| BIRTH | Based on the estimated birth of his eldest child in 1615, he was probably born circa 1590. |
| DEATH | Thomas died on 30 December 1671[1]. |
| MIGRATION | The migration information for he and his family has been lost to time, but he was in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA by 1634/5. |
| CHURCH | Thomas was admitted to the Charlestown church with his wife on 4d:12m(February):1634/5 and, as seen by his title, remained a leader in that church[2]. |
| OCCUPATION | He was a Maltser by trade[2]. |
| RESIDENCE & REAL ESTATE |
In 1637, Lynde owned a 10 acre lot on the Mystic River side of Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA.
In the 1638 Charlestown Book Of Possessions, his real estate holdings totaled the following 14 lots:
his "house, malt-house, &c." along with a half acre of land in the South Field, along the
southwest side of Mill Hill, next to the Charles River -- the Garden Land adjacent to this lot was known
as "Malt Lane"; 3 acres in the South Field; 4 acres in the East Field, next to the Mystic River;
2 more acres in the East Field; 3.5 acres in the Line Field, next to the Cambridge
(now Somerville), Middlesex co., MA line; 2 acres of meadow & pasture, location not specified;
10 acres in the Mystic Field; 10 acres of woods, lot #35, in the Mystic Field -- this lot measured 80
poles by 20 poles; 3 acres of meadow; 8 cow commons -- 7 of these fell to him "in dividend" and
1 he bought from James Matthews; 2 more acres in the Mystic Field which he bought from James Matthews;
lot #26 comprising 35 acres in the Mystic Field -- measuring 100 poles long; 80 acres in the Rock Field
and 2 acres of arable land in Line Field, by the "Mystic weare"[2].
In addition, Lynde bought and sold much real estate in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA over the years. In 1650, he bought 5 acres in the South Field, alongside the Charles River and 7 cow commons located near Menotomy (now Somerville), Middlesex co., MA. This deed was recorded in 1658. In 1650/1, he bought a half acre of land from L. Dowse and a lot from John Baker. In 1656, he sold 2 acres "of town, commons, next [to the] burying hill" to John March. This deed was also recorded in 1658. In 1656/7, he was the first on the list with 19 cow commons entered. In 1657, he sold 1 acre in the East Field, lying within Charlestown Neck, again to John March. He and March made a straight up real estate exchange in 1657: Lynde gave 2 acres in East Field, with a cart highway to March in exchange for a house, garden and one acre of land. That same year, he sold 2 acres "had of Leach" to W. Bachelder. In 1661, he sold a cow common to N. Rand. This deed was recorded in1680. He bought a wood-lot & other property from John Myrick in 1658 & 1661/2. He bought 1 acre from Thomas Hale, "et. al" in 1662. He sold 5 acres to N. Hutchingson in 1664. This deed was recorded in 1668. That same year he bought 2 acres from Joseph Stowers. In 1670, He sold a half acre of land to I. Balcom. Finally, he sold 8 poles of land to R. Jenner in 1670[2]. |
| ESTATE |
* To his son, Joseph, he left the "house, &c.", with the provision that his widow Rebecca had the right to use 1/3 of the orchard adjacent to this house & lot. Joseph also received the lot "bought of widow Nash", 6 acres "toward Cold Harbor"; the "stinted common" near the town of Nottomy (Menotomy, now Somerville), Middlesex co., MA and the wood-lot "bought of John Mical [Mitchell]"[2]. * To his son, Samuel, he left the house that Joseph lived in & the barn which stood on Goodman Stower's land, near T. Rand's land. He also received 4 cow commons, a wood-lot of 41 acres, a hay-lot in "Dirty Marsh" and "1/4 part of ketch whereof Mr. Downes hath 5/8"[2]. * To his son, Thomas, he left a half acre of land, 4 poles wide at the front, which adjoined Samuel's land. * Finally, he left 2 cow commons to "the preaching Elder and Elders that are and shall be in the church of Christ [of Malden].
House, malthouse, stable, wharf, garden, orchard and yard, and 6 acres ground £450 |
| MARRIAGE #1 | Before 1615 Thomas first married Mary [surname not known], in England[1,3,4]. She died before 1634, when Thomas had migrated to America and remarried. |
| CHILDREN | 2. | i. | Thomas LYNDE | Please see his own page. |
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3. | ii. | Henry LYNDE | Henry died on 9 April 1646 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[2]. |
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4. | iii. | Mary LYNDE | Mary was born circa 1629 in England and was probably brought over by John Winthrop, Jr. aboard the Abigail at 6 years of age. She married [not known] WICKS. |
| MARRIAGE #2 | By 1634, Thomas second married Margaret MARTIN, in Malden, Middlesex co., MA or Charlestown, Suffolk co,. MA[1,4,6,7,8]. She died on 23 August 1662 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[1,2]. |
| CHILDREN | 5. | i. | Joseph LYNDE | Joseph was born on 3d:4m(June):1636 and was baptized on 5d:4m(June):1636. |
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6. | ii. | Sarah LYNDE | Sarah was born early in 1639 was baptized on 14d:2m(April):1639. In 1657 when Sarah was 18, she married [not known] PIERPONT. |
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7. | iii. | Hannah LYNDE | Hannah was born on 2d:3m(May):1642 and was baptized on 8d:3m(May):1642. In 1663 when Hannah was 21, she married John TRERICE. |
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8. | iv. | Samuel LYNDE | Samuel was born on 14d:8m(October):1644. |
| MARRIAGE #3 |
On 6 December 1665 Thomas third married Rebecca [surname not known], in Charlestown, Suffolk co.,
MA[1,9,10]. Rebecca was admitted to the church at Charlestown on 12 February
1681/2[2] and died on 8 December 1688 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[2].
In 1672, Rebecca had power of attorney from A. Pratt to sell land to W. Johnson. In 1676, she sold 2 acres of land near Cold Harbor, near the burying ground & clam bank. This deed was recorded in 1678. She received a grant of 2 cow commons in 1681 and drew lot #9, comprising 3 acres, that same year. She sold 2 cow commons, the ninth lot to be laid out (boundaries were left blank) in 1681/2. This deed was recorded in 1684. In 1685, she sold 2 cow commons to W. Dickson. Finally, she sold 1.75 acres, 20 poles of land and 1 hay-lot in 1686[2]. Her will was written on 6 April 1688 and probated on 17 December 1689. She left the house & wharf which used to belong to Abraham Pratt and was currently occupied by James Kelly & Robert Smith to her grandson N. Trerice. In case of his death, the property was to go to his brother, John. One D. Jenner was to receive the "house I live in". Hannah Trerice was bequeathed the small house which formerly belonged to Goodman Stowers. The seven other grandchildren were named in various legacies of small moveables[5]. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 3800 |
| SOURCES |
1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society).
[Torrey]. 2. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 637. 3. Ibid. 639. 4. Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols., (Hillburn, N.Y.: privately printed, 1939), [Snow-Estes], 1:240. 5. [Charlestown], 637-8. 6. Ibid. 566,637. 7. Bucknam, Wilton F., Lynde Genealogy, 2 vols., (Stoneham, Mass., n.d.), [Lynde (ms)]. 8. Cleveland, Edmund James, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. An Attempt to Trace, in both the Male and Female Lines the Posterity of Moses Cleveland . . . , 3 vols., (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1899), [Cleveland], 59. 9. [Charlestown], 551,637,952. 10. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 18:67; 46:173. 11. Malden, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [MaldenVR], 359:177. 12. [Charlestown], 638. 13. [NEHGR], 51:299,300. 14. [Snow-Estes], 1:242. 15. [Lynde (ms)], 4. 16. Tufts, Larkin T., et al., Tufts Genealogy, (n.p. [1897]), [Tufts], 1,2. 17. Shurtleff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Mass., (Revere, Mass.: 1912), [Shurtleff], 1:673. 18. [Cleveland], 51. 19. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 18:173. 20. [MaldenVR], 359:g.s. 21. [Charlestown], 640. 22. Ibid. 640,756. 23. [NEHGR], 32:192.. 24. [Snow-Estes], 1:219,244,260; 2:29. 25. Warner, Frederick Chester, The Ancestry of Samuel Freda and John Warner, 5 vols., (Boston, Mass.: 1949, 1955), typescript, [Warner-Harrington], 507. 26. [Lynde (ms)], 4,10. 27. Wait, John Cossan, Family Records of the Descendants of Thomas Wait of Portsmouth, R.I., ([New York?]: J.C. Wait, 1904), [Waite], 18,22. 28. Sheppard, Walter Lee, The Ancestry and Descendants of Thomas Stickney Evans & Sarah Ann Fifield Both of Fryeburg, Maine, (Ann Arbor: privately printed, 1940), [Evans (1940)], 101. 29. [Charlestown], II:756. 30. [MaldenVR], 66. 31. Ibid. 261:c.c. 32. [Charlestown], 439,640. 33. Chamberlain, George Walter, The Spragues of Malden, Mass., (Boston, Mass.: privately printed, 1923), [Sprague (#1)], 179. 34. [Snow-Estes], 1:244; 2:229. 35. McIntire, Robert Harry, Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife, (Norfolk, Va., 1950), [McIntire Anc.], 47. 36. [NEHGR], 12:310. 37. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:287. 38. [Snow-Estes], 1:244. 39. [MaldenVR], 51:c.c. 40. Ibid. 359:189. 41. Ibid. 359:188. 42. Ibid. 261:1. 43. Ibid. 386. 44. Ibid. 51:77. 45. Ibid. 52:80. 46. Ibid. 52:82. 47. Ibid. 359:c.c. 48. Ibid. 52:78. 49. Ibid. 88. 50. Ibid. 52:79. 51. Ibid. 52:83. 52. Ibid. 52:97.
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