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- Thomas was the first white child born in Lynn,MA. His father, who
bore the same name of Thomas was one of the earliest settlers, and
lived on the east side of Federal street, a few rods south of the mill
brook, owning all the land, on that side, between the Turnpike and
Marion street(1883). He was a man of integrity, and one in whose
judgement much reliance was placed. And he seems to have had a very
fair education. In the March Term of 1663 he was tried before the
Quarterly Count on an action of Battery for striking the wife of
William Longley, when the following deposition was taken: "The
testimony of Elizabeth Newhall ye wife of John Senier and Mary Haven
whoe sayth ye Thomas Newhall Junier was desired for to howld a poole
for to rone a line between Will Longley and John Newhall: ye sayd
Thomas Newhall stode one ye land of John Newhalls: then came ye two
dafters of ye sayd Longley: namely Mary Longley and Anna Longley and
threwe stones at ye sayd Thomas Newhall; afterward ye sayd Anna toke
up a peace of a pulle and
stroke ye sayd Newhall severall blows with it. And presently after ye
wife of ye sayd Longley came with a broad axe in hir hand and and came
to ye sayd Newhall and violently stroke at ye sayd Newhall with ye
axe, but ye sayd Newhall slipped aside and so ye axe missed him: or
wish wee cannot but thinke but yt hee had bine much wounded if not
killed: then presently after ye wife of Will Longley layd howld upone
ye poole with hir two dafters to pull ye poole away from ye sayd
Newhall: but ye sayd Newhall pulled ye poole from ym. Testimony of
Mary Longley - she with mother and sister Anna was striving to get a
poole from Thomas Newhall Junior that he was holding up as I conceived
to runne a line, he having hold on one end we on the other and the
said Newhall being on one side of our orchard fence and wee three on
the other side of the said fence within our orchard; wee had almost
pulled the poole out of his hands but his brother John came a helped
him and pulled it from us, and after the said Newhall had got the
poole againe he strucke my mother severall blows with the poole so
that one of her hands was black and blue severall days after." Estate
property assessed value 700 pounds furniture - inter alia, long
table, two forms, cupboard, cupboard cloth and cushion and glass case,
table, six joined stools, carpet, joined chair and cushion. 5 guns for
fowling and training 4 pounds 2 swords 20s. books 12s. mare, 2 horses,
38sheep, 14 lambs, colt, 4 oxen, 6 cows, many calves, swine. Real
estate - dwelling house, mault house and mault mill and house over it
with all appertenances belonging to the mault house. 6 acres adjoining
dwelling house, orchard and barn 170 pounds 18 acres adjoining house
of John Newhall, Blood's neck marsh (7 1/4 acres), 3 acres of marsh at
Burch Islands; 3 acres at E side of Great Island in Rumney Marsh, 6
1/2 acres in Batties lot, 2 acres in Ramsdell's neck 1 1/2 acre in
Town Marsh, 7 acres at Fox Hill, 30 acres in Reading, two 10 acre
lots, 30 acres possessed by Nathl Newhall.
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1630 - 1687 (~ 56 years)
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