Person:Thomas Carrier (8)
Thomas Carrier, alias Morgan
b.Est 1649
d.16 May 1735 Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  Thomas Carrier, alias MorganEst 1649 - 1735
  • W.  Martha AllenEst 1650 - 1692
m. 7 May 1674
  1. Richard Carrier1674 - 1749
  2. Andrew Carrier1677 -
  3. Jane Carrier1680 -
  4. Thomas Carrier1682 - 1739
  5. Sarah Carrier1684 -
  6. Hannah Carrier1689 -
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Name Thomas Carrier, alias Morgan
Alt Name[1] Thomas Morgan, alias Carrier
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1649 Estimate based on date of marriage.
Marriage 7 May 1674 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Martha Allen
Death[2][3][4] 16 May 1735 Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ The Allen Line, in Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
    2:1015.

    "He is called 'Thomas Carrier alias Morgan' and 'Thomas Morgan alias Carrier' in different records. Although he had been gone from Billerica for many years and died in Colchester, Conn., his death is on the Billerica records and he is credited with being one hundred and nine years old, which is probably much exaggerated although undoubtedly he was a very old man."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Carrier, 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)
    1:339.

    "Thomas (Carrier), Billerica, came, perhaps, from Wales, m. 7 May 1664 [error for 1674], Martha Allen, when his name in rec. of B. is writ. Morgan, alias Carrier, had sev. ch. of wh. Thomas, the preced. and Sarah, b. a. 1685, were witness. in the unnatur. proceed. that end. in the execut. of their mo. 19 Aug. 1692. He had rem. to Andover short. bef. and in few yrs. after went to Colchester, there live more than 20 yrs. and d. 16 May 1735, said in N. E. Weekly Journ. soon after, to be 109 yrs. old; and exaggera. in this case may not be more than ten or fifteen yrs. The contempo. tells, that he was not gray, nor bald, walk. erect. and short. bef. his d. went six ms. on loot, left 5 ch. 39 gr.ch. and 38 gr. gr.ch. But it was not much less than forty-three yrs. from the judic. murder of his w."

  3. ↑ Colchester Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    34.

    "Carrier, … Thomas, d. May 16, 1735, Æ about 108 or 109 y. [L-3:454]"

  4. ↑ Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
    379.

    "Morgan, Thomas 'alias Carrier,' [died] May 16, 1735, a. 109, in Colchester, Conn."

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