Thomas Barlow was born probably around 1620 in England. He came to New England around 1640. His appearance at Windsor, Connecticut, where he was sued in 1649 by Richard Samwis of that town, would indicate that he landed at Boston, Massachusetts, and followed Thomas Hooker's overland route into Connecticut. He subsequently settled at Fairfield, Connecticut, where he may have owned land as early as 1650 [40].
On December 3, 1653, the town of Fairfield granted Thomas Barlow six acres of land on the northwest corner of Frost Square. He also bought a home-lot from Thomas Sherwood, which Sherwood acknowledged years later on May 19, 1684. All in all, Thomas Barlow was apparently a large landholder in Fairfield and his surviving children were granted the various land dividends that were made by the town after his death.
Thomas Barlow died in the fall of 1658 at Fairfield. His will, which was dated September 8, 1658, and proved on October 20, 1658, mentioned his wife and their children Phebe, Deborah and Mary. The will stated that the children were to receive portions of his estate at 16 years. His wife was appointed executrix and a friend, Mr. Thomas Pell, was appointed overseer. Witnesses to the will were Andrew Ward and John Banks. The inventory amounted to œ465 [41]. Rose Barlow subsequently married Edward Nash of Norwalk, Connecticut, around 1673. He was born in 1623 in England and was Thomas Barlow's daughter Mary's father-in-law.
In 1673, Phebe (Barlow) Olmstead receipted to Edward Nash and her mother, and this was witnessed by William Hamilton, Deborah Barlow and Mary Barlow. In 1679 Robert Steward of Norwalk and his wife Bethia, daughter of Thomas Rumble (who died before March 4, 1653), whose widow Rose had married Thomas Barlow and is now wife of Ed Nash, etc.
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