Person:Thomas Munt (1)

Origins

BIRTH: By about 1616 (if he was fourteen at the beginning of his servitude in 1630).

The Winthrop Fleet: Probably from Colchester, Essex, of vicinity.

Migration: 1630

Thomas MUNT was part of "Winthrop's Fleet" and descendancy from him qualifies for membership in the Winthrop Society (www.winthropsociety.org).

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Munt came as a servant to RICHARD GARRETT and finished his time with JOHN WINTHROP when Garrett died [ SLR 3:344-45].

Mason; apprentice to Richard Garrett (Winthrop) (Suffolk Deeds III). He died in 1664. Munt, Dorothy. Wife of Thomas. She died. 28 (12) 1639. [no children listed]

Life in New England

Boston Families prior to AD 1700, p. 558-560

List of Persons Described as Owners of Land in Boston in the Book of Possessions [compiled about 1645]... Munt, Thomas.

Same source, p. xxxiii:

114. Thomas Munt. He had permission in 1635 to fence in a piece of marsh before his house for the making of brick. (See "NE Hist. and Geneal. Reg." April 1862, p. 162.)

NEHGS The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III:

First residence: Boston

Occupation: Brick layer

Education: He made his mark to deeds

Estate: n the Boston Book of Possessions of 1645 Thomas Munt held "one house and lot" [ BBOP 38].

On 25 March 1650 he was given liberty to mow the marsh at Bird Island [ BTR 1:100]. On 29 February 1654[/5] three competent men were ordered to view the land "that was granted unto Tho[mas] Munt, whether it be a meet competency for the land that the town makes use of his for a highway near unto Mr. Farnesid's house" [ BTR 1:122]. On 9 April 1649, with others, Thomas Munt agreed to pay 6d. an acre a year for the support of the school for his land at Spectacle Island [ BTR 1:95].

On 12 April 1653 Thomas Munt of Boston, bricklayer, and Elinor his wife sold to William Penne of Braintree, sawyer, thirty-eight acres of upland and four acres of upland in Braintree; "Tho[mas] Munt" and "Alice [sic]" made their marks to this deed [ SLR 1:299-301].

With Walter Merry, Thomas Munt was surety for Thomas Harding when he was admitted an inhabitant on 28 July 1656 [ BTR 1:131].

On 2 March 165[6/]7 John Samuell of Boston, fisherman, and Lucy his wife, sold to Thomas Munt of Boston, bricklayer, one-quarter acre of land "with the trees and brick chimneys" in Boston [ SLR 3:320a-21].

On 1 February 1659 James Hawkins, aged fifty-six or thereabouts, deposed that Thomas Munt held title to a parcel of land near the mill in Boston containing one and a half acres and that in the year 1636 the said Munt showed me an indenture (which I read) by the which one Richard Garrit (with whom the said Munt came from England) was bound to give the said Munt at the end of the term which the said Munt was to serve the said Garrit the sum of £20 or fifty acres of land in New England next adjoining to the lands of the said Garrit; within a short time after the said Garrit died, and the deceased Mr. Winthrop, then Governor, entertained the said Munt for the remainder of time to serve, after the time was expired the said Munt demanded his covenant, which was referred to Mr. Cotton deceased and to Mr. Wilson to determine. They ordered the said Munt should have the above named piece of land for full satisfaction of the said Garrit's engagement [ SLR 3:334-45].

On 23 January 1662[/3] Thomas Munt of Boston, mason, and Elinor his wife sold to Robert Sanderson of Boston, goldsmith, sixteen and a half rods of land in Boston near the water mills [ SLR 4:80].

On 10 March 1667/8 Thomas Hill of Boston, tanner, and Ellioner his wife "the relict & administratrix of the estate left by Thomas Munt of said Boston, bricklayer," stated that Munt "in the time of his life together with the said Elener his then wife" in 1662 sold to George Ruggles of Boston, weaver, twenty-six rods with a drain for a cellar for a new dwelling house, also another parcel of four rods nearby. The deed was drawn but Munt died suddenly and did not complete it and by the present document Thomas Hill and Elinor honored the original deed [ SLR 5:485-487]. On 28 March 1668 Thomas Hill of Boston, tanner, and "Elener his wife the relict and administratrix of the estate left by Thomas Munt of said Boston, bricklayer, deceased," confirmed to James Wiseman of Boston, brazier, "a parcel of land in Boston ... containing six rods and one tenth part of a rod" which "Thomas Munt in the time of his life together with the said Elenor his then wife" sold to Wiseman in 1662, but Munt died before the deed was completed [ SLR 10:312-13].

The inventory of Thomas Munt was taken 6 July 1664 and totalled £214 9s. 1½d., including real estate valued at £156 7s.: "dwelling house, garden and barn," £101 7s.; "four acres of land," £5; "one piece of land lying between Robert Sanderson and John Brackett," £30; and "one piece of land lying by Peter Warren," £20 [ SPR 4:187-88]. Administration on the estate of Thomas Munt was granted on 9 July 1664 to Elinor, his late wife, "in behalf of herself and her three daughters" [ SPR 4:188]. On 28 April 1666 the court allowed the division of the estate, one half to Thomas Hill (husband of widow Elinor) and the remaining half equally divided to the three daughters: land at the mill dam and at Spectacle Island to Clement Short, husband to Faith Munt; land at the common and at Long Island to Thomas Kingston, husband to Mary Munt; and two pieces of land near Peter Warren's and a debt owed by William Hersy of Hingham to Patience Munt [ SPR 4:270].

DEATH: Boston 27 July 1664 [ BVR 94] ("forasmuch as he the said Munt was taken away by a sad & sudden stroke of death" [ SLR 5:486]).

MARRIAGE: (1) By 1639 Dorothy _____. She died at Boston 28 February 1639[/40] [ BVR 8].

m(2) By 1645 Elinor _____. She married (2) by 1666 Thomas Hill, and was living 23 July 1668 [ SLR 5:480].

CHILDREN: With second wife

i FAITH, b. Boston 24 April 1645 [ BVR 20]; m. Boston 21 November 1660 Clement Short [ BVR 77].

ii MARY, b. say 1647; m. by 1666 Thomas Kingston (eldest known child b. Boston 29 September 1666 [ BVR 104]).

iii PATIENCE, b. say 1649; unm. 28 April 1666; no further record.

Savage says that Munt had two daughters named Faith, the first of whom died soon, but no original record of her is found. This misconception may be derived in part from the birth record for Faith Munt, in which the mother is given as Faith [ BVR 20]. Since the probate records for Thomas Munt refer to "Elionor, his late wife, ... and her three daughters," indicating that Eleanor was mother of Faith, this would seem to be a scribal error in which the clerk replicated the daughter's name as that of the wife as well.

Legacy

"Abstracts of Early Wills," NEHGS Register, Oct 1858, p. 346:

Thomas Munt-- Inventory of ye Goods & chattells of Thomas Munt, deceased, prised by James Johnson, Robert Sanderson, Edward Raynesford, 6th July 1664. Amt. L.214.07-1/2. Mentions "one peece of land lying between Robert Sanderson and John Brackett;" "one peece of Land lying by Peter Warren."

9th July 1664. Power of Administration to this Estate granted to Elinor his late wife in behalf of herself and her 3 daughters. Elinor Munt deposed to the inventory of said estate, on the same day.

Suffolk County Wills? p. 293:

Thomas Munt* [See abstract of the inventory of Thomas Munt in the REGISTER, vol. xii, p. 346 [above]: According to an Ordr from the Honoured Governr and Major Leuerett to us, whose names hear undr written, for the divisions of the Estate of Thomas Munt deceased, Between Tho. Hill the Husband of the Relict of Thomas Munt and his three childrens is as followeth: The whole Estate amounted undo 216:4:3 [pounds]. To Thomas Hill the one Halfe, 108:2.1-1/2 [widow's half

To Clement Short, Husband to Faith Munt, Imp. a piece of Land Lyeing night the Mill dam between Robert Sanderson and Jno Bracket, 30 pounds; 2-1/2 acres of Land at Spectacle Island, 3 pounds; for Thomas Hill in goods 6s: 8-1/2 etc. Amt. 36 pounds...

To Thomas Kingston, Husband to Mary Munt-- to a piece of Land lying at the upper end of Tho. Hills lot fronting upon the Common, 16 pounds... to 2 acres of Land at Long Island, 2 pounds etc. Amt. 36 pounds.

To Patient Munt, 2 piece of Land lying by Peter Warrens, 20 pounds, a debt wch Wm. Hersy of Hingham, owes, etc. Amt. 36 pounds. ...

"Abstracts of Early Wills," NEHGS Register, Volume 16, April 1862, p. 162

[same language as above, starting with "According to an Ordr..."]

Additional Sources

[incorporate into Sources]

Genealogical Dictionary of American Settlers: Volume 3, page 257

Munt, or Mount, Thomas, Boston 1635, mason. His w. Dorothy d. 28 Feb. 1640 (Boston Vital Records 1630-1699: 1639, p. 8 "Dorothy wife of Thomas Munt d. 12th month 28th day), and by w. Elinor he had Faith, wh. d. soon; and Faith, again, 24 Apr. 1645 (Boston Vital Records, 1645, p. 20); beside two more ds. whose names are not seen. He d. early in July 1664, and his wid. m. bef. Mr. 1668, Thomas Hill. Faith m. 21 Nov. 1660, Clement Short.

1. ↑ Lewis, Brian
   Correspondence of 10 August 2004.
2. ↑ Lewis, Brian.
3. ↑ Winthrop Society.
4. ↑ Winthrop Society
   Massachusetts Bay First Settlers, http://www.winthropsociety.org/settlers/m-data.htm.

   Thomas MUNT
   Born c1610
   Died 27 July 1664
   English Origin Colchester, Essex
   Came to New England 1630
   With the Winthrop fleet
   Resided in Boston
   Freeman of MBC
   Occupation Brickmason
   First Spouse Dorothy _____ (d 1639/40)
   Children
   Second Spouse Elinor _____ (d p1668)
   Children Faith, Mary, Patience

5. ↑ Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners): Document 130. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883)
   1664, p. 94.

   Thomas Munt deceased July 27.