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Sir Thomas Birchard

Also Known As: "Birchwood", "Thomas Bircher", "Thomas Burchard", "Thomas Byrcharde"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 24, 1664 (69)
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of William Birchard Byrchard and Catherine Finch Birchard
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Birchard and Katherine Birchard
Father of Elizabeth Bliss; Mary Bichard; Sarah Barnard; Susanna Wade; John Birchard, I and 6 others
Brother of William Birchard; Richard Birchard; Mary Bircher and Katherine Birchard

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About Sir Thomas Birchard

Biographical Summary #1:

Thomas Birchwood (Birchard) embarked for New England in the "Truelove," London, September 20, 1635, with wife Mary, aged 38, and six children; freeman at Roxbury, May 17, 1637. An original proprietor at Hartford, and his home-lot, in 1640, lay on the west side of the road from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill (Trumbull St.). He remained but a few years in Hartford, and his home-lot was sold to Isaac Graves before 1652. Removed to Saybrook; deputy from them, 1651; died 1684.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), pages 230-231. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

Biographical Summary #2:

Thomas Birchard came to America on the "Truelove" in 1635. Thomas and Mary's children were:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Mary
  3. Sarah
  4. Susan
  5. John
  6. Ann or Hannah

They were in Boston,Mass. in 1637---in Hartford,Conn. in 1639 and in Saybrook,Conn.1650.

SOURCE: Unknown

Biographical Summary #3:

Thomas Birchard embarked for New England in "True Love" on Sep-20-1635 with wife Mary and 6 daughters. He is subsequently found at Saybrook and was deputy from that township to the General Court in 1650 and 1651. There was a land sale of Martha's Vineyard in 1656 to William Pratt by Thomas Birchard, wherein he quits claim for himself on behalf of his son John Birchard.

SOURCES: History of New London County, Vol.1 p. 258. See also Pioneers of Massachusetts; p. 50.


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Sir Thomas Birchard's Timeline

1595
August 12, 1595
Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
August 12, 1595
Fairsted, Essex, England
August 12, 1595
Fairsted, Essex, England, United Kingdom
August 12, 1595
Fairsted, Essex, Eng
August 12, 1595
Fairsted, Essex, England
October 12, 1595
Fairstead, St. Mary The Virgin, Essex, England
1621
November 1, 1621
Terling, Essex, England
1623
April 2, 1623
Terling, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
1623
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States