Person:Thomas Morley (8)

Thomas Morley
b.Est 1656
d.Bet 23 Jan 1711/12 and 30 Jan 1711/12 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • HThomas MorleyEst 1656 - 1711/12
  • WMartha Wright1662 - Bef 1740/41
m. 8 Dec 1681
  1. Martha Morley1682 - 1753
  2. Thomas Morley1684 - 1772
  3. Mary Morley1686 -
  4. Abel Morley1689/90 - 1771
  5. Elizabeth Morley1691 -
  6. Thankful Morley1692/93 -
  7. Mercy Morley1695 - 1695
  8. John Morley1699 - 1757
  9. Ebenezer Morley1701 - 1747
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Thomas Morley
Alt Name Thomas Morlow
Alt Name Thomas Marlow
Alt Name Thomas Marlo
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1656 Estimate based on date of marriage.
Marriage 8 Dec 1681 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Martha Wright
Will[3] 23 Jan 1711/12 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][3] Bet 23 Jan 1711/12 and 30 Jan 1711/12 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesBetween date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 30 Jan 1711/12 £191-02-08. Taken by Samuel Smith, Thomas Hale, Sen., and Thomas Morley, Jr.
Probate[3] 4 Feb 1711/12 Will approved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Morley, Herbert S. Some Descendants of Thomas Morley. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1911)
    65:371.

    "1. Thomas1 Morley, also spelled Morlow, Marlow, and Marlo, in different records, whose parentage and ancestry are uncertain, … In 1686 he was granted land at Pochasic, now a part of Westfield, Mass., to which he subsequently added by purchase, and was admitted to the church in Westfield 18 Nov. 1702. … Thomas died at Glastonbury, Conn., in Jan. 1712, leaving a will mentioning wife and children."

  2. Thomas Marlo, 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)
    3:153.

    "Thomas Marlo, Westfield, m. 8 Dec. 1681, Martha, d. of the first Abel Wright, had Martha, b. 7 Sept. 1682; Thomas, 14 Sept. 1684; Mary, 30 Oct. 1686; Abel, 18 Jan. 1689; Eliz. 23 June 1691; Thankful, 28 Feb. 1693; Mary, again, 14 Nov. 1695; John, 1 May 1699; and Ebenezer, 22 Mar. 1701. The fam. may be still at W. but the name long since bec. Morley."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Morley, Thomas, Sen., Glastonbury, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:261.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 118.

    Morley, Thomas, Sen., Glastonbury. Invt. £191-02-08. Taken 30 January, 1711-12, by Samuel Smith, Thomas Hale, Sen., and Thomas Morley, Jr.

    Will dated 23 January, 1711-12: I, Thomas Morley, Sen., husbandman, of Glastonbury, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto my wife Martha my entire estate with full power to make a will and to dispose of what estate is left at her decease to all the children equally, except Mary, to whom I have given her portion, and I do but give her one shilling more. Also, it is my will that my son Abell shall have ten pounds more than any of the rest of my children. I appoint my wife sole executrix. (Not signed.)

    Witness: Samuel Smith, Sen., Thomas Morley, Jr., Abel X Morley.

    Court Record, Page 46—4 February, 1711-12: Will approved. Thomas Morley, son, and Thomas Wickham, son-in-law, appealed to the Superior Court."