In 1662, she came with her son Tristram and daughters Mary and Eunice to Salisbury, Mass; thence she went to Haverhill and Newbury and died in Nantucket or Boston in May 1661, aged 77 years. She was said to possess remarkable strength of character. On the occasion of her death, Rev. Mr. Wilson, according to an old record, preached a funeral sermon.

Died age 27.

Genealogy of New Hampshire states: "After the death of her husband Ann Hodgdon lived in Boston, where she joined the Brattle Street Church."

Served in the military 21 Aug 1861 through 15 Feb 1863 in B Company, 7th Infantry Regiment Maine, Civil War.

Died a young man.

(Died in infancy.)

Died in the West Indies.

Died age 20 years.

Drowned.

He immigrated in 1635 to England to Massachusetts. 5 He is listed on the roll of passengers of the ship Hopewell, first voyage of 1635, which sailed from London mid-April 1635, bound for New England, arrived at Massachusetts Bay in June 1635, Master William Bundocke, age listed as 20, place of settlement in Massachusetts listed as Concord. He died after 1691. Immigrated Spring of 1635 on ship "Hopewell" commanded by Master William Bundocke. Early settler and original land owner of areas of of Kennebec river/Casco Bay area, which area later became part of the town of Bath, Maine.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 678 states:

"Thoits,Thwait, Alexander, came in the -Hopewell-, 1635, ag. 20, and settled in Watertown where two yrs. later he was convicted of selling fire-arms to the Ind. Gone by 1640, when Rev. Peter Bulkley was ord. to take charge of his corn against his return, he next appears on the Kennebec where Lake deeded him part of Lawson's purchase in 1650. O. F. 1654, lic. to sell liquor 1665. His dau. depos. that he liv. at Winnegance against Arrowsic Isl. 8 or 9 yrs., but, Richard Pattishall attaching his cattle, he gave P. a deed (7 Dec. 1665) and mov. farther up river, poss. to land for which he had an Ind. deed 28 May 1660. On 10 Aug. 1668 Lake and Clarke made a gift of land to his ch. (Y. D. 8: 159), prob. that entered as East. Cl. by Mrs. Hodsden 17–. Lists 11, 181, 182. Ch. by w. Anne (5 of 9 had d. s.p. by 1724): Elizabeth. One Elizabeth ment. her sis.'s husb. Joseph Smith, 1720. Ann, 66 in 1716, m. Jeremiah Hodsdon(3). John. Rebecca, m. 2 Dec. 1686 John Phelps. Y. D. 3: 58. Alexander. Lydia. Jonathan, ±24 in 1689-90; Lynn 1688-1691; by w. Hannah had dau. Sarah b. 1691. Mary, in York ct. for usual cause 3 July 1694, m. Boston 25 Dec. 1696 Edward Gilling, tailor; both liv. 1724. Margaret."

Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers states: "Thwaits, Alexander, Concord, came in the Hopewll from London, 1635, aged 20, perhaps d. or rem. early, or the giv. of his corn to Rev. P. Bulkey, by our Gen. Ct. in May 1640, is dark. At the East he may be seen sw. alleg. to Charles II. 8 Sept. 1665."

Based upon this and other sources, as listed, the following is a chronology of events and residences in his life.

1615 - born, most likely in England, despite later family documents stating the first Thoits came from Scotland. This conclusion is based on the following: The name Thwaits is an English name, not a Scottish name; all others who listed a place of origin in the ship Hopewell records came from England, as were most of the early immigrants to New England.

1635 - Ship Hopewell sailed in April from London and arrived in Boston in June. Ships records state Alexander Thwaits, age 20, bound for Concord. He does not appear by the records to be connected with any of the families on board, nor do any other passengers list Concord as their destination. The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, quoted above, states he went to Watertown, which is near Concord, both in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, west of Boston. No independent town records as yet found to verify exactly where he settled.

1640 - About this time he probably left the Concord/Watertown area, and went to what came to be known as Maine, which at that time was considered part of the Plymouth Colony.

No record has been found yet regarding the date of his marriage, only that his wife was named "Anne." Perhaps he married her before he left for Maine, or along the way, perhaps even in the Portsmouth, N.H.- Kittery Maine area. One later source on their daughter, Ann Thoits Hodgdon, states that Alexander and Anne Thwaits were of Portsmouth, N.H. (Genealogy of New Hampshire, compiled by Ezra Strearns, 1908, page 1971.) Their daugher Ann was born about 1650, so he must have been married by that year, likely before.

1641 - Alexander Thwaits said to be in Maine, living on the Western side of Maquoit Bay, at Winnegance against Arrowsic Island. (Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, History of Bath Maine, by Henry Wilson Owen (1936)). At this time, he may have just occupied this property without ownership.

This property later became the central part of the town of Bath, Maine, and is shown on two maps in the book History of Bath Maine, one map titled "Map of Ancient Sagadahock" showing the name "Alexander Thwaite" near Winnegance and opposite Arrowsic Island. Another map shows the original land titles to the land of Bath, Maine, including "Alexander Thwait 1660."

History or Bath Maine states: "The earliest evidence of white ownership of Bath lands is contained in the deeds given by the Indians to Christopher Lawson, Lawrence Dennis, Robert Gutch, Alexander Thwaite and William Cock which among them cover the entire area from Chops Point to the south line of the city. Those to Lawson and Cock do not appear to have been recorded, but are sufficiently evidenced. Lawson acquired his land extending from Chops Point to the Little Whigby about 1640, and Cock his, along the shore of Winnegance Creek, perhaps about the same time. He sold to John Layton about 1659. The deeds of the Indian sagamore Robinhood to Robert Gutch and Alexander Thwaite are dated 1660, the former May 29 and the latter, May 20. Gutch held from Haward St. to Trufant's Creek, and Thwaite from that creek to Hospital Point.... Each of these parcels stretched from the Kennebec to New Meadows, except that of Dennis which ran west six miles." page 108.

1650 - Daughter Ann born. Lake deeds Alexander Thwaits part of Lawson's purchase on the Kennebec in Maine. The location is unclear and more information is needed to clarify these titles. It may be the Bath property or property further up the Kennebec river, to which Alexander Thwaits moved to about 1670. (History of Bath Maine and Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire are conflicting as to the locations of these deeded properties.)

1654 - Takes oath of fidelity, required by Plymouth Colony, May 23, 1654 at house of Thomas Ashley, Merrymeeting Bay. (History or Bath Maine, page 36). One source states that at this time, Alexander Thwaites was settled on the part of Merrymeeting bay opposite Fulton's Point. (Penobscot Purchase and Prior Settlements, Chapter 11).

1656 - One source states that prior to 1656, Alexander Thwaite bought land in Bowdoinham from the Indians and lived there. (Merrymeeting Bay Historic Timeline). Bowdoinham is located on Merrymeeting Bay, some 5 miles up the Kennebec from the Bath/Winnegance/Arrowsic location.

1660 - May 20 - Indian Deed to Alexander Thwaite, land from Trufant's Creek to Hospital Point. (History or Bath Maine)

1665 - Son Jonathan born.

1665 - Sept 8 - Convacation of residents of western side of the river, at which Alexander Thwaites, along with others, acknowledged obedience to King Charles II by taking oath. (History of Bath Maine, page 36).

1665 - September 12 - Bond as retailer of spiritous liquor accepted.

About 1666 - Daugher Ann marries Jeremiah Hodsdon at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

July 1666 - Alexander Thwaits is a member of the jury in the trial of James Robinson for the murder of Christopher Collings of Black Point. (History of Bath Maine, page 37, History of Portland, page 172).

1668 - Lake and Clark make a gift of land to his children. (Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire).

About 1670, by 1675 - Moved farther up the Kennebec river, to the point formed by Merrymeeting Bay and the Kennebec. (History of Portland From 1632 to 1864, page 220).

Daughter of John Thomas of Llanarth

Shortly after their marriage, Amos and Mehitable moved to Pearsontown. Amos Thomes was a member of Capt. Whitmore's Gorham militia company in 1777. In this year also his name appears on a Gorham tax bill.

Joseph Jr. and four of his brothers were lost at sea. Several of Joseph Jr.'s children lived in Gorham, the family going there soon after the burning of Falmouth by the British (1775).

McLellan, in his "History of Gorham", tells us that Thomas Thomes was an inhabitant of Falmouth Neck, as early as 1716, but there seems to be no record of his ancestors, though the supposition is that they came from England, and were members of the old Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. This Thomas Thomes built and lived in a house in Clay Cove. In 1721, Mr. Thomes received a grant of land on the Neck, which his son Thomas sold in 1765, to John Thomes of Falmouth. Thomas and Elizabeth had three sons, all married to wives named Mary but there is no record of the dates of their births or marriages.

Lived in Falmouth for more than twenty years, joining the church there in 1743.

Some time previous to the year 1763 Thomas Thomes and his wife Mary came to Gorham where they took up and cleared land on the easterly side of what is now the Fort Hill road. This land is now owned by the widow and children of Leonard Roberts, the great-grandson of Thomas, and son of Mary Thomes who married Joshua Roberts. In clearing this land a large apple tree was found among the trees of the forest, and was carefully preserved. This was doubtless the first apple tree in Gorham. It stood a little south of Leonard Roberts' house, near the foot of the hill, close to the spring. It is very probable that the Indians dropped the seed there.

Spelling corrected to THOMES instead of THOMAS.

Served as village clerk and a member of the school board in Poynette.

Came from Edinburg, Scotland.

He was an American, a spy (for the British in the American War of Independence), a brilliant physicist (heat energy, etc.) and became head of the Bavarian Army.

He attended the public schools and studied under private tutors. He finished his schooling at Williston Seminary at Easthampton, Massachusetts. In his sixteenth year he entered the employ of Williston & Tyler, general merchants, as clerk in their store in Brattleboro, Vermont, and he continued with this firm until 1860, when he bought the interests of Mr. Williston, who retired, and the firm was afterward for many years known as Tyler & Thompson, and afterward as C. F. Thompson & Company. For forty-six years Mr. Thompson was an employee or partner in the firm. He retired in 1892 from this business. He invested extensively in the Brattleboro Gas and Electric Light Company, of which he was a director and to which he devoted much of his time. In 1892 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the company and he continued in these positions of trust to the end of his life. For a number of years he was a member of the investment committee of the Vermont Savings Bank. He was one of the prime movers and organizers of the Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad Company and was president of the company from its organization until his death. Mr. Thompson was a zealous and prominent member of the Central Congregational Church, a deacon for forty years, and for more than fifty years a member of the Sunday school, which he served from time to time as superintendent. He was kindly and charitable in his dealings with men and gave freely in benevolence. For many years he was a director of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, and from 1869 to the end of his life he was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. His magnetic personality won for him many steadfast friends and he was well known and highly esteemed in the community.

He entered the public schools of his native town and was graduated from the Brattleboro high school in the class of 1890. From 1895 to 1904 he was clerk and teller in the Vermont National Bank of Brattleboro. In 1906 he went to Mexico, where he owns extensive mining interests and a theatre that he built at Chihuahua. On account of the warfare in Mexico he returned to Brattleboro. He is a director and manager of the Breadloaf Mountain Power Company of Middlebury, Vermont. In politics Mr. Thompson has been a Progressive since the organization of the party in 1912. He was one of twelve men of the national provisional committee to issue a call for the first national convention, which was held at Chicago in August, 1912, and was chairman of the Vermont delegation to that convention. He is now chairman of the executive committee of the Progressive state committee and member of the Progressive national committee from Vermont, and has headquarters in Montpelier, Vermont. He is a member of the national executive committee, of which George W. Perkins is chairman. He was formerly an active and influential Republican. He was a bailiff of Brattleboro for four years and for two years was chairman of the board of bailiffs. He was member of the school board for nine years, during six of which he was chairman of the board. For several years he was an officer of the fire department. He served three terms as mayor of the city of Brattleboro and his administration was notable for progress and efficiency in municipal affairs. He has taken an active part in the crusade against tuberculosis, and in the movement to abolish child labor.

Mr. Thompson is a member of Brattleboro Lodge, No. 102, Free and Accepted Masons; Fort Dummer Chapter, No. 12, Royal Arch Masons; Connecticut Valley Council, No. 16, Royal and Select Masters; Bauseant Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar; Bingham Chapter, No. 3, Order of the Eastern Star; Mt. Sinai Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has taken the thirty-second degree in the York rite. He is also a member of Wantastiquet Lodge, No. 5, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Oasis Encampment, No. 5, and Canton Palestine, No. 3. He was charter member of the local lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he has been prelate; member of the Vermont Wheel Club; non-resident member of the Chicago Progressive Club; member of the Brattleboro Board of Trade; the Montpelier Board of Trade; the Chihuahua Foreign Club, and of the Center Congregational Church of Brattleboro.

Edward was a mariner who frequently bought and sold properties in Falmouth, Gray and Pownal [e.g., Cumberland Co. deeds 26:36, 30:236]. In his early life, he resided in Falmouth, but about 1801 he removed to the part of Freeport which in 1808 became Pownal and where he was a prominent citizen. Edward served on a committee to set the line of separation between Freeport and Pownal.

Lived with the Brewster family after his mother died January, 1643. Had three sons and a daughter.

Old state of Maine family, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine. He followed farming for many years in Freeman and Kingfield, Maine, and died at Freeman.

Joseph served in the Continental Army for the town of Falmouth in the Rev. War. [MS&S 15:648]