Thomas and Mary (____

Thomas and Mary (____) Flagg

Thomas Flagg is believed to have been born in Hardingham, Norfolk on May 6, 1621, and came to New England when he was 16, embarking at Norfolk in 1637. He settled at Watertown, Mass as early as 1641 and became a proprietor and prominent citizen there.

Thomas and Mary, his wife, Mary (last name unknown, but could be Underwood) had twelve children. Two of the boys were killed in Indian wars. Three of Thomas Flagg's children married three Bigelow siblings causing quite a few common descendants from these two immigrants. My line is through his son Michael Flagg, who married Mary Bigelow.

Origins

Birthplace:	Probably the Thomas Flagg bapt Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Birthdate:	Probably the Thomas Flagg bapt May 6, 1621
Ancestry/history:	Who are the REAL parents of Thomas Flagg? web page discusses one stated ancestry of Thomas Flagg that is considered erroneous and reveals the English ancestry believed to be more correct.

Immigration

Immigration Date:	1637
Immigration Marital status:	One theory is that Thomas and his future wife travelled to America together unmarried and married after arrival. All children born in the Colonies.

Ship:	John and Dorothy or the Rose (the two ships sailed at the same time and had a common passenger list)

Biographical and Family

Biographies:	The Michael Roman Page

Resided:	Watertown, Mass 1637, died there 1698

Spouse:	Mary, possibly Underwood
Children:	Twelve children, b 1641-1665

Presidents:	James Garfield - See Lineage

Notable descendants:	Dorothea Dix - 19th Century reformer and philanthropist

Subsequent generations:	Bigelow Page - Three Bigelows married three Flagg children

Kansas Pioneers' Line:	See Below

Resources and Research

Associations:	Neighbors in 1639: Joseph Bemis, Robert Harrington, Edward How Witnessed will in 1697: John Mixer, Thomas Underwood, Shuball Child Took inventory of estate, 1698: Abraham Browne, Zacheriah Cutter, Edward Harrington Wife's will witnesses, 1702: Nathaniel Wilder, Ephraim Wilder, John Warren Took inventory of her estate: Jonathan Sanders and Caleb Church

Books / Articles:	Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, by Ernest Flagg, 1926, pp. 401-440 disproves the statement of the Flagg genealogies that Thomas Flegg was baptised in Whinbergh, Norfolk in 1615, son of Bartholomew and Alicia Flegg Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of Watertown, Mass... [Boston, 1855], Henry Bond, 762. A descendant register of first three generations, primarily male oriented. NEHGR 136:220, 1982. The Flagg Family of Wellesley. Family Records of the Descendants of Gershom Flagg of Lancaster, Mass, Norman Gershom Flagg and Lucius Collins Flagg, 1907 See a list of various branch genealogies in NEHGR 136:220, 1982, above.

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