Origin: Sandwich, Kent. Migration; 1635 on the Hercules. First Residence: Charlestown. Removes: Duxbury 1637. Birth: By 1614 (Admitted inhabitant of Charlestown 1635). Death: Bet 2 Jan 1688/9 (will) and 1 May 1693 (probate) Marriage: by abt 1655 Mary. She died after 2 Jan 1688/9, when she was named in Thomas's will.
Hercules (1635)
From Hotten:s Original Persons: "Of all such persons as embarked themselves in the good ship called the Hercules, of Sandwicxh, of the burthen of 200 tons, John Witherley, master, and therein transported from Sandwich to the plantation called New England in America; with the cerificates from the ministers where they last dwelt of their conversation, and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy. (The certificates, all dated February and March, 1634, are here omitted.)