Thomas Upson. Probably born in England. Died July 19, 1655, Farmington, Connecticut.

Parents unknown.

Possibly married (1) (???), in England.

Married (2) January 23, 1646, Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth Fuller. She married (2) Edmund Scott.

Children, possibly by first wife, birthplace unknown:

1. Mary, 'eldest daughter'; m. John Welton;

2. Thomas, 'eldest son'; d. Dec. 9, 1672, Saybrook; unm;

Children, by second wife, born Farmington:

3. Hannah, m. Sergeant Samuel Hickox;

4. Elizabeth, d. July 20, 1655, Farmington;

5. Stephen, b. about 1650; m. Mary Lee.

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    Thomas Upson was born at England.1 He died on 19 July 1655 at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.1,2 He was buried in July 1655 at Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut,, and his stone reads: A Memorial to THOMAS UPSON founder of the Upson Family in America who settled in Hartford Connecticut in 1638, A proprietor of Farmington Connecticut in 1640 where he died July 19 1655.3

Children of Thomas Upson

o Mary Upson d. 18 Oct 1716

o Thomas Upson d. 9 Dec 1672

Children of Thomas Upson

o Hannah Upson+ b. c 1648, d. 1705

o Elizabeth Upson d. 20 Jul 1655

o Stephen Upson b. c 1650, d. 1735

Notes:

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary states that some of Thomas Upson's children were certainly born in England. What was evidently his second marriage is recorded as follows: "Thomas Upsunn was maryed to Elisibeth Fuller Jenneuary the twenty and three, one thousand six hundred forty and six." The name of the port from which he sailed, the name of his first wife and the record of the births of his children have not been discovered, after much research.

Thomas Upson. Probably born in England. Died July 19, 1655, Farmington, Connecticut. Possibly married (1) (???), in England. Married (2) January 23, 1646, Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth Fuller. She married (2) Edmund Scott. Children, possibly by first wife, birthplace unknown: Mary, 'eldest daughter'; m. John Welton; Thomas, 'eldest son'; d. Dec. 9, 1672, Saybrook; unm; Children, by second wife, born Farmington: Hannah, m. Sergeant Samuel Hickox; Elizabeth, d. July 20, 1655, Farmington; Stephen, b. about 1650; m. Mary Lee.

Sources:

The Upson Family Association of America. The Upson Family in America (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1940).

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Biographical Summary:

Thomas Upson, Hartford, 1639, one of the inhabitants who received land "by the courtesie of the town;" his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the present Albany Avenue. He removed very early to Farmington, where he was an original proprietor; he married in Hartford, Jan. 23, 1646-7, Elizabeth Fuller, who was a second wife. He died July 19, 1655. Inventory £108. 8. His widow married (2) Edmund Scott, of Farmington.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 264. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books