A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameThomas Chadwell 13
Birth1611, Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, England11
Death27 Feb 1683, Lynn, Essex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA11 Age: 72
BurialOld East Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts2612
Spouses
Birth1615, England11
Death29 Sep 1658, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA11 Age: 43
BurialOld East Burying Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts2613
Marriageabt 1636, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA11
ChildrenMoses (1637-1684)
 Ruth (1640-1719)
 Benjamin (1642-1679)
 Thomas (<1658-)
Birth1617
Death1659 Age: 42
BurialOld Burial Hill Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex Co, Massachusetts
Marriage165811
Death9 Apr 1683, Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA11
BurialPhipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts11
Marriageabt 1665, Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA11
Notes for Thomas Chadwell
Thomas was in Salem, Essex Co., MA by 2 March 1637, when he was received as an inhabitant and was granted 10 acres on the Cape Ann side[1]. He moved to Lynn, Essex Co., MA by 10 April 1637, when Moses was born, and lived on Summer Street. In the 1638 Lynn Land Distribution, he was granted 60 acres. Thomas and his third wife, Abigail, moved to Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA after their marriage where Thomas was admitted to the church at Charlestown on 3 April 1670[2]. When he died, his estate was valued at £137 5s. 0d[1]. The inventory of his estate was taken in July of 1684.

When Thomas was 26, he first married Margaret Breed, when Thomas was 47, he second married Barbara, and when Thomas was 68, he third married Abigail Wyeth.

Thomas Chadwell was deposed in an Essex County, Mass. court in 1676, giving his age as 63 years.

On his death record, he is listed as "Thomas, Sr." -- perhaps this is to differentiate him from his grandson Thomas, since he did not have a son with that name.

1. Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker & Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass., (Boston, Mass.: [S. Usher], 1913), [Parker (#9), Parker-Ruggles], 283.

2. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 134.

More About Thomas Chadwell: Freeman: May 11, 1670
Occupation: Shipwright


Children of Thomas Chadwell and Margaret Breed are:
Moses Chadwell, born Apr 10, 1637 in MA, Essex Co., Lynn; died Apr 25, 1684 in At Sea.
Ruth Chadwell, born 1640 in MA, Essex Co., Lynn.
Benjamin Chadwell, born 1642 in MA, Essex Co., Lynn; died 1679 in At sea, Memorial# 134065956.
Thomas Chadwell, born before 1658.
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