Hi, I'd like to exchange info on the family of Theophilus REES (1747-1814) and Elizabeth THOMAS (c1743-1826). They settled in the Licking Co. area in 1801/2, helping to establish the Welsh Hills Settlement. I'd especially like to learn about the families into which their children married: LEWIS, THOMAS and RHOADS/ROADS. A family group sheet is included below. Anyone with connections, please do write. I have lots to share. Thanks and kind regards, Jennifer Jacksonville, FL jennifer@leading.net Proud RootsWeb Sponsor+ Join us at GATHOMAS-L, ABBOTT-L, STANALAND-L ************* Family Group Subject* Theophilus Thomas REES (227) Birth* 06 May 1747 Meidrim, Carmarthenshire.1 Marriage* 15 Oct 1772 Llanginin, Carmarthenshire.1 Immigratn* 14 May 1795 Carmarthen to NY to PA to OH by 1801/2, New York, NY.1 Residence* 04 Sep 1801 Welsh Hills, Licking, OH.1 Death* 16 Feb 1814 Welsh Hills, Licking, OH. Father* Rees John THOMAS (1855) (chr. 05 Feb 1706, d. 25 Apr 1755) Mother* Esther DAVID (1856) (b. c1706, d. 08 Feb 1785) __________________________________________________________________________ Spouse* Elizabeth THOMAS (226) Birth* cir __ ___ 1743 Carmarthenshire. Christning: 05 Apr 1744 Llanginin, Carmarthenshire.1 Immigratn* __ ___ 1795 From Carmarthenshire to NY to PA to OH by 1801/2. Death* 19 Apr 1826 Licking, OH.1 Father* Rees THOMAS (1851) (d. 05 Jan 1765) Mother* Elizabeth GRIFFITH (1852) __________________________________________________________________________ M David REES (1853) Birth* 25 Dec 1773 Carmarthenshire.1 __________________________________________________________________________ F Mary REES (1045) Birth* __ Oct 1775 Carmarthenshire.2,1 __________________________________________________________________________ F Martha REES (1042) Birth* __ Nov 1777 Carmarthenshire.3,1 Marriage* cir __ ___ 1800 David LEWIS (1043) (b. c1780) Daughter: __ ___ 1803 Ann LEWIS (1044); Licking/Fairfield, OH.3 __________________________________________________________________________ F Elizabeth REES (1046) Birth* 11 Mar 1782 Carmarthenshire.4,1 Immigratn* __ ___ 1800 5 Marriage* __ ___ 1802 Deacon David THOMAS (1047) (b. 1761, d. 23 Aug 1844); Beula, Cambria, PA.5 Daughter: 09 Dec 1804 Elizabeth THOMAS (1061); (Probably) Beulah, Cambria, PA.5,1 Daughter: __ ___ 1806 Rachel THOMAS (1060); (probably) Beulah, Cambria, PA.5,1 Daughter: __ Jun 1808 Sarah THOMAS (1861); (probably) Beulah, Cambria, PA.1 Daughter: 03 Oct 1809 Martha THOMAS (1862); Licking, OH.1 Daughter: __ Apr 1811 Esther THOMAS (1863); Licking, OH.1 Daughter: __ ___ 1812 Esther THOMAS (1864); Licking, OH.1 Daughter: __ ___ 1814 Nancy Ann THOMAS (1059); Licking, OH.5,1 Daughter: __ ___ 1816 Margaret THOMAS (1865); Licking, OH.1 Daughter: __ ___ 1818 Amanda THOMAS (1866); Licking, OH.1 Son: 21 Apr 1821 Deacon Thomas J. THOMAS (1053); Granville, Licking, OH.5 Son: 22 Jan 1822 David R. THOMAS (1058); Licking, OH.5,1 Daughter: __ ___ 1825 Amanda THOMAS (1867); Licking, OH.1 Death* 03 May 1855 Licking, OH.5 __________________________________________________________________________ M John REES (213) Birth* 20 Dec 1785 Carmarthenshire.1 Marriage* 03 Aug 1819 Barbara RHOADS (212); OH. Daughter: 29 Aug 1820 Catharine REES (214); OH. Son: 18 Mar 1822 Theophilus REES (216); OH. Daughter: 25 Nov 1825 Elizabeth REES (218); OH. Son: 02 Jan 1828 John Thomas REES Jr. (69); Hebron, Licking, OH. Daughter: 07 Mar 1830 Mary REES (220); OH. Son: 09 Jan 1835 Israel REES (222); OH. Daughter: 03 Sep 1838 Jane R. REES (224); OH. Death* 30 Sep 1842 Licking, OH. __________________________________________________________________________ M Theophilus REES Jr. (228) Birth* 20 Dec 1789 Carmarthenshire.1 Death* 05 Nov 1833 Welsh Hills, Licking, OH. __________________________________________________________________________ M Samuel REES (1854) Birth* __ Mar 1791 Carmarthenshire.1 __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. no title, n.d., Merrell & Mary Dade mdade@georgefox.edu Notes in their submission: Ref: Minnie Hite Moody, "copied from the family Bible." Elizabeth Jones notes in the Licking Co. Genealogical Library. Evans, Raymond Welsh Hills. p.5 Jill Carter Knuth, [Edited], Stanford, CA [Abt. Theophilus T. REES] Sailed 1 Apr 1749 in British armed frigate "Amphion" under charter to Theophilus Rees; docked in New York 14 May 1795. In Welsh Hills, 4 Sep 1801. Went first to Beaulah, Cambria Co., PA, to the colony founded by Morgan Rhys. Jill and her husband made a trip to Wales. She says Theophilus was named Thomas at birth and called Rees. 2. L. H. Everts, 1875 History of Licking County, Ohio Plus New Indexes Adapted from the 1875 Atlas of Licking County in no series (P.O. Box 74, Knightstown, IN: The Bookmark, reprint 1975), page 13. 3. no title, (n.p.: from column entitled "I Remember, I Remember," n.d.). 4. L. H. Everts, 1875 History of Licking, page 56. 5. L. H. Everts, 1875 History of Licking.