Person:Henry Tomlinson (14)
Henry Tomlinson
chr.Nov 1606 Derby, Derbyshire, England
d.16 Mar 1680/81 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1600
  1. Henry Tomlinson1606 - 1680/81
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Henry Tomlinson1606 - 1680/81
  • W.  Alice _____Aft 1617 - 1697/98
m. Bef 1642
  1. Margaret TomlinsonEst 1642 - 1697/98
  2. Tabitha TomlinsonEst 1645 - Est 1691
  3. Jonas TomlinsonBef 1651 - Bet 1692 & 1693
  4. Mary TomlinsonAbt 1654 - 1715
  5. Phebe Tomlinson1656 - 1739/40
  6. Lieutenant Agur Tomlinson1658 - 1727/28
  7. Bathsheba Tomlinson1661/62 - 1734/35
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3][4] Henry Tomlinson
Gender Male
Christening[1][3][4] Nov 1606 Derby, Derbyshire, England
Marriage Bef 1642 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Margaret).
to Alice _____
Will[3] 15 Mar 1680/81
Death[1][2][3] 16 Mar 1680/81 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2][3] 17 Mar 1680/81 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Probate[3] 28 Apr 1681 Will proved.

Was in Milford, CT, in 1652, though "what year he came or what ship he came in is unknown" (Orcutt, p. 5). Weaver and kept an ordinary. Moved to Stratford by spring 1657.

Will of "Henr. Tomlinson of Stratford", dated 15 Mar 1680-81, proved 28 Apr 1681, mentions wife Allice Tomlinson; sons Agur and Jonas; daughters Harger [later named as Margaret Harger], Mary Pierson, Tabatha Worster, Phebe Worster, Bashua Stiles; grandchildren Timothy Worster, Abigail Harger; wife executrix with friends Richard Blaklidg and Joseph Hawley and son[-in-law] Ephraim Stiles as overseers. Inventory of "the estate of Henry Tomlinson deceased March 16 : 1680 or 1681" taken 26 Mar 1681 totaled £518.16.2. (Orcutt, p. 9-11).

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Orcutt, Samuel. Henry Tomlinson and His Descendants in America: with a Few Additonal Branches of Tomlinsons, Later from England. (New Haven, Conn.: Press of Price, Lee and Adkins Co., 1891)
    pp. 3-10.

    "Henry Tomlinson, son of George and Maria Tomlinson, was baptized at St. Peter's Church, in November, 1606". Taken from Parish Register of St. Werburgh in Derby, Derbyshire, England. Died Stratford 16 Mar 1681.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stratford, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.

    TIMLINSON, TOMLYSON, TOMLYNSON
    Henery, died Mar 16, 1680/81; buried same month 17th day.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Henry Tomlinson, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    I:609-10.

    George Tomlinson m. Jan. 1600, at St. Peter's, London, Mary Hyde; who have been claimed as parents of Henry, bapt. Nov. 1606, at St. Peter's, Werbury, co. Derby, Eng. He took the oath at Milford, 1652, and kept the tavern there in 1656; was a weaver, and removed to Stratford by 1659. He d. at Stratford, 16, bur. 17 Mar. 1680/1. His widow Alice m. (2) Dea. John Birdsey, and d. 25 Jan. 1697/8. Will 15 Mar. 1680/1, proved 28 Apr. 1681 (he d. 16 Mar. 1680/1); wife Alice; son Agur; married children, Jonas, dau. Harger, Mary Pierson, Tabitha Wooster, Phebe Wooster, Bashua Stiles; dau. Margaret Harger; gr. son Timothy Wooster; son Ephraim Stiles. In 1688 the widow had m. John Birdsey, Sr.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Apparently Jacobus wasn't convinced that Henry of Milford and Stratford was the same as the Henry baptized at Derby in 1606.
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