Thomas Boreman
A cooper, freeman of Massachusetts Bay in 1634/5 and deputy in 1636, called "Mr." in the Ipswich records, and probably the Thomas baptized at Claydon, England, in 1601. Father of Martha (Boreman) Low, wife of Thomas Low: his will of 1670 left her children twenty pounds, and the farm to his son Thomas after his wife's death. He probably died at Ipswich in May 1673.
Life
- 1601Bornbp. 18 Oct 1601, Claydon, England
Baptism from the Claydon register, as given by Goldthwaite. Mollie has the same date.
compiledprobable - 1673DiedMay 1673, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Aged 72 years 7 months. Codicil 3 May 1673, inventory 26 May 1673. Mollie's "Died. 1663 (?" is wrong.
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Family
- Father
- Thomas Boreman
Goldthwaite's pedigree, built from the Claydon registers and the Cropredy and Banbury wills. Mollie agrees.
compiledprobable - Mother
- Elizabeth Cartercompiledprobable
- Spouse
2 children
Pedigree
Notes
A cooper, from Claydon, Oxfordshire; he came to Ipswich about 1634. Freeman of Massachusetts Bay in March 1634/5; deputy to the General Court 8 Sept 1636. His Ipswich house lot was “bounded on the north east by a House lott belonging to Mr. John Winthrop.” He farmed Boardman’s Island, 55 acres bounded “on the West the great creek called the Labour in vayne” (Goldthwaite, from the Ipswich town records). Samuel Symonds wrote to John Winthrop Jr.: “I desire you would talk with Mr. Boreman & with his help buy for me a matter of 40 bushells of good Indian corne” (Winthrop Papers, quoted by Goldthwaite). Called “Mr.” in the Ipswich records and his wife “Mistress,” a sign of local standing; the family in England were yeomen. In 1671/2 “Thomas Borman, a very old man, being before us at Ipswich, declared upon his oath that he Judgeth the words (Thomas Borman) subscribed … to be his hand” (Goldthwaite p. 111). A letter from Lidia Banks, London, 5 Sept 1672, sends greetings “not forgetting old Mr. Bourman, Mr. Rogers and their wifes if alive.”
His will, dated 17 Dec 1670, leaves “to my daughter Martha the wife of Thomas Loe to her children twenty pounds three yeares after the decease of my wife when my sonne Thomas shall possesse the whole farme,” and provides “that my Brother Daniell shall abide with my wiue while she lives.” His mother’s will makes a similar provision for her son Daniel, and Goldthwaite (p. 94) treats the pair as proof that the Ipswich emigrant was the Claydon Thomas. His inventory was taken 26 May 1673 by Daniell Epps, John Dane and Symon Tompson, “amounting to 553li. 6s. 6d.,” with debts of £30 (Essex Quarterly Courts 5:167).
Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield, a son of Christopher Boreman and Julian Carter, was his first cousin (Goldthwaite p. 101). George W. Cable descends from Samuel.
Mollie's typescript
Mollie says he was born at Claydon, a cooper honoured with the title "Mr.," made a freeman in 1634/5 and granted land at Ipswich in 1635, and lived next to John Winthrop Jr. before buying the island that became Boardman's Island.
The Boremans were a family of importance and their son, Thomas Boreman (5) was honoured by the rare title "Mr." Thomas Boreman (5) was born in Claydon, and was a cooper.
p. 89 →Deputy Governor Symonds sent his regards to "your good neighbor, Mr. Boreman"; Mollie gives his service as deputy and selectman, his retirement to Boardman's Island, and his will of 1670.
He became deputy to the General Court Sept 8, 1636, was townsman and selectman in 1635. ... He retired to his farm on Boardman's Island toward the latter part of his life.
p. 90 →He signed, with Robert Lord and John Proctor, the Ipswich petition against John Winthrop Jr.'s departure for Connecticut.
The petition of remonstrance against the departture of John Winthrop Jr. for Conn. was drawn up by a committee ... and it was signed, among others, by our ancestors, Thomas Boreman, Robert Lord, John Proctor.
p. 106 →
Checked against the records
- DisprovenThomas Boreman died about 1663, and his widow Margaret in 1673
His baptism is right, but he died in May 1673, aged 72 years 7 months (codicil 3 May, inventory 26 May 1673). Margaret made her will on 8 Aug 1679 and died on 25 Nov 1679 (Goldthwaite, Boardman Genealogy, 1895).
Read it in the book, p. 87 → - ProvenThomas Boreman was honoured with the rare title "Mr."
The Ipswich records call him "Mr." and his wife "Mistress," and a London letter of 1672 greets "old Mr. Bourman." It marks local standing: he was a freeman in 1634/5 and deputy to the General Court in 1636. His family at Claydon were yeomen, not gentry (Goldthwaite).
Read it in the book, p. 89 → - ProvenGeorge W. Cable descends from Samuel Boreman, Thomas's cousin
The novelist's mother, Rebecca Boardman, descended from Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield, son of Christopher Boreman and Julian Carter and first cousin of Thomas Boreman of Ipswich (Goldthwaite, 1895). Their common ancestors are Felix and Margaret Carter of Claydon, so Cable and Harriet Low were roughly seventh cousins.
Read it in the book, p. 91 →
Connections
- In his ancestry
- 1 notable connection →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Thomas's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.
- Small world