Thomas Coleman 
Thomas was born on June 2nd, 1599 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.1 He died at the age of 83 on August 14th, 1682 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Ma.2 General Notes
Was one of the original purchasers of Nantucket Island. Came to Boston on the ship "James" and settled in Newbury Mass.
James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
THOMAS, Newbury, from Marlborough, in Wilts, arr. at Boston 3 June 1635 in the James from Southampton, came out under contr. with Sir RichardSaltonstall and others, to keep their cattle, in wh. he was neglig. andunfaithf. as the Ct. rul. yet was adm. freem. 17 May 1637, by w. Susanna,wh. d. 17 Nov. 1650, had Tobias, b. 1638; Benjamin, 1 May 1640; Joseph, 2Dec. 1642; John, 1644; Isaac, 20 Feb. 1647, bef. ment.; and Joanna; rem.to Hampton, m. 11 July 1651, Mary, wid. of Edmund Johnson, wh. d. 30 Jan.1663; and he took for third w. Margery, d. of Philip Fowler (wid. of Thomas Rowell of Andover, wh. had been wid. of first Christopher Osgoodof A.) He rem. to Nantucket bef. 1663, there d. 1682, aged 83. PerhapsSusanna, wh. d. 2 Jan. 1643, was his d. Coffin says he spell. his name"Coultman," but in my opin. it was Coaleman, or Coulman, as in old writ.e is freq. tak. for t, and u for a is common co. error in mod.
Noted in letter # 8 in the book: "Family Letters from the Bodleian Library, with notes" by: William S. Appleton. Printed in Cambridge, The University Press, 1902.
Thomas and Susanna were married in a religious ceremony before 1638 in Newbury, Essex, Ma.3 They had a son named Joseph.
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Children
Joseph Coleman
Joseph was born on December 2nd, 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Ma.4 He died at the age of 47 in April 1690 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Ma.5
1 Woodburn, Coffin and Allied Nantucket Families
2 Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
3 History of Nantucket Island
4 Vital Records of Newbury MA to the Year 1850
5 Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
6 Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, MA
2 Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
3 History of Nantucket Island
4 Vital Records of Newbury MA to the Year 1850
5 Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
6 Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, MA
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