He was a Lieutenant in the Army.
He was one of the 35 original settlers of Norwich, CT.
He was the person in this family line to be born in England.

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History of Norwich, Connecticut, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 64:

Thomas Tracy's home-lot lay east of Simon Huntington's on the south side of the
street, which here runs nearly east and west. It consisted of nine acres,
measuring thirty-four rods on the street. His son Solomon afterwards built a
second Tracy house on a part of the same lot.
John Bradford, four acres, opposite Tracy, with the street and highways on all
sides. "Mr. John Bradford's corner," was quoted as a landmark. This was at
the east end of his lot, where what was then called "the road to Shetucket"
began.
Christopher Huntington, six acres, east of Thomas Tracy, with the brook between
them. His house was at the corner, and the homestead remained in the family
down to the present generation. (continues page 65.) Thomas Bingham, four
acres; a strip running from the street to the river. (continues page 66.)
Richard Edgerton, six acres; William Backus, six; Hugh Calkins, six; John
Calkins, four and three-fourths; Francis Grisowld, seven; Kobert Allyn, five;
Jonathan Royce, six; John Baldwin, 5; John Tracy, twelve; John Pease, seven,
with the river on the northwest, west and south.

!The Boston Transcript, January 1915, #9207; History of Norwich, Connecticut,
Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1866; page 200: - His (Thomas Tracy's) name was
enrolled at Salem Feb. 26, 1637. "Thomas Tracy, ship carpenter, received an
inhabitant, upon a certificate of divers of Watertown, and is to have five
acres. of land."
"He left the Bay for the new colony on the Connecticut, probably about
1640, and settled at Wethersfield, where he is supposed to have married the
widow of Edward Mason in 1641. A few years later he removed to Saybrook."
Page 53-"Saybrook has no church records of the period of Mr Fitch's
ministry, and the town records before 1680 are also wanting. A few items only
of earlier date may be found standing amid subsequent entries. One of these
(perhaps the earlist remaining of a municipal character) is a notice of a town
meeting, Jan. 7, 1655-6." (The name of "Tho. Tracy" is in the list of those
present at that meeting.)
Page 201-"After a residence (at Saybrook) of twelve or fourteen years, he
came to Norwich, bringing with him six sons and a daughter . . . Two of his
children, John and Thomas, were probably born in Wethersfield and the others in
Saybrook."
"The second wife of Thomas Tracy was Martha, relict of John Bradford, whom
he married in 1676. (She was the daughter of Deacon Thomas and Elizabeth
Bourne of Marshfield.) In the course of a few years he was again a widower,
and married, in 1683, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel (and Elizabeth Deming) Foot,
and relict, first of John Stoddard, and second of John Goodrich, both of
Wethersfield."
Page 84-"In October, 1661, the first deputies of the town, Thomas
Leffingwell and Thomas Tracy, appear on the roll of the General Court at
Hartford."
Page 201-"Lieutenant Thomas Tracy died Nov. 7, 1685. His estate was
prized at 560 pounds; he had about 5000 acres of land. The court ordered
distribution as follows: the John, the oldest son, 120 pounds; to the other
sons, and to Sergeant Thomas Waterman, each 70 pounds. In this distribution no
mention is made of a widow . . .. "No registration of the family of Thomas
Tracy has been found. . . . In the settlement of his estate, the order in
which they are mentioned, corresponding with other incidental testimony, gives
the following series as their natural position; John, born not earlier that
1642 nor late than 1644; Thomas (probably), 1646; Jonathan, 1648, his age in
1698 was stated at fifty; Miriam, 1649 or 1650, she married Thomas Waterman in
November, 1668; Solomon, 1651, age forty-six in 1697, and when he died, July 9,
1732, was in his eighty-second year; Daniel, 1652; died June 29, 1728, aged
seventy-six; Samuel, died Jan. 11, 1693, without issue,-his effects being
assigned to his brothers and sister.
"John Tracy so soon took his place among the inhabitants of Norwich, that
he acquired the rank, influence, and all the privileges of a first purchaser,
and as such is numbered as one of the Thirty-five.
"Thomas and Jonathan Tracy, second and third sons of Lieutenant Thomas,
settled upon the wild, unreclaimed lands on the east side of the Shetucket,
then belonging to Norwich, but afterward included in Preston. Jonathan
married, July 11, 1672, Mary, daughter of Francis Griswold. The wife of Thomas
Tracy and not been traced . . .
"The will of Thomas Tracy was executed April 6, 1721, but not proved till
1724 . . .

Founders of Early American Families, Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657, 1975:
Tracy, Tracey, Thomas. Watertown (Mass.) 1636, Salem 1637, Saybrook 1650,
Norwich 1659, d there 7 Nov 1685. Ship carpenter. Deputy. Genealogy of Lt.
Thomas Tracy 1889; Thomas Tracy of Lenox 1900; Some descendants of Lieut.
Thomas Tracy 1936 (in LC); Waterman, v 1 (caveat); tag 41:250 (clue), 44:111.
#401, 1895, 2893.

!A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. III, by
James Savage, 1965: Tracy, Thomas, Salem 1637, carpenter, removed soon to
Saybrook, thence in few years to Wethersfield, or Hartford, perhaps both, but
at last took up permanent residence at Norwich, of which he was one of the
patent. rep. 1662, and almost always after ensigh, long, and lieut. His eldest
child was John; other children he had, as Caulkins, page 112 shows; Jonathan;
Thomas; Solomon; Daniel, born about 1653; Samuel; and Miriam, who married 1668,
Thomas Waterman. He was Commissary in Philip's war.

!History of Norwich, Connecticut, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 200:
Thomas Tracy, from Tewksbury in Gloucestershire, came to New Englan in April,
1636. His name was enrolled at Salem, Feb. 23, 1637.
"Thomas Tracy, ship-carpenter, received an inhabitant, upon a certificate
of divers of Watertown, and is to have five acres of land."
He left the Bay for the new colony on the Connecticut, probably about
1640, and settled at Wethersfield, where he is supposed to have married the
widow of Edward Mason in 1641. A few years later he removed to Saybrook from
whence, after a residence of twelve or fourteen years, he came to Norwich,
bringing with him six sons and a daughter. Perhaps his wife also was then
living, for neither the place nor period of her death has been ascertained.
Two of his children, John and Thomas, were probably born in Wethersfield, and
the others in Saybrook. Miriam, the daughter, was the middle member of the
list, and at the time of the settlement about ten years of age, her brothers
ranging above and below, from six to (perhaps) sixteen years.
Mr. Tracy was evidently a man of talent and activity, skillful in the
management of various kinds of business, upright and discreet. The confidence
placed in him by his associates is manifested in the great number of
appointments which he received. His name is on the roll of the Legislature as
representative from Norwich at twenty-seven sessions. The elections were
semi-annual, and Mr. Tracy was chosen twenty-one times, beginning Oct. 9, 1662,
and ending July 5, 1684. The others were extra sessions.
In October, 1666, he was chosen ensign of the first train-band organized
in Norwich, and in August 1673, lieutenant of the New London County Dragoons,
enlisted to fight against the Dutch and Indians. In 1678 he was appointed
commissioner or justice of the peace.
The second wife of Thomas Tracy was Martha, relict of John Bradford, whom
he married in 1676. In the course of a few years he was again a widower, and
married in 1683, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Foot, and relict, first of John
Stoddard, and second of John Goodrich, both of Wethersfield. Mr. Tracy was her
third husband, and she was his third wife.
Lieut. Thomas Tracy died Nov. 7, 1685. His estate was prized at 560
pounds; he had about 5000 acres of land. The court ordered distribution as
follows: to John, the oldest son, 120 pounds; to the other sons, and to Sergt.
Thomas Waterman, each 70 pounds. In this distribution no mention is made of a
widow; and the inference is, that Mrs. Mary Tracy did not survive her husband.
Late researches into the history of this family furnish evidence that
Thomas Tracy was of honorable descent, and that his immediate ancestors for
three generations had been distinguished for fidelity to the reformed religion.
Richard Tracy, of Stanway, England, published a work deeply imbued with the
spirit of Protestantism, on account of which he suffered much from persecution
in the days of Queen Mary, though he escaped martyrdom. It is supposed that
one of his sons, Nathaniel, living at Tewksbury, was the father of Thomas, and
that the latter was born at that place in 1610.* (*This is the result of an
examination of the records of Gloucestershire, England, by the late F. P. Tracy
of San Francisco, Cal. The evidence was such as to satisfy him that Lieut.
Thomas Tracy of Norwich was the son of Nathaniel of Tewsbury, who was the son
of Richard, Esq., of Stanway, who was the son of Sir William, the ninth, of
Toddington.
Mr. Tracy had collected materials for a thorough historical registry of
the descendants of the Lieutenants; but he died while on a political tour in
western New York, Oct. 10, 1860, and the work for which he had made such ample
preparation has not been published.)
No registration of the family of Thomas Tracy has been found. From theearly appearanc e of his name at Salem, it is evident that his children were all
born on this side of the ocean. In the settlement of his estate, the order in
which they are mentioned, corresponding with other incidental testimony, gives
the following series as their natural position:
1. John, born not earlier than 1642, nor later than 1644.
2. Thomas, (probably) 1646.
3. Jonathan, 1648. His age in 1698 was stated at 50.
4. Miriam, 1649 or 1650. She married Thomas Waterman in November, 1668.
5. Solomon, 1651. Aged 26 in 1697, and when he died, July 9, 1732, was in
his 82d year.
6. Daniel, 1652; died June 29, 1728, aged 76.
7. Samuel; died Jan. 11, 1693, without issue, - his effects being assigned
to his brothers and sisters.
Page 243: The following entry is from the records of the General Court, at
Hartford, May 10, 1679:
"Whereas, Uncas his son hath damified Thomas Tracy, Jun., in his swine,
and Uncas is willing to make him satisfaction for the same in tland, this Court
grants him liberty to receive of Uncas to the value of 100 acres of land for
the said damage, if he see cause to grant it to him, provided it be not
prejudicial to any plantation or former grant made by the Court. Lt. Thomas
Tracy and Lt. Thomas Leffingwell are appointed to lay out this grant to the
said Thomas Tracy, Jun., according to this grant."
Thomas (Junior) Tracy's farm east of the Shetucket was not far from
Owaneco's claim, and it is not unlikely that the swine were lawfully slain in
defence of his corn-fields. But this was an easy way of settling disputes; the
Indians set but little value upon their-lands, and the settlers were willing to
be slightly "damnified," for the sake of the indemnity.
Page 257: The large tract of land lying between the crotch of the rivers
Shetucket and uinebaug, was acknowledged by the English to be a part of the
Mohegan territory. At an early period it was inhabited by a band of Indianstributary to Unca s, called by the first settlers Showtuckets. The town of
Norwich claimed this land as belonging to their commons.
Feb. 25, 1669.
"The towne having seriously taken into their consideration the condition
of Awaneco, the Sachem, being in hazard of the loss of his Sachemship for want
of land to accommodate his subjects, for his reliefe herein the towne have seen
cause to give unto the said Awaneco a parcell of land. Thomas Tracy, Thomas
Leffingwell and John Post are to lay out to him 200 or 300 acres at their
discretion near Showtucket river, and abutting southerly on Queenapaug river,
secured also to his heirs and successors but not in their power to alienate any
part of it."
To this grant certain regulations were attached in regard to fencing and
keeping cattle and swine.

!Boston Transcript, 20 January 1915, #9207: From the "History of Norwich,
Connecticut," published in 1866, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, Page 200 - "His
(Thomas Tracy's) name was enrolled at Salem, Feb. 26, 1637, 'Thomas Tracy, ship
carpenter, received an inhabitant, upon a certificate of divers of Wattertown,
and is to have five acres of land.'
"He left the Bay for the new colony on the Connecticut, probably abtou
1640, and settled at Wethersfield, where he is supposed to have married the
widow Edward Mason in 1641. A few years later he removed to Saybrook."
Page 53 - "Saybrook has no church records of the period of Mr. Fitch's
ministry, and the town records before 1680 are also wanting. A few items only
of earlier date may be found standing amid subsecquent entries. One of them
(perhaps the earliest remaining of a municipal character) is a notice of a town
meeting, Jan. 7, 1655-6." (The name of "Tho. Tracy" is in the list of those
present at that meeting.)

!Boston Transcript, June 25, 1924, #1778: The wife of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy
was Mary Mason. I cannot give the name of Thomas's father, but his grandfather
was Richard Tracy of Stanway.
M. A. D.

Saybrook Colony. A talk given to Connecticut Society of Genealogists members,
September 21, 1991, by Elaine F. Staplins CSG#7449, extracted:
Thomas Tracy - first in Salem, MA, then Wethersfield and arrived here in
1637, undoubtedly involved in the Pequot War. He was appointed to asspst Capt.
John Mason, who had charge of Saybrook Fort. Apparently, greatly admired by
the Mohegan Sachem Uncas, he received from him what eventually was over 5,000
acres of land in the Norwich vicinity. Three wives included the widow of
Edward Mason, the widow of John Bradford, and the widow of John Stoddard and
John Goodrich. He must have been partial to widows!