Thomas Boreman

THOMAS BOREMAN (bp. 1601–1670)

MARGARET OFFING (d. 1679)

Thomas Boreman (various spellings), the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Carter) Boreman was baptized on 18 October 1601 in Claydon, Oxfordshire. [1] He died between 3 and 26 May 1673. Mrs. Boardman died on 25 November 1679 in Ipswich. [2] He married Margaret Offing on 17 August 1630 at St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London. [1]

Thomas of Ipswich is referred to as a cooper in a deed dated 22 March 1650. [3, 7:86]

Thomas was on a 2 January 7 Charles [1631/2] tax list in Plymouth. [RPC3] He was to build the fort and be paid for it on 13 March 1634/5 in Plymouth. [RPC9]

Thomas Boreman was separately sued by both Mathias Button and Henry Walker at the 2: 16: 1641 court in Salem and by Henry Walker at the 29: 1: 1642 court in Ipswich. [3, 1:38, 41]

Thomas was on the trial jury at the 31: 1 1646, 27: 7: 1653 and 27 March 1655 courts at Ipswich and on the grand jury at the 25: 7: 1649 court at Ipswich. [3, 1:41, 93, 175, 289, 381]

Thomas Boreman was released from training upon agreeing to make yearly payments to the company, but failed to make payment for several years. On 29 March 1664, upon his wife's petition, the court agreed to forgive him half his debt if he would pay the rest and released him from further training. [3, 3:142]

The will of Thomas Borman of Ipswich is dated 17 December 1670. He left bequests to his wife, his son Thomas, his daughter Joanna, his son Daniel, his daughter Mary, the wife of Robert Kinsman and his daughter Martha, the wife of William Low. Inventory on his estate was taken on 26 May 1673 and amounted to 553 pounds, six shillings and six pence. He owed 30 pounds. [3, 5:167] There was a codicil dates 3 May 1673. [1]

By an agreement dated 30 June 1676, Margaret the wife of Thomas, deceased, who had been left half her husbands farm, gave her son Thomas the right to use and improve the farm in return for feeding her and paying her an annuity of eight pounds. [3, 7:85]

Margaret Hutchinson wrote her will on 8 August 1679 and it was proved on 30 March 1680. He left bequests to her daughters Kinsman, Low and Fellowes; hers son Daniel and his wife; hers son Thomas. [1]

Children of Thomas Boreman and Hannah Offing:

i. Daniel Boardman died on 27 April 1708 in Topsfield. He married Hannah Hutchinson.

ii. Mary Boardman was born say 1635. [1] She married Robert Kinsman.

iii. Martha Boardmanwas born say 1641. She married Thomas Low on 4 July 1660 in Ipswich. [4]

iv. Thomas Boardman was born about 1644 or 1645. He died on 3 October 1719, age 75, in Ipswich. [2] He married Elizabeth Perkins on 1 January 1677 in Ipswich. [4]

Thomas deposed that he was 34 in April 1679. [3, 7:187]

v. Joanna Boardman was born say 1650. She married Isaac Fellows on 29 January 1672/3 in Ipswich. [1]

Joanna, the daughter of Thomas Boreman, is referred to as Joanna Fellowes in a deposition of 23 September 1678. [3, 7:87]

References

1. "Great Migration 1634–1635, A–B," database with images, AmericanAncestors > 352–5.

RPC3. Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth: Court Orders, vol. 1, 1633–1644 (Boston, William White, 1855), 9–11.

RPC9. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth: Court Orders, vol. 1, 1633–1644, 33–34.

2. Vital Records of Ipswich to the End of the Year 1849 vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1910), 493.

3. George Francis Dow, ed., and Harriet S. Tapley, trans., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols, digitized books, Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (http://salem.lib.virginia.edu).

4. Vital Records of Ipswich to the End of the Year 1849 vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1910), 51.

last revised 07-Jun-2020