Hi everyone, I'm new to this list so here goes. I've been trying and trying to find the parents of Sarah "Sally" Jane Thomas b. ca. 1816 who married Thomas Jefferson Anderson in Nelson Co. in 1833. Looking at the names of their children, it appears that the first girl was named after Sarah and Thomas' mothers and their first boy after their fathers. The first girl was named Mary (which was Sarah's mothers name) Elizabeth (which was Thomas' mother's name). The first boy was named William (again Thomas' father's name) James (supposition that this is Sarah's father's name). Now, in 1824 a Will was filed in Albemarle Co. for Michael Thomas Jr. (son of Michael Thomas and Miss Lewis). In this will he mentions Polly, Jame's widow and James second daughter Sally. Mary, Sarah's mother was also known as Polly in the census. ' Sarah Thomas also had a sister, Mary Thomas Jr. b. ca. 1820 who never married. Mary Thomas Sr. lived next to and then with Thomas Jefferson Anderson and his wife from 1850 on. They lived in Nelson Co. during 1830, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 census with a time in Albemarle Co. for the 1840 census. Sarah Jane Thomas Anderson died in Nelson Co. between the 1850 and 1860 census. Can anyone shed some more light on the James & Polly Thomas family? Thanks, Debra Miller fortlong@shentel.net