Nancy and I were talking about whether we could find a connection between our Thomas lines at the Homecoming. I sent this to the Thomas mail list this morning and decided to share it here as well so that Nancy would see it. Since there were MANY Germans in the Bush River area, it is possible that some of them could have been Germanna. Unrelated to the Germanna Thomas lines: I found the page while unpacking that I had copied several years ago while visiting the Newberry library. Unfortunately the title page must have become disconnected from the copied pages. But my notes indicate that the title of the book may have been a List of Quaker families in SC and Georgia....and there were SEVERAL Thomas Quaker families! One major Thomas family connection is the Tristram Thomas family that came into Maryland instead of Pennsylvania. A descendent of the Tristram's was Stephen who is said to have been the progenitor of the Thomas family in SC. I do not expect this to be my Thomas family. I think that my Sarah Thomas McKinsey is more likely to be connected to the Thomas family that first arrives in PA....moves south to Hopewell MM....and into the Carolinas by the mid 1700's. But I thought that Marilyn's e-mail was interesting enough to send on.....here is what I sent to the Thomas mail list: > Marilyn sent this to the Germanna list this morning. I really liked > what she had said and asked her permision to send it on. > > Thoma/Thomas family > Michael Thomas, son of Hans Wendel Thomas and his first wife served in > Rev. War from NC > > Lewis, Jesse, Joel and William sons of Hans Wendel Thomas and his > second wife served in Rev. war from NC > > Michael Thomas, brother of Hans Wendel, and his older sons, Henry, > Samuel, John, Jesse and Abraham served in Rev. War from Ky > > Note: all eligible males of the THOMAS family served in the Rev. War. > This tradition continues in my line down to the present day when my > great nephew just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq -- Our son was > Air Force pilot during Desert Storm, my dad was WW II and Korean War, > My Thomas grandfather was Canadian Army during WW I and old Abraham's > son, Michael, was in the War of 1812 in Ohio. Thanks for the > opportunity to recognize my military relatives. TAke care. Marilyn > > > > > > > > > I don't think that my Thomas family descends from this Germanna Thomas > family. I expect my Sarah Thomas McKinsey of Newberry SC to be a part > of the Quaker Thomas family found at Hopewell MM in northern VA in the > early 1700's. During the Revolution she was married and living in the > Dutch Fork area near Newberry SC. Marsha Moses