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Facts and Events
| Name |
Thomas Heald |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
10 Feb 1698/99 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
Aft 28 Oct 1725 |
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Sarah Butterfield |
| Marriage |
15 Aug 1759 |
Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Shed |
| Death[2] |
Bef 4 Jun 1778 |
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 47.
Thomas Heald ye son of Gershome Heald & Hanah his wife was Borne February ye 10th day, 1698.9.
- ↑ FHL Film 397091, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
Case 11076 Thomas Heald 1778.
4 Jun 1778: We the subscribers all lawfull Heirs to the Estate of Thomas Heald of Wesford Decease Disire that you would be pleased to give to Mr Timothy Prescot of s'd Westford a letter of administration of s'd Estate... signed the weadder elisabeth heald, garshom Heald, the widow eunice bixby, Joseph Wright, David Dutton
9 Jun 1778: Commission to Nathaniel Boynton, John Abbot Jun'r and Joseph Keyes to apprize estate of Thomas Heald Yeoman late of Westford.
9 Jun 1778: Bond of Timothy Prescott yemon to administer the Estate of Thomas Heald late of Westford aforesaid yeoman deceased intestate.
7 Feb 1779: I Elizabeth Heald of Westford widdo to the late Thomas Heald of s'd Westford Deceased Have Sold and Given up and Conveyed all My Write title and interest to and in the Estate of Thomas Heald Deceased: my late Husband and I do Here by aquit all my Write of third or Dower to both real and personal in s'd Estate to the Lawfull Heirs of s'd Thomas Heald Deceased and Desire that s'd Estate may be Settelled on Gershom Heald the only Son of s'd Thomas Heald Deceased he being obliged to Pay to the Rest of the Heirs their Lawfull parts in s'd Estate.
17 Mar 1779: Distribution to Children of Dorothy Wright deceasd the Daughter of the said Deceas'd, the widow Eunice Bixby the Eldest Daughter of the Said Deceas'd, to David Dutton and Esther his wife the youngest Daughter of the said Deceas'd, the remainder to Gershom Heald the onely son of the said Deceas'd.
6 Apr 1779: Administrator's account approved by Gershom Heald, Eunice Heald [?Bixby?], Joseph Wright Guardian, David Dutton. Also bond of Gershom Heald, more than his share settled on him, to pay the other heirs.
16 Nov 1779: Decree Gershom Heald to pay his sister Eunice Bixby, his sister Esther Dutton's husband David on account of his said wife, Joseph Wright as guardian to the children of the before named Dorothy ["Dorothy Wright who is also deceased"] for the use of said Children
- The probate files cited above are necessary to be sure about the children of Thomas because of a combination of erroneous records and bad genealogy.
The erroneous record is found in the Chelmsford VRs:
*HEILD, Gershom, s. Gershom and Sarah, [born] Sept. 4, 1727.
The probate shows clearly the father was intended to be Thomas since Gershom is identified as the only surviving son.
One of the seemingly most complete coverages is found in Source:Parlin, Frank Edson. Parlin Genealogy, the Descendants of Nicolas Parlin of Cambridge, Mass, p. 25, but as will hopefully be shown, this source appears to have completely mangled this family. First, it says:
*First marriage to Abigail Butterfield
*Son Thomas, b. 1727
*Daughter Abigail, b. 1729
No such marriage can be found, nor are such children mentioned in the probate. In fact, they conflict with sons Gershom and Ephraim, so cannot belong to the same family. This appears to be confusing this family with the following Concord (not Chelmsford) records which must be a different couple (possibly the Thomas Hale who m. Abigail Pillsbury?):
*HEAL, Thomas, s. Thomas and Abigail, May 9, 1727.
*HALE, Abigail [HEALD], d. Thomas and Abigail, Jan. 20, 1728-9.
The fictitous son of Thomas and Sarah, Thomas Heald b. 1727, is shown by the Parlin Genealogy as marrying Elizabeth Boynton. She is a widow, b. 1703. Thus it is nearly inconceivable that this Elizabeth Boynton would marry a man b. 1727. Instead, she married the older Thomas Heald, b. 1698/99. No death record for his first wife Sarah has been found, but she must have died before this 1759 marriage and the probate clearly shows that the widow of the father was named Elizabeth.
The Parlin Genealogy also shows Thomas' brother Gershom marrying Hannah Blood. This marriage occurred in 1750, per Westford records, when Thomas' brother Gershom would have been 60. Gershom and Hannah (Blood) Heald then proceeded to have 8 children whose births are recorded in Westford. So clearly, it was not Thomas' brother Gershom, but the son Gershom. (I can find no record of a marriage or death for the brother Gershom and he appears to have d.s.p.)
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