Thomas Lamb

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Thomas Lamb
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Of Roxbury, Massachusetts, said to have come in the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. His first wife, Elizabeth, was buried in 1639 after childbirth; in 1640 he married Dorothy Harbottle at Roxbury, and he was the father of Caleb Lamb. He died of "calenture" and was buried at Roxbury on 28 Mar 1646.
buried
date
28 Mar 1646
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
Of "calenture" (2:571).
residences
date
1630
place
Dorchester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[church-records-roxbury-land-and-church]
note
Came in 1630; his son Samuel, born that autumn, was baptized in the church at Dorchester.
date
1633
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[church-records-roxbury-land-and-church, typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
note
Mollie p. 93: a founder of Roxbury's first church, he leased the slate on Slate Island there in 1633; a son was born at Roxbury that year.
spouses
name
Elizabeth
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documented
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proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
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Buried 28 Nov 1639, "child birth."
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dorothy-harbottle-fl1640
married
date
16 July 1640
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
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documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
As "Dorothy Harbittle" (2:241).
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]

Said to have come in the Winthrop Fleet, 1630 (compiled). John Eliot's Roxbury church record: "Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the yeare 1630 he brought his wife & 2 Children Thomas & John: Samuel his 3d son was borne about the 8th month of the same yeare 1630 & baptized in the church at Dorchester." It adds Abel, "his 4th son," born at Roxbury about the 6th month 1633, and Decline, "his first daughter," born in the 2nd month 1637. Of Benjamin, "his 6th child," born about the 8th month 1639, it says "his wife died & the child lived but few hours." The rest of the entry is lost: the printed edition notes that the paragraph "has been cut out by some mutilator." The Great Migration Begins (2:1153, as cited on WikiTree) also has him arriving in 1630 with his wife Elizabeth and sons Thomas and John; WikiTree gives an English origin at "Stow Langtoft, Co. Suffolk" without a source.

A founder of the Roxbury church. On 2 July 1633 the Massachusetts Bay court leased him part of the slate on Slate Island: "There is demised to Tho: Lambe, of slate in Slate Ileand, 10 poole towards the water side, & 5 poole into the land, for 3 yeares, payeing the yearely rent of ij s. vj d." (Records of Mass. Bay 1:106). A 1641 deed bounds marsh "adioyning to Joshua Hewes and Thomas Lambe," and in 1644 "Isaac Heath, Joshua Hewes, Thomas Lambe" signed a Roxbury fence agreement (Roxbury land records).

The church record of his death reads "Bro. Lambe dyed of a Calenture, by a great could" (1646). WikiTree (Lamb-322) says he died intestate, and an inventory was taken in 1646; the claim that he was a donor to the Roxbury free school has no source. A Roxbury survey of holdings made after his death lists "The heires of Thomas Lamb, his dwelling-house, barne, and house lot," about 18 3/4 acres by the meeting-house hill and Stony River, "through which lyeth a cart way reserued for the use of the towne for euer." The heirs also held about 19 3/4 acres by the dead swamp, 9 acres of salt marsh on the Boston line, 70 acres in the last division and 37 acres in "the thousand accres next Deddam."

Mollie's "Lambe of Bury" and King James story is one she says herself she had "not a clue" for. She also has him outliving his son Caleb, which is impossible.

  1. ---
  2. name: Thomas Lamb
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Of Roxbury, Massachusetts, said to have come in the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. His first wife,
  7. Elizabeth, was buried in 1639 after childbirth; in 1640 he married Dorothy Harbottle at Roxbury,
  8. and he was the father of Caleb Lamb. He died of "calenture" and was buried at Roxbury on 28 Mar
  9. 1646.
  10. buried:
  11. date: 28 Mar 1646
  12. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  16. note: Of "calenture" (2:571).
  17. residences:
  18. - date: "1630"
  19. place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [church-records-roxbury-land-and-church]
  23. note: "Came in 1630; his son Samuel, born that autumn, was baptized in the church at Dorchester."
  24. - date: "1633"
  25. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [church-records-roxbury-land-and-church, typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
  29. note: "Mollie p. 93: a founder of Roxbury's first church, he leased the slate on Slate Island there in 1633; a son was born at Roxbury that year."
  30. spouses:
  31. - name: Elizabeth
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  35. note: Buried 28 Nov 1639, "child birth."
  36. - id: dorothy-harbottle-fl1640
  37. married:
  38. date: 16 July 1640
  39. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  40. basis: documented
  41. confidence: proven
  42. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  43. note: As "Dorothy Harbittle" (2:241).
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: proven
  46. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  47. ---
  49. Said to have come in the Winthrop Fleet, 1630 (compiled). John Eliot's Roxbury church
  50. record: "Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the yeare 1630 he brought his wife & 2
  51. Children Thomas & John: Samuel his 3d son was borne about the 8th month of the same yeare
  52. 1630 & baptized in the church at Dorchester." It adds Abel, "his 4th son," born at
  53. Roxbury about the 6th month 1633, and Decline, "his first daughter," born in the 2nd
  54. month 1637. Of Benjamin, "his 6th child," born about the 8th month 1639, it says "his
  55. wife died & the child lived but few hours." The rest of the entry is lost: the printed
  56. edition notes that the paragraph "has been cut out by some mutilator." The Great
  57. Migration Begins (2:1153, as cited on WikiTree) also has him arriving in 1630 with his
  58. wife Elizabeth and sons Thomas and John; WikiTree gives an English origin at "Stow
  59. Langtoft, Co. Suffolk" without a source.
  61. A founder of the Roxbury church. On 2 July 1633 the Massachusetts Bay court leased him
  62. part of the slate on Slate Island: "There is demised to Tho: Lambe, of slate in Slate
  63. Ileand, 10 poole towards the water side, & 5 poole into the land, for 3 yeares, payeing
  64. the yearely rent of ij s. vj d." (Records of Mass. Bay 1:106). A 1641 deed bounds marsh
  65. "adioyning to Joshua Hewes and Thomas Lambe," and in 1644 "Isaac Heath, Joshua Hewes,
  66. Thomas Lambe" signed a Roxbury fence agreement (Roxbury land records).
  68. The church record of his death reads "Bro. Lambe dyed of a Calenture, by a great could"
  69. (1646). WikiTree (Lamb-322) says he died intestate, and an inventory was taken in 1646;
  70. the claim that he was a donor to the Roxbury free school has no source. A Roxbury survey
  71. of holdings made after his death lists "The heires of Thomas Lamb, his dwelling-house,
  72. barne, and house lot," about 18 3/4 acres by the meeting-house hill and Stony River,
  73. "through which lyeth a cart way reserued for the use of the towne for euer." The heirs
  74. also held about 19 3/4 acres by the dead swamp, 9 acres of salt marsh on the Boston line,
  75. 70 acres in the last division and 37 acres in "the thousand accres next Deddam."
  77. Mollie's "Lambe of Bury" and King James story is one she says herself she had "not a
  78. clue" for. She also has him outliving his son Caleb, which is impossible.
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