• General Notes

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  [3132.ftw]
  
  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #3132, Date of Import: Nov 5, 1998]
  
  Reference: History of Milford Mass  974.402/M5986 - lineage table
  Settled in Hingham Ma upon arrival.
  Second wife and collective families moved to Manchester, Essex, Ma by 1658.
  Witness to will of William Allen on 07 Jun 1678 - widow was Elizabeth.
  Wife #3 was Elizabeth (by naming in Will)
  
  Came to America from Goversham, Oxfordshire,England 14 Apr 1638 at age 35 years.
  24 Apr 1638 - list of passengers from Southampton for New England on the "Confidence" of London : Mr. John Jabson- Master lists:
  Thomas Jones of Goversham - tailor 36
  Ann, his wife and 4 unnamed children under 10 and servants William
  Baunche 24 and Jude Denley. (Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660
  Peter Wilson Colham)
  
  English Origins of New England Families, Vol III, pg 682 (929.342 ENG)
  Thomas Jones (age 36 yrs) came to New England in 1638 with his wife
  Anne and his 4 children.  He was a tailor from Caversham, Oxfordshire
  His son - Abraham JOnes of Hull, sold land in Hingham in 1658 to
  Daniel Cushing (Suffolk Co Deeed iv 129) This land was orginally
  grangted by the town to  Samuel Ward in 1637.  It was then
  transferred to Thomas Jones in 1638 (Suffolk Co. Deeds iv 279)
  Abraham had 7 sons in 1657: Benjamin, Thomas, Abraham, Josiah,
  Joseph, John, Ephraim (History of Hingham ii386)
  Robert Jones appeared in Hingham in 1637 - a probable relative of Thomas -  as he was from the same part  of England
  04 Dec 1646 "Elizabeth Curtes and Jane Curtes grant unto Robert
  Jones of Hingham theire Father in Law a lre of Attur(7) to aske
  and C; of the executo of the last will and C of Jane Alexand (7)
  late of Reading in Oxfordshire deceased theire severall and
  rspective legacies given them by the last will and testament of said
  Jane Alexand Theire grandmother and of the receipt and C: also to
  compound and C: and to appeare and C: thereto required and C: and
  generally to doe all thing witnes thir hand and seales"
  (Aspinwall's Notarial Records, p-41) 

Details of Thomas' family with Ann Unknown