Dr. Thomas Hastings

1. DR.* THOMAS HASTINGS, eldest son of DEA. THOMAS and MARGARET (CHENEY) HASTINGS of Watertown, born 1652, a physician of Hatfield, Mass., where he was admitted freeman, February 8, 1678. He was the only physician for Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield and Deerfield.

He married (1st) October 10, 1672, ANNA HAWKS, daughter of John Hawks of Hadley. She was the mother of six children, and died October 25, 1705.

He married (2d) February 14, 1706, MARY BURT, daughter of DAVID BURT of Northampton. He died July 23, 1712, aged 60. Eight of his nine children survived him. His widow married, May 7, 1713, Samuel Belden, and died April 13, 1734.

• Dr. Thomas Hastings had an illegitimate son, Thomas, born August, 1671, resided in Watertown until the age of 21. He married May 31, 1693, Sarah Tarbell of Newton, and settled on Bald Pate hill, Newton; where he died leaving 5 children, Sarah Pond, Mary Dike, David, Josiah and Ebenezer.

References

1. Thomas Hastings migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 235) < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
2. The Hastings Memorial: A Genealogical Account of the Descendants ..., Volume 95 By Lydia Nelson Hastings Buckminster. Page 6. < GoogleBooks >