Individual Details
Sarah Harrison
( - 1687)
Notes:
Sarah Thomas (widow) 10.190 I AA £196.13.0 Feb 12 1688
Appraisers: Robert Lockwood, John Waters.
(1) "The Thomas Book," by Lawrence B. Thomas, "Thomas of West River, MD," p.33. Cites: (a) "Visitation of London" (1634) p.353.
(2) "A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789" (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore) p.810.
Birth: (1a) Possibly d/o Edmund HARRISON, Embrotherer to King Charles I, and Jane GODFREY, d/o Thomas GODFREY, and gd/o Christopher HARRISON, merchant tailor of London, who m. Eliza COOKE, d/o Thomas COOKE of Wakefield.
Marriage to Philip THOMAS: (1) In England. (2)
Death: (1) Herring Creek Meeting of 25 Nov 1687 records "Sarah THOMAS is taken away by death." (2) 1687.
(1) 1673, 17 May: May have been one of the those converted to the Society of Friends by George FOX, the founder of the Quakers, when he preached at a "very large meeting" in West River. The meeting lasted 4 days. A number of the THOMAS family appear on the early records of the Society immediately after this meeting. She was certainly a Quaker, and probably a preacher.
(1) After her death, her son 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 question. 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.
Sarah Thomas (widow) 10.190 I AA £196.13.0 Feb 12 1688
Appraisers: Robert Lockwood, John Waters.
(1) "The Thomas Book," by Lawrence B. Thomas, "Thomas of West River, MD," p.33. Cites: (a) "Visitation of London" (1634) p.353.
(2) "A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789" (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore) p.810.
Birth: (1a) Possibly d/o Edmund HARRISON, Embrotherer to King Charles I, and Jane GODFREY, d/o Thomas GODFREY, and gd/o Christopher HARRISON, merchant tailor of London, who m. Eliza COOKE, d/o Thomas COOKE of Wakefield.
Marriage to Philip THOMAS: (1) In England. (2)
Death: (1) Herring Creek Meeting of 25 Nov 1687 records "Sarah THOMAS is taken away by death." (2) 1687.
(1) 1673, 17 May: May have been one of the those converted to the Society of Friends by George FOX, the founder of the Quakers, when he preached at a "very large meeting" in West River. The meeting lasted 4 days. A number of the THOMAS family appear on the early records of the Society immediately after this meeting. She was certainly a Quaker, and probably a preacher.
(1) After her death, her son 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 question. 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.
Events
| Death | 1687 |  | |||
| Death | Bef 25 Nov 1687 | Anne Arundel County, Md | |||
| Marriage | England - Phillip Thomas | ||||
| Birth | England |
Families
| Spouse | Phillip Thomas (1600 - 1675) |
| Child | Phillip Thomas (1651 - 1688) |
| Child | Sarah Thomas (1651 - 1675) |
| Child | Elizabeth Thomas (1651 - 1726) |
| Child | Martha Thomas (1651 - 1688) |
| Child | Samuel Thomas (1655 - 1743) |
Endnotes
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