1605 Based on his estimated date of marriage, Thomas Bascom was born about 1605. [1]
1630 Thomas Bascom married "by about 1630 Avis ____ (assuming she was the mother of all of his children). ... (Since we don't know the date of birth of the child who died in 1647, there may have been a gap of as many as ten years between the first and second children of Thomas Bascom; if this were true, we would suggest that Avis may have been a second wife, and that a possible earlier wife was the mother of Hannah.)" [2]
1634 Thomas Bascom arrived in New England on the ship Recovery in 1634 and settled first in Dorchester where on 22 November "Thom[as] Baskecomb was granted 4 acres." [3]
1635 Thomas Bascom removed to Windsor, Connecticut. "In the Windsor land inventory on 4 February 1640 'Thom[as] Bascombe' held seven parcels of land (one more of these may have been granted as late as 3 May 1653, as that date is also associated with this list): 'an homelot six acres and a half' (annotated 'sold to John Moses'); 'in W[illia]m Phelps meadow two acres' (annotated 'sold to Robart Hayward); 'in Long Meadow four acres'; 'for upland thirty-two acres'; 'a parcel lying betwixt John Heller and Nicolas Palmer's homelots two rod in breadth' (annotated 'this made on ex[ecution] to John Hiller Senior); 'of woodland twenty-four acres'; and 'a parcel of ground three-quarters of an acre'. [4]
1640 "Thomas Bascom his daughtr Abigayl was Borne . June . 7 . 1640" in Windsor, Connecticut. [5] [6]
1641/42 Thomas Bascom "his sonn Thomas was Borne . febury . 20 . 1641" in Windsor, Connecticut. [7] [8]
1644 Thomas Bascom "his Daughter Hepsiba was Born . aprl . 14 . 1644" in Windsor, Connecticut. [9] [10]
By 1659 Thomas Bascom removed to Northampton, Massachusetts.
1661 On 26 March, Thomas Bascom took the Massachusetts Bay oath of fidelity. [11]
1676 "'Avis Bascombe, wife of Thomas Bascombe Senior,' died at Northampton 3 February 1676." [12]
1682 Thomas Bascomb died on 9 May. "The 'inventory of the estate of Thomas Bascom Sen[io]r who deceased May 9th 1682,' taken 15 May 1682, totalled £112 17s. 4d., of which £92 10s. was real estate: 'half the homestead,' £40; 'five acres of land that lyeth at Munhan Bridge,' £20; 'two acres & half in the second square' £12 10s.; and 'three acres & half of land in young rainbow,' £20." His inventory also "included "a Bible" valued at 4s. and "other books" valued at 4s." [13]
Research Notes:
1611 "Thomas Bascombe filius Georgij Bascombe baptizatus fuit Decimo Die mensis Septembris" in Horton, Northamptonshire. [14]
1609 "Mathia(?) Bascome filia Georgij Bascome spuria sepulta fuit decimo quinto die mensis Januarij" in Horton, Northamptonshire. [15]
The catalog of the Dorset History Center includes a document described as "Court Proceedings including notes granting passports to 3 sailors to Hamburg, purchase by Owen Holman, receipt of fine from Thomas Bascombe. 1631-1633" [16]
[1] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186-187, [AmericanAncestors].
[2] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186-187, [AmericanAncestors].
[3] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186, [AmericanAncestors].
[4] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186, citing Windsor Land Records 1:70, [AmericanAncestors].
[5] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 1-102 at 27, [InternetArchive].
[6] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 27, FHL film 496840 Item 4, DGS 7717978, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchCatalog], [FamilySearchLibraryBook].
[7] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 1-102 at 27, [InternetArchive].
[8] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 27, FHL film 496840 Item 4, DGS 7717978, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchCatalog], [FamilySearchLibraryBook].
[9] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 1-102 at 28, [InternetArchive].
[10] A. C. B., transcriber, "Mathew Grant Records, 1639-1681," Some Early Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut 1639-1703 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1930), 28, FHL film 496840 Item 4, DGS 7717978, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchCatalog], [FamilySearchLibraryBook].
[11] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186, [AmericanAncestors].
[12] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 187, citing Pynchon VR Records, 158, [AmericanAncestors].
[13] Robert Charles Anderson, George Freeman Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 1, A-B (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 186-187, citing Hampton Court Records, 2:11, [AmericanAncestors].
[14] Northamptonshire Record Office, 173p/7, Horton Parish Register, 1605-1623, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[15] Northamptonshire Record Office, 173p/7, Horton Parish Register, 1605-1623, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[16] Dorset History Center, DC-WYM/CO/1/15, Melcombe Regis Law Day Proceedings, Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Courts, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough Council, [URL].