John Thomas

1616 - 1671  (55 years)

• Name	John Thomas
  	to New England
  Birth	1616	Gillingham, Kent, England   [1]
  Legal	May 1650 (34 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony   [2]
  John Thomas for one length of rayles defective was fined 12d:/ in May 1650 in New Haven, Connecticut.
  Legal	3 Sep 1650 (34 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony   [2]
  Mathias Hitchcocke, Henry Lindale, Benjamine Wilmott, Henry Pecke, John Thomas, Allen Ball, Mris Gregson, Jn" Walker, William Davis, Jn° Benham, being warned to appeare at this Court, appeared not, wth the Court looked vpon as a great neglect, if not contempt, and Ordered that they be warned to ye next Court, to show cause why they did not now appeare :/ on 3 September 1650 in New Haven, Connecticut.
  Offices Held	1652 (36 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony   [2]
  In 1652 he was chosen a fence viewer for New Haven, Connecticut.
  History	May 1662 (46 years)	Royal Charter for the Colony of Connecticut signed, ending the New Haven Colony.
  Freeman	1669 (53 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [5]
  In 1669 he was admitted as a freeman in New Haven, Connecticut.
  Will	1670 (54 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [5]
  He made his will in 1670 in New Haven, Connecticut.
  Death	15 Dec 1671	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 15 Dec 1671	Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Center Church on the Green Churchyard,  New Haven, Connecticut The cemetery is located in a crypt underneath the church.   [3]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Thomas,   b. 26 Dec 1562, Honiton, Devonshire, England d. 4 Aug 1651, Penryn, Devonshire, England  (Age 88 years)  (Father)  Maria (Marie) Curtis or Lukes,   b. Abt 1578, Honiton, Devonshire, England d. 1625  (Age 47 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I13792	Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Thomas,   b. 26 Dec 1562, Honiton, Devonshire, England d. 4 Aug 1651, Penryn, Devonshire, England (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Maria (Marie) Curtis or Lukes,   b. Abt 1578, Honiton, Devonshire, England d. 1625 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F9001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Tabitha   d. 1 Apr 1690, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  Marriage	Before 1640	New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony   [4, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years - She : ??.
  Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
  >   1. Sarah Thomas  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William Wilmont     2. John Thomas  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Daniel Thomas,   b. 13 Feb 1644, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. Feb 1694, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 50 years) ▻ Rebecca  m. 3 Feb 1669 >   4. Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 15 Mar 1649, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John Holt     5. Samuel Thomas,   b. 5 Sep 1651, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Tabitha Thomas,   b. 18 Dec 1653, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Joseph Thomas  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F7692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Thomas(1616 – 1671) 2John Thomas(1562 – 1651) 3Maria (Marie) Curtis or Lukes(Abt 1578 – 1625)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1616 - Gillingham, Kent, England Marriage - Before 1640 - New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony Legal - May 1650 - New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony Legal - 3 Sep 1650 - New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony Offices Held - 1652 - New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony Freeman - 1669 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Will - 1670 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Death - 15 Dec 1671 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Burial - Aft 15 Dec 1671 - Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S2053] Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. New Haven Town Records, Vol I 1649-1662, (New Haven, Connecticut: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 46954112 John Thomas. [S2140] Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven, (Rome, New York: The Connecticut Society, 1923). [S956] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume IV, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).