Individual Details
Samuel Thomas
(Abt 1655 - Bef 1743)
Notes:
Children of Samuel THOMAS and Mary HUTCHINS are:
2 i. Sarah THOMAS was born 31 Mar 1689 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 29 Jan 1724/1725 in , Maryland. She married Joseph RICHARDSON 25 Oct 1705 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, son of William RICHARDSON and Elizabeth EWEN. He was born 3 Apr 1678 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 18 Aug 1748 in , Maryland.
3 ii. Samuel THOMAS was born 1 Feb 1690/1691 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
4 iii. Samuel THOMAS was born 11 Mar 1693 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
5 iv. Philip THOMAS was born 1 Mar 1693/1694 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 23 Nov 1762 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Frances HOLLAND ABT 3 Mar 1720/1721 in Calvert Co., Maryland, daughter of William HOLLAND and Margaret HOLLAND. She was born 7 Feb 1702/1703 in St. James Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died BEF 1724 in Maryland. He married Ann CHEW 11 Aug 1724 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, daughter of Samuel CHEW and Mary HARRISON. She was born ABT 1704, and died 20 May 1777 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She was buried in West River Cemetery, West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
6 v. John THOMAS was born 15 Apr 1697 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Elizabeth SNOWDEN, daughter of Richard SNOWDEN and Elizabeth Jane COALE. She was born in , Maryland.
7 vi. Elizabeth THOMAS was born 25 Dec 1698 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married Richard SNOWDEN 19 Dec 1717, son of Richard SNOWDEN Jr. and Mary LINTHICUM. He died 1763 in , Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
8 vii. Mary THOMAS was born 6 Nov 1700 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married John GALLOWAY 31 Jul 1718, son of Samuel GALLOWAY and Ann WEBB. He died 13 Oct 1747 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
9 viii. Samuel THOMAS was born 12 Nov 1702 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 1780 in Maryland. He married Mary SNOWDEN in , Maryland, daughter of Richard SNOWDEN and Elizabeth Jane COALE. She was born in , Maryland.
10 ix. Ann THOMAS was born in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married Edward FELL 5 Oct 1730. He died Mar 1743.
11 x. Margaret THOMAS was born 1710 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married William HARRIS AFT 1735.
(1) "The Thomas Book," by Lawrence B. Thomas, "Thomas of West River, MD," p.33-34.
(2) "A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789" (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore) Vol. 1, p.473; p.810.
(3) "Maryland Marriages 1634-1777," compiled by Robert Barnes (Genealogical Pub. Co., Balti more, 1975) p.178. Cites: (a) West River Monthly Meeting, published serially in the "Bulletin of the MD Gen. Soc.," beginning Vol. XIV, No. 2.
(4) "The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland," by J.D. Warfield (Kohn & Pollock, Baltimore, 1905) p.46,322.
(5) Carolyn Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) "Quaker Records of Southern Maryland," by Henry C. Peden.
Birth: (1,2) About 1655. (1,2,4) s/o Philip THOMAS/Sarah HARRISON.
Marriage to Mary HUTCHINS: (1) 15 May 1688 at his own house in Anne Arundel Co., MD. She had previously been engaged to Thomas SMITH. At the 2nd meeting of their "passing meeting" Thomas appeared and "discharged her of any ingagement whatsoever," so the meeting gave its consent to the marriage of Samuel and Martha. (2,4) (3a) Two dates given in West River Monthly Meeting records: 15 day, 3 mo., 1688, to Mary HUTCHINGS; and 15 day, 9 mo., 1688, to Mary HUTCHINS.
Death: (1) Mary THOMAS, widow, made her will 20 Feb 1743. (2) By 1743.
(2) A Quaker of Anne Arundel Co., MD.
(1) 1674: He held 72 acres of Talbot's Ridge on the North side of West River which was surv eyed.
(1) 1675, 25 May: Will of John MEARS proved. He bequeathed to Samuel THOMAS his silver tobacco-box and suite of clothes "made me lately by Richard ARNOLD."
(1) 1687: After his mother's death, Samuel claimed all her estates by virtue of a verbal will which he alleged she had made in his favor. This claim was resisted by his brother-in-law, Edward TALBOT, and the West River Meeting of Friends was appealed to, to decide the questio n. The Meeting decided that although she had expressed a wish that Samuel THOMAS should be sole heir, she had not given legal effect to it, and that the estate should be equally divided between her several heirs.
(1) 1688, Apr: Appointed to a Committee on "drowsiness" by the West River Meeting.
(1) 1688, 4 Aug: Probably a minister of the Society of Friends as early as this date, when Herring Creek quarterly meeting approved his proposal to attend the yearly meeting at Philadelphia.
(1) After 1698: Rented 200 acres of his Lordship's manor on the Ridge.
(5) Of "Lebanon", Anne Arundel Co., MD.
Children of Samuel THOMAS and Mary HUTCHINS are:
2 i. Sarah THOMAS was born 31 Mar 1689 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 29 Jan 1724/1725 in , Maryland. She married Joseph RICHARDSON 25 Oct 1705 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, son of William RICHARDSON and Elizabeth EWEN. He was born 3 Apr 1678 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 18 Aug 1748 in , Maryland.
3 ii. Samuel THOMAS was born 1 Feb 1690/1691 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
4 iii. Samuel THOMAS was born 11 Mar 1693 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
5 iv. Philip THOMAS was born 1 Mar 1693/1694 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 23 Nov 1762 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Frances HOLLAND ABT 3 Mar 1720/1721 in Calvert Co., Maryland, daughter of William HOLLAND and Margaret HOLLAND. She was born 7 Feb 1702/1703 in St. James Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died BEF 1724 in Maryland. He married Ann CHEW 11 Aug 1724 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, daughter of Samuel CHEW and Mary HARRISON. She was born ABT 1704, and died 20 May 1777 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She was buried in West River Cemetery, West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
6 v. John THOMAS was born 15 Apr 1697 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He married Elizabeth SNOWDEN, daughter of Richard SNOWDEN and Elizabeth Jane COALE. She was born in , Maryland.
7 vi. Elizabeth THOMAS was born 25 Dec 1698 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married Richard SNOWDEN 19 Dec 1717, son of Richard SNOWDEN Jr. and Mary LINTHICUM. He died 1763 in , Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
8 vii. Mary THOMAS was born 6 Nov 1700 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married John GALLOWAY 31 Jul 1718, son of Samuel GALLOWAY and Ann WEBB. He died 13 Oct 1747 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
9 viii. Samuel THOMAS was born 12 Nov 1702 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and died 1780 in Maryland. He married Mary SNOWDEN in , Maryland, daughter of Richard SNOWDEN and Elizabeth Jane COALE. She was born in , Maryland.
10 ix. Ann THOMAS was born in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married Edward FELL 5 Oct 1730. He died Mar 1743.
11 x. Margaret THOMAS was born 1710 in West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. She married William HARRIS AFT 1735.
(1) "The Thomas Book," by Lawrence B. Thomas, "Thomas of West River, MD," p.33-34.
(2) "A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789" (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore) Vol. 1, p.473; p.810.
(3) "Maryland Marriages 1634-1777," compiled by Robert Barnes (Genealogical Pub. Co., Balti more, 1975) p.178. Cites: (a) West River Monthly Meeting, published serially in the "Bulletin of the MD Gen. Soc.," beginning Vol. XIV, No. 2.
(4) "The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland," by J.D. Warfield (Kohn & Pollock, Baltimore, 1905) p.46,322.
(5) Carolyn Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) "Quaker Records of Southern Maryland," by Henry C. Peden.
Birth: (1,2) About 1655. (1,2,4) s/o Philip THOMAS/Sarah HARRISON.
Marriage to Mary HUTCHINS: (1) 15 May 1688 at his own house in Anne Arundel Co., MD. She had previously been engaged to Thomas SMITH. At the 2nd meeting of their "passing meeting" Thomas appeared and "discharged her of any ingagement whatsoever," so the meeting gave its consent to the marriage of Samuel and Martha. (2,4) (3a) Two dates given in West River Monthly Meeting records: 15 day, 3 mo., 1688, to Mary HUTCHINGS; and 15 day, 9 mo., 1688, to Mary HUTCHINS.
Death: (1) Mary THOMAS, widow, made her will 20 Feb 1743. (2) By 1743.
(2) A Quaker of Anne Arundel Co., MD.
(1) 1674: He held 72 acres of Talbot's Ridge on the North side of West River which was surv eyed.
(1) 1675, 25 May: Will of John MEARS proved. He bequeathed to Samuel THOMAS his silver tobacco-box and suite of clothes "made me lately by Richard ARNOLD."
(1) 1687: After his mother's death, Samuel claimed all her estates by virtue of a verbal will which he alleged she had made in his favor. This claim was resisted by his brother-in-law, Edward TALBOT, and the West River Meeting of Friends was appealed to, to decide the questio n. The Meeting decided that although she had expressed a wish that Samuel THOMAS should be sole heir, she had not given legal effect to it, and that the estate should be equally divided between her several heirs.
(1) 1688, Apr: Appointed to a Committee on "drowsiness" by the West River Meeting.
(1) 1688, 4 Aug: Probably a minister of the Society of Friends as early as this date, when Herring Creek quarterly meeting approved his proposal to attend the yearly meeting at Philadelphia.
(1) After 1698: Rented 200 acres of his Lordship's manor on the Ridge.
(5) Of "Lebanon", Anne Arundel Co., MD.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1655 | All Hallows Parish, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Md | |||
| Marriage | 15 May 1688 | West River - |  | ||
| Death | Bef 1743 | |
Families
| Father | Phillip Thomas (1600 - 1675) |
| Mother | Sarah Harrison ( - 1687) |
| Sibling | Phillip Thomas (1651 - 1688) |
| Sibling | Sarah Thomas (1651 - 1675) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Thomas (1651 - 1726) |
| Sibling | Martha Thomas (1651 - 1688) |
Endnotes
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