Thomas Alderman

1683 - 1715  (32 years)

• Name	Thomas Alderman  [1, 2]
  Birth	11 Jan 1683	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Aug 1715	Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey   [1, 2]
  Notes	Thomas Alderman was born 11 Jun 1683 or 9 Jan 1683 (record not legible) in Simsbury Connecticut. He was the son of William Alderman and Mary Case. On 27 Apr 1702 he married Mary Seagrave in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Nothing is known of Mary Seagrave's ancestors. The children of Thomas Alderman and Mary Seagrave: infant b. 1704 died 31 Mar 1704, Mary b. 1705, Thomas b. 1707, William b. 1709 married Abigailhe died 1759, Daniel b. 1711 married Abigail Harris in 1740 he died Oct 1785. Thomas Alderman was a weaver by trade and a Presbyterian by faith. He established the Fairfield Presbyterian Church on 19 May 1708. He died 15 Aug 1715 in Cohansey Precinct, Salem County, New Jersey leaving widow and children. At his death Thomas Alderman owned property in Simsbury Connecticut. By his will he bequeathed this land to his youngest son Daniel who is also the ancestor of the southern branch of the Alderman family (Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. Magazine, Leola Settle, Editor, Volume XXI, Number 1, page 41). Tommy Bargeron 721 West 12th Street Tifton, Georgia 31794 (Source http://www.bargeron.com/genealogy/gsb/f3430.html) LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT August 13, 1715 Will of Thomas Alderman of Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey, weaver; Wife Mary; children - Thomas, Daniel, Mary, William. Home farm in Cohansey, land at Simbury, New England, personal estate. Executors - the wife and Levi Preston. Witnesses - David Shepherd, Ephraim Dater, John Ware, Henry Buck. Proved September 28, 1715. Lib 2, p 37 Aug 20, 1715 Inventory of the personal estate, ?55.5, made by Richard Whitacar and John Fithian. New Jersey State Archives 225 West State Street-Level 2 P.O. Box 307 Trenton, NJ 08625-0307 Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I. 1670-1730; Salem County, NJ Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Cyndie Enfinger http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/salem/wills/wills01.txt
  Person ID	I16658	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Seagrave,   b. Abt 1685   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Apr 1702	East Hampton, Long Island , New York   [2]
  	MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-BIOGRAPHY-DEATH-PROBATE: Thomas Alderman moved to East Hampton on Long Island at 19 years old and married Mary Seagraves on 27 April 1702, the Reverend Nathaniel Huntting officiating. He then moved to Cohansey Section of Salem County, New Jersey. He was a weaver by occupation. He lived a clean and upright life, and helped establish the Fairfield Presbeyterian Church on 19 May 1708. He and Mary were charter members. He died at the age of 32. [His complete will is cited on page 23 of this reference] (THE ALDERMANS IN AMERICA). Tommy Bargeron 721 West 12th Street Tifton, Georgia 31794 (Source http://www.bargeron.com/genealogy/gsb/f3430.html)
  Children	1. Daniel Alderman, Sr.,   b. Abt 1711, Massachusetts d. Abt 1785, Duplin County, North Carolina (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F10413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jan 1683 - Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Marriage - 27 Apr 1702 - East Hampton, Long Island , New York Death - 15 Aug 1715 - Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S668] Allen, Melba (melbaallen36@aol.com) "Daniel Alderman Son of Thomas Alderman http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Alderman/Alderman-Daniel.html. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Childress/Mathis Family Tree (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.c om/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=patchildress&id=I5801) J. Patr ick Childress (londonwildcar@earthlink.net) Ver. 2008-06-0 2 13:31:03 (Reliability: 3).