Thomas VARNEY

(b. 1630, , England d. 4 December 1692, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay )

Summary: Thomas VARNEY was born 1630 in , England . Thomas VARNEY was the child of William VARNEY and Bridget KNIGHT

Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1652.

He married Abigail PROCTOR abt. 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Abigail PROCTOR was born abt. 1639 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA . She died 1 March 1731 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA . She was the daughter of John PROCTOR and Martha HARPER.

Thomas VARNEY died 4 December 1692 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Notes:
Thomas Varney was the son of William Varney (b: 1608 in Buckinghamshire,England) and Bridget Knight (b: Abt 1611 in England)

In 1652, he was apprenticed to John Hardy of Salem, a fisherman.

Abigail Proctor was the daughter of John Proctor (b: 1595 in England) and Martha Harper (b: 1607 in London,County Essex,England)

"Corporal Thomas Varney had a share in Plum Island, 1664. Voter in town affairs, 1679. He is called Corporal Varney of Chebacco. His wife was named Abigail...His will is dated November 25, 1692. He died at Chebacco, December 4, 1692."

Source: The Hammatt papers ... : the early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700, Ipswich, Mass.: Press Ipswich antiquarian papers, A. Caldwell, A.W. Dow, 1880-1899, pages 377-78.

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Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Map of Ipswich in 1640

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Thomas VARNEY married

Abigail PROCTOR-- Date: abt. 1666 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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.

Abigail PROCTOR was the daughter of John PROCTOR and Martha HARPER

"Thomas & Abigail [PROCTOR] (1639-1732, ae 92); by 1669; Ipswich {Hammatt: Ipswich 271, 378; Hadley Fam. 16; Ferrin-Preston 64; Choate 9; Hamlin 345; Paul Anc. 75, 176; Holman Ms: Proctor 9}"

Children:

Abigail VARNEY (b.1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 31 October 1692, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

Mercy (Mary) VARNEY (b.abt. 1669, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 November 1733, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

Martha VARNEY (b.abt. 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )

Rachel VARNEY (b.abt. 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. bef. 21 MAY 1731, Plainfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut)

Hannah VARNEY (b.abt. 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )

Thomas VARNEY (b.24 December 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 June 1762, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

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1642-1645 - 1641 - English Civil War began; 1645 - Civil War ended, Charles I defeated

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1649 - King Charles I tried for levying war; found guilty and was executed; son Charles II declared himself King

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(1653 - 1658) Lord Cromwell ruled England as Lord Protector

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1654 - England declared war on Spain

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1660 - Monarchy restored with King Charles II

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1664
English take New York

1665 - Great Plague struck London; over 75,000 died

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1675 - King Philip's War takes place between Native Americans and New England colonists
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Thomas VARNEY was born 24 December 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1685 - King Charles II died; brother James, Duke of York, crowned King James II

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(1688 - 1689) Glorious Revolution took place, King James II deposed by Parliament

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1689 - William & Mary assume English throne. Peter the Great assumes Russian throne.

Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Varney Thomas, Corp., at Chebacco, Dec. 4, 1692.
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