Thomas Randall

Thomas lived in Weymouth until the autumn of 1695. By his father's will he was given his father's "dwelling house and outhousing, and many acres of land including two orchards, meadows, and pasture land"

Although one of the wealthiest citizens of Weymouth he did not disdain the humble office of secton of the meeting house, or in 1681 he is "allowed ƒ1, 10s for ringing the bell and sweeping the meeting house. The price for such service advanced in time, as we see by the fact that on March 13,1688 he agreed to ring the bell and sweep the meeting house for forty (40) shillings in money for the ensuing year.

On the March 4th, 1695 he was chosen by the town one of the three surveyors for the ensuing year, but he did not surve the full term of office, for latter in the year he sold much of his property in Weymouth and moved with his family to the eastern part of Taunton North Purchase, a large tract of land which included all that became the town of Easton, nearly all of Mansfield and about one-third (1rd) of the town of Norton.

There were fifty-four (54) shares of this large tract which had been purchased of the Indians in 1668, mainly by Taunton men. Thomas Randall bought half of the fifty-first share and the land set apart to him was at what became Easton, it being located at South Easton, including waht is called "the Green", but being chiefly east and north of it, the mill stream running throught it. On the north side of it he built his house, part of the land there being (at the time) owned by his descendants, and on the stream he and his son Thomas erected the first sawmill of the place, and the noise of its wheel made the sweetest possible musice to the settlers who were so much in need of the lumber with which to erect their dwellings. [1]

Probate

Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
A petition to the Probate Court in June 1712 by Clement BRIGGS stated that Thomas RANDALL of Norfolk died on 11 June 1711 seized of a considerable estate, and the children of Thomas RANDALL were trying to cheat Clement out of 30 pounds current lawful money of New England.
Marriage

Husband: Thomas Randall
Wife: Joan Drake
Marriage Date: ABT 1658
Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts

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Thomas Randall (abt. 1638 - 1711)

Thomas Randall

Born about 1638 in Weymouth, (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts

Son of Robert Randall and Mary (Unknown) Randall

Brother of John Randall, Mary (Randall) Staples [half] and Hannah (Randall) Warfield [half]

Husband of Joan (Drake) Randall — married [date unknown] in Weymouth, , Massachusetts

Husband of Hannah (Packard) Randall — married 1671 in , Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass

Father of Thomas Randall, Samuel Randall, Israel Randall, Mehitable Randall and Deborah (Randall) Fisher

Died 11 Jun 1711 in Weymouth, Suffolk (as of 1793 Norfolk) Co., Massachusetts

Sources

↑ Source: Descendants of Robert Randall (1608-1691) http://harryrandall.com/RandallGenealogy/d1.html#i481
Find A Grave Memorial# 130565741 (unsubstantiated by sources)