I have more than one "Thomas" in that category. You have my sympathy!! Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <FreshHeir@aol.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] New England Thomas' > My THOMAS ancestor is in Rhode Island and/or Connecticut. This ancestor, > my > second great grandfather, is my highest and thickest brick wall. > > George A. Thomas married Lucy R. Kenyon in 1856 at Hopkinton, Rhode > Island. > According to their marriage record in the Hopkinton Town Hall, George A. > Thomas (age 22) was born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Based on his age at > this > time (age 22) he was born about 1834. I've been unable to corroborate his > birth > in the 1840 or 1850 Rhode Island Census, or in any vital birth record > held in > the town hall at Hopkinton, Connecticut. > > According to the marriage record of George A. Thomas, his father's name is > also George Thomas. In neither the Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, or > Massachusetts 1850 US Census there's no George Thomas with a son George A. > Thomas about age 17, the age George A. Thomas would likely be in the 1850 > census > if he was born about 1833 or 1834. > > George A. Thomas' profession was blacksmith. I've found no records in > Rhode > Island or Connecticut indicating he owned any land or property, or paid > any > taxes. > > George A. Thomas, on his Civil War enlistment paper, indicates he was > born > in Voluntown, Connecticut. Based on his age at this time (age 28) he was > born > about 1833. I've been unable to corroborate his birth in the 1840 or 1850 > Connecticut Census, or in any vital birth record held in the town hall at > Voluntown, Connecticut. > > George A. Thomas died in 1863 in the US Civil War. His widow, Lucy, was > awarded a widow's pension. I have about an inch of Lucy's widow's pension > documents from the National Archives. Apparently Lucy had difficulty > securing her > widow's pension, and over a ten-year period of correspondence between > Lucy, the > War Department, Lucy's attorney, and numerous depositions by Lucy's > friends > and neighbors, there's not one reference to, or mention of, George A. > Thomas' > parents. Many pieces of correspondence and depositions concern custody of > George and Lucy's two children, and yet there's no mention of the > children's > grandparents. > > In all the paperwork I've accumulated regarding this Thomas family, I've > never seen an "official" document giving the middle name of George A. > Thomas. If > I knew for sure his middle name, perhaps this would give a clue as to > where > I should look further. Other family researchers "think" his middle name > could > be Amos or Arnold, but no one can produce an "official" document showing > this. > > I'm quite open to suggestions as to where I should look next. > > Bob Doughty, Redmond, Washington, USA > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message