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- 20250801GHLn- LDS note for Thomas Ford:
SOURCE: Sav v2 p183; Pope's Pioneers of MA p172; Torrey's NE m prior to 1700 p274; The Strongs of Strongville (loan from NEHGS) p17;
http://www.winthropsociety.org/settlers/f-data.htm
Thomas 1) John -1) FORD
9gf 10gf
md
Joan -1) BECK
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md1)
Joan WAY
md2)
Elizabeth CHARDE
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widow of
Aaron COOKE
md3)
Ann ................
widow of
Thomas SCOTT
Strong line
NOTES: Thomas came in the Mary & John in 1630, was a freeman 18 May 1631 md1) in Dorchester, Dorset, Eng Joan Way, she d 18 Apr 1643 he md 2) Elizabeth Charde the widow of Aaron Cook and he md3) Ann the widow of Thomas Scott.
FYI: In the book "The Strongs of Strongville" p17 there is a page devoated to Thomas 1) FORD. It says.." Abigail FORD was the d/o Thomas FORD of Bridport, Dorsetshire, Eng. The records of that parish show that Thomas FORD & Elizabeth COOK were md 19 June 1616. This seems to have been the 2nd marriage for both.
Their dau Abigai FORD l was bp at Bridport 8 Oct 1619. (these records were furnished by Mr. S. M. FOX, of Manhattan, Kansas, who had them direct from the ractor of Bridport. Mr FOX who is a descendant of Thomas 2) STRONG is (1931) in his 90th years but still a very keen student of genealogical problems.) Thomas FORD came with his family to New England aboard the "MARY & JOHN" they resided at Dorchester, Windsor & Northampton, Massachusetts. He seems to have been a man of energy & infulence. While at Windsor he was deputy to the general coaurt for 3 or 4 years.
His wife Elizabeth died at Windsor and Dwight states that he md3) Ann the widow of Thomas SCOTT. Thomas 1) FORD died 28 Nov 1676. He had no sons, so far as known, but made his impress on posterity thru 3 or 4 daughters of excellent worth. Abigail FORD md to John 1) Strong, Joanna FORD md capt Roger CLAPP & Hepzibah FORD md Richard LYMAN; It is said that a 4th dau whos name is unknown was the wife of Major Aaron COOK. This seems to be predicated on the use in certrain records of the words "father-in-law" and "son-in-law" to define the relationship between Thomas FORD and COOK. It is objected that in those days these words usually meant "step-father" and "step-son" in which senses they are still used to some extent in England today.
Note that Thomas FORD's wife Elizabeth was apparently the widow of an Aaron COOK, since there is a record that one of that name md Elizabeth Charde, at Thornsscombe, Dorsetshire, Eng in 1610. Yet Aaron COOK jr., may have been both the step-son and the son-in-law of Thomas 1) FORD
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FOUND THIS ON THE STRONG FAMILY ASSOCIATION
A. THOMAS FORD - died 28 Nov. 1676, Northampton, Massachusetts,
md 1) 13 Dec. 1610, Powerstock, Dorset, England
TO: Joan Way, bur. 10 May 1615, dau. of Stephen Way and Ursula Gill.
md 2) 19 Jun. 1616, Bridport, Dorset, England
TO: ELIZABETH [CHARD] died 18 Apr. 1643, Windsor, Connecticut widow of Aaron COOKE
md 3) 7 Nov. 1644, Hartford, Connecticut, Ann Scott, widow of Thomas Scott.
In 1623 Thomas Ford and his family were living in Dorchester, Dorset, England and were members of Holy Trinity Church, whose rector was Rev. John White. John White has been called the "Founder of Massachusetts" Rev. John White wrote to Gov. John Endicott, 'to appoint places of habitation for sixty families out of Dorsetshire which were to arrive the following spring." A meeting was held on 15 Oct. 1629, "at the Deputyes House". Twenty five members of the council which financed the planters were there and "MR. FORDE, wth divers others of the genalitie."
This meeting was arranged so that the finance company would benefit for seven years by the shipping of furs. The government of the colony was to be placed into the hands of Gov. John Winthrop. In New England.
Thomas Ford and his family came on the MARY AND JOHN, 1630. The passage costs were 5 pounds per adult, 10 pounds per horse, 3 pounds per ton of freight.
Thomas requested admission as a freeman 19 Oct. 1630 and took the oath 18 May 1631 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. To become a freeman at that time you had to be a member of the Church.
3 Apr. 1633 -
"It is agreed that a doble rayle with morteses in the posts, of 10 foote distance one from the other, shall be set up on the marish.....by the owners of the Cowes vnder named, p'portionally. 20 foote to everye cowe." Thomas Forde owed two cows.
The last record of Thomas Ford in Dorchester, Massachusetts was 5 Jul. 1636.
1637 - Thomas was one of four men who purchased a large tract from Sachem Tehano, which now includes Windsor Locks, the northern third of Windsor and the southern part of Suffield.
1637 - Granted fifty acres - Simsbury, Connecticut.
Feb. 1639/40 - George Hull, "moved the court in behalf of Thomas Ford of Windsor, that in regard the workmen are much taken up and emplyed in making a bridge and meetinghouse with them, and his work hindered of impaling in the ground which was granted him by the court for a hog-park, that there may be granted him a year longer time for the fencing it in; which was upon the reasons aforesaid, condescended to."
1644 - Thomas removed to Hartford, Connecticut. He ran an "Ordinary", as an accomodation for strangers passing through. It was located in the Scott house located on the southwest corner of State and Front Streets.
Diary of John Winthrop, Jr. - "reached the Inn of Thomas Ford at Hartford", 17 Nov. 1645. The Inn was sold to Thomas Cadwell in 1652.
1656 - Thomas bought the homelot of William Hosford.
1658/59 - Thomas bought th Arthur Williams house and lot.
1667 Thomas helped settle the estate of Nicholas Denslow.
1669 - Thomas helped settle the estate of Elizabeth Denslow's.
1670 Apr. - Thomas Inventoried the estate of Rev. John Warham.
Bef 1672 Thomas removed to Northampton, Massachusetts where he spent the rest of his life.
Children by 1/wf Joan WAY
1. Mary Ford - Bpt. 18 Aug. 1612, Powerstock, Dorset, England. M. Aaron Cooke her step-brother,
see below.
children by 2/wf Elizabeth CHARD
2. Joan Ford - Bpt. 8 Jun. 1617, Bridport, Dorset, England, d. 29 Jun. 1695, Boston, Massachusetts.
md 6 Nov. 1633, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Roger Clapp. They are buried at the Kings Chapel
Burying Grounds. Roger Clapps headstone is there and a new headstone has been place for
Joan.
3. ABIGAIL FORD - Bpt. 8 Oct. 1619, Bridport, Dorset, England, d. 16 Jul. 1688, Northampton,
Massachusetts. M. ELDER JOHN STRONG.
4. Thomas Ford Jr. - Bpt. 21 Sept. 2623, bur. 21 Sept. 1623,Dorchester, Dorset, England.
5. Hepzibah Ford
bp 15 May 1625 Dorchester, Dorset, England
d 11 Apr. 1680
md 1) Richard LYMAN jr
md 2) John MARSH
6. Hannah FORD
bp 1 Feb. 1629 Dorcester, Dorset, England
d 28 Mar. 1629 Dorchester Dorset, England
ANCESTRY OF AARON COOKE
AARON -1) COOKE -
bur. 28 Dec. 1615, Bridport, Dorset, England
md 2 Sept. 1610, Thornecome, Devon, England
TO: Elizabeth 1) CHARD Elizabeth md2) Thomas 1) FORD widow of Joan WAY
Children
1. Elizabeth -1) Cook
bp 8 Sept. 1611 Bridport, Dorset, England
bur 10 July 1615 Bridport, Dorset, England
2. AARON 2) COOKE
bp 20 Mar 1613/14, Bridport, Dorset, England
d 5 Sept. 1690 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
md 1) MARY 2) FORD - his step sister d/o Thomas FORD & his 1/wf Joan WAY
md2) Joan DENSLOW d/oNicholas DENSLOW & Elizabeth DOLING
md3) 2 Dec. 1676, New Haven, Connecticut, Elizabeth NASH d/o John NASH & Elizabeth.
md4) Rebecca FOOTE d/o Nathaniel FOOTE & Elizabeth DEMING
Aaron 2) Cooke came on the MARY AND JOHN, 1630, w/mother Elizabeth [CHARD] 1) COOKE
and step-father Thomas 1) FORD
Last Changed: November 1, 2023
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