Thomas Branch

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Thomas was born in Henrico County, Virginia in March or April 1624 as the eldest son of [[Christopher Branch]] and his wife Mary Addie who had married Sep 1619 in London, and immigrated to Virginia on the ship "London Merchant", leaving Tilburyhope, England March 1619/20.
 
Thomas was born in Henrico County, Virginia in March or April 1624 as the eldest son of [[Christopher Branch]] and his wife Mary Addie who had married Sep 1619 in London, and immigrated to Virginia on the ship "London Merchant", leaving Tilburyhope, England March 1619/20.
  
[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15674&iid=dvm_GenMono000908-00020-0&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 "Branchiana...", Page 26] states that '[at Henrico]...the muster of Jan 1624/5, names Christopher Branch, his wife, Mary Branch, and their son, Thomas Branch, then nine months old, as resident "att ye Colledg Land"' And on [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15674&iid=dvm_GenMono000908-00067-1&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 Page 105] more specifically quotes the "Muster of the Inhabitants in Virginia", taken Jan 1624/5, which names among those living at the College Land in Henrico: "Christopher Branch, came in the London Merchannt. Mary, his wife, in the same Shipp. Thomas, his sonne, aged 9 Months." which leaves little room for doubt about these facts.
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[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15674&iid=dvm_GenMono000908-00067-1&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 "Branchiana...", Page 105] quotes the "Muster of the Inhabitants in Virginia", taken Jan 1624/5, which names among those living at the College Land in Henrico: "Christopher Branch, came in the London Merchannt. Mary, his wife, in the same Shipp. Thomas, his sonne, aged 9 Months."
  
 
Thomas married Elizabeth Gough, and by her had issue:
 
Thomas married Elizabeth Gough, and by her had issue:
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#Matthew Branch, married, and died in 1726
 
#Matthew Branch, married, and died in 1726
 
#James Branch, died without issue in 1737
 
#James Branch, died without issue in 1737
#Elizabeth Branch, married Melchizadeck Richardson
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#Elizabeth Branch, married Melchizedek Richardson
 
#Martha Branch
 
#Martha Branch
 
#female Branch, married Richard Ward of Henrico
 
#female Branch, married Richard Ward of Henrico
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==Secondary sources==
 
==Secondary sources==
 
*[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927927693 Archived Posting to the Branch list at Rootsweb.com], "Col. John/Gov. John Branch line....", 28 May, 1999 by VCRW@aol.com
 
*[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927927693 Archived Posting to the Branch list at Rootsweb.com], "Col. John/Gov. John Branch line....", 28 May, 1999 by VCRW@aol.com
*[[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15674&iid=dvm_GenMono000908-00020-0&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 "Branchiana: Being a Partial Account of the Branch Family in Virginia", by James Branch Cabell. Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, VA.]
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15674&iid=dvm_GenMono000908-00020-0&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 "Branchiana: Being a Partial Account of the Branch Family in Virginia", by James Branch Cabell. Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond, VA.]

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