Lt. Thomas Tracy, Sr. I

• : "Unless there has been a recent development, the ancestry (and wife) of Thomas Tracy are unknown. The late 19th century hypothesis that he was a younger son of Sir Paul Tracy of the ancient Tracy family of Toddington, Gloucestershire, was demolished by Donald Lines Jacobus in the 1930's.” I looked up that work, and indeed it was demolished." soc.genealogy.midieval - Douglas Richardson

See Wikitree - Thomas Tracy (abt. 1610 - 1685) for more information about research into his origins.

Lieutenant in King Philip's War. He was of Salem in 1637, and later of Saybrook, Wethersfield, and, in 1662, Norwich,CT. He was a carpenter.

His first known wife, married by Feb 1679/80, was Martha Bourne Bradford Tracy, widow of John Bradford.

His second known wife, married after Jul 1683, was Mary Foote Stoddard Goodrich Tracy, widow of John Stoddard and John Goodrich Jr, and daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming Foote.

He certainly had a wife prior to Martha, by whom Miriam Tracy (who married Thomas Waterman) was born. Identities of earlier wive(s) are not known. Martha was not the mother of any of his children. Any information that names his earlier wives is from very old sources, and is not proven. That she was Mary, widow of Edward Mason, has not been proven. See NEHG REGISTER 61(1907):93.

New research indicates that the place of birth in England of Lt. Thomas Tracy is uncertain. For an in-depth discussion of his origin and life, see "Lt. Thomas Tracy (1610-1685) of Norwich, Connecticut. The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 49, No. 4. (March, 2017): 201-223."

Children (by first marriage to unknown wife): John Tracy, Jonathan Tracy, Thomas Tracy Jr, Solomon Tracy, Daniel Tracy, Samuel Tracy, and Miriam Tracy Waterman.

Information from the Pilgrim Society documentation:

"In 1645 he went to relief of Uncus, Sachem of Mohegans, when he was besieged at Shattucks Point by Naragansetts. Appointed in 1661 by General Court to try the Bond of New London; 1662 he was chosen on of the Court of Commission; in 1666 he was appointed Ensign at Norwich 1667-1678 deputy from Norwich to Colonial Assembly (Connecticut) in which he sat as member for more than twenty sessions. In 1673 appointed Lieut. of Forces in New London County to fight Dutch and Indians. 1674 was Quartermaster of Dragoons and in 1678 was appointed a Justice. He was one of the founders of both of the towns of Saybrook and of Norwich, Connecticut."

"...came to Salem, Massachusetts, 1636; went to Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1637; removed to Saybrook, from there to Norwich in 1659-1660. He came to America in the inerests of his friends Lord Say and Lord Brook, settled in Salem 1636, where land was granted him; he was a talented and active man, was much intrested in ship building. One of the thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich, 1659; Representative of Norwich to Legislature twenty-seven sessions. In 1645 he and Thomas Leffingwell, with others, released Uncas, the sachem of the Mohegans, when he was besieged. Uncas afterwards gave four hundred acres of land to Thomas Tracy and Thomas Leffingwell. Thomas Tracy was a Lieutenant of the New London Dragoons, enlisted to fight the Dutch and Indians. In King Phillips War in 1676, he with John Bradford, was appointed Commissary and Quartermaster. He owned much real estate, more than five thousand acres." (source: Colonial Familes in the United States)
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Thomas Tracy, born 1610, emigrated to America in 1635. He first went to Salem, Mass., thence to Windsor, Conn., thence to Saybrook in 1639. In 1541, he married the widow of Edward Mason whom he had seven children. In 1660 he removed with his family to Norwich, Conn. where he became a distinguished man, taking an active part in the civil and military affairs of the colony. He is known in colonial history as Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn. From him have descended the most numerous and prominent branch of the Tracys in this country. He died in Norwich, Conn. on November 7, 1685. Their children were: 1. John, born 1642, married Mary Winslow. 2. Thomas, born 1644, married. Sarah ¾. 3. Jonathan, born 1645, married Mary Griswold. 4. Mariam, born 1649, married Sear gent Thomas Waterman. 5. Dr. Solomon, born 1650, married Sarah Huntington. 6. Daniel, born 1652, married Abigail Adgate. 7. Samuel, born 1654, died Jan. 11, 1693, unmarried. Thomas Tracy married for a second time to Martha, descendant of John Bradford in 1676. He was again a widower and in 1683 married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Foot.

Lieutenant in King Philip's War. He was of Salem in 1637, and later of Saybrook, Wethersfield, and, in 1662, Norwich,CT. He was a carpenter.

His first known wife, married by Feb 1679/80, was Martha Bourne Bradford Tracy, widow of John Bradford.

His second known wife, married after Jul 1683, was Mary Foote Stoddard Goodrich Tracy, widow of John Stoddard and John Goodrich Jr, and daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming Foote.

He certainly had a wife prior to Martha, by whom Miriam Tracy (who married Thomas Waterman) was born. Identities of earlier wive(s) are not known. Martha was not the mother of any of his children. Any information that names his earlier wives is from very old sources, and is not proven. That she was Mary, widow of Edward Mason, has not been proven. See NEHG REGISTER 61(1907):93.

New research indicates that the place of birth in England of Lt. Thomas Tracy is uncertain. For an in-depth discussion of his origin and life, see "Lt. Thomas Tracy (1610-1685) of Norwich, Connecticut. The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 49, No. 4. (March, 2017): 201-223."

Children(by first marriage to unknown wife): John Tracy, Jonathan Tracy, Thomas Tracy Jr, Solomon Tracy, Daniel Tracy, Samuel Tracy, and Miriam Tracy Waterman.

Information from the Pilgrim Society documentation:

"In 1645 he went to relief of Uncus, Sachem of Mohegans, when he was besieged at Shattucks Point by Naragansetts. Appointed in 1661 by General Court to try the Bond of New London; 1662 he was chosen on of the Court of Commission; in 1666 he was appointed Ensign at Norwich 1667-1678 deputy from Norwich to Colonial Assembly (Connecticut) in which he sat as member for more than twenty sessions. In 1673 appointed Lieut. of Forces in New London County to fight Dutch and Indians. 1674 was Quartermaster of Dragoons and in 1678 was appointed a Justice. He was one of the founders of both of the towns of Saybrook and of Norwich, Connecticut."