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1711 - 1779 (68 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
3. | Reben THOMAS (1.Jacob1) was born on 15 Feb 1736; died on 5 Apr 1769; was buried in Pikeland Cemetery. Notes:
Moved to Coventry when 2 years old.
Family/Spouse: Rebecca Rogers. Rebecca was born on 23 Dec 1742; died on 18 Nov 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Jonathan THOMAS was born on 6 Oct 1766; died on 6 Sep 1839; was buried in Pendleton Friends.
- 14. Watson THOMAS was born on 25 Dec 1767; died on 5 Sep 1825.
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4. | Abel THOMAS (1.Jacob1) was born on 16 May 1737; died on 21 Mar 1816. Family/Spouse: Ellen Roberts. Ellen was born on 22 Jan 1752; died on 3 Sep 1828; was buried in York, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Joseph THOMAS was born on 20 Dec 1763 in Exeter, PA; died in 1785.
- 16. Jr. Abel THOMAS was born on 18 Sep 1767 in Exeter, PA; died in 1770.
- 17. Rebecca THOMAS was born on 12 Mar 1770; died on 21 Jun 1838; was buried in Salem, Ohio.
- 18. Lidia THOMAS was born on 2 Apr 1773 in Salem, Ohio; died on 20 Oct 1840.
- 19. Rachel THOMAS was born on 8 Mar 1778 in Menallen Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania; died on 19 Apr 1836.
- 20. Jacob THOMAS was born on 25 Sep 1779; died on 27 Mar 1852.
- 21. Abner THOMAS was born on 6 May 1782; died on 17 Oct 1840 in Maiden Creek Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania.
- 22. Eli THOMAS was born on 31 Dec 1784; died on 9 Sep 1860; was buried in Clayton County, Iowa.
- 23. Joseph R. THOMAS was born on 21 Jun 1787; died on 8 Nov 1837 in Illinois.
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Abel married Margaret Younger in Oct 1761 in Buelington Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Margaret was born on 6 Mar 1737 in Merion, PA; died on 21 Mar 1816 in Merallen, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Daniel Walker THOMAS (1.Jacob1) was born on 20 Nov 1760; died on 06 Sep 1834. Notes:
Daniel Walker Thomas removed from Chester Co., Pennsylvania to Winchester, Viriginia sometime between 1790 and 1799 becoming a member of Hopewell Meeting of Friends. He was a lawyer and was appointed Commissioner of Revenue for the town of
Winchester in 1810, giving bond to Governor John Tyler, who afterwards became President. His descendants became a quite extensive Southern family, living in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky etc.,and evidently did not long continue their conection
with Friends. As far as known, they were the only branch of this family which went South. Others who did not remain in Pennsylvania went to Ohio, Indianna and some to Iowa.
Daniel married Sarah ELLIS on 21 Oct 1784 in Exeter Monthly Meeting. Sarah was born on 14 Aug 1766; died on 28 Feb 1825 in Winchester, Fairfax County , Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
19. | Rachel THOMAS (4.Abel2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 8 Mar 1778 in Menallen Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania; died on 19 Apr 1836. Notes:
They had six children
Rachel married William Wright on 30 Nov 1803 in Menallen Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. William was born on 28 Sep 1778; died on 8 Mar 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Abner THOMAS (4.Abel2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 6 May 1782; died on 17 Oct 1840 in Maiden Creek Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. Abner married Esther Worrall on 28 Apr 1803 in Maiden Creek Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. Esther was born on 30 Jan 1780; died on 30 Oct 1846 in Maiden Creek Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Jane THOMAS (8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 2 Dec 1774; died on 15 Aug 1834 in Exeter Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. Jane married Joshua BOONE on 21 Jun 1795. Joshua was born on 4 Apr 1749; died on 2 Jan 1835 in Exeter Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | Jr. Isaac THOMAS (8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 2 Apr 1784; died in 1833. Notes:
Quaker Meeting Records of Maryand:
Hannah Starr daughter of Jonathan Starr, late of Frederick County, Maryland and Phebe, his wife, both deceased married November 32, 1809 at Bush Creek Meeting House, Maryland, Isaac Thomas of Monallen, Adams County, PA son of Isaac and Eleanor
, deceased, of same place
Isaac married Hannah STARR on 23 Oct 1809 in Bush Creek Meeting House, MD. Hannah was born in 1790; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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43. | Abel Isaac THOMAS (8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born in 1796 in Coventry, Chester County; died on 5 Jun 1857 in Clayton, Indianna. Notes:
They removed about 1828 to Baltimore, Maryland then in 1852 to Springboro Monthly Meeting, Warren County Ohio. Later they removed to Ravensville, Ohio. When William Henry Harrison was elected President they removed to North Bend, Ohio and
had charge of the Harrison farm and built the Harrison tomb which forms the base of the present tower monument overlooking the Ohio River at North Bend.
Abel married Rebecca Hayes on 17 Mar 1825 in Fallowfield Monthly Meeting. Rebecca was born on 16 Dec 1799; died on 13 Jul 1850; was buried in Waynesville, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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44. | Ellen THOMAS (8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 1 Apr 1800; died on 6 Jun 1883; was buried in Pendleton Friends. Notes:
They moved from Clayton, Indianna to Pendleton, Indianna.
Family/Spouse: James Morrison. James was born on 6 Apr 1794; died on 6 Oct 1883; was buried in Pendleton Friends. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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55. | Hannah THOMAS (10.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 4 Sep 1779; died on 25 Jan 1816 in Exeter, Barks County, Pennsylvania. Notes:
1 child
Hannah married Isaac Chrisman on 3 May 1804. Isaac was born on 12 Mar 1871; died on 27 Dec 1860 in Exeter, Barks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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56. | Abel THOMAS (10.Jacob2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 4 May 1782; died on 14 Jan 1828. Notes:
unmarried, buried Exeter
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Generation: 4
74. | Rebecca THOMAS (13.Jonathan3, 3.Reben2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 9 Jan 1808 in Cataway (sp?) County, New York; died on 2 Jul 1865; was buried in Pendleton Friends Cemetery. Rebecca married John Jones Lewis on 13 Aug 1829 in Pennsylvania. John was born on 2 Mar 1803 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Feb 1880 in Pendleton Friends Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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86. | Elizabeth W. Richards (18.Lidia3, 4.Abel2, 1.Jacob1) was born in 1800; died in 1862. Notes:
She was engaged to a cousin George Waker who never married because "she died of overwork" in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio during the Civil War.
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102. | Alfred Thomas (38.Elizabeth3, 8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born about 1811 in Adams County, PA; died on 5 Apr 1888 in at National Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio. Notes:
Private, 35th Ohio Volunteers, Civil War
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109. | Abel THOMAS (39.Isaac3, 8.Isaac2, 1.Jacob1) was born on 8 Jun 1816 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; died on 12 May 1894; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Warren County, IL. Notes:
Mable Clair Thomas Wright wrote in a letter to her nephew Forrest, posted on 3-31-1947:
"Grandfather's (Abel Thomas) people were Quakers first. Grandfather wanted to play the violin but his father wouldn't let him, because they didn't believe in music. His father said that the Devil was in the violin. They didn't believe in having organs in their churches. They just sang hymns. Even when we went to G.C. to live, the United Presbyterianswho had a church over by Leopolds Hospital, sang without an organ or piano in 1910. "
She also wrote, "I must tell you Grandfahter's nickname was Tuck. He batched when he was going to college and ate mostly beans, and he used to write poetry for people and buy his candy. He was great for candy but had no money for it.
Abel married Harriet W. BLAIR on 28 May 1839 in Butler Co., Ohio. Harriet (daughter of II Robert BLAIR and Rachael WORTMEN) was born on 12 Sep 1815 in Trenton, Ohio; died on 12 May 1893; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Warren County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 203. Rachel B THOMAS was born in 1816; died in 1893.
- 204. Hannah W. THOMAS was born in 1841.
- 205. Adelia THOMAS was born in 1843; died in 1928.
- 206. Thomas Corwin THOMAS was born in 1845; died in 1928.
- 207. Isaac Henry THOMAS was born on 20 Nov 1857; died on 1 Jan 1926.
- 208. Eleanor THOMAS was born in 1848.
- 209. Robert Hanson THOMAS was born on 15 Apr 1851 in Galesburg, IL; died on 13 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE; was buried on 15 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE.
- 210. Harriet E. THOMAS was born in 1853; died in 1871.
- 211. Reverand Franklin Forrester Thomas was born on 4 Mar 1855 in Abingdon (Abbington), Knox, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Jul 1921 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Jul 1921 in Kit Carson Cem., Taos, New Mexico, USA.
- 212. Jessie Josephine THOMAS was born on 15 Oct 1856; died on 1 Jun 1890.
- 213. William Edward THOMAS was born on 24 Dec 1859; died on 8 Aug 1871.
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