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THOMAS LOMBARD (bp. 1582–1663/4)
Thomas Lombard was baptized on 2 February 1581/[2] in Thorncombe, co. Dorset. [1] He died between 10 June 1663 and 8 February 1664. He married first ___ by 1602. She died about 1608/17. He married second by 1617 ___. She died after 1623. He married third by about 1635 ___. She died after 1645. She was possibly a sister or sister-in-law of Alice (Richards) Torrey. [2] He married fourth after 1644/5 Joyce (___) Wallen, the widow of Ralph Wallen of Plymouth. [3] She died after 19 September 1683. [2]
Along with Thomas's baptismal record is one for Bernard, son of Thomas, 2 July 1580. This is probably Thomas's brother Bernard, whom his named his son after.
The will of Alice Torrey of Combe St. Nicholas mentions her brother-in-law Thomas Lombard. [1]
Thomas came to New England in the Mary and John with Bernard. He settled in Dorchester and moved to Barnstable in 1639. [2]
In the early records Lombard is spelled Lumbert.
Thomas was licensed to keep an ordinary and draw wine at Barnstable on 3 December 1639. [4, 1: 137]
Thomas and Barnard Lombard were on in the Barnstable section of the 1643 list of those able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [5, 193] Thomas, Sr., Thomas Jr., Caleb, and Joseph Lombard took the oath of fidelity in Barnstable in 1657. [5, 179]
On 2 October 1660 Thomas, Sr. of Barnstable complained that his son Jedidiah "hath carryed stubbornly" against him and requested that he be allowed to place him with another family. This was granted. [4, 3: 201]
Thomas wrote his will on 23 March 1662/3. He left his son Caleb his house. He mentioned his sons Jedidiah and Benjamin. He said he had already given property to his sons Barnard and Joshua and son-in-law Joseph Benjamin. He mentioned his daughter Margaret Coleman and his son-in-law Edward Colman. He acknowledged the will on 10 June 1663. [1][6]
Inventory was taken on 8 February 1664. [1] On 7 March 1664 the court granted letters of administration on the estate of Thomas Lombard to his wife Joyce and to Jedidiah and Caleb Lombard. [4, 4: 81] His inventory was presented the same day. It amounted to £210-08-06 and his widow Joyce took oath to it. [6]
Children of Thomas Lombard and his first wife:
i. Thomas Lombard was baptized on 7 September 1602 in Thorncombe. [2] He is perhaps the Thomas who married Thomaszine Hawkins on 4 June 1624 in Ashill, Somerset. [2]
ii. Ensign Barnard Lombard was born about 1608. [2] He married first ___ by about 1633. [2] It has been suggested that he had a second wife who was a sister of William Clark of Yarmouth. [2]
Barnard and his wife were admitted to the church in Scituate on 19 April 1635. [JDB, 3:516]
Barnard was admitted a freeman on 14 January 1636/7. [4, 1: 48]
Barnard was one of the freemen of Scituate who complained of insufficient land. The court granted them additional land on 1 January 1637/8. [4, 1: 72]
Barnard was fined for non-appearance at court on 4 December 1638, but was released when he said he was sick. [4, 1: 104]
Barnard was one of the townsmen of Barnstable who were told to prepare for the town's defense. [4, 2: 65]
Barnard was on a jury at Yarmouth on 17 June 1641. [7, 21] Barnard was on the Grand Enquest on 2 June 1646 and on a jury on 7 June 1648, 6 June 1649, 1 March 1652/3, and 8 June 1654. [4, 2: 102, 126, 140][7, 64, 70]
Barnard was appointed ensign in Barnstable on 3 September 1652. [4, 3: 17]
Barnard was in the Barnstable section of a list of freemen made about 1658. [5, 200]
On 13 June 1660 the court asked Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Ensign Lombard to view lands at Eastham and make a report. [4, 3: 194]
On 5 June 1666 Barnard was granted 50 acres of upland at Pausatuke Neck. [4, 4: 128]
Ensign Barnard and Jabez Lombard were in the Barnstable section of a 29 May 1670 list of freemen in Plymouth Colony. [4, 5: 277]
Ensign Barnard, Jabez and Joshua Lombard were in the Barnstable section of a March 1683/4 list of freemen in Plymouth Colony. [5, 207]
Children of Thomas Lombard and his second wife:
iii. Thomas Lombard was baptized on 9 October 1617 in Thorncombe. [2] He probably died in 1661. [2]
iv. Joshua Lombard was born say 1624. He married Abigail Linnel (Linniett) on 27 May 1650 in Barnstable. [8]
On 1 March 1658/9 John Haddaway testified that he heard Hugh Jackson, late of Barnstable, say that if he did not return, then his estate should go to Joshua Lombard. [4, 3: 157]
On 19 August Joshua was on a coroner's jury that found William Makepeace had drowned. On 28 October 1681 he was on a coroner's jury that found that Mr. George May and Timothy Venor had drowned. [4, 6: 75–76]
v. Margaret Lombard was baptized on 7 March 1623 in Thorncombe. [2] She married Edward Coleman of Boston on 27 October 1648 in Nausett (Eastham). [8]
Children of Thomas Lombard and his third wife:
vi. Caleb Lombard [8] was born say 1635. [2]
vii. Jemima Lombard was born say 1637. She married Joseph Benjamin on 10 June 1661 in Boston. [2]
viii. Jobaniah Lombard was baptized on 23 June 1639 in Dorchester. [2] There is no further record of this child. [2]
ix. Jedidiah Lombard was born on 20 September 1640 in Barnstable. [8] He was baptized on 19 September 1641 in Barnstable. [9] He married Hannah Wing on 20 May 1668 in Barnstable. [8]
On 3 June 1668 the court fined Jedidiah and his wife five pounds for fornication before marriage. [4, 4: 182]
On 2 March 1668/9 Jedidiah and Benjamin Lombard were fined four shillings for smoking tobacco at the end of the Yarmouth meetinghouse on the Lord's day. [4, 5: 16]
Jedidiah was propounded for freeman on 6 October 1682. [4, 6: 87]
x. Benjamin Lombard was born on 26 August 1642 in Barnstable. [8] She was baptized on 5 August 1643 in Barnstable. [9] He married first Jane Warren on 19 September 1672 in Barnstable. [8] He married second the widow Hannah Whetstone on 24 May 1694 in Barnstable. [8]
References:
1. Robert S. Wakefield, "The Lombard Family of Barnstable, Mass.," The American Genealogist 52 (1976): 136–9.
2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally Published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).: 1194–8.
3. Eleanor Cooley Rue, "The Widow Joyce Wallen of Plymouth (1645) and Widow Joyce Lombard of Barnstable (1664)," The American Genealogist 67 (1992): 47–53.
4. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, vol. 1, 1633–1640, vol. 2, 1641–1651, vol. 3, 1651–1661, vol. 4, 1661–1668, vol. 5, 1668–1678, vol. 6, 1678–1691 (Boston: William White, 1855, 1866).
5. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, Miscellaneous Records, 1633–1689 (Boston: William White, 1857).
6. Justin Winsor, "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (1852): 186.
7. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, Judicial Acts, 1636–1692 (Boston: William White, 1857).
8. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors > Barnstable, 50–53.
9. "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639–1892," database with images, AmericanAncestors, 87–91.
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