Thomas Spring (abt. 1668 - abt. 1710)

Biography

Thomas Spring was born about 1670 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1]

He married Elizabeth Train on 20 November 1701 in Watertown.^[2] Their children were:

• Mary Spring (1702–?)^[3]
• Elizabeth Spring (1705–?)^[4]
• Thomas Spring (1708–?)^[5]
• Henry Spring (1710–?)^[6]

Thomas died after the end of 1709 (9 months prior to his son Henry's birth on 28 Jun 1710) and before his estate was inventoried for his widow Elizabeth on 26 Jul 1710.^{[7][8][1][9][10]}

Research notes

Thomas Spring's birth was not recorded; however, he is mentioned in his father's will. He was likely born in Watertown, Massachusetts about 1668 based on his marriage date. He was the son of Henry Spring and Mehitable Bartlett. He married Elizabeth Traine on November 20, 1701. He died about 1710, most likely in Weston, Massachusetts.. He was often referred to as "Thomas Spring of the Farms". "The Farms" were a portion of Watertown that were later set off to form the town of Weston.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Thoms Spring." Find A Grave. Retrieved 7 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170403653.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH9J-LLN : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring and Elizabeth Train, 20 Nov 1701; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F465-TZ1 : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring in entry for Mary Spring, 19 Jan 1702; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4NW-F98 : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring in entry for Elizabeth Spring, 10 Sep 1705; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4NW-KPF : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring in entry for Thomas Spring, 05 Jul 1708; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4N4-MJY : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring in entry for Henry Spring, 02 Feb 1710; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCG-D68 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Spring, 28 Jun 1710; citing Death, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850, Watertown Deaths, pg. 53.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHCG-D68 : 5 November 2017), Thomas Spring, 28 Jun 1710; citing Death, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
10. ↑ Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown Massachusetts by Henry Bond, V1 Genealogies, pg 936, Little, Brown & Company, Boston.

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