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Thomas Munson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Death: September 28, 1746 (76)
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Place of Burial: Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Munson and Martha Sherman
Husband of Mary Munson
Father of Lydia Sperry; Thomas Munson; Mary Tuttle; Obadiah Munson, Sr; Hannah Munson and 3 others
Brother of Martha Elcock; Ens. Samuel Munson; Capt. John Munson; Capt. Theophilus Munson; Ens. Joseph Munson and 4 others

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About Thomas Munson

The son of Samuel & Martha (Bradley) Munson, he married Mary Wilcoxson in Wallingford, CT on Sept. 15, 1694. Inscription: Here lyeth the body of Thomas Munson Who died September the 28: 1746 ni Seventy sixt year of his age.

GEDCOM Note

Category:New Haven, New Haven ColonyThomas Munson, son of Samuel, was born 12 Mar 1670/1, in New Haven, Connecticut.<ref name=Munson>Munson, Myron Andrews. 1637-1887. The Munson Record: A Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (a Pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants, Volume 1. Connecticut, Munson Association, 1896. p. 65 & p. 101- </ref><ref>Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862. Vol 2 p. 257</ref><ref name=NHVR>Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 PartI. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917</ref><ref name="Jacobus">Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. p. 1286</ref> He married 15 Sept 1694, in New Haven,<ref name=NHVR /> Mary Wilcoxson, d/o Obadiah.<ref name="Jacobus" />

He died 28 Sep 1746 in Cheshire, Connecticut.<ref name="Jacobus" />

Children:<ref name=Munson />

  1. Lydia b. 5 May 1696
  2. Thomas b. 18 Aug 1698
  3. Mary b. 25 aug 1700
  4. Obadiah b. 3 April 1703
  5. Hannah b. 27 Sept 1705
  6. Joanna (conjectural) m. Benjamin Curtis
  7. Rachel b. 18 Nov 1709
  8. Eunice b. 28 Jan 1712/3
  9. Thankful b. 3 Feb 1714/5
  10. Ebenezer b. 16 June 1717

Thomas Munson, see TAG Vol. 17, #3, pg. 129. Additional information in the Munson Record https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=k0w6AAAAMAAJ&printsec=fron...

Census

: Census: :: Date: 4 APR 1704 :: Place: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut:: Note: The 1704 census was a drawing made for lots in the "half division" of New Haven lands, recorded in the volume of the Proprietor's records. The list gives the number of persons in the family of each proprietor and is equivalent to a census.::: In 1704, there were 5 people in the household of Thomas Munson.<ref>Jacobus: Families of Ancient New Haven p. 1533</ref>

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Thomas Munson's Timeline

1670
March 12, 1670
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
1696
December 5, 1696
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1698
August 18, 1698
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1700
August 25, 1700
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1703
April 3, 1703
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1705
September 27, 1705
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1707
1707
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1709
November 18, 1709
New Haven, New Haven, CT
1717
June 16, 1717
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony