1448.Thomas Ford. Born ca 1589 in Bridport, Dorset. Thomas was baptized in Powerstock, Westmilton, Dorset, on 6 Jan 1590. Thomas died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts on 28 Nov 1676.16
Thomas, of Bridport, Dorset, England. Came to Dorchester MA on the Mary and John in 1630 with his wife, four daughters and step-son Aaron Cooke. He was one of the first 24 freemen in Dorchester, 1631. He removed at Windsor, CT, 1637; was a deputy to the General Court 1637-1640, a grand juror 1643. He removed to Northampton, MA 1659. (Judge Henry N. Blake says: ‘Six Presidents of the United States were descended from Thomas Ford.’)
On 13 Dec 1610 Thomas first married Joane Way, daughter of Stephen Way & Ursula Gill, in Bridport, Dorset. Born ca 1562 in Powerstock, Dorset. Joane was baptized in Powerstock, Dorset, on 22 Jan 1562. Joane died in Powerstock, Dorset on 10 May 1615.
On 19 Jun 1616 Thomas second married Elizabeth Charde, daughter of Thomas Charde (ca 1539-), in Bridport, Dorset.16 Born in 1589 in Bridport, Dorset. Elizabeth died in Windsor, CT on 16 Apr 1643. Buried on 18 Apr 1643 in Windsor, CT.