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Marine D. THOMAS (1802-ca 1875)
Planter/Farmer *, 5 slaves 1858 Graves Co. KY. ?4 blacks 1840 Maury Co TN. Col Jonas E. Thomas ** (cousin?) of Maury Co. TN acted as family attorney for his father William's Will in 1843, and was given Power of Attorney (witnesses were Jarrett W. Draper and James Harvey Emerson) to dispose of Marine's land in Maury Co. (?lived on Little Bigby Creek between Bigbyville and Hollywood or Broadview?, near to Col Jonas' 1853 'mansion' SW of Hopewell Church) when Marine moved to KY Nov. 1841. Marine named new born son Jonas H. in 1857 soon after Jonas E. died in 1856. Jonas E.'s parents were Colonel Caleb & ? Erwin Thomas, m. Bedford Co. VA 1795, maternal grandmother was a Crockett. Marine D. Thomas 1860 Graves Co. KY census - living with him near Feliciana, KY were his wife Mary & children George W. (Constable), Larkin, Brantley, Jim & Eliz... Probably planted mostly tobacco (3000 lbs. 1860, [Feliciana] ), but also some cotton (2 bales 1870, 450 lbs./bale, Feliciana P.O. & Precinct, SW of Feliciana on Bayou Chien) & rice (300 lbs. 1850, ?N of Pilot Oak KY on Brush Cr 2 doors down from B. Emerson, probably Wm Brantley Emerson, father of Capt Joe Emmerson CSA, who was 2 doors down from J. George), livestock (horses, mule, milk cows, oxen, cattle, sheep, swine), wheat, rye, corn, MOLASSES, potatoes (Irish & sweet), hay, oats, butter, honey, wool, beans, orchard products, homemade manufactured goods, etc... (KY Agriculture Census)... Also had a town lot in Columbia, TN before he moved to KY ca Nov. 1841... Marine D. Thomas, 1860 census Graves Co KY near Feliciana - value of Real Estate $2000, Personal Estate $5500...
Marine D. Thomas had 3 people named after him: Marine D. Emerson (b. ca 1833, son of his older 1/2 sister Eliz. Thomas & James Harvey Emerson I), Marine D. Clark (b. late 1860's, son of his daughter Nancy Ann Thomas & Jno. Clark), & Marine Boone Emerson (b. 1860, son of James Harvey Emerson II, who was son of Eliz Thomas & James Harvey Emerson I, & Rebecca DALLAS, dau of Terry H. Dallas & Mary A. Boaz).
CONTINUED from WILLIAM THOMAS *(7) NOTES:
Regarding JOB THOMAS (b. ca 1730 PA d. VA 1791) - 1800 Will of GRIFFITH THOMAS II (ca 1762 - 1800, son of JAPHET, b. PA ca 1735 d. Loudoun Co VA ca 1811), Loudoun Co VA: bros JACOB, PHINEAS, EVAN (+ John). Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church NE of Bloomfield; 6 or 7 slaves; sons Joseph & PHINEAS; debts to John Chew & JONAS POTTS. (Job Thomas had sons Jesse & PHINEAS, Jesse had son PHINEAS) Japhet might be son of Griffith Thomas I (?1719 Tax List, `land Twp, Chester Co PA near James Thomas II; ?1759 Frederick Co Va Tax List).
Some of these Thomases moved from Fred. Co VA to Loudoun Co starting ca 1791. Griffith II bro Jacob Thomas, 1791 Loudoun Co Tax list was in the household of a DAVID THOMAS from Vincent Twp Chester Co PA, who ?may have been Japhet's ?Uncle. David Thomas looks like he could be related to Rev Owen Thomas I, or maybe desc of Philip m. Esther Thomas & his father Wm m. Eliz Philips Thomas (1760 Tax List Vincent Twp Chester Co PA - David Thomas consecutive with Hazael & Mordecai Thomas, sons of Philip & Esther Thomas; also Rev Owen Thomas). Could be a link to Job Thomas ... David Thomas of Loudoun, sons George & Philip ... There may possibly be 2 David Thomases who lived Vincent Twp PA & Loudoun Co VA in the 18th cent. - 1 related to Rev Owen Thomas or desc from his father James Thomas I & the other from Wm & Eliz Philips Thomas, cousins... Job thomas could have been a son of John Thomas of Hopewell VA - his son Jesse had a ?1st born son named John...
Dec 1734 Opecken Colony VA marriage of Hollingsworth & McKay, house of Isaac Parkins ("on very friendly terms with Lord Fairfax" of Greenway Court) S. of Winchester (Parkins Mills?): witnesses Evan & Katherine THOMAS [Sr], Abraham Hollingsworth of Abram's Delight 1754 house Winchester...
Speculation: possible mother of Capt Wm Thomas (married his ?father Wm?, son of John who m. ?Else *** (John m. Alice Hiatt 1770, moved New Garden Mtg, Guilford Co NC 1777, sold land N of Clear Brook VA 1782 for 1000 lbs silver & gold to Richard Ridgway, attorneys Able Walker & David Ross), & gson of Evan & Kath?) - Eliz REES (b. ca 1734 ?Phila. Co PA), dau of Daniel & ANN Pierce (?dau of Geo, Quaker of near Bristol Eng & 1684 Phila) Rees. Daniel was son of Thomas (b. ca 1670 near Redstone, Pemb. Wales, gent. servant of Evan Thomas of Llanykeaven) & ?Frances Price Rees, & bro of Thomas Rees m. Marg Bowen. Thomas & Margaret's son Henry REES m. at Hopewell VA 1758 Martha THOMAS dau of Evan & Katherine Thomas Sr. Bro of Henry Rees, Col David REES (m. Babb) killed as loyalist Am Rev SC...
Since John & ?Cath Leith seemed to be living E of PARKINS MILLS, Fred. Co VA in 1760's, this area could be where Capt Wm Thomas also ?lived at that time & where he ?met their ?daughter ?Catherine... Hopewell Church records lost in fire 1759... Wm Thomas family could have attended Quaker Mtg at Crooked Run church near Nineveh.
John Hiatt Jr of assoc HIATT family had land 1733 Beaver Cr Lancaster Co PA, his father John Hiatt Sr d. 1726 Conestoga Twp (Pequea?) Lancaster Co - John Hiatt Jr migration route was Chester Co PA, Lancaster Co PA, Cecil Co MD, Fred Co VA & Guilford Co NC... At least 2 Quaker families (Alexander Ross d. 1748 & James Crumley d. 1764) of N Frederick Co VA had slaves prior to American Revolution... Enos ROSS (son of David (son of Alex) & Catherine THOMAS (dau of Enos Thomas & grand daughter of Evan Thomas of Hopewell) Ross) m. 1798 at Hopewell VA Lydia REES (dau of David & grand dau of Morris REES, ?brother of Thomas REES who m. Price).
1812 Winchester, Fred Co VA Chancery Court, EVAN THOMAS Heirs Vs Meredith Helm Heirs (Evan Hiatt Vs Frances Helm): 1808 Deposition by Richard Ridgeway, says was acquainted with Evan Thomas & wife [?]MARTHA from 1744 & they had 5 children - Evan, John, Enos, [?]Mary & Martha. ?A Mary Thomas m. John Hiatt & resided N Carolina with several children. Martha Thomas m. Henry REES & had an only child, [Catherine] REES who m. Abraham Branson & had only child REES Branson. Enos Thomas died & left 3 children - Cath Ross, widow of David ... Sale of Evan Thomas land to David Ridgeway; Evan Thomas note due Meredith Helm ... Etc ..., hard to read microfilm & last 2 pages or so illegible. Unclear even which Evan Thomas this is but ?prob concerning 1804 will of the Evan Thomas with ?sons Enos & David...
Shen Co VA - REES THOMAS m. Oct 1791 Margaret SHANNON *(10) dau of Wm; Samuel Thomas m. Sept 1791 Rachel Hynes - prob sons of Capt Wm Thomas, 1 ?may have been named REES after his mother's family...
1773-4 Shenandoah Co VA court, strong William Thomas association with a Joseph Thomas (?brother) & Israel MORRIS (? of prominent Quaker family, Phila. PA)...
1773 Shen Co VA Court, Macher Vs Tibbs, attorneys Israel MORRIS (?1741-1806, "Gent.", son of Anthony Morris ("his friends and associates the most aristocratic families in America", father of Anthony was Mayor of Phila. 1738), m. Mary Harrison, bro Capt Samuel Morris (fox hunter & Geo Washington bodyguard (GW quote: "most sincere thanks to the Captain... gentlemen of fortune... shown a noble example... ") 1776-7 with Troop of Cavalry), uncles Samuel & John Morris, 1773 DEED SHEN CO VA near Bentonville - source WorldCat Identities; if this is the right Israel Morris, it looks like he returned to Phila. & spent the rest of his life living with (in now Morris House Hotel?) & fox hunting at the Gloucester NJ fox-hunting club *(6) with his bro Capt Samuel Morris);
VA Chancery Court 1796, Shen Co VA, Henry Widock Vs Isaac HITE Sr (of Long Meadow Plantation) & ISRAEL MORRIS for ca 1771-3 debt ... [MORRIS] "family lands in Virginia"...
Shen Co VA Court - WM THOMAS & ARGYLE TAYLOR (land on Happy Cr S of Front Royal, had bro John Taylor *(8) (1752-1835) who became a Separate Baptist Minister at CLEAR CREEK CHURCH, WOODFORD CO KY)...
1760 Fred Co VA lease by Paul FROMAN & wife Eliz, wit by John Thomas... 1761 Fred Co VA lease of land, part of tract of Evan Thomas Sr & Enos T., from John HIATT (m. Mary Thomas) to John & Thomas CUNNINGHAM (sons of deceased Thomas C., b. Co Donegal Ire. d. 1761 m. Jane); 1771 lease on old Evan Thomas Sr tract by John CUNNINGHAM of Fred Co VA, wit. Abel WALKER...
1783 Shen Co VA - power of attorney from Anne (Tapp) CUNNINGHAM to WM THOMAS for estate of John CUNNINGHAM (son of Adam), deceased... 1781 - Josiah & Epraim Leith, Wm Thomas & Abram McKay to appraise estate of Walter CUNNINGHAM, deceased, ?on Flint Run abt 1 mile S of Limeton, VA. "Walter CUNNINGHAM of LEITH, Dunmore Co VA" - had bro Adam b. Co Armagh N. Ireland 1714, ?lived abt 1 m. E of Bentonville, VA & bro John, killed by indians Upper Tract S branch of Potomac 1758 who m. Mary URSULA (name of 1 of Capt Wm Thomas dau) Biedert b. 1731 Switz. ...
Frederick Co VA Poll Sheet (election for 2 members of the House of Burgesses, Washington won), July 1758, List of Colo. G. Washington (written by him) - Evan Thomas (Jr), Jacob, Thomas & Henry Reece (Rees), Isaac Perkins (former Burgess), Paul Frouman (Froman), Jesse Pugh, John Thomas, Jno. & Isaac Hite, Richd McMachen, Jacob & Henry Vanmetre, Robt Worthington, Colo. Jas Wood; List of Thos Swearingen - Thomas Louden, Robt Halfpenny **** (Halfpenny was neighbor of Israel Morris near Bentonville), Simeon Hiet; List of Colo. T.B. Martin - Benja. & Samuel Blackburn, Jno. Leith, Lord Thomas Fairfax ... 1755 Fred Co VA Poll - Alexander Mathews [of Bentonville] for Colo. Geo Washington & Capt Thomas Swearingen...
John Thomas (d. 1803 Davidson Co TN) who m. Sarah Humphreys & father of Sarah Thomas Brown of Maury Co & Joshua Thomas (killed 1794) m. Nancy Overall - had 640 acres land north of Cumberland River (near Eaton's Station, Pages Branch) ADJOINING [Capt] WILLIAM OVERALL (killed 1793, ?bro-in-law of Capt Wm THOMAS?, m. Susannah Thomas) ...
Edward Thomas, 1759 Frederick Co VA Tax List, Turkey Run area, m. Sarah, moved ca 1767 SC then NC; ?Chester Co PA Tax List Newtown Twp 1715 next to Wm ?m. Eliz Philips Thomas, 1722 Nantmeal Twp next to Philip ?m. Esther Thomas; ?Edward Thomas daughter & son (Margaret & Thomas T.) marriages 1736 Merion PA, witness Evan Thomas; ?Edward Thomas of Merion PA deceased 1736; ?could be a relative... Nathaniel Thomas (m. Morgan) , early Fred Co VA settler on Redbud Run, etc..., ?could be a descend of James & Marg Howell Thomas... Another possible ancestor in old Fred Co VA, of at least 1 of the Lewis Thomases, is Lewis Thomas (m. Gwynn) of Llanykeaven Wales, ?bro of Evan.
John & William Robinson who shared debt to Isaac Hite 1773 Shenandoah Co VA with William Thomas may have been descendants of George & Mary McKay Robinson, a founder of Hopewell VA Quaker Church...
1735 - Jost Hite collected 16 families from Philadelphia & LANCASTER CO PA to move to what is now Frederick Co VA... 1737 - John HIATT moved from LANCASTER CO PA to Opeckan, Frederick Co VA...
Evan Thomas of Hopewell, VA description: " ... proving faithful to the gift & measure of grace bestowed upon him, ... a preacher in life & conversation, remarkably meek, humble & grave in his deportment, he was zealous of the honor of God & promotion of his blessed truth ... He died in a very serene frame of spirit, on the 4th day of the 2nd month, 1755 ... "
Sons of John & Mary Thomas (dau of Evan Thomas Jr ?) Hiatt who moved Guilford Co NC - WILLIAM, JOSEPH, ...; ?assoc John Thomas of Hopewell VA (son of Evan) who moved Guilford Co NC 1777 - possible sons WILLIAM, JOSEPH, ...
?William & Eliz Thomas (?parents of Capt Wm Thomas) may have gone to Davidson Co TN, Wm dying there (?Sims Br, Eliz 4/1798 Will admin). 1787 Davidson Co TN Tax List - John, WILLIAM, Isaac & John THOMAS... Executors of John (m. Sarah Humphreys) Thomas 1803 Will, Davidson Co TN - Colonel Robert Weakley & Colonel Joseph Brown... Sept 1793 Davidson Co TN - Isaac Hudson (bro of Adam BREVARD Hudson who m. Priscilla Thomas dau of John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas & moved S. of Columbia TN) sold WILLIAM THOMAS a negro boy... Phineas Thomas (?1784-1843, bro of Job H. & Jesse Wood Thomas etc..., m. Mary Ann 'Polly' CHISHOLM dau of John) settled in Williamson Co TN (8 miles SE of Franklin, near site of Thomas Methodist Campground & Chapel founded on land donated by his mother Mary Howell Thomas) & later in SW (Haywood & Fayette Co) TN... Sarah Thomas Hutchison (dau of Capt Wm Thomas) resident on McAdoo Cr se of Clarksville in Montgomery Co TN 1797-1852, "had been Presbyterian in Shenandoah Co VA"... Andrew Jackson was friend & lawyer to Nathaniel Overall (m. Annie Thomas, bro of Capt Wm Overall) of Davidson & then NE Rutherford Co TN... Capt Wm Thomas may have had a VA Military Land Warrant, explaining why he & his immediate family initially moved KY & the rest of his clan to middle TN...
Miss JANE H. THOMAS (1800-1899), great gdau of Job Thomas (b. ca 1730), Nashville TN socialite - "In her veins was another Jane Thomas whose father had been Lord Mayor of London." Her family moved from Cumberland Co VA 1804 to Davidson Co TN via Cumberland Gap, then 1806-1809 the family moved to old Talbot farm (1871 Davidson Co Atlas) on PAGES BRANCH just west of Trinity Church north of Cumberland River (same area as John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas, Capt Wm & Susannah Thomas *(9) Overall, & ?prob Wm & Eliz Thomas Sr, ?parents of Capt Wm & Susannah Thomas). Jane's father Jesse Wood Thomas was Capt of Militia & both she, her father & other family members played piano. They later moved adjacent to Clover Bottom estate of wealthy & prominent Hoggatt family, aristocratic society. She attended boarding school with Rachel Donelson & Sarah Childress, a niece of Andrew Jackson, attended parties at Belle Meade Plantation, & wrote book on her life (Nashville Reminiscences). Source: 7 Women of Nashville by Eleanor Graham.
DAVID VAUGHN (m. Susannah (widow of Capt Wm Overall, d. 1823) AND Sarah Thomas, daus of ?Wm & Eliz Thomas Sr & Joshua Thomas (m. Nancy Overall, Ensign at Eaton's Station, killed Nickajack, son of John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas) ), overseer for Capt Wm Overall (info from Miss Jane H. Thomas); d. 1836, left 1030 acres & 76 slaves on " property line running from the Cumberland River at a point about two hundred yards inside what is now Shelby Park north approx along Riverside Drive to Eastlland Avenue, thence east to Cooper Farm, around this farm to the Caruthers corner, then in a northwesterly direction to about the THOMAS Spring and east along the south boundary of the Cornelia Fort Airport to the river...The home was at the place where the Joel B. Fort house now stands." (W. of Shelby Bottoms Park, ?Fortland Drive.) "Fortland" was built by Hiram Vaughn 1852 and burned 1942, Davidson Co TN. Sons of David & Sarah - Capt Hiram Vaughn CSA & Michael Vaughn Harvard educated lawyer; referring to Susannah Thomas' (m. Wm Overall & David Vaughn) COUSIN - "[David Vaughn] married his first wife's COUSIN, Miss Sallie (Sarah) Thomas [1790-1856]" ... 1850 TN Slave Census: Edgefield, Davidson Co, listed together - Sarah [THOMAS] Vaughn, 28; H[iram] Vaughn, 17; David Vaughn, 15; Paul Vaughn, 16; Jonathan THOMAS, 13. City of Nashville, [Miss] Jane [H] Thomas, 4... Maury Co Dist 5 - Isaac J. Thomas, 19; Columbia, Dr Isaac J. Thomas (1781-1844) son James H[ouston] Thomas, 7 ... Job H. THOMAS - 4 slaves 1820 Maury Co TN, 8 slaves 1810 Cumberland Co VA; J.W.B. THOMAS 3 slaves Madison Co TN 1850.
From History of Davidson Co TN - "[JOSHUA] THOMAS was one of the most active and daring of the defenders of the infant settlements. Several of his family had already been killed [?bros James & Eneas Thomas & Capt Wm Overall]. His death was due to his imprudence in not taking a tree in the fight at the Narrows [Nickajack], as he was urged to do by Edmond Jennings, who had been his almost constant companion for years. "... COLONEL WILLIAM PILLOW (b. Guilford Co NC 1772 d. near Bigbyville Maury Co TN 1868, m. 1812 Portia THOMAS b. 1779 dau of Jesse & Mary Howell Thomas, Portia was sister of Job H. Thomas, etc...; 36 slaves Maury Co District 7 1850) - "At length Big Foot, in the ardor of revenge, pressed forward among the whites and engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with Luke Anderson for the possession of the latter's gun. Being of superior strength he was on the point of wresting it away, when WM PILLOW sprang to the rescue and sank his tomahawk deeply into the Indian's brain. At the fall of their leader his followers withdrew from the conflict with loud yells of disappointed rage, leaving 5 of their number dead on the field." Nephew Maj General Gideon Johnson Pillow CSA.
David Thomas (d. 1756 Cumberland Co VA, son Thomas Thomas) could be a descendant of William & Eliz Philips Thomas of Newtown PA & a ?cousin of Job Thomas of Cumb. Co VA...
?Location of Capt William Thomas (& daughter Caltha Thomas Carter) in 19th century, Hollywood, Maury Co TN - ?about 1/4 mile S of junction of Highway 31 (Pulaski Pike) & Scott Hollow Rd on ?E side near old barn & driveway, 50 a. on Hopewell Branch of Little Bigby Cr... THOMAS family LINK: Joshua RAMSEY m. ca. 1817 in Maury Co TN Peggy THOMAS, dau of Colonel Caleb THOMAS & sis of Col Jonas E. THOMAS. Joshua was the son of Henry RAMSEY, "a brave Indian fighter & worthy pioneer of Eaton Station TN", & ESTHER THOMAS, dau of John (d. 1803) & Sarah Humphreys THOMAS of Davidson Co TN. Most of the John THOMAS descendants moved to Maury Co, while a lot of the OVERALL/Ann, Susannah, ?Capt Wm THOMAS line, whose property adjoined in Davidson Co, moved to Rutherford Co TN. It looks like the property of John THOMAS also was very close to Jesse W. & Miss Jane H. THOMAS (JOB line) around upper Page Branch...
Col Joseph Brown settled at mouth of White's Creek, Davidson Co TN, after marriage to Sarah "Sally" Thomas Jan. 1796... Capt Wm Thomas attended log rolling ca ?1807 south of Columbia TN ... Sarah Polk (wife of President James K. Polk) said "talked to Jonas E Thomas about J.[ames] Houston Thomas"... James Houston Thomas b. 1808 Iredell Co NC, d. 1876 near Fayetteville TN, buried St John's Cem Ashwood Maury Co TN... Jesse Thomas (son of Job b. ca 1730 & father of Job H. of Maury Co TN etc...), of Royal Oaks Plantation near Trenton Mills, Cumb. Co VA was wounded at Battle of Cowpens 1781 & completed 1781 ride on his horse Fearnaught (?most famous in VA) to warn the British were coming. Jesse Thomas was Cumb. Co Sheriff 17?6?, 44 slaves in 7/1805 Will... Phineas Thomas (bro of Job H, etc...) - 1806 Williamson Co TN 600 a. on Big Harpeth River & 12 blacks; sold land on E Fork Little Bigby Creek Maury Co TN 1831... Ca ?1850 - 60: Job H & son James W. B. Thomas lived Madison Co TN, then moved back to Maury County. Job H. Thomas, James Howard (1840 next door neighbor to Capt Wm Thomas?, ?cousin through the Duvalls) & others attended a school for adults taught by a Garrett S of Bigbyville, early 19th cent... Capt Wm Thomas 1845 deposition kept in law office of James Houston Thomas in Columbia, Jonas E Thomas was the lawyer that wrote the Deed of Gift for him... Capt Wm Thomas "put faith in God" when facing the end...
1785 Shen Co [Bentonville] VA list of John Hutchinson - [Capt] Wm THOMAS 13 whites, 1 black...
1757 - Wm HOGGATT wit along with Martha HIATT & others of a marriage declaration at New Garden Quaker Mtg (Guilford Co, formed from Rowan Co 1770-1) NC. Bride (Taylor) of Opeckan VA, groom (Lamb) from Rowan Co NC... Deep River Quaker Mtg, Guilford Co NC members 1778: John, Joseph, Phebe, Ruth HOGGATT.
Members of New Garden Quaker Mtg, Guilford Co NC, 1754: ANTHONY HOGGATT *(11) and wife [Mary Stanley] were received from Camp Cr Mtg (Louisa Co VA). JOHN (son of Evan Sr of Hopewell VA) & Alice THOMAS moved from Hopewell VA to New Garden Mtg NC 1777, area where John & Mary THOMAS HIATT had also moved 1759 (?Cane Cr)...
Samuel HOGGATT, son of Anthony & Mary, m. (2) Lydia HIATT, dau of George & Martha HIATT, New Garden Mtg NC; their dau Charity HOGGATT m. ca 1797 Wm HIATT.
1713 - Will of Thomas REES (b. ca 1671-3, Gent. servant of Evan Thomas of Llanykeaven 1682, m. Rebecca William), d. Lower Merion PA 10/1713; present Rowland ELLIS, Henry LEWIS, Rowland Powell, David MORRIS. Sons Thomas (b. ?1692 m. Marg Bowen, family moved Frederick Co VA), Daniel (b. 1696 m. ANN Pierce), etc... witness with REES THOMAS [m. Martha AUBREY] to be guardian & trustees.
1729 Quaker marriage of Thomas Goodwin & Ann Jones, near Goshen? PA. Witnesses could indicate possible family relations; Evan & Mary [THOMAS?, sister of Evan, or maybe Mary Hayes] LEWIS, consec with EVAN & Katharine THOMAS [of Hopewell VA?], Wm, Lowry & Jos LEWIS. Wm LEWIS [Jr], b. 1682 Eglywisilan Glam. Wales, prob desc of LEWIS of VAN, d. 1731 Chester Co PA, gmother was Ann PRICHARD (of Collena Welsh gentry family), m. 2 Lowry Evans (also a ?dau by this name was a marriage witness), son Jos LEWIS. Evan Lewis was maybe bro. Their father Wm Lewis Sr, of Eglwys Ilan, Glamorgan, a bro of Ralph, with his wife Ann & family, came over to PA abt the year 1686, & settled in the NE part of Haverford Twp, afterward moving to Newtown Twp, Chester (now Delaware) Co. The following is a partial copy of a letter from him:
"Dear Brother RALPH LEWIS,
My Love unto thee and all thy family, ...I have Receved a letter from HENRY LEWIS yt did mention ty thou wert not willing to content him for ye paines he tooke in my businesse, ... Rest thie ye nnteethn day of July, 1684
Thy ever Loveing Brother
William LEWIS, from lLAN.
Thy Brother DAVID [?Lewis David of Llanddewi] ...
And thy Loveing frnd HOWELL THOMAS [present John Bevan's Treverigg Glamorgan Quaker Mtgs 1683, 1694 & 1697, all 3 with WATKIN Thomas (?Llanbradach Gen. 19), the 1st mtg also
with JAMES Thomas (prob of Llanboidy Carm. & moved Merion PA ca 1686) & Wm Thomas & the 2nd mtg with ROWLAND Thomas ?of Llanbradach Gen. 19] and
Edward HOWELL and WM THOMAS [of Llanddewi/Machynlleth/Radnor?] and all
ye Rest of thy frinds, 1684.
Remember me to my Loveing frind John ab [?John Bevan - mother-in-law was Eliz THOMAS of LLANBRADACH, Gen. 19, Aubrey]
EVAN, for his Chilldren were Sike & now they
are well. youre unkel thomas PRICHARD [?of Collena] were ded
and mary WILLIAM [?m. Lewis William, 1669 Eglwysilan will]."
[Genealogy of the Sharpless Family p.103]... John Bevan was kin to these Lewises thru the Prichards. More on marriage of Thomas Goodwin & Ann Jones, 1729 - Peter THOMAS b. ca 1686, ?prob desc of James THOMAS I (m. Marg HOWELL), m. 1714 Eliz Goodwin sis of the groom. Lowry Evans LEWIS (1681-1762) was the dau of Rees Jones & Hannah Price (dau of Richd, of Royal descent).
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FINAL SUMMARY
of possible THOMAS Genealogy, 4/7/2016, with all known available info: the 5 Thomas lines found S of Columbia TN in early 19th Cent appear to have the following origins (from 3 lines of Quaker gentry ?cousins who emigrated from SW Wales 1680's to SE PA - 1 Evan/Daniel sons of Evan Thomas of Llan-y-cefn, ?2 Wm Thomas (?or alias Rhydderch/Prothero - see N.A. Thomas page) m. Eliz Philips, & 3 James Thomas of Llanboidy m. Margaret Howell; the ?cousins of Rees Thomas m. Martha Aubrey, prob? desc of (Richard) Thomas of Llanbradach) -
1) Sarah THOMAS Brown (m. Col Jos. Brown), dau of John Thomas (d. 1803 TN) & Sarah HUMPHREYS - maybe a desc of ?, Susan THOMAS Overall Vaughn sis of ancestor Capt Wm
THOMAS & Sarah THOMAS Vaughn (dau of Joshua THOMAS, gdau of John ("JNO.") THOMAS d. 1803 Execs of Will Col Robt Weakley & Col Joseph Brown, 78 slaves 1840 Davidson Co TN)
were "cousins", DNA Match on both; assoc with OVERALL family in TN. 3 theories for ancestry of John THOMAS (d. 1803 TN): a descendant of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Wales or
his bro James of Merion PA; son of Philip & Esther Iddings THOMAS, gson of Wm & Eliz Philips THOMAS of Newtown PA; was the Jonathan THOMAS that "moved to KY", g grandson of
Reese & Martha Aubrey THOMAS of Rosemont PA. I might lean to descent from James THOMAS of Merion since his son James II had been constable of Whiteland Twp Chester Co PA near where
the Humphreys were ca 1760. 1768 Charlestown PA Tax List shows Humphreys relations, Potts & JAMES THOMAS, Mary & John THOMAS. John THOMAS (d. 1803 TN) named a son JAMES THOMAS...
2) Capt Wm & Marine D. THOMAS - prob desc of Evan Thomas of Hopewell, Fred Co VA (?son of Evan of Llanykeaven) & his son John; assoc with MORRIS & REES (Evan THOMAS of Hopewell dau Martha m. 1758 Henry REES, gson of Thomas REES, gent. servant of Evan Thomas of Llanycefn, ...) families in VA, & OVERALL family in VA & TN. Also DRAPER & RICHARDSON assoc TN.
3) Col Jonas E THOMAS - info points to prob desc of Daniel Thomas (son of Evan of Llanykeaven) & his son ?Caleb, or other; gfather Capt John Thomas of Loudoun Co VA assoc with POTTS family.
4) Job H. Thomas - points to gfather Job (b. ca 1730 Lancaster Co PA) prob son of John Thomas (& Evan) of Hopewell due to John's strong assoc with HIATT family that was in Lancaster Co PA 1730. Also assoc with HOGGATT family of VA, including that of John Thomas of Hopewell, the Hiatts & Hoggatt cousins at New Garden Mtg, Guilford Co NC.
5) Isaac J. & James H. THOMAS - ancestor Jacob Thomas most looking like desc of John THOMAS of Hopewell/Guilford NC; assoc with Welsh LEWIS & REES (same Rees family as #2 line above) families.
Significant genealogical documentation might have been lost by the fire that destroyed Quaker records ca 1758 Hopewell VA. Marine D., Col Jonas, & Job H. THOMAS esp always appeared like close cousins due to living less than 1 mile from each other at 1 time near Bigbyville TN & other assoc - all 3 prob? desc of EVAN THOMAS of Llanycefn Pembrokeshire Wales.
Quakerism - 2 of the Thomas lines dropped out early 1700's (James m. Howell & Wm m. Eliz Philips lines); the Potts family, assoc with the Jonas (& Daniel) Thomas line, seemed to have dropped out in Loudoun Co VA ?late 1750's; some of the Evan Thomas line remained Quakers at least until the death of John m. Alice Hiatt ca 1782 - Anne Thomas Overall (b. ca 1760 ?old Fred Co VA, ?sis of Capt Wm) was described as "a Quaker" in TN .
Of the 5 THOMAS lines originally hypothesized as related south of Columbia TN in early 19th century, 4 have been confirmed by 2020 DNA MATCH: ancestor Capt William THOMAS,
Isaac J. THOMAS/James Houston THOMAS (matches to children of their ancestor Ensign John THOMAS & Mary Jetton (d. near Ashland MS)), Sarah THOMAS Brown
(m. Col Joseph Brown, dau of John & Sarah Humphreys THOMAS,
matches to her sister Mary Amelia THOMAS) & Job H. THOMAS (matches to Nancy THOMAS sister of Job H., b.
Cumb Co VA 1773 d. MS, m. Finch Scruggs (d. near Iuka MS)) lines. Col Jonas E THOMAS line has yet to be discovered...
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1st Lt Marine D. Emerson, Co E 3rd KY CSA, nephew and namesake of 3rd great grandfather Marine D. THOMAS, resigned Oct 1862 from Confederate army due to health issues attested to by statement of Doctor...
Marine D. THOMAS ?may have named his son Brantley THOMAS (1833-68) after his nephew William "BRANTLEY" Emerson (1814-78), brother of Marine D. Emerson, and father of Captain Joe Emerson of Co E 3rd KY CSA.
* I do not agree with historians who strictly define 'Planter' as having 20 or more slaves.
** See Correspondence of James K. Polk for letters between Polk & Jonas E. Thomas & James H. Thomas. There was also a lost letter from Andrew Jackson to Jonas E. Thomas. Description of Colonel Jonas E. Thomas, Mexican War (1846), as commander of TN Cav Regiment - "is an excellent commander, universally loved by the men & officers".
*** 1782 Land sale by John Thomas & wife Else Fred Co VA - signed by "Alce Thomas" (prob Alice Louden (dau of Renier, Scotch-Irish Quaker) Hiatt (widow of Wm Hiatt, an uncle of John Hiatt who m. Mary Thomas; Wm Hiatt m. 1st wife 1730 LANCASTER CO PA, m. Alice Louden 1748 Hopewell VA), a later marriage for John). John Thomas inherited "home plantation" (?old limestone house just N of Clear Brook VA, E side of Route US-11, just S of Branson Spring Rd, with 4 chimneys at Branson Spring? - "His former house still stands along US Route 11 just N of Winchester Va", from Historical Records of Old Fred. & Hampshire Co, VA (Revised) by Wilmer L. Kerns, PhD.) & 400 a. in will proved 1755 of EVAN THOMAS Sr.
**** Robt Halfpenny b. London ca 1700 [m. Eliz White]. In 1725, "Robt Halfpenny of the Poultry, was indicted for privately stealing a Handkerchief, the Goods of John Bedell, on the 29th of March last." He was found guilty and sentenced to be transported [to America, Annapolis MD]...Halfpenny became a tobacco planter [in Fred Co VA]... the Estate of Robt Halfpenny Sept 1773 Fred Co VA court: livestock, ... one SERVENT woman to Serve 18 months 9.0.0 ...
May 1774 Shen Co VA Court: Eliz Halfpenny, Adm. for Robt Halfpenny, dec'd, Vs Israel MORRIS & John WOOD; bail for Israel Morris by WM THOMAS *(5) & John Morris... 1747 Fred Co VA Road Order for John & Saml Morris on complaint of Jacob Hite, Gent.
*(5) This Wm Thomas might be father of Capt Wm Thomas. Since both sons of Evan Thomas of Llanykeaven (Daniel II & Evan of Hopewell) have a number of pedigrees claiming each one was married to a Morris, it seems there is a good chance that Wm Thomas & Israel Morris were cousins.
*(6) Gloucester fox-hunting club - across river south of Camden NJ at Gloucester Point; among 1st members, 1766 - President Samuel & Israel Morris, Jno. Potts, Joshua Howell... Capt Morris' slave "old Natty" as aid ... 1778 22 hounds - Mingo, Piper, Drummer, etc ...'
*(7) Thomas - ?desc of Thomas of Llanbradach, Glamorgan Wales. If so, then related by marriage to Sir Henry Morgan the pirate (1635-1688, a descendant of 1 of greatest gentry families of Wales, Morgan of Tredegar). Thomas of Llanb. also intermarried with Lewis of Van, who bought S. Fagans castle now the Folk Museum of Wales, which may be why Thomas of Llanb. favored the 1st name of Lewis for some generations.
*(8) Rev. John Taylor quote on living near Front Royal VA late 1750's - early 1760's: "... & in the early part of my life my lot was cast in the backwoods of Virginia where Indians often killed people not far from where I was... we lived so frontier, I never heard a preacher til 17 [1769] ..."
*(9) Susannah Thomas Overall - named ?only known dau by Wm Overall, Elizabeth. She had Lucretia Vaughn (1798-1824) with David Vaughn. Lucretia married Dr. Reuben A. Higginbotham (1788-1831), a prominent physician of the period.
*(10) SHANNON - ?very possibly from the Scots-Irish family originating with 4 brothers; Thomas, Robert, Andrew & William, who came to Chester Co PA from Munster Ireland & then some of them to Lancaster PA 1720's-30's (W. Conestoga & Sadsbury Twp). Son of Thomas, Capt Samuel Shannon of pioneer Davidson Co TN (b. 1727 Lancaster Co PA d. 1811 Whites Cr Dav Co TN).
*(11) LINK: this New Garden Mtg NC Anthony HOGGATT (b. 1730 Cedar Cr, Hanover Co VA) appears to be a son of Phillip Hoggatt. Phillip's prob brother planter "Gent." Anthony (d. 1755 VA) was the father of Elizabeth Hoggatt who married (2) JOB THOMAS ca 1750 Goochland/Cumberland Co VA, making Elizabeth & this Anthony 1st cousins. By my genealogy, JOB THOMAS was possibly a son of John (m. Alice) THOMAS who moved from Hopewell VA to New Garden Mtg NC & gson of Evan Thomas Sr of Hopewell VA.