Thomas Glover, of Rainhill

Not a known son of John Glover, of Cottenham

Origins

Anna Glover wrote in Glover memorials and genealogies : an account of John Glover of Dorchester, and his descendants, (1867) page 30: “The names of the parents of Thomas Glover, of Rainhill, have never been obtained.”

Link to genealogies : an account of John Glover of Dorchester, and his descendants, with a brief sketch of some of the Glovers who first settled in New Jersey, Virginia, and other places

THOMAS GLOVER IS THE FATHER OF THE EARLIEST EMIGRANT TO NEW ENGLAND, HIS SON, JOHN GLOVER OF DORCHESTER IMMIGRATED.

The place of his birth cannot be given with certainty. He lived in Rainhill from the time of his marriage, and died there Dec. 13, 1619. He was married to Margery Deane, daughter of Thomas Deane, of Rainhill, Feb. 10, A.D. 1594.

...The following list of the children of Thomas and Margery (Margaret) Deane Glover, born in Rainhill Parish, has been copied from the records there, and arranged as in the original. Ten in number.

• 1. Ellen, bap. Feb. 2, 1595; m. William Barnes
• 2. John, a twin, bap. July 27, 1599, died the same day.
• 3. Elisabeth, a twin, bap. July 27, 1599, died the same day.
• 4. John, bap. 12 Aug. 1600; m. Anna, went to New England.
• 5. Henry, bap. 15 Feb. 1603; m.. Abigail, went to New England. [SIC: this Henry Glover, of Dedham]
• 6. Anne, bap. 19 Oct. 1605, died Oct. 1605, 1 month.
• 7. Thomas, b. 1607, m. Deborah Rigby, of Cranston
• 8. William, b. 1609, m. Mary Bolton, of Rainhill, 24 Nov. 1664
• 9. George, b. 1611; m. Margaret
• 10. Jane, bap. 13 Sept. 1612, m. Mr. Watts
• 11. Peter, bap. 22 March 1615, married.

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From a description of the will of his father, Thomas Glover (which had been badly damaged by mold prior to transcription):

• (4) John emigrated to New England and settled in Dorchester in 1630.
• (5) Henry also, his second son, came over about 1640, and settled in Medfield - had grants of land in Dedham as early as 1640, died in Medfield in 1655. [SIC: this Henry Glover, of Dedham]
• (8) William Glover, son of Thomas and Margaret (Deane) Glover. There is a notice of him in 1652, in which he is styled a mercer, or dealer in silk, and in another place a merchant, and lived in Whiston, Lancashire, England, but no record appears of his having remained in Rainhill after his arrival at the age of manhood. A tradition of him has reached the present generation or some branches of it, and whih is confirmed by references, that he also came to New England and was in Dorcehster at one time towards the close of the 17th century. The precise date has not been given by those who assert the fact, but it is certain that his name appears on a document called Glover's Agreement, dated at Dorchester in 1680. It relates to a division of Newbury Farm, which belonged to the heiirs of Mr. John Glover, who was his eldest brother, and it apprears that William was acting attorney on the share of one of his nephews. Information from other sources renders it certain that he was in New England at one time, and at Dorchester with his eldest brother. Tradition says that "he was the owner of lands there, and intended to settle in Boston, and that he returned to England to make arrangements for that purpose. He was requested by his brothers to gather up and get all the copies of manuscripts which related to the Glover pedigree, and in relation to their ancestral line, which it was said had been written out and were preserved by one of their own progenitors, and could be easily obtained." It was feared that those who had come to New England would lose, in their succeeding generations, the knowledge of their ancestry, which the brothers had a great desire to perpetuate. This William Glover was instructed to obtain not only the Glover pedigree as far back as it could be traced, or had been traced, that it might be perpetuated among the generations in New England, but all copies of records and documents which related in any way to the grants of lands originally laid out to Glover proprietors who had settled in Dorchester and Boston. The tradition continues "having accomplished this mission fully and gathered up all his treasures, he embarked again for New England, but never arrived. The vessel in which he was coming, destined for Boston, was wrecked on a rock near the coast of Maine, in Portland harbor, and the passengers were all lost." How many crew of the ship escaped to tell the sad story, or if any, has not been ascertained, but the fate of the ship was in some way communicated to the family of Glovers who lived in Dorchester, and were looking anxiously for his arrival. The tradition closes with this remark: "The rock on which they were wrecked was named, from that time, 'Glover's Rock," and has borne that name to this day" - meaning the time of the last narrator. [Note - the foregoing traiditon has been transmitted down through the descending generations in the line of Mr. Nathaniel Glover, of Dorchester, commonly distinguished as 'Nathaniel Senior', and is probably known in other branches, but has reached the six generation from Nathaniel to his son Thomas, and from Thomas to his sons.] ... Efforts have been unceasingly made, and many letters written to procure more information respecting the name of the ship in which Mr. William Glover sailed, the time of the wreck, and other circumstances connected with the disaster, but they have proved unavailing as to any further knowledge. It is said that the disappointment to those who were looking for the arrival of the ship was very great and irreparable in some respects to his relatives and friends. The last notice of him in England is in 1664, at the time of his marriage at Rainhill.
• (9) George Glover, another son of Thomas and Margaret (Deane) Glover, was first a schoolmaster at Liverpool. He built a house there, married Margaret, and had two children, Jane and Ellen. He was afterwards a tenant on Moore's Rental. Moore writes of him thus: "Mr. George Glover is a very honest man, and has a good woman for a wife... The lives at present are Jane, Ellen, and his wife Margaret..." The free school at Liverpool no longer exists. The building was destroyed in 1673. It was a great piece of antiquity - once a chapel, then a free school, at the west end whereon, next the river, stood the Statue of St. Nicholas... Bishop Cartwright states that after Mr. George Glover vacated, he licensed Mr. Thomas Bryant to be the schoolmaster of the free school in Liverpool. There is a notice of him on the records of Harvard College in Cambridge, New England. Among the donors of cash gifts were applied to the erection of college buildings, credit is given to Mr. George Glover, of Liverpool, England, of two pounds. Another notice, from another source, informs us that the gift was collected by Rev. Joseph Glover, of Sutton, in Surrey, who was shortly to embark for Cambridge in New England, with funds for the college lately established there. It was entrusted to his care, and although he never reached the place of his destination, having died on his passage in 1639, the property collected for Harvard College was faithfully transmitted and recorded.
• (11) Peter Glover, of Rainhill, youngest son of Thomas and Margaret (Deane) Glover, was born 22 March 1615, died there 26 April 1700, in his 86th year. He married and settled in Rainhill and had children. Several of his descendants are at the present time living there and are owners of estates. Peter Glover, of the seventh generation, and his wife Agnes, and children, are residents there. He is a descendant in a direct line from Peter the elder.

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References

• England: Marriages, 1538-1973. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Marriages, 1538-1973. FamilySearch, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB544/rd/314390968 Name Thomas GLOVER Marriage 1593 Location Saint Mary, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Original Text Saint Mary,Prescot,Lancashire,England Spouse Margery Dia Film No. 0844816 IT 1 Date of Marriage 10 Feb 1593 Page 23339266