-----Original Message----- From: Gregory and Cheryl Thomas <2xx4xy@fgi.net> To: THOMAS-L@rootsweb.com <THOMAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [long]..JESSE THOMAS..WILL, 1805..CUMBERLAND, VA. >LaDoris -- > >I believe the John Thomas of this Will may be my husband's ancestor. He >ended >up in Ross Co., OH and was married at least twice, first to Catherine >PUTNAM/PUTMAN, secondly to Elizabeth (Emberline) FLAX. There may have been >another wife before Catherine. >John served in the War of 1812. His descendents with Elizabeth ended up >mostly in >Fulton Co., IL. >I have other info on this line, especially descent from John's son Jesse, if >anyone else out there is interested. > >PS -- Does anyone know if the above Jesse Thomas originally hailed from >Maryland? > >Isn't it odd? The very first message I read after subscribing to this list >may turn out to be in regards to the very person/reason we signed up for to >query about! > >-- Cheryl Thomas > > Cheryl, According to information from the LDS Family History Center (take that for what it is worth---a starting point) This Jesse Thomas is the son of Job Thomas and Elizabeth Hoggett of VA. According to the records on file there, Job was born in VA. Another cousin that I'm in contact with has the place of birth for Job as Lancaster Co. Pa. The majority of Jesse's children and widow moved to middle TN in the Williamson/ Maury Co area. My ggggreat-grandfather, Job Howell Thomas, mentioned in the will raised his family in the Columbia TN area as did Finch Scruggs and Portia and Mary Polly Thomas both of whom married Pillow boys. Jesse Wood Thomas moved to the Nashville area in 1804 and relocated to east TN. According to the will, John, Anthony, and Nathaniel were all minors at the time of the execution of the will and would have presumably moved with their mother to Williamson Co. TN. From there John might very well have moved on to Ohio, however, one thing that I have noticed about this particular line of Thomases is that they tend to be rather clannish. This attitude about family probably stemmed from their roots in Wales. I've learned not to get too excited over what I find without at least a couple of sources, but every little snippit of information that I find drives me to find more. I've been looking for another source for Job Howell Thomas' parentage for almost two years and everything in the LDS records match the children listed here except for the birth dates and marriage order. I have several Thomas links on my web page that you might want to check out. Good Luck and good hunting! Denny Denny Thomas Thomas Family Archives - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2603 New Host of Maury Co. TNGENWEB Page - http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/index.html