1. THOMAS-

Thomas was sent to Dover by Capt. Mason about 1631 and bought a lot from Capt. Wiggins in 1634.

Thomas was one of the signers of the Dover Combination in 1640:

Whereas sundry Mischeifes and inconveniences have befaln us, and more and greater may in regard of want of Civill Government, his Gratious Matie haveing hitherto setled no Order for us to our Knowledge:

Wee whose names are underwritten being Inhabitants upon the River Piscataquack have voluntarily agreed to combine our Selves into a Body Politique that wee may the more comfortably enjoy the benefit of his Maties Lawes. And do hereby actually ingage our Selves to Submit to his Royal Maties Lawes together with all such Orders as shalbee concluded by a Major part of the Freemen of our Society , in case they bee not repugnant to the Lawes of England and administred in the behalfe of his Majesty.

In Witness wee have hereto Set our hands the two & twentieth day of October in the Sixteenth yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God King of Great Brittain France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c Annoq Domi: 1640.

This is a True Copy compared with ye Originall by me
Edw Cranfield

(Endorsed)

New England N. Hampshire
The Combination for Government by ye people at Pascataq.
1640
recd abt 13 Febr. 82-3(4)

Thomas was a constable in 1648 and on the Grand Jury in 1643 and 1656. On 5 Dec. 1652 a grant was made to William Furbur, William Wentworth, Henry Langstar and Thomas Canney for "the accommodations of fresh Creeke, for the erecting and settinge up of a sawmill. The bounds of the Timber are from the head of the Creeke from the flowinge of the tide three miles up into the woods betwixt the two freshetts, the southermost freshett cominge out of the Marsh beside the Great Hill at Cochecho, the northermost freshett boundinge Captaine Wiggins & Mr. Bradstreet's grant at Quomphegon, and also what Timber lyes in common that they shall make use of betwixt fresh Creeke and Cochecha: They are to pay six pounds p yeare so lone as they continue possession thereof." Also on the same date the same men were granted "the whole neck of Land from Sentalbons his Cove to the head of fresh Creeke, and so to Cochecha Point: excepting a former Grant made to William Pomfrett. Capt. Richard Walderne is to have and injoy the one halfe of this grant, & the other halfe to the fore mentioned foare men." This was the neck or point formed by the junction of Fresh Creeke and the Newichawannock. (2) He has a grant of 16 acres of upland on 6 Dec. 1656 to be laid out adjoining "his perches (purchase) at Tomson's Poynt". This land was laid out from "the outmost point turning up to Cochecho 50 rods to the long creek westward below Tomson's poynt butting on Fore river, thence running three score and ten rods up the long crek side, reserving a cartway from the woods to the water side at the head of the creek, and up Cochecho river three score and ten rods, and thence on a straight line over to the bound at the head of the long creek".(1) "Canney's Creek" or Cove is an inlet from the Pascataqua River on the eastern shore of Newington and was one of the bounds of Ancient Dover being first mentioned in 1657 when the lower bounds of Dover were defined as running "from Kenney's Creeke to Hogsty Cove".(3) In 1652 he was the adminstrator of Henry Plympton's estate. In 1671 he had moved to York but then went back to Dover. He was last mentioned in June 1681 when he was in court for intoxication. Thomas was excused by the court from militia training due to the loss of his sight.