Person:Thomas Huxley (1)

Sergeant Thomas Huxley
b.Bef 1642
  • HSergeant Thomas HuxleyBef 1642 - 1721
  • WSarah SpencerEst 1646 - 1712
m. Bef 26 Mar 1667
  1. Thomas Huxley1668 -
  2. John HuxleyAbt 1670 - 1722
  3. Mary Huxley1672 -
  4. Elizabeth Huxley1674 -
  5. Sarah Huxley1675 - 1749
  6. Elizabeth Huxley1678 - 1745
  7. Jared Huxley1677/78 -
  8. Hannah Huxley1681 - 1745
  9. Nathaniel Huxley1683 -
  10. William Huxley1687 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sergeant Thomas Huxley
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1642 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 26 Mar 1667 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Sarah Spencer
Death[1][2][3] 21 Jul 1721 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1. Thomas Huxley, in Huxley, Jared. Genealogical Descent of the Huxley Family in the United States. (Youngstown, Ohio: Vindicator Press, 1901)
    22.

    "1. Thomas Huxley. He died July 21, 1721, at Suffield, Mass. While first stated, it was not his first act. Of his origin and youth the compiler has not found anything which can he relied on to show this. He appeared at the wedding at the residence of Thomas Spencer in Hartford, Conn., in May, 1667, and married Sarah Spencer, but from whence he came to the colony or how old he was remains a sealed book. Judging from his death, he was then between 20 and 30 years of age, and may have been born in the colonies about 1640-5, or he may have been the immigrant ancestor who arrived quite young. His name appears in Savage's Genealogical Dictionary in volume 2 at page 514, as one of the original settlers of the Hartford colony, and the names of his wife and children are correctly given, but no intimation is given from whence he came or who his ancestors were. There was a bequest of a gun to him in the will of John Wakeman, at that time treasurer of New Haven, probated in Hartford, in 1661, which was written in New Haven in 1660, and which indicates that he was in New Haven in 1660, and in the employ of John Wakeman, and in that year he took the oath of Fidelity in New Haven. John Wakeman removed from New Haven to Hartford in 1661, and died there. Since it appears that Thomas was in his employ at that time and not married, it is highly probable he also went with Wakeman to Hartford, but how he came to be in New Haven in 1660 and before, is the 'Stone wall' up against which the compiler has landed in this search, without the means of passing over."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Thomas Huxly, 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)
    2:514.

    "Huxly, Thomas, Hartford, m. Sarah, eldest d. of Thomas Spencer of the same, had Thomas, b. 7 Apr. 1668; also John, Sarah, Mary, and Eliz. whose dates of b. are not giv. rem. to Suffield, there had Jared 1680; Hannah 1682; Nathaniel, 1683, d. within 2 yrs.; and William, 1687. His w. d. 24 Oct. 1712; he d. 21 July 1721, and his est. was div. 1722, when s. John, Jared, and William, and all the ds. were liv."

  3. Suffield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    130.

    "Huxley, … Thomas, d. July 21, 1721 [1:4]"

  4. Thomas Huxley, in Find A Grave.

    No image provided; inscription not recorded in the Hale Collection.