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Thomas Dane ★ was born about 1603, according to his reported age at the time of his emigration from England in 1635 HO16. According to Charles H. Walcott, Thomas Dane of Kent escorted the wife of Reverend Peter Bulkeley (of Odell, Bedfordshire, England) on May 7, 1635 on the ship Elizabeth and Ann from London to New England; Reverend Bulkeley departed two days later on the Susan and Ellen WA38. Master Roger Cooper was at the helm of the Elizabeth and Ann HO16. Grace Bulkley, age thirty-three, had embarked on May 8, 1635, and “Tho: Dane”, a carpenter whose age was thirty-two, embarked the following day HO16. Small groups of passengers had various dates of embarkation on this ship, beginning on April 13, 1635 HO16.
Thomas Dean was said to have been a resident of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts as early as 1640 TH41 or 1645 SH23. He was married to an individual named Elizabeth as early as March 1646, when their daughter, Hannah, was born MA26. “Thomas Deene”, “Georg Wheler”, and several other men of the town of Concord signed their names to an agreement between the church of Concord and the “Colledge att Cambridge”, which was Harvard University, which stated that their church would pay five pounds annually to the college for the term of seven years PU8. Exceptions to the signatures included John Heald and William Hartwell, whose signatures did not appear on this document PU8. A transcription of this agreement has been provided and was taken from the image of the document which was included in the Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume XII. This transcription is only very slightly different than the transcription which was provided in the aforementioned Volume XII PU8:
An agreem[en]t made and agreed upon by the towne and Church of Concord concerning the Colledge att Cambridge, made Aug · 22 · 1653 ·
It is agreed by the company of the sayd towne and church, to give yearely the sum[m]e of five pounds for the use of the sayd Colledge to be leavyed upon the same towne after the same manner as the other rates are leavyed, and to be payd in att or before the last of ye moneth of May. the sayd yearely sum[m]e of 5li to continue for the space of seven yeares, and then to be ether renewed if it shall appeare that it may be improved for good, or otherwise we to be att libertye to doe according to the state of things then being . And for the terme of seven yeares aforesayd, the sayd towne of Concord doth desire that this order may be recorded in the court, and confirmed by the autiritye [this word was probably meant to state “authority”] of the same. In wittnes of our consent hereto, we haue hereto sett our handes, the day and yeare above written.
Thomas Dane purchased his house lot in Concord from Reverend Peter Bulkeley in 1657 CH26. This was a rectangular lot with the short edges bound on the north by the ridge and bound on the south by the mill brook CH26. Reverend Bulkeley had previously purchased this parcel, which included the houses, barns, and land, as well as the orchard adjacent to the mill brook, from George Haywood CH26. The land of Thomas Dane was located within the south quarter (or section) of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and accordingly was on the southwest side of the mill brook; others in this section included Luke Potter, George “Heaward”, and “Mihel” Wood SH23, WA38. The house lots of Thomas Dane, George Hayward, and Michael Wood “fronted the Common”; Thomas Dane’s house lot was six acres which extended from the mill pond and the burial hill, which was its northern boundary WA38.
He may have been the Thomas Dane who had a young apprentice named Thomas Chesman who he reassigned to Thomas Welch; an article in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and Antiquarian Journal made this claim without providing a source TH41. The article stated that on June 4, 1658, “he contracted to put over for seven years to Thomas Welch, of Charlestown, his servant Thomas Ches[man?], aged about eleven, which servant had been bound to Dane by the officers of Cranbrook, in Kent, Eng., for sixteen years, or until he attained the age of twenty-one” TH41.
He married an individual named Mildred sometime prior to September 15, 1673, when on that date “mildred wife to Thomas Dane died” MA26. The original will of Thomas Dane seems to be missing, but a copy of his will was located in the Middlesex County probate records MA64. His undated will was proved by the oath of John Scotchford and William Buss before Thomas Danforth at a County Court held at Cambridge on June 20, 1676 MA64. Because this will does not mention Mildred, it was likely written after her death. A transcription of that transcription has been provided MA64:
The last Will & testamt of Thomas Dane being in perfect memory, I com[m]it my Soul to God yt gave it to mee, hoping & beleiveing in Jesus Cht my only Savior, that he will receive my Soul into the Armes of his mercy, and raise my body to Eternall glory at the resurrection, my body I com[m]it to decent, buriall, I will that all my due debts be honestly payd and fun[er]all charges sattisfied, I will & bequeath to my sonne Joseph Dane; my dwelling house, orchard & barne, with the lot thereto belonging, also a tryangle peece of swamp & upland joyneing to Gm. [probably “Goodman”] Stratton, I give to my daughter Sarah Heald, a p^ of land between my sonne Joseph, & my daughter Pelett, & foure accrs of land by mr flynts farme path, & halfe my fourescore and ten accrs lijng [lying] by Mr Prouts farme. To my daughtr Mary Pelett, the land whereon her house stands to my daughter healds line, so to th^ east end of Joshua Brookes house, so to George Wheelers line and four accrs of pine land lijng north of land of Luke Potter, and th^ other halfe of my fourscore & ten accrs lijng by mr Prouts farme, Also to my Daughter Hannah Page the sum[m]e of ten pounds in such pay as passeth between man & man. Country pay. I appoynt and constitute my sonne Joseph Dane Executor of this my will.
Thomas Dane
Witnes
John Scotchford
Wm Buss
Thomas Dane died on February 5, 1675 (1675/6) in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26, SH23. The inventory of his estate was conducted on February 25, 1675/6 by Timothy Wheeler, John Scotchford, and George Wheeler and was transcribed in the Middlesex County probate record MA64. Joseph Dane, the executor of his father’s estate, stated in a County Court held at Charlestown on June 20, 1676, that it was a true inventory MA64. Interesting items of note include a pincushion and a pair of spectacles MA64. A transcription of that transcription, without the accompanying value of each item or line item, has been provided below MA64:
The 25.th of 12.th mo. 1675.
An Inventory of the goods & estate of Thomas Dane dec[eas]ed. by us whose names are under written.
Silver platt[er]… wearing Apparrell… 2. pr sheets… 1. old sheet… Sheets, napkins, pillow beers… bands & small linnen… Caps, brush pin cushin… Pewter.. 1. brass Kitle [kettle], skillet, scum[m]er [this is a kitchen utensil which is also called a skimmer]… tooles… books… Trayes & dishes… Box bedstedle… Spectacles smoothing Iron… A warmeing pan… feather bed & bolster… Carpenters tooles… 1. ham[m]er… Coverlett, rug & blankett… Trajes [trays] dishes spoones… Table, forms, & chayres… Earthen ware… barrels, hhds [the previous abbreviated word was probably “hogsheads”]… Charne Couls… bacon… Household lumber… 2. Oxen… 2. Cows… 2. Yearlings… 5: sheep… Houseing & land… 2. Swine… Debts due To Robert Merriam… To mr Brattle… Mr Peter Bulkly… To Jno. Scotchford
Elizabeth was called the mother of Hannah and Elizabeth; she may have been the mother of Joseph, Mary, and Sarah Dane. Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Dean, died in 1673 SH23.
Joseph Dane was born about 1638, according to his age at the time of his death MA26. Joseph Dane married Elizabeth Fuller on November 26, 1662 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. Elizabeth Fuller, the daughter of Thomas Fuller, was born on September 12, 1645 TH41. Joseph Dean owned twenty-two acres of land in the south quarter of Concord and it appears that he and Thomas Pellet co-owned seven additional lots of land which totaled 244 acres in the east quarter of Concord, Middlesex County in 1666 SH23. He was mentioned in his father’s undated will MA64. Joseph and Elizabeth Dane were the parents of five children whose births were recorded in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and Joseph was listed as the father of another two children (Deborah and Hannah) in Concord MA26. These were Thomas Dane, who was born on September 15, 1664, Joseph Dane, born on April 5, 1667, Danill Dane, born on April 29, 1669, Elizabeth Dane, born on August 4, 1671, Sarah Dane, born on August 4, 1675, Deborah Dane, born on September 29, 1678, and Hannah Dane, born on November 13, 1682 MA26. Note that both Elizabeth and Sarah were alleged to have been born on August 4th, which raises doubt about the accuracy of the reported birthdates. The birth record for his son, Benjamin, was not noted in the Concord records. Joseph Dean, Sr., a yeoman of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts wrote his will on March 11, 1717/18 which named his sons, Thomas Dean, Joseph Dean, Daniel Dean, and Beniamin (Benjamin) Dean, and his daughters, Eliseabeth Walker, Sarah Slooper, Hannah Clark, and his wife, Eliseabeth Dean AM1. Joseph Dane, “the husband of Elisabeth his wife”, died at age eighty on March 13, 1717/18 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26.
Mary Dane may have been the daughter who was born to Thomas Dane on February 24, 1642 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; this birth record did not include the infant’s name MA26. Mary Dane married Thomas Pellate on March 5, 1659/60 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. Thomas Pellet may have given the burial ground near Dr. Hurd’s residence to the town of Concord SH23. Mary Pelett was mentioned in her father’s undated will MA64. Mary and Thomas Pelat (or Plat, Pellet, or Pellett) were the parents of nine children whose births were recorded in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. These were Mary Pelat, born on August 17, 1662, Thomas Plat, born on April 18, 1666, Danill Pelat, born on August 1, 1668, Samewell Pelat, born on March 28, 1671, Richard Pelat, born on April 23, 1673, John Pelat, born on November 9, 1675, Elizab(eth) Pellett, born on April 8, 1679, Jonathan Pellet, born on April 18, 1682, and Sarah Pellet, born on September 5, 1685 MA26. Thomas Pellit, “the Husband of Mary his wife”, died on December 1, 1694 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. Mary Pellet, who was then a widow, petitioned the Middlesex County Court on June 12, 1705 to renew her license to keep a Tavern at Concord MI28:
To the Hono:rble Justices of the Inferio.r Court to be holden at Concord June 12. 1705 for and in the County of - Middlesex. &c.
The humble petition of Mary Pellet of Concord - Widow.
Humbly sheweth that yor petitionr having formerly had License to keep a Taverne, and since your petitioner has laid it down is much incumbred with Travaillers, and Inhabitants of the Town (who live remote) upon publick days at whose Request, and for whose Benefit I am desired to renew my Licence, as also it being by and with the Consent and approbation of the Select=men of Concord –
Do humbly petition that yor Honours would take it into Consideration, and grant yor Petitioner Licence to keep a Taverne, and shall as in Duty bound every pray &c.
Your humble Petition.r
Mary Pellet
William Wilson:
Thomas Brown
Abraham Wood
Sarah Dane was mentioned in her father’s undated will MA64.
Hannah Dann, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dann, was born on March 13, 1645/6 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. Another source which copied the Concord records into the county records stated “Hannah, the daughter of Thomas and Elisabeth Dann, born the 18th of the 1st month 1645:” (March 18, 1645) MA26. Hannah Page was mentioned in her father’s undated will MA64. There is no marriage record for Hannah Dann/Dane. Torrey tentatively linked Samuel Page with Hannah Dean with a marriage possibly occurring prior to 1667 TO1. Samuel Page, the son of John and Phebe Page, was born on August 20, 1633 NO6. Hannah and Samuell Page were the parents of three children whose births were recorded in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26. These were Hannah Page, born on February 12, 1667, Samuell Page, born on January 5, 1670/71, and Ebeneazur Page, born on June 17, 1676 MA26. Samewell and Hanna Page were also the parents of Mildred Page, whose birth was recorded in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on March 1, 1669/70 MA26. Henry Bond stated that an agreement between Hannah, the widow of Samuel Page of Watertown, and her children in the year 1704 was filed in the Middlesex Probate Office NO6. That agreement has not been located by the author. Henry Bond stated that this agreement named her children, who were Ebenezer Page, Hannah and Thomas Corey, Mildred and John Harridon, Mercy and Thomas Ingram, Elizabeth Perry, who was a widow, Sarah Page, and Experience Page NO6. Henry Bond stated that Samuel Page married Hannah (unknown surname) and they were residents of Concord as of November 19, 1669 NO6. He also provided information regarding the children of Hannah and Samuel Page: Hannah Page was born on February 10, 1667/8 (this differs from the Watertown birth record) and married Thomas Corey, Samuel Page moved to South Carolina in 1713, Ebenezer Page was born on January 17, 1676 (his Watertown birth record stated June 17), Mildred Page married John Harridon, Mercy Page married Thomas Ingram on January 18, 1702/3, Elizabeth married an individual with the surname “Perry”, and Sarah Page married Joseph Sanderson on July 30, 1714 NO6.
Elizabeth Dane, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dane, was born on December 25, 1648 and died on June 20, 1649 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MA26.