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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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Kansas Pioneers Lineage
 
    The Flagg lineage of Kansas Pioneer: Eleanor Serepta Fisher, is: 
     
     1   Thomas Flagg 1621 - 1698 
    ....  +Mary Underwood, ? 1619 - 1703 
    .... 2   Mary Flagg 1658 - 1720 
    ..........  +Samuel Bigelow 1653 - 1731 
    ........... 3   Mary Bigelow 1677 - 1708 
    ...........  *2nd Husband of Mary Bigelow: 
    .................  +Thomas Read 1678 - 1755 
    .................. 4   Katherine Read 1707 - 
    ........................  +Joseph Joslin 1699 - 1761 
    ........................ 5   Abigail Joslin 1735 - 
    ..............................  +Nathaniel Whitney IV 1728 - 1776 
    ............................... 6   Abigail Whitney 1763 - 1847 
    .....................................  +Elijah Bruce 1760 - 1835 
    ...................................... 7   Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 
    ............................................  +Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 
    ............................................ 8   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 
    ..................................................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 
    ................................................... 9   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 
    .........................................................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 
     
 
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