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Thomas Tirrill (1759 - 1833)

Thomas Tirrill
Born in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 7 May 1789 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 73 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Thomas Tirrill, son of Thomas and Lucy (Taylor) Tirrill, was born at Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay on 17 December 1759.[1]

Thomas married, first, Mary "Polly" Stoddard at Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts on 10 May 1781. Polly died at Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts on 18 October 1788.[2] Thomas and Polly had one child, born at Cummington:

  1. Daniel, b. 21 December 1781

Thomas married, second, Deborah Ford, daughter of Luke and Hannah (Reed) Ford, at Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts on 7 May 1789.[3] They had six children, each born at Cummington:

  1. David, b. 27 March 1790.
  2. Harvey, b. 1 February 1793.
  3. Thomas, b. 26 February 1795.
  4. Polly, b. 16 October 1796.
  5. Annis/Annes, b. 30 April 1800.
  6. Zenas, b. 21 December 1801.

Thomas, called a "pensioner" (i.e. of the Revolutionary War), died at Cummington on 3 December 1833.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ In his Revolutionary War Pension Application, 20 August 1832, Thomas declared under oath that he was born at Abington on 17 December 1759 and lived there and in Bridgewater until he was "twenty-four or twenty-five" when he "removed to Cummington" (i.e. ca 1784).
  2. ↑ The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762-1900, William W. Streeter & Daphne H. Morris, 1979, p, 235. "TIRRILL, Polly, wife of Thomas, d. Oct. 18, 1788."
  3. ↑ The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762-1900, William W. Streeter & Daphne H. Morris, 1979, p, 162. "TIRRILL, Thomas and Deborah Ford [int. both of Cumm.], May 7, 1789."
  4. ↑ The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762-1900, William W. Streeter & Daphne H. Morris, 1979, p, 235. "TIRRILL, Thomas, a pensioner, d. [old age, P.R. 1], Dec. ___, 1833, [Dec. 3, 1833, age 75, G.R. 5]. NOTES: "P.R. 1" refers to "Private Record; diary from 1802 to 1860 kept by William Packard, town treasurer for 44 years, containing records of births, marriages, and deaths. Diary now located in files of Cummington Historical Commission in the Community House." "G.R. 5" refers to "Gravestone Record, Cummington Village Cemetery, Main Street."




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Blevins-2594 Lynnette (Blevins) Hettrick
Terrell-2843 and Tirrill-60 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife and birth/death dates
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