My husband is related to the John Thomas of New Haven, CT who married Tabitha. Apparently the family legend for his line is "from Cardiff, Wales" and they came over to USA because of religious problems. Read about the early Gilbert line as they came at the same time and it will give you some ideas as why they came to USA and the problems they had in England/Wales. Vicky Thomas [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > THOMAS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 78 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [THOMAS] Theophilus THOMAS m. Cath ["Vincent E. Summers" <[email protected]] > #2 [THOMAS] John Thomas - b. 1645 in ["Carissa Anna Banana" <dancingbana] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from THOMAS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains "only" in the body of the message "only" the command [single word]: > > unsubscribe > > and NO other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [THOMAS] Theophilus THOMAS m. Catherine/Katherine > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:28:04 -0400 > From: "Vincent E. Summers" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi, > > I see info on the entire family and any connections to Theophilus > THOMAS who married Catherine/Katherine Unknown, and was of Chester > County, PA. He is listed on tax lists. Here is his will abstract: > > THOMAS, THEOPHILUS. Vincent. > April 9, 1768. June 1, 1768. > Provides for wife Catherine. > To son-in-law Humphrey Bell the use of land on which he now lives in > Vincent and manor of Callowhill, containing 108 acres during life of > his wife, my daughter, and at her death to their children. > To grandson Wm. Bell the land where I now live containing 59 1/2 > acres, on my wife's decease. > To daughter Mary Watkin[s] £40. > To son John Thomas £20 and all Welch books &c. > To grandson John Bell £4. > To granddaughter Ann Thomas £10 at 18. > To Rev. Mr. John Griffith in Charlestown £3. > Executors: Son John and grandson Wm. Bell. > Wit: Wm. Evans, Wm. West, David John. > > Thanks for any tips/leads. > > Vince Summers > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [THOMAS] John Thomas - b. 1645 in New Haven, CT > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:30:52 -0700 > From: "Carissa Anna Banana" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi list! > > I'm trying to find more information on the ancestry and descendancy of a John Thomas who was born 04 Mar 1645 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT - to unknown parents. He married Mary Blakeslee in 1677. Mary was born to Samuel Blakeslee and Hannah Potter on Nov 02, 1659 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT. > > John Thomas and Mary Blakeslee (also spelled Blakesley) had 9 children: Hannah (b. 1678), Rebecca (b. 1680), Jeremiah (b.1684), Mary (b. 1687), Jonathan (b.1692), John (b. 1695), Samuel (b.1698, died young), Samuel (b. 1699) and Ebenezer (b. 1701). > > I should note that "my" John Thomas is not the John Thomas who married a woman named Tabitha, nor is he the son of this John Thomas, the John Thomas Jr. who married Lydia Parker. The are likely related, however I've yet to make a connection. . . both seemed to come out of either England or Wales, but I haven't been able to trace either line back any further than New Haven. > My John Thomas died in 1709 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. > > Any info on this line would be greatly appreciated! > > I am attempting to put together a website with info on this line, it's available here: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banana/LifeHistory/Thomas/index.html > > Thanks! > Carissa Thomas > [email protected] > please send attachments to: [email protected]