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Note: POSTED ON FIND A GRAVE WEB SITE: Birth: Feb. 23, 1663
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: Nov. 8, 1735
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Thomas was the fifth child of Samuel and Mary Wilton Marshall, born February 23, 1663 at Windsor, Connecticut. He was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Lt. David Wilton. He married Mary Drake, daughter of John Drake and Hannah Moore, March 3, 1685/6, at Windsor. They were the parents of eleven children. He was a deacon of the church at Windsor. Thomas was an original proprietor of Torrington, Connecticut, but he never settled there. After the death of Mary in 1728, he married Elizabeth**, last name unknown. Thomas died at Windsor on November 8, 1735 and is buried in the Palisado Cemetery. His will is dated June 5, 1734. In it, he mentions his "present" wife Elizabeth; sons Samuel, Daniel, Thomas and deceased son John; daughters Mary Wilson and Eunice Marshall. He also mentions John's children Ichabod and Eunice, and granddaughters Ester, Katherine and Ann Fowler, who must be daughters of a deceased daughter.
[**On p.127 of Alva Tuttle's book, Tuttle-Tuthill Lines In America, he states that Thomas' 2nd wife, Elizabeth's maiden name was TUDOR.]
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Parents: Samuel Marshall (1630 - 1675) Mary Wilton Marshall (1632 - 1683) Spouse: Mary Drake Marshall (1666 - 1728) Children: Mary Marshall Wilson (1688 - 1772)* Samuel Marshall (1691 - 1749)* Daniel Marshall (1706 - 1784)* Sibling: Lidia Marshall Hawley (1656 - 1732)* Thomas Marshall (1663 - 1735) *Calculated relationship
Burial:
Palisado Cemetery
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Maintained by: Ken Smith
Originally Created by: Nareen, et al
Record added: Oct 25, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22446833
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WILL:
"I, Thomas Marshall, of the Town of Windsor, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; My will is, that what I have obliged myself, my heirs,etc., to pay to or allow my present wife Elizabeth, by a bond bearing date 13, November,1729, that she shall have the full and free liberty of 1 room in my dwelling house, which of them she shall choose, and the use and improvement of 8 or 10 rods of ground near my house for a garden plott, and to pasture a cow for her during her natural life, provided she survive and continue to dwell in this town,is the whole she shall have of my estate. I give to my son Samuel Marshall, more than I have given him by deed of gift, my orchard and six acres of upland adjoining to John Graham's land. Also I give him all my right and share I have or ought to have in Torrington, in the County of Hartford, lying in common and undivided with the rest of the proprietors of sd. Torrington. And further, I give him all my rights and share in the mile and 1-2 mile division of sd. Windsor Town Commons, being the lott numbered 239. And lastly,I give him 1/8 part of the whole of the grist mill (in which I have a part), except he shall allow of or give liberty for the setting up of another grist mill on the same brook on which this stands. If so, than my will is that my son Daniel, shall have it, he not paying anything for it to him the sd. Samuel Marshall, his heirs and assigns forever. I give to my son Thomas Marshall, more than I have already given him, my lott in the second meadow, also my lott in the first meadow, and my five acres of upland lying by the wayside as you go to the 2nd meadow. Also,I give him my right and share in the equivalent land lying northeast of the township of Windsor. I give to my grandchildren, Ichabod and Eunice Marshall, or their guardian for the use, more than I have given to their father my son John Marshall decd., L20 money, to be paid them in equal shares by my son Daniel Marshall. I give to my son Danel Marsall my dwelling house and homested,with the upland east of my house, and my pasture which I brought of Cornelius Gillett, reserving only to my wife Elizabeth the use of one room in the house, which she shall choose, and about 8 or 10 rods near the house,and pasturing for a cow,for her use during her natural life if it please God that she survive me and continue to dwell in this town. Also,I give him one part of the grist mill (of which I have a part) and that broken time in it of 16 hours. And further, I give him my pasture west of the grist mill forever, he paying the sum of L10 money to my grandchildren,I chabod and Eunice Marshall, or to their guardian; and to my grandchildren, Esther, Katharine and Ann Fowler, or to their father Fowler, to be paid them in equal shares when they come of age, L10 money in the whole, to be paid by the sd. Daniel Marshall; and also to my two daughters, Mary Wilson and Eunice Marshall, L10 money each. I appoint my son Samuel Marshall executor." Thomas Marshall,LS--Witness:Timothy Lopmis,Mary x Soper,Hannah Loomis.
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