Person talk:Thomas Lord (1)

Occupation?

According to this Person page, Thomas Lord Sr. was the physician, licensed in 1652. According to the passenger list, however, he was a smith. It seems unlikely that he would make that sort of professional jump. Also, in 1652 he would have been 67 years old. I think it's much more likely that the "Thomas Lord" being licensed was his son Thomas, born abt 1618 -- and therefore only 34 years old in 1652. Anyone have a good real source on this, one way or the other? --Mike^Talk 11:24, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

I note that the occupation of "doctor" was removed from this person page shortly after the above posting. In terms of a source, I don't know if you would call it a "good real source", but Kenneth Lord, in Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord, an Original Proprietor and Founder of Hartford, Conn. in 1636, page 66, says 'Thomas Lord ... the second son of Thomas (I), was called "Dr." Thomas Lord. "It has been supposed that he was the first regularly educated physician in the Colony (Connecticut)." (Family Histories and Genealogies by Edward E. and Evelyn McC. Salisbury).' I will be adding this as a citation to the record of Dr. Thomas Lord.--DataAnalyst 11:55, 25 December 2011 (EST)

Only one wife known [25 December 2011]

The following note has been moved from the person page of Thomas' wife Dorothy Bird. It is copied from the web page "It's About Time" - Colonial History Timeline Compiled by Bill DeCoursey 1520 - 1625 (Volume VI).

Some say that Dorothy (Bird) Lord died ca.1616, and Thomas Lord married second to Dorothy Bulkeley (ca.1589-1614), daughter of Rev. Edward and Olive (Irlby) Bulkeley.

According to some references Dorothy (Bird) Lord, first wife of Thomas Lord, may have died ca.1614 or 1615, perhaps during the birth of her daughter, Anne.

There seems to be some confusion about whether Thomas Lord married twice. If he did, it is evident that both his wives were named "Dorothy". See Virkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, v. VII, p. 865.

The book referenced - Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600s-1800s - states (7:865) 'LORD, Thomas (1585/86-1667; son of Richard, of Towcester, Co. Norhtampton, Eng. m Joan--) ... m. 1610/11, Dorothy (b 1589-d Eng.), dau. of Rev. Edwd. Bulkeley, and sis. of Rev. Peter; m 2d, 1616, Dorothy (1589-1670), dau. of Robert Bird.' This was published in 1942, obviously prior to the discovery of the 1610/11 marriage record of Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird. The supposed marriage between Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bulkeley (of whose existence there is no evidence that I am aware of) is undoubtedly based on speculation, which has subsequently shown to be incorrect. This seems to be a case of attempting to reconcile speculation (which may have been stated as fact in earlier publications) with more recently discovered information.

I think the conclusion is that the speculation that Thomas Lord married two Dorothy's, one of which was the sister of Peter Bulkeley, should be discarded.--DataAnalyst 12:15, 25 December 2011 (EST)