Thomas Silver I, the Emigrant, has also been reported to have been born circa 1622 England.
6,4 Thomas Silver I, the Emigrant, emigrated before 1637 from England to British Colonial America. He lived in 1637 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
6,4 He lived in 1642 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
6 His wife,
Catherine/Katherine, died on 23 July 1665 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at age ~37, leaving him a widower.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. From Boston [MA] Evening Transcript, 21 November 1927, Genealogy Column:
6046. 3. SILVER. P. M. S. B., Sept. 14, 1927. Jewett's Rowley Records (typewritten) at Essex Institute give: John (2) Silver, son of Thomas (1), born Newbury, Aug. 24, 1660, died ln the Canada voyage; called of Rowley. Inventory April 28, 1691, £6 9s., returned by Thomas and Samuel Silver, administrators.
Samuel (2), born Feb. 16, 1661-2, moved to Rowley before 1692. His wife Mary, baptized Rowley, Oct. 15, 1693, died Jan. 4, 1700-1. He married, second, July 8,1701, daughter of Isaac Colby. Children on record Rowley: Mary, born June 5, baptized July 24, 1692; Elizabeth, born April 1, baptized May 6,1694.
Mercy, born and died 1696; Ruth, born March 4, baptized March 6, 1698; Samuel, baptized Aug. 18, 1700; Sarah, baptized May 31, 1702.
4.
SILVER. Savage gives:
Thomas (1) born 1622, died Newbury, Sept. 6, 1682. Had been of Ipswich, 1637. Took oath, Newbury, 1678. Thomas Silver, Sr., aged 56; Thomas Silver, Jr., age 20. By first wife had Mary, born 1645. He married, second, Aug. 18, 1649, Catherine. She died July 23, 1665. Had twins, Eliza and Martha, born March 14, 1651; Thomas, born March 26, 1653, died at three years of age; twins, Sarah and Hannah, born Oct. 18, 1655; Thomas (2) (again), born March 26, 1658; John, born Aug. 24, 1660; Samuel, born Feb. 16, 1662.
Thomas (2) died Haverhill, Aug. 26, 1695, married Jan. 4, 1682, Mary Williams (3) 2, (John 2,John 1), born Haverhill, Nov. 24, 1663. She married, second, Haverhill Aug. 7, 1700 (third wife of) Simon Wainwright, who was killed by Indians, Aug. 29, 1708. She married, third, Feb. 19, 1718, Bradford, John Boynton, church elder, who died Dec. 22, 1719. She married, fourth, Oct. 30, 1727, Joshua Boynton.
7 Genealogy (Copied from Family Search and Ann Ashbaker)Thomas Silver (b. abt 1622, in England, d. 6 Sep 1682, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts) m. 15 Aug. 1649, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts to Katherine _________. Katherine (b. abt. 1628, d. 23 July 1665 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts).
Thomas and Katherine had 9 children:
Thomas Silver (b. 16 Mar 1658, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, d. 25 Aug 1695, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts) m. 4 Jan 1681, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts to Mary Williams (b. 24 Nov 1663, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts) Thomas and Mary had 5 children:
John Silver (b. 24 Feb 1687/1688, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts), m. Bef. 1712, Haverhill, E., Massachusetts to (Mrs.) Sarah Moulton widow Sarah (b. of Haverhill, E., Massachusetts). John and Sarah had 5 children: Thomas Silver (b. 29 Jan 1725/1726, Haverhill, E., Massachusetts) m. 13 Apr 1749, Salem,
Rockingham, New Hampshire to Judith Lancaster (b. 15 Aug 1729, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts). Thomas and Judith had 11 children:
Samuel Silver (b. 21 Jul 1760, Salem, R., New Hampshire, d. 6 Oct. 1794, Salisbury, E., Massachusetts) m. 29 Jan 1789, Pembroke, Merrimack, Massachusetts to Abigail Buswell (b. 2 Feb 1765, Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Samuel and Abigail had 3 children: Abigail m. Joseph Clough after Samuel died on 2 June 1796; 3 children were born to them.
Arad Silver (b. 5 Aug 1794, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire (son of Samuel and Abigail), d. 9 Apr 1850, Bloomfield, E., Vermont) m. 1814, to Emely Sophia Nichols (b. 27 Dec 1792, Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, d. 20 Oct 1865, Bloomfield, E., Vermont. Arad and Sophia had the following children, all born in Bloomfield, Vermont: Samuel Newell 27 Nov 1816; Harriett Atwood 22 July 1818; William Riley 27 Mar 1820; Charles Bingham 4 May 1822; Mary Adeline Aug 1825; Norris Wesley 18 May 1826; Oscar Hayes 20 Jun 1829; Louisa Augusta 21 Feb 1832; Albert Allen 1 Oct 1834; Samantha Johnson 1837.
Samuel Silver (b. Feb. 16, 1662, Newbury, Essex County, Massachussetts ) m. Sarah Colby on Jul. 8, 1701. Son of Thomas and
Katherine Silver.
Samuel Silver (b. Jan. 20, 1705/06, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts), m. Martha Sargent on Nov. 9, 1727.
Samuel Silver (b. Aug. 16, 1730, Haverhill, Essex County, Mass), m. Judith Colby Nov. 4, 1750 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts.
(NOTE) Samuel Silver (b. Aug. 2, 1767, Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., c. Aug. 16, 1767) m. Abigail Buswell Jan. 29, 1789 at Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire. NOTE: Samuel is the son of Thomas Silver and Judith Lancaster vs. Samuel and Judith Colby Silver, there is a discrepancy in the birthdate.
Arad Silver (b. Aug. 5, 1794, Bows, New Hampshire, d. Apr. 10, 1850), m. Sophia Nichols at Bloomfield, Essex County, Vermont in 1817. The family consisted of ten children, six boys and four girls, as follows: Samuel Newel, Harriett Atwood, (b. July 22, 1818, Bloomfield, Vermont, buried in Brigham City, Utah) m. Simeon Adams Dunn in Winter Quarters, William Riley, Charles Bingham, Norris Wesley, Mary Adeline, Oscar Hayes, Albert Allen, Samantha Johnson, and Louisa Augusta. Simeon Adams Dunn, 1803-1883 Letters of Harriett and Simeon Dunn, 20 April 1844, Nauvoo; 21 June 1846, Camp of Israel; 8 October 1848, Salt Lake Valley. In the absence of diaries, these letters provide snapshots of the three phases of the Mormon movement west. The first is from Nauvoo, the second from Winter Quarters, and the third written after the arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. Simeon Adams Dunn [1803-1883] was born in Groveland, New York on August 7, 1803. He eventually moved to Michigan, marrying his first wife Adaline Rawson in 1828. His brother James came as a Mormon missionary to his home in 1838; Simeon was baptized in April 1839. He moved to Nauvoo in 1840 with his wife and three children. He served several missions for the Church during the Nauvoo period. While in Nauvoo Simeon served as a policeman, helped in the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, and received his endowments in December 1845. His first wife died during this period. In 1845 he married Margaret Snyder, with whom he had two additional children. She died shortly after the birth of their second child. He married again, to Jane Caldwell, but the marriage was of a short duration. When he left Nauvoo on 18 May 1846, he traveled with his four young daughters. He also served as a policeman in Winter Quarters. It was there that he met and married Harriett Atwood Silver on 3 January 1847. This new family left Winter Quarters on 16 May 1848 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 28 September 1848. He served another mission, this time to the South Sea Isles, from 1850 to 1852. Following his return home, they made their home in Brigham City, Utah, and they were the parents of six additional children, including two sets of twins. Harriett died in childbirth in December 1857. Unfortunately, we lack the detail for Harriett's life that we have for Simeon. The first item displayed is Harriett's 20 April 1844 letter to her parents in Bloomfield, Vermont. It conveys her deep faith in the religion she has accepted, and asks that her parents understand her choice. The second item is her letter to her parents, dated Camp of Israel, 21 June 1846. It reaffirms her faith and choices. The third item, also to her parents, but signed by both Harriett and Simeon, is dated the Salt Lake Valley, 8 October 1848. It contains a summary of their pioneering trek to the Great Basin.
8 SILVER, Thomas. Born ca 1622. Ipswich (Mass.) 1637, Newbury 1642. Died Newbury 6 Sept. 1682. Freeholder.
Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton 1947;
Silver family lineage, 2nd ed., 1966; Silvery family in American (pamphlet) 1925.
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Thomas Silver ( by Marsha Russell)
Thomas Silver claims to have been born about 1622, presumably in England. The first record of Thomas is in 1637 when he was granted six acres of land in Ipswich, Essex County, MA, and by 1641/42, in Newbury, when he had a share in the ox and cow common. (1) In Newbury, 07 November 1642, it was “declared and ordered” that a list of 91 names of people, including Thomas Silver, be acknowledged to be “freeholders by the towne and to have proportionable rights in
all waste lands, common and rivers undisposed.
He married first in 1644
Mary Thomas by whom he had one child. (2) Mary died before 1649, when Thomas married second,
Katherine Unknown, 16 August 1649 at Newbury. Katherine was born about 1628. She died 23 July 1665. (3) Thomas died 06 September 1682. (3)
Katherine’s last name is illegible in the records, but may
begin with the
letter C. Some have presumed her to be the daughter of Robert Coker. Robert’s wife was named Catherine. They had four children, but no Catherine. (4)
Two years after Thomas and Katherine were married, one Elizabeth Randall was called before the magistrates for calling Goody Silver “base lieing divell, base lieing tode, base lieing sow, base lieing jade.” Obviously annoyed, Elizabeth exhibited an artistic choice of abusive nouns, but her supply of adjectives seems strangely limited.
Both of the Silvers testified against Mary Rolfe “for keeping company at unreasonable hours of the night at her house to the disturbance of the neighbors” in 1663. (1)
“ In 1675 Silver was described as ‘an idle person and one who spends his time unprofitably, not being willing to work.’” (1)
Thomas was a soldier in King Philip’s War, and with twelve others from Newbury, was sent to protect the towns along the Connecticut River in 1676. A list dated 24 November 1676, shows Thomas Silver among others who were paid £01.10.10 for services in King Philip’s War.
Thomas and his son Thomas, Jr. took the Oath of Allegiance at Newbury in 1678. (5)
Thomas was deposed in 1674 and claimed his age to be 50. (6) He was deposed again in 1678 and claimed his age as 56. (7) His depositions regarding his age are obviously incorrect as he would have been either 13 or 15 at the time of his land grant. He would not have received land until he reached his majority. His birth date would more likely be placed at 1616 or earlier.
When Thomas died, Francis Willett and Henry Acres were appointed administrators of his estate, his son Thomas relinquishing his right to do so. The estate was valued at £104. It was divided into eight shares with two going to the eldest son, Thomas
2 and one each to the other children, John Silver, Samuel Silver, Mary Robinson, Martha Willett, Hannah Acres and Sarah Alley. (1) [Essex Probate, No. 25339.]
Bfitzge23 added this on 7 Apr 2012.