Thomas Tracy

• Preferred Name: Thomas Tracy^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}
  
• Alternate Name: Tracy
  
• Gender: F
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Mrs.
  
• Accurate+Documentation+for+Tracy+Family+: with note: Description: researched by the "Dean of Genealogy" Donald Lines Jacobus https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067589937;view=1up;seq=705 Citation Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family, Volume 1, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through Seven Generations (New Haven, CT: Edgar F. Waterman, 1939), 616-629, 691-694. Notes This is a very meticulously, documented volume with vital statistics, family members town records, wills, property frecords, inventories, biographies, allied families. It is very user-friendly. Donald Lines Jacobus was the "Dean of Genealogy" back in his day. The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698.
  
• FSID: L5Y9-2JC
  
• Widow+Mary+Mason+M34Q-M7B+did+not+marry+Thomas+Tracy+M34Z-BC8: with note: Description: She died as Widow of Edward Mason LRFF-CSR The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698. Martin Booth Tracy, Ph.D. The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698. Martin Booth Tracy, Ph.D.
  
• Death: BEF 1676 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N1.62 LONG: E72.75
  
• Thomas+Tracy,+Sr.+M34Z-BC8+'s+Three+Documented+Wives:: with note: Description: Mrs. Thomas Tracy Sr. L5Y9-2JC; Martha Bourne MN3G-73B; Mary Foote MMS4-5TZ. Mary Foote was previously married to John Stoddard and John Goodrich. . She married Thomas Tracy, Sr. when she was past child-bearing age and died about a year after her marriage to Thomas Tracy, Sr. Please read all sources attached and do not change anything. We have it on the best authorities and from Dr. Martin Booth Tracy, a man who has written a scholarly document about this man. Also, there is the Tracy Book and many other sources. Please study them.
  
• Shannon9,544+Is+doing+bad+merging: with note: Description: Please take the time to actually read everything before you do a merge, you are completely messing up this family.
  
• Please+do+not+change+a+person's+name+to+that+of+a+different+individual.+Instead+enter+the+second+ind: with note: Description: It can not be valid to pirate one person's information and asssign it to a different person! Mrs. Thomas Tracy L5Y9-2JC who keeps having her name changed to Mary Ann Conway. IT IS NOT PROPER PROCEDURE to change someone's name to that of another person , thus pirating the original persons vital statistics, personal data, memories, husband, children, parents, etc. They should be treated as the 2 different individuals they are.
  
• Birth: BET 1615 AND 1620 in England
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  IT IS NOT PROPER PROCEDURE to change someone's name to that of another person , thus pirating the original person's vital statistics, personal data, ordinances, memories, husband, children, parents, etc. They should be treated as the 2 different individuals they are.
  Mrs. Thomas Tracy L5Y9-2JC keeps having her name changed to Mary Ann Conway or Unknown Foote or other incorrect, unsupported variations. Please resist doing this! Read the scholarly books and sources. THE FACT IS HER NAME HAS NOT BEEN FOUND IN A REPUTABLE SOURCE.
  
  There is some disagreement as to whether Widow Mary Mason M34Q-M7B married Thomas Tracy M34Z-BC8. She died as Widow of Edward Mason LRFF-CSR
  
  The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698. Martin Booth Tracy, Ph.D.
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  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-359343
  Unknown Tracy formerly [surname unknown]
  Born about 1620
  Wife of Thomas Tracy — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
  DESCENDANTS
  Mother of John Tracy I, Thomas Tracy II, Jonathan Tracy I, Solomon Tracy, Daniel Tracy I and Samuel Tracy
  Died before 1676 [location unknown]
  
  Biography
  "Thomas Tracy had by his first wife seven children: first John born 1642: second Thomas about 1644, third Jonathan 1646: fourth Miriam about 1648: fifth Solomon 1651: sixth Daniel 1651: seventh Samuel 1654, who died in 1693, unmarried. The first two children were born in Wethersfield, the others in Saybrook, where he lived many years before removing to Norwich, Conn., where he was one of the proprietors of the nine mile grant."
  
  She passed away before 1676.
  
  Sources
  "Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Connecticut...", by Malinda Ormond Taylor Birchard Abbey, p 8
  Note
  Either Solomon & Daniel were twins, or Solomon was born early in the year and Daniel very late in the same year
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  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tracy-56
  Lt. Thomas Tracy is inaccurately said to have married at Wethersfield, Connecticut a first wife possibly Widow Mary (Maria) Mason. (Her identity is in question as it has been shown that the Widow Mason (given name unknown) died as the Widow Mason, while Thomas was living in Saybrook). However, this wife, whomever she was, was the mother of most, if not all, of his children. That she was Mary, widow of Edward Mason, has been dis-proven. See NEHG REGISTER 61(1907):93 - Dwight Tracy, M.D., D.D.S.. ALSO SEE: Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Waterman Family. New Haven, Connecticut:Edgar F. Waterman, 1939. 1:692
  
  Children (by first marriage to unknown wife) per the Tracy genealogy:
  
  John (1642),
  Thomas (1644),
  Jonathan (1646),
  Miriam (1648)
  Solomon 1651
  Daniel (1651)
  Samuel (1654).
  
  Thomas Tracy, Jr. Will
  Thomas Tracy of Preston, in will dated 6 Apr. 1721, proved 23 Apr. 1724,gave his wife Sarah one-sixth of his estate during her widowhood, and made her sole Executrix; to sons Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Jeda
  
  Lt. Thomas Tracy
  Thomas Tracy, parentage unproved, was born in the year 1610 on the Tewksbury estates, probably at the manor of Stanway. He had scarcely reached his majority when people from all parts of England and f
  
  Documentated Facts Concerning Thomas Tracy
  READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AND BOOK:
  1. Article: Lt. Thomas Tracy (1610-1685) of Norwich, Connecticut, The Connecticut Nutmegger, March, 2017, 49(3), 201-223. 860-569-The article citation is: “Lt. Tho
  
  Biography and Documented Sources for Thomas Tracy
  Dr. Martin Booth Tracy spent a lifetime-study of Thomas Tracy and has documened every shed of evidence. Read his two works for accurate information. See Martin Booth Tracy, Ph.D. "Lt. Thomas Tracy (16
  
  Truth Concerning Thomas Tracy
  The TRUTH is that there is NO verified source that gives the prestigious
  Sir Paul Tracy as the father of this specific Thomas Tracy M34Z-BC8. This is known as "conceit genealogy." Family tradition is
  
  Ripley's Believe it NOT!
  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tracy-56
  The origins and parents of Thomas Tracy are unknown. He is not the son of Paul Tracey, 1st Baronet which appears to be an attempt to falsely connect him to
  
  === Mary Conway ===
  He NEVER married Mary Conway. Mary Conway is actually Mary Tracy Conway. She is the sister of a different Thomas Tracy who served in the British Royal Navy. They were orphans originally from Virginia. After the death of their parents, they were sent back to English relatives and Mary later married Lord Conway.
  
  === HISTORY OF NORWICH, Caulkins, Pub. 1845, ===
  HISTORY OF NORWICH, Caulkins, Pub. 1845, Pg. 112: In Jan 1637, Thos. Tracy, "ship-carpenter," was received as an inhabitant of Salem, MA. He is supposed to have removed to Saybrook as early as 1639. Mr. Tracy brought with him from Saybrook 6 sons and 1 dau., but as no reference has been found to his wife, it is inferred that she was then dead. In 1679 he m. Martha, the widow of John Bradford. His children were John, Jonathan, Thos., Solomon, Daniel, Sam'l, and Miriam. John, being ranked as a proprietor, and having a h omlot laid out with the others in 1659, was undoubtedly the oldest.
  
  === MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior t ===
  MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 751

• m. 1641 in Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• m. 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

1. Title: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2469/records/21698495;
   
2. Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/3824/records/170648;
   
3. Title: Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut"Lt. Thomas Tracy prob. m. Ann, wid. of Edward Mason (of whom nothing has been found on the rec...." Notice the abbreviation "prob.[probably]" this is not substantiated. Wid Ann Mason died she was still Mason
   Author: Ancestry.com
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48653/WethersfieldCT-008743-693?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d48653%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=WethersfieldCT-008753-700;
   Note: Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut. Stiles, Henry R. NY, 1909, p 709. All that is said of Ann Mason in this source: "Lt. Thomas Tracy prob. m. Ann, wid. of Edward Mason (of whom nothing has been found on the rec...." Notice the abbreviation "prob.[probably]" this is not substantiated. When Widow Ann Mason died she was still named "Widow Mason," so if she had married Thomas Tracy after Edward Mason died, why was she still called "widow Mason" at her death? This would indicate she never remarried.
   
4. Title: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9840/records/8907356;
   
5. Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/420908;
   
6. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
7. Title: Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60496/records/885940;
   
8. Title: Book: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Shows name of first wife as ____________ md. 1641
   Author: Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004), 751.
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0767?pid=70651;
   Note: 1st wife not listed; 2nd wife Martha (Bourne) Bradford; 3rd wife Mary (Foote) Stoddard Goodrich
   
9. Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/786944;
   
10. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Book Title: The Tracy Family / The Winslow Family. Page 41. [Image 40 of 227]
    Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/391213:61157;
    Note: Gives brief bio of Thomas Tracy and his marriages and children. Not accurate information - see the source "Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts"
    
11. Title: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61401/records/30380438;
    
12. Title: Millennium File
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/10359592;
    
13. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Book Title: Tracy Genealogy : ancestors and descendants of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut : 1660
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/2843232;
    
14. Title: Thomas Tracy in Application of Nathaniel Brackett Tracy, "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"--Mary Conway as mother, not wife of Lt. Thomas Tracy
    Author: Source Citation Volume: 125 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
    Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242142-00334;
    Note: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. See 2nd & 3rd pages [page 328, and page 329] of Nathaniel Brackett Tracy's Document, for his reported reported family links.
    
15. Title: Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61266/records/90195847;
    
16. Title: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations : Volume 1
    Author: Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family, Volume 1, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through Seven Generations (New Haven, CT: Edgar F. Waterman, 1939), 616-629, 691-694.
    Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067589937;view=1up;seq=705;
    Note: This is a very meticulously, documented volume with vital statistics, family members town records, wills, property frecords, inventories, biographies, allied families. It is very user-friendly. Donald Lines Jacobus was the "Dean of Genealogy" back in his day. The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698.
    Page: p. 691
    
17. Title: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9841/records/74108957;
    
18. Title: The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F No ACCESS
    Author: The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F ( New England Historical Genealogical Society; 1996;), Page 542.
    
19. Title: Book: Hyde Genealogy, Volume 1 (1864) CAUTION! Contains "incorrect statements," & "Many surprising blunders."
    Author: Reuben H. Walworth, Hyde Genealogy; or the Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich, Volume 1 (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1864), 25-26.
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/hydegenealogyord01walw#page/24/mode/2up;
    Note: In 1889, Mrs. Matilda O. Abbey published at Milwaukee, Wis., a Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn. This was based largely on the "Hyde Genealogy," which it follows as to the English ancestry, but makes many surprising" blunders. It repeats the incorrect statement that the first wife of Thomas was widow of Edward Mason of Wethersfield. On page 8, it states the children of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman as "Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Lydia and Waterman [sic]. Thomas Waterman, her husband, was one of the original proprietors of Norwich." WHEN MRS. MARY MASON, WIDOW OF EDWARD MASON DIED, SHE WAS STILL "WIDOW MARY MASON" SHOWING THAT SHE NEVER REMARRIED.