Thomas TOLMAN

                      Vital Records of Lynn, Essex, MA:
Vital Records of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA:
Cemetery Inscriptions of the Upham's Corner's Cemetery in Dorchester;

Thomas Tolman 1633-1718; He came to America with hhis parents in 1635. He served in King Phillips War of 1675 in the Infantry Troops, under Quartermaster Thomas Swift of Milton, 16 September 1675; Freeman 1678; He was a Wheelwright; His house stood about 11 feet from Ashmont Street, in Tolman Lane.
       In the Dorchester church records, p.184,185, his name appears with others "to be catechized in the town of Dorchester 1676, thomas Tolman." "13 May 1714, dismissed to Milton, the wife of thomas Tolman, Jr."
       I have a gravestone rubbing of his grave in the Upham's Corner's cemetery in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA., by L.Glen Tonge when he went to Boston, October 1996.

#145-Documentation by Loa Don Glade.
Husband: Thomas TOLMAN
Birth: MA, Plymouth, Bridgewater Vital Records p.317 Tolman, Thomas [dup. Jr] h. Elizabeth (Johnson) s. Thomas and Sarah, born ____1633 (in Dorchester)* [FHL f#164691)
   Note******: Thomas was born in England.  His parents did not emigrate to America until 1635 or 1636 at the earliest.  His age of 85 yrs. at the time of death coincides with the birth record. *Typewritten on a piece of paper pasted in the town book.
Marriage: Vital Records of Lynn, MA To The End of The Year 1849 Vol. 2 Marriages & Deaths, Pub. By Essex Institute in Salem, MA 1906, p.365 Talmun, Tho[mas] and Eliza[beth] Johnson 4:9m: 1664.  Ct. R. (Court Rec.) (FHL f#547549 Itm 2).
Death: Dorchester Deaths 1684 to 1744, p.181-1718 Sep. 12 Thomas Tolman Male White Dorchester age 85. (FHL f#0740996) Another record=Deaths of Bridgewater, MA p.565- Tolman, Thomas [dup Jr.] h. Elizabeth (Johnson), s. Thomas and Sarah Sep 12, 1718 [in Dorchester].* (FHL f#164692).
Wife: Elizabeth JOHNSON
Birth: 1638 (figured from age at death) "Here lies ye body of Elizabeth Tolman, widow of Thomas Tolman, aged 82 yrs, died Dec. 14th, 1720." (Dorchester Inscriptions - NEHGR Jan 1851)
Marriage: Vital Records of Lynn, MA to The End Of The Year 1849 Vol. 2 Marriages & Deaths. Pub. By Essex Institute in Salem, MA 1906, p.365-Talmun, Tho[mas] and Eliza[beth] Johnson 4:9m:1664. Ct. R. (Court Record) (Recorded again on p.209 under Johnson.) (FHL f3547544 Itm 2).
Death: See Birth.  Another record of her death is in the MA, Suffolk Co., Boston City Hall Registrars Office.  Dorchester Township Record Births, Marriages and Deaths 1631 - 1844 p.187- 1726 Dec. 15 Elizabeth Tolman female white married wife of Thomas. (FHL f#0740996).  Note: This record has been alphabetized and interpreted and is therefore subjected to errors.
Child 1 Thomas Tolman
Birth: Thomas's birth record has been overlooked by other genealogists in the past because of the spelling of his surname.  The record: Vital Records of Lynn, MA Births Vol 1 ?-1849. Pub. By Essex Institute, Salem, MA 1905.  Tolly, Thomas s. Tho[mas] 3:6 mo: 1665 Ct. R. (court record) (FHL f#039771).  However, this error is certainly comparable to the spelling of his father's surname (Talmun) in his parents marriage record.
Marriage: There is no marriage record of Thomas Tolman junr and his wife, Experience.  Nor is there a birth record of their first son, Thomas.  Therefore we have estimated the marriage of Thomas & Experience and the birth of the first son, Thomas, from the birth date of the second son, Nathaniel.  We have been able to do this because of two records.
1.  The first Church of Dorchester record p.206 is as follows:
                Thomas
                Nathaniel     {Thes: 3 ye sonns of Thomas Tolman
                Timothy         were baptised ye same Daye 12 August 94.) 2.  Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths To The End of 1825 p.35- Nathaniel Tolman s/o Thomas Tolman and Expearence his wife, b. 3 Jan 1691/2.  Also, p.132 Deaths 1724 Thomas Tolman, eldest son of Thomas Tolman and Experience Tolman d. 3 Feb. 1724/5. (FHL f#014748).
Death: Canton Records Births, Marriages and Deaths 1715-1845 p.37 Deaths - Mr. Thomas Tolman deceased November ye 6, 1738. (FHL bk#974.47 V2e).
Child 2 Daniel TOLMAN
Birth: There is no vital record of this child's existence.  However, Deacon Samuel Tolman, a great grandson of Thomas (3rd), wrote a history of this family the 20 of May 1830 and told of Daniel and the other four children.  The history was published in the Stoughton Sentinel the 16th of March 1836.  Daniel was born and died in Lynn and the proof of his existence disappeared when the Lynn records were burned.  (Arlene K. Tolman research).
Child 3 Mary TOLMAN
Birth: Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths To The End of 1825 p.12- Mary d/o Thomas Toleman b. 26 (9) 1671. (FHL f#014748).
Marriage: Milton Vital Records p.180-TOLMAN Mary Tolman of Dorchester and Ebenezer Craine of Milton married 13 Dec 1689.  (FHL bk#974.47/m4 V2m).
Death: Ibid. P.214-Deaths-CRANE Crane, Mary died 8 March 1749 age 90 yr. Ebenezer died 3 July 1725.
Child 4 Samuel TOLMAN
Birth: Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA Vital Records pp 74, 316.  Births p.316 Tolman, Samuel h. Experience (Clapp), s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Johnson), born June 11, 1676. (FHL f#164691).
Marriage: Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths To The End of 1825 p.104 Marriages- 1704 Samuel Tolman md Experience Clap 21 Nov 1704.   Second Marriage: p.113 Samuel Tolman md Patience Humfrey 13 Mar 1727/8. (FHL f3012748).
Death: Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA.  Deaths p.565- Tolman, Samuel h. Experience (Clapp), s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Johnson), May 18, 1738 in Dorchester.  Tolman, Experience (Clapp), w. Samuel, Apr. 9, 1726 (in Dorchester)* (FHL f3164692).
*Typewritten on piece of paper pasted in town book.
Other Marriages:
Marr:   13 MAR1727    Wife: Patience Humfry
Child 5 Daniel TOLMAN
Birth: Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to The End of 1825 p.16- Daniel s/o Thomas Tolman b. 1 May 1679. (FHL f3014748).
Marriage: Ibid.  Marriages p.105 Daniel Tolman and Sarah Humfrys 16 Apr. 1708. Death: Ibid.  Deaths p.255 Daniel Tolman d. 30 Apr 1761 age 82.
145-At Boston, Suffolk MA
                                             Thomas Tolman Will 1634-1718
        "Thomas Tolman Sr., now dwelling in the town of Dorchester, Wheelwright, in consideration of the love and affection that I bear to my dutiful and well beloved son, Thomas Tolman, living in the above town," deeds him land in the 10th lott and that which was my Honored father, Thomas Tolman, 107 acres."  Reserved privilege for his sons Samuel and Daniel to get rail timber.  Dated 5 Feb 1710/11.  Signed, sealed and delivered 24 Nov 1716, Signed by Thomas and Elizabeth Tolman. (Suffolk deeds, v.38, p.127).
       The last will and testament of Thomas Tolman, Sr., of Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk, in her Majesties Territories of New England, Wheelwright, made the first day of June anno domino 1711.  And I do hereby revoke all former wills whatsoever.  First I commit my soul unto God my maker, and to Jesus Christ my redeemer by whom I hope to be saved and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried by my two sons herein after named.  And as for my worldly estate which God had graciously lent me I dispose of them in manner and form as followist.  Imprints I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Tolman or to his heirs, 30 pounds to be paid him by his 2 brothers, Samuel and Daniel Tolman, within 3 years after my decease; Also I give unto him six score acres lying beyond Punkapog, being the 11th lott, as it is recorded in the town book, besides 35 pounds, which he has already received.  I give him a share in the outland that is undivided, that I have in Dorchester.  Also unto my son Thomas 7 children, 10 shillings apiece, excepting only Thomas, the eldest of them, to whom I give 20 shillings to be paid 3 years after myself and my wifes decease.  I give unto my son Samuel Tolman, my house, barn, and orchard and land thereto adjoining, that is bounded on the east, with a stone wall, on the north with the land of Samuel Jones, southerly with widow Trotted's land, on the west and northwest with the land of Isaac Royals.  I give unto him also, 9 acres of land lying in a place called the first division, which land was formerly Captain Forastero, bounded easterly with widow Trotted's land, westerly with land of Major Robert Spur's, northerly with land of James Trotted's and southerly with land that was Nathaniel Wiots.  Also I give unto him, half that piece of pasture land lying adjoining to the stone wall on the east of my home lot, already mentioned, on the east bounded with his brother Daniels house, northerly with Samuel Jones land, southerly with widow Trotted's land.  I give unto him 4 acres of land, lying in a place called the Great Lots, which lot was formerly Burches, bounded easterly with Thomas Pearce's land, westerly by his brother Daniel's orchard, on the north with John Tolman's land, on the south with a fence that stands against his brother Daniel's land.  I give unto my son Daniel Tolman, the other half of the pasture land which belongs to and lyeth with the same that I have given his brother Samuel, bounded with the above said stone wall, on the north, which wall is the bounds between the aforesaid Samuel Jone's land and my 2 sons, Samuel and Daniel, and also the aforesaid widow Trotted's land on the south, and on the east with the house and land that I have given to my son Daniel, which pasture land, Samuel and Daniel, shall have between them.  I give also unto my son Daniel, the land lying on the east side of his dwelling house, being bounded on the east with the town highway, on the south and part of the north with the land of Thomas Pierce and partly on the north with the land mentioned above that I have given to my son Samuel, and on the west partly with the widow Trotted's land.  I give unto my son Daniel, also, the orchard that was my father Tolman's, lying partly on the west side of said land, adjoining to an orchard also on the north and east, on the west with the house, barn, and land which I have given to him already, in a deed of gift, as aforesaid.  I give also unto my 2 sons, Samuel and Daniel, 10 acres of upland lying near a Salt Creek and a Neck called Pine Neck and also adjoining to a piece of Salt Meadow on the east belonging to Edward Forster and Isaac Humphrey's Meadow, on the north, northeast, and westerly against the upland of John Pearce, on the south with Samuel Jone's meadow, my son Daniel's meadow, and Daniel Allen's meadow.  I give unto Samuel and Daniel, 4 acres of Salt Meadow, be it more or less, lying in the town of Milton, which meadow I bought of Anthony Culiver, bounded westerly and southerly with a Salt Creek, on the north and east with the meado
       w that is partly my son Samuel's and partly Josiah Puffers, or that was formerly Crain's meadow.  I give unto Samuel and Daniel 4 acres of Salt Meadow in Dorchester, adjoining to John Minot's land, or to a fence that now stands in the south part of it and Isaac Howe's meadow, on the west and Daniel Allen's meadow on the same.  The 10 acres of upland above mentioned, that I have given them already and the meadow that was Mr. Stoughton's on the east, also unto my 2 sons, Samuel and Daniel, a share with their brother Thomas, in all the undivided land I have in or belonging to the township of Dorchester.  Unto my daughter Mary Crane's children; first I give unto her eldest son, 20 shillings; and to the rest of her children 10 shillings apiece, which shall be paid them by my sons, Samuel and Daniel, 3 years after mine and my wifes decease, each of them paying 2 pounds 10 shillings apiece in money or country pay.  I give unto my daughter Mary Crane, 10 pounds, besides the 50 pounds she has already received, which 10 pounds shall be paid within 2 years after my decease, paying 5 pounds a year.  I give unto my wife, all my movable estate, viz., my household stuff and cattle and also my Negro man.  My will is, that after my decease, 2 of my sons Samuel and Daniel, shall see that all debts and legacies above mentioned and also my funeral charges or expenses be cleared and discharged.  My will is, that if my wife have not sufficient and comfortable livelyhood out of all I have given her of my movable estate, she then shall have full powers to sell any part of the land that I have given to my sons Samuel and Daniel.  My will is, that the work that my sons, Samuel and Daniel, have done about fencing the land above named, before my decease, shall be acquitted.  Also, that my son Samuel, shall repair the house and barn for his mother, if there be need, after my decease.  My will is, that Samuel and Daniel, shall not hinder each other from a free passage over their lands with a cart, in the way that I have been want to go in.  Also, that Samuel shall have a free passage to his lot, commonly called Burches lot with a cart, if need be; also, they shall carefully shut or put up bars or gates after them, so that they do no damage to each other.  In this will I have endeavored, according to my capacity, to do that which is right among my children, but if any of them dislike what I have given them, so far as to make difference and contention among the rest of them, that any of them that shall so offend shall forfeit onehalf of all that I have given them, which shall be equally divided amongst the rest of my children.  My will is, that my wife be sole executrix of this, my last will and testament.
                                                                             Thomas Tolman
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, Samuel Jones, John Pierce, James Trotted;
Addition to the above will; I, Thomas Tolman, bequeath to my wife (beloved) Elizabeth, my mansion house and barn, gardens and orchard adjoining, the meadow land by the well, 4 acres of Salt Meadow by Daniel Allen's, sufficient pasture for 3 cows, and an house in the pasture of Thomas Pearce's to her sole use and improvement during her widowhood.  My cattle I intend and comprehend in the moveableres given her, and power to dispose of the same, and of my man servant, either by sale, testament or deed of gift to whom she will.  Whereas I have given a share to my son Thomas, in undivided lands my intent is, that it be a single share only.  8 Sept 1718
                                                                               Thomas Tolman, Sr.
In presence of witnesses above mentioned.
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Tolman prized 22 May 1725 by Joseph Hewins, John Nixon, William Crane.  Amount 497 pounds, 11 shillings, 6 pence.
Mary Tolman, administrator, deposed.

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DEATH: At time of death age 85 years.