Thomas Case

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Case was born in 1663, in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Case I, was 31 and his mother, Martha Corwin, was 31. He died on 16 April 1720, in his hometown, at the age of 57.

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Henry Case I
1632–1665
Martha Corwin
1632–1698
Henry Case II
1659–1740
Theophilus Case Sr.
1661–1716
Thomas Case
1663–1720

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    1664

    After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English cass, case ‘box, chest, casket, case’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.

    English: alternatively, a variant of Cass or Cash .

    Americanized form of French Caisse .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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