Thomas Pope^[1]

1610 - 1683  (72 years)

• Name	Thomas Pope
  Birth	27 Sep 1610	Plympton, Plymouth, England
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1632	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Death	4 Aug 1683	Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I8453	Master
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John Pope,   b. 1580, London, London, England d. 1 Jun 1649, London, London, England (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Marcy Halsnoth,   b. 1580, Colchester, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Fallowell,   b. 1611, Radford, Nottingham, England d. May 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1637	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Anne Pope,   b. 1 Dec 1638, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 1735, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Jenney,   b. 19 Jul 1623, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Mar 1710, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1646	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Seth Pope,   b. 13 Jan 1648, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Mar 1727, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)   2. Susanna Pope,   b. 14 Jun 1649, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Sep 1675, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 26 years)   3. John Pope,   b. 15 Mar 1653, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Jul 1675, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 22 years)   4. Joanna Pope,   b. 14 Aug 1656, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Dec 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol, Mississippi, USA (Age 39 years) + 5. Sarah Jenney Pope,   b. 14 Feb 1658, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Jul 1727, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 69 years)   6. Isaac Pope,   b. 3 Oct 1662, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Sep 1737, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)   7. Jacob Pope,   b. 1665, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. , , Massachusetts, USA   8. Patience Pope,   b. 1675, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 28 Jan 1637 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 29 May 1646 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 4 Aug 1683 - Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Thomas Pope was born in England, perhaps in Dorset, but his origins are unknown. He probably sailed for America in 1632, however the ship on which he sailed has not been identified. Some contend that Thomas was probably with other settlers from Dorset aboard the 'Mary and John', which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, 1629/30 and arrived in Nantasket (now Hull) May 30, 1630,[1] however there is no direct evidence that he sailed on the 'Mary and John.' Thomas's biographer and descendant, Franklin Leonard Pope says: "Of the life of Thomas Pope little is known beyond the brief entries which appear in the records of the town and colony of Plymouth, but these are sufficient to show that he was a man of positive character, and of some consideration in the community. His promptness in resenting a real or fancied injury, and his independent expressions of personal opinion, more than once caused him to be arraigned before the magistrates of New Plymouth, and no doubt ultimately led to his removal to Dartmouth, where he passed the last ten years of his life."[2] Thomas married twice and had eight children. First, he married Ann Fallowell on July 28, 1637, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had one child, Hannah Bartlett, born about 1639. She married Joseph Bartlett by 1663 and had eight children. She died on March 12, 1710. Bartlett died on February 18, 1711/2, in Plymouth.[3][4][5][6] Second, Thomas married Sarah Jenney, daughter of John Jenney and Sarah Carey, on May 19, 1646. They had seven children: Susannah Mitchell, Seth Pope, Thomas Pope, John Pope, Sarah Hinckley Huckins, Joanna Hathaway and Isaac Pope.[7] At different times in his life he lived in Mattapan (Dorchester), Plymouth and Dartmouth. He was educated enough to sign his deeds, however the inventory of his estate does not show any books or other indication of intellectual activities. He worked as a cooper. Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels bound together with hoops and having flat ends. Examples include casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns and hogsheads. 'Thomas Pope was an able man of decided opinions, of independent positive character, and of considerable importance in the colony. He received a grant of land, served in the colonial army, was surveyor, constable, and served on the jury."[8] He did get himself into numerous legal problems because of his temper, and that may be the reason he left Plymouth in 1673, when he moved with his family to Dartmouth. Legend has it that he landed on the shores of the Acushnet river, and apparently by direct purchase from the Wampanoag Indians, the tribe of King Philip, obtained the land which became the Pope homestead in what is now Fairhaven, Massachusetts. This legend is probably apocryphal as the area of his property had already be divided into lots in 1652. His mother-in-law, Sarah Jenney, members of her family, lived nearby.[9] A fort was built in Dartmouth on the east side of Acushnet river for protection against Indians. In July 1675, Thomas's son John and his daughter Susannah were killed in an attack by King Philip's warriors because they were unable to make it to the fort before the attack. Susannah's children had been sent to the fort the day before. The Dartmouth Settlement was soon abandoned due the settlers' inability to defend it. After about three years, Dartmouth was again settled. It is unknown where Thomas spent this interim. When the village was resettled, all the former inhabitants, who had deserted the settlement in 1675, were prohibited from occupying the village until sufficient protection had been established. (Register, XV. 266) On 13 July 1677, Popanooie was found to be guilty of great cruelty and outrage toward the Dartmouth settlers, and particularly in participating in the murder of several of the children of Thomas Pope, late of Dartmouth, and others. His wife and children being found partners with him in the rebellion, the whole family was sentenced to perpetual servitude and were sent out of the colony. Source: Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-169, Part One: Chronological Histories, Chapter 6: King Philip's War (1675-1676) Thomas owned two slaves who had been taken captive during King Philip's War. Ultimately, the colonists were not allowed to keep slaves, but it is unknown what Pope did with his slaves. He died in 1683 in Dartmouth. The precise date is not known, but it was between July 9, 1683, the date of the will and August 4, 1693, the date the inventory was taken. His wife Sarah (Jenney) Pope apparently died before he did, as she is not mentioned in his Will. Thomas left his homestead to his youngest son Isaac. "Before the Acushnet cemetery was laid out, which was during the reign of Queen Anne, about 1711, an acre of the Taber farm, half a mile or more north of the bridge, on a point of land projecting into the river, had been set apart for a burial ground, and it is there that Thomas Pope was probably buried."[10] Time Line 1632 - was of Plymouth in 1632 January 2, 1632 and January 2 1633-4 - was taxed 9 shillings August 1634 - on a list entitled, "The names of all the males that are able to beare armes from XVI years old to 60 years with in the severall Toune Shipps." October 6, 1636 - granted five acres "at the fishing point next Slowly Field" [PCR 1 :45]; on 7 November 1636 it was discovered that the place designated for this grant did not quite allow the full five acres [PCR 1:46]. On 2 November 1640 granted five acres "in the South Meddows towards Aggawam, Colebrook Meddowes" [PCR 1 :166]. June 7, 1637 - listed among those who volunteered to go under "Mr. Prence" on an expedition against the Pequots. (Though great preparations were made, the expedition did not leave Plymouth.) From 1637 TO 1643, Pequot War, Thomas Pope was a Member of Volunteer Company under William Holmes and Thomas Palmer during the Pequot War in 1643 July 28, 1637 - married to his first wife Ann, daughter of Gabriel Fallowell, by Govenor Winslow. August 28, 1640 - sold his property at the fishing point to John Bonham, [PCR 12:61] perhaps on account of the death of his wife, the precise date of which is unknown. November 2, 1640 - granted "5 acres of meadowing in South Meadows toward Gavans Colebrook meadows". June 4, 1645 - chosen Constable August 1645 - on a jury May 29, 1646 - married at Plymouth, Sarah, daughter of John Jenney. July 7, 1646 - on a jury July of 1648 and again June 6 1651 - chosen surveyor of highways October 1652 - Thomas Pope of New Plymouth, cooper, acquitted George Bonum of all debts owed to Pope [MD 1:132 33, citing PCLR 2:1: 13]. 'July 26, 1652 and in 1656 - "on an Enquest"[C. O., III : 77] May 17, 1658 - Thomas Pope of New Plymouth, cooper, sold to Joseph Warren a parcel of marsh meadow at Eel River [MD 12:213 14, citing PCLR 2:1:212]. June 1/11, 1658 - At the General Court, Lieut. Southworth, John Dunham, Sr., Robert Finney, John Barnes and Thomas Pope were appointed to determine the range between the lands on which Nathaniel Warren and Robert Bartlett lived. [C. O., III: 137] March 24, 1661 - Thomas Pope of Plymouth, cooper, sold to Robert Ransome "all the right, title and interest he hath in his land at Lakenham ... both upland and meadow" in exchange for "twenty five acres of upland which Iyeth with a parcel of upland belonging to Jonathan Pratt Iying and being at a place called Acushenah with two acres of meadow which is yet unlaid out at Acushenah aforesaid" [MD 17:42, citing PCLR 2:2:86]. 1668 - recorded as having taken the freeman's oath 1673 - made an effort to remove to Punckateesett, on Seconnet River, later Little Compton, Rhode Island, but that plan was abandoned 1673 - removed to Dartmouth. July 5, 1677 - Thomas Pope of Dartmouth, cooper, made a deed of gift to "Seth Pope my eldest son" of "all that my one half share or portion" at Saconett [PCLR 4:140]. October 31, 1680 - Thomas Pope of Dartmouth, cooper, sold to Charles Stockbridge of Scituate, cooper, "all that my one fourth or quarter part of a grist or corn mill" in the town of Plymouth, along with one fourth of the implements and the three acres of land associated with the mill, and also "one small piece of land containing twenty six rods" [PCLR 5:187]. November 2, 1680 "Thomas Pope Senior and Seth Pope both of the town of Dartmouth" sold to David Lake their share in the grant of land at Saconnet, divided and undivided, the divided part amounting to one hundred acres [PCLR 5:78]. July 9, 1683 - made Will August 4, 1683 - Inventory taken Legal Problems June 1st 1647 An action for slander was brought against him. Confessed, authors, and defendants were brought in equally guilty, and damages were paid. June, 1655 Robert Bartlett, "wine cooper," on 30 Janry/ 9 Febry 1653/4, bought of Samuel Hicks eleven acres of land on the south side of the town, lying on the bay, but was not to take possession until 15/25 Oct. 1654. [Col. Deeds, II: I: 97] 5/15 June, 1655 Bartlett he brought suit against Thomas Pope for killing a sow, and recovered eighteen shillings. [J. A., 62] August 1659 John Howland, Francis Cooke and John Dunham, Sr., were directed by the Court to settle a controversy between Thomas Pope and William Shurtleff concerning bounds of lands at Strawberry Hill, Plymouth, and on 15/25 Sept. they performed their duty. [Col. Deeds, II: II: 28] December 1663 Thomas Pope and Gyles Rickard, Senirt "were arrested for breaking the King's peace by striking each other, and were fined each three shillings and four pence;" and "said Pope, his stricking of said Rickards wife, and for turbulent carriages, in word and deed, the Court have centenanced him to find sureties for his good behavior." February 7 1664 and May 2 1665 Quarrelling with one John Barnes about a boundary. June 7 1670 Again chastised by the authorities, and "fined 10 shillings for vilifying the ministry." Will Will dated July 9, 1683 Letters of Administration Issued on November 2, 1683 Named in Will: Son Seth, grandson Thomas, Pope, Thomas's father, Jacob Mitchell, daughter Deborah Pope, my other daughters, son Isaak, "Indian gurle" Overseers: son Seth, John Cooke, John Tabor Witnesses: John Cooke, John Tabor The Will of Thomas Pope July the 9th, 1683. The last will and testament of Thomas Pope, being aged and weak of body but yet in perfect understanding and memory wherin I have of my estate as followith: I give unto my son Seth as an addition to what I have formerly given him ten shillings in money also I give unto my grandson Thomas Pope all that my twenty-five acres of upland and two acres of meadow lying and being on the west side of Acushenett River be it more or less, and it is my desire that his father may take the said land into his hands and make the best improvement of it that he can for the good of my said grandson until he comes of age to make use of it himself; also it is my mind that my son Seth shall in consideration of the aforsaid land pay three pounds sterling unto my grandson Jacob Mitchell when he comes to age of twenty one years. Also I give unto my daughter Deborah Pope five pound in money, and to each of my other daughters five pound a peace in money; also my meddow lying at the south Meddowes in Plymouth or the value of it, I give to be equally divided amongst all my sons and daughters; also I give and bequeth unto my son Isack all my seate of land where I now dwell with all the meddowes belonging therunto and all the privilages therunto belonging. To him his heirs and assigns forever, but and if it should please God that he should decease without an heir before he comes to the age of twenty and one years, then my said seat of land shall belong unto the sons of my son Seth. Also I give unto my son Isaack all my housing and household goods of all sorts, also all my cattle and horse kine and swine; Also all sorts of provisions, also cart and plowes with all the takeling belonging unto them. Also I give unto my said son Isaack all my money except that which I have given to my daughters, and I order my said son Isaack to pay all my just debts and to receive all my debts that are due unto me also I order my Indian Lydia to live with my son Isaack until he is twenty years of age, and my Indian gerle I give to him during his life, also it is my mind and will that my son Isaack shall make no bargain without the consent of his overseers until he be twenty years of age, I have made choice of John Cooke, and my son Seth and Thomas Taber to be for overseers to see this my will performed. Signed and sealed in prsence Thomas Pope his marke of John Cooke and Thomas Tabor; [Plym. Col. Wills, 4:2: 50] Isaac and Seth Pope took out letters of administration on the estate November 2 1683, and the inventory was taken on August 4, 1683, which Thomas died between July 9 and August4, 1683. "The homestead farm conveyed by the above will to Isaac Pope, contained 172 acres, and comprised the larger portion of the thickly-settled portion of the present town of Fairhaven. Its north line was a little south of the south line of the street leading east from the bridge." [11] Inventory Agust The 4th: 1683 A true Inventory of the Lands goods and Chattle of Thomas Pope of the Towne of Dartmouth Late Deceased; Impr: the housing and the seate of Land belonging therunto 100 00 00 Item 25 acrees of upland and 2 acrees of meadow lying on the west side of Cushenett River 10 00 00 Item 7 acrees of upland and 7 acrees of Meddow att Plymouth 20 00 0 Item 2 oxen and 2 steers 10 00 00 Item 5 Cowes and halfe a yeerling 11 10 00 Item 4 Calves 02 00 00 Item 1 horse and 1 mare 06 00 00 Item his swine 05 00 00 Item Cart & plow Tackling 03 00 00 Item for tooles of all sorts 02 00 00 Item 2 Guns 02 10 0 Item 3 beads and the beding belonging to them 20 00 0 Item potts and nettles & puter 05 0 0 Item wearing Clothes 05 00 0 Item Chests and other houshold Lumber 05 00 0 Item Cotten ucole & sheeps wool and yearne 05 00 0 Item Corn and other provision 27 00 0 Item this yeares Crope of Corn 10 00 0 Item in Mony 32 00 0 Item an Indian Gerle 10 00 0 Item Debts Due unto him 01 00 0 sume 274 00 0 Taken by us the Day & yeer above written Thomas Tabor Arther Hathawey Order Regarding Dartmouth "The following order of Court relating to the resettlement of Dartmough explains itself: "To John Cooke, to be communicated to such of the former Inhabitants of Dartmouth as are concerned herein. "The councell being now assembled, considering the reason and necessitie of that order of the Generall Court made the 14th October, 1675, respecting the rebuilding or resettleing the Towne of Dartmouth, a copy wheof is herewith sent, and considering withall that all the people of that place, by theire deserting it, have left it to the posession of the enimie, which, throught he good hand of God on the indeavors of this colonie is now recovered againe out of the enimies hand, do soe much the more look at it as a duty incombent on this councel to see the said order effectually attended, doe therfore hereby prohibite all and every of the former inhabitants of the said towne of Dartmouth, or theire or any of theire assigns, to make any entrance on, building, or settleing in any pte of the said former townshipp of Dartmouth untill satisfactory eccuritie be first given to the Court or councel by some of the principal psons heretofore belonging to that place, that the said Court order shall in all respects be attened by them, as the transgressors of the prohibition will answare the contrary att theire pill." [12] Genealogy of the life of THomas Pope ID: I09442 Name: Thomas Pope Sex: M Birth: ABT 1612 in England 1 Death: OCT 1683 in Dartmouth, Bristol, co., MA 2 Reference Number: 9442 Note: GENEALOGY OF THOMAS POPE, OF PLYMOUTH. BY FRANKLIN LEONARD POPE, ELIZABETH, N. J. Prepared for and Published in "The New England Historical and GenealogialRegister,"January, 1888. Reprinted here by the kind permission of the Author and the.Editors of the Magazine Of the life of Thomas Pope little is known beyond the brief entries which appear in the records of the town and colony of Plymouth, but these are sufficient to show that he was a man of positive character, and of some consideration in the community. His promptness in resenting a real or fancied injury, and his independent expressions of personal opinion, more than once caused him to be arraigned before the magistrates of New Plymouth, and no doubt ultimately led to his removal to Dartmouth, where he passed the last ten years of his life. The records of the colony show that in the list of rates imposed by the Court, January 2, 1632-3, and again January 2, 1633-4, he was taxed 9s. October 6, 1636, he was granted five acres of land 11 at the fishing point next Slowly field, and said Thomas be allowed to build." June 7, 1637, we find his name among the list of persons who volunteered to go under "Mr. Prence" on an expedition against the Pequots. July 28, 1637, he was married by Gov. Winslow to Ann, daughter of Gabriel Fallowell. He sold his property at the fishing point to John Bonham, August 29, 1640, perhaps on account of the death of his wife, the precise date of which event is unknown. November 2, 1640, he was granted " 5 acres of meadowing in South Meadows toward Gavans Colebrook meadows." His name appears in a list, August, 1634, entitled, '"The names of all the males that are able to beare armes from XVI. years old to 6o years wth in the seuerall Toune Shipps." He was chosen constable June 4, 1645, and was on a jury August, 1645. In 1646 he is found in Yarmouth. May 29, 1646, he married at Plymouth, Sarah, daughter of John Jenney. In 1647, June 1, an action for slander was brought against him, confessed, authors and defendants were brought in equally guilty, and damages paid. He was chosen surveyor of highways July, 1658, and again June 6, 1651. In 1652, July 26, and in 1656, he is " on an Enquest." In 11 December, 1663, Thomas Pope and Gyles Rickard, Senior " were arrested 11 for breaking the King's peace by striking each other, and were fined each three shillings and four pence;" and "said Pope, his striking of said Rickards' wife, and for other turbulent carriages in word and deed, the Court have centenanced him to find sureties for his good behavior." But nevertheless his temper soon got the better of him again, for we find him, February 7, 1664, and also May 2, 1665, quarrelling with one John Barnes about that fruitful subject of dispute, a boundary. He is recorded as having taken the freeman's oath in 1668. In 1670, June 7, he was again overhauled by the authorities, and as the record says, "fined 10 shillings for vilifying the ministry." Although be was now over 6o years old, these troubles doubtless influenced him in the determination to seek a new home, and accordingly we find him with others, petitioning the Court in 1673 for a grant of land at Saconnett (now Little Compton, R. 1.). For some reason not ascertained, this project was unsuccessful, for it appears in the record that he is "Granted leave since he and others cannot secure Saconnett neck according to the grant, to look out some other place, undisposed of, for their accommodation." Acting upon this permission, he secured a large tract on the east side of the Acushnet river at Dartmouth, tradition says by direct purchase from the Indians. This location, however, must have been included within the prior purchase made by Bradford, Standish and their associates, from the sachems Wesamequen and Wamsutta, on November 29, 1652, which had been, by order of the Court in June, 1664, erected into a separate township) to "be henceforth called and known by the name of Dartmouth." At a meeting of the proprietors of this purchase, held in Plymouth March 7, 1652, the township was divided into thirty-four equal shares, and hence it seems likely that Thomas Pope may have acquired one of the shares. A list made in 1652 shows that his mother-in-law, "Mistris Jenney," was one of the Dartmouth proprietors, and two of her sons, Samuel and John Jenney, were among the early settlers of D. in the imniediate vicinity of the Popes. Another original proprietor of Dartmouth was Robert Bartlett, whose son Joseph married, about 1662, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Pope by his first wife. The date of the removal of 'Thomas Pope to Dartmouth has not been ascertained, but it must have been about 1674. The settlement at Dartmouth was a scattered one, and for better security and defence against the Indians, who had already begun to evince a hostile disposition, a fort or garrison house was built on the east side of Acushnet River, about half a mile north of the village of Oxford, the remains of which were visable until a recent date, on the lands of John M. Howland. In the early part of July, 1675, his son John, a young man of 22, his daughter Susannah and her husband Ensign Jacob Mitchell, were killed by a party of Philip's Indians, "early in the morning as they were fleeing on horseback to the garrison, whither the Mitchell children had been sent the afternoon before" (Register, XV. 266). This occurrence took place near the "frog pond" on the south side of Spring Street, between William and Walnut, Fairhaven. The settlement at Dartmouth being isolated, scattered, and difficult of defence, was shourtly abandoned, and the deserted plantations were quickly laid aste and the buildings burned by the savages. No attempt appears to have been made for some three years to reoccupy the ruined settlement. Where Thomas Pope and his family found an asylum during this time, has not been ascertained. Isaac and Seth Pope took out letters of administration on the estate November 2, 1683; which approximately fixes the date of the death of Thomas. They gave bonds in 400 pounds. The homestead farm conveyed by the above will to Isaac Pope, contained 172 acres, and comprised the larger portion of the thickly settled portion of the present town of Fairhaven. Its north line was a little south of the south line of the street leading east from the bridge. Before the Acushnet cemetery was laid out, which was during the reign of Queen Anne, about 1711, an acre of the Taber farm, half a mile or more north of the bridge, on a point of land projecting into the river, had been set apart for a burial ground, and it is there that Thomas Pope was probably buried. Source: Genealogy of Thomas Pope, of Plymouth, MA. by Franklin L. Pope, Elizabeth NJ929.2 P825 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________ On 13 July 1677 Popanooie was found to be guilty of great cruelty and outrage toward the Dartmouth settlers, and particularly in participating in the murder of several of the children of Thomas Pope, late of Dartmouth, and others. His wife and children being found partners with him in the rebellion, the whole family was sentenced to perpetual servitude and were sent out of the colony. Source: Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-169, Part One: Chronological Histories, Chapter 6: King Philip's War (1675-1676) _________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ THOMAS POPE ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1632 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Dartmouth by about 1670 OCCUPATION: Cooper. FREEMAN: In 1638 list of those of Plymouth who took the oath of fidelity [PCR 8:181]. EDUCATION: Signed his deeds, but made his mark to his will. OFFICES: Plymouth constable, 4 June 1645 [PCR 2:83]. Surveyor of highways, 5 June 1651, 7 June 1652 [PCR 2:168, 3:9]. Volunteered to serve in Pequot War, 7 June 1637 [PCR 1:61]. In Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:188]. BIRTH: By about 1612 based on date of first marriage. (According to Savage, "In 1675, he was 67 yrs. old" [Savage 3:459], but no source is cited.) DEATH: Dartmouth between 9 July 1683 (date of will) and 4 August 1683 (date of inventory). COMMENTS: Savage claims that daughter "Susanna ... being called in 1663 eldest daughter of said Pope by wife Sarah requires us to believe that another daughter followed." However, the use in the seventeenth century of what we would now call the superlative did not require that more than one daughter was intended; this is seen frequently in probate documents of the period, in which a son is called eldest when he is also the only son. Pope includes "Son Isaac, not yet 2 years old," the age being apparently a simple typographical error for "21." At court on 6 October 1659 Thomas Lettice sued Thomas Pope for abusive carriages [PCR 3:173]. On 5 October 1663 he and Gyles Rickard Sr. were presented for striking each other [PCR 4:48]. On 7 June 1670 Thomas Pope was fined for vilifying the ministry [PCR 5:39]. SOURCE: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Father: John Pope b: 1580 in England Mother: Halsnoth b: ABT 1580 in Of Colchester, Essex, England Marriage 1 Ann Fallowell b: 1611 in England Married: 28 JUL 1637 in Plymouth , Plymouth co. , MA 3 Children Hannah Pope b: ABT 1639 in Plymouth , Plymouth, MA Marriage 2 Sarah Jenney b: BEF 1620 in Leyden, Holland Married: 29 MAY 1646 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. 4 Children Isaac Pope b: AFT 1663 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA Seth Pope b: 13 JAN 1648/49 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA Susanna Pope b: ABT 1647 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA Thomas Pope b: 25 MAR 1651 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA Sarah Pope b: 14 FEB 1651/52 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA John Pope b: 15 MAR 1652/53 in Plymouth , Plymouth co., MA Joanna Pope b: 1658 Sources: Title: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 Genealogy of Thomas Pope, of Plymouth, MA. by Franklin L. Pope, Elizabeth NJ929.2 P825 Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, MA & his descendants Thomas Spooner, 1883 & Plymouth Colony Vital Records Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, MA & his descendants Thomas Spooner, 1883Plymouth, MA Vital Records _____ THOMAS POPE'S WILL(MD) Plym. Col. Wills, 4:2: 50 July the 9th 1683 The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Pope being aged and weake of body But yett in prfect understanding and Memory wherin I have of my estate as followeth; I Give unto my son Seth as an edition to what I have formerly given him ten shillings in Mony alsoe I give unto my Grand son Thomas Pope all that my twenty five acrees of upland and two acrees of Meddow Lying and being on the west syde of Acushenett River be it more or lesse; and it is my Desire that his father may take the said Land into his hands, and make the best Improvement of it that hee can for the good of my said Grand son untill hee comes of age to Make use of it himselfe; alsoe it is my mind that my son Seth shall in consideration of the aforsaid Land pay three pound sterling unto my Grand son Jacob michell when hee Comes to age of twenty one yeers alsoe I give unto my Daughter Deborah Pope five pound in Mony and to each of my other Daugters five pound apeece in Mony alsoe my meadow Lying att the south Meddowes in Plymouth or the vallue of it —I give to be equally Devided amongst all My sones and Daughters; alsoe I give and bequeath unto my son Isacke all my seate of Land where I now Dwell with all the Meddowes belonging therunto and all the privilidges therunto belonging To him his heires and assignes for ever; But an if it should please God that hee should Decease without an heire before hee comes to the age of twenty and one yeeres then my said seat of Lands shall belonge unto the sons of my son Seth, alsoe I give unto my son Isacke all my houseing and houshold Goods of all sorts alsoe all my Cattle, and horse kind and swine; alsoe all sorts of Provisions alsoe Cart and plowes with all the takeling belonging unto them alsoc I Give unto my son Isacke all my mony except that which I have Given to my Daughters and I order my said son Isacke to pay all my Just Debts and to receive all my Debts that are Due unto mee alsoe I order my Indian Lydia to live with my son Isacke untell hee is one and twenty yeers of age and my Indian Gerle I give to him During his life alsoe it is my mind and will that my son Isacke shall make Noe bargaine without the Consent of his overseers; untill hee be twenty yeares of age, I have made Choise of John Cooke and my son Seth and Thomas Tabor to be for overseers, To see this My will prformed Signed and sealed in prsence Thomas Pope his marke of John Cooke and Thomas Tabor; THOMAS POPE'S INVENTORY[p. 5 1] Agust The 4th: 1683 A true Inventory of the Lands goods and Chattle of Thomas Pope of the Towne of Dartmouth Late Deceased; Impr: the housing and the seate of Land belonging therunto 100 00 00 Item 25 acrees of upland and 2 acrees of meadow lying on the west side of Cushenett River 10 00 00 Item 7 acrees of upland and 7 acrees of Meddow att Plymouth 20 00 0 Item 2 oxen and 2 steers 10 00 00 Item 5 Cowes and halfe a yeerling 11 10 00 Item 4 Calves 02 00 00 Item 1 horse and 1 mare 06 00 00 Item his swine 05 00 00 Item Cart & plow Tackling 03 00 00 Item for tooles of all sorts 02 00 00 Item 2 Guns 02 10 0 Item 3 beads and the beding belonging to them 20 00 0 Item potts and nettles & puter 05 0 0 Item wearing Clothes 05 00 0 Item Chests and other houshold Lumber 05 00 0 Item Cotten ucole & sheeps wool and yearne 05 00 0 Item Corn and other provision 27 00 0 Item this yeares Crope of Corn 10 00 0 Item in Mony 32 00 0 Item an Indian Gerle 10 00 0 Item Debts Due unto him 01 00 0 sume 274 00 0 Taken by us the Day & yeer above written Thomas Tabor Arther Hathawey [Court Orders, 6:2: 1] Know all men by these prsents that I Isacke Pope and Seth Pope both of Dartmouth in the Govrment of New Plymouth Planters Doe heerby acknowlidge our selves heerby to stand bound unto the Govr: and Court of Plymouth aforsaid in the penall some of four hundred pound for the payment wherof well and truely to be made wee bind ourselves our heires executors and adminnestrators Joyntly and and severall feirmly by these prsents; sealed and Given this second of November 1683The Condition of the above written obligation is such That wheras the above bounden Isacke Pope and Seth Pope hath obtained Letters of Adminnestration To adminnester on the estate of Thomas Pope of Dartmouth aforsaid late Deceased; if therfor the said the said Isack Pope and Seth Pope; Doe pay all such Debts and Legacyes or Cause them to be payed as are Due or owing unto any from the said Estate; and keep a faire accoumpt of theire said adminnestration; and be redy to Give in an accompt therof when by them required; and save and keep harmles the said Govr: and Court therof from any Damage that may accrew unto them by theire said adminnestration That then the above written obligation to be void and of Non effect or other to remayne in full force strength and vertue; On 2/12 Aug., 1659, John Howland, Francis Cooke and John Dunham, Sr., were directed by the Court to settle a controversy between Thomas Pope and William Shurtleff concerning bounds of lands at Strawberry Hill, Plymouth, and on 15/25 Sept. they performed their duty. [Col. Deeds, II: II: 28] Robert Bartlett, "wine cooper," on 30 Janry/ 9 Febry 1653/4, bought of Samuel Hicks eleven acres of land on the south side of the town, lying on the bay, but was not to take possession until 15/25 Oct. 1654. [Col. Deeds, II: I: 97] On 5/15 June, 1655, he brought suit against Thomas Pope for killing a sow, and recovered eighteen shillings. [J. A., 62] At the General Court held 1/11 June, 1658, Lieut. Southworth, John Dunham, Sr., Robert Finney, John Barnes and Thomas Pope were appointed to determine the range between the lands on which Nathaniel Warren and Robert Bartlett lived. [C. O., III: 137] http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/wills/thomas_pope.htm _____ Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas PopeRobert Charles Anderson Download pdf version Birth: Thomas Pope was born about 1612, based on the date of his first marriage. Death: He died between July 9, 1683, the date of his will, and August 4, 1683, the date of his inventory. Ship: Unknown, 1632 Life in England: Nothing is known of his life in England. Life in New England: Thomas Pope first lived in Plymouth, but moved to Dartmouth by about 1670. He first appeared in Plymouth records in the 1633 tax list. He was a cooper by occupation. He was chosen as Plymouth constable on June 4, 1645, and as a surveyor of highways in 1651 and 1652.Thomas Pope owned property in many locations in Plymouth Colony, including Plymouth, Accushnet, Dartmouth, and Saconett. Family: Thomas Pope married (1) Anne Fallowell on July 28, 1637, in Plymouth and had one daughter. He married (2) Sarah Jenny on May 29, 1646, and had seven children. Sarah died by July 9, 1683. Child of Thomas and Anne Pope: Hannah was born about 1639. She married Joseph Bartlett by 1663 and ha eight eight children. She died on March 12 , 1710. He died on February 18, 1711/2, in Plymouth. Children of Thomas and Sarah Pope; Susanna was born about 1647. She married Jacob Mitchell on November 7, 1666, in Plymouth and had three children.They were both killed in June 1675 during King Philip’s War. Seth was born on January 13, 1648/9, in Plymouth. He married (1) Deborah Perry by 1675 and had nine children. She died on February 10, 1710/11. He married (2) Rebecca _____. He died on March 17, 1726/7, in Dartmouth. She was buried in Dartmouth on January 25, 1741. Thomas was born on March 25, 1651, in Plymouth.There is no further record. John was born on March 15, 1652/3, in Plymouth. He died in July 1675. Sarah was born about 1656. She married (1) Samuel Hinckley on November 13, 1676, and had five children. She married (2) Thomas Huckins on August 17, 1698, in Barnstable and had one daughter. Joanna was born about 1658. She married John Hathaway on March 5, 1682, in Dartmouth. Isaac was born about 1664. He married Alice Freeman by 1687 and had seven children. She died about 1755. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/ articles_6731.asp ____ Pope Thomas POPE of Plymouth MA; born 1608 ENG; died 1683 Dartmouth MA; sailed on "Mary & John;" settled Dorchester MA 1630, at Dartmouth circa 1673 Spouse: (1) Ann Fallowell married 7/28/1637 Plymouth daughter of Gabriel [AMR] (2) Sarah JENNY married 5/19/1646 Plymouth [AMR] Children: Hannah born 1639 Plymouth married Joseph Bartlett; Seth born 1/13/1647-8; Susanna born circa 1649; Thomas born 3/25/1651; Sarah born 2/14/1652 married Samuel Hinckley & Thomas Huckins; John born 3/15/1652-3 died 7/1675; Joanna born c 1657 married John Hathaway; Isaac; Susanna POPE born circa 1649; died 7/1675 Dartmouth MA killed by Indians along with her husband & brother John, children were saved because they had been sent to the garrison the day before Spouse: Jacob Mitchell married 11/7/1666 E. Bridgewater Plymouth MA [American Marriage Records Before 1699} Children: Jacob born 1670 married Deliverance Kingman & Rebecca Cushman; Thomas Curry 1667/8; Mary; children raised by Uncle Edward Mitchell, all 3 married Kingman brother and sisters 1/1/1696 Reg. of Plymouth Families pg 208: Pope, Thomas, had Susanna m Jacob Mitchell; Seth 1647; Thomas 1651; John 1652 Vol VI pg 799: POPE, Thomas (1608-83) from Eng in the Mary & John; settled at Dorchester MA 1630; at Dartmouth ca 1674; m 1637 Ann dau Gabriel Fallowell m 2d 1646 Sarah dau John Jenney. Pioneers of MA pg 368: POPE, Thomas, cooper, Plymouth, taxed in 1632; house-lot granted in 1636; volunteer in the Pequot war in 1637; constable 1645; propr at Plymouth & Dartmouth. Gave receipt to Geo Bonum 10/30/1652. Rem to D. about 1674. He m 7/28/1637, Ann, dau of Gabriel Fallowell; he m 2d 5/29/1646, Sarah, dau of John Jenney. Ch Hannah b 1639 (m Joseph Bartlett), Seth b 1/13/1648; Susanna b 1649 (m Jacob Mitchell), Thomas b 3/25/1651, Sarah b 2/14/1652 (m 1 Samuel Hinckley 2 Thomas Huckins), John b 3/15/1653 d 7/1675; Joanna b c 1657 (m John Hathaway), Isaac. Will dated 7/9/1683; aged. Beq to son Seth & grandson Thomas; to gr son Jacob Mitchell, dau Deborah Pope & other daus; son Isaac, not yet 2 yrs old. Prob 11/2/1683. Gen Reg 1st Settlers of NE pg 348: POPE, THOMAS, Yarmouth 1646, and Plymouth, had sons, Seth, Thomas, and John, b in 1647, 1651, and 1652. http://www.oakbaydesigns.com/Maine/2pope.htm

  
  

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