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Thomas was one of the original proprietors of Salisbury in 1639.  He took the Oath of fidelity there in 1646.

After the death of Christopher Osgood, Margery married secondly Thomas. The following marriage contract was entered into:

"Know all men by these presents, yt I, Thomas Rowell of Salisbury, doe hereby covenant & make this agremt, concerning Margere Ossgood, ye widdow of Christopher Ossgood of Ipsweich, whoome God willing, I intend to make my Lawfull wife, & now being in perfect healthe, sense & memory, doe bind myselfe, to the premisses ffollowing: -- Videly: -- As I take her to be my loving wife, soe I freely take her issue, being two sonnes, & two daughters, as my one, to endeavor to bring them upp, as a ffather ought to doe:  & ffurther more, I bind myselfe, that the said Margere shall quiettly ennoy & possesse, the halfe of my estate, which I shall be possessed withall, when it shall please God to change my life, besides the part of portion of goods, which I shall have with her, paying to the said issue, there severall portons, mentioned in there ffathers will, according to the appointed times, out of the said estate, which I shall enjoy with her.  In wittnes whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand, this 24th day of Ffebruary: 1650.  In the presence of,

Phillip Ffowler (P marke). Thomas Rowell (the marke of).
William Bridges.
William Chandler.

Received in court, held at Ipswich, the 30th of Sept., 1662, & alowed of, by the court.  As attest.  Robert Lord, cler."

On Feb. 12, 1656/7 Thomas and Alex. Knight made an agreement with Robert Collings to lease his farm in Ipswich, except for two acres and the home lot, for seven years.

April 5, 1659, Thomas, carpenter, with wife Marjery, sold Lieut. Robert Pike of Salisbury "all my farm in the said town of Salisbury, containing by estimation, six score acres, be it more or less, viz.: twenty acres of it was granted by the town of Salisbury, forty acres bought of Mr. Samuel Hale, and forty acres bought of Mr. Thomas Bradbury, which was sometime John Hoge's; all which several parcels of land, are situate, lying, and being within the bounds of Salisbury, up at the new town" for 14 pounds.

He died in Andover.  An inventory was taken June 16, 1662 showing an estate amounting to 156 pounds, 10 shillings, 2 pence.  The inventory was allowed Sept. 30, 1662, when Margery, his widow, was administratrix of estate.  By contract before marriage, margery was to have half the estate.  The court ordered 20 pounds, 10 shillings to be paid to Jacob Rowell, his son, when 21 years of age and to his grandchildren, the children of Valentine Rowell.  The eldest son of his grandchildren was to receive 7 pounds, 4 shillings.  The other five grandchildren were to receive 20 shillings apiece.  Additional inventory was sworn to in 1681 when his son, Jacob, was appointed to take the place of Margary, his widow.  Jacob is then called the only child who had then become of age. He was appointed administrator because Margary, the widow, had moved out of the jurisdiction to Nantucket.  Jacobe speaks of an agreement between his father and mother before marriage.  The appraisers were Dudley Bradstreet and Thomas Chandler.  Some of the estate was on the Indian Plains, being the third division meadow, on the west side of Shawshine river, and upland in the swamp division.

On April 1, 1665, Christopher agrred to pay all the debts of his mother. He took an oath to this agreement in Court in March 1672 because he was being sued by heirs of Thomas Rowell.  He offered them the value in land but they wanted it in money.  On Oct. 2, 1666, he sold the dwelling house and grounds in Ipswich left him by his father to Thomas Metcalf.

On July 15, 1670, "Margery Coleman, administratrix to the estate of Thomas Rowell, my former husband, late of Andover, deceased, with the full consent of Thomas Coleman, of the Island of Nantuckett, my present Husband" for 3 pounds "payd by my son Christopher Ossgood, of Andover, Joyner" sells land on northwest side of Shawshine river, in Andover.  The witnesses were Governor Simon Bradstreet, Dudley Bradstreet, and Marcy Bradstreet.

On May 27, 1673, Christopher occupied the house and land of his mother, Margery Colman of Nantucket, in which she had lived with her former husband, Thomas Rowell.  On June 8, 1675, she mentioned that she had let her house and land for twelve years to her son, Christopher of Andover. He was to pay her 15 pounds at the expiration of the twelve years.  On that date, she oredered him to pay it to her son Thomas Osgood.


According to Wiley Jarrell's genealogy, Thomas' date of death is shown as 1670.  However, based on the information from primary sources, Mr. Jarrell's information is incorrect.


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