- The book "Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S," by Robert Charles Anderson, pp. 578-80:
"THOMAS STREAM
ORIGIN: London.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the "Truelove" (on 19 September 1635, "Thomas Streme," aged 15, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the "Truelove" [Hotten 131]).
FIRST RESIDENCE: Weymouth.
OFFICEHOLDING: Sergeant of the Weymouth trainband [PCR 4:119]. His inventory included "a sword & belt" valued at £1 10s. [SPR 4:119].
ESTATE. On 12 April 1648, "W[illia]m Richards of Waimouth" sold to "Henry Kingman of Waymouth" a piece of upland bounded by "Thomas Streame south" [SLR 1:91].
There is no entry for Thomas Stream in the Weymouth land inventory of about 1643. Thomas Stream does, however, appear as an abutter in some of the other entries. He held land adjoining the East Field lots of Angel Holland and Jeffrey Staple, the Easterneck lot of John Whitman and the Westerneck lot of William Richards [Weymouth Hist 1:185, 191, 194, 195].
On 10 July 1662, administration on the estate of "the late Thomas, Streame of Weimouth is granted to Ottes his mother in behalf of herself & children" [SPR NS 1:80].
In an undated inventory, "[w]e whose names are underwritten being desired to appraise the goods & estate that was left by Thomas Streame of Weymouth lately deceased, when we came together, we found that his estate & his mother & his brother Benjamine Streame were so joined together that we could not distinguish it one from another and as we were informed, they did all improve their time & estate together, & therefore we thought good to take an inventory of the whole out of the which we judge all his debts to be paid, & we think one-third part of that which doth remain did belong to him that is deceased, but we leave it to the Honored Court to determine as their Worships see good." The estate totalled £431 12s., of which £162 was real estate: "their dwelling house & the spot of land adjoining thereunto," £25; "seven acres of land near unto their house," £20; "twelve acres of upland more near Rich[ar]d Bolter's house," £20, "three acres more of land in the Range Field," £6 "nine acres more of upland in the Ferry Field," £16; "salt meadow three acres at the Burying Island," £20; "salt meadow three acres at Braintry," £15, "five acres of fresh meadow," £2 10s.; "woodland twenty acres among the Great Lots," £5; "woodland more nine acres near the town," £7; "woodland more tern acres amongst the Great Lots," £2 10s.; woodland more eighteen acres near Elder Bates mill," £13; "woodland more near the pen twenty & four acres," £4; and "two common lots," £5 [SPR 4:119].
BIRTH: About 1620 (aged 15 on 19 September 1635 [Hotten 131]), son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream.
DEATH: Weymouth 27 May 1662.
MARRIAGE: None recorded.
CHILDREN: None recorded.
ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Stream was brother of JOHN STREAM {1635, Weymouth}, of Benjamin Stream and of Elizabeth (Stream) Holbrook, wife of John Holbrook [GM 2:352, 354].
The mother of Thomas Stream was Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream, sister of ZACHARIAH WHITMAN {1635. Weymouth}. She married (2) after 1653 JOHN OTIS {1633, Hingham} [GM2:5:322-26].
On 22 February 1619/20, the Bishop of London issued a marriage license to "Thomas Streame, cordwainer, and Elizabeth Whitman, spinster, daughter of Richard Whitman, of Leigh, co. Bucks, husbandman; at St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf, London" [Harleian Society 26:84], "Thomas Streame and Elizabeth Whiteman" were married at St. Bene't and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, on 22 February 1619/20 [Harleian Society, Register Section, 39:3].
In the Weymouth land inventory of about 1643, Angel Hollard held a parcel of land in the East Field "first granted to widow Streame" [Weymouth Hist 1:185, 188]. The land inventory entry for John Rogers included a small parcel of land bounded "on the west with the land of widow Oatis" [Weymouth Hist 1:191], which is consistent with the fact that the remarriage of the widow Stream to John Otis took place at about the same time that the inventory was being compiled.
In her will, dated 22 September 1672 and proved 17 July 1676, "Elizabeth Otess of Waymouth ..., widow," bequeathed to "my son John Stream fourscore pounds sterling to be paid by my son-in-law Lt. John Holbrooke," along with some moveables; to "my daughter Elizabeth Holbrooke fifteen pounds of that hundred her husband is to pay," along with some moveables; to "Ichabod five pounds"; "Lt. John Hobrooke" to be executor and residuary legatee [SPR 6:133].
The inventory of the estate of "Eliz[abeth] Oates living and of her son Benjamin Stream deceased the 27:3m:1663 [27 May 1663]," taken 22 July 1663, totalled £399 4s., all real estate, substantially the same as that inventoried when his brother Thomas died [SPR 4:148-491. On 30 July 1663, "power of administration to one-third part of the inventory as the right of Benjamin Stream is granted to Elizabeth Oatis formerly Streame his mother in behalf of herself and the children of the said [Streame]' [SPR 4:149]. (The final phrase of this document presumably refers to the Stream children of the widow Otis, and not children of Benjamin, who was not known to have married.)
COMMENTS: On 1 May 1666, in "reference unto a deed surrendered up unto our Court [at Plymouth] by Lieutenant Holbrooke, of Weymouth, made and given by Josias Wampatucke and Webcowett unto Sergeant Thomas Streame, for the lease of a certain tract of land, for the gratification of the said Lieut. Holbrooke, and in reference to his free acknowledging thereof, the Court hath granted unto him one hundred and twenty acres of land" [PCR 4:119]."
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