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Thomas Endicott was born March 27, 1737, at Northampton, in Burlington County, New Jersey, the son of Joseph Endicott, Jr. and Anne Gillam.
Thomas married Sarah Welsh on June 19, 1759, in New Jersey.
About 1764, Thomas moved his family to Surry County, North Carolina. Another descendant, Mabel McLaughlin, in her research states that research done by Will Clay Endicott indicates the family settled near the North Carolina and Virginia state line. Many of their legal transactions occurred in Virginia. There is an "Endicott Creek" in the Low Gap neighborhood of Surry County, near the Virginia line.
About 1786, the Endicott family moved to Kentucky. Mrs. McLaughlin states: "Will Clay Endicott, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, revealed that a family tradition relates that the Endicott's guide was their friend and neighbor, Daniel Boone. Treasured heirlooms in the hands of descendants in 1932 are a compass and sun-glass. These pieces were given to Abraham Miller by Daniel Boone as a token of Boone's appreciation of the eleven year old boy's presence of mind and marksmanship. Abraham was bringing the cows up at milking time and killed a panther that was about to attack the eleven year old boy and his herd. Abraham Miller became the husband of Elizabeth Endicott, daughter of Moses Endicott and Martha (Hill) Endicott."
Records show Thomas bought 100 acres of land in Woodford County, Kentucky, in April 1789. There a meeting house was established in 1791, which was called the "Endecott Meeting House". Will Clay Endicott in his research in 1932 states: "The Indian Creek Baptist Church, which is still standing in this (Harrison) county was built one year after the Endecotts bought land on Indian Creek. The first records of the Cynthiana Christian Church contain the names of a number of members who took membership from the Endecott Meeting House. It could be none other than the Indian Creek Church which I am told was non-sectarian previous to 1840. The original log structure is beneath the weather-boarding. The pulpit is at the back, opposite the center window. There are two doors, as was the custom in the early days the men entered the left door and the women the right." A cemetery next to the church is the resting place of many of the early Endicotts.
By 1792, all Thomas Endicott's family, except for his son Joseph and his family, had moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky. Thomas is listed as paying taxes on 192 acres of land in Bourbon County in 1793.
In 1796, Governor Isaac Shelby appointed Thomas to be Justice of the Peace in Bourbon County.
Sarah died about 1799, probably in Bourbon County. Sarah and Thomas had nine children.
Thomas married Susanah Young on October 4, 1814, in Carlisle, Kentucky. Thomas and Susanah had one son, who was born when Thomas was about 80 years old.
Thomas signed his will on October 23, 1827. In his will, Thomas left his wife, Susanna, one-third of his estate, the rest to be sold. He left each of his older children fifty cents, as he had already given "to each of them their portions". Land transfers recorded in Harrison County, Kentucky, support that statement. The remainder of his estate he left to be used for his young son, Absolam. If Absolam should have no issue or die before age 21, Nancy Endicott Forrest was to receive his bequest.
Thomas Endicott died January 22, 1831, in Posey County, Indiana. He is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, between Poseyville and Cynthiana, in Posey County. Susanah was buried beside her husband. (An article in The History of Posey County, Indiana, states that in the mid 1920's the tombstones were still in place and legible. My family visited the cemetery in July 1997, and could not find the headstones. They could be any one of a number of stones which have been worn smooth and illegible.)
Children of Thomas Endicott and Sarah Welsh
1. Moses Endicott, b. Oct 31, 1759, Northampton, Burlington Co, NJ; d. May 8, 1834, Harrison Co, KY; m. Martha Hill in 1784, NC, then Mrs. Welmet (Nation) Endicott on Mar 27, 1834
2. Joseph Endicott, b. abt 1761, Burlington Co, NJ; d. 1827, Woodford Co, KY; m. name unknown
3. Aaron Endicott, b. Aug 13, 1764; d. Jan 4, 1831, Posey Co, IN; m. Phoebe Harmon
4. Barzillai Endicott, b. 1766, NC; d. in KY
5. Thomas Endicott, Jr., b. 1771, NC; d. Sept 1836, Rush Co, IN; m. Mildred "Milly" Grubbs on Nov 10, 1795, in KY
6. Samuel Endicott, b. 1775, NC; m. Elizabeth R. Montague on Apr 1, 1806, Franklin Co, KY
7. William Endicott, b. 1778, Surry Co, NC; d. 1811, Harrison Co, KY; m. Mary Trousdale on Dec 17, 1801, Bourbon Co, KY
8. John Endicott, b. Apr 7, 1781, Surry Co, NC; d. Aug 14, 1840, Rush Co, IN; m. Ann Kimbrough Davenport Saddler, daughter of Jesse Saddler, on Sept 5, 1811, Bourbon Co, KY
9. Nancy Endicott, b. 1783, Surry Co, NC; d. 1831, Posey Co, IN; m. Memorial Forrest, son of Gresham Forrest and Sarah Wood, on Jan 13, 1804, Bourbon Co, KY
Child of Thomas Endicott and Susanah Young
10. Absolam Turner Endicott, b. Nov 21, 1815, KY; d. Mar 2, 1884, Stanford, IL; m. Catherine Clinton on Jan 10, 1838, then Matilda Dorsett on Sept 12, 1847, Posey Co, IN