830. Thomas Hartshorn338,1754,1755,1756 was born about 1614.1755 He took the oath of freeman on 10 May 1648.1755 He signed a will on 26 Oct 1681.989 He died about 18 May 1683 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.989 From Derick S. Hartshorn, p. 17, 18: "Thomas Hartshorn (or Hartshorne) arrived about 1636-38 by unknown passage, and settled in Lynn by 1638. Some suggest that he was of Reading, Berkshire, England but parish records there list none of that sumame. More probably he was from an area between Derby and Leicestershire. A tailor, Thomas was living in Reading in 1639, five years before its incorporation in 1644. "About 1640 settled on Elm Street. The old Thomas Hartshorn place remained two hundred years in the family." [From Lily Eaton, History of Reading] Arnold's history [James N. Arnold: The Arnold Genealogy] also states that a house on a hill was occupied by two Hartshornes who kept tavern, that Reading had 59 houses in 1667, including those of Daniel Hartshorn and Thomas Hartshorn. Probably the name Daniel is a misreading, and Thomas and one of his sons is meant. No other suggestion has been found that any other Hartshorn besides Thomas and Susanna were among the first settlers of Reading. Thomas was recorded as freeman 10 May 1648. A member in full of First Church 29 Sep 1648, his Church rate was 1pd-9s-7d. Susanna was also a member, and Rev. Samuel Haugh was the pastor. In 1650, Thomas received a grant of 10 acres; in 1655 a lot in Jeremiah Swain's meadow; in 1665, a lot north of the Ipswich River, and in 1666, land in the Great Swamp. Some of the old land records are clear enough during the twentieth century to show the approximate location of his land. There is an interesting account in the Ipswich Court Records of 28 September 1658 where a John Hakes took action against a Joseph Cooke for his questionable possession of "a mare colt." The action had lasted over six months and the writ was served by Thomas Hartshorn who was serving as constable, an office he held in 1658 and 1672. During the period of litigation, it appears that he had custody of the colt in question. The case was eventually decided for Mr. Cooke. Thomas was a Reading selectman in 1661 and 1667. In 1662, he was one of 20 members who paid a dog-whipper and in 1672 it was voted to hang any dog whose owner refused to pay the dog-whipper. In 1680, Reading enacted that freemen in voting should use Indian corn. In 1677, Mass. state records have a petition from Reading of which Thomas is a signer. He is listed as being a juror during the court held at Hampton on 9 October 1677. After Susanna's death, several of her children were put out as apprentices, as most of the Lamson children already had been. No legal record of their apprenticeship had been found, except Jonathan. He was on the rolls of the First Church on 6 Apr 1663, by letter from the church in Ipswich. He was old during the time of King Philip's War but was a sergeant in the Reading Militia Company in 1679. The will of Thomas Hartshorn, dated 26 October 1681, is in fair condition in Middlesex County Court House, No. 10545. His estate was inventoried 18 May 1683 and was entered probably inate 16 June 1683. The will is very brief. The son Thomas is mentioned, perhaps because he is eldest; Benjamin was named executor and had the home place, evidently by previous agreement; daughter Susanna received valuable keepsakes. The others are not mentioned at all, and we have no record of what had been previously given them; some had been put to a trade or profession, and we know that Timothy had enough Reading land to hand down to his children, some of it Hartshorn land. The inventory included "..32 Ackers Land 74pd" .. "tables, chears, books, and other ware 1pd-7s-Od." Total 122pd-7s-Od. Sarah's living was carefully provided and laid out, unless she remarry or remove, in which case she was to have only a small yearly sum. Mr. Bartlett adds the comnient that "The will, still to be seen, is in the handwriting of Major Jeremiah Swain, ‘the most prominent citizen in Reading in his generation.'" Thomas Hartshorn and Susanna Buck were married in 1641/42.1754,1755
831. Susanna Buck1754
was born about 1622.1754
She died on 18 Mar 1659/60 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1755 Children were:
i. | Thomas Hartshorn989 was born on 30 Oct 1646.989 | |
ii. | Thomas Hartshorn989,1757 was born on 30 Sep 1648.989 | |
iii. | John Hartshorn989,1757 was born on 6 May 1650 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.989 He died after 1737 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. | |
iv. | Joseph Hartshorn989 was born on 2 Jul 1652.989 | |
v. | Benjamin Hartshorn989,1756 was born in 1654.1756 He died in 1694.1756 | |
vi. | Jonathan Hartshorn989 was born on 20 Aug 1656.989 | |
415 | vii. | Susanna Hartshorn. |