Mother - Florence Jeanette Thomas b 2 Sep 1908 Dayton OH d 12 Oct 1977 Cayucas CA Grandfather - Frank Mercer Thomas b 21 Sep 1863 d 31 Jan 1935 Wayzata MN GGF - Elisha Thomas b 5 Aug 1835 VA d 1 Sep 1904 WV GGGF - William Thomas b 1 Jan 1800 VA d 20 Nov 1869 WV GGGGF - Benjamin Thomas b about 1770 VA d about 1825 VA Do you have any further details? Regards, George Thomas kysor [email protected] http://kysor.blogspot.com/ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Hi all, With 27 individuals initially interested in participating, the Thomas DNA Project is launched. The project number has been assigned and we have our information for ordering the test kit. If you have not let me know of your interest, drop me a line and I'll send what you need to join the group. If you need additional information about the project, I'd love to hear from you. Bonnie Thomas Chaffin [email protected]

There were 146,425 persons with Thomas surname on the 1880 US census. But, that's probably only about 30- or 40,000 households. Ahhh the power of computers! Some posts recently reminded me of a project I'd participated in for surname SACKETT. Parts of it are applicable to THOMAS. We chose the 1880 US census since it is every-person indexed. Those of us who participated own the 50-cd 1880 census index. We broke it up into states and other divisions. Each person made a list of every sackett surname in their section. For Sacket, we also chose any given name with Sacket/sackett in it (the program looks at any close spellings automagically.) Thomas alas would have to settle for surname only. OK, there was a project director to whom we sent all these lists to, email. The 1880 has lots of info, and to find where everly last Thomas in the US was at that particular time was a great building project. Again, it takes a web page to access. The web page was made searchable. You could select what seems most important, name of course, or by state-county-town. I don't recall if by age, but why not! I don't know what it would take to code for a bracketed age-in-1880 though, because that one's not always so easy to get exact. Would you believe, the few of us participating submitted the whole project in one week. Now the bad part - the project manager had to do all the real work. All us volunteers had to do was sort, copy, paste. Gah - it sounds like grad student imperative: publish publish publish. I don't have a Sackett though so I didn't see through to the end of the program. Kaye in Texas PS There were 403 persons with the given name Elvis in 1880 US. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

Sam, Thanks for the good work. Rex Jones Carissa, Good idea. Rex Jones

Beginning last weekend, I undertook the task of locating every THOMAS buried in the four subject counties born before 1900. Of course, the collection started with the cemeteries in the west corner of Laurens Co., Montrose to Dudley, as I was in searching of my g-g-g grandfather, CHARNAL H. THOMAS [born 1827] and his father WILLIAM L. THOMAS [born 1789]. In the search, I found more unmarked graves with a concrete cover or simple head & foot markers. In one cemetery, I'll call it the JONES CEMETERY as it appeared to be predominantly JONES, there were about 20 concrete covered gravesites located out in the wood line at the back of the cemetery. On clearing debris from the covers, no markings were found on the covers to indicate who these people were. The front area seems to be well-kept. The cemetery is located at the Haskins Crossing / SR26 exit off of I16, to the north of I16, on the first paved road to the left, within 1 mile of I16. An occupied house sits directly across the road from the cemetery, which is on the south-side [left travel west] of the roadway. We plan to going back down, do a little work to clear the site and try to determine who these people were. Anyone from the local area in Laurens Co., GA have any ideas? Sam Thomas Roswell, Georgia 770-643-8880

Hi all, I am writing the list to let everyone know that we are ready to get ourselves registered as a group project. At the moment I have 22 interested in participation. Several have voted for the 25 marker test. Most have not voiced an opinion but I think we can select individually as we order the kit. Rich Thomas has graciously volunteered to setup our THOMAS DNA web site. He & I have emailed back and forth and he has some very good ideas. We want the site to be informative yet easy to use so that our group as well as future Thomas researchers will find help. Another thing which was mentioned to me is a fund or contributions from anyone who would like to help financially for anyone who may want to participate but has limited funds. Because we "cousins" do not all know each other, I will handle those requests privately and just try to put people in touch with each other. Thank you to those who have volunteered to help. I have created a separate mail list for those 22 Thomas cousins who have expressed interest in participating. I have done that so that I can communicate what is happening with the testing process without loading down the THOMAS-L list. If you would like to be on that list, let me know. [email protected]

Hey everyone, When we send something to the list, how about we use subject lines that help others know what first names, dates and/or places we're searching for or have info on . . . that way we can all have an idea about the content of the message without actually having to open every message. There are so many of them on here just labelled "Thomas" which is a bit redundant since this is a listserv specifially for the Thomas surname. So anyways, just a thought, what do you guys think? Thanks for listenin' !! Carissa

To make a fairly short story run a little longer, I ran across a Thomas last night that seemed interesting. Imagine - a *found* Thomas instead of lost. http://www.greatvalleyhouse.com/ click history link in the frame at left. I was thinking maybe to make a genealogy trip to Valley Forge some time and this place was shown as a close-by B&B. Scroll down near the end, just below the last photo. May be a quaker Thomas. There's a nice bit of documentation there if he's yours. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

Let me jump in here, too.........as I am a Thomas, my father was Edward S. Thomas, his father was William G. Thomas, born in Harlan Co ( I believe) and his father was Henry Clay Thomas, and I am not sure but I have it that his father was a William Thomas of Yocums Creek, Ky.......Anyone know of this line of Thomas.......I remember hearing that a lot of them went out West (Calif.) ...way back. Oh, William G. Thomas, was born, Sept.18, 1871. Shirley Thomas Otero [email protected]

Arthur Thomas, b. May 1863 in England, immigrated in 1886 to New York State. He married Louise King, b. September 1870 in England, immigrated in 1883. This couple, Arthur and Louise King Thomas, had four children, all b. in New York State. Edna, or Lillie Edna, b. 1889; Amary H., b. 1891; Grace, b. 1893; and Hazel A., b. 1896. Is anyone on this list familiar with any of this Thomas family? I'd appreciate hearing from you.

I don't know where in Ohio, which is part of the problem. :) I;ll let you know when I find out ... B > [Original Message] > From: Julie Hesson <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Date: 10/20/2003 12:32:09 PM > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] my Thomas line > > Barbara, > Where in Ohio? My Anthony THOMAS and wife, Isabella, > were at Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., in 1850. Also--don't let > Hugh's birthplace of "VA" throw you into thinking > further south, because the present WV panhandle area > between PA and OH was VA before 1863, and both Brooke > and Hancock counties, VA/WV were major migration routes > westward into OH. That's the route followed by my > Browns, Ledlies, McCunes and Watsons into Richland Co., > OH. > > Julie, endlessly sorting out dead relatives..... > > > > My ancestor, John W Thomas, was born circa 1840 in > Ohio. He moved to > > Effingham, Illinois (unk date), where he married > Rebecca Getz. They had > > several schildren in Illinois, then moved to Kansas. > Their youngest child, > > my grandmother, was born approx 1889. Her name was > Cora Lee Thomas. > > > > Is it possible the John W in your family, born in Ohio > 1844, is the same as > > in my family line? Let me know what you think. > Barbara > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Marilyne R Payne <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Date: 10/19/2003 1:49:14 PM > > > Subject: [THOMAS] my Thomas line > > > > > > > > > I'm going to post what we have on our male THOMAS > line and see if anyone > > > here connects. > > > Younger Thomas b 1782 VA, d. 1842 Ross Co OH. M > Sarah Cummins. 12 > > > children > > > Sons: Hugh b. 1808 VA md Eliz. Coon. Both buried > Tweed Cem. Ross Co > > > OH. > > > Anson P. b 1833 OH > > > George W. b 1841 OH > > > Harvey M. b. 1847 OH > > > When Younger moved to Keokuk Co. IA > 1849-50, Hugh stayed and > > > farmed in Ross Co. OH. > > > Laertius (Morris Laertes) b. 1810 VA. md > Elizabeth ?. 7 > > > children > > > James b 1838 OH > > > William b. 1840 OH > > > Morris L. b 1842 OH > > > John W. b 1844 OH > > > Younger Taylor b 1849/50 IN > > > Laertes moved to IN and is found in > Hancock Co. Worth Twp, > > > 1850 census, and is found in Jasper Co. Jane Twp in > 1860. > > > Cadwell b 1815 OH md Suannah Andrews , > possibly 8 children. > > > John Sanford Younger, b 1849 > Keokuk Co. IA > > > James Dayton b 1855 Keokuk > Co. IA > > > Jacob b. 1856 OH (Ross or > Scioto Co. ?) > > > William Henry Harrison b > 1863 Scioto Co. OH > > > Cadwell did a lot of moving. He went to > IA with or soon > > > after Younger. He went back to OH. Then he moved > to KA where he d 1898 > > > Neosho Co. Susannah is presumed to have died on > that trip, she is buried > > > in MO. > > > Benjamin b 1830 Ross Co. OH, d 1922 > Keokuk Co. IA. Md > > > Adeline Cooley. > > > I have nothing on Benjamin's children. His nephew, > Joseph Short, son of > > > Leantha Thomas and Andrew Short, moved from Clarke > Co IA to Keokuk and is > > > found in the 1880 census. > > > > > > Hoping to find someone to make a DNA match. > > > Marilyne Short Payne > > > > > > > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > > > THOMAS Family Mail List Archives: > > > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > Just type in the mail list's name: THOMAS > > > > > > > > --- Barbara Hilliard > > --- [email protected] > > > > > > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > > Need list assistance? Please contact: > [email protected] > > List Adm for THOMAS-L and > THOMAS-D > > --- Barbara Hilliard --- [email protected]

My ancestor, John W Thomas, was born circa 1840 in Ohio. He moved to Effingham, Illinois (unk date), where he married Rebecca Getz. They had several schildren in Illinois, then moved to Kansas. Their youngest child, my grandmother, was born approx 1889. Her name was Cora Lee Thomas. Is it possible the John W in your family, born in Ohio 1844, is the same as in my family line? Let me know what you think. Barbara > [Original Message] > From: Marilyne R Payne <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/19/2003 1:49:14 PM > Subject: [THOMAS] my Thomas line > > > I�m going to post what we have on our male THOMAS line and see if anyone > here connects. > Younger Thomas b 1782 VA, d. 1842 Ross Co OH. M Sarah Cummins. 12 > children > Sons: Hugh b. 1808 VA md Eliz. Coon. Both buried Tweed Cem. Ross Co > OH. > Anson P. b 1833 OH > George W. b 1841 OH > Harvey M. b. 1847 OH > When Younger moved to Keokuk Co. IA 1849-50, Hugh stayed and > farmed in Ross Co. OH. > Laertius (Morris Laertes) b. 1810 VA. md Elizabeth ?. 7 > children > James b 1838 OH > William b. 1840 OH > Morris L. b 1842 OH > John W. b 1844 OH > Younger Taylor b 1849/50 IN > Laertes moved to IN and is found in Hancock Co. Worth Twp, > 1850 census, and is found in Jasper Co. Jane Twp in 1860. > Cadwell b 1815 OH md Suannah Andrews , possibly 8 children. > John Sanford Younger, b 1849 Keokuk Co. IA > James Dayton b 1855 Keokuk Co. IA > Jacob b. 1856 OH (Ross or Scioto Co. ?) > William Henry Harrison b 1863 Scioto Co. OH > Cadwell did a lot of moving. He went to IA with or soon > after Younger. He went back to OH. Then he moved to KA where he d 1898 > Neosho Co. Susannah is presumed to have died on that trip, she is buried > in MO. > Benjamin b 1830 Ross Co. OH, d 1922 Keokuk Co. IA. Md > Adeline Cooley. > I have nothing on Benjamin�s children. His nephew, Joseph Short, son of > Leantha Thomas and Andrew Short, moved from Clarke Co IA to Keokuk and is > found in the 1880 census. > > Hoping to find someone to make a DNA match. > Marilyne Short Payne > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > THOMAS Family Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: THOMAS --- Barbara Hilliard --- [email protected]

Barbara, Where in Ohio? My Anthony THOMAS and wife, Isabella, were at Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., in 1850. Also--don't let Hugh's birthplace of "VA" throw you into thinking further south, because the present WV panhandle area between PA and OH was VA before 1863, and both Brooke and Hancock counties, VA/WV were major migration routes westward into OH. That's the route followed by my Browns, Ledlies, McCunes and Watsons into Richland Co., OH. Julie, endlessly sorting out dead relatives..... > My ancestor, John W Thomas, was born circa 1840 in Ohio. He moved to > Effingham, Illinois (unk date), where he married Rebecca Getz. They had > several schildren in Illinois, then moved to Kansas. Their youngest child, > my grandmother, was born approx 1889. Her name was Cora Lee Thomas. > > Is it possible the John W in your family, born in Ohio 1844, is the same as > in my family line? Let me know what you think. Barbara > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Marilyne R Payne <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 10/19/2003 1:49:14 PM > > Subject: [THOMAS] my Thomas line > > > > > > I'm going to post what we have on our male THOMAS line and see if anyone > > here connects. > > Younger Thomas b 1782 VA, d. 1842 Ross Co OH. M Sarah Cummins. 12 > > children > > Sons: Hugh b. 1808 VA md Eliz. Coon. Both buried Tweed Cem. Ross Co > > OH. > > Anson P. b 1833 OH > > George W. b 1841 OH > > Harvey M. b. 1847 OH > > When Younger moved to Keokuk Co. IA 1849-50, Hugh stayed and > > farmed in Ross Co. OH. > > Laertius (Morris Laertes) b. 1810 VA. md Elizabeth ?. 7 > > children > > James b 1838 OH > > William b. 1840 OH > > Morris L. b 1842 OH > > John W. b 1844 OH > > Younger Taylor b 1849/50 IN > > Laertes moved to IN and is found in Hancock Co. Worth Twp, > > 1850 census, and is found in Jasper Co. Jane Twp in 1860. > > Cadwell b 1815 OH md Suannah Andrews , possibly 8 children. > > John Sanford Younger, b 1849 Keokuk Co. IA > > James Dayton b 1855 Keokuk Co. IA > > Jacob b. 1856 OH (Ross or Scioto Co. ?) > > William Henry Harrison b 1863 Scioto Co. OH > > Cadwell did a lot of moving. He went to IA with or soon > > after Younger. He went back to OH. Then he moved to KA where he d 1898 > > Neosho Co. Susannah is presumed to have died on that trip, she is buried > > in MO. > > Benjamin b 1830 Ross Co. OH, d 1922 Keokuk Co. IA. Md > > Adeline Cooley. > > I have nothing on Benjamin's children. His nephew, Joseph Short, son of > > Leantha Thomas and Andrew Short, moved from Clarke Co IA to Keokuk and is > > found in the 1880 census. > > > > Hoping to find someone to make a DNA match. > > Marilyne Short Payne > > > > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > > THOMAS Family Mail List Archives: > > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Just type in the mail list's name: THOMAS > > > > --- Barbara Hilliard > --- [email protected] > > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: [email protected] > List Adm for THOMAS-L and THOMAS-D >

I’m going to post what we have on our male THOMAS line and see if anyone here connects. Younger Thomas b 1782 VA, d. 1842 Ross Co OH. M Sarah Cummins. 12 children Sons: Hugh b. 1808 VA md Eliz. Coon. Both buried Tweed Cem. Ross Co OH. Anson P. b 1833 OH George W. b 1841 OH Harvey M. b. 1847 OH When Younger moved to Keokuk Co. IA 1849-50, Hugh stayed and farmed in Ross Co. OH. Laertius (Morris Laertes) b. 1810 VA. md Elizabeth ?. 7 children James b 1838 OH William b. 1840 OH Morris L. b 1842 OH John W. b 1844 OH Younger Taylor b 1849/50 IN Laertes moved to IN and is found in Hancock Co. Worth Twp, 1850 census, and is found in Jasper Co. Jane Twp in 1860. Cadwell b 1815 OH md Suannah Andrews , possibly 8 children. John Sanford Younger, b 1849 Keokuk Co. IA James Dayton b 1855 Keokuk Co. IA Jacob b. 1856 OH (Ross or Scioto Co. ?) William Henry Harrison b 1863 Scioto Co. OH Cadwell did a lot of moving. He went to IA with or soon after Younger. He went back to OH. Then he moved to KA where he d 1898 Neosho Co. Susannah is presumed to have died on that trip, she is buried in MO. Benjamin b 1830 Ross Co. OH, d 1922 Keokuk Co. IA. Md Adeline Cooley. I have nothing on Benjamin’s children. His nephew, Joseph Short, son of Leantha Thomas and Andrew Short, moved from Clarke Co IA to Keokuk and is found in the 1880 census. Hoping to find someone to make a DNA match. Marilyne Short Payne

There are no male descendants of Jesse E. Thomas, my ggggrandfather.. my hope is that I can definitely connect to some of the people researching the Thomas families in northern Florida in the 1800's. and that they will participate...I have several possibilities...I will not give up in my desire to research this family and I hope others in the same situation will feel the same way.....I wish all of you who participate in the DNA project much success and I will hope to see those who can't, still active on the Thomas list Sandy Ambrose

Hi Wayne, I think the answer to that is that we don't know. There could be a connection between your line and mine, for instance. I have been unable to learn anything earlier than my George Thomas b. 1781 in (probably) upper east Tenn. It isn't a great stretch to guess that George's family may have been in Virginia, but I've got nothing to direct me to any particular family or any particular area of VA. I think this is the very thing that makes the testing helpful. We will hopefully find connections between researched lines that no one previously suspected were related. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Thomas" <[email protected]> To: "Bonnie Thomas Chaffin" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA Proj. - list of those participating > My line (John Thomas, Sr. b. 1710, Henrico County, VA and Winifred Dameron) has been pretty well researched. Is the anybody out there who is trying to connect > to my line? In other words. will my participation actually benefit anyone? > > Bonnie Thomas Chaffin wrote: > > > Ok... so far I have the following names as being interested in participating. Please send any additions or corrections to my email: [email protected] > > > > Jim Thomas Bill Thomas > > Barb Thomas Fitzmaurice Judy Thomas Snowden > > Marta Nina Harkey > > Wayne Thomas Carrie Thomas-Dominquez > > Michael Thomas Bonnie Thomas Chaffin > > > > Some maybe's: > > Julie Hesson > > Jack Thomas > > Richard Thomas > > > > PLEASE let me know what other questions everyone might have. If I don't know the answer or can't find it, I'll find someone who does know. > > > > Bonnie > > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > -- > "Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read". > > If you can't explain it to your mother or grandmother, don't do it. > MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA > > http://home.pacbell.net/wthomas1/ > > Wayne <>< > > >

I am interested in the DNA but would like more info. Please put my name on the list. Fran in ABQ

In a message dated 10/17/03 9:32:46 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl My father was Samuel Oscar Thomas, born 28 Nov 1897, in Georgetown County, S. C. His father was Philip A. Thomas b. 15 Apr 1857 (North Carolina?) Philip married Isadora Lavenia Boatright, b. 24 Mar 1900 in Marion, S. C. They are both buried in Wiggins Burying Ground in Georgetown County, S. C. Philip's father was Philip Thomas, b. 1822, killed in the Civil War 1 Oct 1864. Can anyone relate to this? Thanks, Fran in ABQ

I am lost in Tennesse. There are so many Jacob Thomas's a DNA sounds like a good idea. Put me down as interested. My Jacob Thomas married Mary Callahan in Jefferson County. His father, Jacob Thomas married Elizabeth Hanger also in Jefferson County. Bob Thomas

Here's just a list of Thomas individuals found in the book, History of Harris County Georgia - 1827-1961 by Louise Calhoun Barfield (Mrs. G. C.) of Columbus, Georgia - page 210 on the Index: A. J. Thomas Byron Thomas Genie Thomas Abbey Thomas Caroline Thomas George Seibert Thomas, Jr. Alexander Thomas Cato Thomas ( one of my ancestor's children) Alfred J. Thomas Clarinda Frances Thomas George Thomas Alfred Jackson Thomas Cornelius D. Thomas Griggs E. Thomas Alfred M. Thomas David Thomas Col. Grisby Thomas Alice Thomas Dillard Thomas H. S. Thomas Allie H. Thomas Elizabeth Caroline Thomas Helen Thomas Almira Thomas Emma Eugenia Thomas Hiram Thomas Amanda Thomas Fabain Thomas Hon. Grisley E. Thomas Amelia Thomas Frances Elizabeth Thomas J. W. Thomas Ann Elizabeth Thomas Judge G. E. Thomas James Thomas Jane Thomas John S. Thomas John Thomas Joseph Thomas Katherine H. Dowdell Thomas Lorenzo D. Thomas Lucinda M. Thomas Mary A. Thomas Mary Elizabeth Thomas Mary Thomas Milton Thomas N. Jane Thomas Nancy Thomas Nannie Thomas Phabina Thomas Phenelope Thomas Richard M. Thomas Richard Montgomery Thomas Reuben Thomas Safronia Thomas Samuel Thomas Sara J. Thomas Stanley McNurie Thomas Vince V. Thomas Mrs. W. C. Thomas W. H. Thomas W. R. Thomas Walter Thomas William A., William C., William Callahan, William J. and William Judson - All Thomases