Thomas Oldham and Mercy Sproat had children
1. Joshua Oldham born 20, Jun. 1684, married Mehitable Gorham
2. Mary Oldham born 1, Apr. 1686, married John Bisbee
3. Mercy Oldham born 28, Jul. 1689
4. Elizabeth Oldham born 4 Oct. 1691
5. Abigail Oldham born 24, Nov. 1693 married Nathaniel Eames (Ames)
6. Anna Oldham born 19 ,Mar 1696 married Joseph Young
7. Desire Oldham born 28, Feb 1698 married Thomas Tilden
8. Thomas Oldham born 20, Jan. 1699 married Desire Waterman or Wormwall , or
Wormall.
9. Caleb Oldham born 27, Jan. 1701
10. Grace Oldham born 27, Feb. 1704
Thomas Oldham born 1660 died 1733 is the son of
Thomas Oldham born 1626 England died 1711 Massachusetts married Mary Witherill 20 Nov 1656 is the son of John Oldham.
Section 3. John Oldham, (first American ancestor) came from
England on the Fortune and landed at Plymouth in 1623, and was
murdered by the Pequod or Narragansett Indians in the Narragan-
sett Bay, near Block Island, in 1636. His two sons, John aged 12,
and Thomas aged 10, at the time they came over from England on
the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635, were with him at the time and were
held by the Indians as captives, and were given up under the terms
of treaty with the Narragansett Indians, made afterwards
Thomas Oldham son of Thomas Oldham born 1626 died 1711 who was son of John Oldham Killed by Indians in Plymouth, Mass.
Captain John Oldham (of Plymouth) was the first representative
1634, of Watertown to the General Court of Massachusettss.
In 1632 he and John Masters were appointed to advise with the
Govenor and his assitants about raising public stock.
John Oldham
with John Dowil, obtained from John George a grant for a tract of
land embracing most of the territory of the present cities of Charles-
ton, Cambridge, Summerville and a part of Watertown. (See Froth-
ingham's History of Charleston.) The grant was not valid, and the
General Court granted Mr. Oldham a farm of 500 acres in Watertown
April 1, 1634, which was long known after his death as the "Oldham
farm."

It seems beyond question that the intestate John Oldham, des-
cribed in Mr. Ely's letter, was the youth John Oldham, who came
over in the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635, when 12 years of age, who
would have been 75 years old in 1698.

Notes included in Samuel Oldham's letter of Jan. 28, 1907:
"John Oldham, 1600-1636. Born in England A D 1600, emigra-
ted to Plymouth in 1623. In 1624, he and an Episcopal minister
named John Lyford, conspired against the government of Plymouth,
and dispatched letters containing charges aganist the established
authorities to England. The plot was detected and Oldham was
banished from the Colony, although he later became reconciled with
the inhabitants, and rendered them some service. Settling in Mas-
sachusetts Bay Colony, he became a man of prominence, and was
Deputy from Watertown to the first General Court of Magistrates
of Massachusetts. In 1636, while he was on a trading expedition
his pinnace was treacherously captured near Block Island. His
murder was the immediate cause of the famous Pequod War. (Inter-
national Encyclopedia.) It proved that, the murderers were chiefly
Block Island Indians, with a few of the Narragansetts, who then
governed that Island. It, was supposed, seeing these Indians with
Oldham, that they were in (he plot, as some of the Narraganset
Sachems were found to be. Those who escaped crossed the sound to
the Pequod Indians and were protected by them. The Governor
and Council of Massachusetts determined to demand satisfaction of
the Narragansett and Pequods, for their crimes, and ninety men hav-
ing volunteered to form an expedition, Captain Endicott was ap-
pointed to command them, and they first visited the Narragansetts.
These Indians submitted to the terms, gave up the sons of Mr. Old-
ham, promised good behavior for the future. The Pequods how-
ever, would do nothing, and Captain Endicott was ordered to take
possession of Block Island, kill Ihe men recross the sound, to the
Pequod Country. (Dwights History of Connecticut.)
in confidence of their fidelity (Pequods) John Oldham** went
in a :'nail bark to trade with the natives of Block Island, and they
murdered him, but spared his two boys, and two Narragansett
Indians who were of his company. The murderers were discovered
by a crew of small vessel, one Gallup, master from Connecticut which
to come upon them soon after the fact. Gallup had with
him, only one man and two boys, and no arms except two muskets
and two pistols. Although the deck was full of Indians who had
guns, swords, and yet they were not much used to them, they made
but little resistance and when he boarded the vessel they jumped into
the sea, and many of them were drowned. He found Oldham's
told, his brains beat out, and his hands hacked off. (Win-
throps History of Massachusetts, Volume I, page 160.) This occur-
red in the year 1636.
John Oldham murdered by the Indians, who came aboard his
vessel to trade in 1636. This event, brought, on the Pequod war.
He came to Plymouth in 1623, associated with Lyford in 1624,
and sat up a separate worship on the sabbath (Church of England)
intending to alter—perhaps assume the Government. He afterwards
lived at Hull, and Cape Ann, and represented Watertown in 1634.
In 1633, with Hall and others he traveled from Dorchester to a
place on the Connecticut River, now called Windsor. This explor-
ation led to its settlement. (Drakes History of American Biography,
page 160.) In 1624, John Oldham and Lyford, the minister of New
Plymouth stirred up a faction there and were banished from that
Colony. They began a settlement at 'Nantasket. The same year
some belonging to Dorchester in England sent over fishermen and
At the same time, John Oldham who had been banished from Ply-
mouth for zealous endeavors to carry out the plans of Lyford there, was invited to superintend the fur trade with the Indians, but he
declined—Conant accepted. He was accompanied by Lyford, who
was employed to preach for the colonists, was put under the author-
ity of his friend and parishoner. Though Lyford and Conant were
so favorably situated still their former difficulty at Plymouth was
warmly agitated in England among the proprietors of the plantation.
One part of them in a numerous assembly for discussing the subject
employed John White a Lawyer of London, the other engaged the
Rev. Thomas Hooker. The conclusion W"as adverse to the case of
Lyford, still his advocates being two thirds of the adventurers for-
sook Governor Bradford, and his supporters with heavy responsibil
ities. (N. E. H and G. R. Volume 2, page 236.)
Hugh Peters and John Oldham: Hugh Peters returned to Lon-
don by May 11, 1629, when he attended a Court of assistants who

convened to hear the proposition of Oldham in the charter
of the Massachusetts Company. As to the manner of its being
granted was suitable evidence of the royal party of England to over-
throw the liberties of Congregationalism in New Plymouth and crush
their budding everywhere they may appear. (N. E. H and G R. Vol.
1. LETTERS FROM SAMUEL OLDHAM, ESQUIRE, OF ZANES-
VILLE, OHIO, WITH NOTES FURNISHED BY HIM FROM
"BROOK'S HISTORY OF MEDFORD," "PAIGNE'S HISTORY
OF CAMBRIDGE." "HISTORY OF SCITUATE, MASSACHU-
SETTS, BY DEAN." "SAVAGES DICTIONARY," "BOND'S
HISTORY OF WATERTOWN." 'SMITH'S MEMORIAL,"