Thomas was a cutler (knife maker) in Sheffield. His own mark, a capital TB written together as a merged letter, was assigned to him in 1614 when he was 26. (He was admitted as master cutter 21 Dec 1614). Probably “The Master Cutter” of Sheffield in 1624.[ [619]] Tradition, according to the original Bingham genealogy, says he died on the way to America, but research for the 1996 revision found his burial record in Sheffield in 1648/9. He left six young children, six months to 16. His wife raised them alone, but most did not survive. She took her son Thomas to New England about 1659.[ [620]]