Person:Thomas Kittredge (3)

Personal History

Thomas Kittredge,^[6] sometimes Jr., third son (and second with that given name) of Thomas Kittredg and Jane Kittredg, was born 9 November 1731, in Billerica, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2] He died 16 January 1806, in Tewksbury (formerly a part of Billerica), Massachusetts.^[3][4]

Thomas Kittridge Jr. and Anna Thorndike were married 24 September 1755, in Tewksbury. The town records of Tewksbury list the births of their children.

In his will dated 14 December 1805,^[5] Thomas Kittredge of Tewksbury, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, yeoman, bequeathed to his wife Anna Kittredge the use of his half of the house and an annual allowance of supplies during her life. He bequeathed to his eldest son Joshua Kittredge $30 and half of his apparel; and $30 apiece to his three oldest daughters, Anna Kittredge the wife of Solomon Kittredge, Lucy Clark the wife of Zepheniah Clark, and Esther Chapman the wife of John Chapman. He bequeathed to his youngest daughter Mary Manning, who was married to Jesse Manning Jr. of Billerica, after the death of his wife and for the lifetime of Mary the use of certain furniture, household goods, and if she shall not see cause to live with her husband, the use of the two lower rooms and cellar, and a yearly allowance of supplies. After her death, his granddaughter Nancy Manning was to receive all of the articles her mother had been given the use of. He bequeathed $1 to his son-in-law Jesse Manning Jr. All the residue and remainder of his estate was bequeathed to his youngest son Jeremiah Kittredge who he appointed his sole executor.

The will was presented to the probate court of Middlesex Co. by the executor 24 March 1806, at Cambridge. It was proved when two of the witnesses, John Chandler and William Simonds, appeared before the judge 22 April 1806, at Woburn. The executor Jeremiah Kittredge, yeoman, along with William Simonds, gentleman, and Jonathan Frost Jr., wheelwright, all of Tewksbury, signed a bond in the amount of $30,000.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 “Billerica births”, in Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
   p. 121.

   “KITTREDGE, Thomas, s. Thomas and Jane, Nov. 9, 1731.”

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Billerica (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records and indexes, 1653–1910. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 2001)
   FHL 901881 (Births, marriages, deaths 1627–1834); vol. 2, p. 86.

   Digital record with image viewed in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001,” database, FamilySearch, DGS 7009657, image 181 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-VS9 : accessed 25 Jan. 2017).
   
   “Thomas 2^d of that name son of Thomas and Jane Kittredge was born November 9, 1731.”

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 “Tewksbury deaths”, in Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1912)
   p. 223.

   “KITTREDGE, Thomas, Jan. 16, 1806.”

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Tewksbury (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1738-1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   FHL 771075; Births, deaths 1738–1852, p. 58.

   Digital record with image viewed in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001,” database, FamilySearch, DGS 7010701, image 46 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5V-LQ9 : accessed 26 Jan. 2017).
   
   “Mr Thomas Kittredge died Jan^y. 16, 1806.”

5. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
   first series 1648–1871, file no. 13389, Thomas Kittredge, 1806; FHL 416786 (Probate papers 13312–13415), image nos. 1001–1010 (DGS 7553489, starting at image 1024).

   (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DP-55J3 : accessed 26 Jan. 2017)
   
   The will of Thomas Kittredge of Tewksbury, Co. of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, dated 14 Dec. 1805, filed 24 March 1806, proved 22 April 1806; sole exor. youngest son Jeremiah Kittredge; wit. by John Chandler, Trustum Mace, W^m Simonds. Affidavit of notification returned 22 April 1806. Bond $30,000, dated 22 April 1806, for Jeremiah Kittredge, with William Simonds, Jonathan Frost Jr.; wit. by Sam^l Thompson, James Winthrop.

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 On an affidavit in his father's probate and on his own will, he signed his name as “Thomas Kittredge”.