Thomas Purchase

Abt 1577 - 1678  (~ 101 years)

• Name	Thomas Purchase
  Born	Abt 1577	, Dorchester, England
  Gender	Male
  Buried	11 May 1678	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I2519	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Grove,   b. Abt 1586, Dorchester, Dorset, England ,   d. 7 Nov 1655, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	Bef 30 Aug 1631	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  	His mg was at Boston between 21 Apr 1631 and 30 Aug 1631 [Young's First Planters 333-35, MHSC 3:8:320]
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Andrews,   b. Abt 1633, , , England ,   d. 29 Sep 1709  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1659	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  	Date of marriage to Elizabeth Andrews is suspect. Have not found any record and The Great Migration Begins only estimates marriage by about 1657.
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - Bef 30 Aug 1631 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Married - 3 Dec 1659 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Buried - 11 May 1678 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He died age 101yrs. on 11 May 1678.; Dorset 3 Vol 7, p. 3 ; Parish Reg. Am. Pub. H Vol 10 p. 220 Mass. 18. ; Popes Pioneer's. Thomas Purchase was the first settler at Pegypscot, (Brunswick,) probably as early as 1625 or 6. His companion was George Way. he lived on the southerly side of Stevens' River, near its head, and was engaged in the fur trade; was one of George's Council in 1635; afterwards sole assistant to mr, Prince, the Colony Commissioner, and in 1664 was a justice under Archdale. His house was plundered by the Indians in Sep 1675, when he left Pegypscot, and we know nothing of his return [Indian War Papers, Vol 1, p. 690] Date of marriage to Elizabeth Andrews is suspect. Have not found any record and The Great Migration Begins only estimates marriage by about 1657.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, NEHGR, For Thomas Purchase, p. 2 (Reliability: 3).