Thomas 1 WALLING 25
- Born: Abt 1627, Plymouth Colony, , Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Marriage (1): Mary ABBOTT on 22 May 1651 in Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A.
- Marriage (2): Margaret WHITE on 19 Jun 1699
- Died: 19 Jul 1675, Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A. about age 48
 General Notes:
Thomas Walling 1 (also spelled Wallen and Walwyn) was located in
Providence, Rhode Island as early as 1645. His mother and the family may have moved there from Plimouth following the death of Thomas' father, Ralph Wallen, about 1633. Thomas was named a commissioner of Providence in 1657 and a surveyor of highways in 1660. In 1657 he sold a share of land to Richard Pray.
Thomas Walling fought in King Phillip's War. King Phillip was an Indian also known as Metacomet who began a series of raids on the settlements around Providence in 1675. The first attack came on June 16, 1675 at Swansee, Plimouth Colony near the Rhode Island border as the colonists were returning from a church service. Other attacks followed at Dartmouth, Taunton, and Middleboro. Metacomet or King Phillip was the son of Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag nation and leader of a league of tribes from Maine to Connecticut.
The settlers organized themselves to retaliate and bloody battles
followed. On May 29, 1676, the Indians burned Providence. Later it was learned that two-thirds of the white men fled to safer territory , but that 27 men "staid and went not away". Among those who stayed to fight were Thomas Walling, Daniel Abbott, James Olney, and William Hopkins.
Thomas Walling died in late 1676. His will mentions his wife, Margaret, and all his children.
In 1655 Thomas Wallings name was on the Freeman List.
In 1657 Thomas Walling was a commissioner of Providence, Rhode Island.
In 1657 Thomas Walling on 25 January sold a home share of land to Richard PRAY.
In 1660 Thomas Walling was a surveyor of Highways.
On 19 Feb 1665 Thomas Walling had Lot 72 in a division of lands.
On 27 July 1670 Thomas OLNEY Jr complained that Thomas Walling was "debarring" him from going over certain land to OLNEY's meadow. OLNEY said he could not get home his hay by reason of WALLING's blocking up the way. The town appointed a committee to debate the matter with Walling.
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Thomas married Mary ABBOTT on 22 May 1651 in Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A. (Mary ABBOTT was born on 13 Dec 1629 in Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A. and died in 1669 in Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A..)
Thomas next married Margaret WHITE on 19 Jun 1699.
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