Thomas Noble1

M, #2499, * s 1625, + 20 Jan 1704

Family

Hannah Warriner * 17 Aug 1643, + b 12 May 1721
Children
     Thomas Noble was born s 1625 in England.1 He married Hannah Warriner, daughter of William Warriner and Joanna Searles, on 1 Nov 1660 at Springfield, Massachusetts.2,1 He died on 20 Jan 1704 in Westfield, Massachusetts.1

Other information:
Thomas immigrated in 1653 to Boston where he was admitted as inhabitant in 1653. In the same year he moved to Springfield.3
     In 1664 he and several others received permission to set up a sawmill on a brook at the Agawam River in Springfield. On 1 Jan 1665/66 he and James Warriner were charged with taking an inventory of the livestock of Springfield Plantation.4
The first assignment of houselots in Westfield took place on 16 Mar 1667. David Ashley, John Root, Thomas Root, George Phelps, Thomas Dewey and Thomas Noble were among those who received a piece of land.5 He moved to Westfield before 1669, as on 21 Jan 1668/69 it was voted that Ja. Cornis, George Phelps, Thomas Dewey and Thomas Noble should go to Springfield to discuss the borders, to allow Westfield to become its own township. On 7 Apr 1674 he was sworn in as constable of Westfield.4
Thomas Noble was a farmer and a tailor. There are many entries in Pynchon relating to credit extended to him.6
     Acc. to the article in the NEHGR (vol. 6) Thomas had 5 children, and James died 20 Jan 1702/3, but if that is right, the whole descendency of James is wrong. However, neither the Noble Genealogy, nor the Westfield Deaths in the NEHGS database have a James who died on that date.7,8
     He was chosen constable of Westfield, and sworn into office on 16 Apr 1764, took the oath of allegiance on 21 Jan 1767/68, joined the Westfield church in 1681, and took the freeman's oath on 26 Sep 1682 in Hampshire County Court. On 27 March 1688 he was fined 5s for travelling on Sunday, which the courts considered a growing evil.4
     Possibly he travelled to England and back, as John Pynchon lists a debit of £16.- for the passage.3
Thomas Noble made a will on 11 May 1697. The will was probated on 5 Sep 1704..
He leaves his wife Hannah an acre of land, and half the house, a cow, a heifer, and all the household goods. His sons have to give their mother wood and hay, as long as she remains a widow. His sons John, Thomas, Matthew, Mark, Luke and James receive the rest of the land, his four daughters, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary and Rebecca £20 a piece. His wife and son Thomas are appointed executors. His brother (in-law) James Warriner signed as a witness. The inventory was worth £448 06s 06d.9


On 2 Feb 1668/69 Thomas Dewey, Robert Ashley, James Warriner, William Warriner, Thomas Noble, David Ashley and Jonathan Ashley was among the signers from Springfield of a petition protesting the imposition by England of customs on goods imported into or exported from Massachusetts Colony.10,11

Citations

  1. [S399] , Vol. XII, (Apr. 1858): pg. 183.
  2. [S470] Clifford L. Stott, Springfield, MA, Book 1, pg. 14. Thomas Noble and Hannah Warriner, 1st day 9mo 1660. Online at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/
  3. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 19. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  4. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 20. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  5. [S472] John H. Lockwood, Westfield, MA, pg. 58/59. Online at http://archive.org/details/westfieldandits00lockgoog
  6. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 23. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  7. [S411] Rev. Emerson Davis,"Westfield, MA" 6 , pg. 266. Thomas Noble.
  8. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  9. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 23-24. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  10. [S404] 9 , pg. 81-91.
  11. [S468] Francis B. Trowbridge, Ashley, pg. 14. Online at https://ia600305.us.archive.org/2/items/ashleygenealogyh00trow/ashleygenealogyh00trow.pdf
  12. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 27. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  13. [S406] Charles H. S. Davis,"Springfield, MA" , Vol. 18, (Apr. 1864): pg. 146. John Noble, s. of Thomas Noble, borne 6 day of ye 1 mon 1662. Correction: Vol. 87, pg 303: 6 day of ye 1 mon. 1661:(62).
  14. [S406] Charles H. S. Davis,"Springfield, MA" , Vol. 18, (Apr. 1864): pg. 146. Hannah Noble, d. of Thomas Noble, borne ye 24 Feb 1663.
  15. [S406] Charles H. S. Davis,"Springfield, MA" , Vol. 18, (Apr. 1864): pg. 147. Thomas Noble, s. of Thomas Noble, borne 4 Jan 1665. Correction: Vol. 87, pg 303: 14 Jan 1665.
  16. [S395] Dunham, etc, online http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/noble.htm
  17. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 566. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  18. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 568. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  19. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 704. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog
  20. [S461] Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Noble, pg. 705. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00boltgoog