 Jan 1705/6
7. Marcy Leonard, b. 29 Apr 1708
8. Jonathan Leonard, b. 30 Oct 1710, d. 13 Jan 1710/11
9. Joshua Leonard, b. 13 May 1712, d. 29 Jun 1712
10. Mary Leonard, b. 17 Jan 1713/14; m. Thomas Clapp
11. Abiel Leonard, b. Jun 1717, (born to Anna, widow), d. unmarried spring 1739

Sources

1. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1929), 3 vols., Vol. 1:420.

   "Tisdale, Anna (Tisdill), ch. John Jr., Jan. 27, 1672. [Tisdall, PCR]."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [1st printing]), pp. 16, 50-52.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Walker, J. B. B. Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony ..., Northampton, Metcalf & Company Printers, 1861, Page 19.
4. ↑ NEHGS, VRs of Taunton, Vol. 2:291.
5. ↑ George Faber Clark, A history of the town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, from 1669-1859, (Boston, MA: Crosby, Nichols, and Co., and author at Norton, 1859) pp. 85-87.
6. ↑ NEHGS, VRs of Norton, p. 381.
7. ↑ Clark, History of Norton, p. 93.
8. ↑ NEHGS, Vital records of Norton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1906) p. 269.

   "Leonard, Anna, Mrs., and Nathaniel Thomas Esq. of Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1730."

9. ↑ NEHGS, VRs of Norton, p. 396.

   "Thomas, Anna, wid. Nathaniel Esq. of Plymouth, wid. Maj. George Leonard Esq., Sept. __, 1733, a 61. GR2"

10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Plymouth > Case no 20135-20263 Thaxter, Henry-Thomas, Celia > image 1790 of 2515; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.
11. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) [Anna Thomas #20228 1733 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1558/i/20958/20228-co1/426488275] (Link by $ubscription)
12. ↑ Items verified: Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1906) pp. 94-96 marriages; deaths p. 381+

See also:

• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 940. LEONARD, George (1671-1716) & Anna TISDALE (-1733), m/2 Nathaniel THOMAS; 4 Jul 1695; Taunton {Reg. 5:4143, 13:252, 16:324; Plymouth (Davis) 171; Norton Hist. 87: Walker (1861) 19; Williams (#16) 125; Leonard (#1) 74; Leonard (#3) 17; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 6:324; Newell Anc. 131, 132}
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 September 2019), memorial page for Anna Tisdale Thomas (27 Jan 1672–Sep 1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #86112441, citing Norton Common Cemetery, Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260). (No gravestone photo.)

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