Thomas YALE

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Thomas Yale, first of Wallingford, married Mary Benham, daughter of Joseph Benham, of the same town, May 16, 1705, and settled in what is now Meriden, Conn. He was one of fifty-one other persons who on the 22nd day of October, 1729, constituted the first Congregational Church at Meriden, Rev. Theophilus Hall being their pastor. He was a farmer.

Thomas married Mary BENHAM on 16 May 1705. Mary (daughter of Joseph BENHAM and Hannah MERRIMAN) was born on 18 May 1683; died on 18 Aug 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin YALE was born on 4 Feb 1714; died in 1781.

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He had no issue by the two last wives. About two years later his first marriage, he, with others, began to agitate the settlement of Wallingford, to which place he removed in May, 1670, with a small band of other adventurers, under the guidance and direction of the New Haven Committee, as it was called. By the records of Wallingford, it appears that he was one of the most prominent, active and energetic men among them. He assisted in the formation of the church, February 15, 1675, and in the call of the first and second ministers, viz: - the Rev. Samuel Street, in 1672, and Rev. Samuel Whittelsey, April 4, 1709.

In 1710 himself and the Rev. Samuel Street were the only surviving signers of the Plantation Covenant of Wallingford. September 19, 1710 he was one of a committee of three appointed to sell Indian lands, etc., in the town. He was a justice of the peace, captain of the train-band, surveyor of land, and moderator of their meetings, and kept the records of their proceedings for nearly twenty years.

Thomas married Rebecca GIBBARD on 11 Dec 1667 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Rebecca was born on 26 Feb 1650 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; was christened on 30 Feb 1650 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died about 1687/8. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of William Gibbard and Anna Tapp