Genealogy of the Bingham family in the United States, especially of the state of Connecticut; including notes on the Binghams of Philadelphia and of Irish descent, with partial genealogies of allied families . no doubt succeeded hisfather in business and stayed in Sheffield. But Thomas had three other brothers, and doubtless they wereall left well off by their father. They may have gone to New London first. But it seems cer-tain that Thomas and his mother came, at some time, to Say-brook, that she there married again, a Backus, and that theBackuses and Thomas Bingham later went to Norwich and
Genealogy of the Bingham family in the United States, especially of the state of Connecticut; including notes on the Binghams of Philadelphia and of Irish descent, with partial genealogies of allied families . no doubt succeeded hisfather in business and stayed in Sheffield. But Thomas had three other brothers, and doubtless they wereall left well off by their father. They may have gone to New London first. But it seems cer-tain that Thomas and his mother came, at some time, to Say-brook, that she there married again, a Backus, and that theBackuses and Thomas Bingham later went to Norwich and wereamong its original founders. It is worthy of note that this Th( mas Bingham had a youngersister named Anna; but in view of the evidence, it seems that itmust have been his mother Anna (Stenton) and not his sisterwho married Backus at Saybrook. Deacon Thomas Bingham was one of the first landed proprie-tors of Norwich, Conn. His house lot bears date of April, 1660,though he could not have been more than eighteen years was made free from Norwich by the General Court in 1671and removed to Windham, Conn., where he can be traced forthirty years as Sergeant, Selectman and Deacon of the church. (5). He was on the first list of approved inhabitants of Windham in1693. Miss Caulkins book contains a map, of which the accompany-ing plate is a copy, showing how the town was originally laid outand apportioned, and giving the names of the various proprie-tors. Thomas Bingham, four acres; a strip running from the streetto the river. Weaver says that of the history of Thomas Bingham while aresident of Norwich and of his eldest son, Thomas (2), the onlyone who remained there, but little information is to be following is the record of the first purchase of ThomasBingham in Windham: Sould to Thomas Bingham, senr., of Xorwich, his heirs and assigns, an alotment (of 1,000 acres), as a legate at the South east part of the town, by Capt. Jno Masons first lot, in consideration of 1
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