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Thomas Macy, II

Thomas Macy, II

Male 1608 - 1682  (74 years)


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  • Name Thomas Macy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] 
    Suffix II 
    Birth Apr 1608  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1639  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Came to MA Bay Colony 
    FSID 1639  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Came to MA Bay Colony 
    FSID LRKP-D6J 
    Burial Apr 1682  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Death 19 Apr 1682  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Person ID I806  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Thomas Macy,   b. Abt 1575, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1622, Chilmark, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Kinburia Yokeney,   b. 1 Sep 1566, Warminster, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1633, Stockton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Hopcott,   b. 1612, Chilmark, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1706, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1639  Chilmark, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Thomas was 31 years and 4 months - Sarah was ~ 27 years and 8 months. 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Macy,   b. 1 Aug 1646, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1701, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    +2. John Macy, Sr.,   b. 14 Jul 1655, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1691, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    +3. Bethia Macy,   b. 4 Dec 1650, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1732, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Mary Macy,   b. 4 Dec 1648, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1729, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • After their marriage, and previous to their having any children, in 164 0, they emigrated to America and settled in Salisbury, Essex County, MA , where he became the possessor of a 1000 acres of land with a good hou se and barn upon it and a fair amount of stock. He resided on that land f or nearly 20 years; during that time he had seven children, the younges t of whom was John, born 1657. During the time that Thomas Macy reside d at Salisbury, MA, great dissensions and religious intolerance arose a mong the people, which led to violent persecution. Laws were passed of t he most oppressive character, among them one enacting that any person w ho should entertain any of the people called Quackers, should pay a fin e of five pounds for every hour of such entertainment. Notwithstanding t hey had emigrated to America to avoid persecution and for the enjoyment o f religious liberty, they themselves, as soon as they obtained power, b ecame persecutors in turn, and inflicted harsher and more cruel penalti es than those which they had escaped by forsaking the land from whence t hey came. Thomas Macy, by giving shelter from a storm to four Quakers, v iolated the law and was consequently prosecuted. This resulted in his r emoving in the fall of 1659 in an open boat from Salisbury to Nantucket w here he, with his family, spent the first year alone among 1500 Indians w ho occupied the island. Of the four Quakers entertained by Thomas Macy, t wo, William Robinson, merchant of London, and Marmaduke Stephenson of Y orkshire, England, being banished Quakers, were hung in Boston the 27th o f October 1659, for the offense of holding and preaching the doctrine o f that sect.

      A letter written by the Nantucket Historical Assoc. in 1974 states..... . Not only was Thomas Macy our first white settler but many of his desc endants did a great deal to spread its name and fame. We have a famous M acy House flag which flew on Macy ships all over the world in our Whali ng Museum and this year will have the Nathaniel Macy House... built in 1 720 as one of our permanent exhibits, plus considerable Macy memorabili a principally acquired by William Macy, our first President of the Asso ciation in 1894.
      After their marriage, and previous to their having any children, in 164 0 , they emigrated to America and settled in Salisbury, Essex County, MA , w here he became the possessor of a 1000 acres of land with a good hou se a nd barn upon it and a fair amount of stock. He resided on that land f o r nearly 20 years; during that time he had seven children, the younges t o f whom was John, born 1657. During the time that Thomas Macy reside d a t Salisbury, MA, great dissensions and religious intolerance arose a mo ng the people, which led to violent persecution. Laws were passed of t h e most oppressive character, among them one enacting that any person w h o should entertain any of the people called Quackers, should pay a fin e o f five pounds for every hour of such entertainment. Notwithstanding t h ey had emigrated to America to avoid persecution and for the enjoyment o f r eligious liberty, they themselves, as soon as they obtained power, b ec ame persecutors in turn, and inflicted harsher and more cruel penalti e s than those which they had escaped by forsaking the land from whence t h ey came. Thomas Macy, by giving shelter from a storm to four Quakers, v i olated the law and was consequently prosecuted. This resulted in his r e moving in the fall of 1659 in an open boat from Salisbury to Nantucket w h ere he, with his family, spent the first year alone among 1500 Indians w h o occupied the island. Of the four Quakers entertained by Thomas Macy, t w o, William Robinson, merchant of London, and Marmaduke Stephenson of Y o rkshire, England, being banished Quakers, were hung in Boston the 27th o f O ctober 1659, for the offense of holding and preaching the doctrine o f t hat sect.

      A letter written by the Nantucket Historical Assoc. in 1974 states..... . N ot only was Thomas Macy our first white settler but many of his desc en dants did a great deal to spread its name and fame. We have a famous M a cy House flag which flew on Macy ships all over the world in our Whali n g Museum and this year will have the Nathaniel Macy House... built in 1 7 20 as one of our permanent exhibits, plus considerable Macy memorabili a p rincipally acquired by William Macy, our first President of the Asso ci ation in 1894.
      After their marriage, and previous to their having any children, in 164 0, they emigrated to America and settled in Salisbury, Essex County, MA , where he became the possessor of a 1000 acres of land with a good hou se and barn upon it and a fai r amount of stock. He resided on that land f or nearly 20 years; during that time he had seven children, the younges t of whom was John, born 1657. During the time that Thomas Macy reside d at Salisbury, MA, great dissensions and religious intole rance arose a mong the people, which led to violent persecution. Laws were passed of t he most oppressive character, among them one enacting that any person w ho should entertain any of the people called Quackers, should pay a fin e of five pound s for every hour of such entertainment. Notwithstanding t hey had emigrated to America to avoid persecution and for the enjoyment o f religious liberty, they themselves, as soon as they obtained power, b ecame persecutors in turn, and inflicted ha rsher and more cruel penalti es than those which they had escaped by forsaking the land from whence t hey came. Thomas Macy, by giving shelter from a storm to four Quakers, v iolated the law and was consequently prosecuted. This resulted in hi s r emoving in the fall of 1659 in an open boat from Salisbury to Nantucket w here he, with his family, spent the first year alone among 1500 Indians w ho occupied the island. Of the four Quakers entertained by Thomas Macy, t wo, William Robinson , merchant of London, and Marmaduke Stephenson of Y orkshire, England, being banished Quakers, were hung in Boston the 27th o f October 1659, for the offense of holding and preaching the doctrine o f that sect.

      A letter written by the Nantucket Historical Assoc. in 1974 states..... . Not only was Thomas Macy our first white settler but many of his desc endants did a great deal to spread its name and fame. We have a famous M acy House flag which flew on M acy ships all over the world in our Whali ng Museum and this year will have the Nathaniel Macy House... built in 1 720 as one of our permanent exhibits, plus considerable Macy memorabili a principally acquired by William Macy, our first Presiden t of the Asso ciation in 1894.
      After their marriage, and previous to their having any children, in 164 0 , they emigrated to America and settled in Salisbury, Essex County, MA , w here he became the possessor of a 1000 acres of land with a good hou se a nd barn upon it and a fa ir amount of stock. He resided on that land f o r nearly 20 years; during that time he had seven children, the younges t o f whom was John, born 1657. During the time that Thomas Macy reside d a t Salisbury, MA, great dissensions and religious in tolerance arose a mo ng the people, which led to violent persecution. Laws were passed of t h e most oppressive character, among them one enacting that any person w h o should entertain any of the people called Quackers, should pay a fin e o f fiv e pounds for every hour of such entertainment. Notwithstanding t h ey had emigrated to America to avoid persecution and for the enjoyment o f r eligious liberty, they themselves, as soon as they obtained power, b ec ame persecutors in turn, and in flicted harsher and more cruel penalti e s than those which they had escaped by forsaking the land from whence t h ey came. Thomas Macy, by giving shelter from a storm to four Quakers, v i olated the law and was consequently prosecuted. This resul ted in his r e moving in the fall of 1659 in an open boat from Salisbury to Nantucket w h ere he, with his family, spent the first year alone among 1500 Indians w h o occupied the island. Of the four Quakers entertained by Thomas Macy, t w o, Will iam Robinson, merchant of London, and Marmaduke Stephenson of Y o rkshire, England, being banished Quakers, were hung in Boston the 27th o f O ctober 1659, for the offense of holding and preaching the doctrine o f t hat sect.

      A letter written by the Nantucket Historical Assoc. in 1974 states..... . N ot only was Thomas Macy our first white settler but many of his desc en dants did a great deal to spread its name and fame. We have a famous M a cy House flag which flew o n Macy ships all over the world in our Whali n g Museum and this year will have the Nathaniel Macy House... built in 1 7 20 as one of our permanent exhibits, plus considerable Macy memorabili a p rincipally acquired by William Macy, our first Pres ident of the Asso ci ation in 1894.

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  • Sources 
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