John Thrall, II

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• Alt. Burial: Turkey Hills Parish, Windsor, Connecticut, USA; Alt. Burial

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Two of John Thrall's sons died in infancy, but of the four sons who lived and had families of their own, all four took an active part in the revolutionary war. The farm was in the Turkey Hills section of Windsor, Conn, (Now East Granby). John Thrall's II gravestone is still standing and in very good condition. It is a red stone, possibly sandstone, about four and a half feet high and about two and a half feet wide. It is one of the few gravestones in the East Granby cemetery bearing a seventeenth century date, as it shows his birth, as Oct. 13, 1699. He died at sixty-three years of age. His wife outlived him by seven years. She was seventy when she died.

Walter G Thralls 1862 Genealogy book says "They had eight children: John 3d., Mary, Aaron, Lucy, Samuel, Mindwell, Ezekiel and Benjamin."

John married Mary Roberts on 4 May 1727 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of William Roberts and Dorothy Forbes) was born on 31 May 1702 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Jun 1772; was buried in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Thrall, III was born on 22 Jul 1728 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Jun 1791 in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was buried in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
2. Mary Thrall was born on 21 May 1730 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
3. Aaron Thrall was born on 31 Aug 1732 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Jul 1740.
4. Lucy Thrall was born on 15 Feb 1734 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
5. Samuel Thrall was born on 11 Jul 1737 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Dec 1821 in West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA.
6. Mindwell Thrall was born on 9 Feb 1739 in Turkey Hills Parish, Windsor, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Jul 1780 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
7. Ezekiel Thrall was born on 30 Sep 1742 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
8. Lieutenant Benjamin Thrall was born on 18 Feb 1744 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 Jun 1793.
9. Luke Thrall was born on 11 May 1747; died on 3 Aug 1751.

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Mindwell Moses Thrall was the daughter of John and Mary (Brown) Moses. John and Mindwell had eight sons and a daughter. Most of the young men had some military service and John I was called "Sgt. John" apparently to distinguish between his first son, John, as they both lived all their lives in the same community. Sgt. John moved out to that part of Windsor called the Turkey Hills (Now East Granby) to clear land for himself and his boys. All of his children were born in Windsor, Connecticut.

Walter G Thralls 1862 Genealogy books says "They had nine children: John 2d, Moses, Aaron, Amy, Joseph, David, Joel, Charles and Jerusha"

John married Mindwell Moses on 6 Jan 1697. Mindwell (daughter of John Moses and Mary Brown) was born on 13 Dec 1676 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Sep 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 6 Jan 1677, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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• Reference Number: 308
• Will: 11 Dec 1678; The will of William Thrall (1605-1679) will was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370. "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers. Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge. William X Thrall.

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In the Windsor Church records of this period Timothy Thrall is grouped with the men who had a family, a horse and two yokes of oxen, so it would appear that he was a better businessman than his brother-in-law, John Hosford Hosford, however, is on two military lists. First on a list dated 11 March 1658 of 37 Windsor men in the first horse troops (30 horse) in the colony. Second, he was paid 6s 8d for fighting in King Philip's War.

Both men protested the town vote to invite Mr. Chauncy to replace the aging Rev. Wareham as minister of the Windsor Church in 1662. When the 54 dissenting members were allowed to form their own church, the brothers-in-law went with them and became leaders of the Second Church. This new congregation were more Presbyterian than Congregational, and opposed to Chauncy's ideas. This sort of schism was occuring throughout all the New England colonies and therefore the Windsor dissenters, when they appealed to the Colonial Council, were less harshly treated than they might have been. In the end, after years of wrangling, which split the town, the two Windsor Churches reunited The first overtures were made by the Second Church, who sent John Hosford, Timothy Thrall and Jacob Gibbs to negotiate.

Timothy Thrall was a land-owner. He had his own place, or did soon after his marriage in 1659. His father-in-law, Thomas Gunn, gave him the original Gunn homestead and lot, as well as Gunn's land on the other side of the River. Timothy moved to a new house and again he was a leader in the forming of a new Church. Timothy was, we assume, honest and able, as he was named as executor in several wills.

Deborah Gunn is mentioned in Old Windsor records. Her father moved in 1665, to Westfield, Mass. and became active in the Westfield Parish, leaving all his Windsor property to his son-in-law.

--------------------------------------- "Timothy was a prominent citizen, possessing considerable property and influence. His name often appears in the records of Windsor." Source Genealogy of Walter G Thrall 1862

Timothy married Deborah Gunn on 10 Nov 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Deborah (daughter of Thomas Gunn) was born on 9 Aug 1642 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Jan 1694 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 27 Feb 1641

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Deborah was the daughter of Thomas Gunn who came over from England with Timothy's father and the Dorchester Company in 1630.

Baptism:
4 months before birth date!

John married Mary Brown. Mary was born in USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was born in America but it also has been established that she is not the Pilgrim Peter Browne's daughter

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• Occupation: Stonemason
• Will: 11 Dec 1678, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; The will of WILLIAM THRALL (1605-1679) was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370. "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers. Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge. William X Thrall.

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William Thrall is the founder of the Thrall family in the United States. He was born in 1605 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England and came to the Colonies on the "Mary and John" in the year 1630. The "Mary and John" was a vessel of four hundred tons captained by a man named Squeb and the vessel sailed with 180 passengers.

William was part of a company of Puritans under the leadership of Rev. John Wareham of Exeter and Rev. John Meverick, both ministers of the Church of England Setting sail from Plymouth, England on 20 March, they first came ashore on 30 May 1630. They disembarked with what goods they had, to some high land in the salt meadow, now a part of the city of Boston. They named the place Dorchester, which was selected by the captain of the "Mary and John" as he came from Dorchester, England. Page 277 of Prince's Chronology of New England records "May 30, Lord's Day. Mr. Wareham and his church, and their goods, were put ashore at Nantasket Point. The went immediately to Charlestown, and from thence to Mattepan, and began a town and named it Dorchester, and the native Indians were kind to them."

Revs. Wareham and Meverick and their group stayed in Dorchester less than five years, as a number of their menfolk had discovered more fertile land below the first falls of the Connecticut River, at the junction of the Farmington River just above Hartford. Part of the Colony went by boat and the remainder travelled across the one hundred miles of virgin forest, to establish the town of Windsor. Windsor was unofficially known as Thrallville in the early years.

The first we know of William Thrall is that he is listed with the following men who were among the thirty men who went from Windsor to join in the fight against the Pequod Indians in May 1637. Capt. John Mason, Sgt. Benedict Alvord, Thomas Barber, Thomas Buckland, George Chappel, John Dyer, James Eggleston, Nathaniel Gillet, Thomas Gridley, Thomas Styles, Sgt. Thomas Stares, Richard Osborn, Thomas Parsons, William Thrall. The Indian village in this case was so completely destroyed that for many years, the settlers had no further trouble with the Indians. Some years later, the participants were given land grants. To quote from Dr. Styles records with regard to the first Indian war in New England, "The danger was imminent, and so complete the victory that it caused universal rejoicing throughout New England, and a grant of land was given each soldier and officer, and to this day the memory of an ancestor who was in the Pequod fight, is an honorable heirloom in every Connecticut family".

William Thrall is mentioned many times in the early records. His lot shows up in the first plot of Windsor, between the lots of Nicholas Palmer and Thomas Bascomb, and ran from the road to the Farmington River. In 1646, William sold this lot to Nicholas Palmer and moved to Simon Hoyte's place, north of the village. Robert Wilson bought a half interest with William in the Hoyte's 80 acres, but sold his half to Thrall in 1654. This 80 acres has been part of the holdings of the Thrall family ever since, thanks to William Thrall's will.

We know very little about the wife of William Thrall. She is referred to in the Old Windsor records as Goode Thrall, but "Goode" was an expression applied to women with families and it is simply an abbreviation of "Goodwife". Whether she came over to New England on the "Mary and John" with her husband or they met in Dorchester, has never been established The record of her death simply states, "Goode Thrall, wife of William, died 30 July 1676".

Page 5 of Walter G Thrall's 1862 Genealogy gives a most likely incorrect death date of August 3, 1678.

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William married Elizabeth Goode in 1638 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1609; died on 30 Jul 1676 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Goody

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• Residence: 1665, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA