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Descendants of Lawrence Frame

Generation No. 2

2. Thomas² Frame (Lawrence¹) was born 1639-1649 in Lanark, Scotland, baptized 4 Nov 1649, Glostershire, England, and died in Amesbury, Massachusetts. He married Mary Rowell 18 Sep 1673 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, daughter of Valentine Rowell and Joana Pinder.

Notes for Thomas Frame:
immigrated 1671; Covenanter Presbyterian; Schoolmaster, 1693

Sailed from Bristol, England 23 Feb 1669/70 as a servant bonded to Grace Smith who indentured him to and unknown resident of Amesbury, Mass. He married Mary Rowell in Amesbury 18 Sep 1673. She was a daughter of Valentine and Joanna PINDER ROWELL, born 31 Jan 1649. Thomas was designated a tailor in 1681/82 and was an innkeeper with his brother-in-law, Philip ROWELL. In June 1683, Thomas and Mary sold their house in Amesbury and moved away. In 1689, they moved back and bought ten acres of land from William Osgood. Thomas was named schoolmaster for the town of Amesbury in 1693 and held the position 14 years. In 1707, he became a full time innkeeper and sold 30 acres of land that his wife had inherited from her father. On 26 May 1708, Thomas sold his wife's remaining property and was designated a tailor. Thomas and Mary left Amesbury at that time.

Children of Thomas Frame and Mary Rowell are:

Elizabeth³ Frame, born 01 Jan 1673/74 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. She married Samuel George 15 Jan 1692/93 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

ii.

Mary Frame, born 02 Mar 1674/75 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. She married John Colby 02 Dec 1702 in Congregational Church, Amesbury.

iii.

Susannah Hanna Frame, born 12 Jan 1675/76 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. She married Caleb Norton 06 Mar 1698/99 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

iv.

Sarah Frame, born 1680. She married John Challis 26 Jan 1697/98 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Thomas Jr Frame, born 1684 in Amesbury, Massachusetts; died 30 Aug 1686 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for Thomas Jr Frame:
Records call him the first son

vi.

John Frame, born 1685 in Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Lancaster Co., Pa.

vii.

James Frame, born 1687 in Amesbury, Massachusetts; died 17 May 1754 in Augusta Co., Virginia.

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