BIOGRAPHY: WAS BORN ABOUT 1563 IN COTTENHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND. HEDIED 8 AFTER 1630. THOMAS WAS MENTIONED IN THE WILL OF HIS FATHER 9 ON 2JUL 1589. HE WAS LIVING AT DATE OF THE WILL OF HIS BROTHER ROBERT 10 ON 4MAY 1630. HE WAS MENTIONED IN THE WILL OF BEATRICE DAY 11 ON 28 NOV 1650. BIOGRAPHY: ARTHUR BRYANT AND EDWIN CHAPPEL HAVE " THOMAS THE ELDER, THEBLACK" AS GRANDFATHER OF SAMUEL PEPYS. WCP HAD THOMAS THE YOUNGER "THERED" AS SAMUELS GRANDFATHER. WCP MAY HAVE ASSUMED THAT A SECOND THOMASMEANT THAT THE FIRST HAD DIED. BUT CLEARLY FROM THE WILL OF JOHN PEPYSBOTH WERE STILL ALIVE. IT APPEARS THAT FIRST TWO CHILDREN MAY BE BY FIRST MARRIAGE. BIOGRAPHY: THOMAS MARRIED 2, 3 (1) FRANCES MEORES 1 ON 11 OCT 1587 INCOTTENHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND. FRANCES WAS BORN ESTIMATED 1567. BIOGRAPHY: EC SHOWS "FRANCES MOORE?" VRI SHOWS FRANCIS MEORES, PREVIOUSLYMARRIED.. BIOGRAPHY: THOMAS MARRIED 4, 5 (2) MARY DAY 1, 2, 3 IN JUL 1596 INWISBECH ST. PETER, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND. MARY WAS BORN IN OF, WISBECH,CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND.