Thomas Look, of Lynn

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Look-30

His parents and birth location are unknown. See research notes below.

Thomas Look was a collier at the Lynn Iron Works. He settled in Massachusetts, whither he had come probably from Scotland to follow his trade at the newly established iron foundry at Lynn. The name Look is derived from the biblical Luke, and the first settler so spelled it. It is a name found in Scotland before 1600 among the rentallers of the Archbishop of Glasgow. [*In the next century there were several opulent merchants of the name of Luke in the city of Glasgow. It is also of record that a considerable number of Scotchmen were employed at the Lynn Iron Works (Essex Antiquarian, XII, 70). A Thomas Lucke was a merchant of Penthurst, Co. Kent, in 1662 (Suff. Deeds, IV, 35).]

Thomas, 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]

Thomas Look was married to Sarah Miller and had a son by the name of Thomas Look in 1646.[3]

Birth

1621/2 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts[4] Removed birth date of 31 Mar 1622 due to lack of sources.

Marriage abt 1645/6 MA[4] ABT 1645 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife: Sarah Miller
Wife: Sarah or Mary UNKNOWN

1. Thomas Looke or Look
2. Sara Or Sarah Looke
3. Jonathan Locke
4. Mary Looke
5. Elizabeth Look
6. Experience Look

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Thomas Locke (Look) was born circa 1622 in England. [5]

Marriage

Thomas married Sarah Miller circa 1646 in Massachusetts . [6]

Death

Thomas passed away in 1685 in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. [7]

Research Notes

His parents are unknown. Unsourced trees connect him to William Locke (1589-abt.1665) and Susanna Cole (abt.1598-abt.1674).

Comments

This Thomas may have been born in Scotland. Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1634 at Aldurbury, Wiltshire, England.

Date of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1686.

References

1. birth seen as 03/31/1622 without evidence
2. http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/thomas-look_6084306
3. FamilySearch AFN: 303B-KP
4. WikiTree contributors, "Thomas Look (abt.1622-1675)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Look-30 : accessed 30 November 2024). cites
   1. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume II, Annals of West Tisbury: pp. 25 - 65
   2. http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps02/ps02_295.htm
   3. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-4J1 : 4 December 2014), Thomas Look in entry for Thomas Look, 1646; citing NANTUCKET, NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, FHL microfilm 823,703.
   4. Yates
   5. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 18403.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO
   7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179579024/thomas-look
   8. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, Nantucket, for Thomas Look[1]
   9. Banks, Charles. The History of Martha's Vineyard (G.H. Dean, Boston, 1911) Vol. 2: Town Annals. Page 53-4
   10. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004) http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=754297&ti=0&in...