Person:Thomas James (1)

Rev. Thomas James
m.
  1. John JamesEst 1587 -
  2. Elizabeth JamesEst 1590 -
  3. Anne JamesEst 1592 -
  4. Rev. Thomas James1595 - Bef 1683/84
  5. Mary James1597 - Abt 1632/33
  6. Daniel James1598/99 -
  7. Samuel James1600/01 -
  8. Jeremy James1605 -
  9. Jeremy James1608 - 1611
  • HRev. Thomas James1595 - Bef 1683/84
  • WOlive Ingoldsby1602 - Bef 1627
m. 20 Apr 1620
  1. Rev. Thomas JamesAbt 1628 - 1696
m.
Facts and Events
Name Rev. Thomas James
Gender Male
Christening[1] 5 Oct 1595 Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage 20 Apr 1620 Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, Englandto Olive Ingoldsby
Marriage to Elizabeth _____
Immigration[2] 1632 New England
Living[2] From 1649 to 1683 England
Will[1] 5 Feb 1682/83 Needham Market, Suffolk, England
Death[1] Bef 13 Feb 1683/84 Needham Market, Suffolk, England(probate)

Rev. Thomas James immigrated to the colonies in 1632 and settled in Charlestown. He was in Providence in 1637, New Haven in 1639, Virginia in 1642, and later New Haven before returning to England permanently in 1649.

In his will, dated 5 February 1682[/3] and proved 13 February 1683[/4], "Thomas James of Needham Market, clerk," bequeathed to "my son Thomas James of Easthampton in Long Island in New England in case he be living at the time of my death, all my books and such of my household goods and clothes as can or may conveniently be sent over thither, but in case my son Thomas shall not be living ... the same shall be equally divided amongst all my grandchildren or great grandchildren"; "my messuage in Needham Market wherein I dwell shall be sold and the monies arising therefrom" given to "Mr. John Fairfax £5"; to "Mr. Paul Brooke Senior £5"; "Elizabeth Frewer widow now with me £10 ... and she to occupy my house for one year after my decease"; £10 to be paid to the binding out of three poor widow's lads in the town of Needham provided the said widow Frewer's lad be one of the three, out of the affection the inhabitants have born to my son in my affliction"; £10 to the executors; residue to "my son Thomas if living"; "£3 to the poor of Needham"; executors Edmund Fernly, gent. and Paul Brooke, clothier [ Waters 1356-57, citing Ipswich Wills, Archdeaconry of Suffolk].

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas James, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    BIRTH: Baptized Boston, Lincolnshire, 5 October 1595, son of John and Alice (_____) James [TAG 11:26-27, 99].
    DEATH: Needham Market, Suffolk, between 5 February 1682[/3] (date of will) and 13 February 1683[/]4 (probate of will).

  2. 2.0 2.1 Thomas James, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    2:1072.

    'MIGRATION: 1632
    FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
    REMOVES: Providence 1637, New Haven 1639, Virginia 1642, New Haven
    RETURN TRIPS: Returned to England permanently in 1649'