Thomas HAND

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MyTrees - Robin Campbell:"He and his family lived at Wainscott, Long Island until about 1693when they moved to Cape May Co, NJ. Thomas was a whaler man and it wasno doubt the whaling industry that brought him to cape May. He wasprobably associated with his brother Shamgar in this work."There is some speculation that the mother of Thomas Hand's childrenwas Martha or Hannah Osborn. However, the preponderance of theevidence points to Mary Talmadge. I will keep Mary Talmadge as motherof the children but will retain Martha or Hannah Osborn as a wife ofThomas until I have more concrete evidence.Hand Family Lineage Cape May (handfamily.org/xxwillis.htm):"Thomas was married twice and there is no date of either marriage sothe children have to be placed by the following circumstantialevidence. The youngest child, Recompense, was born in 1690; and thewife and mother apparently died as suggested by the name. It is likelythat Mary Talmadge was the mother of Recompense Hand as has beencredited by earlier researchers as she was the first wife. MaryTalmadge was the daughter of Captain Thomas Talmadge of East Hampton.Thomas was later married to Katherine Tubbs (NOTICE THE SPELLING),daughter of John Tubbs, or Katherine Meadows who apparently came withthe family to Cape May about 1693. This Hand family lived at Wainscott(East Hampton), Long Island until about 1693 when they movedpermanently to the little settlement on the bay side of Cape May."Thomas Hand and his family lived at Wainscott, LI NY until about 1693when they moved to Cape May Co. 6 Nov 1705 Commisisioned a Justice ofthe Peace (Judge) of Cape May County 11 Feb 1710: Judge of the QuorumWill dated 21 Oct 1707, probated after 21 Oct 1714 when he drowned atCape May.Living with Thomas Hand in Cape May Co. in 1697 were the following,assumed to be his children: Isaac, Daniel, Jeremiah, Joseph, andThomas