5. THOMAS ALVORD (Alexander), born Windsor, Conn. Oct. 27, 1653; died Northampton, Mass., July 22, 1688; married Northampton, Mass., March 22, 1681, Joanna Taylor, daughter of John and Thankful (Woodward) Taylor. She was born in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 27, 1655 1665; died Northampton, Mass., Feb. 23, 1737-8. Res. Northampton, Mass.
Children:
13. John, b. Northampton, Mass., Aug. 10, 1682; d. Aug. 25, 1682.
14. Thomas, b. Northampton, Mass., Aug. 28, 1683.
15. John, b. Northampton, Mass., Oct. 19, 1685.
16. Josiah, b. Northampton, Mass., Feb. 7, 1688; d. Dec. 13, 1691.
Oath of allegiance was given to Thomas Alvord at Northampton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1678. Among the early grants of land upon the town records of Northampton, Mass., the town grants to Thomas Alvord:
"In primis a home Lot which is thus bounded; on the south on Mr. Hawleys land being in length 26 rods, bounded on the commons, on the north butting on the Round Hill on the (sequestered land), westerly in breadth at this end 16 rods and by 2 feet, being four acres more or less."
Thomas Alvord was a tailor. His homestead No. 26 was first assigned to William Smead in 1676 and was in the family of Thomas Alvord until 1725. It was the Dr. Hunt place. His widow married 1690 Samuel King (son of John), whom she outlived, and Nov. 26, 1702, married Deliverance Bridgeman. In 1724-5, when her son, Thomas Alvord sold the homestead, she, with her husband, Deliverance Bridgeman, relinquished their right. Her father, John Taylor, was killed in the present limits of Easthampton, while going to the rescue of those captured in the "Pascommuck Massacre".
