2062–2063. Thomas Lord was born in Towcester, Northampton, England, about 1585, and died in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 17, 1678. Dorothy Bird was born in Towcester on Saturday, May 25, 1588, and died in Hartford on August 2, 1676. They were both buried in Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut. They were married in Towcester on Saturday, February 23, 1610/1. She took the name Dorothy Lord. Their marriage license was recorded three days before their wedding. Their marriage license was recorded three days before their wedding. He is the son of Richard and Joane (_____) Lord. She is the daughter of Robert and Amy (_____) Bird. They had eight children:
| i. | Richard Lord was baptized in Towcester and died in New Haven Colony on May 17, 1662. Per Ron Stanton, March 2002 (e-mail address invalid as of Oct. 2002): He arrived in America at age 24, before his father. He was a merchant and ship owner. He was Capt. of the first troop of military horsemen in the colony. | |
| ii. | Anne Lord [#1031]: She was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on September 18, 1614, and died in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, in 1688. | |
| iii. | Thomas Lord was baptized in Towcester on November 15, 1616. | |
| iv. | William Lord was baptized in Towcester on December 27, 1618. | |
| v. | Robert Lord was baptized in Towcester on May 12, 1620. | |
| vi. | John Lord was baptized in Towcester on January 21, 1623/4. | |
| vii. | Amy Lord was baptized in Towcester on November 30, 1626. She married John Gilbert, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bennett) Gilbert, the original Gilbert immigrant family. Note: From the passenger list, her birth year should be 1628-29. | |
| viii. |
Dorothy Lord was baptized
in England
on July 1, 1629.
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From Notes on the Founding of New England, pages 328–329:
Thomas Lord (son of Richard), born about 1585, lived at Towchester from 1610 to at least as late as 1629. In the spring of 1635 he came over to New England and soon settled in Hartford, Conn., where he died.
He married at Towshcester, 23 Feb. 1610/11, Dorothy Bird, born about 1589, daughter of Robert and Amy ______ Bird; she came to New England with her husband and childred (except the eldest) in 1635, and died in Hartford, 2 Aug. 1676.
[A list of their eight children and their baptism dates is given, too.]
On 29 April, 1635, the following party was added to the passenger list of the Elizabeth and Ann. It appears to be the entire Lord family plus a few others. There was another family added at the same time as a separate party. The entry was preceded by the following.
From Our Early Emigrant Ancestors ...
THEIS underwritten names are to be transported to New England, imbarqued in the ELIZABETH and ANN, ROGER COOPR. Mr., the pties brought certificates from the Minister of the parish and Justices of the Peace, of their conformation to the orders and discipline of the Church of England, and that they are no subsidy men.
RICHARD GOARD 17 THO. POND 21 THO. LORD, a smith 50 ROBERT LORD 9 Uxor DOROTHY 46 AYMIE LORD 6 THOMAS LORD 16 DOROTHY LORD 4 ANN LORD 14 JOSIAS COBBET 21 WM. LORD 12 JOHN HOLLOWAY 21 JOHN LORD 10 JANE BENNET 16 JAMES COBBETT 23 WILLIAM READ 22 JOSEPH FABERR 26 WILLIAM SAMOND 19
Note that at least three other ancestors in this genealogy were on that ship: Caleb Carr, #584; Henry Jackson, #1084; and John Whitney, #6592.
Per
Amma C. Crum, all of the children's baptisms were recorded in the
Towcester Registers as children of Thomas Lorde and Dorothie his wife except
the first three which were given as son (or daughter) of Thomas Lorde.