2. THOMAS, the eldest son of Henry, is supposed to have been born before leaving the old country, as no record is found of his birth. It might have been however, that early in the settlement, the colony had made no arrangement for a proper record of its births, deaths and marriages. Thomas married RUTH JOHNSON, but when is not known, probably in 1678 or 1679. Both died in 1713. Thomas moved early to the east part of Guilford, afterward known as East Guilford, and now known as Madison, and settled in what is now [1885] known as Liberty street. The underpinning of the log cabin he erected and occupied, has been discovered on a little knoll, just back or north of the house now known as the "Dowd" house. He probably soon after built a better house about midway between the "Dowd" house and the "Timothy Dowd" house, just east. Some now living remember the foundations of this original house. Thomas was evidently a man interested in the public weal, as we find his name appended to a petition to the society of Guilford to set off East Guilford as a society for their greater convenience in attending public worship...
