THOMAS, Dorchester 1635, selectman that yr. freem. 25 May 1636; rem. to Hingham 1638, next yr. to Scituate, and in 1640 to Barnstable, of wh. he was 7 Aug. 1650 ord. rul. Elder, and rep. 5 yrs. being the first from the town in Dec. 1640. He had Thomas, bef. ment.; perhaps John, and certain. Timothy, bapt. 12 Jan. 1640, d. in few mos.; Mehitable, 17 Apr. 1642; Shubael, 16 Sept. 1644; beside a s. and d. tw. bur. without names, 18 Mar. 1641. He d. 1659, but the wid.was liv. 1683. His nuncup. will gave all to his w. Ann for the reason that, "the ch. were hers as well as his." Various spelling has this name appear. in; and it may, originally, be the same as that of Dymocke, the heredit. champion of Eng. wh. at coronations, owes the service of challenge to all competitors for the crown.
