2242. Robert QUIMBY was born in England. He died about 1677 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Robert married Elizabeth OSGOOD about 1657.

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, page 295.
    Robert Quinby (or Quimby), of Amesbury "ship-carpenter," m. abt 1647, Elizabeth-2 Osgood. He bought land in Amesbury in 1658; receved land in 1659-68; "townsman" 1660; meeting house seat 1667; d. abt 1677. Mrs. Quinby was wounded, buy not killed, by the Indian Symon in the Amesbury massacre of July 7, 1677. Her husband was brobably killed at that time. (M. Ames., p. 105; Chase's Hist. Hv., p. 126)
    Wid. Elizabeth. app. adm. est Oct. 9, 1677; inv. est. Aug. 27, 1677; son Robert ap. adm. est. of both father and mother, Sep. 26, 1694; est div 1700.

2243. Elizabeth OSGOOD was born about 1644 in of Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died about 1694 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, page 269.
    Elizabeth, b. ___, m. abt 1658, Robert Quinby (See Lamson, p. 230.)

2244. Joseph ELLIOT was born 1625 in England. He married Deborah.

SAVAGE GEN DIC., Vol I, page 190, Vol 2, page 109, 111.

ELLIOT-ELLIOTT 1625-1976, By Sara Jane Beamish. 929.273 EL57a, Found at the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT, page 1.
    Joseph Elliot b. 1625 in England. He crossed the Atlantic and settled in New London, Conn. before August 1644. He paid taxes in Stonington, Conn., in 1667. Married Deborah (_____).

2245. Deborah.

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2246. Thomas BELL was born in of Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He married Anna.

THE HOLDREDGE FAMILY, book Library of Congress, page 61.
     He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1637.

2247. Anna.

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2248. William FELLOWS was born about 1611 in England. He died 1676/1677 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

HISTORY OF MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, FORMERLY THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON FROM 1640 TO 1896, Compiled and arranged by Henry A. Baker, Hartford, Conn, Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company 1896, page 346.
    William Fellowes came to this country from England before 1641, and settled at Ipswich, Mass, and became an inhabitant of that town. It does not appear from which portion of England he came, nor the exact time of his arrival here. He was married before he left England, but the name of his wife is not known, nor when or where they were married. The names of his children are found in the last will.

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 155.
    William Fellows, of Ipswich, b. abt. 1611, came in the "Planter," 1635. His wife (John Ayres and Wm. Fellows are called brothers of Wm. Lamson and also of his widow Sarah Lamson, who is apparently about to marry Thomas Hartshorne of Reading, in 1650. The fact that the son of Ayres m. the dau. of Fellows would make them bros., as in the Batt-Toppan and the Bailey-Emery cases.) may have been a sister of (90) John Ayres. He was a "commoner" in Ipswich, 1641; d. there. Will Nov. 20, March 27, 1676/7;  a wife ment.

2252. Daniel WARNER was born about 1618 in Boxstead, Essex, England. He died 9 Sep 1688 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Daniel married Elizabeth DENNE. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 340 &1.
    Daniel-2 Warner, Sen., (Wm-1), of Ipswich, b. abt 1618; m. 1st, Elizabeth Denne, who d. Nov. 1, 1659 (Ip); 2d, July 1, 1660, Faith ___, (wid. of Edward Browne), who d. June 10, 1679; 3d, June 1686, wid. Ellen Jewett of Rw., who d. Aug. 5, 1689. He d. Sep. 1688; will Sept. 7, 1688; March 25, 1690.

REGISTER OF THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL WARNER OF WILBRAHAM, MASS. WITH DESCENDANTS TO THE SEVENTH GENERATION OFJOHN (WILLIAM) WARNER OF IPSWICH, MASS. by Katharine Warner Radasch and Arthur Hitchcock Radasch, Second Edition, 1956. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT. pages 3-4.
     Daniel-2, b. about 1618; d. Sept. 9, 1688. He came to Ipswich with his father in 1637. He owned property in 1639, was freeman June 2, 1641, and a constable for the year 1647. He m. (1) Elizabeth Denne, who d. Nov. 1, 1659; (2) July 1, 1660, Faith, who d. Nov. 10, 1679, widow of Edmund Browne; and (3) June 1, 1686, widow Ellen (Pell) (Boynton) Jewett of Rowley, who died Aug. 5, 1689.

2253. Elizabeth DENNE died 1 Nov 1659 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

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THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 340.
    ... m. 1st, Elizabeth Denne, who d. Nov. 1, 1659 (Ip);

2254. John BOYNTON was born 1614 in Kanpton, Wintrignham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He died 18 Feb 1670/1671 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. John married Ellen PELL in Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 68 & 69.
    John-1 Boynton, "tailor" b. abt 1614, bro of (1) Wm-1; of Rowley as early as 1643; bur. there Feb. 18, 1670-1. Will Feb. 8, 1670; March 28, 1671. He m. Ellen Pell, of Boston. Wid. Ellen m. Aug. 30, 1671, Dea. Maximilian Jewett.

THE LINEAGE OF WINSTON BOYNTON, Compiled by Odessa Ray Platt, 1713 Scenic Drive, Ada, Oklahoma 74820, 1976, Found in the LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Page 3.
  John-1 Boynton, the emigrant, younger brother of William, was born at Kanpton, Wintrignham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in 1614. He came to America with his brother, and settled at Rowley, Mass., in 1637. He was a "tailor" by trade, but tilled the acre and a half of land that was assigned to him in 1640 next to his brother William's. He m. Ellen Pell of Boston. He died Feb. 18, 1670.

2255. Ellen PELL died 5 Aug 1689 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

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THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 68 & 69.
    He m. Ellen Pell, of Boston. Wid. Ellen m. Aug. 30, 1671, Dea. Maximilian Jewett.

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 340.
    ... 3d, June 1686, wid. Ellen Jewett of Rw., who d. Aug. 5, 1689.

2304. Allen BREED was born 1601 in Westoning, Bedfordshire, England. He died 17 Mar 1692 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Allen married Elizabeth WHEELER on 14 Nov 1622 in , , EN. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 244.
Breed Genealogy, number 1.
    An aged member of the family in Lynn, MA, is quite sure he was a wholesale grocer in Liverpool.
    He lived in Lynn near the point where Summer street crosses the Turnpike. We do not know who his first wife was or how long she lived after the birth of John. That part of the town where Allen lived, is still called "Breed's End".

Prepared by Oliver Randall Smith Buckley (Mrs. Frank C.) Presented at Meeting of the BREED FAMILY ASSOCIATION, March 14, 1923., page 29.
    Our progenitor Allen Bread of Lynn, born in England in 1601, may have been either the Alline, son of John I, or Allen son of John II, but in either case the Allen who emigrated to America was a man of stability and means for he came as a stockholder in the Mass. Bay Co., having 200 acres of land allotted to him, or 50 acres for each member of his family. The activities of this family for the half hundred years following the settlement at Saugus or Lynn, is familiar to us all...

BREED FAMILY: ALLEN BREED OF LYNN, MASS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, page 38.
Prepared by Miss Mary Blake Breed, of Lynn, Mass. Presented at the Annual Meeting of The Breed Association, March 14, 1923.
    In the year 1630 there sailed from England for the new world a company of resolute men, fearless and brave, to find there religious tolerance, freedom of thought and a better chance to carve their fortunes and live in accordance with their highest ideals. They were called Puritans. They sailed with a party under John Winthrop, first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. With them came one Allen Breed - I seem to see in my mind's eye Allen Breed, a rather stout, tall, young man striding along with resolute step to the wharf, where was anchored the good ship Arabella and fifteen other ships waiting to take the party to the promised land. With Allen Breed came his wife and two sons, Allen and Timothy.
    On June 12, 1630, the little fleet arrived at Salem, a company of nine hundred souls, being the Massachusetts Company, under John Winthrop. Here they separated - Allen Breed coming to Saugus, and later to Lynn, MA.
    In 1640 Allen Breed, with others from Lynn, sailed away to settle a new plantation and landed on Long Island, where they established the Town of South Hampton, named after the town in England from which they came.
    In 1642 these settlers built a church. Abraham Pierson of Boston and Lynn had gone with them to become their minister. He remained with them until 1647 when he left them because he believed that none but members of the church should become free men, for said he, "No man should make laws for others unless he himself is obedient to the laws of God."
    Allen Breed left South Hampton and returned to Lynn about this time. He was appointed to "sit in the high seats," a great honor in those days, and also received a grant of two hundred acres of land.

2305. Elizabeth WHEELER was born 18 Jul 1602 in Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England. She died in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

2306. Mr. OSBORN was born about 1604 in England. He married Rebecca.

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2307. Rebecca was born about 1608.

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2308. Walter PALMER [scrapbook] was born 1585 in England. He died 10 Nov 1661 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Walter married Rebecca SHORT on 1 Jun 1633 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 504, 505, 506, 507, 508.
WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researched by Doris Palmer Buys. pages 1 thru 44.

To America 1628/9 on the "Four Sisters"
AMERICAN ANCESTRY - Vol. XI (1898) by Joel Munsell's Sons-Pg 152-3.
THE GRANBERRY FAMILY by Donald Jacobus (1945)
GENEALOGICAL & FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CT. by William Cutter, p. 133-4 EXTINCT PEERAGES by Burke (1831) pages 555-7.
THE PEIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS by Charles Pope - page 342.
NEW ENGLAND REGISTER - Vol. II (1857) - pages 39 - 40.
THE PALMERS - page 7 - 9.
HISTORY OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF STONINGTON, CT 1674-1874" By Richard Wheeler (1875)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON by Richard A. Wheeler - pages 504 to 527. HISTORY OF NEW LONDON by Frances M. Caulins (1860)-pgs 102-105, 284-526.
REGISTER OF PEDIGREES Edited by John Reynolds Totten - pg 53.
THE COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY - Vol. VII by Frederick Virkus p 872 STONINGTON CHRONOGOGY 1649-1949 -By William Haynes - pgs 12-15. 26-27.
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES - by George MacKenzie - pg 377-8.
CAR-DEL SCRIBE - pages 7, 17-18.
HISTORY OF NEW LONDON COUNTY, CT" by D. Hamilton Hurd - pgs 653-4.
GENEALOGICAL DICT. OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND by James Savage GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHEESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REBOBOTH, MA  by Anna Chesebrough Wildey.
GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND - page 326-7.
PALMER RECORDS by Noyes F. Palmer (1881)

ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 98.
    Walter Palmer came to America in 1626 and settled first in Salem with his brother, Abraham. Rebecca came to America in 1632 and settled in Roxbury, MA. Walter and his brother, along with others, founded the town of Chaarlestown, named in horor of King Charles I. Walter built the first dwelling-house in Charlestown after it was made into a township. He was a prominent man in Massachusetts and was admitted a Freeman there 18 May 1631. His records in the book of "Possessions of Charlestown" state he had 158 acres of land. On 24 Aug 1643 several men had agreed to found a new town. They met in Weymouth and prepared for the settlement of a place which was to be at Seacuncke. The new planters proposed to start a township which should be independent of the other organizations until they could decide upon a government, but in 1645 they were assigned to the jurisdiction of the Plymouth Colony, and Walter Palmer was sent to represent them at their General Court. This assignment was made by the "United Commissioners of the two Colonies" that is the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. At the beginning of the country all those who landed in Plymouth were combined as the Plymouth Colony, that was those who came between 1620 and 1630. Those who started to come in 1630 and landed in Boston settled what was known as the Massachusetts Colony. This assignment was called instead of Seacuncke, Rehoboth which was the beginning of the State of Massachusetts. The name of Rehoboth was selected by their Pastor Rev. Samuel Newman who said "The Lord has made room for us." In 1643 the proprietors of the new town agreed to give the value of their estates, that the amount of land might be in proportion to their ability to pay and Walter gave the amount of 419 pounds. In the year 1645, young John Winthrop was commissioned by the Great and General Court to begin the new settlement of New London, Conn. He urged Mr. Chesborough to take part in there. Whereupon Mr. Cheseborough journeyed from Rehoboth down through Connecuicut to view the land and supposing that it was part of the Mass. territory he applied for and received 2299 acres. He quickly induced Walter Palmer to join him. With his family, except son Jonas, Walter started south in 1652/3, bought land on the east bank which is now Stonington, Conn. This was found to cover a part of the tract which had been formerly sold to Thomas Minor who had married Grace, eldest daughter of Walter, and came to Charlestown very soon after his father-in-law had settled there. The Governor made an agreement 15 Jul 1653 Walter should give for the place such cattle that Thomas Minor should select out of Walter's stock. This contract recognized the title to the house and land at first sold Thomas Minor. The rest of Walter's purchase was on the south of this land and his whole tract was 1200 acres. Until 1654/5 the planters of this new town attended worship in New London, Conn., but the frequent rough weather, the difficulties of going such a long distance, being obliged to cross two rivers, made the people very desirous to hold a meeting in their own territory and this gave rise to the extremely large, the spirit of industry existed to a degree never excelled and it follows that these families and the descendants have left their impression upon the world and made the world better for their sojourn here.
    Walter's estate was over 1656 pounds, a very large sum. The old burial ground was set apart by him and there he lies. A granite stone pillar about 1 1/2 feet square and 9 feet high is thought to mark his grave, no inscription remains but it lies in the midst of a long line of Palmer graves. His name is inscribed on one face of the modern shaft erected in 1899 to the memory of the four early settlers. Walter Palmer's name on this pillar faces the main part of town.

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2309. Rebecca SHORT died 15 Jul 1671 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

History of Stonington CT, by Wheeler, page 506.
     Rebecca came to this country in 1632
Walter Palmer, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 20.
    "On 1 June 1633 Walter, his daughter Grace, and his future wife, Rebecca Short, joined Charlestown First Church, Rebecca transferring from the Roxbury Church. She may have been one of the young people whose parents died on the voyage to America and who were put in the care of some family here -- 'bound out' until they were of age. Unlike the Southern states, New England would accept no women of uncertain origin, and the fact that Rebecca was immediately admitted a member of the Roxbury Church and became the wife of an important man shows that she was not an ordinary maid servent."
    Page 47,
    Rebecca Short (daughter of Thomas Short. (according to research manuscripts of Dr. Byron Smith Palmer) a member of the Roxbury Church. The Rev.
John Eliot was Minister of the Church where they were married. (the handwritten manuscripts of Dr. Palmer have no reference.)

DIARY OF THOMAS MINOR, by Thomas Minor, page 104.
    Died 15 Jul 1671.

2312. Capt. Thomas PRENTICE was born 1621 in England. He died 6 Jul 1710 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Thomas married Grace on 1643 in England. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543.
    The earliset record of his being in this country is the birth of his two children, Thomas and Elizabeth, twins, Jan. 22, 1650. He and his wife joined the church in Cambridge in 1652. They lived in the eastern part of Cambridge village, and later in Newton, MA, where he d. from a fall from his horse July 6, 1710, aged 80 years. He was a terrible enemy to the hostile Indians, but ever a friend to the Indian converts. He m. Grace ___, and brought her with him to this country with his eldest child. Mrs. Grace d. Oct 9 1692.

ELDRED & ASS. FAMILIES, page, 113.
    Thomas came with his uncle Robert Prentice in 1635, and settled in Newton, MA. He was called "The Trooper," and was a captain.

2313. Grace died 9 Oct 1692 in Newton, Massachusetts.

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HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543.

2316. Thomas HAMMOND was christened 2 Sep 1603 in Melford, England. He died 1675. Thomas married Elizabeth CASON on 12 Nov 1623 in Lavenham, England. [Parents]

Came to America in 1634 on the "Increase"

2317. Elizabeth CASON was born 1603 in Great Walnetham, England. [Parents]

2318. Richard GRIFFIN died 28 Feb 1667 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary.

2319. Mary died 25 Mar 1680 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

2320. Matthew GRANT was born 27 Oct 1601 in Devon, England. He died 16 Dec 1681 in Windson, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Matthew married Priscilla on 16 Nov 1625 in England. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 400.
    Was born in England on Tuesday, October 27, 1601. He came to this country May 30, 1630 in the good "Ship Mary and John", with his family and landed at Dorchester, MA.
    He was admitted freeman in the Massachusetts Colony in 1631, but did not long remain in Dorchester, for as early as 1635, he took an active part in forming the company that migrated to Windsor, CT, and went with them to that place, and was elected first town clerk thereof, which office he held for a good many years. He also held the position of town surveyor, and took a prominent part in the organization, and also in transplanting the Congregational Church there, which had been previously formed in Plymouth, England, and dirst transplanted in Dorchester, CT.
    Mathew Grant and Priscilla ____, b. Feb. 27, 1600, m. Nov. 16, 1625; she d. April 27, 1644, aged 43 years. He m. 2d, Susannah (Chapen) Rockwell, widow of Deacon William Rockwell, May 29, 1645; she d. Nov. 14, 1666; he d. Dec 16, 1681.

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2321. Priscilla was born 27 Feb 1600/1601 in Leister, Banbury, England. She died 27 Apr 1644 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 400.
    Some say was Priscilla Gray, but there is no evidence to that effect.

INFORMATION FROM CARMEN KEHL JELLINGHAUSEN, 3814 DARTMOUTH WAY, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 & LESLEY MATSON, 1800 LAKEWOOD CT. #120, EUGENE, OR 97402

2322. John PORTER was born 1594 in Falsted, England. He died 22 Apr 1648 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. John married Anne WHITE on 18 Oct 1620 in Messing, England.

THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN PORTER OF WINDSOR CT, by Col. Joshua Porter, page 1.
    The records in England give his descent, in the sixteenth generation, from William de la Grande, a Norman Knight, who came in the army of the Norman Duke, at the conquest, AD 1066, and that he acquired landsat, or near, Kenilworth in Warwickshire. His son, Ralph (or Roger) became "Grand Porteur" to Henry I AD 1120-1140, from which he derived the name Porter.
    The Windsor Church was formed in Plymouth EN, in March 1630, by people from Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Warwickshires; the reverends John Maverick being ordained as pastor and John Warham, as teacher.
    In 1630 they came to NE, settling at Dorchester MA on the first settlement of that town. In the summer of 1635, the arrivals having been numerous, and the settlement "somewhat crowded and hearing ye fame of ye Quinnituckt River", a company was formed to make a settlement there, and on the 15th of Oct. they took their departure, carrying with them their church organization, under the Rev. John Warham; the Rev. Mr. Mavrick remaining at Dorchester.
    John's residence in Windsor appears to have been located near the "Little River", at its junction with the Connecticut River, between the residence of George Phelps and Joseph Loomis, and nearly opposite those of Henry Wolcott and Matthew Allyn.
    He was for that period a man of considerable substance as appears by his will, printed in the public records of CT.

2323. Anne WHITE was born 1600 and was christened 13 Jul 1600 in Shalford, England. She died 12 May 1648 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY & JOHN 1630, Vol. 5, Gallop thru Greenway, by The Mary & John Clearing House, Burton W. Spear, 1987, pages 98 & 99.
JOHN PORTER AND HIS DESCENDANTS, compiled by Arthur Amasa Porter, Portage WI, 1933, DAR Library, Washington DC, pages 4, 5, 6.

2324. Thomas MINOR was born 23 Apr 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England. He died 23 Oct 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Thomas married Grace PALMER on 23 Apr 1634 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507, 466, 467.

THOMAS MINOR DESCENDANTS, by John Augustus Miner, pp. 15, 17.
     He embarked for the Colonies aboard the Lyon's Whelp, sailing from Gravesend, EN on 25 Apr 1629, and arrived at Salem, MA in the middle of July 1629.
    Very shortly after his arrival in Salem (then called Pequot harbor),there was a serious outbreak of Typhus, and Thomas moved on to Watertown. His stay there was brief also; from Watertown, Thomas moved on to Charlestown where in 1632 he became a founder of the First Church, his name appearing 34th on the roll. Two years later was granted four acres of land at the line of Newtown (now Cambridge), and by 1637 owned a 10 acre plot.
    On 4 March 1633/34, Thomas was made a freeman, and on 23 April 1632 he married Grace Palmer, daughter of Walter Palmer of Charlestown. Two years leter in 1636 the young couple moved once again settling in Hingham, MA, where they remained until 1645.
    In 1645 Thomas joined John Winthrop Jr.'s colony of Massachusetts Puritains in the settlement of New London, Conn.

WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 48, 49. 50.
    TM was appointed military sergent; and was one of the first deputies to the General Court from his area, in 1650 and 1651. In May of 1649 by Colonial appointment he served as a magistrate, or justice, in the Town of New London and thereafter when he resided in Stonington he held these same positions representing that Town.
    In 1652 TM took up a tract of land east of and adjoining the Wequetequock Cove, on which he erected a house in the area which became known as Stonington.
    Grace and Thomas Minor apparently removed to Stonington after the birth of their 9th child, Samuel, who was born 4 mar 1653/3 in New London; their 10th and last child, Hannah, was born 15 Sept 1655 in Stonington.
    By the arrival there in 1653 of Grace's father, Walter Palmer, the town was firmly established and thus the foursome, William Chesebrough, Thomas Stanton, Thomas Minor and Walter Palmer, became forever known as the "founders of Stonington".
    TM was captain of the Stonington Militia in 1665 and a lieutenant in the Narragansett Campaign of King Phillip's War in 1675-76 and took part in the "Swamp Fight" near Kingstown, RI. In Stonington he received grants of acreage which were given to those who had performed distinguished public service; his land there totalled at least 150 acres.
    He was Chief Military officer of the Mystic Trainband in July 1665. He previously had been granted 200 acres of land in Pequot (New London) by the Court. He was selected Commissioner in dealings with the Indians and settlers inasmuch as he had mastered the language of the Indians so he could act as interpreter in dealings between them and the white settlers.

ONE BRANCH OF THE MINER FAMILY, by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner)Selleck, page 4.

A PLANTING OF NEW ENGLAND, by John A. Miner, p. 21.
    Thomas Minor died at Stonington, CT, on 23 Oct 1690. He is buried in the Wequetequock Cemetery. Lying on his grave there is a long granit rock with an inscription reading;
    "Here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Minor aged 83 years. Departed 1690."
    Nearby stands a monument commemorating his services to Stonington and that of his associates Chesebrough, Stanton and Palmer. Grace, wife of Thomas, died 31 December 1690.

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  Sources: Thre Great Migration Begins; The Groton Avery Clan; The Averys of Groton.
  Migration: Has five pages on Thomas and his family, beginning on page 1262. Lists his 10 children.

2325. Grace PALMER was born 9 May 1608 in England. She died 31 Oct 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507.
WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 44.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, THE AVERYS OF GROTON.
VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Vol. 1, page 78.
    Minor, Grace, Mrs., d. Dec. 31, 1690.

REFERENCES: Genealogy:PG/p. 20---Dr. BS{/p. 2---PF/pp. 9, 10---Savage/Vol. 3, p. 216---HIST. STON./1916, pp. 466, 507.
Grace Palmer was born in England between 1608 and 1610. She became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA on 1 Jun 1632 with her father and setep-mother, Rebecca. She married Thomas Minor who was born in Chew Magna, Sommerset Co., England on 23 Apr 1608. He came in John Winthrop's fleet which landed at Capt Ann, now Salem, Essex Co., MA on 12 Jun 1630.
Thomas Minor received lot 18 in the first division of land at Mystic side, now Charlestown, MA. on the sixth of the first month 1637. His future father-in-law Walter Palmer, receiving lot 15. From Charlestown Thomas Minor migrated, first to Hingham, where four of his children were born and thence to Stonington, New London Co., CT. where he bought a large tract of land lying on the border of Wequetequock Cove, in 1652. He thereon built his house. In 1645 he went to New London, CT, where he had a grant of one home lot and built a house, but sold the whole to settle at his final abode in Stonington, where he met with some difficulty. By the fact that a grant of three hundred acres of land from the town of New London to Governor Haynes and sold later to his father-in-law being found to cover Thomas Minor's lot. He, however, signed the coveyance, qualitfing it by the reservation that he should inhabit the place until he should have time to erect another dwelling at Mistupet, he held a very prominent place in all the stirring events which ensued in the settlement of this plantation where he died 23 Oct 1690. Grace also died in Oct 1690, and is said to have been born in the same year as her husband. A long stone of rough granite lies in the Ancient Burial Ground at Wequetequock, hwich bears the inscription "Here Lyeth the Body of Lieut. Thomas Miner, aged eighty three years, departed 1690". Thomas Minor and family located themselves at Quimbog and at Tongwonk.

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