Life in the Colony

Thomas Trusler lived on the westerly side of Beckford Street. He was in Salem in 1638, and probably came in 1629. In 1649, he was excused from training on account of his age. He married Eleanor, widow of ___ Phelps … He had a daughter in England in 1654. He died March 5, 1653-4 and she died before June, in the spring of 1655. … In the summer of 1629, a kiln for the burning of bricks and tiles was builty by Thomas Trusler at what is now estate numbered four hundred and twenty-four Essex Stree, as brick clay was found there in quantity. He continued the business at that place untiil his death, which occurred in 1654…

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