e/Thomas Hastings (colonist)

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has gloss	eng: Deacon Thomas Hastings (c.1605-1685) and his wife Susan left Ipswich, Suffolk, England on "The Elizabeth," April 30, 1634. Although his home in England is unknown, the make-up of their ship's "company" strongly suggests that he was from East Anglia and perhaps from the counties of Suffolk or Norfolk. He was among the approximately 20,000 immigrants who came to New England as part of the Great Migration (Puritan). Among his many public offices, he served on the Committee of Colony Assessments in 1640 and as Deputy for Watertown to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1673. He held property in nearby Dedham between 1636 and 1639 but there is no evidence that he ever lived there.
lexicalization	eng: Thomas Hastings
instance of	(noun) a person active in party politics political leader, politician, politico, pol