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Thomas Wilmarth (1686 - 1759)

Thomas Wilmarth
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colonymap
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Son of and
Brother of , , and [half]
Husband of — married before 1709 in Bristol County, Massachusettsmap
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Father of , and
Died at age 73 in Attleborough, Bristol, Province of Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Thomas Wilmarth. son of Thomas Wilmarth (abt.1651-bef.1690) and Mary (Robinson) Carter (1652-), was born March 8, 1685/6 in Rehoboth, then part of Plymouth Colony.[1]

Indexed marriage records date his marriage to Deborah (Peck) Wilmarth (1687-1737) during 1712. However, their first known child, Mary (Wilmarth) Claflin (abt.1709-bef.1785) was born September 27, 1709. Mary's birth record lists her parents as Thomas Wilmarth and his wife, Deborah Peck. Both parents were about 18 at Mary's birth. It is likely that her parents married about 1709,

Thomas died May 23, 1759 in Attleborough, Massachusetts.[2]

Children born in Attleborough:[3][4]

  1. Mary Wilmarth b. 27 Sept 1709
  2. Thomas Wilmarth b. 27 Jan 1712/3
  3. Deborah Wilmarth b. 25 Nov 1715
  4. Elizabeth Wilmarth b. 27 Sept 1718
  5. Anne Wilmarth, b. 27 May 1722; died 15 May 1744
  6. Ebenezer Willmarth b. 4 May 1725; died 13 July 1736
  7. Eliphalet Willmarth b. 28 Feb 1727/8

Sources

  1. ↑ Arnold: Page 780, referring to Volume 1, Page 25 of Town Records: "children of Timothy [sic] and Mary"
  2. ↑ VR of Attleborough: Page 743 listing under WILMARTH: "Thomas, May 23, 1759, in his 74th y."
  3. ↑ Attleboro (Mass.). Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1934. Births pp 292-299, marriages p. 613, 614., deaths pp 741-743
  4. ↑ "Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Records," p. 32; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-RW8H : April 12, 2024), image 29 of 1069; Attleboro (Massachusetts). City Clerk.

See also:

Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897)

Vital Records of Attleborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1934)





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Thomas B
I also removed the research notes section - it was superfluous to include since the references stated the same information.
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Bob Tonsmeire
Wilmarth-39 and Wilmarth-36 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same dates
posted by Bob Tonsmeire

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