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PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Rowland, Springfield, propr., town officer. he m. 14 (2) 1647, Sarah Chapin; she d. Aug. 5, 1684. Ch. Joseph bur. 12 (4) 1648, Samuel bur. 5 (1) 1649, Mary b. and d. 1650.
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Rowland Thomas 29½ acres owned in 1647. (-4) .
BIRTH: abt. 1621..
MARRIAGE: (1) 14 Apr 1647 Sarah CHAPIN, daughter of Deacon Samuel CHAPIN and Cecily Penney. Rowland and Sarah lost at least eight of their children as infants. Sarah d.1684. .
DEATH: Died at Springfield 1698; estate valued at £99..
BIOGRAPHY: Rowland Thomas was a Springfield proprietor and town officer. An Indian broke into Rowland Thomas? house in June 1650 and stole some goods; Rowland served as a juror in several cases; the most interesting being on 27 Dec 1674 as an inquest juror in the case of Abel Wright?s 3 or 4 year-old child who was found dead. The jury determined that the child "went out to a sled without the doors and endeavoring to get upon the sled halfe loaden with wood, a log rowled downe on the child and the log falling on the child which was a heavy log, the child thereby came to its end." Rowland was chosen a Selectman three times. In 1678 Rowland Thomas, Joseph Bedortha, and John Dorchester built a fortification on the Suffield and Westfield sides of Springfield. Rowland Thomas does not appear on early maps of Springfield. By occupation, he was a teamster and a laborer; carried loads of stone; leveled ground, hauled to Hadley; worked at the mill--especially with stones. Lost his land and house to John Pynchon for debts on 1 Mar 1667/8. .
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1621 - 1698 (77 years)
