Person:Thomas Goldthwaite (1)

The first mention of Thomas in New England is a court record from 14 June 1631, which places his arrival in 1630 (or earlier).

Thomas settled in Salem shortly before July 1636. He was granted 10 acres there before 4 July.^[1]

His will names his wife Rachel, son Samuel, son-in-law John King, daughter King, "her daughter" Elizabeth, and grandson Samuel (son of Samuel)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Thomas Goldthwait, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   Origin: Unknown. Migration 1630. First Residence Roxbury, Salem by 1636.
   Freeman 14 Mary 1634
   Born: By 1613 base don date of freemanship; about 1611 based on release from training [EQC 4:401]
   Death: Between 1 Mar 1682/3 (will) and 29 Mar 1683 (inventory)

2.   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)
   2:270.

   THOMAS,
   Roxbury 1631, prob. came in the fleet the yr. bef. W:13 freem. 14 May 1634,
   rem. prob. 1637, to Salem, w. Elizabeth had there bapt. Samuel, 20 Aug. 1637; Mehitable,
   27 Apr. 1640, wh. d. 3 May 1668, unm.; and Elizabeth 20 Nov. 1642, wh. m. Sept.
   1660, John King. The name was long kept up in that town; and none has been
   worse pervert. in spell.