Lieutenant Thomas Miner

1608 - 1690  (~ 82 years)    Has 20 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Thomas Miner  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Birth	Chew Magna, Somerset, England
  Christening	23 Apr 1608
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Oct 1690	Quiambaug, New London CO, Connecticut, USA
  Burial	Wequetequock, New London County, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I76643	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Clement Miner,   b. Between 1554 and 1565, Chew Magna, Somerset, England d. 31 Mar 1640, England (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Sarah Pope,   b. Abt 1575, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Between 1598 and 1628	England
  Family ID	F80617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Palmer,   b. 9 May 1612, Yetminster, Dorset, England d. 12 Oct 1690, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1634	Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	+ 1. John Miner, Sr,   b. 3 Jun 1635, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Sep 1719, Woodbury, Litchfield CO, Connecticut, USA (Age 84 years) + 2. Clement Miner, Sr,   c. 4 Mar 1638   d. 8 Nov 1700, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 62 years)   3. Thomas Miner, Jr,   c. 10 May 1640   d. 20 Apr 1662, Narragansett, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Age ~ 21 years) + 4. Ephraim Miner,   b. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 19 May 1724, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years) + 5. Doctor Joseph Miner,   c. 25 Aug 1644   d. 31 Jan 1712, Woodbury, Litchfield CO, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 67 years)   6. Judah Miner,   b. 1646, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. Between 1647 and 1736 (Age 1 year) + 7. Deacon Manassah Miner,   b. 23 Apr 1647, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 29 Apr 1728, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 81 years)   8. Ann Miner,   b. 28 Apr 1649, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 13 Aug 1652, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA (Age 3 years)   9. Maria (Mary) Miner,   b. Between 1650 and 1655, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 24 Jan 1666, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 16 years)   10. Eunice Miner,   b. Abt 1651, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. Between 1652 and 1745, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 1 year)   11. Samuel Miner,   b. 4 Mar 1652, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 1682 (Age 29 years)   12. Elizabeth Miner,   b. 1653, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 13. Hannah Miner,   b. 15 Sep 1655, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. Aft 6 Mar 1691 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F79655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2003

  
  

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• Notes

  1. Thomas was baptized "Thomas Myner". 2. The ancestry of Thomas Minor (1608) presents a major problem. The "Herauldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner" was accepted as authentic for over 300 years. This manuscript is held by the Connecticut Historical Society. It is a work of art, but probably is a work of creativity. Research in 1979 failed to substantiate it. Therefor, all claimed ancestors of Thomas prior to those listed below are at best questionable: Clement Minor -- father Thomas Minor -- grandfather William Minor -- great-grandfather 3. Thomas, the immigrant, spelled his name "Minor" when he arrived in the colonies with the Winthrop fleet in the "Arbella" June 14, 1630. When he later received the "Essay," for some time he changed the spelling to "Miner" to conform to the spelling in the "Essay". Some of the children changed the spelling, some didn't. Spelling frequently changed back and forth. He apparently settled for "Minor" as his gravestone, mentioned below, indicates. 4. Thomas was of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1632. He was one of the church founders in Frothingham and Budington, Freeman March 4, 1634, removed to Pequot, New London in 1643 and then to Stonington soon after 1645. He removed to Mystic in 1653 where he spent the rest of his days. He is buried with his wife under a large wolf stone from his house, on which is cut: "Here lyes the body of Liutenant Thomas Miner aged 83 -- departed 1690" 5. General and President Ulysses S. Grant is a lineal descendant through Thomas' son, John Miner. ******************************************************* xCapt. Thomas Minor sailed from Gravestone, Eng on 25 Apr 1629 on the ship (Lions Whelp) he arrived in Salem, Mass in Mid July 1629. He was a Sgt. in 1649 and a Capt in 1665. He is listed as from Stonington, Conn. and listed in the New Haven Conn. Colonial Records of the 17th Cen. on pg22 C2. He lived in Hingham,Mass where his son was born and moved to Nameaugh, New London,Conn in 1658. He then moved to Quiambog and Togwork in Stonington, Conn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S585] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), page 527 (Reliability: 2). [S621] Herauldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner. [S622] New England Historic Genealogical Society, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The NEHG Register, Vol. CXXXVIII, July, 1984, pages 182 - 185 (Reliability: 2). [S597] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn. - 1649-1900, (Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900), page 466 (Reliability: 2).