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Timothy Thrall

Male 1641 - 1697  (55 years)


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  • Name Timothy Thrall 
    Birth 25 Jul 1641  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 308 
    Will 11 Dec 1678 
    The will of William Thrall (1605-1679) will was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370.

    "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth:

    First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease.

    Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice.

    Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings.

    It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land.

    For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him.

    I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor.

    Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers.

    Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge.

    William X Thrall. 
    Death Jun 1697  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • In the Windsor Church records of this period Timothy Thrall is grouped with the men who had a family, a horse and two yokes of oxen, so it would appear that he was a better businessman than his brother-in-law, John Hosford Hosford, however, is on two military lists. First on a list dated 11 March 1658 of 37 Windsor men in the first horse troops (30 horse) in the colony. Second, he was paid 6s 8d for fighting in King Philip's War.

      Both men protested the town vote to invite Mr. Chauncy to replace the aging Rev. Wareham as minister of the Windsor Church in 1662. When the 54 dissenting members were allowed to form their own church, the brothers-in-law went with them and became leaders of the Second Church. This new congregation were more Presbyterian than Congregational, and opposed to Chauncy's ideas. This sort of schism was occuring throughout all the New England colonies and therefore the Windsor dissenters, when they appealed to the Colonial Council, were less harshly treated than they might have been. In the end, after years of wrangling, which split the town, the two Windsor Churches reunited The first overtures were made by the Second Church, who sent John Hosford, Timothy Thrall and Jacob Gibbs to negotiate.

      Timothy Thrall was a land-owner. He had his own place, or did soon after his marriage in 1659. His father-in-law, Thomas Gunn, gave him the original Gunn homestead and lot, as well as Gunn's land on the other side of the River. Timothy moved to a new house and again he was a leader in the forming of a new Church. Timothy was, we assume, honest and able, as he was named as executor in several wills.

      Deborah Gunn is mentioned in Old Windsor records. Her father moved in 1665, to Westfield, Mass. and became active in the Westfield Parish, leaving all his Windsor property to his son-in-law.

      --------------------------------------- "Timothy was a prominent citizen, possessing considerable property and influence. His name often appears in the records of Windsor." Source Genealogy of Walter G Thrall 1862
    Person ID I331  US Thrall family
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2024 

    Father William Thrall,   b. 8 Aug 1605, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1679, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Goode,   b. 1609   d. 30 Jul 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 1638  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah Gunn,   b. 9 Aug 1642, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1694, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 10 Nov 1659  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Deborah Thrall,   b. 9 Aug 1660, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1715 (Age 54 years)
    +2. Captain Timothy Thrall,   b. 7 Dec 1662, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1723 (Age 60 years)
    +3. Mehetable Thrall,   b. 16 Mar 1665, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1723 (Age 58 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Thrall,   b. 1 May 1667, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1714 (Age 46 years)
     5. John Thrall,   b. 8 Jun 1669, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1676 (Age 6 years)
    +6. Sergeant John Thrall, I,   b. 5 Jun 1671, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1732 (Age 60 years)
    +7. Martha Thrall,   b. 31 May 1673, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Thomas Thrall,   b. 5 May 1675, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1675 (Age 0 years)
    +9. Thomas Thrall,   b. 10 Jul 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +10. Abigail Thrall,   b. 22 Feb 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1725, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +11. Samuel Thrall,   b. 22 Feb 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1709 (Age 27 years)
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2004 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Genealogy of Walter G Thrall, (http://www.thrale.com/genealogy_walter_g_thrall), 5 (Reliability: 3).