Person:Thomas Elgar (2)

Thomas Elgar

b.Est 1650

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m. 6 Jul 1691

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Name^[1]^[2]	Thomas Elgar
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Est 1650	Rough estimate.
Marriage	6 Jul 1691	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Abigail Dibble
Death^[1]^[3]	9 Feb 1727/28	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sheldon, Hezekiah Spencer. Documentary history of Suffield: in the colony and province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1660-1749. (Springfield, Mass.: Printed by the C.W. Bryan Co., 1879-1888)
200.

"'Goodman' Thomas Elgar was a soldier under Maj. Treat in the Fort Fight Dec. 19^th 1675. He was an invalid pensioner at Hadley in 1678. He m. Abigail Filley, July 6th 1691, and settled in Suffield. Children were Thomas, b. July 24^th 1692, Abraham, b. July 6^th 1695. He was supported by the Town for many years. He d. Feb. 9^th 1728. His wife d. Jany. 10^th 1722. His son Thomas, in 1735, petitioned Conn. (without success) for a bounty, for his father’s services in 'King Philips war' (State Archives, War, Vol. 1, p. 148). … The origin of 'Goodman' Elgar is unknown."
↑ Thomas Elgarr, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2:108.

"Elgarr, Thomas, Hadley 1678, a young man, chargeable to the town, perhaps an invalid soldier of Philip’s war, rem. to Suffield, m. a. 1691, Abigail Filley, had Thomas, b. 24 July 1692; and perhaps other ch."
↑ Suffield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
64.

"Elger, … Thomas, d. Feb. 9, 1727/8 [1:8]"