Person:Thomas Millett (3)

Emigrated with her parents on the Elizabeth Apr 1635 at Dorchester, MassachusettsMillett gives the date of Thomas' baptism as "16 Aug 1632-3"; Torrey shows his birth as 1633. Since August is not one of the months that can use double-dating, the correct baptismal date is probably 16 August 1633. Reed and Mahler confirm that Thomas was not baptized at Newbury, Berkshire, where his father came from, but had not examined the St. Saviour's, Southwark, registers to confirm the date Millett gave.

    Thomas, age 2, came with his parents in 1635 on the "Elizabeth
    Thomas married (1) Mary Eveleth; they had no children.  He married (2) Abigail (Coit) Eveleth, widow of Mary's brother Isaac Eveleth.  She bore him three sons, two of whom survived.
    Savage says Thomas was at Gloucester in 1642.  In 1655, Thomas had the land of his father, lying near the old Meeting-house Plain in Gloucester.  Babson calls him Ensign in the military company; Millet calls him Lieutenant.  He served a few years as a selectman.
    Thomas came into possession of the land at Kettle Cove originally granted to Mr. Blynman.  This was situated near the Manchester bounds, and in the last years of his life, Thomas was a resident of Manchester. He kept his house in Gloucester, however.
    John Greenway (Greenaway), in a deed dated "fifth day, twelf month ... 1650", gave his house and lands at Dorchester to his daughter Ursula after the death of John and Mary Greenway.  If Ursula were to die without children, the property was to go to "my kinsman and servant Thomas millett, the sonne of Thomas & mary Millett my sonne in Lawe & daughter", Thomas making specified payments to the other children of John Greenway and their heirs.
    The will of Thomas Millett is dated 9 June 1707, proved 2 August 1708.  He directs "unto my wifes three first children namely Isaac Evelethe, Job Evelethe and Hannah Bennett ye wife of Peter Bennett, foure pounds a peice." (Essex Co. Probates #9162).
    Following his death there was apparently some dispute over the ownership of Isaac's Gloucester common right, for in the commanage list of 24 January 1708/1709 there is a note dated 7 March 1710 that states that as one of Thomas Millett's two common rights derived from "the house and land of Isaac Eveleth deceased the said Tho: Millett marrying with the widow..." the said right should revert to Isaac's children. (Gloucester Town Records 1:2:29)

1. ↑ George Francis Millett. Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Millett. (1959)
   pp. 1-5.
2. ↑ New England Historical & Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1847-)
   32:55-56 John Grenaway.
3. ↑ New England Historical & Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1847-)
   134:307.
4. ↑ John J. Babson. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann, including the Town of Rockport. 350th Anniversary Edition. (Gloucester: P. Smith, 1972)
   pp. 116-117.
5. ↑ Neal F. Mears. A History of the Heverly Family, including the spellings of Hever, Heverle, Heverley, Everle, Everley, Everleigh, Eveleig. (Chicago IL: 1945)
   pp. 174, 177-180, 254.
6. ↑ New England Historical & Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1847-)
   134:299-302 Silvester Eveleigh.
7. ↑ Paul C. Reed and Leslie Mahler. The Correct English Origin of Thomas1 Millett of Dorchester, Massachusetts. (The American Genealogist, Demorest, GA, Vol. 75, No. 2, April 2000)
   75:93.
8.   Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to 1850
   3:216.

   Millett, Thomas, sr., formerly of Gloucester, at Manchester, June 18, 1707. bur. Gloucester