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Sgt. Thomas Wardwell[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male - 1646


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  • Name Thomas Wardwell 
    Prefix Sgt. 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 31 Jan 1603/4  Alford Parish, Well, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 12] 
    Emigration 1634  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Boston
    Freeman 4 Mar 1634/5  [2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13] 
    Event 20 Nov 1637  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    one of fifty-eight men who were disarmed for supporting Wheelwright and Hutchinson
    Removed to 1638  Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12] 
    From: Boston
    Property 8 Jan 1637/8  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    granted 20 acres
    Location:
    Muddy River
    Property 1639  Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    granted "12 acres 60 pole" of upland
    Event 1639  Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    signed
    the Exeter Combination 
    • Role: Signer
    Removed to BY 1646  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    From: Exeter
    Alternate Name Thomas Wardall  [12]
    Alternate Name Thomas Werdall  [9]
    Occupation shoemaker  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 18]
    Death 10 Dec 1646  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Person ID I3547  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2020 

    Father John Wardwell,   b. 1562   d. Oct 1642, Well, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Margaret Marshall 
    Marriage Abt 1591  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F3280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Woodroffe   d. 22 Feb 1697, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Marriage Abt 1631  [2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12] 
    Children 
     1. John Wardwell
    +2. Eliakim Wardwell,   b. Nov 1634, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1692, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
     3. Martha Wardwell,   b. Aug 1637, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Benjamin Wardwell,   b. 6 Feb 1639/40, Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Samuel Wardwell,   b. 16 May 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1692, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 31 Jan 1603/4 - Alford Parish, Well, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Boston - 1634 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - one of fifty-eight men who were disarmed for supporting Wheelwright and Hutchinson - 20 Nov 1637 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Boston - 1638 - Exeter Plantation, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - granted 20 acres,Location:
    Muddy River - 8 Jan 1637/8 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - granted "12 acres 60 pole" of upland - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - signed,the Exeter Combination  - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Exeter - BY 1646 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Dec 1646 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 

    • Thomas Wardwell and his brother, William were the first of this family to settle in the New World. Sailing from England in the summer of 1633 they landed in Boston, Mass. on September 4, 1633 on the ship Griffin. William made the trip with his wife Alice, his first wife, and Thomas was married to Elizabeth Woodruffe aboard the Griffin during the voyage. Thomas was 31 years old when he arrived in Boston. The 200 or more people aboard the Griffin included such people as; The Rev. John Cotton and Edmund Quincy. 1634-1637: Thomas Wardwell was considered a freeholder. 1638: The Rev. John Wheelwright came to Boston on May 26,1636 from Lincolnshire, England. Wheelwright became a preacher at Mount Wollaston, now called Braintree, which at that time was part of Boston. Wheelwright was a brother to Mrs. Ann Hutchinson whose Antinomious zeal brought her into public notice. During a fast in Boston in December of 1636, the Rev. Wheelwright preached a sermon that gave offense to reflect on ministers and magistrates. Rev. Wheelwright was summonsed to civil court to give in his answer explicitly, whether he would acknowledge his offense in preaching his late, seditious sermon, or abide the sentence of the Court. When he pleaded not-guilty of the crime and would leave the colony of his own accord he and his followers were then banished permanently from Massachusetts Bay Territory. Wheelwright bought land in what is now New Hampshire from the Indians called Squamscot Falls. In 1638 he began a Plantation called Exeter. The people formed themselves into a church outside the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and combined into a separate political body. This continued for three years with such people as Richard Merrys, Richard Bulgar, Philamon Purmont, Isaac Gosse, Christopher Marshall, George Baytes, Thomas Wardwell and William Wardwell. Thomas was appointed Justice and Commissioner to try small cases for the Jurisdiction. Exeter eventually fell under the Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and Wheelwright's followers, still under banishment, had to move again. The people moved into the Province of Maine and settled at Wells around 1641. By the time Samuel was born the family had moved to Andover and Samuel was born in Boston.

      (Notes, from 2 different sources)

      Thomas and his brother William Wardwell, along with the Reverend John Cotton, Edmund Quincy, Anne Hutchinson, Wheelwright, and 200 other came to Boston on Sept. 4, 1633 on Griffin. Eight weeks sailing time from The Downs. Not long after their arrival, Thomas married Elizabeth Woodruffe. Thomas became a Freeman in the Mass. Bay Colony. The Puritans were non-conformists but could not amicably tolerate views different from their own. Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Colony in 1637, and was killed by Indians at Hell Gate about 1643. Thomas Wardwell was deprived of his arms and excluded from the Colony. He moved to Andover, Mass. where he was later restored to good standing.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 107, 00420.

    2.  2.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 479, 00540.

    3.  3.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 86, 00219.

    4.  4.  [S147] Connecticut Genealogies, 00113.

    5.  5.  [S148] Records of a Loyalist Family, 5, 00449.

    6.  6.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 222, 00539.

    7.  7.  [S446] Record of the Rust Family, 21, 00448.

    8.  8.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 779, 00395.

    9.  9.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 9:166, 00390.

    10.  10.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 719, 00218.

    11.  11.  [S1241] Wardwell, 7, 01086.

    12.  12.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Wardwell, 00516.

    13.  13.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 416, 00193.

    14.  14.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:8:4, 00516.

    15.  15.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 6:38, 00390.

    16.  16.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 232, 00218.

    17.  17.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 611, 00218.

    18.  18.  [S156] Genealogical Register of New England, 304, 00223.