Thomas TARBELL
1615 - 1678 (63 years)-
Name Thomas TARBELL Birth 1615 Wiltshire, England 
Gender Male Death 11 Jun 1678 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Person ID I21683 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006
Family Mary GROTON, b. 1620, England d. 29 Apr 1674, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 54 years) Marriage Abt 1643 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Children 1. John TARBELL, b. Abt 1654, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 25 Mar 1715, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 61 years)Family ID F5283 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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Notes - Thomas Tarbell, the ancestor of all the early Tarbell families of NewEngland, settled in Watertown as early as 1647, at which time he ismentioned on the town records as owning land. On Mar 30, 1663, he and hiswife, Mary, sold his house and land there, and removed to Groton. Thomasand his son Thomas, Jr., were original proprietors of Groton, owningtwenty-acre and six-acre lots respectively. Mary died April 29, 1674,aged 54 years.
Thomas and his children evacuated to Charlestown during King Philip'swar, and there he married second, on Aug 15, 1676, Susanna, widow of JohnLawrence. Thomas and Thomas, Jr., died in a smallpox outbreak inCharlestown in 1678.
Administration of his estate was granted to his son, John on Aug 17,1678. The settlement of his estate, as contained in two papers in theMiddlesex Co. Court Files, bearing dates May 31, 1680, and Mar 18,1680/81, shows the following children: Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Abigail,John, Elizabeth, William and Martha.
- Thomas Tarbell, the ancestor of all the early Tarbell families of NewEngland, settled in Watertown as early as 1647, at which time he ismentioned on the town records as owning land. On Mar 30, 1663, he and hiswife, Mary, sold his house and land there, and removed to Groton. Thomasand his son Thomas, Jr., were original proprietors of Groton, owningtwenty-acre and six-acre lots respectively. Mary died April 29, 1674,aged 54 years.