Thomas Lamb, of Roxbury

Anderson does not name any parents for Thomas Lamb of Roxbury (born say 1596, died 28 May 1646 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony); others have claimed (without source) that he was the son of Thomas Lamb and Elizabeth Aylett.

Alternate birthplace: Stowe Langtoft, Suffolk County, England

THOMAS appears as a freeman on the WInthrop Society list

Note:

Savage: LAMB, Thomas, Roxbury, came in 1630 in the fleet with Winthrop brot. w. Eliz. and two ch. Thomas, and John, req. adm. 19 Oct. had Samuel, b. in Oct., bapt. that yr. at Dorchester, bef. the ch. at R. was gathered, and was freem. 18 May foll. had Abel, fourth s. b. Oct. 1633; Decline, the first d. b. Apr. 1637, wh. m. 7 December 166, Stephen Smith; and Bejamin, the sixth ch. Oct. 1639, d. soon, as did his mo. both bur. 28 Nov. Barry calls this last ch. of Eliz. Caleb; but the ch. rec. is copious and explicit to the contra. The town rec. said Benjamin, b. 27 Nov., but a modern hand eras. that, and wrongful. ins. Caleb. Such violat. of the vestal purity of rec. is less rare than might be expect. He m. 16 July 1640, Dorothy Harbottle, "a Godly sis. of the ch." had Caleb, b. 9 Apr. 1641; Joshua, 27, bapt. 28 Nov. 1642; Mary, bapt. 29 Sept. 1644; and Abiel, 2 Aug. 1646. The f. d. 28 Mar. preced. and apostle Eliot notes (on the bapt.) his "not long afore leave his childr. to the Lord to be their f." and his wid. ma. 2 Feb. 1652, Thomas Hawley.

The WINTHROP FLEET. Eleven vessels brought "The Great Emigration" to America in 1630. The ships were the Arabella, Ambrose, Talbot, William and Francis, Hopewell, Jewel, Whale, Charles, Success, Mayflower, and Trail. The first five ships sailed April 8 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and arrived at Salem June 13 and following days. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July at various dates. Altogether they brought about seven hundred passengers.

The progenitor of the American branch of the Lamb family living in Leicester, Massachusetts, was Thomas Lamb, who was a merchant of London, England, from whence he emigrated in July, 1630 , landing at Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he located, residing there until his decease in 1645 . His remains were interred in the family lot at the corner of Washington and Ustas Streets, Roxbury. He was Orthodox in religion. He was married in London, England, and had a family of two children: John, who was a trader with the East Indies, and married a Miss Chapin; and Thomas Jr., who married a Miss Stobbins. Thomas Lamb, Sr., married for his second wife Dorothy Harbiddle.

SOURCE: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol2 p.337.

Thomas Lamb was a merchant who came to New England in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet with his wife, Elizabeth and two sons. He settled at Roxbury where he acquired a homestead property of 18 acres, which lay between the Roxbury Church (of Apostle John Eliot) and Stony Brook. He took the oath of the General Court on May 18, 1631. He was one of the founders of the first church at Roxbury, July 1632. and in 1633, he opened the first quarry in New England on the island of Squantom in Boston Harbor. He also helped to establish the first free school in America, he was one of six individuals who pledged themselves for the support the Free School in Roxbury, later known as Roxbury Latin School and the English and Latin High School. [Research by Patricia C. Lamb]

Thomas Lamb's homestead of 18 acres was "lying between Meeting House Hill and Stoney River, west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson." By 1640 he owned 37 acres. In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, the heirs of Thomas Lamb held 6 parcels which had been granted to him, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased (4).

The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646 [sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not list or value the land itself. These holdings were listed as follows: "... his dwelling house, barne and house lot with other grounds as upland and marsh lying together (through which lyeth a cart way reserved for the use of the towne forever) eighteen accors and three roodes more or lesse, upon the land of Mr. Hugh Prichard and the meeting house hill north west, upon the home lotts of Isaack Heath, Mr. Anthony Stodder, and John Johnson east, and with Stoney River on the north, and so along their unto the land of Mr. Thomas Weld, Mr. Anthony Stodder and the heires of Samuel Hagborne on the northwest, and nineteene accres and three roodes more or lesse, upon the south east of the dead swamp, the other end upon a highway leading to the fresh meadow upon Robert Williams east, and upon William Denison west. And nine accres of salt marsh upon Boston bounds east, and upon the heirs of Samuel Hagborne south, upon Isaac Morrill north, and upon a highway west, and in the first and third part of the last division being the twentysixth lott between George Holmes his heires, and Daniel Brewer in both the parts is threescore and ten accres, one quarter and thirty pole, and in the thousand accres next Dedham, thirty and seven accres."

The inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d (5).

On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale by Dorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31 May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, his wife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of Thomas Lambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke (4,7). On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wife sold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb; this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas (6).

On March 3, 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to "Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury...yeoman, deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter of the said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" (5). Subsequently a large number of documents were gathered in an attempt to determine what had happened to the estate of Thomas Lamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wife Dorothy and her second husband Thomas Hawley [Superior Judicial Court Case #3762]. Among these papers were receipts that had been drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley, as follows.

On April 12, 1652 "Thomas Lamb of Charlestown, son of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased," receipted to "Thomas Hawley of Roxbury my father-in-law."

On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased,"acknowledged receipt of his share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxbury my father-in-law."

A quitclaim deed dated July 23, 1677: "Know all men by these presents, that I Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury in the County of Suffolke in Newengland doe acknowledge my selfe to have Received of Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the Relict & widdow of Thomas Lambe, the full and Just Sum of Twenty foure pounds In moneyes & Lands of vallue to my Satisfaction...In full of all Right...that I the said Abiall.. have to the above Thomas Lambs estate Either upon Just division accounting the said Lamb Intestate or by the last will and testament of the said

Lamb Evidenced to me by the acknowledgment of John and Thomas Lamb my brethren... who had Like Right to the Estate... & I do accordingly for my selfe & me heirs discharge the heires and administrators of the said Thomas Hawley and the Remainder of the Estate of the said Thomas Lamb...from any further Claime...In witness whereof I have hereunto.

Set my hand and Seale this twenty third of July one thousand six hundred seventy and seven: the Land above mentioned is one acre more or Less Lying in the upper calfs paster;" signed by "Abiel Lamb;" witnesses: Phillips Searls and Richard Chick; Mr. Searles acknowledged 14 June 1698 that he saw the deed signed, etc. . . witness: Edw Bromfield."

On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury acknowledged that he had had his share of the estate from "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate of Thomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow of Thomas Lamb."

On July 2, 1697 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lamb daughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he had received £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb."

A Caveat dated July 14, 1698: Whereas the inventory of the estate of Thomas Hawley, late of Roxbury, deceased, was made 22 August 1676, a committee has been appointed about such land as he held at the time of his death, and whereas he possessed no land at the said time, being the land owned by Thomas Lamb, Sr., of Roxbury, deceased, and never by the said Lamb conveyed to the said Lamb's children or heirs, "We Abiel Lamb, Mary Bayley, and Joshua Lamb, the children and heirs of the said Thomas Lamb do offer as a caveat to the said committee" that:

1. We are the legal possessors of said lands by inheritance.

2. The said Thomas Lamb, Sr., died intestate, his land descended to "Lamb his children and by no means to the said Hawleys."

3. That there has never been any administration granted on the estate of the said Thomas Lamb which inventory of his estate was inventoried as Hawley's until letters of Administration were granted to us.

Reply was made by Edward Dorr and his wife Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr, for themselves and in behalf of Joseph Hawley, son of said Hawley , and for John Booth and his wife Dorothy (Hawley) Booth. They claim they are rightfully possessed of the land by inheritance, and that their ancestor Thomas Hawley owned the lands in controversy in 1652, and died seized of the same, and his widow, "our mother," continued her possession of them to the day of her death, with no molestation from her first husband's children, or their descendants "the now plaintiffes"; they also bring out in response to the second point, that some of Lamb's children were young when the widow married Hawley and that he, their father-in-law [stepfather], raised them; also that they have quit-claimed their rights to the land upon payment by Hawley, and they, the Dorrs, etc., can produce the records of the same. In reply to the third point, they state that the widow always said her husband Lamb made a will, which could not be found, she, thinking it would someday appear, delayed the administration. Signed by Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Dorr. Filed by the Judge of Probate on 28 July 1698.

Sources

• "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633"; by Robert Charles Anderson; New England link
• Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; 1995 (974.A549 LAPL) (F7 .G74 1995 CSL) and "Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, Massachusetts"; by Patricia C. Lamb from the "American Genealogist"; 1980 (Per SCGS)
• "Thomas Lambe of Roxbury; English Puritan, founder of an American lineage in the colony of the Massachusetts Bay and some of his descendants, 1630-1932"; Albert Roswell Lamb, Washington, DC; 1932 (929.2 L1652L ACPL)
• "The Town of Roxbury Its Memorable Persons and Places Its History and Antiquities with Numerous Illustrations of Its Old Landmarks and Noted Personages"; by Francis S. Drake; p. 309; October, 1878
• "Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and churches, and other contemporaneous", documented by Charles Henry Pope; p. 276; 1965
• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wrandall... 15
• Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope Genealogical Publishing House, Baltimore MD 1900/1986

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Note: Research per William Randall:

Thomas Lamb settled in Roxbury where he acquired a homestead of18 acres "lying between Meeting House Hill and Stoney River,west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson." By 1640he owned 37 acres. In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, theheirs of Thomas Lamb held 6 parcels which had been granted tohim, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased (4).

The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646[sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not listor value the land itself. These holdings were listed4 asfollows: "... his dwelling house, barne and house lot with othergrounds as upland and marsh lying together (through which lyetha cart way reserved for the use of the towne forever) eighteenaccors and three roodes more or lesse, upon the land of Mr. HughPrichard and the meeting house hill north west, upon the homelotts of Isaack Heath, Mr. Anthony Stodder, and John Johnsoneast, and with Stoney River on the north, and so along theirunto the land of Mr. Thomas Weld, Mr. Anthony Stodder and theheires of Samuel Hagborne on the northwest, and nineteene accresand three roodes more or lesse, upon the south east of the deadswamp, the other end upon a highway leading to the fresh meadowupon Robert Williams east, and upon William Denison west. Andnine accres of salt marsh upon Boston bounds east, and upon theheirs of Samuel Hagborne south, upon Isaac Morrill north, andupon a highway west, and in the first and third part of the lastdivision being the twentysixth lott between George Holmes hisheires, and Daniel Brewer in both the parts is threescore andten accres, one quarter and thirty pole, and in the thousandaccres next Dedham, thirty and seven accres."

The inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d (5).On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale byDorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, hiswife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of ThomasLambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke(4,7). On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wifesold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb;this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas (6).

On March 3, 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to"Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury...yeoman,deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter ofthe said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" (5).Subsequently a large number of documents were gathered in anattempt to determine what had happened to the estate of ThomasLamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wifeDorothy and her second husband Thomas Hawley [Superior JudicialCourt Case #3762]. Among these papers were receipts that hadbeen drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley,as follows.

On April 12, 1652 "Thomas Lamb of Charlestown, son of ThomasLamb of Roxbury deceased," receipted to "Thomas Hawley ofRoxbury my father-in-law."

On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son ofThomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased," acknowledged receipt ofhis share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxburymy father-in-law."

A quitclaim deed dated July 23, 1677: "Know all men by thesepresents, that I Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxburyin the County of Suffolke in Newengland doe acknowledge my selfeto have Received of Thomas Hawley of the same place who marriedDorothy the Relict & widdow of Thomas Lambe, the full and JustSum of Twenty foure pounds In moneyes & Lands of vallue to mySatisfaction...In full of all Right...that I the said Abiall..have to the above Thomas Lambs estate Either upon Just divisionaccounting the said Lamb Intestate or by the last will andtestament of the said Lamb Evidenced to me by the acknowledgmentof John and Thomas Lamb my brethren... who had Like Right to theEstate... & I do accordingly for my selfe & me heirs dischargethe heires and administrators of the said Thomas Hawley and theRemainder of the Estate of the said Thomas Lamb...from anyfurther Claime...In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my handand Seale this twenty third of July one thousand six hundredseventy and seven: the Land above mentioned is one acre more orLess Lying in the upper calfs paster;" signed by "Abiel Lamb;"witnesses: Phillips Searls and Richard Chick; Mr. Searlesacknowledged 14 June 1698 that he saw the deed signed, etc. . .witness: Edw Bromfield."

On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late ofRoxbury acknowledged that he had had his share of the estatefrom "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate ofThomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow ofThomas Lamb."

On July 2, 1697 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lambdaughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he hadreceived £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who marriedDorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb."

A Caveat dated July 14, 1698: Whereas the inventory of theestate of Thomas Hawley, late of Roxbury, deceased, was made 22August 1676, a committee has been appointed about such land ashe held at the time of his death, and whereas he possessed noland at the said time, being the land owned by Thomas Lamb, Sr.,of Roxbury, deceased, and never by the said Lamb conveyed to thesaid Lamb's children or heirs, "We Abiel Lamb, Mary Bayley, andJoshua Lamb, the children and heirs of the said Thomas Lamb dooffer as a caveat to the said committee" that:

1. We are the legal possessors of said lands by inheritance.

2. The said Thomas Lamb, Sr., died intestate, his land descendedto "Lamb his children and by no means to the said Hawleys."

3. That there has never been any administration granted on theestate of the said Thomas Lamb which inventory of his estate wasinventoried as Hawley's until letters of Administration weregranted to us.

Reply was made by Edward Dorr and his wife Elizabeth (Hawley)Dorr, for themselves and in behalf of Joseph Hawley, son of saidHawley , and for John Booth and his wife Dorothy (Hawley) Booth.They claim they are rightfully possessed of the land byinheritance, and that their ancestor Thomas Hawley owned thelands in controversy in 1652, and died seized of the same, andhis widow, "our mother," continued her possession of them to theday of her death, with no molestation from her first husband'schildren, or their descendants "the now plaintiffes"; they alsobring out in response to the second point, that some of Lamb'schildren were young when the widow married Hawley and that he,their father-in-law [stepfather], raised them; also that theyhave quit-claimed their rights to the land upon payment byHawley, and they, the Dorrs, etc., can produce the records ofthe same. In reply to the third point, they state that the widowalways said her husband Lamb made a will, which could not befound, she, thinking it would someday appear, delayed theadministration. Signed by Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Dorr. Filedby the Judge of Probate on 28 July 1698.

Thomas Lamb was a merchant who came to New England in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet with his wife, Elizabeth and two sons. He settled at Roxbury where he acquired a homestead property of 18acres, which lay between Meeting House Hill and Stony River. He took the oath of the General Court on May 18, 1631. He was one of the founders of the first church at Roxbury, July 1632. and in 1633, he opened the first quarry in New England on the island of Squantom in Boston Harbor. He also helped to establish the first free school in America, the Free School in Roxbury, later known as the English and Latin High School. [Research by Patricia C. Lamb]

"The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England,1620-1633"; by Robert Charles Anderson; New England HistoricGenealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; 1995 (974.A549LAPL) (F7 .G74 1995 CSL) and "Thomas Lamb of Roxbury,Massachusetts"; by Patricia C. Lamb from the "American Genealogist"; 1980 (Per SCGS)

"Thomas Lambe of Roxbury; English Puritan, founder of an American lineage in the colony of the Massachusetts Bay and someof his descendants, 1630-1932"; Albert Roswell Lamb, Washington,DC; 1932 (929.2 L1652L ACPL)

"Thomas Lamb came with the first settlers to Roxbury in 1630,bringing with him his wife Elizabeth, and two children. By a second wife, Dorothy Harbittle, he had several children. His homestead of 18 acres lay between Meeting-House Hill and StonyRiver, west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson.His son Joshua, an enterprising and wealthy citizen of citizenof Roxbury, was at one time a proprietor of Lambstown, now Hardwick, Massachusetts, purchased of the Indians in December,1686, for 20 [pounds].

Leicester was in 1713 granted by the General Court to Colonel Joshua Lamb, grandson of Thomas. Lamb’s Dam, near the presentline of Northampton Street, and noted in the annals of the siege, was erected by Colonel Joshua Lamb as a protection to his marsh land and works at the "Salt Pans".

"The Town of Roxbury Its Memorable Persons and Places Its History and Antiquities with Numerous Illustrations of Its OldLandmarks and Noted Personages"; by Francis S. Drake; p. 309;October, 1878

Puritan Colonist, who came for both religious and economic liberty from the church-crown. Thomas, his wife Elizabeth and his three sons sailed from London to Roxbury, CT with the Winthrop fleet in 1630, April 11 departed English channel. On the 12 June they landed at Plum Cove. Per "The Winthrop Fleetof 1630" Charles Banks of Boston in 1930, possibly from Stowe Langtoft, County Suffolk. Declared freeman 18 May 1631 per Massachusetts Colonial Records. Had applied for Freeman Status on Oct 19 1630 in Boston. Under the first charter of the Massachusetts colony only freemen had the right to vote or hold public office. Required to take the "Freeman's Oath" in matters of church membership and state allegiance.

Buried at Cemetary at Washington & Eustis in Roxbury, MA

Note: Research per William Randall:

Thomas Lamb settled in Roxbury where he acquired a homestead of18 acres "lying between Meeting House Hill and Stoney River,west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson." By 1640he owned 37 acres. In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, theheirs of Thomas Lamb held 6 parcels which had been granted tohim, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased (4).

The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646[sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not listor value the land itself. These holdings were listed4 asfollows: "... his dwelling house, barne and house lot with othergrounds as upland and marsh lying together (through which lyetha cart way reserved for the use of the towne forever) eighteenaccors and three roodes more or lesse, upon the land of Mr. HughPrichard and the meeting house hill north west, upon the homelotts of Isaack Heath, Mr. Anthony Stodder, and John Johnsoneast, and with Stoney River on the north, and so along theirunto the land of Mr. Thomas Weld, Mr. Anthony Stodder and theheires of Samuel Hagborne on the northwest, and nineteene accresand three roodes more or lesse, upon the south east of the deadswamp, the other end upon a highway leading to the fresh meadowupon Robert Williams east, and upon William Denison west. Andnine accres of salt marsh upon Boston bounds east, and upon theheirs of Samuel Hagborne south, upon Isaac Morrill north, andupon a highway west, and in the first and third part of the lastdivision being the twentysixth lott between George Holmes hisheires, and Daniel Brewer in both the parts is threescore andten accres, one quarter and thirty pole, and in the thousandaccres next Dedham, thirty and seven accres."

The inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d (5).On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale byDorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, hiswife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of ThomasLambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke(4,7). On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wifesold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb;this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas (6).

On March 3, 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to"Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury...yeoman,deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter ofthe said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" (5).Subsequently a large number of documents were gathered in anattempt to determine what had happened to the estate of ThomasLamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wifeDorothy and her second husband Thomas Hawley [Superior JudicialCourt Case #3762]. Among these papers were receipts that hadbeen drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley,as follows.

On April 12, 1652 "Thomas Lamb of Charlestown, son of ThomasLamb of Roxbury deceased," receipted to "Thomas Hawley ofRoxbury my father-in-law."

On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son ofThomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased," acknowledged receipt ofhis share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxburymy father-in-law."

A quitclaim deed dated July 23, 1677: "Know all men by thesepresents, that I Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxburyin the County of Suffolke in Newengland doe acknowledge my selfeto have Received of Thomas Hawley of the same place who marriedDorothy the Relict & widdow of Thomas Lambe, the full and JustSum of Twenty foure pounds In moneyes & Lands of vallue to mySatisfaction...In full of all Right...that I the said Abiall..have to the above Thomas Lambs estate Either upon Just divisionaccounting the said Lamb Intestate or by the last will andtestament of the said Lamb Evidenced to me by the acknowledgmentof John and Thomas Lamb my brethren... who had Like Right to theEstate... & I do accordingly for my selfe & me heirs dischargethe heires and administrators of the said Thomas Hawley and theRemainder of the Estate of the said Thomas Lamb...from anyfurther Claime...In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my handand Seale this twenty third of July one thousand six hundredseventy and seven: the Land above mentioned is one acre more orLess Lying in the upper calfs paster;" signed by "Abiel Lamb;"witnesses: Phillips Searls and Richard Chick; Mr. Searlesacknowledged 14 June 1698 that he saw the deed signed, etc. . .witness: Edw Bromfield."

On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late ofRoxbury acknowledged that he had had his share of the estatefrom "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate ofThomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow ofThomas Lamb."

On July 2, 1697 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lambdaughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he hadreceived £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who marriedDorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb."

A Caveat dated July 14, 1698: Whereas the inventory of theestate of Thomas Hawley, late of Roxbury, deceased, was made 22August 1676, a committee has been appointed about such land ashe held at the time of his death, and whereas he possessed noland at the said time, being the land owned by Thomas Lamb, Sr.,of Roxbury, deceased, and never by the said Lamb conveyed to thesaid Lamb's children or heirs, "We Abiel Lamb, Mary Bayley, andJoshua Lamb, the children and heirs of the said Thomas Lamb dooffer as a caveat to the said committee" that:

1. We are the legal possessors of said lands by inheritance.

2. The said Thomas Lamb, Sr., died intestate, his land descendedto "Lamb his children and by no means to the said Hawleys."

3. That there has never been any administration granted on theestate of the said Thomas Lamb which inventory of his estate wasinventoried as Hawley's until letters of Administration weregranted to us.

Reply was made by Edward Dorr and his wife Elizabeth (Hawley)Dorr, for themselves and in behalf of Joseph Hawley, son of saidHawley , and for John Booth and his wife Dorothy (Hawley) Booth.They claim they are rightfully possessed of the land byinheritance, and that their ancestor Thomas Hawley owned thelands in controversy in 1652, and died seized of the same, andhis widow, "our mother," continued her possession of them to theday of her death, with no molestation from her first husband'schildren, or their descendants "the now plaintiffes"; they alsobring out in response to the second point, that some of Lamb'schildren were young when the widow married Hawley and that he,their father-in-law [stepfather], raised them; also that theyhave quit-claimed their rights to the land upon payment byHawley, and they, the Dorrs, etc., can produce the records ofthe same. In reply to the third point, they state that the widowalways said her husband Lamb made a will, which could not befound, she, thinking it would someday appear, delayed theadministration. Signed by Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Dorr. Filedby the Judge of Probate on 28 July 1698.

Thomas Lamb was a merchant who came to New England in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet with his wife, Elizabeth and two sons. He settled at Roxbury where he acquired a homestead property of 18acres, which lay between Meeting House Hill and Stony River. He took the oath of the General Court on May 18, 1631. He was one of the founders of the first church at Roxbury, July 1632. and in 1633, he opened the first quarry in New England on the island of Squantom in Boston Harbor. He also helped to establish the first free school in America, the Free School in Roxbury, later known as the English and Latin High School. [Research by Patricia C. Lamb]

"The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England,1620-1633"; by Robert Charles Anderson; New England HistoricGenealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; 1995 (974.A549LAPL) (F7 .G74 1995 CSL) and "Thomas Lamb of Roxbury,Massachusetts"; by Patricia C. Lamb from the "American Genealogist"; 1980 (Per SCGS)

"Thomas Lambe of Roxbury; English Puritan, founder of an American lineage in the colony of the Massachusetts Bay and someof his descendants, 1630-1932"; Albert Roswell Lamb, Washington,DC; 1932 (929.2 L1652L ACPL)

"Thomas Lamb came with the first settlers to Roxbury in 1630,bringing with him his wife Elizabeth, and two children. By a second wife, Dorothy Harbittle, he had several children. His homestead of 18 acres lay between Meeting-House Hill and StonyRiver, west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson.His son Joshua, an enterprising and wealthy citizen of citizenof Roxbury, was at one time a proprietor of Lambstown, now Hardwick, Massachusetts, purchased of the Indians in December,1686, for 20 [pounds].

Leicester was in 1713 granted by the General Court to Colonel Joshua Lamb, grandson of Thomas. Lamb’s Dam, near the presentline of Northampton Street, and noted in the annals of the siege, was erected by Colonel Joshua Lamb as a protection to his marsh land and works at the "Salt Pans".

"The Town of Roxbury Its Memorable Persons and Places Its History and Antiquities with Numerous Illustrations of Its OldLandmarks and Noted Personages"; by Francis S. Drake; p. 309;October, 1878

Puritan Colonist, who came for both religious and economic liberty from the church-crown. Thomas, his wife Elizabeth and his three sons sailed from London to Roxbury, CT with the Winthrop fleet in 1630, April 11 departed English channel. On the 12 June they landed at Plum Cove. Per "The Winthrop Fleetof 1630" Charles Banks of Boston in 1930, possibly from Stowe Langtoft, County Suffolk. Declared freeman 18 May 1631 per Massachusetts Colonial Records. Had applied for Freeman Status on Oct 19 1630 in Boston. Under the first charter of the Massachusetts colony only freemen had the right to vote or hold public office. Required to take the "Freeman's Oath" in matters of church membership and state allegiance.

Buried at Cemetary at Washington & Eustis in Roxbury, MA

THOMAS LAMB was (possibly*) a churchwarden at Barnardiston parish church, Suffolk, England 1624-1629, where the first 3 children listed below were baptized [1,10,12]. With his wife and two sons he came to Massachusetts Bay Colony with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 [3, 8, 12]. In Roxbury he was a yeoman and a slater, as in 1633 he was granted rights to take slate from Slate Island for 3 years [6,7]. He took the Oath of Freeman 18 May 1631 [7] and was a founding member of Roxbury Church and school [3,13,14]. (See notes below regarding estate.)

He was born by @1599, probably in England, and died of "a Calenture, by a great could" at Roxbury on 28 Mar 1646. Said to have been buried in the burial ground at what is now the corner of Washington & Eustis Streets in Boston, though there is no gravestone. He married ELIZABETH ____, presumably in England before 1624. She died in childbirth at Roxbury on 28 Nov 1639. Thomas married secondly at Roxbury, on 16 July 1640, DOROTHY HARBOTTLE, born ____, died 28 Jan 1697/8. Dorothy was admitted to Roxbury Church in 1638/39. She married secondly at Roxbury, on 2 Feb 1651/2, THOMAS HAWLEY (killed in the Sudbury Fight, King Philip's War, 21 Apr 1676) by whom she had 3 children [2,3,12].

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (first 3 assumed to be by Elizabeth): 1. THOMAS LAMB, (poss.*) bap. Barnardiston, Suffolk, Eng., 25 June 1624; res. Charlestown MA 1652-1654 [1,2,9,10,12] (more) 2. SUSANNA LAMB, (poss.*) bap. Barnardiston 1 October 1626; no further record; assumed died by 1630 [1,10,12] 3. JOHN LAMB, (poss.*) bap. Barnardiston 20 Apr 1628, d. Springfield MA 28 Sep 1690; m. by 1653 JOANNA _____, m. 2nd Springfield MA, 26 Jan 1687/8, LYDIA (WRIGHT (BLISS) NORTON [1,2,10,12] (more) 4. SAMUEL LAMB, b. Roxbury @ Oct 1630, bap. Dorchester MA, called 3rd son of Thomas. No further record [2,3,12] 5. ABEL LAMB, b. Roxbury @ Aug 1633; may be the "Abell Lamb, servant to William French" bur. Cambridge MA 16 Oct 1649 [2,3,12] 6. DECLINE LAMB, b. Roxbury Apr 1637, called 1st daughter, d. after 1670; m. STEPHEN SMITH Charlestown MA 7 Dec 1663 [2.3.12] (more) 7. BENJAMIN LAMB, b./d. Roxbury Nov 1639, bur 28 Nov 1639 [2,3,12]

Children of Thomas and Dorothy: 8. CALEB LAMB, b. Roxbury 9 Apr 1641, d. Canada 1690 (Canadian Expedition); m. Roxbury 30 Jun 1669 MARY WISE [2,3,12] (more) 9. JOSHUA LAMB, b. Roxbury 27 Nov 1642, d. same 23 Sep 1690; m. by 1675 MARY ALCOCK [2,3,12] (more) 10. MARY LAMB, b. Roxbury 29 Sep 1644; m. by 1665 THOMAS SWAN, m. 2nd 1697 JAMES BAYLEY [2,3,12] (more) 11. ABIEL LAMB (1646-1709); m. ELIZABETH (CLARK) BUCKMINSTER (more)

• While in England in 1980 I found evidence that Thomas Lamb and family lived in Barnardiston, Suffolk, 1624-1629. These findings were published in the American Genealogist, v.56, #2, p. 99 (April 1980). The Great Migration Begins cites this report and says of it: "The proposed origin of Thomas Lamb in Barnardiston is based on three baptisms only, which are chronologically consistent with what is known of the Roxbury man and his family, but this evidence of not conclusive." - PL

References 1. Parish Registers of Barnardiston, Suffolk, England 2. Vital Records of Roxbury, Framingham, & Springfield MA [printed transcripts] 3. Roxbury Land and Church Records, 6th Report of the Boston Record Commissioners 4. Roxbury Book of Possessions, in the 6th Report of the Boston Record Commissioners 5. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records 6. Suffolk Deeds 7. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Boston, 1853-54 8. John Winthrop: The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, ed. J Savage, Boston, 1853 9. Thomas B. Wyman: The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1818 10. Patricia C. Lamb: "Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, Mass.," The American Genealogist 56:99 (1980) 11. James Gordon Lamb: The Descendants of Thomas Lambe of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Houston 1993 12. Robert Charles Anderson: The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol. II, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995; and subsequent corrections in Great Migration Newsletter, p.186, vol.6, no.3, July-September 1997 13. C. M. Ellis: History of Roxbury Town 14. C. K. Dillaway: History of the Grammar School 15. W.L. Holman: "Lamb Family" (typescript, 1957-1961), NEHGS Library, Boston; photocopy.

According to Pat Lamb:

Regarding the Estate of Thomas Lamb [11,12]

TL settled in Roxbury where he acquired a homestead of 18 acres "lying between Meeting House Hill and Stoney River, west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson." By 1640 he owned 37 acres. In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, the heirs of Thomas Lamb held 6 parcels which had been granted to him, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased [4]. The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646 [sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not list or value the land itself. These holdings were listed [4] as follows: "... his dwelling house, barne and house lot with other grounds as upland and marsh lying together (through which lyeth a cart way reserved for the use of the towne forever) eighteen accors and three roodes more or lesse, upon the land of Mr. Hugh Prichard and the meeting house hill north west, upon the home lotts of Isaack Heath, Mr. Anthony Stodder, and John Johnson east, and with Stoney River on the north, and so along their unto the land of Mr. Thomas Weld, Mr. Anthony Stodder and the heires of Samuel Hagborne on the northwest, and nineteene accres and three roodes more or lesse, upon the south east of the dead swamp, the other end upon a highway leading to the fresh meadow upon Robert Williams east, and upon William Denison west. And nine accres of salt marsh upon Boston bounds east, and upon the heirs of Samuel Hagborne south, upon Isaac Morrill north, and upon a highway west, and in the first and third part of the last division being the twentysixth lott between George Holmes his heires, and Daniel Brewer in both the parts is threescore and ten accres, one quarter and thirty pole, and in the thousand accres next Dedham, thirty and seven accres." The inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d [5]. On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale by Dorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31 May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, his wife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of Thomas Lambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke [4,7]. On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wife sold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb; this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas [6]. On 12 April 1652 Thomas Lamb of Charlestown acknowledged receipt of legacy of 35£ 9s 3p from his father Thomas Lambe Sr, deceased, acquitting rights to "Thomas Hawley of Roxbury my father-in-law." On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased," acknowledged receipt of his share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxbury my father-in-law." On 22 Aug 1676 a list of debts of the Thomas Hawley estate includes "to Thomas Lamb in part of his legacy left by his father, five pounds." On 2 July 1677 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lamb daughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he had received £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb." A quitclaim deed dated 23 July 1677: "Know all men by these presents, that I Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury in the County of Suffolke in Newengland doe acknowledge my selfe to have Received of Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the Relict & widdow of Thomas Lambe, the full and Just Sum of Twenty foure pounds In moneyes & Lands of vallue to my Satisfaction...In full of all Right...that I the said Abiall.. have to the above Thomas Lambs estate Either upon Just division accounting the said Lamb Intestate or by the last will and testament of the said Lamb Evidenced to me by the acknowledgment of John and Thomas Lamb my brethren... who had Like Right to the Estate …& I do accordingly for my selfe & me heirs discharge the heires and administrators of the said Thomas Hawley and the Remainder of the Estate of the said Thomas Lamb...from any further Claime...In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this twenty third of July one thousand six hundred seventy and seven: the Land above mentioned is one acre more or Less Lying in the upper calfs paster;" signed by "Abiel Lamb;" witnesses: Phillips Searls and Richard Chick; Mr. Searles acknowledged 14 June 1698 that he saw the deed signed, etc. . . witness: Edw Bromfield." On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury acknowledged that he had had his share of the estate from "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate of Thomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow of Thomas Lamb." On 3 March 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to "Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury...yeoman, deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter of the said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" [5]. Subsequently a large number of documents were gathered in an attempt to determine what had happened to the estate of Thomas Lamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wife Dorothy and her second husband Thomas Hawley [Superior Judicial Court Case #3762]. Among these papers were receipts that had been drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley, as follows. A Caveat dated 14 July 1698: Whereas the inventory of the estate of Thomas Hawley, late of Roxbury, deceased, was made 22 August 1676, a committee has been appointed about such land as he held at the time of his death, and whereas he possessed no land at the said time, being the land owned by Thomas Lamb, Sr., of Roxbury, deceased, and never by the said Lamb conveyed to the said Lamb's children or heirs, "We Abiel Lamb, Mary Bayley, and Joshua Lamb, the children and heirs of the said Thomas Lamb do offer as a caveat to the said committee" that: 1. We are the legal possessors of said lands by inheritance. 2. The said Thomas Lamb, Sr., died intestate, his land descended to "Lamb his children and by no means to the said Hawleys." 3. That there has never been any administration granted on the estate of the sd Thomas Lamb which inventory of his estate was inventoried as Hawley's until letters of Administration were granted to us. Reply was made by Edward Dorr and his wife Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr, for themselves and in behalf of Joseph Hawley, son of said Hawley , and for John Booth and his wife Dorothy (Hawley) Booth. They claim they are rightfully possessed of the land by inheritance, and that their ancestor Thomas Hawley owned the lands in controversy in 1652, and died seized of the same, and his widow, "our mother," continued her possession of them to the day of her death, with no molestation from her first husband's children, or their descendants "the now plaintiffes"; they also bring out in response to the second point, that some of Lamb's children were young when the widow married Hawley and that he, their father-in-law [stepfather], raised them; also that they have quit-claimed their rights to the land upon payment by Hawley, and they, the Dorrs, etc., can produce the records of the same. In reply to the third point, they state that the widow always said her husband Lamb made a will, which could not be found, she, thinking it would someday appear, delayed the administration. Signed by Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Dorr. Filed by the Judge of Probate on 28 July 1698.

References 1. Parish Registers of Barnardiston, Suffolk, England 2. Vital Records of Roxbury, Framingham, & Springfield MA [printed transcripts] 3. Roxbury Land and Church Records, 6th Report of the Boston Record Commissioners 4. Roxbury Book of Possessions, in the 6th Report of the Boston Record Commissioners 5. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records 6. Suffolk Deeds 7. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Boston, 1853-54 8. John Winthrop: The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, ed. J Savage, Boston, 1853 9. Thomas B. Wyman: The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1818 10. Patricia C. Lamb: "Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, Mass.," The American Genealogist 56:99 (1980) 11. James Gordon Lamb: The Descendants of Thomas Lambe of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Houston 1993 12. Robert Charles Anderson: The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol. II, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995; and subsequent corrections in Great Migration Newsletter, p.186, vol.6, no.3, July-September 1997 13. C. M. Ellis: History of Roxbury Town 14. C. K. Dillaway: History of the Grammar School 15. W.L. Holman: "Lamb Family" (typescript, 1957-1961), NEHGS Library, Boston; photocopy

One source reports Thomas Lambe was born in Barnardiston, Suffolk, but no date was provided.

According to “New England Lamb Families Before 1692”:

THOMAS, Roxbury, came, 1630, in the fleet with Winthrop brot. w. Elizabeth and two ch. Thomas, and John, req. adm. 19 Oct. had Samuel, b. in Oct. bapt. that yr. at Dorchester, bef. the ch. at R. was gather. and was freem. 18 May foll. had Abel, fourth s. b. Oct. 1633; Decline, the first d. b. Apr. 1637, wh. m. 7 Dec. 1666, Stephen Smith; and Benjamin,the sixth ch. Oct. 1639, d. soon, as did his mo. both bur. on 28 Nov. Barry calls this last ch. of Elizabeth Caleb; but the ch. rec. is copious, and explicit to the contra.

The town rec. said Benjamin, b. 27 Nov. but a modern hand eras. that, and wrongful. ins. Caleb. Such violat. of the vestal purity of rec. is less rare than might be expect.

He m. 16 July 1640, Dorothy Harbottle, "a godly sis. of the ch." had Caleb, b. 9 Apr. 1641; Joshua, 27, bapt. 28 Nov. 1642; Mary, bapt. 29 Sept. 1644; and Abiel, 2 Aug. 1646.

The f. d. 28 Mar. preced. and apostle Eliot notes vol. 3, p. 48 (on the bapt.) his "not long afore leav. his childr. to the Lord to be their f." and his wid. m. 2 Feb. 1652, Thomas Hawley. See Winthrop II. 339, 40. Mary m. Thomas Swan.

According to family notes:

Thomas Lambe came to American colonies from England (probably from Stowlangtoft in the County of Suffolk) in June1630. He travelled "in the fleet with Winthrop" and may have been on the flagship Lady Arabella. He may also have been on the Jewell or Ambrose. On May 18, 1631(?), Thomas Lambe took the oath of "freeman" -- or citizen -- in the General Court. In 1632 Thomas Lambe was one of the five principal founders of the Roxbury Congregation (Calvinistic Congregational). the fifth one to be established in New England. In 1633, on the "Island of Squantom in Boston Harbor" he opened the first quarry in New England. He was a selectman. In New England at that time the three selectmen fromed just about all the governing body there was.

Thomas Lambe participated in the establishment of the first free school in America, still in existence as the Latin and English High School of Roxbury. He was one of sixty residents who signed an agreement in August, 1645, pledging their houses and lands to support the school.

At his death, sixteen years after he came to New England, Thomas Lambe left property to his heirs as follows: "Homestead, dwellings and barns, 18 acres and 3 roodes, between Meeting House Hill and Stoney River; 19 acres and 3 roodes southeast of Dead Swamp; 9 acres of salt marsh upon Boston bounds east; 3 acres and 10 acres, one quarter and 3 poles in the first and third part of the last division being the 26th lott; and 37 acres more or less in the Southfield; also 112 pounds, 08 shilllings and 08 pence."

Thomas Lambe is buried in one of the first established burial grounds, at Washington and Eustis streets, Roxbury.

Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the yeare 1630 he brought his wife & 2 Children Thomas & John: Samuel his 3d son was borne about the 8th month of the same yeare 1630 & baptised in the church at Dorchester . Abel his 4th son was borne about the 6th month 1633, in Rocksbury. Decline his first daughter was borne in the 2d month 1637. Benjamin his 6th child was borne about the 8th month 1639 of wch child his wife died & the child lived but few hours. He afterwards married Dorothy Harbitle a godly maide a sister of or church: Caleb his first borne by her, & his 7th child was borne about the midle of the 2d month 1641.

Came to America on the ship "Arabella" with John Winthrop. The homestead of Thomas Lamb was between Meeting-House Hill and Stony River (?), west of the home lots of Isaac Heath and John Johnson. The old cemetery at the corner of Washington and Eustis Streets was a part of his farm, and in which he is buried.

Family links:

Spouses:

 Elizabeth Lamb (____ - 1639)

 Dorothy Harbitle Lamb Hawley

Children:

 Thomas Lamb (1624 - ____)*

 Susan Lamb (1626 - ____)*

 John Lamb (1628 - 1690)*

 Samuel Lamb (1630 - ____)*

 Abel Lamb (1633 - 1649)*

 Decline Lamb Smith (1637 - ____)*

 Benjamin Lamb (1639 - 1639)*

 Caleb Lamb (1641 - ____)*

 Joshua Lamb (1642 - ____)*

 Mary Lamb Swan Bayley (1644 - ____)*

 Abiel Lamb (1646 - ____)

Note: Per a photo volunteer, there is NO grave marker at the cemetery for Thomas Lamb. Burial: Eliot Burying Ground Roxbury Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA Plot: Grave is not marked (no stone) Created by: barb snyder Record added: Nov 10, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 31275223 -tcd Alternate surname spelling of Lambe.

"Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the year 1630; he brought his wife & 2 children, Thomas & John."

He married first, in England, Elizabeth who died in child birth in October or November of 1639.

He married second, 16 Jul 1640 in Roxbury, MA, Dorothy Harbittle. She married second Thomas Hawley.

Month 1, Day 28: Bro. Lamb died of a calenture (high fever) by a great cold." His remains lie in the family lot, which is now at the corner of Washington and Eustis Streets, Boston.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2017, 4:15:53 UTC
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wrandall&...
• 1) "A Register of the Births and Deaths in Boston, from 1630 untill the first of the First Month, 1644" from the "NEHGS Register" II:76; The New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; January 1848 (Per SCGS)
• 2) "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 448; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
• 3) "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; 1995 (F7.G74 1995 CSL)
• 4) "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 448; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
• 5) "American Marriage Records Before 1699" compiled by William Montgomery Clemens; p. 108, 138; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1975(974.0 NEa Vitals/Marriage SCGS)
• 6) "Pioneers of Massachusetts" documented by Charles Henry Pope; p. 276; Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc; Baltimore, Maryland; 1965 (974.4 P81P ACPL)
• 7) "The Town of Roxbury; Its Memorable Persons and Places Its History and Antiquities with Numerous Illustrations of Its Old Landmarks and Noted Personages" by Francis S. Drake; p. 309; October, 1878

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https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/lamb/pats has a pedigree:

• John Lambe b c1458 Trimely, Suffolk, England - Stephen Lamb
• Richard Lambe b c1490 Trimely, Suffolk, Eng - Muriel Lamb Kuhn
• Thomas Lambe b c1520 Trimely, Suffolk, Eng m Winifred Grisling
• Henry Lambe b c1554 Barnham Broom, Suffolk, Eng m Ann Nunn
• Thomas Lambe b c1570 Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, Eng m Elizabeth
• Thomas Lambe b c1596 Barnardiston, Suffolk, England m Dorothy Harbottle
• Joshua Lamb b 1642 d 1692 NC m Mary Alcock

It is so far (April 2017) not supported by the Y-DNA test results page:

https://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/lamb/results?raw=1

Haplogroup R1b - Lineage VI Thomas Lambe (c.1596-1646)

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2017, 23:22:18 UTC

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from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160342242/thomas-lamb

"Thomas “The Immigrant” Lamb BIRTH: 1596 England DEATH: 28 Mar 1646 (aged 49–50) Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL: Eliot Burying Ground Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID: 160342242

Some researchers list the parents of Thomas Lamb/Lambe as Thomas and Elizabeth Lambe but none show proof. Based upon the baptisms of his first three children it is thought that Thomas Lamb was from Barnardiston, Suffolk, England by about 1599. Some resources list Stowe Langtoft, Co. Suffolk as his origin place. Married first, in England, Elizabeth, who died in childbirth. She was buried at Roxbury (exact place unknown) on 28 Nov, 1639. Thomas Lamb and his family (wife Elizabeth and sons Thomas and John) came to America as part of the “Winthrop Fleet,” a group of 11 ships led by John Winthrop out of a total of 16 funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company which carried between 700 and 1000 Puritans from England over the summer of 1630. The ships were the ships were the Arbella, the Ambrose, …

Family Members: Parents: Thomas Lambe I 1570–1599

Spouses: Elizabeth Lamb 1604–1639 (m. 1623), Dorothy Harbottle Lamb Hawley 1619–1699 (m. 1640)

Children: Thomas Lamb 1624 – unknown. Susan Lamb 1626 – unknown, John Lamb 1628–1690, Samuel Lamb 1630 – unknown, Abel Lamb 1633–1649, Decline Lamb Smith 1637 – unknown, Benjamin Lamb 1639–1639, Caleb Lamb 1641 – unknown, Joshua Lamb 1642–1690, Abiel Lamb 1646–1709."

He arrived in 1630 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship Arabella with the Winthrop Fleet.