Thomas Thaxter, of Hingham

Thomas Thaxter

• Birth: Feb 1 1595 - Bridgham, Norfolk, England
• Death: Feb 4 1654 - Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
• Parents: Thomas Thaxter, Anne
• Wife: Elizabeth

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Thomas married ELIZABETH (_____) in England before 1626 as her first husband. She died on 17 Jul 1660 probably in Dedham, MA. After his death in 1654 she married (2) William Ripley on 29 Sep 1654. She married (3) John Dwight of Dedham on 28 Jan 1657/58.[1]

Thomas came to Hingham in 1638 with eldest son John and daughter Elizabeth. He had here wife Elizabeth, and children: Sarah, Samuel, Thomas who died young. Thomas was freeman 18 May 1642.

References

1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2316.htm#45528
2. 1Preston, Belle, Bassett-Preston Ancestors (New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930.), p. 90, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 B319.
3. 2Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge, The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Massachusetts (New York: John Trow & Son, Printers, 1874.), 1:94, Family History Library, 929.273 D962d.
4. 3Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 3:543, 4:275, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.274 S264.
5. 4Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2007.), 2:375, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549-1.
6. 5History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (Hingham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1893.), 3:132, Family History Library, 974.482/H1 H2h.
7. https://troutwind.tripod.com/thaxter.html