Biography
Thomas, probably the second son of Simon and Margaret, though we
have no record of the date of his birth. With nothing to oppose such an
order, I have arranged the last three of this family in the order in which they were 'made free' by the general Court of Connecticut: Thomas being made free in 1651, Christopher in 1658, and Simon in 1663.

He appears to have resided in Windsor, Conn., as he purchased land there in 1656, and in 1658 was employed to mend the boat, and in 1660 was a fence viewer. He next appears on the records of the town of Branford in 1663. He married, probably, for his first wife, a daughter of Wm. Swain, of Wethersfield, and later of Branford; and for his second wife, Hannah, a daughter of Jasper Crane, merchant, who had moved from New Haven to Branford in 1652, at the settlement of the latter town. It will, perhaps, indicate, not doubtfully, his character that he secured, in that day, an alliance with two such families. The fathers of both of his wives were...Read MORE...