Thomas Gentleman

• Preferred Name: Thomas Gentleman
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: G6Q3-GZW
  
• Death: BEF 10 MAR 1599 in Southwold, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.3247 LONG: E0.6798
  
• Birth: ABT 1552 in Southwold, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.3247 LONG: E0.6798
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Do not remove this source from the life Sketch:
  
  Leslie Mahler, FASG, Robert Battle, FASG, Three Great-Migration Gentlewomen: Sisters Margaret (Gentleman) Ibrook, Susan (Gentleman)(Hunter) Hollingsworth, and Joan (Gentleman)(Herrington)Youngs of Southwold, Suffolk, and Massachusetts), in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
  2020 91.4:250.
  Thomas Gentleman was the son of William Gentleman and his wife Margaret Balden.
  
  Died: Between 27 December 1598 and 10 March 1598/9. Dates his will has made and proved.
  
  Will: of Thomas Gentleman jnr of Sowthwolde.[2]
  Made on 27 December 1598; probate 10 March 1598/9.
  Summary:
  - to the poor of Sowthwolde
  - to Christian my welbeloved wyfe
  - to my daughters Agnes, Elizabeth, Joan and Susan (all unmarried and underage 18)
  - and to the child now in the womb of the said Christian
  - to daughter Margaret
  - to my father in lawe John Cock
  - to my brother John Jentleman
  - to my brother William Jentleman
  - to Henry Bolden (relationship not stated)
  - to my sister Elizabeth Lions
  - to Isabell Croofoote... to William Shepwarde...
  - wife Christian to be executrix
  - supervisors his father in law John Cocke
  - if his wife dies then...
  - said John Cocke and William Gentleman to be executors
  - "my partener" John Cocke and "my cousin John Jacksonne" guardians fo children
  - witnesses William Cocke, William Barker, William Kible
  
  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gentleman-56
  
  https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Gentleman_%281%29
  
  https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Gentleman/6000000182747939856
  
  Biography
  Thomas Gentleman was the son of William Gentleman and his wife Margaret Balden.[1] He was born after 1544 as he was under age 18 in the will of his father; the will implies he had three older siblings also all born after 1544 making it likely he was born between 1550 and 1555.
  He married Christian cock, daughter of John Cock, around 1580. They had six known children.
  Following the death of Thomas Gentleman, Christian remarried to Thomas Harrison in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England. They had at least two children, Ellen and Mary. Christian died shortly before 3 November 1612 when the administration of her estate was granted to her son-in-law and daughter, Robert and Elizabeth Hatchet.
  On 22 May 1614, the children of Thomas Gentleman and Christian Cock were all named in the will of John Cock of Southwold. He was either father of Christian Cock, or perhaps the "partner" of Thomas Gentleman named in Thomas' will. The bequests were to Margaret Eybrook wife of Richard Eybrook, Agnes Moore wife of Thomas Moore, Elizabeth Hatchet wife of Robert Hatchett, Joan Herrington wife of Robert Herrington, Susan Jentleman, and Ellen Harrison daughter of Thomas Harrison.
  Birth
  Born: After 1544.
  Under age 18 in the will of his father.
  Marriage and Children
  Married: Christian Cock say 1580.
  Children of Thomas Gentleman and Christian Cock:
  Agnes Gentleman. Born say 1583 (based on marriage). She married Thomas Moore on 17 January 1603/4 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England.
  Margaret Gentleman. Born say 1587 (based on marriage).
  Elizabeth Gentleman. Born say 1583 (based on marriage). She married Robert Hatchet on 12 October 1612 in Southwold. The were administrators of her mother's estate in 3 October 1612.
  Joan Gentleman. Born say 1593 (based on marriage). She married first Robert Herrington on 7 March 1613 in Southwold; she married second Rev. John Youngs on 25 July 1622 in Covehithe, Suffolk, England.
  Susan Gentleman. Born say 1595 (based on marriage). She married first Thomas Hunter on 2 January 1614/5 in Southwold; she married second Richard Hollingsworth on 14 December 1627 in Southwold. She and her second husband immigrated to New England along with 8 children. She was last known living on 12 December 1675 in Salem, Massachusetts.
  Child Gentleman. Born 1599. Thomas mentioned in his will an unborn child. There is no further record or evidence of this child and presumably died young.
  Death
  Died: Between 27 December 1598 and 10 March 1598/9.
  Dates his will has made and proved.
  Will: of Thomas Gentleman jnr of Sowthwolde.[2]
  Made on 27 December 1598; probate 10 March 1598/9.
  Summary:
  - to the poor of Sowthwolde
  - to Christian my welbeloved wyfe
  - to my daughters Agnes, Elizabeth, Joan and Susan (all unmarried and underage 18)
  - and to the child now in the womb of the said Christian
  - to daughter Margaret
  - to my father in lawe John Cock
  - to my brother John Jentleman
  - to my brother William Jentleman
  - to Henry Bolden (relationship not stated)
  - to my sister Elizabeth Lions
  - to Isabell Croofoote... to William Shepwarde...
  - wife Christian to be executrix
  - supervisors his father in law John Cocke
  - if his wife dies then...
  - said John Cocke and William Gentleman to be executors
  - "my partener" John Cocke and "my cousin John Jacksonne" guardians fo children
  - witnesses William Cocke, William Barker, William Kible
  Sources
  ↑ Mahler, Leslie and Robert Battle. "Three Great-Migration Gentlewomen..." in The American Genealogist, vol. 91 (2021): pages 250-260.
  ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858. (Ancestry.com online database). Will of Thome Gentleman, 1598.
  Mahler, Leslie and Robert Battle. "Three Great-Migration Gentlewomen: Sisters Margaret (Gentleman) Ibrook, Susan (Gentleman) (Hunter) Hollingsworth, and Joan (Gentleman) (Herrington) Youngs of Southwold, Suffolk, and Massachusetts." in The American Genealogist volume 91 number 4 (July/October 2020, published December 2021): pages 250-260.

• m. 1580

1. Margaret Gentlemen, b. ABT 1587 in Southwold, Suffolk, England     d. 4 APR 1664 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America