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- Source: The Great Migration, Vol. 1,NEHGS, pages 293-298:
Origin: Terling, Essex, England
Migration: 1635 on the Truelove
First Residence: Roxbury
Removes: Hartford by 1639, Saybrood by 1648, Edgartown by 1653, Norwich by 1682.
Occupation: Laborer (Hotten 131). (Given his later prominence in New England, this occupational designation entered in London port book must be regarded with some skepticism; however, no other evidence of his occupation has been found.)
Church Membership: "Thomas Bircharde" was admitted in 1635 to the Roxbury Church as member #137 (RChR 81). " (blank) Birchard, the wife of Thomas Birchard, was admitted in late 1635 or early 1636 to the Roxbury Church as member #146.
Freeman: 17 May 1637 (as "Thom[as] Bircher," first in a sequence of three Roxbury men) [MBCR 1:373].
Education: Thomas Birchard and his second wife signed their deed of 6 June 1667.
Offices: Connecticut juror, sometime between 11 April and 1 August 1639 (CCCR 1:29]. Deputy for Saybrood to Connecticut General Court, 16 May 1650 (marked "absent"), 15 May 1651 [CCCR 1:207, 218, 220].
Edgartown committee to divide lands [Edgartown TR 1:131]. Town clerk (as "Thomas Burchard the elder"), 8 June 1653 [Edgartown TR 1:121]. Commissioner to end small causes, 1654,1655, 1656 [Edgartown TR 1:119, 120, 121].
Estate: In the Hartford land inventory in February 1639/40, "Thomas Birchwo[od]" held five parcels, along with a sixth parcel acquired at a later date. ... He also owned parcels in the Eight Mile Meadow in Saybrook and a large number of parcels on Matha's Vineyard.
Comments: On 19 September 1635, "Thomas Burchard," aged 40 years, "laboring man," "Mary Burchard," aged 38, "Elizabeth Burchard," aged 13, "Marie Burchard," aged 12, "Sara Burchard," aged 9," "Suzan Burchard," aged 8,"Jo[hn] Burchard," aged 7 and "Ann Burchard," aged 18 months, were enrolled at London for passage to New England on the Truelove (Hotten 1310.
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