There was a Thomas NOXON married Geertruyt HOOGEBOOM 23 December 1691, Albany, NY. They baptized a child, Catharina, in New York DRC in 1692, then baptized several subsequent children in Kingston DRC between 1696 and 1707. I think there may have been other children, but in the Kingston there is record of: Pieter, 1696; Thomas (jr), 1698; Elisabet, 1700; Bartholomaeus, 1703; Anna, 1707. Where did this Thomas NOXON come from? Is he related in some way to the Thomas NOXON of Jamaica (West Indies) who owned land at least by the 1720's in the area of Middletown, Delaware? See land record below. Or, did the son, Thomas NOXON jr (the one b. 1698) move to Jamaica, and then to New Castle County, Delaware, by the 1720's? Or are these entirely separate families? Because I have one land record from Delaware which gives Jamaica as the former residence of the Thomas Noxon of Delaware: "Notice 7 Aug. 1728. Know all men that I, Thomas NOXON (late of the Island of Jamaica but now of Co. of Newcastle in North America) merchant, for good causes, me thereunto moving and more especially for consideration of several Negroes to me this day assignes and set over a Hogshead of Rum and a Hogshead of Sugar by Thomas Simson, late of sd Island but now of the City of Philadelphia, gent... I assign to sd Simsom [[sic]] a judgement obtained in 1724 against the Estate of Thomas Cardiff, late of sd Island, Esq., decd., now on record in the Court of Spanish Town in sd Island for the sum of 182 pounds. Signed Thomas Noxon. Wit: Cantwell Garetson, Mary Willson. Affidavit by Andrew Petterson, one of his Majesties Justices, that on 8 Aug 1728 , Thomas NOXON personally appeared before him and swore voluntary act to Deed. (New Castle Land records I1-9) This Thomas NOXON of Jamaica and of New Castle County died in New Castle count around 1743. He owned land and lived near Appoquinimink Creek. He had purchased land between Appoquinimink Creek and a branch from it called Sassafras Branch, where he built a mill. The land had come from Capt. Edmund Cantwell (wife was Mary de Haes, d/o Roelof & Gertrurie Jacobson), who willed it in 1669 to his children, one of whom was Elizabeth, who was the wife of Henry Garretson (aka "Van der Hof") --a son of one of the Garretson brothers arriving at the time of the "Prins Maurits" shipwreck of March 1657. Thomas NOXON of New Castle County was married to Mary Pierce. I have no info on her. They had a son Benjamin. I think he is the one who was married on 9 December 1754, Old Drawyer's Church, Middletown, Delaware, to Elizabeth Harrison Ward. Land in the area of (now) Noxontown, near Middletown, Delaware changed hands many times, including among families of my own. Persons all around here are intermarried with Dutch persons who had been among the earliest residents of Delaware, or with Dutch or Dutch-associated persons who had come from various places in the Dutch colonies. Again, my questions: Does the Thomas NOXON of Delaware connect in some way to the one from Kingston NY? Did the Thomas Noxon of Kingston have a son, Benjamin? I don't see a birth record for him yet Noxon-Hoogeboom researchers list one said to be born ca 1705 or so. If Thomas Noxon of Kingston did have a son Benjamin, what became of him? Where are his records? And finally, does anyone know what became of Thomas NOXON, jr, son of Thomas Noxon of Kingston, who was bapt 1698? Answers to any of these questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks extremely, Liz J