Enjoyed reading this email and would like to add to it: Nicholas Thomas (b. March 22, 1753 in Providence, RI; d. January 20, 1838 in Eden, ME); Nicholas Thomas served as a private in the Revolutionary War under Col. John Allen; name verified recorded as a member of Col. Allen's troops, listed on flyleaf of Col. Allen's personal journal. Nicholas Thomas was married 3 times: 1st Wife - Lucy Somes; married on February 22, 1779; Parents of: Nicholas (b. 5/18/1780); Lucy (b. 7/2/1782; d. 9/29/1793); Betsey (b. 2/13/1784; d. 9/30/1793; Abraham (b. 11/4/1785; d. 11/15/1838); Isaac (b. November 20, 1787; d. June 12, 1856); Jacob (b. 11/2/1789; d. 10/5/1793); 2nd wife - Jane Richardson; married on October 18, 1792; Parents of: Lucy (b. 6/20/1793); Betsey (b. 8/24/1794); Jacob (b. 3/17/1796); Amos (b. 6/13/1798); James (b. 1/9/1800); David (b. 11/31/1802). 3rd wife - Lydia Hadley; married in Eden ME, December 21, 1820; no children) This Thomas family was recorded in the John Thomas Charter, which begins in 1666/1667, with the marriage of the first John Thomas of the family in North America and continues up until about 1850. The family lived in Providence, RI for several generations and then the fourth John Thomas moved to Eden on Mt. Desert Island (present day Bar Harbor, Maine). My family line runs through Isaac Thomas, a son of Nicholas' first marriage to Lucy Somes. Following the Civil War, quite a few Thomas men left Maine for other areas of the country. I do have records and information on many descendants of Isaac Thomas (1787-1856), who relocated from Eden to Presque Isle, ME. If you believe this is your Thomas family, I will do lookups in the Charter and my own records of more recent generations -- and would like to have your information (with sources) during the past 150 years to add to the charter. Carolyn Bausinger