Schley County  Georgia Bios Thomas Mouse  Family

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THOMAS MOUSE

Thomas Mouse, clogmaker, and his wife Lucy and their five
daughters departed London on the "James" on the 28th
Sept. 1733 and arrived 14th Jan 1734. The Mouse family was among
the first colonists to be placed at Skidaway Island, just up
river from the Isle of Hope where Peter Tondee lived with Henry
Parker. 

Thomas Mouse wrote Oglethorpe back in London after the first year, telling of his improvements of the land and hardships
that he and the other families had to endure. Most of the
settlers of Tybee and Skidaway had died within a year or two from disease. 

The Mouse family stayed for six years. August 17, 1742
Thomas Mouse died of the great fever. October 29,1742 one of his
daughters Elizabeth,died.

A letter from Mrs. Mouse dated Savannah May 15th,1747 was laid
before the trustees stating that she had suffered many
misfortunes since she had been there, and bred up a large family
with great difficulty, her husband having died five years ago,
her eldest daughter having lost her husband killed by the
Spaniards, and having two daughters still dependent on her, that
she was therefore obliged to quit her Plantation at Skeedaway and
seek a livelihood in Savannah. She tells of the boards of her
house having been stolen and put up in an adjacent Isle and the
frame burnt by the Indians.

The property on Skidaway in which the Mouse family lived was a
gift to her grandson,William Norton,Jr., son of her daughter
Katey Norton. William sold the 50 acres to John Milledge. Today
there is an historical plaque, on this property called Modena,
telling of Thomas Mouse being an original settler there and being
remembered for his description of early hardships there.


THOMAS MOUSE m LUCY
Children:
1 Anne m Francis Brooks
2 Catherine m William Norton
3 Elizabeth m Isaac Young, Jr.
4 Lucy m Peter Tondee
5 Mary


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