My brick wall with my Thomas family is Jacob THOMAS born before 1755 in Pennsylvania or Wales or elsewhere, different census information gives different options. He may have been from a part of Pennsylvania that is now Maryland. Jacob and his first wife had six children, her name is unknown. They were the parents of my ancestor, Enoch THOMAS born 10 June 1785 in Pennsylvania somewhere. Jacob THOMAS of Belmont County bought land in Guernsey County in 1812. Jacob along with Enoch and Charity Thomas sold 50 acres of this quarter section to William Bigham in 1814. Another 50 Acres was sold to James in 1814 and 70 acres to Jacob Junior in 1816 by Jacob Sr. and his wife Mary. There is a marriage certificate #99 filed 2 May 1815 between Jacob Thomas, Sen. and Mary Brown by Peter Umstat JP. The other marriages on the page are in 1814. A Jacob Thomas appears in the Guernsey County census in 1820 and 1840. In 1850, a Mary Thomas, age 90 is living in the household of Cyrus Thomas, Jacob Jr.'s son. Enoch, Jacob Jr. and James and Ephraim are listed as serving in the war of 1812. Enoch in Wolfe's History, Jacob and James in Sarchet's History and Ephraim in Belmont County History. Jacob and Enoch are children of Jacob Sr. James, Elizabeth, Ephraim and Rebecca are all possible siblings. Enoch married first Charity Shipman and second Anna Ayres Dilley. I have lots more information after the family moved to Ohio and then on to Knox county, Illinois. Pat Thomas Post Office Box 885 Winona, Minnesota 55987-0885 1-507-452-8290 mailto:ptthomas@hbci.com Support public genealogy - join or sponsor the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html