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'''Thomas Branch''' (1624 - 1693)

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_GenMono000908-00067-1&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 Branch, married Elizabeth Archer and died in 1728
#Matthew Branch, married, and died in 1726
#James Branch, died without issue in 1737
#Elizabeth Branch, married Melchizedek Richardson
#Martha Branch
#female Branch, married Richard Ward of Henrico
#William Branch
#Margery Branch
#John Branch

Thomas died 1693 in Henrico County, Virginia

==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://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.]