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William C. THOMAS (ca 1751-1844)
Had other older children (total of 17? children with at least 2 wives?) - "all my children have left me" (except Caltha) he said ca. 1842. 1808 Maury Co. Tax List? (listed CONSEC with RICHARD THOMAS 1811, 1812 & 1813, ?both also on 1809 & 1810). Lived Hollywood, TN ca 1807 -1844. 2 male slaves 1843, "old" Sharper (?age 35-55 1840 census) and MORRIS (?under 10 1840). Left possessions in a Gift, Nov 1843 (Wm J. Howard (18 slaves 1850) and Andrew B. Matthews were Wit).
May have been desc from Welsh Quaker gentry (possible ancestors: 1 - Wm m. 1694 Eliz Phillips Thomas of Newtown, PA; 2 - JAMES THOMAS I m. 1671 Redstone? Margaret Howell *(5) (b. Pembrokeshire?, Wales d. 1719 PA), JAMES THOMAS ATTENDED QUAKER MEETINGS *(22) TREVERIG & Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 1683 WITH WATKIN (? LLANBRADACH pedigree Gen. 19, bro of Eliz m. Aubrey of Pencoed), Howell & WM THOMAS (of Llanddewi/Machynlleth/Radnor?), John & Barbara Bevan, Thomas HOWELL, also Ralph & Wm LEWIS, etc ... , also attended Redstone Mtg 1683; James 'had land in Sussex Co Del.', b. ca 1655, moved Welsh Tract PA 1686 from Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, sw Wales d. 1699 Merion PA, related to Rees Thomas *(8) (d. ca 1742 Rosemont PA, Lawyer, PA Assembly, m. Martha Aubrey (d. ca 1726) *(2) ); 3 - Daniel Thomas, cousin of James; ? desc of Thomas of Llanbradach (ca? 1575 "Llanbradach Fawr" manor house NNW of Llanbradach still stands), County Glamorgan) who came into se PA late 1600's (desc from Welsh Princes) ... "William Penn was impressed by Welsh Quakers."
5 Main ?related Thomas lines found, Welsh Tract PA early 1700's -
1 David (d.1737 Gwynedd, PA) & Wm (d. Radnor, PA 1726 m. Margaret ) Thomas of Merion & Radnor PA "prob bros of REES or very near kinsmen"; 2 JAMES Thomas I of Merion - 'RELATED TO David' (which?); ?3 Wm Thomas of Radnor - "RELATED TO SEVERAL OF THE NAME IN PA" (?WM THOMAS of Newtown m. Eliz Philips); 4 Margaret, dau of James I of Merion who m. James Mortimer, referred to "MY COUSIN DANIEL [II?]" *(9); 5 EVAN/Lewis of Llanycefn.
?Also by assoc Abel of Merion (m. Eliz Humphreys 1693 Haverford, Rees Thomas & Rowland Ellis attended, ?some of a David Thomas descendants with name of Abel moved Rockbridge Co VA).
Assoc *(1) in south central Maury Co. ('was best neighborhood in TN') of 5 ?POSSIBLE Thomas family related lines:
1)Job H. (Howell) Thomas (b. 1780, Job H. was son of Jesse & Mary Howell Thomas, CUMBERLAND CO VA LINE, Royal Oaks Plantation - desc from JOB THOMAS b. ca 1730 Lancaster Co. PA, m. Hoggatt *(21) ca. 1753 ?Goochland Co VA, longhunter ca. 1746 in VA (?land grant on New River), 20 Blacks 1787 Cumb Co. VA). Job H. was styled "Esquire" as head of militia company 1831 that included Marine D. & (Capt) Wm Thomas and the Zollicofers (Felix Zollicofer - CSA General, 1812-1862). (Capt) Wm listed CONSEC with Job H. 1825 militia co. Possible assoc of Job Thomas in Cumb. Co VA was David Thomas, d. 1756 Cumb. Co VA, will exec by Wm Howard - son Thomas Thomas, gchildren Philip, John, Daniel, David, Thomas, Lyda, James, Mary, Rebecca & Lucy Thomas ... Job Thomas had 1 of 1st MILLs *(15) in Cumb Co, 1750's ...
2)Maybe Isaac J. Thomas (IREDELL CO. NC LINE - descended from JACOB THOMAS (b. ca 1727, origins in SE PA Quaker Welsh Tract, Cecil Co MD (m. Brevard *(24) there 1753), Sussex Co Del, a John Thomas of Augusta Co. VA ca 1747 & NC, strong assoc with a Richard Lewis (?Welsh) (Source: 'Carolina Cradle' by Ramsey) ). Isaac J. and Job H. Thomas once exchanged custody of a child, were listed consec on 1 list and lived in same neighborhood in southern Maury county. James Houston Thomas (law partner of Pres. James K. Polk & US & Confederate Congressman) was son of Isaac J. Another Jacob Thomas descendant (1st cousin once removed of James Houston Thomas) was David Thomas (1795-1836), signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and lawyer ... Reese's Chapel next to Isaac J.
Thomas 1823 Federal brick house S of Bigbyville, Maury Co TN named after James Polk REESE (b. 1739 Cecil Co MD, m. Eliz Brevard, son Joel Brevard REESE, 2 DNA MATCHES from Welsh Quaker ancestor David REESE) - the same Rees family found in Chester Co PA/Cecil Co MD & assoc with Thomases in Hopewell, Frederick Co VA...
1840 Hollywood, Maury Co TN Census: ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS, 3 houses away Joel REESE (d. ?Carroll Co MS aft 1850), next to Wm Stockard (1860 Census next to bro J[oel]. B. Stockard,
14 slaves) who m. his daughter Susan REESE (b. 1811 d. 1880 Maury Co).
3} JOHN THOMAS *(7) (d. 1803 near Nashville, TN, ?m. 1762 Sarah Humphreys *(6) (b. ca 1737 Charlestown Twp Chester Co. PA d. TN, 3 bros moved Shenandoah valley VA, then 2 of
them went to KY) at Christ Church Philadelphia. Members of the Robertson/Donelson Parties that founded Nashville, TN ca. 1780. 1787 Davidson Co. TN tax list -
John Thomas + John, Wm. & Isaac Thomas listed together. Son 'Ensign' Joshua (b. abt. 1765 VA?, m. Nancy Overall of Overall, VA family - which may be important link between
Capt Wm Thomas and John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas families) was killed Battle of Nickajack by Cherokees 1794, had other children who moved to S. Maury Co. (dau Sarah Thomas (DNA MATCH 2020 to her sister Mary Amelia THOMAS),
1774-1840, 'a noted beauty, a small woman with liquid eyes, black hair & brown eyes' m. Col Joseph Brown *(12), pioneer hero of Maury Co) ... Col G. W. Humphreys, nephew
of Sarah Humphreys Thomas, was 1819 Vice Pres of African Colonization Society, Charles Town, Jefferson Co, VA.
A John Thomas of Loudoun Co assoc with Baptists Owen, David (sons of Rev. Owen Thomas I) & Rev. Joseph (son-in-law? of Rev. Owen Thomas I) Thomas & Wm Lewis (this name assoc with SE PA Welsh Quakers, became Baptists & slaveholders, moved Loudoun Co 1760's?). Among the founders of this New Valley Baptist Church in Loudoun Co VA was Peter (m. Sarah) Thomas, maybe a desc of James II & Ann Warner Thomas. Migration of a John Thomas, Wm Lewis, etc... from Loudoun Co to ?Augusta?, then to Washington Co VA (staging area for Robertson/ Donelson Parties to TN) Another staging area for John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas may have been Washington Co TN since other families such as the Mathews, Leiths, Jobs, Humphreys were in that area ca ?1780 ... Other ?prob Thomas relations killed by Indians middle TN area - James & Eneas Thomas, after 1787.
4) A JOHN THOMAS assoc with Jacob (see above, m. Brevard), was in Augusta Co. VA about 1746. Colonel CALEB (Joshua) THOMAS (b. ca. 1774, moved Bedford Co VA ca. 1780?, Maury Co
TN ca. 1807?, TN regiment 1812 Creek war) and son COLONEL JONAS ERWIN THOMAS (1802-1856; TN Regiment Mexican war, Maury Co. Sheriff, lawyer, 'most popular man in
Maury Co.' abt. 1840; 3+ slaves 1856 Will, sons Joshua, Reece, ...), BEDFORD CO. VA LINE. Bedford County became a refuge during the French & Indian War (late 1750's) from the upper Shen Valley (Augusta Co.), so was on the emigration path of the early settlers.
From Virginia Chancery Records 1818 Will of JOHN THOMAS (+JohnThomasBedford[CoVA]HeirsDeed 1820 Rufus THOMAS Indenture): for tract of land on Wolf Cr in Bedford Co. VA, mentions sons Joshua
(Colonel Caleb) Thomas & children (Polly = Mary Hamilton THOMAS Porter, Irwine = Col Jonas Erwin THOMAS...) of TN
(Maury Co.), Isaac, Rufus (b. MD 1776), .... Also daughter Betsy (alive 1820) m. to Samuel POTTS: Samuel Potts d. Hillsboro area, Loudoun Co. VA 1801, m. Elizabeth Thomas. Father (Potts) was Welsh (Llangurig, Mongomeryshire origins) Quaker from Germantown (Phila.) PA; 1777, American Revolution campaign thru Lancaster, PA to battle at Germantown - CAPTAIN JOHN THOMAS & Lt Samuel Potts, with Company of Loudoun Co VA.
David POTTS Will 1768 Loudoun Co VA - g.d. Christina PEARSON ...
Evan Thomas (m. Ann?) 1757 Will, Loudoun Co VA - son in law executor Jonas POTTS (?Uncle of Lt. Samuel POTTS m. Eliz. Thomas); Will mentions Edward Mathew of PA, also Ben Burson (mother was Mary Rachel Potts, prob Aunt of Samuel (exec of Benjamin's 1769 Will?) & a ?sister of David & Jonas) & Sarah Burson as 'Quakers', children of Evan - David, James, Mary (m. Jonas POTTS). Evan possible son of DANIEL THOMAS II (Welsh Tract PA), son of Evan I & Mary Husband (her 2nd husband was Wm Howell bro of Margaret Howell Thomas) Thomas ... Daniel & Evan Thomas lived near Abington & Cheltenham, Phila. (now Montg.) Co PA near Germantown where the POTTS originated.
Evan Thomas (d. 1757) may have been related to EVAN THOMAS *(23) d. 1755 Fred Co VA, m. Katherine, sons JOHN, eldest son Evan Jr, Enos, dau Martha...) who was an early Quaker settler/Minister (ca 1733) to the Hopewell *(20) Mtg/Opequon Creek area (1,014 acres upper Turkey or 'Thomas' Run), NE of Winchester, Frederick Co VA, with leaders Alexander Ross (Scots-Irish, b. 1682 Inveresk Scot. - d. 1748) & Morgan Bryan (Welsh Quaker, lived NW of Bunker Hill Berkeley Co. VA, g dau Rebecca m. DANIEL BOONE), etc... from Nottingham Mtg, Chester Co PA/Cecil Co. MD. This Opequon Cr (e of PARKINS Mills?) area also home of John & Cath Leith in the ?1760's, ?bro of Ephraim Leith & possible parents of Cath ?Leith who ?m. Capt. Wm Thomas. Evan & ?Catherine's son JOHN THOMAS (ca 1710 - aft 1782, also lived Guilford Co NC, m. Else) was assoc of David Ross, son of Alexander, & Abel Walker in Fred. Co VA, desc of Lewis & Mary MORRIS Walker (b. Wales m. 1693 Haverford PA, James Thomas I & II & Wm Thomas attended), gparents of Joseph (m. Sarah Thomas) Walker of Many Springs Farm, Tredyffrin Twp, Chester Co PA. Evan Thomas Jr. *(27), bro of John, b. 1706 ?Cheltenham, Montg Co, PA, m. Albenah Ross dau of Alex.
Martha, dau of EVAN THOMAS of Hopewell, m. Henry REES *(26) (Quakers from Llanddewi Wales, Chester Co PA/Cecil Co MD & White Hall, Fred. Co VA on "Morgan's Rd").
This assoc might account for Capt. Wm Thomas naming a son REES - 1692 Haverford PA WEDDING of Thomas REES (? Henry's gfather, Gent. servant of EVAN of Llanycefn) & Rebecca Williams, wit JAMES THOMAS I & wife Marg HOWELL Thomas, Elinor Thomas (? wife of DANIEL THOMAS I), John Bevan, LEWIS THOMAS (?BRO of EVAN of LLANYCEFN, family ?moved Frederick Co VA), ...
EVAN (d. 1755) & Catherine THOMAS were wit at marriage of Watkin (son of Evan [?d. 1738 Easttown Twp PA] & Gwen Watkins Thomas) & Eliz Bevan (?dau of Wm who was bro of John Bevan) Thomas, 1728 Newtown, PA.
5) WILLIAM THOMAS, ?Woodford Co. KY - ?ca. 1790 had MILL (?G & S or MOSBY *(25) Mill?, 1861 atlas map) on Clear Cr south of Versailles, was CAPTAIN of KY militia;
?1795 - 10 blacks & 600 acres; was in VA by at least 1773, moved KY bluegrass abt 1786-7 (Woodford Co.), then maybe Mercer County KY
(with ?son Richard) abt. 1797, & then to Maury Co TN abt. 1807. His clan seemed to have moved south from se PA 1730's-60's ... Woodford Co lawsuit May 1790:
Thomas Blanton Vs Richard & Wm Thomas, defendants; attachment on dun horse & broadcloth for coat as payment to Blanton; ?helped build 1st jail in Versailles
1790... 4/1792, Woodford Co KY - Wm Thomas with 2 others to appraise slaves & personal estate of Thomas Bell, deceased ... Possible that he may have been the Wm
Thomas (b. northern VA?) m. ca 1768 Catherine in Shen Co, now Warren Co sw of Front Royal on s branch near Bentonville *(11) VA, this may have been when he
switched from Quaker to Presbyterian;
served in the Am. Rev. from there as a Lt under Capt (later Colonel) John Netherton
(1747-1834, 1832 Pension W Shelby Co KY; ?1820 Census Jefferson Co KY
(now Oldham Co W of Brownsboro, 6 slaves); 2nd cousin 7x removed on Netherton mother's line, RHODES - common ancestor Hezekiah RHODES b. 1662, of Middlesex Co (6 slaves) VA m. Eliz
Nicholls),
MILL builder, nickname of 'Honest Billy Thomas' in VA; had ?sons John, Richard, Samuel, William, Rees, etc ... (1792 Woodford Co KY Tax List - John, Richard, Samuel, Wm Thomas, etc ...). Capt Wm Thomas' father could have been Wm m. Eliz Thomas of Shen Co VA?, b. ca. 1730 Cecil Co MD?, making him possibly a desc of Evan Thomas. His ?(g) father could have been John, son of Evan & Cath Thomas of Hopewell, VA.
From his strong assoc with the Scots-Irish ?Presbyterian Mathews & Leiths at Bentonville VA (founded 1749), Wm Thomas may have been Presbyterian for a time. The area
these families are thought to come from in the Cecil Co MD/ south Chester/Lancaster Co PA region ('Susquehanna Manor/New Connacht', the 'Nottingham Lots') settled in the early 1700's most heavily by PA Quakers & Scots-Irish Presbyterians...Many Presbyterians were in Maury Co TN early 19th century to include the Polks, Col Jonas Erwin Thomas (allied with Scots-Irish Erwins & Crocketts, attended McCain's Presbyterian Church s of Columbia?) ...
Capt Wm Thomas looks most like he could be a desc of Evan & Cath Thomas of Hopewell, Frederick Co VA, & SE PA & Wales ...
Descriptions, TN: 'he always spoke of his family'; 'the old gentleman'.
*(1) Source (referring to the Thomases S of Columbia): from history of Maury Co TN, 'the Thomases were lawyers, ...'.
*(2) Aubrey - of Llanelyw, Brecon; uncertain desc? from Saunders de Saint Aubrey of the blood-royale of France, bro of Lord St Aubrey Lord Marshall of France & Earl
of Boulogne, in the train of 'the Conqueror', 1066 - "She had the best pedigree in the Welsh Tract" ... Aubrey (1694-1722), son of Rees & Martha Aubrey Thomas, m.
1720 Gulielma Maria 'the beauty' Penn at St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street London England (son Wm Penn THOMAS Gent. 1722 - d. 1743 Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, England), dau of Wm Penn Jr; Martha Aubrey Thomas' bro Wm Aubrey m. Letitia, dau of Wm Penn, the proprietor & 'thorough aristocrat'. Sources - Col. & Rev. Families of Penn., Fisher; Family of Wm Penn ...
*(3) Warner of Blockley, sister of Isaac Warner
*(4) Children of James I: son Rev Owen Thomas I (Baptist) d. 1760 Vincent Twp, Chester Co PA ; Catherine m. 1706 Robt PEARSON (d. Nottingham, PA), wedding ?attended by Martha Aubrey Thomas; son James II m. Warner; dau Margaret Thomas ('COUSIN OF DANIEL THOMAS') m. James Mortimer ?b. Llangybi Card. Wales; son Thomas THOMAS b. & ?d. 1690; son Nathan THOMAS b. 1675...
Gchildren of James I:
Children of James II (Constable of Whiteland Twp) who m. Ann Warner *(3) : JOHN THOMAS (b. 1702 ), ?Peter Thomas (b. late 1690's), Eliz. Thomas (1696-1796, family lived Nottingham Twp, Chester Co PA, Little Britain Twp, Lancaster Co PA & Eliz. d. near Rising Sun, Cecil Co MD) m. Joseph Haines *(17), Ann Thomas (b. late 1690's) & Nathan Thomas (b. 1696).
Children of Rev Owen Thomas: 1 dau Mary Thomas who m. Richard Jury, lived London Britain Twp Chester Co PA (just north of Elkton, MD) ca. 1747 - ?1781, moved Loudoun Co VA 1781; 3 son Rev David Thomas (b. PA 1726 d. 1796) m. Ruth Rogers - lived Vincent Twp Chester Co PA & Loudoun Co VA. 4 eldest son Wm (b. ca. 1715) - ? 5 son ?Rev Owen Thomas II m. Sarah ? - lived Vincent Twp Chester Co PA, ?London Britain Twp PA, Loudoun & ?Frederick Co VA;
2 son Morris Thomas (d. ca 1795 Hardy Co VA; lived London Britain Twp PA, VA, his son was Capt. John Thomas (1751-1814, whose wife present Boonesborough 1775, Harrodsburg 1776, m. 1785 Eliz Pogue (1764-1851, dau of Wm Pogue- killed by Shawnee Indians near Harrodsburg 1778, had gnephew General John Poage of War of 1812); source: Filson Quarterly 1929, Kellogg, 'A KY Pioneer Tells Her Story...' - interview with Lyman Draper 1844; Eliz.' 1st ?husband Ensign Clough Overton killed at Battle of Blue Licks 1782, she inherited ?1000 acres in Mercer Co); ?Capt John Thomas was 1st Surveyor of Mercer County, KY, two of his dau m. Col. Richd. M. Sutfield who built 'Courtview ' 1823 mansion in Harrodsburg; Morris' dau Sarah Thomas Marrs d. near Shawnee Run Baptist Church (south of Shaker Village) Mercer Co; other Morris sons - Owen, David, Elisha (1762-1838; Patriot 'spy & pilot', Am. Rev from Hampshire Co VA; original KY Shaker - Shaker Village located on his farm 1806, d. Mercer Co KY).
*(5) Marg Howell - bro Francis of Llandissilio, Carmarth. & ? her dau. married to Cardigan Mortimers (form. of Coed Mawr), desc from the Norman Earls of March. Also bros Wm & Thomas Howell.
*(6) Sarah Humphreys - prob desc from early Welsh Quaker family (?related to Humphreys of Llwyn-du Merionethshire), raised Presbyterian in Great Valley & Charlestown Presb. Church - dau of David, paternal gfather was John Humphreys (d. 1723, m. Catherine). Sarah Humphreys Thomas' mother was Catherine Lewis (dau of Evan & Magdalen Lewis).
*(7) John Thomas - b. ca 1740 Vincent Twp, Chester Co PA d. 1803 Davidson Co TN, ? son of Philip *(16) & Esther Iddings Thomas, grandson of WILLIAM & Eliz Philips (d. 1744, buried Chester Co PA, sis was grandmother of Genl Anthony Wayne; they were dau of PHILIP RHYDDERCH (?alias Prothero or Prhydderch ?of Dolwilym, means 'reddish brown' in Welsh), b. Carmarth. Wales, PHILIP ATTENDED 1692 WEDDING of REESE & MARTHA Aubrey THOMAS at Haverford PA; d. age 102, 1730 obit. by Ben Franklin; grandfather was Dafydd ap Grufydd, Welsh author of 'The Genealogies' 1664, etc...) THOMAS ... Many of Wm & Eliz Philips Thomas family of Newtown, PA converted Quaker to Baptist ca 1717.
Sources - 'Some Desc. of John Humphreys of Chester Co PA' (which gives the info of John Thomas' (d. 1803) parents) & Penn. Archives 2nd Series Vol II p. 125 ... Wm & Eliz Philips Thomas' ?eldest son Thomas Thomas ?had son Jacob who had son Thomas Thomas, d. 1828 Little Britain Twp Lancaster Co PA, who had son Caleb (Peach Bottom resident, Fulton Twp, Lancaster Co PA 1864 Atlas?). Sons of Wm & Eliz Phillips Thomas (m. 1694 RADNOR, PA, David PRICE house) - Thomas (m. Sarah Jarman *(18) whose bro John was mathematician/astronomer), David (m. Ann), WILLIAM (b. se PA ca. 1697?, & possibly John ... Isaac POTTS (1750 - d.1803 Germantown, PA) preached 1792 funeral sermon for Sarah Thomas Walker *(19) (dau of Thomas Thomas & g dau of Wm & Eliz Phillips Thomas), he was 2nd cousin once removed of Samuel POTTS (m. Eliz Thomas, Aunt of Col Jonas Thomas, d. Loudoun Co VA).
*(8) REESE THOMAS: 1665-1742, 'well descended of a good family' (from 1691 Certificate given him by Friends of Chepstow); 'prob a native of Monmouth [?or Pembrokeshire], emigrated to America from Carmarthenshire' (from article by George Vaux);
"a cousin of Barbara Aubrey BEVAN whose mother (Eizabeth, dau of Thomas THOMAS, Squire of LLANBRADACH Gen 19), the wife of Wm AUBREY of Pencoed, was [related] to REESEs' father ... "
(from ?Narrative of Thomas Family to 1829 by Mary Thomas Jones & Colonial & Rev Families of PA Vol 3 p. 1363, Fisher; & esp *(10) which has the main pedigrees); Gen 20 on Thomas of Llanbradach pedigree, Wm Thomas Esquire, had cousin Wm Thomas of Monmouth; also Gen 19 of pedigree has son 'Lewis of Monmouth'.
JOHN BEVAN (1646 - 1726, of Treverig, Llantrisant Parish Glamorgan - 'land occupied by his family for 10 centuries' , whose mother was a Prichard of Collena; John Bevan m. Barabara Aubrey, dau of Wm (Sheriff of Glamorgan 1686) & Eliz THOMAS (of LLANBRADACH) Aubrey of Pencoed - see gen 19 on Thomas of Llanbradach pedigree chart in Limbus Patrum by G.T. Clark), assoc with early Co Glamorgan Wales Quakers & Reese Thomas who m. Martha Aubrey.
*(9) DANIEL THOMAS I of Merion - b. ca 1655, s.p., settled near Merion PA, listed consec with Reese Thomas on 1690's Merion list. Related to? Evan I of Llanycefn, Pemb. b. ca 1655 m. Mary Husband of Haverfordwest 1678 Redstone Mtg Wales. Evan I sons Daniel II (1678-1740?, m. ?Cath MORRIS (dau of ?Evan b. Cardiganshire Wales), children Evan, Dan, CALEB, Morris, Ben, THOMAS, Sarah ... ) & Minister Evan II ("younger son" b. ca 1685 Wales d. Hopewell VA 1755 m. 1713 Katherine Evans) moved 1718 Gwynedd/Abington/Goshen PA area ?from Dolobran Wales.
DANIEL THOMAS I m. Eleanor VAUGHAN 1687, Haverford PA; JAMES THOMAS I (m. HOWELL), LEWIS DAVID attended.
DANIEL THOMAS I of Merion 1722 Will - bequest to Haverford Mtg & school, bro Joshua, sis Eliz & Gwen, niece & gnieces of Llangybi, Card. Wales, exec Friends Henry LEWIS & David LLEWELYN of Haverford ... Came from SW Wales 1682 (Certificate from Redstone Mtg, Pembroke. for Evan Thomas I of Llanykeaven, Lewis David & Henry Lewis ( 'loved & trusted friend of Wm Penn', m. Margaret Prothroe) to Haverford PA - 1682 'all ...wilderness'). Evan Thomas I wife Mary Husband b. 1661 Narberth, later m. 1687 Wm Howell at John Bevan's after death of Evan Thomas I ca 1685?; Daniel II sister? Mary m. Evan Lewis. Daniel Thomas I had strong assoc with ?cousin James Thomas I (m. Margaret Howell) & 1 of the Daniel Thomases (I?) assoc with WILLIAM HOWELL - bro of Margaret Howell Thomas, b. ca 1650?, of Castlebythe & Puncheston Pemb, Wales, prominent Quaker leader, named Provincial Councilor in PA & ?Wales, Justice - PA, Speaker of PA Assembly 1697, 1699 & 1700; surveyor, Constable, ATTENDED WEDDING of REES & Martha Aubrey THOMAS 1692 with wife MARY (HUSBAND THOMAS) HOWELL. Wm Howell settled Haverford PA the same time as Evan Thomas I (built 1of 1st grist MILLs there), bought it 1700, & moved to Abington PA 1701. 1702 - mentioned with EVAN THOMAS Abington MM. WM HOWELL 1709 Will, Cheltenham - executed 'with aid & assistance of loving friend Daniel Thomas' (II?), wit by Daniel & Thomas POTTS, Daniel Thomas, etc... ; 1710 inventory of Wm Howell estate by David POTTS (these POTTS close relations (2 ?1st cousins once rem & ?great uncle David) of Lt. Sam Potts m. aunt of Col Jonas Thomas Loudoun Co VA)... LEWIS THOMAS (bro? of Evan I) of Llanykeaven m. 1679 Jane Gwyn of Prendergast, James Thomas I 'a kinsman?'... Richd THOMAS of Llanbradach Gen. 18 named in Pembroke? lease 1627 could be a relation... Wm Howell son of Morgan of ?Llandissilio, came to PA on ship 'Lyon' 1682; gave 200 a. to 'STEPSON' Daniel Thomas II 1703, Cheltenham.
*(10) 'The Thomas Family As Desc from David & Anna Noble Thomas'
*(11) Wm Thomas 1781 assoc sw of Front Royal, VA - Leith (moved there from Chester Co PA, James Leith family 1724-34 tax rolls E Nottingham south Chester Co PA) & McKay (moved from Cecil Co MD), also Job family (Quakers - Caleb Job, lived near Overalls & ?Rileyville, son of Andrew Job, Chester Co PA Sheriff 1697-1700) nearby from s Chester Co PA/Cecil Co MD area. 1st settlers of this valley area (was orig Augusta & Fred Co VA ) 1736 substantially from Chester Co PA, came with leader Robert McKay of Cecil Co MD. Also Overall family *(13) nearby. Wm. Thomas - 1st doc of in Shen Co, 1773 (Woodstock court, debt to Isaac HITE Sr. of prominent HITE family & Long Meadow SW of Middletown VA, son Isaac Hite Jr. b. 1758 of Belle Grove Plantation); 1775 (Dunmore Co), 1785 (Shenandoah, now Warren Co) Tax Lists, VA. ?Wm Thomas of Shen Co had dau Miriam (name also found in Leith family) m. James Mathes (? related to assoc Matthews family of Maury Co TN, see AGNES MATTHEWS Emerson note); James Mathes d. 1826 Harrods Cr near Prospect KY, Will proved 1827 mentions wife Miriam's father 'CAPTAIN WM THOMAS', Thomas relations in NE Rutherford Co TN, also a MILLwright book. Siblings of Miriam Thomas Mathes (d. 1847 ne Rutherford Co TN) - Wm Thomas Sr's son Wm Thomas Jr & Sarah Thomas Hutchison. ANN Thomas (ca 1760's-1847, 'A QUAKER' - Source: Overall book, ?participated in Battle of Bluffs 4/2/1781 Nashville, ?said to be dau of Capt Wm Thomas, but likely dau of Wm & Eliz Thomas Sr) who m. Nathaniel Overall (b. 1758 VA d. Ruth Co. TN, 'planter', bro of Capt Wm Overall, ?Illinois Div 1778 with Geo Rogers Clark) etc ... Capt Wm Thomas assoc with Leith (Scottish gentry family?) Shen Co VA - 1775 Shen Co tax roll lists him between 2 Leith families (Ephraim Leith 1784 Shen Co, 1 tithable & 1 Black, ?abt a mile or so e of Bentonville near Wm Thomas?) ... ALEXANDER MATHEWS (gfather of James d. 1826) founded Bentonville, VA 1749 (settled just SE around Flint Cr.) with assoc families ...
*(12) Col Joseph Brown - 1st settler in Maury Co ca 1806 S of Columbia, TN with wife 'noted beauty' Sarah Thomas Brown (Wm Thomas (1751-1844), 'had land bordering that of Col Jos Brown').
*(13) Susannah Thomas m. Capt Wm Overall (Watauga & Nashville, TN settlements late 1770's - 1793). Susannah b. ca. 1765? Shen Co VA, said to be dau of Wm (b. ca. 1730) & Eliz Thomas, prob close relation (sis?) of Capt Wm Thomas (1751-1844) who m. Catherine. After Capt Wm Overall *(14) was killed 1793 Susannah m ca ?1797 David Vaughn (overseer for Wm Overall?) whose ?2nd wife was Sarah Thomas, dau of Joshua ( son of John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas) & Nancy Overall Thomas; ' On Jan 22, 1793 The Bench ... , the most daring & crafty of the Chickamauga bushwhackers & Doublehead - beyond question the most cruel & bloodthirsty Indian in the Cherokee nation, fell in with a party of traders at Dripping Spring (KY south of Mammoth Cave Park), on the trace from Cumberland to Kentuck, killed Capt Wm Overall ...'. Overall, VA that the family founded is located at junction of S. branch of Shen River, Overall Run, highway 340 & Warren/Page Co. line.
*(14) Capt Wm Overall's parents were ?Wm & Magdalen Froman Overall. Magdalen b. ca 1740, was the sis of Jacob HITE Froman (b. 1749 Cedar Creek Frederick Co VA east of Strasburg now on Shenandoah/Warren Co line; Illinois Division with George Rogers Clark 1778; member 1st KY legislature with Daniel Boone) & for whom Capt WILLIAM THOMAS witnessed a deed in 1790's Woodford Co KY. Froman's Landing was at the mouth of Brushy Run in S. Woodford Co on KY River.
*(15) Thomas of Llanbradach, Wales gen XVIII - LEWIS THOMAS held lease of Caerphilly grist MILL, late 1600's.
*(16) Although Philip & Esther Thomas had another son named John Thomas (d. 1736 from majority of sources including the DAR) it ?appears this may be a case of renaming another child John after the 1st one's childhood death.
*(17) Joseph Haines witnessed 1731 wedding of Joshua Job, son of Andrew, & Margaret McKay, dau of Robert of Milford Hundred Cecil Co MD, at Nottingham Quaker church ?PA/MD. Caleb Job also attended.
*(18) Jarman - Flemish colonists brought to sw Wales 1107 by Henry I. John Jarman, father of Sarah & John, attended 1692 wedding of Reese & Martha Aubrey Thomas.
*(19) Sarah Thomas m. Joseph Walker. General Anthony Wayne was quartered at their house (built 1752) at Many Springs Farm (?'Rehoboth') during the winter of 1777 - 1778 when George Washington was encamped at Valley Forge. Anthony Wayne was Sarah Thomas Walker's 2nd cousin.
*(20) Hopewell, Fred. Co VA - named after Hopewell, Lancaster Co PA ... Minister Evan Thomas of Hopewell 'educated in profession with the Church of England'.
*(21) Hoggatt - 'the Hoggatts were Quakers', Source - Bessie Thompson Jackson, Cumb. Co Va History.
*(22) 1 pedigree has James, Watkin, Howell & Wm (m. Eliz Phillips) as being sons of Evan & Gwen Watkins Thomas - ?dates look off; Also - 1694 QUAKER MEETING, TREVERIG, Glamorgan Wales for Wm Lewis & family (of Eglwysilan, Lewis of Van descendants) removal: wit John Bevan, ROWLAND (Gen 19 THOMAS of LLANBRADACH pedigree? & bro of WATKIN & ELIZ Thomas Aubrey of Pencoed?), WATKIN (Gen. 19?) & Howell Thomas.
*(23) Although Evan Thomas (d. 1755) is said to have come to America in 1719 from Dolobran, Montg. Wales (Quaker Meeting hosted by the wealthy LLOYD family who were of Royal descent), he may have just been visiting there & appears to be a member & assoc of the Daniel/Evan Thomas family line of Merion, Abington & Cheltenham PA.
*(24) Brevard - French Huguenot
*(25) George Dawson (bro of Mary "Molly" Dawson m. Richd Thomas) m. Frances Cannon MOSBY 1804 Woodford Co KY. Their son Capt Nicholas Mosby Dawson b. 1808 Woodford Co KY, moved Fayette Co (La Grange) TX 1834 from TN, TX hero killed Battle of Salado Creek, "Dawson Massacre" 1842 (San Antonio); ... 'Confronted by 400 Mexican cavalry, Dawson dismounted his men (53) & took position in a mesquite motte ... As the horsemen advanced in fine order, Dawson cooly took aim & shot an officer from his saddle. "That's the way I used to do it", he remarked.' - from Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the TX Rangers by R.M. Utley. Nicholas Dawson also vet of San Jacinto.
*(26) David & Elnor LLOYD REES of Llanddewi, Pemb Wales settled Newtown, PA ca 1682?. Son Thomas REES b. ca 1670 near Redstone Pemb Wales, strong assoc (?was his gentleman's gentleman servant) with Evan Thomas I.
*(27) Dau Mary m. John Hiatt 1744
*** MAIN HYPOTHESIS:
the 3 lines of Thomases (1- James m. Howell of Merion or 2- William of Newtown (moved there from Radnor 1698?) m. Pillips or 3 - Daniel/Evan of Abington) in the Welsh Tract PA early 1700's named above, had desc accounting for the various (5) Thomas lines south of Columbia, TN in the early 19th century. 1 possible scenario is that Sarah Thomas Brown, wife of Colonel Joseph Brown, had connection to Capt Wm Thomas through the Overalls & his Thomas kin in TN & drew him to Maury Co. Then some of the other lines were contacted by Wm? RESULT: ? 1 source says that the line of John & Sarah Humphreys Thomas was desc from Wm & Eliz Philips Thomas of Welsh Tract PA (? desc from Thomas of Llanbradach) ... see FINAL SUMMARY Marine D THOMAS notes ***
It looks as if the line of Col Jonas E Thomas may have been desc from Daniel Thomas of Abington, PA since Jonas' Aunt m. a Potts in Loudoun Co VA, etc ...
And it appears possible from the pedigree that Rees THOMAS (m. Martha Aubrey) was a great grandson of generation 18 of the Squires OF LLANBRADACH, William Thomas (d. 1654, m. Joan LLEWELYN of Rydlafar) by his son Rees. Eliz Thomas (m. Wm Aubrey of Pencoed) was the dau of Thomas Thomas (d. 1667, m. Dorothy, dau of Sir John Carew of Camerton, Co Somerset), gen 19 Squire of Llanbradach. That would make her daughter, Barbara Aubrey (m. John Bevan, Quaker leader of Glamorgan, Wales & PA) maybe the 2nd cousin of Rees Thomas (m. Martha Aubrey), a contemporary. Also, Rees seems to have come to PA ca 1691 with his brothers & a number of his paternal cousins to the ?2nd degree as Welsh Quakers, among whom may have been Wm Thomas (m. Eliz Phillips whose father attended wedding of Reese & Martha), & Daniel/Evan Thomas, prob close cousins to Rees Thomas ... Aside from Rees & his 2 ?brothers, the other Thomas lines (James, Wm m. Philips, Evan/Daniel) could be possibly desc from 1 of the Thomas, Wm, Richd or Lewis THOMASes on Thomas of Llanbradach pedigree (Rees & Lewis 1st names on every Gen. 15 thru 18) since these names found in their families.
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: 1) ancestor Capt William THOMAS,
2) Isaac J. THOMAS/James Houston THOMAS (matches to children of their ancestor Ensign John THOMAS & Mary Jetton (d. near Ashland MS)), 3) Sarah THOMAS Brown
(m. Col Joseph Brown, dau of John & Sarah Humphreys THOMAS,
matches to her sister Mary Amelia THOMAS) & 4) 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. 5) Col Jonas E THOMAS line has yet to be discovered...