Family Group Sheet
NameThomas SHAILOR
Birthabt 1643, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England [1045]
Immigrationabt 1661, Connecticut
Move1662, Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT
Death1692, At Sea (Voyage to West Indies)
Marriageaft 1668
SpouseMarah SPENCER [782]
Birthabt 1646
Deathbef 22 Dec 1714, Haddam, Middlesex, CT [782]
FatherGerrard SPENCER (ch. 1614-1685)
MotherHannah Lobdel Calcott HILLS (~1618-1692)
Other spousesThomas Brooks
Children
SpouseKatherine CLARK
Marriage22 Oct 1696, Haddam, Middlesex, CT [153]
SpouseElizabeth Parents
Marriage28 Mar 1695, Haddam, Middlesex, CT [153]
SpouseJohn Clark
Notes for Thomas SHAILOR
Thomas is usually listed as being from Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwick, England, but there’s no proof, and the name was common in the Village of Haddam in Hertfordshire, England. In 1662 he was one of about 28 men (otherwise from Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield) who began the settlement of Haddam, CT on land purchased by the General Court from the Indians 20 May 1662. He was assigned a home lot a little back from the river, near that of Jared Spencer who was to become his father-in-law. ("Shaylor Genealogy," Harrison Shaylor, in The Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 4, No. 4, March, 1972) He is profiled as a founder on Haddam web site. He participated in the division of land in Haddam in 1688, and was propounded for Freeman in 1671.
The birth of his son Nathaniel is recorded in Killingworth, Connecticut, but he returned to Haddam after that. In about 1692 when he sailed for Jamaica in the West Indies and was never heard of again. His estate was not settled until 22 December 1714 (Volume 9, pages 17 and 18 of the Hartford Probate Court Records). Since his wife was not included in the settlement, or in an agreement between his sons in 1707, so it is assumed that she died before 4 March 1707.
His father is occasionally given as Roger, which is the name on a christening record from Alcester, Warwickshire, about 8 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. The records also have a Thomas having children in the 1670s, and either him or another man marrying in 1683. [2]
Savage's: THOMAS, Haddam, propound. for freem. 1671, rem. to Killingworth, there had Nathaniel, b. 16 Dec. 1677; went back to H. and had more, and Goodwin (wh. makes him m. 1673, Alice, d. of Jared Spencer, wid. of Thomas Brooks), gives other ch. as Thomas, a. 1674; Abel; Timothy; and Ann; but does not name Nathaniel. However he says, he sail. for the W. I. 1692, and was lost at sea.
The birth of his son Nathaniel is recorded in Killingworth, Connecticut, but he returned to Haddam after that. In about 1692 when he sailed for Jamaica in the West Indies and was never heard of again. His estate was not settled until 22 December 1714 (Volume 9, pages 17 and 18 of the Hartford Probate Court Records). Since his wife was not included in the settlement, or in an agreement between his sons in 1707, so it is assumed that she died before 4 March 1707.
His father is occasionally given as Roger, which is the name on a christening record from Alcester, Warwickshire, about 8 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. The records also have a Thomas having children in the 1670s, and either him or another man marrying in 1683. [2]
Savage's: THOMAS, Haddam, propound. for freem. 1671, rem. to Killingworth, there had Nathaniel, b. 16 Dec. 1677; went back to H. and had more, and Goodwin (wh. makes him m. 1673, Alice, d. of Jared Spencer, wid. of Thomas Brooks), gives other ch. as Thomas, a. 1674; Abel; Timothy; and Ann; but does not name Nathaniel. However he says, he sail. for the W. I. 1692, and was lost at sea.
Will notes for Thomas SHAILOR
From CT Probate Records, Volume VIII, 1710 To 1715.
Shaler, Thomas, Haddam. Invt. 177-15-00. Taken 22 December, 1714, by James Wells, Moses Ventrus, Joseph Arnold and Benjamin Smith.
An agreement, dated 22 December, 1714: Know all men by these presents: That we, the subscribers, viz., Thomas Shaler, Abell Shaler and timothy Shaler, brethern, and sons of Thomas Shaler, late of haddam, as we suppose deceased: And for what lands, rights in lands, or commonage, or buildings, that was our hond. father's, wee the aforsaid three Shalers, brethren, do for ourselves, our heirs and assigns, agree and determine that (notwithstanding the liberty given by law to the eldest son) they shall be thus divided, viz: To Thomas Shaler, eldest son, that house and lot that was Samuel Gains his original house lot, and a small lot in the Cove Meadow, and 53 right on the neck or plain on the east side of the Great River, and 18 acres of land that was James Hadlock's, and 24 acres of land at Cow Swamp, and one-third part of all rights in undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River. And to Abell Shaler, a house lot that was William Corby's containing eight acres, and that tract of land called Shaler Farm, and one-third part of all the rights in all undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River in said Haddam. And to Timothy Shaler, that house and homelot that was bought of Thomas Spencer of Saybrook, and one-third part of the rights of undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River in said Haddam bounds. To the above written or division of the lands and rights in undivided lands and commonage that was our hond. deceased father's, as is above exprest, shall be and remain to be forever, and that we the said Thomas, Abell and Timothy Shaler, for ourselves, our heirs and assigns, are fully satisfied in the above premises, and do hereby oblige ourselves and forsaid heirs and assigns forever hereafter to abide by and rest satisfied. In testimony whereof, and in full confirmation of the above-written, we have put ot our hands and seals the date above written.
Witness: James Wells,
THOMAS SHALER, LS.
Josph Arnold
ABELL SHALER, LS.
TIMOTHY SHALER, LS
Shaler, Thomas, Haddam. Invt. 177-15-00. Taken 22 December, 1714, by James Wells, Moses Ventrus, Joseph Arnold and Benjamin Smith.
An agreement, dated 22 December, 1714: Know all men by these presents: That we, the subscribers, viz., Thomas Shaler, Abell Shaler and timothy Shaler, brethern, and sons of Thomas Shaler, late of haddam, as we suppose deceased: And for what lands, rights in lands, or commonage, or buildings, that was our hond. father's, wee the aforsaid three Shalers, brethren, do for ourselves, our heirs and assigns, agree and determine that (notwithstanding the liberty given by law to the eldest son) they shall be thus divided, viz: To Thomas Shaler, eldest son, that house and lot that was Samuel Gains his original house lot, and a small lot in the Cove Meadow, and 53 right on the neck or plain on the east side of the Great River, and 18 acres of land that was James Hadlock's, and 24 acres of land at Cow Swamp, and one-third part of all rights in undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River. And to Abell Shaler, a house lot that was William Corby's containing eight acres, and that tract of land called Shaler Farm, and one-third part of all the rights in all undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River in said Haddam. And to Timothy Shaler, that house and homelot that was bought of Thomas Spencer of Saybrook, and one-third part of the rights of undivided lands and commonage on the west side of the Great River in said Haddam bounds. To the above written or division of the lands and rights in undivided lands and commonage that was our hond. deceased father's, as is above exprest, shall be and remain to be forever, and that we the said Thomas, Abell and Timothy Shaler, for ourselves, our heirs and assigns, are fully satisfied in the above premises, and do hereby oblige ourselves and forsaid heirs and assigns forever hereafter to abide by and rest satisfied. In testimony whereof, and in full confirmation of the above-written, we have put ot our hands and seals the date above written.
Witness: James Wells,
THOMAS SHALER, LS.
Josph Arnold
ABELL SHALER, LS.
TIMOTHY SHALER, LS
