1610/11 "Thomas Lorde & Dorothee Byrde" were married on February 23 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [1]
1611/12 "Richard ye sonne of Thomas Lorde" was baptized on January 5 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [2]
1614 "Anna ye Daughter of Thomas Lord" was baptized on September 18 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [3]
1616 "Thomas the sonne of Tho: Lord" was baptized on December 15 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [4]
1618 "William ye sonne of Thomas Lorde & Dorothie his wyfe" was baptized on December 27 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [5]
1621 "Robert ye sonne of Thomas Lord & Dorothy his Wife" was baptized on May 12 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [6]
1623/24 "John ye sonne of Thomas Lorde & Dorothy his wife" was baptized on January 21 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [7]
1626 "Amy the daughter of THo: Lorde & DOrothy his wife" was baptized on November 30 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [8]
1629 "Dorothy ye Daughter of Tho: Lord & Dorothy his wife" was baptized on July 1 in Towcester, Northamptonshire. [9]
1643/44 On January 29, the town of Hartford ordered that "mr Gou[ernor], mr Hocker, mr Stone, mr Goodwing. Thom Standla & Thom: Lord Senr & Rch Olmsted & Thom Lord Junr: Shall befreed from Common worck in the hyway for the three yeares nextt insewing on Condition yt they shall at their proper charges mack the hyway passabell with loden carttes from John Beddeles house to Thom Standlas house before the ennd of the foresayd three yeres." [10]
1669/70 Dorothy Lord wrote her will on February 8. A transcription states, [11]
In the Name of God Amen, I Dorathy Lord of Hartford in the colony of Connecticutt in New England. Being stricken in years, & at present labouring under some bodyly weaknesses; Though through the mercy of God, I at present haue ye use of my understanding & memorye, yet I know not how suddenly the Lord may put an end unto my fewe dayes in this life, & therefore according to my duty I am willing soe to setle & disspose of that little estate the Lord hath lent me, that peace may be continued amongst my children when I am gathered to my fatheres, & In order thereunto I doe declare this as followeth to be my last will & Testament. First that all my just debts be pd out of my estate.
I doe giue & Bequeath my now dwelling house & Barne & my Home lott & my lower lott in the North meadow unto the children of my son Thomas Lord deceased, at the age of 18 years & if any decease before they attayne that age the suruiuor or suruiuors to possess it, & if they all dye then my son Wm or his children to possess what is giuen to them.
Itt: I giue to my daughter Amy Gilbert & her children Three Acres of Meadow or Swamp in my upper lott in the Long meadow next to that Mrs Olcott hath now in possession,
Itt I giue unto my son Robt: Lord (If he live after my decease so long as to have Notice of this my will) Three Acres of my upper lott adjoyneing to that which I have giuen my Daughter Gilbert.
Itt I giue untom my son Wm Lord & his heires foreuer Two Acres in my great lott in the long meadow next adjoyneing to that which I haue giuen my son Robert,
Itt I giue unto my son John Lord & his heires foreuer Two Acres in my great lott in the long meadow next adjoyneing to that which I haue giuen my son Robert,
Itt I giue unto my son John Lord Tenn pounds in Currant pay of this country,
Itt Whereas my Grandson Richd: Lord hath disbursed seuerall sums of money or country pay for the Building my chimneys & shingling my house & repayres about it, I doe for the payment of him, giue grant & confirme unto him & his heirs foreuer; all that my meadow lott in the long meadow which abutts upon the great Riuer east the little riuer west Mr. Westwoods land North & Barth Barnards land south.
I doe also gie & bequeath unto my sd Grandson Richard Lord & his heires foreuer all the remaynder of my upper lott in the long meadow, which I haue not gien to my sons Robert & Wm: & my daughter Gilbert & her children, he payeing this legacie hereafter exprest, to my sonn John Tenn pounds. And in case my sonn Robt: shall depart this life before he hath notice of this my last will, Then that Three Acres of land giuen to him shall be deuided Between my Son Wm. & my Grandson Richd Lord, I doe allso confirme unto my Grandson: Richard Lord & his heires all my wood land that is all ready layd out or to be layd unto me wth in the Bounds of Hartford.
I giue unto my Grandchild Hanna Ingersall my youngest cowe & my other cowe I giue unto my Grandchildren Dorathy & Margery Ingersall.
I giue my moueable estate & Cattell to my son Wm Lord my grandson Riche Lord my daughter Stanton my daughter Gilbert & the children of my daughter Ingersall, the whole to be divided into fiue partes, & my daughter Ingersalls children to haue one part, & the rest of them, each of them one part.
I giue unto the wife of Nicholas Clarke Tenn shillings.
I doe ordayn & constitute my son Wm. & my grandson Richd: my executors, & desire my loueing Freind Mr. John Allyn to be ouere seer of this my will, & for the confirmation hereof I have hereunto sett my hand this 8th of February: 1669:
Dorathy Lord
her marke
Signed in the presence of us
John Allyn
Steuen Hopkins
Research Notes:
The Great Migration study project includes a biosketch of New England immigrant Thomas Lord and his family. [12]
[1] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Northamptonshire Record Office, 329P/255, Towcester Parish Register, 1561-1714, Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms and Burials 1559-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Charles J. Hoadly, ed., Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 6, Hartford Town Votes, Vol. I, 1635-1716 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1897), 69, [HathiTrust].
[11] Kenneth Lord, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord an Original Proprietor and Founder of Hartford, Conn., in 1636 (New York: 1946), [AncestryImage].
[12] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 4, I-L (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 331-335, [AmericanAncestors].