Thomas Looke, of Martha’s Vineyard

Thomas Look Jr. (1646 - 1725)

• aka Looke
• Born 6 Jun 1646 in Massachusetts Bay
• Died 4 Dec 1725 in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts
• Son of Thomas Look and Sarah Mary (Miller) Look
• Brother of Sara Looke, Jonathan (Looke) Look, Mary (Looke) Curtis, Elizabeth (Looke) Kinne and Experience (Look) Tarbox
• Husband of Elizabeth (Bunker) Look — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Father of Experience (Look) Coffin, Elizabeth (Look) Cottle, Sarah (Look) Luce, Jane (Look) West, Patience (Look) Lewis and Samuel Look

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Date of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1726.

Thomas Looke, the collier, became one of the original ten associates of Salisbury in 1659 who purchased Nantucket, and through this transaction his son Thomas, born June 1646, removed to that island about 1670 and took up the share as a settler.[1][2]

Biography

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Thomas Look Jr., son of Thomas Look and Sarah Miller was born June 1646. [1]

Nantucket Founders and Descendants

Thomas Look Jr. descends from Thomas Look, a Nantucket founder. He removed to Nantucket about 1670 and took up his father's share as a settler. There he married Elizabeth Bunker, and four of his six known children are recorded as born there. In 1677, Richard Swain sold Thomas his house and lot to take care of him. Thomas never held any town office in Nantucket. About 1681 he sold all of his lands on Nantucket.[2]

The date of his removal to Tisbury may be placed about 1685-6, as he made the first purchase of land in town on Feb. 15, 1686, acquiring of Joseph Merry the valuable water and mill privilege on the Tiasquin which his descendants improved for over a century. [3] Here he spent the rest of his days, following the occupation of a miller until his death. He was a selectman in 1688 and 1695, surveyor of highways in 1689, and deputy sheriff of the county in 1699, besides the usual services as juror. He was one of four dissenters against extending a call to Rev. Josiah Torrey as minister, but the reasons for this are not known.[4]

He married Elizabeth Bunker on 11 April 1669 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[5]

His will was dated 4 Dec1725 and probated January 1726, [6] and was buried on Nantucket Island.

Notes

There are two references to a Thomas Look born in 1646 to Thomas Look in Massachusetts. One references Salem, Essex, Massachusetts[7], and the other references Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. The second reference also references Sarah Miller as the mother and is probably the more reliable for this Thomas Look. This discrepancy needs to be clarified.

References

1. http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/thomas-look_27156328
2. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay 1691 - 1775
3. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally The Colony of Massachusetts Bay
4. WikiTree contributors, "Thomas Look Jr. (1646-1725)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Look-9 : accessed 30 November 2024).
   1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-4JB : 4 December 2014), Thomas Look, 1646; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
   2. Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. p 613
   3. Nantucket Lands and Landowners, Volume 2, Issue 1 by Henry Barnard Worth, publ. 1901, p. 70
   4. Dukes Deeds, I, 290
   5. Tisbury Records, 42
   6. Torry, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. [interactiveancestry.com/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0488]
   7. Banks, Charles. The History of Martha's Vineyard (G.H. Dean, Boston, 1911) Vol. 2: Town Annals. Page 53-4
   8. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLY-LXP : 4 December 2014), Tho. Looke, Jun 1646; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
   9. Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., page 59
   10. Vital Records of Lynn Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1906)
   11. http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps02/ps02_295.htm
   12. added details
5. Bulletin by Nantucket Historical Association (1896). Page 29. < Archive.Org > "Thomas Look married Elizabeth, daughter of George Bunker. In 1677, Richard Swain sold to him his house and lot to take care of him. Look never held any town office. About 1681 he sold all his lands at Nantucket and settled on Marthas Vineyard."