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Personal data Thomas Birchard 

• He was born on August 12, 1595 in Fairstead, Essex Co., Eng.
• He was christened on October 12, 1595 in Fairstead, Essex Co., Eng.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Sources: Renee Hawkley, Ellen Alberta Thompson, Joann Dale Williams, Ronald Jordan, James McArthur Mason, Frank C. Mitchell, Ryan West, S. Whip, et al.

• He died on May 9, 1684 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, he was 88 years old.
• He is buried after May 8, 1684 in Norwich, New London Co., CT (Founders Cem.).
• A child of William Byrchard and Catherine Finch
• This information was last updated on October 2, 2023.

Household of Thomas Birchard

(1) He is married to Mary Robinson.

They got married on October 23, 1620 at Fairstead, Essex Co., Eng, he was 25 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John Birchard  1628-1702 

(2) He is married to Catherine Andrews.

They got married on July 21, 1659 at somewhere in CT, he was 63 years old.

Notes about Thomas Birchard

Thomas Birchard

Sources: Author: Hawkley, Renee; Thompson, Ellen Alberta; Williams, Joann Dale; Jordan, Ronald; Mason, James McArthur; Mitchell, Frank C.; West, Ryan; Whip, S.; et al.; Title: "Thomas Birchard," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xviii Mar MMXXIII)

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"... Thomas Birchard Last Changed: March 29, 2022 S. Whip Sex Male Last Changed: November 9, 2020 James McArthur Mason

Birth 12 August 1595 Fairstead, Essex, England ...

Christening 12 October 1595 Fairstead, Essex, England Reason: Transcripts of Fairsted Parish Records 1538-1840 Last Changed: July 31, 2020 Ellen Alberta Thompson

Death 9 May 1684 Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, ... Last Changed: June 28, 2022 Renee Hawkley

Burial 1684 Founders Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, ... Last Changed: May 7, 2022 Ryan West

Where is Roxbury 1635 Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay, ... Roxbury, England or Roxbury Township, Boston, Massachusetts? Reason: Nearly all the first families came from the same part of Essex, England, or from London, ... The choice of a name for their town, Roxbury. Roxbury is one of Boston's oldest communities. Incorporated nearly 400 years ago, in 1630, the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were its first European settlers. It became a city in 1846 and was annexed to the city of Boston in 1868. I can find no town/parish/city in England in the seventeenth century that was named Roxbury. Last Changed: January 25, 2020 Scott Lawrence Robinson

Emigration September 1635 'Truelove' From London With Wife & Children Last Changed: November 9, 2017 Frank C Mitchell

1637 Freeman In Boston
Residence 1639 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, ... 36 Acres ... Last Changed: January 25, 2020 Scott Lawrence Robinson

Informational Regarding his Death Connecticut, ... Reason:

There are several compiled genealogies erroneously stating that Thomas died 3 Oct 1657, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, citing the vital records. The 1657 death record is for a Thomas Birch - A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825

Thomas Birchard died between May 9, 1683, when he sold land, and Sept. 16, 1684, when the court records that a codicil to his will was presented. He left a will, but it has since been lost - "Thomas and Mary (Robinson) Birchard Their Origin, Ancestry and Family" The American Genealogist 51:17 Last Changed: August 16, 2020 Ellen Alberta Thompson

Spouses and Children

Thomas Birchard Male 1595 - 1684
Mary Elizabeth Robinson Female 1597 - 1655
Marriage 23 October 1620 Fairstead, Essex, England

Children (6)

[1] Elizabeth Birchard Female 1621-1700
[2] Marie Birchard Female 1623-1694
[3] Sarah Birchard Female 1624-1691
[4] Susannah Birchard Female 1626-1682
[5] John Birchard Male 1628-1702 [<-ancestor]
[6] Hannah Birchard Female 1633-1670

Thomas Birchard Male 1595-1684
Catherine Andrews Female 1622-1680
Marriage 21 July 1659 Connecticut Colony, ...

Thomas Birchard Male 1595-1684
Deborah Birchard Burkitt Female -1680
Marriage Bef. 1680 Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ...

Parents and Siblings

William Byrchard Male 1569-1634
Catherine Finch Female 1574-1635
Marriage 21 April 1595 Essex, England

Children (5)

[1] Thomas Birchard Male 1595-1684 [<-ancestor]
[2] William Birchard Male 1598-1625
[3] Richard Birchard Male 1600-1684
[4] Mary Birchard Female 1606-1681
[5] Katherine Birchard Female 1608-Deceased

On 19 Sep 1635, Thomas Birchard, a laboring man age 40,his wife Mary age 38 and his children Elizabeth 13, Marie 12, Sara 9,Susan 8, John 7 and Ann 18 months took passage on the True Love sailing from London for New England. He came to the Massachusetts Colony where he was made a freeman 17 May 1637. Before 1639 he removed to Hartford, CT where he was one of the original proprietors. In the first volume of Land Records for distribution of lands in Feb 1639, there are several parcels of land in Hartford on the Connecticut River going to Richard Bichard and his heirs forever. Shortly after Oct 1647 he removed to Saybrook, where on 15 May 1650 he was a Deputy to the General Court for Saybrook. He soon after this removed to Marthas Vineyard, though still holding land in Hartford and Saybrook. His house lot was at Great Harbor in Edgartown. He and others were appointed to make divisions of land of the 'Necks' on 20 May 1653. In 1654 he was elected Town Clerk of Edgartown. In 1865 he served as assistant to the Magistrate. He was said to have been a close personal friend of Gov. Winthrop, and it was probably this friendship that led the Governor to go out on that cold winter day to marry Thomas's daughter and Jonathan Rudd.

Last Changed: June 22, 2022 mrpg"
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