Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Books .....Thomas Family 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 16, 2008, 5:33 am Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine THOMAS. Humphrey, Moses, Peter and William Thomas were taxed in old Falmouth in 1766. William and Sarah Thomas owned the covenant at the First Parish Church 25 Nov. 1764. It seems that by the first marriage with Sarah ____ William Thomas had children, William, Joseph and Sarah who married Jacob Stanford, all of Cape Elizabeth. William Jr., married 19 Dec 1793, Eunice Robinson and lived in Durham 1798-1804 on lot 100. He was a sea-captain and moved back to Cape Elizabeth. William Thomas, Senior, married (2) 24 Dec. 1769 Mrs. Abigail (Marriner) Simonton, widow of Capt. Theophilus Simonton, whom she had married 10 Jan. 1765. Her daughter by first marriage married Joshua Miller. After the death of her second husband Mrs. Simonton married, 4 April 1793, William Ray. In her old age she lived in the family of Joshua Miller, Senior, of Durham, and was known as "Granny Ray." .It is related that on one occasion there was a husking at Mr. Miller's and the young people were having a social time, when some one in sport offered to give a bushel of corn to Samuel Jordan, familiarly called "Linsey," if he would kiss Granny Ray, who sat quietly knitting in her high-backed chair in the corner. While the old man hesitated and the laugh went round, the old lady exclaimed encouragingly, "come right along, Mr. Jordan, come right along, you can't get a bushel of corn any easier." This turned the tide of merriment in another direction. William and Abigail (Simonton) Thomas had a son Theophilus Simonton Thomas, born in Cape Elizabeth in 1775. He married, 20 Nov. 1794, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah and Priscilla Stanford, who was born in Cape Elizabeth in 1779. He was first taxed in Durham in 1809 and died there 2 Mch. 1841. His wife died 13 Mch. 1863. JAMES b. 20 Feb. 1799. See below. WILLIAM b. 30 May 1802. See below. WOODBURY b. 14 Jan. 1804. See p. 263. EUNICE b. 30 July 1806; m. 12 April 1840 John Merrill; d. 21 Feb. 1875. JOSEPH b. 1809. Lost at sea. Unm. LOUISA J. b. 1 Jan. 1813. See below. MARY b. 22 July 1814; m. 8 May 1845 Benj. Duran; d. 1 June 1885. RUFUS b. 9 Oct. 1717. See p. 264. James Thomas, son of Theophilus, born in Cape Elizabeth 20 Feb. 1799, married, 19 Nov. 1822, Eunice, dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Clark) Robinson. LIZZIE b. 21 Jan. 1824. JAMES W. b. in Lewiston 28 Aug. 1826; d. 29 Mch. 1870. SYLVANUS D. b. in Lewiston 19 Jan. 1829. Living in Lewiston. SARAH J. b. in Lewiston 7 Oct. 1831; d. 10 Dec. 1850. DEXTER S. b. in Lewiston 21 Oct. 1833; died in 1897, in Ill. ELBRIDGE G. b. in Lewiston 27 May 1837. William Thomas, son of Theophilus, born in Cape Elizabeth 30 May 1802, married 30 Dec. 1828 Harriet Lucy Fennelly, b. 21 Dec. 1806. He died 17 April 1851. His wife died 24 Aug. 1871. JOSEPH EDWARD b. 2 Jan. 1830. Soldier. Died in Andersonville Prison 17 Oct. 1864. HARRIET ELIZABETH b. 2 Jan. 1832; d. 30 Mch. 1832. MARY ELIZABETH b. 5 Mch. 1833; m. Wm. D. Carter. HARRIET LUCY F. b. 26 May 1835; m. Arthur Harmon. Woodbury Thomas was born in Cape Elizabeth 14 Jan. 1804. He came to Durham with his parents about 1809. They lived at first near Parker Hill, but soon moved to the Brunswick Road, a third of a mile below the Free Baptist Church. After marriage he settled on lot 58, where he resided till his death. He was a man of genial nature and made many friends. His firmness of character made him hold tenaciously to opinions once formed, whether in religion or in politics. When the Whig party disbanded, his transition was easy to the Republican ranks. About 1835 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of which he continued a zealous supporter. A large part of the New Testament was stored in his memory, and he made good use of it in public exhortations. He married, Nov. 1832, Pamelia, daughter of James Jordan of Lisbon, who was born 14 April 1810 and died 2 Mch. 1840. His second wife was Lovina N., daughter of Dea. Christopher Tracy, born 18 Sept. 1814, died 27 Mch. 1882. He died 26 Feb. 1875. Children by first marriage: JOSEPH W. b. 22 Sept. 1833; m. 28 Feb. 1861 Matilda G. Vining. Ch. Fred b. 18 Jan. 1862; Mary E. b. 29 Nov. 1867; Everett b. 9 Feb. 1870. MARY FRANCES b. 24 May 1836; d. 2 Nov. 1859. GEORGE H. b. 13 April 1838; d. 26 April 1840. PAMELIA A. b. 15 Feb. 1839; d. 23 May 1840. Children by second marriage. GEORGE HARVEY b. 2 May 1842; d. 7 Oct. 1844. WILLIAM HARRISON b. 24 Aug. 1843. See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/bios/thomas28nbs.txt ELVIRA JANE b. 2 Dec. 1844; d. 21 July 1883. MARQUIS LESLIE b. 28 Nov. 1847. MARGARET ELIZABETH b. 7 Feb. 1850; m. Seward A. Parker. JAMES BRADFORD b. 27 July 1852; d. 6 Aug. 1855. Rufus Thomas, born 9 Oct. 1817, married (1) Lydia, dau. of Moses Jones, who was born 19 Sept. 1826, and died 8 Nov. 1856; (2) 3 June 1858, Esther Hodgkins of Lewiston, who was born 5 May 1823 and died 28 Sept. 1896. He died 12 Oct. 1880. GEORGE H. b. 5 May 1846. ALBION S. b. 6 Sept. 1848. FRANCIS E. b. 8 Jan. 1852. ELIZA J. b. 8 Jan. 1855; d. 14 Mch. 1857. Louisa J. Thomas, dau. of Theophilus, married (1) 19 Oct. 1833 John Orr Jordan, who was born in Freeport 3 Dec. 1809, and died 8 Dec. 1842; (2) 28 Dec. 1847 Samuel Wooster Chase, who was born in Yarmouth 12 July 1811 and died 20 May 1869. She died 23 Mch. 1895. Ch. by first marriage. FRANCES EMERY JORDAN b. 4 Aug. 1834; m. 6 June 1857 Sophronia Curtis of Harpswell; lost at sea 1874. Ch. Jennie L., Nellie, Frank and Curtis. JOHN ALBERT JORDAN b. 13 April 1837; d. 8 Dec. 1852. Ch. by second marriage. HOWARD WOOSTER CHASE b. 19 Oct. 1849; m. 3 April 1881 Sarah Abbie Hoyt of Freeport, who was born 22 Feb. 1857. Tufts Thomas of N. H. married Fannie Bootman and settled in Gorham, Me. His oldest son James was born 7 May. 1771 and married (Int. Rec. 25 Aug. 1795) Charlotte, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Hanson) Libby, b. 25 Sept. 1776. They lived in Durham not far from Gerrish's Mill, where he died 1 Oct. 1847. His wife died 2 Sept. 1829. MARY b. 3 Nov. 1798; m. April 1821 John Richards. SOPHIA b. 8 Mch. 1800. SALLY m. (1) 11 Jan. 1821 Joel Jones; (2) John Richards. JAMES LEWIS m. Almira Moulton. Removed to Lee. ELIAS m. Martha Ann Moulton. Removed to Lee. BENJAMIN. See below. ELIZA m. 20 Dec. 1834 Samuel Williams. Benjamin, son of James and Charlotte Thomas, was born in Gorham 25 May 1807 and died in Durham 29 May 1881. He married in 1834 Adaline Favor, who was born in North Yarmouth 20 Feb. 1811 and died in Durham 15 Oct. 1886. Their children were: MARY E. b. 18 Nov. 1835; CHARLES E. b. 2 July 1837. WILLIAM B. b. 27 Mch. 1839; AMANDA A. b. 15 Oct. 1840. MAHALA b. 24 Jan. 1848; GEORGE P. b. 3 Aug. 1849. HOWARD b. 15 April 1853; LAURA b. 16 April 1855. Additional Comments: Part of Chapter XII. GENEALOGICAL NOTES Extracted from: HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES. BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE. PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN. LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 1899. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/history/1899/historyo/thomasfa118nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mefiles/ File size: 7.8 Kb