Thomas TRACY

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7 November 1610 , England

Died

7 November 1685 , Norwich, Connecticut Colony

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Born: 7 November 1610 in England

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Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1641.

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Thomas married Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK) abt. 1641 in Wethersfield, New Haven Colony . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK) was born abt. 1618 in England (United Kingdom). Mary died 20 February 1659 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony).

Thomas married (2) Martha BOURNE 20 February 1678 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony . Martha BOURNE was born abt. 1614 in England (United Kingdom). Martha died 20 February 1680 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Martha was the child of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN.

Thomas married (3) Mary FOOTE abt. 1683 in Connecticut Colony . Mary FOOTE was born abt. 1623 in England (United Kingdom). Mary died December 1684 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary was the child of Nathaniel FOOTE and Elizabeth DEMING.

Thomas TRACY died 7 November 1685 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony .

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Dr. Dwight Tracy in his 1908 pamphlet, "The Tracys in America -- Recently Discovered English Ancestry of Governor William Tracy of Virginia, 1620, and of his only son, Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Salem, Massachusetts and Norwich Connecticut" tried to show that he was the son of Gov. Wm. Tracy. John G. Hunt in his "Fiction Versus Possibility in the Tracy Genealogy" did a fairly decent job of debunking that claim. Gov Tracy's son William seems fairly clearly to have died by May 29, 1633.
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Thomas TRACY married

Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK)
Marriage date: abt. 1641
Marriage place: Wethersfield, New Haven Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

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Thomas (?1610-1685) & 1 wf _____ _____ ca 1641 Wethersfield, CT-Saybrook, CT (Moore Anc. 506 Agard Anc. 24 Waterman (1939) 1:691+ Snow-Estes 2:147 Granberry 334, 342 Warner-Harrington 675 Wethersfield 2:708 Booth (1910) 235 Nash Anc. 109 Paine (,5) 148 Hyde-Dana 38 Rix 182 Reynolds 31:142 Upton (1893) 161 Williams (,16) 165 Avery Anc. (1925) 50 Reg. 61:93)

Children of Thomas TRACY and Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK)

John TRACY

Born: 21 February 1642, Wethersfield, New Haven Colony
Died: 16 August 1702, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary WINSLOW 17 June 1670 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas TRACY

Born: abt. 1644, Preston, New Haven Colony
Died: 6 April 1721, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Sarah BACCUS? 1675 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)

Jonathan TRACY

Born: 21 February 1646, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: 15 December 1711, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary GRISWOLD 11 July 1672 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)

Miriam TRACY

Born: 30 November 1648, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: 9 July 1732, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Thomas WATERMAN November 1668 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Solomon TRACY

Born: abt. 1651, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: 9 July 1732, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Sarah HUNTINGTON 23 November 1676 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Married: Sarah BLISS 8 April 1686 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Daniel TRACY

Born: abt. 1652, Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony
Died: 29 June 1728, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Abigail ADGATE 19 September 1683 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Married: Hannah BACKUS 4 March 1712 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Samuel TRACY

Born: abt. 1654, Norwich, New Haven Colony
Died: 11 January 1693, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Thomas TRACY married

Martha BOURNE
Marriage date: 20 February 1678
Marriage place: Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Martha BOURNE was the child of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN

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Thomas TRACY married

Mary FOOTE
Marriage date: abt. 1683
Marriage place: , Connecticut Colony
Mary FOOTE was the child of Nathaniel FOOTE and Elizabeth DEMING

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Birth — 1610
7 November 1610
England

Biography
Thomas Tracy came to America as a young boy. He traveled on the ship 'The Supply'. The Supply was the companion ship to the Mayflower. It left 3 weeks late from England and, unlike the Mayflower, it found it's way to Virginia. The ship arrived on the 29th of January 1620.
William Tracy Esqr.
Mary Tracy his wife
Thomas Tracy their sonne.
Joice Tracy their daughter.

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Thomas TRACY - The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, c1937-. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 20

The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, c1937-. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

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William Tracy was born Abt 1590 in Manor Toddington, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of John Tracy Viscount Rathcoole and Anne Throckmorton. His first marriage was to Anne Shakerly. His second marriage was to Anna Nichols. His third marriage was to Mary Conway, daughter of Sir, John Conway, Knight and Helen Greville. Mary Conway was born in 1580 in Arrow, Warwickshire, England. William died on 8 Apr 1621 in Berkeley Colony, Virginia. He was Governor of Berkeley Colony.

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Thomas Tracy moved to Watertown, Mass in 1636. He was a ship carpenter by trade, and settled first in Watertown, Mass. where he removed to Salem in 1636. On February 23, 1737 he went to Wethersfield, Conn. and was on the jury at Hartford,the same year. In 1649 he had removed to Saybrook.

In 1645 he and Thomas Leffingwell, with others, relieved Uncas, the sachem of the Mohegans, when he was beseiged, with provisions and Uncas afterwards gave 400 acres of land to both. This led to the grant of the town of Norwich in 1659. He removed to Norwich in 1660 and was one of the proprietors of the town.

In 1662 he was appointed one of the Court of Commission in 1666 ensign. He served many years as deputy of the general court. In 1673 he was lieutenant of the New London County Dragoons, the forces raised to go against the Dutch and Indians. In 1674 he was commissary or...Read full story

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From Norwich, CT Historical Society 1659 -- 'Born about 1610 died 1685. One of the most distinguised of the Founders of Norwich. He and John Mason were witnesses of the deed of Unkos, Owaneco, and Attawanhood granting nine miles square to the inhabitants of Norwich, for the sum of seventy pounds. First representative to the General Court. Home-lot on East Town Street adjoining Christopher Huntington.'

Thomas TRACY - The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic

The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

Thomas TRACY - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2009), (Or

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2009), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 vols., 1847-2009.)
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1642 Birth of Child
John TRACY was born 21 February 1642, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

Thomas was 31 years old.

1646 Birth of Child
Jonathan TRACY was born 21 February 1646, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Thomas was 35 years old.

1648 Birth of Child
Miriam TRACY was born 30 November 1648, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Thomas was 38 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1659 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK) died 20 February 1659, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

In 1662 (Norwich, CT), Thomas Tracy, Thomas Adgate and Francis Griswold were chosen, with the townsmen, to try all cases to the value of 40s. These formed a Court of Commission.

History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Marriage of Child
Miriam TRACY married November 1668, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Thomas WATERMAN

1670 Marriage of Child
John TRACY married 17 June 1670, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Mary WINSLOW

1672 Marriage of Child
Jonathan TRACY married 11 July 1672, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) to Mary GRISWOLD

1676 Marriage of Child
Solomon TRACY married 23 November 1676, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Sarah HUNTINGTON

1678 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TRACY and Martha BOURNE 20 February 1678, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

He was 67 years old.

1680 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martha BOURNE died 20 February 1680, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

1683 Marriage of Child
Daniel TRACY married 19 September 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Abigail ADGATE

Thomas TRACY - Monument - Founders Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut -- The thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich, Connecti

Monument - Founder's Cemetery, Post Gager Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut -- The thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut were:

Thomas Adgate, Richard Edgerton, Maj. John Mason, Robert Allyn, John Elderkin, Dr. John Olmstead, Stephen Backus, Rev. James Fitch, John Pease, Lieut.William Backus, John Gager, John Post, John Baldwin, Stephen Gifford, Josiah Reed, Thomas Bingham, Francis Griswold, John Reynolds, John Birchard, Thomas Howard, Jonathan Royce, Morgan Bowers,Christopher Huntington, Nehemiah Smith, Thomas Bliss, Simon Huntington, John Tracy, John Bradford, Samuel Hyde, Lieut. Thomas Tracy, Hugh Calkins, William Hyde, Ens. Thomas Waterman, John Calkins, Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell

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1684 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary FOOTE died December 1684, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

1685 - Norwich, Connecticut
1685 TRACEY liut Thomas Tracy deceafed 7th nouembr 1685 Death

Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.