Deacon Thomas Bourne of Marshfield

Not the same as Thomas Bourne, and not the son of Bartholomew Bourne & Agnes Bourne

Thomas Bourne

• Birth: Circa 1581 - England
• Death: May 11 1664 - Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Parents: unknown
• Wife: Elizabeth

Thomas, freeman 1638. Removed from Plymouth to Marshfield.

"Thomas Bourne and his wife, Elizabeth, with several children, came to Plymouth sometime near 1630. He was a resident of Plymouth long enough to be well known there, and was so desirable a citizen that in 1637 the Court of Plymouth Colony granted him and others called 'special persons,' 'that would promise to live at Plymouth on some good farms, and so tie the lands of Plymouth as farms for the same; and these they might keep their cattle, tilling by some servants,' and reatin their dewllings in Plymouth.
"Dec. 4, 1637, a grant of 100 acres was given to Thomas Bourne, and ti was the second grant recorded of land in Marshfield. The same day 100 acres was granted to Josiah Winslow. The town was incorporated in 1640, and the same year Thomas Bourne was one of tow that were chosen deputies to represent the town in the October Genal Court, and he was elected three times afterward.
"Under date of Aug. 1645, the following entry is found: 'On a motion being made for one to teach schook, we whose names are undersigned, are willing to pay yearly besides paying for our children; we shall send the following sums.' Among others we find the name of Thomas Bourne, who subscribed ten shillings. Thus early, Thomas Bourne, his son, John, and others, took measures to establish a public school. We have one more record of this Thomas, called by one writer:

• >"the eldest of the Marshfield settlers and a patriarch of its Eden.'"

Will: Thomas's estate was probated June 2, 1664 in General Court, Plymouth Colony.(112) From NEHGRegister v.6 p.185, abstract of will dated July 16 1663 : To dau. Martha Bradford, Anne Smith, and Margaret Winslow. To son Nathl Tilden. To daughter Lydia Tilden's daughter Lydia. To John, Thomas, Joseph, and Robert Waterman. To Mr. Arnold. Makes his son John his right heir, and Executor of the will. Wit. Saml Arnold and Anthony Snow.

Inventory (L138. 14s. 2d.) by Sergt. Joseph Riddle, A.Snow, Thomas Doged. "The Bourne Genealogy" by Helen BournJoy Lee, 1972, chronicles another Bourne family. Abstracts from "Bournes of Marshfield" by Marcia A. Thomas 1854. "The eldest of the Marshfield settlers & a patriarch of its education."

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourne-2#_ref-TBBaddow_0

Thomas Bourne married Elizabeth. Born ca 1585/1590. Elizabeth died in Marshfield, MA in Jul 1660. Buried on 18 Jul 1660 in Marshfield, MA.

Thomas and, presumably, Elizabeth had the following children, all born before they immigrated to New England and thus presumably born in England. Since Thomas's origin is uncertain and no birth or baptismal record has been definitively associated with any of his children, their place of birth is unknown and their birth dates are all estimates.

1. Margaret, b. about 1608, m. probably 1636 Josiah Winslow in Plymouth Colony, d. September 28, 1683 in Marshfield
2. John, b. probably sometime in 1609-1621,[33] m. July 18, 1645 Alice Besbeech at Marshfield, d. December 8, 1684 at Marshfield
3. Elizabeth, b. probably sometime in 1609-21,[34] m. December 11, 1638 Robert Waterman in Plymouth Colony, d. December 12, 1663 in Marshfield
4. Ann (Sarah), b. probably sometime in 1609-22,[35] m. January 21, 1639/40 Nehemiah Smith in Plymouth Colony, d. after January 12, 1684 probably in New London, Connecticut Colony
5. Martha, b. probably sometime in 1617-30,[36] m. 1st probably sometime in 1638-53[37] John Bradford, m. 2d about 1676 Thomas Tracy, d. before 1683 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourne-2

The origins of Thomas Bourne have not been established. There were a large number of men named Thomas Bourne in England around the appropriate time, and evidence has not yet been found that clearly identifies a most probable one. Robert C. Anderson's Great Migration Directory states that his origins are "unknown".[3]

The Find-A-Grave page for Thomas 4 and the Pane-Joyce Genealogy (old version - not the current page) as well as a significant number of family trees) state that Thomas Bourne of Marshfield was the Thomas Bourne who was the son of a Bartholomew Bourne of London. The origin of this theory was probably the January 1873 NEHGR article "Rear Admiral Nehemiah Bourne"6 and the January 1897 NEHGR article "Genealogical Gleanings in England,"7 which both contain summaries of the 1609 will of John Bourne, citizen and baker of London, which includes a bequest to Thomas and Maudlin Bourne, the children of son Bartholomew. The problem with identifying Thomas, son of Bartholomew, as the same person as Thomas Bourne of Marshfield is that (i) there is no evidence connecting the two and (ii) as discussed in the profile for Thomas, son of Bartholomew, it highly likely that he was born sometime in 1597-1608, most likely about 1605, and certainly much too late to have been Thomas of Marshfield, born about 1581.

Marriages

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourne-2#_ref-TBBaddow_0

Thomas married a woman whose first name was Elizabeth. Her maiden name is unknown. The only record that has been found that relates to her is a Marshfield town record of the burial in 1660 of "Elizabeth wife of Thomas Bourn aged 70." Based on her estimated date of birth (1590) and the earliest reasonably well established date of birth of any of their children (Margaret in 1608), they were probably married about 1607. Their place of marriage is unknown and would depend on Thomas's origin, although they were presumably married somewhere in England. The Find-A-Grave page for Thomas[4] and some other family trees say that her name was Elizabeth Rouse. However, that appears to be the result of confusing Thomas with his grandson Thomas Bourne (son of son John Bourne) who married Elizabeth Rouse.

Savage[28] and (perhaps in reliance on him) "New England Marriages to 1700"[30] state that, after Elizabeth died, Thomas married a woman named Martha who survived him. No primary source (such as a marriage record, death record, deed, etc.) has been found that supports this assertion. Of particular note, the only reference to a wife in Thomas's will is a bequest to his daughter Martha Bradford of his wife's gold ring, which is strong evidence that his wife was already dead when he made his will.[31][32]

Comments

The 1664 will of Thomas Bourne had been misinterpreted, and gave genealogists the impression there had been a (fictional) daughter Lydia Bourne who married either the Elder Nathaniel Bourne or his (fictional) son Nathaniel Tilden ll.

The expression "my Daughter Tildin: Daughter Lydia Tildin" means, and perhaps should be read, "my daughter Tildin's daughter Lydia Tildin," in other words, his granddaughter Lydia, child of his daughter Elizabeth (Bourne) (Waterman) Tilden; and it will be noted that Elizabeth's four Waterman boys were given legacies in the same paragraph immediately following Lydia's legacy. The ambiguity of the Tilden clause has caused many genealogists to conclude that Thomas Bourne had a daughter Lydia, but care-, ful study of the records fails to substantiate the existence of such a daughter.

Therefore -

• Lydia Bourne did not exist (she was her sister Elizabeth)
• Nathaniel Tilden Jr did not exist (he was his brother Thomas, who married Elizabeth (Bourne), widow Waterman)

Probate

The Last Will and Testament of Mr Thomas Bourne of the Towne of Marshfield in the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth late Deceased exhibited to the general Court held att Plymouth the 9th of June 1664 on the oathes of Mr Samuel Arnold and Anthony Snow;

These my presents witness that I Thomas Bourne of the towne of Marshfield in the Colonie of Plymouth in America Draper growed in years and weakened of body yet of good memory doe by these presents make and declare this to be my last will and testament. First I bequeath my soul to god and my body to the earth and estate as followeth: Item, I give unto my Daughter Bradford according to my promise twenty pounds to bee payed her in Corne or Cattle or goods; and also I give her my wifes gould Ringe; and I doe give unto my Daughter Smith nine pounds to be payed her for a legacy in corne Cattel or goods; and I doe give unto my Daughter Winslow two Cowes; and I give unto my sonne Tildin five shillings in corne for a legacye; And I give unto my Daughter Tildin : Daughter Lydia Tildin forty shillings; I say two pounds in Cattle; for the better understanding of the forty shillings; before mentioned and I give unto John Waterman two pounds in Cattle or goods or corne; And I doe give unto Robert Waterman two pounds in Cattle goods or Corne And I doe give unto Mr Arnold twenty shillings in goods or Corne And I doe hereby declare my son John Bourne to bee my heire and I Doe give unto him all my lands and housing that are upon my lands that is neare hand or further Remote layed out or to bee layed out to mee And further I do hereby declare my son John Bourne to be my sole whole executor of all and singular my goods and chattels and my whole estate representing my said executor out of my estate to make good what so ever I have declared in this my last Will and Testament and that this is my last will and Testament I have here confirmed it under my hand and seale this 2nd of May 1664.

By mee Thomas Bourne

Signed and delivered in the presence of Samuel Arnold, Anthony Snow

Thomas died and was buried on May 11, 1664 at the age of 83. His will was probated on June 9, 1664.The inventory of his estate was taken by Joseph Beedle, Anthony Snow and Thomas Doged and exhibited at court on June 9, 1664 on the oath of son John Bourne. His real estate consisted of his house, land, orchard and meadows and a lot near Taunton. His personal property and chattels were valued at over 138 pounds.

Sources

1. Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edward Francis Waterman, Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edward Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. (New Haven, Conn: E.F. Waterman, 1939) Vol 1 p 615-616 The Bourne Family link
2. L. Effingham deF orest and Anne Lawrence deforest, Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore (New York 1938) 118+ link
3. Plymouth Colony Probate Records Vol1 Wills and Inventories 1633-1669 edited by C. H. Simmons, Jr (Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 1996/2011 ) p 410-411 citing Vol 2 Part 2 page 20
4. The original will is on microfilm # 007051111 in Vol 2 Part 2 page 20+ link
5. There is a abstract of the will of Thomas Bourne in Mayflower Descendant Vol 16 ppgs 24-5 (1914) link
6. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds., 12 volumes in 10 (Boston 1855-1861); 1:49 First record of Thomas Bourne in New England 1636; 1:138 Marriage of his daughter Ann 1:74 Jury duty 12:28 John Winslow sells to Thomas Bourne
7. Edmund K. Swigart, An Emerson-Benson Saga: The Ancestry of Charles F. Emerson and Bessie Benson and the Struggle to Settle the United States Including 194 Allied Lines (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994). pp. 125-26
8. Willard Marshall Bollenbach, Jr., The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson, 1899-1986, Memoirs and Bollenbach Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003). pp. 60-61
9. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Spooner Saga: Judah Paddock Spooner and His Wife Deborah Douglas of Connecticut and Vermont and Their Descendants/Alden Spooner's Autobiography! Spooner, Douglas, and ]ermain Ancestry (Boston: Newbury Street Press, 1997) Unpaginated

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notes

• History of Marshfield, Volume 2 By Lysander Salmon Richards
• https://archive.org/details/historyofmarshfi02rich
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofmarshfi02rich#page/177/mode/1up
• Pg.177
  • BOURNE.
• Tradition points to the Bourne family as originating in Wales, but history records the Marshfield branch as coming from Kent Co., England.
• Thomas Bourne and his wife, Elizabeth, with several children, came to Plymouth sometime near 1630. He was a resident of Plymouth long enough to be well known there, and was so desirable a citizen that in 1637 the Court of Plymouth Colony granted him and others called "special persons," "that would promise to live at Plymouth on some good farms, and so tie the lands of Plymouth as farms for the same ; and these they might keep their cattle, tilling by some servants," and retain their dwellings in Plymouth.
• Dec. 4, 1637, a grant of 100 acres was given to Thomas Bourne, and it was the second grant recorded of land in Marshfield. The same day 100 acres was granted to Josiah Winslow. The town was incorporated in 1640, and the same year Thomas Bourne was one of two that were chosen deputies to represent the town in the October General Court, and he was elected three times afterward.
• Under date of Aug., 1645, the following entry is found: "On a motion being made for one to teach school, we whose names are undersigned, are willing to pay yearly be-
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofmarshfi02rich#page/178/mode/1up
• Pg.178
• sides paying for our children; we shall send the following sums." Among others we find the name of Thomas Bourne, who subscribed ten shillings. Thus early, Thomas Bourne, his son, John, and others, took measures to establish a public school. We have one more record of this Thomas, called by one writer the "eldest of the Marshfield settlers and a patriarch of its Eden."
• It is written Thomas Bourne died and was buried ye 11th May, 1664, age 83. Thomas Bourne had several daughters and only one son, John, who was born in England. He married Alice Besbeach, now called Bisbee, and this is the second marriage entered on the Marshfield records, July 18, 1645. His eldest son was named Thomas, Then we have five successive generations of John Bournes, one of whom is now living. The third or middle John Bourne was a Revolutionary soldier and centenarian. He was born Apr. 10, 1759, and died in 1859. Less than one mile from his home was the homestead of Nathaniel Ray Thomas and later of Hon. Daniel Webster.
• Mr. Thomas' sympathies were with the British in the early days of the Revolution. He evidently was afraid of the patriotic spirit of his neighbors and townsmen, for he sent to the English authorities for a company of soldiers, who came to guard him. Every night, when calm enough, the sound of the sentry's voice would be wafted across the marsh to the ears of the Bournes. "Twelve o'clock and all is well." That cry helped to stir up the patriotic spirit of the surrounding community, and the boy of 16 drank in so much of the feeling that he shouldered his flint-lock gun and was soon in the trenches, helping to fortify Dorchester Heights. From that on he followed the fortunes of his country in battles and in camp (being near death's door with small-pox), till the last gun was fired. At the close of the war he was in the state of New York, from which state he walked to his home in old Marshfield, there
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofmarshfi02rich#page/179/mode/1up
• Pg.179
• to spend the remainder of his long life of one hundred years. The following gives the direct lines of descent of the Bournes to the present time:
• Thomas Bourne,1 and wife, Elizabeth, came from Kent County, England, about the year 1630.
• John,2 b. in England. Mar. Alice Besbeech, or Bisbee, July, 1645.
• Thomas,3 their son, b. in 1647. Mar. Elizabeth Rouse.
• John,4 their son, b. in 1685. Mar. Abigail Collamore.
• John,5 their son, b. in 1737. Mar. Lucy Dingley.
• John,6 their son, b. in 1759, d. 1859. Mar. Martha Sampson.
• John,7 their son, b. in 1790. Mar. Ruth Ford.
• John H.,8 their son, b. 1829. Mar. Sarah T. Walker. He has served on the Board of Selectmen and on the Board of School Committee; was also a member of the State Board of Agriculture for 3 years.
• Proctor Bourne, b. in 1791. Mar. Temperance Thomas. He was Postmaster of Marshfield for many years, keeping a store in connection with the postoffice and serving the town as its treasurer and collector. His children are all dead, but two grandchildren are now living : Annie F. Calligan and Emma P. Kaler, with one great-grandchild, Grace B. Williams, all living at Evanston, Ill. _________________________

This book claims Thomas Bourne died in 1684, not 1664 & has more than one son (could this later death be for Thomas the son of John & Alice?)

• Paine ancestry. The family of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration ... By Sarah Cushing Paine, Charles Henry Pope Pg.59
• https://archive.org/details/paineancestryfam00pain
• https://archive.org/stream/paineancestryfam00pain#page/59/mode/1up
• Pg.59
  • BOURNE ANCESTRY.
• Thomas Bourne = Elizabeth . . .
  • Margaret Bourne = Josiah Winslow.
    • Rebecca Winslow = John Thacher.
      • Bethia Thacher = James3 Paine.
• THOMAS BOURNE was a resident of Plymouth in 1636 ; January 2, 1636-7, he was admitted a freeman of the Colony and at the same date a tract of land was assigned to his son Richard for his use.
• He removed to Marshfield early in the settlement of that place if not at its very beginning ; was chosen one of its deputies or representatives in 1642 and at later times. He was a citizen of repute, a man of substance.
• He married (perhaps as his first wife) Elizabeth __ , who was buried in Marshfield, July 18, 1660 ; he married afterward a wife named Martha, who survived him.
• He was buried May 11, 1684, aged, as the record avers, 83 years. He left a will in which he appointed his son John "right heir and executor," and gave his estate to his daughters, "Bradford," "Smith," "Winslow" and "Tilden" ; to son Nathaniel Tilden ; to John, Thomas, Joseph and Robert Waterman, and (the minister) "Mr. Arnold."
• Of his seven children the sixth, Margaret Bourne, married Josiah Winslow. ____________________________
• Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts ..., Volume 3
• https://archive.org/details/representativem00cogoog
• https://archive.org/stream/representativem00cogoog#page/n249/mode/1up
• Pg.1289
  • BOURNE. The Bourne family of south-eastern Massachusetts is descended from
• (I) Thomas Bourne, "the eldest of the Marshfield settlers and a patriarch on its Eden," who appears at Plymouth in 1637, a freeman of that Colony of Jan. 2, 1638. Judge Savage says he may probably have come from the County of Kent, bringing family. "His home lands were situated adjoining the estates of his sons-in-law, Josiah Winslow, Sr., and Robert Waterman, to whom he gave of his own lands liberally." He was also a large land holder in the south part of the Colony. "He was a man of substance and repute." His wife Elizabeth was buried July 18, 1660, aged seventy years. He was buried May 11, 1664, at the age of eighty-three years. His will, probated June 9, 1664, made his son John right heir and executor, and bequeathed to
• https://archive.org/stream/representativem00cogoog#page/n250/mode/1up
• Pg.1290
• him, to daughters Martha Bradford, Anne Smith, Margaret Winslow and Lydia Tilden; to Nathaniel Tilden, to John, Thomas, Joseph and Robert Waterman ; and to Mr. Arnold. His children were: John, Martha, who married (first) John Bradford, son of Governor Bradford, and (second) Thomas Tracy; Elizabeth, who married Thomas (Robert ?) Waterman ; Anne, who married Nehemiah Smith ; Margaret, who married Josiah Winslow, brother of Governor Winslow; and Lydia, who married Nathaniel Tilden.
• (II) John Bourne, son of Thomas, born perhaps in England, married July 18, 1645, Alice, daughter of Thomas Besbedge or Besbeech (the second marriage on the town book). Mr. Bourne succeeded to the homestead, which in 1854 and later was in the possession of the then venerable John Bourne, a descendant in the fifth generation of the immigrant Thomas and a Revolutionary patriot who entered the service at the commencement of the struggle and was a prisoner of war when peace was declared; he died in October, 1859, in the 101st year of his age. The children of John and Alice Bourne were: Elizabeth, born in 1646; Thomas, in 1647; Alice, in 1649; Ann, in 1651; Martha, in 1653; Mary, in 1660; and Sarah, in 1663.
• (III) Thomas Bourne, son of John, born Oct. 27, 1647, married (first) April 16, 1681, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anice (or Annis) (Pabodie) Rouse, of Marshfietd, the latter daughter of John and Isabel Pabodie, original settlers of Duxbury. She died April 9, 1701, and he married (second) Nov. 23, 1702, Elizabeth Holmes, who died April 2, 1707. His children were: John, born June 8, 1685, who married Abigail Collamore, of Scituate; Elizabeth, who died April 14, 1689; George, born 29th of 3d month, 1690; and Jedediah and Josiah (twins), born 29th of 10th month, 1692.
• (IV) Josiah Bourne, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Rouse) Bourne, was born 29th of 10th month, 1692, in Marshfield. Pembroke and Hanson were formerly the western part of Duxbury. Pembroke was incorporated in 1712. For some seventy-five years before the incorporation of Hanson it was styled the West Precinct of Pembroke and was so established May 19, 1746. Hanson was incorporated Feb. 22, 1820. "Josiah Bourne, great-grandson of Thomas Bourne, one of the first settlers in Marshfield, bought a large tract in the extreme southern part, next to the 'Great Cedar Swamp,' 'with ye house on it,' and traces of its location can still be seen. It is said of him that he was of small stature, a man of good practical sense, determination, and perseverance, who made the hills and valleys laugh and shine with their abundance. He had three sons and five daughters, whose descendants are scattered over various parts of the country." ["History of Hanson,' E. B. K. Gurney.] ___________________________________
• The New England historical and genealogical register (1847) Year 1860 Vol. 14.
• https://archive.org/details/newenglandhistorv14wate
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistorv14wate#page/82/mode/1up
• Pg.82
• BOURNE, John, Marshfield, Oct. 7, a. 100 yrs. 5 mos. 27 ds. ; a Revolut'ry soldier.
• He was a descendant, in the fifth generation, from Thomas and Elizabeth Bourne, early settlers of said township, and resided and deceased on the estate granted to this immigrant ancestor, Dec. 4, 1637, by the Court of the Old Colony, from whom it had passed to him by regular descent. The ancestor deceased May 11, 1664, a. 83 ; his wife, 1660, a. 70.
• Their children were : —
• Lydia, the wife of Elder Nathl. Tilden, of Scituate, to whom she was united previous to their emigration.
• Martha, who m. John, eldest son of Gov. Wm. Bradford.
• Margaret, who m. Josias, youngest brother of Gov. Edward Winslow, 1636.
• Elizabeth, who m. Robert Waterman, 1638; and Anna, who m. Rev. Nehemiah Smith, 1639. Messrs. Bradford and Smith removed to Norwich, Conn.
• John, supposed to be the only son of the ancestor Thomas Bourne, m. Alice Besbeech, July 18, 1645; she was probably the dau. of Thomas Besbeech, an early settler of Scituate. He died Dec. 8, 1684 ; his widow, May 7, 1686; ages unrecorded.
• Thomas Bourne, eldest son of John, b. Oct. 27, 1647, m. 1, Elizabeth Rouse, April 16, 1681 ; she was dau. of John and Anice (Pabodie) Rouse, of Marshfield ; she deceased April 9, 1701. He m. 2, Elizabeth Holmes, Nov. 2, 1702. _____________________________________
• HIS WIFE'S SURNAME IS UNKNOWN, SHE WAS NOT THE DAU. OF ANICE (PEABODY) & JOHN ROUSE, ELIZABETH ROUSE WAS WIFE TO HIS GRANDSON THOMAS
• Thomas Bourne1
• M, #128282, b. 1581, d. 11 May 1664
• Thomas Bourne was born in 1581 at England.1 He married Elizabeth Rouse, daughter of John Rouse and Anice Peabody, on 21 December 1607 at Matlock, Derbyshire, England.1 Thomas Bourne died on 11 May 1664 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.1
• Family Elizabeth Rouse b. 1590, d. 18 Jul 1660
• Child
  • Ann Bourne+1 b. c 1615, d. 12 Jan 1685
• Citations
• 1.[S14] Unknown author, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey., p. 86.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4272.htm#... ______________________
• A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING ... By JAMES SAVAGE Vol. I
• http://books.google.com/books?id=HWEblLuls8kC&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg.218
• BOURNE, JOHN, Marchfield, s. of Thomas, perhaps b. in Eng. m. 18 July 1645, Alice, d. of Thomas Besbedge the sec. m. on town's book, being in his will of Nov. 1672 so describ. and her ch. nam. Thomas, b. 1647; and Sarah, 1663, with allusion to other sis. wh. were Eliz. b. 1646; Alice, 1649; Ann, 1651; Martha. 1653, and Mary, 1660; there was bur. 8 Dec. 1684; and his wid. was bur. 9 May 1686.
• Pg.219
• BOURNE, THOMAS, early at Marshfield, may prob. have come from Co. Kent, bring. fam. hav. been at Plymouth 1637, freem. of that col. 2 Jan. 1638, and w. Eliz. bur. 18 July 1660, aged 70, was a man of substance and repute, d. a. 1554, aged 83, leav. wid. Martha, ch. prob. all by w. Eliz. John, above ment.; Martha, wh. m. 1 John Bradford, s. of the Gov. 2. Thomas Tracy, d at Norwich 1689; Eliz. m. 9 Dec. 1638, Robert Waterman; Ann m. 21 June 1640, Nehemiah Smith; Margaret m. Josiah Winslow, br. of Gov. Edward; and Lydia m. Nathanil Tilden. His will of 2 May 1664, made s. John excor. names ea. d. and Lydia, d. of Lydia, beside John, Thomas Joseph and Wabert Waterman, and Mr. Arnold, his min.,
• THOMAS, Marshfield, prob. s. of John, m. 18 Apr. 1681, Eliz. d. of John Rouse, had Eliz. wh. d. 14 Apr. 1689. _________________________________
• A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING ... By JAMES SAVAGE Vol. IV
• http://books.google.com/books?id=jljl0jkEoegC&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg.127
• SMITH, NEHEMIAH, by Miss Thomas thot. to be first relig. teach. at Marshfield, I hear no more of, exc. that in an eminent. confus. obitua. on p. 82 of Geneal. Reg. XIV. Ann, a d. of the first Thomas Bourne, is said to m. Rev. Nehemiah S. in 1639. _____________________________
• HIS WIFE'S SURNAME IS UNKNOWN, ELIZABETH ROUSE WAS WIFE TO HIS GRANDSON THOMAS
• Thomas Bourne
• Birth: 1581 Tenterden, Kent, England
• Death: May 11, 1664 Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Arrival in 1636 to Plymouth, Mass.
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• Elizabeth Rouse Bourne (1590 - 1660)*
• Children:
  • Sarah Ann Bourne Smith (1615 - 1684)*
  • Elizabeth Bourne Waterman (1618 - 1663)*
  • Martha Bourne Bradford Tracy (1620 - ____)*
• Burial: Winslow Cemetery Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50587957 ____________________________
• HIS WIFE'S SURNAME IS UNKNOWN, ELIZABETH ROUSE WAS WIFE TO HIS GRANDSON THOMAS
• Thomas Bourne
• Birth: 1581 Fordwich, England
• Death: May 11, 1664 Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Born in 1581-1583 in Tenterden, Kent, England to Barthalomew Bourne. Married Elizabeth Rouse 21 Dec 1607 in Matlock, Derby, England. Their child: Sarah/Ann (Bourne) Smith.
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• Elizabeth Rouse Bourne (____ - 1660)
• Children:
  • Margaret Bourne Winslow (____ - 1683)*
  • Sarah Bourne Smith (1614 - 1683)*
• Burial: Unknown
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34321698 ___________________________
• HIS WIFE'S SURNAME IS UNKNOWN, ELIZABETH ROUSE WAS WIFE TO HIS GRANDSON THOMAS
• Rouse, Elizabeth
• b. 1581
• d. 1660
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1610
• Spouse: Bourne, Thomas
• b. 1581 Matlock, Derbyshire, England
• d. 11 MAY 1664 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.
• Children:
  • BOURNE, Martha
  • Bourne, Sarah Ann
  • BOURNE, Margaret
  • BOURNE, Elizabeth
  • BOURNE, John
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_71.htm#234 __________________________

Thomas is the first of this name in America. Tradition points to the Bourne family as originating in Wales, but history records the Marshfield branch as coming from Kent County, England. He was married in Kent to Elizabeth.

Thomas and Elizabeth with several children came to Plymouth Colony near the year 1630. He was a resident of Plymouth long enough to be well known there, and was so desirable a citizen that in 1637 the Court of Plymouth Colony granted him and others called "special persons" that would promise to live at Plymouth on good farms and settle the lands of Plymouth as farms for same; and they might keep their cattle tilling by some servant and retain their dwellings in Plymouth.

He was one of the founders of Marshfield, Massachusetts. By deed from the Old Colony of Plymouth on Dec 4, 1637, he was granted 100 acres to Thomas Bourne and it was the second grant recorded of land in Marshfield. The same day 100 acres was granted to Josiah Winslow. The town was incorporated in 1640. The same year Thomas Bourne was one of two that were chosen deputies to represent the town in the Oct General Court and he was elected three times afterward. Under the date of Aug 1645; the following entry is found;

"On a motion being made for one to teach school, we whose names are undersigned are willing to pay weekly beside paying for our children; We shall send the following sum."

Among others we find the names of Thomas Bourne, who subscribed ten shillings.

This early Thomas Bourne, his son John and others took measures to establish a public school. We have one more record of Thomas. Called by one writer the "eldest of the Marshfield settlers and a patriarch of its Eden". It is written Thomas Bourne died and was buried "ye 11th May, 1644 age 83. "Elizabeth had died at Marshfield in 1660 at 70 years of age (b.1590 )

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Mr. Thomas Bourne, the pioneer, was born in England and was of high social rank as indicated by the title Mr. in the records and according to ?song? He probably came from County Rantt as early as 1637. He was in Plymouth Colony for land was granted to his son Richard on Jan. 9, 1636 - 1637. He was admitted freeman Jan. 2, 1638. His wife Elizabeth was buried July 14, 1660, aged 70 years. His home was the estate of Josiah Winslow and Robert Waterman, his sons-in-law to whom he gave valuable bonds. He was a man of substance and ?report? in Marshfield where he lived to great age and where he was buried May 11, 1664 aged 83 years.

His will dated May 2, 1664 and found June 8, 1664, his son John as executor bequesting to daughter Martha Bradford, Margaret Winslow, Lydia Tilson and sons-in-law Nathaniel Tilson to John, Thomas, Joseph and Robert Waterman and to Rev. Mr. Arnold Margaret, Anna, Lydia, Elizabeth and John

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Early Settlers at Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA, Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA: All the names listed on the monument: Side 1: Edward Winslow & wife Susanna, Kenelm Winslow & wife Ellen, Josiah Winslow & wife Margaret, Josiah Winslow & wife Penelope, William Thomas, Nathaniel Thomas & wife Mary, John Thomas & wife Sarah.

Side 2: Arthur Howland & wife Margaret, Samuel Baker & wife Ellen, John Foster & wife Mary, Samuel Sprague & wife Sarah, John Phillips & wife Grace, William Shirtley & wife Elizabeth, Timothy Williamson & wife Mary, Rev. Richard Blinman & wife Mary, Rev. Edward Bulkely, John Corum & wife Desire.

Side 3: William Sherman & wife Prudence, John Adams & wife Jane, Thomas Bourn & wife Elizabeth, Robert Waterman & wife Elizabeth, Robert Carver & wife Christian, John Dingley & wife Sarah, Thomas Little & wife Ann, William Foord & wife Anna, John Low & wife Elizabeth, Thomas Chillingworth & wife Joane.

Side 4: Resolved White & wife Judith, Peregrine White & wife Sarah, Gilbert Brooks & wife Elizabeth, Edward Bompasse & wife Hannah, John Barker & wife Anna, Anthony Snow & wife Abigail, John Rouge & wife Annis, James Pitney & wife Sarah, Joseph Beadle & wife Rachel, John Branch and wife Mary.

LifeSketch: THOMAS BOURNE, born about 1581, came perhaps from County Kent in England, with a wife and family. He was at Plymouth, Mass., in 1637, and was made freeman of the colony, 2 Jan. 1637/8. Marshfield was incorporated in 1640, and Thomas Bourne settled in the new town, where he was a man of substance and repute, serving in various capacities. His wife ELIZABETH was buried there 18 July 1660, aged 70; and he, on 11 May 1664, aged 83. He was nearly always referred to as "Mr." and at least once as "gen.", indicating a superior social standing. William Launders of Marshfield was a servant to Mr. John Combe, and on 5 Apr. 1642 was transferred to Mr. William Thomas, and on 9 Nov. 1643 was transferred to Thomas Bourne. In Launders' will, made 19 Dec. 1648, he gave to the children of Robert Waterman "my friend" one Cow, and named his two friends Mr. Thomas Bourne, and Robert Waterman his executors. The inventory of his estate, taken 1 Jan. 1648/9, showed that the estate owed Robert Waterman "for Diet and a hogshead." [The Mayflower Descendant, 9-82, 83]. At a Town Meeting held in Marshfield, 3 Nov. 1656, Mr. Thomas Bourne and Joseph Beedell were to receive the ten pounds which Mr. Edward Winslow in his will gave to the poor of the town, and were to be "betrusted" with its expenditure, [ib., 4-2.] Mr. Thomas Bourne was Deputy from Marshfield to the Plymouth General Court, 1641, 1642, and 1645. He was Surveyor of Highways at Marshfield, 1647, and Grand Juryman, 1648. "The last Will .. . of Mr

Thomas Bourne of the Towne of Marshfeild . . . late Deceased exhibited to the generall Court held att Plymouth the 2th

of June 1664 on the oathes of Mr

Samuell Arnold and Anthony Snow;" "Thomas Bourne . . . Draper" made his will on 2 May 1664. Bequests were as follows. "I giVe unto my Daughter Bradford according to my promise twenty pounds to bee payed her in Come or Cattle or goods; and also I give her my wif es gould Ringe ;" "I Doe give unto my Daughter Smith nine pound to bee payed her for a legacy in come Cattle or goods;" "I Doe give unto my Daughter Winslow two Cowes" "I give unto my sonne Tildin five shillings in Come for a legacye;" "And I give unto my Daughter Tildin: Daughter Lydia Tildin forty shillings; I say two pounds in Cattle; for the better understanding of the forty shillings; before mentioned and I give unto John Waterman two pounds in Cattle or goods or corne; And I give unto Thomas Waterman two pounds in Cattle goods or corne; And I Doe give unto Josepth Waterman two pounds in Cattle goods or Come And I Doe give unto Robert Waterman two pounds in Cattle goods or Corne" "I Doe give unto Mr

Arnold twenty shillings in goods or Corne"  "I Doe heerby Declare my son John Bourne to bee my heire and I Doe give unto him all my lands and housing that are upon my lands that is neare hand or further Remote layed out or to bee layed out to mee" "my son John Bourne" was appointed executor. The witnesses were Samuel Arnold and Anthony Snow. The inventory was taken by Sergeant Joseph Beedle, Anthony Snow and Thomas Doged, the last named signing by a mark, and was exhibited at court at Plymouth on 9 June 1664, on the oath of John Bourne. The real estate was "his house and land and orchyard and meddowes" and "a lott of land lying neare Taunton" but the value was not stated. Debts were due from "serjeant Gotten", John Branch, "mr

Josias Winslow senir ", Captain Thomas, John Thomas, "Mr

John Bradford"; and the estate owed: "for sugar and wine and fruit for the buriall" £1 , Is.; to Humphrey Johnson, 4s. [The Mayflower Descendant, 16-24, 25.] The expression "my Daughter Tildin: Daughter Lydia Tildin" means, and perhaps should be read, "my daughter Tildin's daughter Lydia Tildin," in other words, his granddaughter Lydia, child of his daughter Elizabeth (Bourne) (Waterman) Tilden; and it will be noted that Elizabeth's four Waterman boys were given legacies in the same paragraph immediately following Lydia's legacy. The ambiguity of the Tilden clause has caused many genealogists to conclude that Thomas Bourne had a daughter Lydia, but care-, ful study of the records fails to substantiate the existence of such a daughter. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth ( ) Bourne: 2 + i. MARTHA2 , b. [say 1614] ; d. between 1676 and 1683. 3 + ii. MARGARET, b. [say 1616] ; bur. 2 Oct. 1683. 4-f- iii. ELIZABETH, b. [say 1618] ; bur. 12 Dec. 1663. 5 + iv. ANNE , b. [say 1620] ; d. after 1684. 6 + v. JOHN , b. [say 1622] ; bur. 8 Dec. 1684. 

===References===

• New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Register, 6-I8S.
• James Savage: Gen. Diet, of New England, 1-219.
• C. H. Pope: Pioneers of Mass., p. 60.
• The Mayflower Descendant, 2-182
• . Pierce's Colonial Lists, pp. 44, 55.
• L. S. Richards: History of Marshfield, 2-177.
• Plymouth Colony Records, 1-74; 2-16, 40, 94
• . L. E. and A. L. de Forest: Moore and Allied Families (1938), pp. 118-124.
• Source: THE WATERMAN FAMILY, pp. 615-616
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_233.html#P6312
• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067589937;seq=629
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