Born: 06 JUL 1667 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 2 Married: 01 DEC 1686 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 37 Died: 08 OCT 1715 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 3 Father: Thomas TARBELL, , Jr. Mother: Hannah 'Anna' LONGLEY Spouses: |
Wife: Elizabeth WOODS [I12016] |
Born: 17 SEP 1665 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 4 Died: before 11 MAR 1718 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 5 Father: Samuel WOODS Mother: Alice RUSHTON Spouses: |
Children |
01 (M): Thomas 'Tarble' 'Capt.' TARBELL, IV [I12035] 6 Born: 15 SEP 1687 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 7 Died: 30 MAY 1757 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 8 Spouses: Hannah UNKNOWN; Abigail PARKER |
02 (M): William 'Lt.' TARBELL [I12036] 9 Born: 10 JUN 1689 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 10 Died: 26 DEC 1757 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 11 Spouses: Mary FARNSWORTH |
03 (F): Elizabeth TARBELL [I12037] 12 Born: 19 AUG 1691 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 13 Died: 23 DEC 1763 in Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 14 Spouses: Joseph WILLARD |
05 (M): John 'Karekowa' 'Karikohe' TARBELL [I12039] 18 Born: 06 JUL 1695 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 19 Died: UNKNOWN in died in Canada 20 Spouses: UNKNOWN |
06 (M): Samuel 'Capt.' TARBELL [I12040] 21 Born: 14 OCT 1697 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 22 Died: 23 MAY 1776 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 23 Spouses: Lydia FARNSWORTH |
07 (M): Zachariah 'Torakaron' TARBELL [I12041] 24 Born: 25 JAN 1699 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 25 Died: UNKNOWN Spouses: Daughter Of 'Mohawk' Chief ATAUENTA |
08 (F): Hannah Anna 'Anne' TARBELL [I12042] 26 Born: 28 MAY 1702 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 27 Died: 27 NOV 1753 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 28 29 Spouses: Eleazer GREEN, , Jr. |
10 (M): Eleazer TARBELL [I12052] 32 Born: 28 APR 1707 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 33 Died: about 1756 in Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 34 Spouses: Elizabeth BOWERS |
Thomas 'Deacon' TARBELL, III:
Buried: OCT 1715, Robbins Cemetery, Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA
Notes:
Thomas(3) Tarbell and Elizabeth Lived at Groton, where he was town clerk, 1704-1705. Thomas was chosen Deacon of the church at Groton, April 22, 1715, and died at Lexington, where his sister Anna was living of the same year. He was buried in Lexington. His will, dated September 26 before his death, names his wife and all of his children, provision being made for his three children, John, Zachary and Sarah, in the event of their return from captivity.
Sarah, John and Zachariah were taken captive by the Indians, June 20, 1707. Sarah died unmarried in Canada. John and Zachariah both married in Canada and had Indian decendants.(a)
Ref. "Thomas Tarbell and Some of His Descendants", by Charles Henry Wight, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907
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Butler, Caleb. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 [Appendix Only]. Boston, MA: T. R. Marvin, 1848
THOMAS TARBELL* and ELIZABETH BLOOD.
(Married Dec. l, 1686.)
Thomas, born Sept. 15, 1687. William, " June 10, 1689. Elizabeth, " Aug. 19, 1691.
Sarah, born Sept. 29, 1693.
John, " July 6, 1695.
Samuel, " Oct. 14, 1697.
Zachariah, " Jan. 25, 1699-1700.
Anna, " May 28, 1702.
James, " Feb. 13, 1704-5.
Eleazer, " Apri128, 1707.
* Died Jan. 24, 1717.
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There is much confusion, in the literature, about the identity of Thomas Tarbell's wife Elizabeth. Shattuck's Memorials, on page 369, lists wife as "Elizabeth dau. of Richard and Isabel Blood".
Caleb Butler's History of Groton on page 440 (see above), and Samuel A. Green's, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts, Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1878 page 256 call her Elizabeth BLOOD. Green says she was daughter of Richard and Isabel Blood.
But, Samuel A. Green, on page 28 (Death of their son Thomas Tarbell) identifies her as Elizabeth WOODS, not Elizabeth BLOOD:
Epitaphs from the Old Buring Ground in Groton, Massachusetts
p. 28
Tombstone, Memento Mori (Death's Head)
Here lies the Body of Cap't Thomas Tarbell Who Departed this Life May the 30th 1757 Aged 69 years 8 Months and 5 day.
"Author's Note: The eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth (WOODS) Tarbell born Sept. 15, 1687"
Samuel Green also denotes her as Elizabeth (Woods) Tarbell for "Authors Note"for their son Samuel Tarbell.
I follow Elinor F. Skeate, "The Family of Thomas Tarbell II of Groton, MA, 1618-1994", published by the author, 1998 who writes in a footnote:
"Middlesex Ct. of Sessions, V. 1, p. 302, contains a petition of Thomas Tarbell, stating he had supported his father-in-law, SAMUEL WOODS, and asks that the other children help with his support."
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Lexington, Massachusetts Cemetery Records
Name: Thomas Tarbell
Date of Death: October 8, 1715
Age at Death: 48 y. 3 m.
Genealogy and other Information: ""he belonged to Groton
Elizabeth WOODS:
Notes:
Groton Historical Series: a collection of papers relating the history of the town of Groton, MA, Samuel A. Green, 1887
BIRTHS,
Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Woods Septemb. 17th, 1665
Revised: January 25, 2022
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