Individual Details
Thomas Gleason
(1671 - 11 Jan 1732)
Events
| Birth | 1671 | Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1695 | Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Mary Mellen |  | | |
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1729 | Oxford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Mercy Hovey | | | |
| Death | 11 Jan 1732 | Oxford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Mary Mellen ( - 1727) |
| Child | Aaron Gleason (1720 - 1796) |
| Child | Thomas Gleason (1697 - ) |
| Child | Richard Gleason (1699 - ) |
| Child | Jonas Gleason (1700 - 1746) |
| Child | Elijah Gleason (1702 - ) |
| Child | Moses Gleason (1704 - ) |
| Child | Uriah Gleason (1706 - ) |
| Child | Mary Gleason (1709 - 1736) |
| Child | Mary Gleason (1709 - ) |
| Child | Esther Gleason (1711 - 1740) |
| Child | Simon Gleason (1713 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Gleason (1718 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Gleason (1722 - ) |
| Child | James Gleason (1722 - 1722) |
| Spouse | Mercy Hovey ( - 1767) |
| Child | Josiah Gleason ( - ) |
| Child | Daniel Gleason (1730 - 1794) |
| Child | Priscilla Gleason (1731 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Gleason (1637 - 1705) |
| Mother | Sarah ( - 1703) |
| Sibling | Sarah Gleason (1663 - ) |
| Sibling | Anne Gleason (1667 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Gleason (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Patience Gleason (1677 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Gleason (1680 - ) |
| Sibling | John Gleason (1682 - 1740) |
Notes
Marriage
Thomas and Mary Millins, Dec 6, 1695 - Intention not recordedMarriage
Thomas and Mercy Hovey, June 10, 1729 - Intention not recordedNote
Thomas Gleason settles in Framington near his father, his lot being No. 14 at the southeast corner of Main and Sutton streets; house No. 194. Years later a brick house was built on the same site. He removed to Oxford, Mass. about 1723. On October 3 1723 he deeded his home lot, House No. 194 to his son Thomas, who sold it to Jacob Cummings Nov 21, 1726. He and his wife, with about thirty others, were signers of the Covenant, and were the founders of the church in Oxford, Jan 18, 1720-1. He was one of the Selectmen of Oxford from 1723 to 1726; Constable 1721. On Sept, 6, 1709 he served on a committee in Framingham "to lay out such high ways as are needful for the 17 families to go to meeting, and to mill, and to market." On tax list June 27, 1710, rated 1s 7d. Thomas and his two brothers, Isaac and John were signers of a petition dated June 11, 1711 to his Excellency Joseph Dudley relative to purchasing 4000 acres from the Indians of Natick.The site of Howarth's Mill was sold by Abraham Skinner, the original proprietor, to Thomas Gleason in Mar 1722. This included the House, lot and water privilege of Skinner, located at Augetteback Falls. Thomas, who was a man of means, settled here, built a grist mill and say mill. His estate included "mills and streams, with homestead and buildings."
Endnotes
1. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, page 31, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
2. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, page 31, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
3. , (: , ), Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1850, (Stanhope Press, Boston, Massachusets, 1911), page 131.
4. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, page 31, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
5. , (: , ), Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Franklin P.Rice, Worcster, Massachusets, 1905, Stanhope Press, Boston, MA), page 171.
6. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, page 31, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
7. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, page 31, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..