Thomas Ufford, emigrant aboard the Lyon, 1632, (PDF, 1.1 MB)

by CWT, August 2009

This article examines the 1632 Custom-House list on which the name "Thomas Uffitt" appears, and presents the transcriptions published by Savage, Drake and Hotten, in 1852, 1860 and 1874. It also examines the reconstructed "ship passenger list" published by Banks in Planters of the Commonwealth in 1930, along with Banks's best-guess for Ufford's parish-of-origin. Much of the information on Thomas Ufford in Planters is found to be erroneous.

This article is to be the first in a series by DOR on Thomas Ufford. We know that the paths of Roger Terrill and Thomas Ufford crossed at some time, of course, since Roger married Thomas's daughter Abigail. But we don't know when they crossed. It might have been in New Haven, Wethersfield, Springfield, or Roxbury; or it might have been in England. So a detailed study of the records concerning Thomas Ufford could help us in our search for Roger's England roots. Even if not, though, it'll still be interesting to see what we can learn of the story of Thomas Ufford.