First Generation
First Generation
1. Thomas Collicut. Born in 1705 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, British America. Thomas died in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, bef 1779; he was 74.
The birth of Thomas Collicut in Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay is speculative at best.
Thomas Collicut and family are listed on the 1750 victualling list for Halifax, Nova Scotia: Thomas, Margaret, Honora, and George. They are among soldiers who were evacuated from Fortress Louisbourg, Île Royale when it was handed back to France in 1749 following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) of 18 October 1748.
Thomas Collicut(t), otherwise Calcote/Killicot, with a household of 2 males and 1 female over 16, lived at Halifax in 1752. Thomas Collicutt signed the petition, 25 Jan. 1757, asking for election of a House of Assembly in Nova Scotia. Thomas Colicut, fisherman, of Halifax made a deed, 8 Oct. 1761 (Hfx. Co. Deeds, Vol. V, p.169). Thomas Collicutt and his wife lived at Chester, N.S. in 1764. (Terry Punch, Dec. 1994)
Note: An Ann Collicutt married James Hill in Boston, Massachusetts Bay on 12 Oct 1738.
The birth of Thomas Collicut in Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay is speculative at best.
Thomas Collicut and family are listed on the 1750 victualling list for Halifax, Nova Scotia: Thomas, Margaret, Honora, and George. They are among soldiers who were evacuated from Fortress Louisbourg, Île Royale when it was handed back to France in 1749 following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) of 18 October 1748.
Thomas Collicut(t), otherwise Calcote/Killicot, with a household of 2 males and 1 female over 16, lived at Halifax in 1752. Thomas Collicutt signed the petition, 25 Jan. 1757, asking for election of a House of Assembly in Nova Scotia. Thomas Colicut, fisherman, of Halifax made a deed, 8 Oct. 1761 (Hfx. Co. Deeds, Vol. V, p.169). Thomas Collicutt and his wife lived at Chester, N.S. in 1764. (Terry Punch, Dec. 1994)
Note: An Ann Collicutt married James Hill in Boston, Massachusetts Bay on 12 Oct 1738.