Thomas Endicott (53974784)

Suggested edit: A short chronology and by no means complete of Thomas Endicott's life:
Thomas was the 4th generation grandson of Governor John Endecott of Massachusetts, and lived near Long Bridge, Mt. Holly, Burlington Co, NJ.
1759: Thomas (22 yrs old) m. on 6/19/1759 in Burlington Co, NJ Sarah Welch (16 yrs old).
1763 - 1775: Thomas and family lived in the vicinity of present day Endicott, Franklin Co, VA.
1775: Thomas and family settled in Surry Co, NC which had been formed from Rowan Co, NC in 1771, and later in 1778 that location became part of Wilkes Co, NC. This was just south of the Virginia and North Carolina border, on Endicott Creek.
1786: Thomas, wife, seven sons, and one daughter and neighbors moved to Kentucky by Colville which is presently an unincorporated community located in Harrison Co, KY, and is on the border of the present day Harrison and Bourbon Counties. They set up their homes along Indian Creek.
1789: In April of 1789 Thomas bought 100 acres of land in Woodford Co, KY which had recently been formed from a part of Fayette Co, VA (in 1788). There a meeting house was established in 1790 -1791, and was called the "Endecott Meeting House" which later became the The Indian Creek Baptist Church. (Moses Endicott, Thomas' son, had donated the one-acre of land where church stands today.)
1792: On 10/7/1792 Thomas Endicott, of Bourbon County, bought 192 acres of land near Indian Creek in Bourbon County (now Harrison County).
1800: On 5/10/1800 the US Congress passed The Land Act of 1800 which made buying land in Indiana Territory much easier.
1809: The Treaty of Fort Wayne obtained 3,000,000 acres of Native American land for the white settlers of Illinois and Indiana.
1811: Thomas, son Aaron, grandson Joseph (son of Moses), Joseph's father-in-law William Casey, Jonathan Jaquess, and William Davis all ventured west about 200 miles, from the Indian and Beaver Creek area of Kentucky into the land of Cynthiana of the Indiana Territory, which that part of it became part of the state of Indiana on 12/11/1816. On 11/7/1811 just 200 miles north of Cynthiana, IN the Battle of Tippecanoe took place.
Contributor: Bill Hahn (47265360)