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GENEALOGICAL 

RECORDS     AND    SKETCHES 

OF   THE 

DESCENDANTS 

OP 

William  Thomas. 

MX. 

HARDWICK.  MASS. 

Illustrated  by  Uiews  and  Portraits. 


A.     R.     THOMAS,     M.D., 

Pkofessor  of  Anatomy   and   Dean   of  the  Faculty   of    the    Hahnemann   Medic/ 

College  of  Philadelphia  ;  Late  Pkofessor  of  Anatomy  in  the  Academy 

of  the  Fine  Arts  of  Pennsylvania  ;  Member  of  the  Academy 

of  Natural  Sciences;  Member  of  the   Historical 

Society  of  Pennsylvania,  etc..  etc. 


"  There  is  also  a  moral  and  philosophical  respect  for  our  ancestors, 
which  elevates  the  character  and  improves  the  heart." — Daniel  Webster. 


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9  24.3, 


PHILADELPHIA   AND    LONDON: 

F.    A.    DAVIS,    PUBL/ISHER, 
^f3C^  1S91. 


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TO    THE    NUMEROUS    DESCENDANTS 


William  Thomas, 


OP  HARBWICK, 


THIS  VOLUME  IS  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 


THEIR  KINSMAN,  THE  AUTHOR. 


PREFACE. 


To  learn  something  of  the  origin  and  history  of  one's 
family  would  appear  to  be  a  natural  and  almost  universal 
desire  of  mankind.  The  same  curiosity  which  leads  us 
to  peer  into  the  hidden  future  prompts  us  to  travel  back 
to  the  early  days  of  our  ancestors,  to  inquire  from  whence 
they  came,  where  were  their  homes,  and  what  were  their 
names  and  deeds.  And  he  who  collects  and  preserves 
from  oblivion  the  names  and  history  of  individuals  and 
families  performs  a  service  worthy  of  general  recognition. 
The  value  of  biography  and  of  the  history  of  nations,  gov- 
ernments, and  institutions  is  universally  acknowledged, 
and  the  carefully  preserved  records  of  families  often 
possess  an  interest  and  value  similar  in  kind,  if  not  equal 
in  degree. 

In  our  own  country,  the  pressure  of  business  interests 
absorbs  so  much  of  the  time  and  energy  of  the  people 
that  until  within  a  recent  period  these  matters  have 
received  much  less  attention  than  in  the  Old  World. 
There  all  records  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths  have 
for  ages  been  carefully  preserved,  and  are  always  easy  of 
access.  The  advantages  of  this  custom  are  many  and 
obvious  ;  ancestry  may  be  more  easily  traced,  inheritance 
claims  readily  established,  statistics  of  great  value  may 
be  easily  collected,  and  the  interests  of  coming  genera- 
tions in  many  ways  subserved. 

The  origin  of  this  volume  is  due  to  a  circumstance 
which  may  be  worthy  of  narration.  Up  to  three-score 
years  the  compiler  knew  comparatively  nothing  of  his 

(v) 


VI  PREFACE. 

father's  family  except  that  it  was  of  Welsh  descent,  and 
that  his  grandfather  lived  in  Massachusetts.  Azariah 
Thomas,  his  father,  having  emigrated  from  Massachusetts 
to  the  northern  part  of  New  York  State  early  in  the 
century  (about  1804),  where  he  died  in  1831,  the 
writer,  at  that  time  but  5  years  of  age,  was  thus  left 
isolated  from  his  father's  family,  with  little  inclination 
and  less  opportunity  for  making  their  acquaintance. 
While  in  after  years  the  desire  for  learning  something  of 
the  family  became  strongly  developed,  but  for  the  follow- 
ing circumstance  it  would  probably  never  have  been 
gratified.  In  the  summer  of  1887,  while  overhauling 
some  old  books  and  papers,  he  came  across  a  letter 
addressed  to  an  elder  brother,  written  in  March,  1852, 
thirty-nine  years  ago,  by  the  late  Sarah  JS".  Thomas 
(Gage),  daughter  of  Alpheus  Thomas,  of  Prescott,  Mass. 
Here  was  a  name  and  an  address,  a  sufficient  clue  for 
attempting  to  discover  the  long-lost  family.  A  letter 
addressed  "  To  any  Descendant  of  the  late  Alpheus 
Thomas,"  and  directed  to  Prescott,  Mass.,  soon  brought 
a  reply  from  Judge  E.  A.  Thomas,  of  Amherst,  Mass., 
brother  of  the  writer  of  the  above-mentioned  letter,  and 
with  whom  a  correspondence  was  immediately  opened. 
The  information  thus  acquired  served  only  to  increase 
the  desire  for  more  knowledge  of  the  family,  and  finally 
led  to  the  conception  of  the  present  volume.  A  cir- 
cular was  sent  to  all  known  addresses  of  members  of 
the  family  and  replies  received  of  such  a  character  as  to 
encourage  in  the  prosecution  of  the  work.  The  result 
of  the  effort  is  now  placed  before  the  members  of  the 
family. 

The  arrangement  adopted  in  this  record  is  one  that 
will  be  easily  understood  and  that  will  permit  of  a  ready 
tracing  of  families.     Following  each  name  in  large  type 


PKEFACE.  Vll 

will  be  found,  in  brackets,  the  descent  of  the  individual 
from  William1,  the  number  above  the  right  of  each 
name  indicating  the  generation  to  which  he  belonged. 
The  children  in  each  family  are  given  in  small  type  and 
are  numbered.  If  these  children  died  unmarried  or 
without  issue  the  name  does  not  again  appear,  while  if 
they  married  and  left  issue  it  will  re-appear  under  the 
same  number  but  in  large  type  and  in  its  numerical 
order,  but  perhaps  a  number  of  pages  further  on  in  the 
book.  Thus,  on  page  74  will  be  found  the  name  of 
Beals  Thomas  in  large  type  (No.  72).  Following  the 
biographical  sketch  will  be  found  the  number  and  names 
of  his  several  children.  Nancy  Bigelow  Thomas  and 
Edwin  Egery  Thomas  not  having  married  and  left  issue, 
their  names  do  not  again  appear ;  while  the  others,  hav- 
ing had  children,  each  will  again  be  found  in  the  next 
generation,  under  the  same  number,  in  large  type. 
Should  it  be  desired  to  trace  back  Beals  Thomas  to  his 
parents,  by  turning  to  No.  74  in  small  type  his  name 
will  be  found,  with  those  of  his  brothers  and  sisters, 
following  a  sketch  of  his  parents. 

The  labor  of  collecting  and  arranging  the  material  for 
this  work  has  been  pre-eminently  a  labor  of  love.  No 
discoverer  of  a  new  continent  ever  pursued  his  explora- 
tions with  greater  interest  than  has  been  experienced  by 
the  compiler  in  the  prosecution  of  his  self-imposed  task. 
Every  newly  discovered  family,  name,  or  fact,  has  only 
added  to  his  interest  in  the  work  and  stimulated  him  to 
further  efforts  toward  the  accomplishment  of  his  purpose. 
Had  all  to  whom  application  has  been  made  for  informa- 
tion felt  an  equal  interest,  the  record  would  have  been 
more  complete  and  the  biographical  sketches  more  full. 
Over  1100  names  have  been  collected  and  recorded  in  this 
volume  ;  yet  this  large  number  probably  does  not  include 


Vlll  PEEFACE. 

more  than  half  the  descendants  of  William  Thomas  of 
Hardwick.  Nearly  all  are  from  his  oldest  son,  Amos2. 
Of  his  remaining  children  very  few  descendants  have  been 
found,  and  of  three  of  his  sons  none  whatever. 

Acknowledgment  should  here  be  made  of  valuable 
assistance  in  the  collection  of  material  for  this  work  and 
in  the  preparation  of  sketches  by  Hon.  E.  A.  Thomas, 
of  Amherst;  A.  O.  Thomas,  of  Waltham,  Mass.;  by  the 
llcv.  Clark  O.  Maltby,  of  Philadelphia ;  by  Mrs.  Hattie 
E.  Knowlton,  of  "Westboro,  Mass.;  by  Charles  D. 
Thomas,  of  Boston,  Mass.;  by  Mrs.  L.  R.  Hills,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  and  Miss  Emma  Josephine  T.  Gale,  of 
Montvale,  Mass. 

That  errors  will  be  found  in  these  records  is  more  than 
probable,  notwithstanding  the  great  care  that  has  been 
taken  to  prevent  the  same. 

Blank  pages  have  been  placed  at  the  end  of  the 
volume  for  convenience  in  making  additional  records. 

A  few  abbreviations  have  been  employed,  which  will 
be  readily  understood,  thus  :  b.  born,  d.  died,  m.  married, 
unm.  unmarried,  dan.  daughter,  nfr.  no  further  records. 

A.  R.  Thomas. 

113  South  Sixteenth  Street, 

Philadelphia,  Fa.,  March,  1891. 


SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION. 


Relating  to  the  Welsh  history  of  the  family :  "  Genea- 
logical Notes  of  the  Thomas  Family  of  Maryland,"  by 
Rev.  Laurence  Buckley  Thomas,  where  references  are 
made  to  Skeene's  "  Four  Ancient  Books  of  Wales," 
"Annales  Cambrian,"  Nichols's  "County  Families  of 
Wales  ;"  manuscript  history  of  the  family  (written  about 
A.D.  1600),  printed  in  the  Cambrian  Register;  "  Chroni- 
cles of  England;"  Timbs  &  Gunn's  "Abbeys,  Castles, 
and  Ancient  Halls,"  etc. 

Relating  to  the  Thomas  family  of  Hardwick :  Paige's 
"  History  of  Hardwick,  Mass. ;"  Jackson's  "  History  of 
Newton,"  "  History  of  Brookfield,"  "  History  of  Wor- 
cester ;"  Court  Records  at  Cambridge  and  at  Worcester, 
Mass. ;  Records  of  Baptist  Church  of  Prescott ;  Benj. 
Franklin  Thomas's  "  Memoir  of  Isaiah  Thomas  ;"  Isaiah 
Thomas's  "  History  of  Printing ;"  numerous  family 
records,  etc. 


(ix) 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Origin  of  the  Name  of  Thomas,       ......  1 

Welsh  History  of  Thomas  Family, 1-6 

Thomas   Family  in  America,  with   Sketches  of   Promi- 
nent Members, 6-17 

Thomas  Family  of  Hardwick,  Traditional  History,     .  17 

Authentic  History,  First  Generation,    ....  22 

Second  Generation, 30 

Third  Generation, 33 

Fourth  Generation, 49 

Fifth  Generation, 88 

Sixth  Generation, 149 

Seventh  and  Eighth  Generations,    .        .        .         .197 

Summary  of  Generations, 204 

Appendix  A,  Roll  of  Honor, 205 

Appendix  B,  Families  of  Thomas  in  New  England  Pre- 
vious to  1699, 207 

Index, 213 

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THE  THOMAS  FAMILY. 


INTRODUCTION. 

ORIGIN     OF     THE     NAME. 

The  name  of*  Thomas  came  originally  from  the 
Hebrew  language,  and  signifies  a  twin.*  In  its  earliest 
use  the  name  was  confined  to  male  twins,  the  feminine 
form,  Thomasene,  having  been  applied  to  girls.  In 
the  lapse  of  time,  however,  the  origin  and  significance 
of  the  name  being  overlooked,  it  gradually  came  to  be 
applied  to  others,  and  thus  finally  came  into  general  use. 
Adopted  by  the  Greeks  and  Latins,  the  name  became 
thus  more  widely  distributed.  It  was  taken  into  Great 
Britain  at  the  time  of  the  introduction  of  Christianity 
by  Pope  Gregory  I,  about  600  a.d.  With  some  slight 
variations  in  spelling,  the  name  is  now  found  in  all 
modern  European  languages.f 

welsh  history. 
The  Welsh  claim  for  the  family  of  Thomas  great 
antiquity,  and  give  it  a  prominent  place  in  the  early 
history  of  that  country.  The  Rev.  Lawrence  Buckly 
Thomas,  who  has  given  the  subject  much  attention,  in 
his  "Genealogical  Notes  of  the  Thomas  Family  of  Mary- 
land," states  that  the  best  and  latest  authorities  on  the 

*  Many  of  the  common  names  in  use  at  the  present  time,  both  of  males  and 
females,  have  had  a  Hebrew  origin,  and  are  quite  significant  in  their  meaning.  Thus, 
Albert,  in  original  Hebrew,  signifies  bright;  David,  beloved;  Eli,  foster-son 
Heman,  faithful;  Israel,  a  soldier  of  God;  John,  a  gift  of  God;  Abigail,  lather's 
joy  ;  Ann,  graoe  ;  Elizabeth,  worshiper  of  God  ;  Sarah,  a  rose  ;  Susan,  a  Oily. 

t  English,  French,  and  German,  Thomas ;  Italian,  Toinaso ;  Spanish,  Tomas 
Tortugese,  Thomaz. 

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2  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

history  of  Wales  confirm  the  traditions  that  the 
authentic  history  of  this  family  in  that  country  com- 
mences with  Uryan  or  Urian  Rheged,  a  son  of  Cynvarch 
Oer  ap  Mierchion  Gul  (ap  in  Welsh  signifying  son  of*), 
a  prince  of  North  Britain  in  the  sixth  century  after 
Christ,  who  was  expelled  from  his  principality  by  the 
Saxons  and  took  refuge  with  his  family  in  Wales.  The 
name  of  Prince  Mierchion  Gul,  it  is  said,  appears  on  an 
ancient  pillar  or  monument  near  Llangollen.  Urian,  the 
grandson,  probably  born  in  Wales,  soon  became  a  leader 
among  these  people,  and,  surrounded  by  a  large  body 
of  retainers,  for  many  years  carried  on  a  fierce  war  with 
the  Saxon  king  of  Northumberland.  Slain  while  con- 
ducting a  siege  in  the  year  575,  his  sons  and  their  de- 
scendants became  powerful  leaders  in  the  struggle  that 
was  prolonged,  with  occasional  interruptions,  for  many 
centuries. 

For  many  generations  after  Urian,  but  little  more 
than  the  bare  names  of  the  descendants  is  given  in 
Welsh  history.  The  line  of  descendants  runs  as 
follows : — 

1st.  Mieechion  Gul.  2d.  Cynvarch  Oer.  3d.  Urien 
(d.  515).  4th.  Pasgen.  5th.  Mor.  6th.  Llurch.  7th. 
Rhyne.  8th.  Eyssylt.  9th.  Gurwared.  10th.  Kym- 
bathwye.  11th.  Lloarch.  12th.  Einion.  13th.  Gor- 
onwy.  14th.  Rhys,  cotemporary  with  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  m.  Margaret,  granddaughter  of  Lord 
Gwynvey.  15th.  Elider.  16th.  Sir  Elider  Ddu,  Knight 

*  The  employment  of  fixed  family  names  or  surnames  originated  in  Fiance  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  tenth  century.  The  custom  was  introduced  into  England  by 
the  Normans  at  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  in  1066.  Slowly  adopted  by  the  English, 
surnames  did  not  come  into  use  in  Scotland  until  the  twelfth  century  ;  while  in  Wales 
they  were  much  later  in  their  adoption,  and  in  some  of  the  wilder  districts  of  that 
country  surnames  can  hardly  be  said  to  be  generally  employed,  even  at  the  present 
time. 


WELSH   HISTORY.  6 

of  the  Holy  Sepulchre.  17th.  Philip.  18th.  Philip. 
19th.  Nicholas,  who  m.  Janet,  dau.  and  heiress  of 
Gruffyd  ap  Llewellyn. 

20th.  Gruffyd,  son  of  Nicholas,  was  a  turbulent  char- 
acter, rich  and  influential,  yet  in  continual  strife  with 
his  neighbors  and  with  the  English  authorities.  At  last 
King  Henry  sent  Lord  Whitney  to  Wales  to  effect  his 
arrest.  Gruffyd,  informed  of  their  approach  and  aware 
of  their  purpose,  received  him,  with  his  accompanying 
officers,  with  great  pomp  at  the  Castle  of  Abermarlais. 
A  sumptuous  feast  had  been  prepared,  at  which  Lord 
WThitney  was  so  overcome  with  drink  that  Owen,  a  son 
of  Gruffyd,  succeeded  in  abstracting  his  commission 
from  his  pocket,  and  thus  defeated  his  purpose. 

Later,  Gruffyd  joined  the  Yorkists  in  their  war  with 
the  Lancastrians,  and  was  mortally  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Mortimer's  Cross,  Feb.,  1461. 

21st.  Thomas  ap  Gruffyd  was  a  different  man  from 
his  father ;  mild  in  his  disposition  and  gentlemanly  in 
manner.  To  avoid  taking  part  in -the  contests  between 
the  Houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  he  crossed  over  to 
France  and  joined  the  court  of  the  Duke  of  Burgundy. 
Returning  later  to  England,  he  engaged  in  a  duel  with 
one  David  Gough,  whom  he  killed.  He  was  imme- 
diately treacherously  killed  by  one  of  Gough's  retain- 
ers. He  had  one  dau.  and  three  sons.  Morgan  and 
David,  the  eldest,  espoused  opposite  sides  in  the  wars 
of  the  Roses,  and  both  perished  in  that  desperate  strug- 
gle. Rhys,  or  Rees,  his  third  son,  succeeded  to  his  large 
estate  after  his  death. 

22d.  Sir  Rhys  ap  Thomas,  K.G.,  was  b.  in  1451.  He 
was  educated  at  the  court  of  Burgundy,  where  he  held 


4  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

a  place  of  honor  in  the  duke's  household.  He  relin- 
quished this  position  and  returned  to  England  with  his 
father.  He  m.,  for  his  first  wife,  a  dau.  of  Sir  John 
Ellis.  His  second  wife  was  Eva,  only  dau.  of  Henry  ap 
Grwilyin,  who  was  connected  with  the  court  of  Henry 
VII.  He  acquired  vast  estates  with  her,  and  became 
one  of  the  most  opulent  men  of  his  times.  It  is  said 
that  he  had  nineteen  hundred  tenants,  and,  upon 
brief  warning,  could  bring  into  the  field  five  thousand 
armed  men.  He  built  Emlyn  Castle,  and  enlarged 
Carew  Castle,  which  was  his  favorite  residence.  During 
the  reign  of  Richard  III,  he  espoused  the  cause  of 
Henry,  Earl  of  Eichmond,  an  aspirant  for  the  throne. 
Raising  a  large  force  in  Wales,  he  joined  the  latter, 
whose  army  met  that  of  King  Richard  on  the  field  of 
Bosworth,  Aug.  23, 1485.  Richard,  in  the  heat  of  battle, 
made  a  desperate  plunge  at  the  Earl  of  Richmond. 
Rhys  ap  Thomas,  seeing  the  danger  of  his  chief, 
mounted  his  favorite  charger,  and,  with  Sir  William 
Stanley,  bore  down  between  the  contestants  and,  Welsh 
tradition  claims,  slew  Richard  in  a  hand  to  hand  con- 
test. However  that  may  have  been,  Rhys  was  knighted 
upon  the  field,  and  many  honors  were  subsequently 
placed  upon  him  by  Richmond  when  established  on  the 
throne  as  Henry  VII.  He  was  a  member  of  the  king's 
council  and  commissioner  of  the  king's  mines.  In 
1492  he  accompanied  the  king  to  France,  and  was  fre- 
quently employed  in  important  negotiations  on  the 
Continent.  He  d.  sometime  in  1527,  his  will  having 
been  published  July  5,  1527.  He  was  bu.  first  in  the 
Church  of  the  jGray  Friars,  at  Carmarthen,  but  his 
body  was  later  removed  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  in  the 


WELSH   HISTORY.  5 

same  town,  over  which  is  placed  a  richly  sculptured 
marble  monument,  surmounted  by  a  recumbent  figure 
of  Sir  Rhys  and  his  third  wife,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Sir 
William  Thomas,  of  Raglan  Castle.  By  his  second 
wife,  Eva,  he  had  one  son,  Griffith. 

23d.  Griffith  ap  Rhys  was  b.  in  1478.  He  was  made 
Knight  of  the  Order  of  Bath  in  1501.  He  m.,  about 
1504,  Katherine,  dau.  of  Sir  John  St.  John.  He  d.  in 
1557,  leaving  one  son,  Rice. 

24th.  Rice  ap  Griffith  was  b.  in  1508,  and  m.  a  dau. 
of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk.  He  inherited  the  vast  estate  of 
his  family.  Arrogant  and  proud,  he  made  many  dan- 
gerous enemies.  He  was  induced  to  join  the  great 
papal  movement  of  that  time,  was  arrested,  charged 
with  fostering  a  conspiracy  involving  the  assassination 
of  the  king,  tried,  convicted,  and  executed,  Oct.  3, 1531. 
His  estate  was  confiscated,  and  thus  the  downfall  of 
the  family  was  complete. 

25th.  Thomas  ap  Rice,*  youngest  son  of  Rice  ap 
Griffith,  was  a  child  at  the  time  of  the  fall  of  his  father. 
He  was  taken  back  to  Wales,  where  he  grew  up  and  oc- 
cupied lands  in  the  parish  of  Ebbernant,  in  Caermarthen- 
shire.  He  m.  a  dau.  of  Philip  Scidamore,  and  had,  with 
perhaps  other  children,  a  son. 

26th.  John  Philip  Thomas, t  who  inherited  the  lands 
of  his  father,  and  left  a  son. 

27th.  Evan  Thomas,  b.  about  1580.  He  d.  in  1650. 
leaving  three  sons, — Captain  Evan  Thomas,  Philip,  and 


*  In  a  communication  from  Rev.  Lawrence  Buckly  Thomas,  received  after  the 
publication  of  his  volume,  he  expresses  some  doubt  as  to  the  proof  of  connection  of 
Thomas,  the  father  of  John  Philip,  with  Rice  ap  Griffith,  yet  still  feels  certain  of  the 
descent  of  Philip,  the  first  emigrant  to  Maryland  from  Sir  Rhys  ap  Thomas. 

t  With  John  Philip  the  name  of  Thomas  became  a  fixed  family  name.  Previous 
to  him  every  man  was  known  as  ap  (son  of  J  his  father. 


6  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

Rice.  Philip  Thomas  came  to  the  Province  of  Mary- 
land in  1651,  with  his  wife,  Sarah  Harrison,  and  three 
children.  Captain  Evan  may  have  been  the  same  Evan 
Thomas  who  came  to  Boston,  in  1635,  as  master  of  the 
ship  "  William  and  Francis,"  and  settled  in  that  place  in 
1639  or  1640,  with  a  wife  and  four  children,  and  is  be- 
lieved to  have  been  the  ancestor  of  William  of  Hard- 
wick.  Any  claim  that  might  be  made  for  the  identity 
of  these  two  persons  rests,  however,  solely  upon  the 
correspondence  in  names  and  dates.     . 

That  the  numerous  families  of  Thomas  of  the  present 
day  have  all  sprung  from  this  line  of  descent  is  ex- 
tremely improbable,  inasmuch  as  there  may  have  been, 
and  undoubtedly  were,  many  of  the  name  of  Thomas 
of  no  relation  to  one  another  upon  the  adoption  of  sir- 
names,  each  of  whom  would  have  become  the  head  of 
a  family  of  that  name. 

THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA. 

The  name  of  Thomas  appears  very  early  in  the  his- 
tory of  this  country.  Nathaniel  Thomas  was  the  first 
of  whom  we  can  find  any  record.  He  came  to  Virginia 
in  the  ship  "  Temperance,"  in  1621,  but  fourteen  years 
after  the  first  settlement  of  Jamestown  in  that  State. 
Robert  and  William  came  to  the  same  State  in  the 
ship  "America,"  in  June,  1635.  Another  William 
Thomas  arrived  in  July  of  the  same  year. 

Philip  Thomas,  the  progenitor  of  the  Maryland 
branch  of  the  family,  came  from  Wales  in  1651.  Soon 
after  arriving  in  the  country  he  joined  the  Friends,  and 
many  of  his  descendants  are  still  members  of  that  body. 
He  was  a  man  of  much  influence  in  the  colonies,  and 
his  descendants  are  not  only  numerous,  but  have  been 


THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA.  7 

influential  in  the  State,  and  by  intermarriage  have  be- 
come related  to  many  prominent  families  in  that  and 
adjoining  States. 

The  first  Thomas  of  whom  we  find  records  in  New 
England  was  William  Thomas,  who  came  to  this 
country  about  1630, — ten  years  after  the  landing  of  the 
Pilgrims, — and  settled  at  Plymouth. 

Thomas  Thomas  arrived  in  Boston  on  the  ship  "Wil- 
liam and  Francis,"  June,  1632.  John  Thomas  came  on 
the  " Hopewell,"  in  1635.  William  Thomas,  of  Newbury, 
came  on  the  "  Mary  Ann,"  in  1637 ;  and  Evan  Thomas, 
the  claimed  progenitor  of  the  family  of  Hardwick,  in 
1639  or  1610.  Others  of  this  name  must  have  migrated 
to  New  England  about  this  time,  as,  from  Savage's 
"  Genealogical  Dictionary "  and  other  sources,  records 
of  some  thirty  different  families  have  been  collected 
who  lived  in  New  England  previous  to  1692.  (See 
Appendix.) 

While  many  of  the  families  of  Thomas  of  the  present 
day  have  descended  from  these  early  emigrants,  large 
numbers  have  since  arrived  in  the  country  at  various 
dates  down  to  recent  times. 

The  Thomas  family  in  this  country  has  become  ex- 
ceedingly numerous  and  widely  distributed.  An  ex 
animation  of  the  Directories  of  the  principal  cities  of 
the  country  shows  that  few  names  are  more  frequently 
repeated  than  that  of  Thomas.  The  "Philadelphia  City 
Directory"  for  1888  contains  747  entries  under  this 
head ;  New  York,  337 ;  Boston,  221 ;  Baltimore,  538 ; 
Washington,  360 ;  Chicago,  330 ; — giving  thus  a  total  of 
2536.  From  these  figures  we  have  data  upon  which  may 
be  made  at  least  an  approximate  estimate  of  the  num- 


8  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

ber  of  Thomases  in  the  United  States.  If  the  afore- 
mentioned cities,  with  a  population  of  3,396,000,  give 
2536  individuals  of  this  name,  assuming  that  the  name 
occurs  with  equal  frequency  in  the  remaining  portion 
of  the  population,  then  the  estimated  60,000,000  of  the 
United  States  should  give  44,806.  Again,  while  a  cer- 
tain number  of  the  names  in  these  Directories  represent 
single  individuals,  on  the  other  hand,  a  large  propor- 
tion represent  the  heads  of  families,  in  which  there  may 
be  a  number  of  children.  We  may  safely  assume,  there- 
fore, that  the  above  number  may  be  multiplied  by  three, 
which  would  give  134,418  as  the  living  representatives 
of  the  family  in  the  male  line. 

The  Thomas  family  has  furnished  many  who  have 
become  distinguished  in  the  army,  church,  and  State, 
as  well  as  in  the  several  professions,  both  in  this  country 
and  in  the  old. 

William  Thomas,  D.D.,  b.  in  Wales  in  1613,  was 
Chaplain  to  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  and  Duke  of 
York,  and  finally  Bishop  of  Worcester.  He  was  a 
writer  of  distinction,  and  died  in  1689,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  the  church  of  his  day. 

William  Thomas,  grandson  of  the  latter,  b.  in  1670, 
also  entered  the  church  and  became  distinguished  as  a 
man  of  letters  and  as  an  antiquarian. 

Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  in  1675,  was  distinguished  as  a 
poetess.  Incurring  the  displeasure  of  Pope,  she  was 
conspicuously  placed  in  his  satirical  poem,  the  Dunciad. 

Anthony  Leonard  Thomas,  b.  in  France  in  1702,  was 
a  distinguished  member  of  the  French  Academy,  a 
college  professor,  and  a  voluminous  writer  of  both 
poetry  and  prose. 


THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA.  9 

Isaiah  Thomas,  b.  in  1760,  educated  at  Cambridge, 
Eng.,  became  prominent  as  a  churchman  and  writer. 

Among  those  in  our  own  country  who  have  acquired 
distinction  may  be  mentioned: — 

William  Thomas,  who  settled  in  Plymouth  in  1630, 
became  a  man  of  much  influence  in  the  colony,  and  for 
nine  years  before  his  death,  in  1651,  was  assistant  to 
Governor  Bradford. 

John  Thomas,  soldier,  of  Marshfield,  b.  in  1724.  He 
served  as  lieutenant,  captain,  and  colonel  in  the  French 
war ;  had  a  command  as  brigadier-general  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill;  held  Dorchester  Heights  in  the  siege 
of  Boston,  and  after  the  evacuation  of  that  city  was 
made  major-general  and  sent  to  take  charge  of  military 
affairs  in  Canada,  where  he  d.  of  small-pox,  June,  1776. 

Philemon  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  North  Carolina  in 
1764;  served  in  war  of  Revolution  ;  was  major-general 
of  militia  in  1814 ;  member  of  Congress  from  1831  to 
1835 ;  d.  Nov.,  1847. 

Thomas  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  New  York  State  in 
1755 ;  had  command  of  a  regiment  in  Revolutionary 
War ;  was  prisoner  at  one  time  in  hands  of  the  British ; 
member  of  Legislature ;  d.  May,  1824. 

John  Addison  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  Tennessee  in 
1811 ;  graduated  at  West  Point  in  1833 ;  assistant  pro- 
fessor at  West  Point ;  resigned  and  studied  and  practiced 
law  in  New  York  City;  Assistant  Secretary  of  State 
under  Pierce  in  1855  ;  d.  March,  1858. 

Stephen  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  Vermont,  Dec,  1809; 
member  of  Legislature;  colonel  and,  later,  brigadier- 
general  of  volunteers  in  late  war ;  lieutenant-governor 
of  Vermont  in  1867. 


10  THE  THOMAS  FAMILY. 

Charles  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  Pennsylvania  in  1800 ; 
entered  regular  army  in  1819  ;  served  in  Mexican  War 
and  was  promoted  to  colonelcy;  assistant  quartermaster- 
general  in  185G  and  major-general  in  1865;  d.  in 
Washington,  1878. 

Cyrus  Thomas,  b.  in  Tennessee,  1825 ;  studied  law  and 
practiced,  18G5 ;  entered  ministry  of  Lutheran  Church, 
same  year.  In  1869  joined  scientific  corps  of  Geological 
Survey;  elected  professor  of  natural  sciences  in  South- 
ern Illinois  University  in  1873;  member  of  scientific 
societies  and  contributor  of  numerous  papers  on  eth- 
nology, entomology,  etc. 

John  J.  Thomas,  b.  in  New  York,  1810 ;  agriculturist, 
horticulturist,  and  botanist;  voluminous  writer  on  all 
these  subjects;  associate  editor  of  Genesee  Farmer, 
Country  Gentleman,  and  Albany  Cultivator. 

Joseph  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  in  New  York  in  1811 ;  brother 
of  latter;  educated  in  Yale;  professor  of  Latin  and 
Greek  in  Haverford  College,  Pa. ;  author  of  "  Gazetteer 
of  the  United  States,"  "Medical  Dictionary,"  and  "Bio- 
graphical Dictionary." 

David  Thomas,  manufacturer,  b.  in  Wales  in  1794 ; 
came  to  United  States  in  1839,  and  engaged  in  iron 
manufacture  in  Pennsylvania  and  became  the  head  of 
the  largest  anthracite  blast-furnaces  in  the  country. 
He  was  the  first  person  in  the  world  to  employ  powerful 
blowing  engines  in  working  of  blast-furnaces;  d.  1882. 

George  H.  Thomas,  major-general,  b.  in  Virginia  in 
1816 ;  educated  at  West  Point ;  served  in  Indian  War  in 
Florida,  in  Mexican  War,  and  was  the  hero  of  many 
battles  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion ;  d.  and  bur.  at  Troy 
N.  Y.,  April,  1870. 


THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA.  11 

Henry  Goddard  Thomas,  soldier,  b.  in  Portland, 
Me.,  April,  1837 ;  enlisted  as  private  at  outbreak  of  war 
of  the  Rebellion ;  rose  to  captain  and  colonel ;  organized 
and  commanded  first  colored  regiment  put  in  service ; 
brevet  ted  brigadier-  and  major-general  of  volunteers  for 
services  during  the  war. 

William  Widgery  Thomas,  diplomatist,  brother  of 
the  latter,  b.  in  Portland,  Me.,  Aug.,  1839 ;  graduated  at 
Bowdoin  College;  studied  law;  vice-consul  at  Galatz, 
Moldavia,  in  18G2 ;  United  States  Consul  to  Gottenburg, 
Sweden,  to  1865 ;  member  of  both  houses  of  legislature 
of  Maine ;  United  States  Minister  to  Sweden  and  Nor- 
way, 18S3 ;  re-appointed  by  President  Harrison,  1889. 

Sir  George  Thomas,  b.  in  England;  governor  of 
Pennsylvania  from  1738  to  1747  ;  afterward  governer  of 
Carribee  Islands ;  d.  in  London  in  1775. 

James  Thomas,  M.D.,  governor  of  Maryland,  b.  March, 
1785 ;  graduated  in  medicine  in  1807  ;  member  of  State 
Senate,  and  governor  1833-6 ;  d.  Dec,  1845. 

Francis  Thomas,  governor  of  Maryland,  b.  Feb.,  1799 ; 
graduate  of  St.  John's  College ;  studied  and  practiced 
law ;  member  of  State  Legislature  and  of  Congress  from 
1831-41  and  from  1861-69 ;  elected  governor  in  1841 ; 
minister  to  Peru  in  1872 ;  killed  by  locomotive,  while 
walking  on  the  track,  Jan.,  1876. 

Philip  Francis  Thomas,  governor  of  Maryland,  b. 
Sept.,  1810 ;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1831 ;  member  of 
State  Legislature  in  1838 ;  member  of  Congress,  1839 ; 
governor  of  Maryland  1848-51 ;  Secretary  of  Treasury 
under  Buchanan,  following  Howell  Cobb,  in  1860 ;  d. 
Oct.  2,  1890. 

John  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  in   Plymouth,  Mass.,  April, 


12  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

1758 ;  served  as  surgeon  during  whole  of  Revolutionary 
War ;  after  the  war,  removed  to  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
where  he  d.  in  1818 ;  was  distinguished  as  a  physician 
and  for  his  wit  and  social  qualities. 

Elisha  Smith  Thomas,  D.D.,  b.  in  Massachusetts, 
March,  1834;  assistant  bishop  in  P.  E.  Church  for 
Kansas. 

Robeet  Haepee  Thomas,  journalist,  b.  in  Philadel- 
phia, Jan.,  1834 ;  editor  of  Independent  Journal,  Meehan- 
icsburg,  Pa. ;  commissioner  from  Pennsylvania  to  New 
Orleans  Exhibition  in  1884-5  and  to  exposition  in 
London  in  1887. 

Robeet  Baily  Thomas,  editor,  b.  in  West  Boylston, 
Mass.,  in  1766 ;  especially  distinguished  for  his  Farmer's 
Almanac  (Boston,  1793  to  present  time),  which  from  its 
popularity  attained  circulation  of  225,000 ;  d.  May,  1844. 

Heney  W.  Thomas,  jurist,  b.  in  Virginia,  about  1812; 
was  a  leading  lawyer  of  Northern  Virginia  for  half  a 
century ;  was  a  member  of  the  commission  that  visited 
President  Lincoln  in  1861  with  the  view  of  averting 
hostilities ;  during  the  war  was  second  auditor  of  the 
State ;  after  the  war  he  was  a  member  of  the  Court  of 
Conciliation ;  later,  judge  of  Circuit  Court,  and  still  later 
lieutenant-governor ;  he  d.  Jan.  £2,  1890. 

Theodoee  GtAillaed  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  in  South  Caro- 
lina, Nov.,  1831 ;  distinguished  specialist  in  diseases  of 
women  and  author  of  standard  medical  works. 

Seth  Thomas,  clock-maker,  b.  in  Connecticut,  Dec, 
1816;  continued  the  business  of  his  father  (Seth 
Thomas,  b.  1786,  d.  1859) ;  distributed  his  clocks  to  all 
parts  of  the  world,  including  China  and  Japan;  d. 
April,  1888. 


THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA.  13 

Abel  C.  Thomas,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  1807 ;  noted 
Universalis!  preacher  and  author  of  numerous  contro- 
versial and  other  works ;  d.  in  1880. 

Edith  Matilda  Thomas,  author,  b.  in  Chatham,  0., 
Aug.,  1854.  She  has  been  a  large  contributor  of  poetry 
to  periodicals,  and  has  published  several  volumes  of 
poetry. 

Isaiah  Thomas,  LL.D.,  printer,  patriot,  editor,  author, 
philanthropist,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  19,  1749 ;  pub- 
lished the  Massachusetts  Spy,  started  in  Boston,  1770, 
and  removed  to  Worcester  a  few  days  before  the  battle 
of  Lexington,  where  it  is  still  published ;  had  a  book- 
store and  publishing  house  in  Boston;  founded  the 
Antiquarian  Society  of  Worcester ;  published  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Magazine  and  New  England  Almanac ;  author 
of  "  History  of  Printing,"  in  two  volumes ;  d.  in  Wor- 
cester, April  4,  1831. 

Benjamin  Franklin  Thomas,  LL.D.,  jurist,  grandson 
of  Isaiah,  b.  in  Boston,  Feb.  12,  1813;  studied  law; 
member  of  the  Legislature  in  1842 ;  presidential  elector 
in  1848;  he  was  Judge  of  Supreme  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts from  1853  to  1859;  member  of  Congress  in 
1861 ;  d.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1878. 

Ebenezer  Smith  Thomas,  journalist,  nephew  of  Isaiah, 
with  whom  he  learned  printing,  b.  in  Lancaster,  Mass., 
Jan.,  1780 ;  settled  in  Charleston,  N.  C,  in  1795 ; 
edited  the  City  Gazette  from  1810  to  1816,  when  he 
moved  to  Baltimore ;  member  of  Legislature  in  1818 ; 
moved  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  1829,  where  he  edited  the 
Daily  Advertiser  until  1835,  and  then  the  Evening  Post 
till  1839;  author  of  "Reminiscences  of  the  Last  Sixty 
Years,  with  Sketch  of  His  Own  Life  and  Times,"  two 


14  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

volumes,  and  "  Reminiscences  of  South  Carolina,"  two 
volumes ;  d.  in  Cincinnati,  Aug.,  1844. 

Frederick  William  Thomas,  journalist,  son  of  latter, 
b.  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1811 ;  studied  law  in  Balti- 
more ;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1828 ;  removed  to  Cincin- 
nati in  1830,  and  assisted  his  father  in  editing  the 
Advertiser  and  Evening  Post;  in  1850  entered  the 
ministry  of  the  M.  E.  Church;  later,  professor  of 
rhetoric  and  literature  in  the  University  of  Alabama ; 
in  I860  took  charge  of  the  literary  department  of  the 
Richmond  Inquirer;  was  a  successful  lecturer,  and  took 
part  in  politics ;  was  author  of  many  magazine  articles 
in  prose  and  verse,  and  of  several  novels,  and  of  sketches 
of  prominent  historical  characters ;  d.  in  Washington, 
Sept.,  1866.      . 

Lewis  Foulke  Thomas,  poet,  brother  of  latter,  b.  in 
Baltimore  in  1815 ;  studied  law  and  assisted  his  brother 
in  editorial  work ;  he  edited  the  Daily  Herald,  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky.;  was  author  of  "  Inda"  and  other  poems,  and 
of  two  tragedies,  "Osceola"  and  "Cortez,  the  Con- 
queror ;"  d.  in  Washington,  Sept.,  1868. 

Martha  McCannon  Thomas,  author,  sister  of  latter, 
b.  in  Maryland,  Nov.,  1823 ;  author  of  "  Life's  Lessons," 
1846,  and  "Captain  Phil,  a  Story  of  the  Civil  War," 
1882. 

Mary  von  Eden  Thomas,  author,  sister  of  the  latter,  b. 
in  Charleston,  Dec,  1825 ;  has  been  a  computer  in  the 
United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  since  1854 ;  author  of  a  novel,  "  Winning 
the  Battle." 

Jesse  Burgess  Thomas,  senator,  b.  in  Hagerstown, 
Md.,  1777 ;  studied  law  and  settled  in  Indiana  in  1S03 ; 


THOMAS   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA.  15 

member  of  the  Territorial  Legislature  and  Speaker  of 
the  House  in  1805-8;  delegate  to  Congress  1808-9; 
Judge  of  U.  S.  Court  in  1809 ;  was  president  of  the  con- 
vention that  framed  the  State  Constitution,  1818;  elected 
XL  S.  Senator  same  year;  in  1820  introduced  the  "Mis- 
souri Compromise"  and  secured  its  adoption;  about 
1S10  moved  to  Mount  Vernon,  0.,  where  he  committed 
suicide. 

Jesse  Burgess  Thomas,  D.D.,  grand-nephew  of  the 
former,  clergyman,  b.  in  Illinois,  July,  1832;  studied 
theology  in  Rochester  Theological  Seminary;  entered 
the  Baptist  ministry  in  1862 ;  pastor,  at  different  times, 
of  Baptist  churches  in  Illinois,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and 
San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  professor  in  Theological  Seminary 
of  Newton  Centre,  Mass.,  1887. 

The  Thomas  family  has  furnished  four  governors  to 
States,  besides  many  State  legislators  and  members  of 
Congress  and  one  foreign  minister.  Two  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  of  this  name  are  now  members  of  the 
medical  profession  in  the  United  States  ;*  about  100  are 
members  of  the  bar,t  and  152  are  clergymen  in  different 
denominations.! 

It  would  appear  that  the  members  of  the  Thomas 
family  in  their  church  connections  are  largely  Baptist. 
This  fact  may  be  attributed,  partly  at  least,  to  the 
circumstance  of  their  Welsh  origin.  The  rigorous  per- 
secutions of  the  early  Baptists  in  England  drove  many 
of  them  into  Wales,  where  the  doctrine  took  a  strong 
hold  upon  the  people,  and  where,  from  their  isolated 

*  Polk's  Directory  of  the  Physicians  of  the  United  States  for  1889. 

t  Martindale's  American  Law  Directory  for  1888. 

J  Baptist  clergymen,  65;  Methodist,  47;  Presbyterian,  17 ;  Congregational,  15; 
Episcopalian,  8.  These  figures  have  been  obtained  from  the  several  denominational 
year  books. 


16  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY. 

position,  they  were  less  annoyed  by  persecution.  Here 
Baptist  churches  began  to  spring  up  soon  after  the  Refor- 
mation. Rev.  William  Thomas,  educated  at  Oxford, 
organized  a  Baptist  church  at  Llanfranches,  and  com- 
menced to  preach  as  early  as  1631.  Several  Baptist 
clergymen  of  this  name  appeared  soon  after.  Howell 
Thomas  and  Joshua  Thomas  commenced  to  preach  in 
1646,  and  Lewis  Thomas  in  1660.  Between  this  date 
and  the  early  part  of  the  following  century,  appeared 
the  names  of  Revs.  David  Thomas,  Timothy  Thomas, 
Griffith  Thomas,  John  Thomas,  Zecharias  Thomas, 
George  Thomas,  and  Morgan  Thomas, — all  Baptist 
clergymen.  Rev.  John  Thomas  came  to  America  and 
settled  in  Pennsylvania  early  in  the  last  century,  and 
the  Rev.  David  Thomas  settled  in  Virginia  in  1762.* 


History  of  Welsh  Baptists,  by  J.  Davis. 


THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 


TRADITIONAL    HISTORY 


-I  trace  thy  tale 


To  the  dim  past,  where  records  fail." 

While  the  parentage  and  early  history  of  William 
Thomas  of  Hardwick  cannot  be  authoritatively  given, 
there  are  certain  facts  and  traditions  throwing  much 
light  upon  the  subject  which  must  here  receive  full 
consideration. 

The  Rev.  Lucius  R.  Paige,  the  historian  of  Hard- 
wick, says,  in  a  communication  to  the  writer:  "I  feel 
there  is  a  strong  probability  that  William  of  Hardwick 
was  the  son  of  William  of  Newton." 

We  are  told  in  Jackson's  "  History  of  Newton, 
Mass.,"  that  a  William  Thomas  settled  in  that  town  as 
early  as  1687;  but  from  whence  he  came  or  who  were 
his  parents  no  mention  is  made.  From  a  deposition, 
dated  Apr.  24,  1690,  record  of  which  was  found  in  the 
court-house  of  Cambridge,  William  Thomas  is  described 
as  34  years  old  at  that  time;  and,  having  d.  in  Dec, 
1697,  aged  41,  he  must  have  been  b.  in  1656.  He  m. 
for  his  1st  wife  Elizabeth  (date  of  mar.  unknown),  widow 

1st  of  Mark  Woods  and  2d  of Stratton.     Thus 

it  appears  that  she  had  been  twice  m.  before  she  be- 
came Mrs.  Thomas.  To  them  a  son,  William,  was  b. 
Aug.  31,  1687. 

A  strong  point  in  establishing  the  identity  of  Wil- 
liam, Jr.,  of  Newton  and  William  of  Hardwick  is  the 
correspondence   in   their   ages.     William   of  Hardwick 

2  (17) 


18  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

d.  May  22,  1747,  aged  60.  This  would  have  made  the 
date  of  his  birth  in  1687, — the  year  of  birth  of  William, 
Jr.,  of  Newton.  Then,  again,  the  records  of  some  thirty 
New  England  families  of  the  name  of  Thomas,  previous 
to  1692,  found  in  Savage's  ""Genealogical  Dictionary  of 
New  England,"  give  no  other  William  b.  in  that  year. 

Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  William  Thomas  of  Newton, 
must  have  died  previous  to  1695,  as  in  that  year  he  m.  his 
second  wife,  Ann  Lovering,  widow  of  Samuel  Lovering, 
of  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  by  whom  he  had  one  child, 
Joanna,  b.  Oct.  28,  1697,  and  who  d.  in  infancy. 

The  will  of  William  Thomas,  on  record  in  Cambridge, 
bears  the  date  of  Dec.  13,  1697,  the  month  in  which  he 
died.  It  provides  that  the  whole  of  his  estate  should  go 
to  his  wife  during  her  life-time,  after  which  his  son  Wil- 
liam was  to  have  the  whole. 

The  records  further  show  that  on  "Apr.  11,  1698, 
before  Hon.  James  Hussell,  Esq.,  Thomas  Prentice,  Sr., 
and  James  Trowbridge,  then  appearing,  satisfied  the 
Judge  of  Probate,  the  said  James  Russell,  Esq.,  that  the 
widow,  Ann  Thomas,  doth  refuse  to  administer  on  her 
late  husband's,  William  Thomas,  estate,  and  also  testified 
that  there  is  but  one  child,  a  son  of  about  9  or  10  years 
of  age,  and  that  they  judge  there  will  be  little  or  no 
estate  left  when  the  debts  and  necessary  expenses  are 
discharged.  Whereupon  Nathaniel  Hancock  was  ap- 
pointed guardian  of  William  Thomas,  son  of  William 
Thomas  deceased."* 

Again,  traditions  in  the  family  of  Dr.  William  Thomas, 
of  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  a  descendant  of  William  of 
Hardwjck,  point  unmistakably  to  a  relationship  between 
his  family  and  that  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  LE.D.,  the  patriot, 
printer,  author,  publisher,  and   philanthropist.     It   has 

*  Copy  of  above  records  was  furnished  by  Rev.  L.  R.  Paige,  of  Cambridge. 


TEADITIONAL    HISTORY.  19 

been  handed  down  that  there  were  prominent  and 
wealthy  relatives  in  Boston  whom  the  doctor  was  ac- 
customed to  visit,  and  that  these  relations  made  animal 
visits  during  the  hunting  season  to  Brookfield.  It  was 
on  the  occasion  of  one  of  these  visits  of  relatives  that 
the  site  for  the  doctor's  new  home,  erected  in  1783,  was 
suggested.  (See  sketch  of  Dr.  William  Thomas.)  These 
traditions  are  common  among  all  the  descendants  of  Dr. 
William. 

Finally,  in  Aug.,  1890,  the  writer  met  Mrs.  Pauline 
Gale,  of  Montvale,  Mass.,  a  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam, aged  79,  who  related  to  him  that  she  could  dis- 
tinctly remember,  when  a  child,  listening  to  the  recital  by 
Isaiah  Thomas  of  the  relationship  of  his  family  with  hers. 
This  occurred  in  the  family  of  Samuel  Beals  Thomas, 
then  keeper  of  the  Exchange  Hotel  in  Worcester,  where 
Isaiah  Thomas  then  resided.  It  has  been  impossible, 
however,  to  confirm  these  traditions  by  any  authentic 
records.* 

Benjamin  Franklin  Thomas,  in  his  memoir  of  his 
grandfather,  Isaiah,  tells  us  that  it  is  a  tradition  of  the 
family  that  Evan  Thomas,  who  first  came  to  Boston  in 
1635  as  master  of  the  ship  "  William  and  Francis,"  and 
in  1639  or  1640  brought  his  family  over  and  settled  in 
this  place,  was  the  progenitor  of  their  family  in  America. 
Evan  Thomas  was  a  successful  wine-merchant,  and  evi- 
dently did  a  profitable  business  in  his  line.  He  brought 
with  him  to  Boston  a  wife  and  four  children,  and  at  least 
two  more  were  born  in  this  country.     Evan  d.  Aug.  25, 

*  Mrs.  Gale,  in  her  recollections  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  says:'"  Isaiah  Thomas 
was  of  a  very  decided  disposition,  and,  like  many  others,  fond  of  his  own  way. 
His  opinions  were  always  given  promptly  and  to  the  point,  an  instance  of  which  I 
recall.  At  the  time  we  commenced  the  study  of  French  at  the  finishing  school  of 
the  Misses  Earle,  at  Leicester,  his  granddaughter,  who  was  also  a  member  of  the 
school,  desired  to  join  us  in  that  study,  and  wrote  to  ask  his  consent.  He  re- 
plied, '  No  ;  one  tongue  is  enough  for  a  woman.'  " 


20  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

1661,  at  what  age  is  unknown.  One  of  his  sons,  George, 
by  his  wife  Rebecca,  had  three  sons, — Peter,  b.  Feb.  1, 
1682;  George,  b.  March  6,  1685;  and  Maverick,  b. 
March  19,  1694.  Peter,  the  eldest  son,  m.  Elizabeth 
Burroughs,  a  dau.  of  the  Rev.  George  Burroughs,  who,  on 
Aug.  19,  1692,  was  hung  at  Salem  as  a  witch.  The  only 
evidence  of  his  guilt  consisted  in  the  fact  that,  though  of 
rather  small  stature  and  frame,  he  had  remarkable 
physical  strength.  The  thorough  research  of  Mr.  Upton, 
however,  leaves  him,  as  a  man  and  Christian  minister, 
without  stain  or  reproach. 

Peter  was  a  merchant,  and  successful  in  business.  He 
had  four  sons,— George,  Peter,  Elias,  and  Moses. 

Moses,  the  youngest,  was  at  various  times  a  soldier, 
mariner,  trader,  farmer,  and  school- teacher.  He  m. 
Fidelity  Grant  at  Hamstead,  L.  I.,  where  he  was  teach- 
ing school.  Two  children  were  b.  there,  and  three  more 
after  their  return  to  Boston.  Not  succeeding  there  in 
business,  leaving  his  family  in  Boston,  he  went  to  North 
Carolina,  where  he  d.  in  1752. 

Isaiah  Thomas,  LL.D.,  the  youngest  son  of  Moses 
and  Fidelity,  was  b.  in  Boston,  Jan.  19,  1749,  five  years 
after  the  birth  of  Dr.  William,  grandson  of  William  of 
Hardwick,  and  with  whom  Isaiah  claimed  relationship. 

The  line  of  descent  of  Isaiah  Thomas  is,  therefore,  as 
follows:  Evan,  d.  1661  ;  George,  b.  about  1640;  Peter, 
b.  1682;  Moses,  b.  1712;  Isaiah,  b.  1749. 

Accepting  the  tradition  that  the  Thomas  family  of 
Hardwick  was  related  to  that  of  Isaiah,  the  problem 
then  becomes :  When  traced  back,  where  do  the  two 
families  unite  1  The  problem  is  in  no  way  changed,  nor 
the  difficulty  lessened  or  increased,  by  accepting  at  the 
same  time  the  view  of  Mr.  Paige,  that  William  of  Hard- 
wick was  the  son  of  William  of  Newton. 


TEADITIONAL    HISTOKY.  21 

By  referring'  again  to  George,  the  son  of  Evan,  we 
observe  an  interval  of  nine  years  between  the  births  of 
his  sons  George  and  Maverick.  It  will  be  admitted 
that  during  that  period — 1685  to  1694 — another  son 
might  have  been  b.,  and  that  son  might  have  been 
William  of  Hardwick,  b.  1687.  In  this  case  William 
of  Newton  is  thrown  out  entirely.  But  it  appears  to  us 
that  the  probabilities  of  William  of  Newton  having  been 
the  father  of  William  of  Hardwick  are  too  strong  to  be 
thrown  aside.  Accepting  his  right  to  a  position  in  the 
line,  then  it  would  seem  more  probable  that  William  of 
Newton  was  a  brother  of  the  first  George  and  a  son  of 
Evan, — not  an  unreasonable  supposition,  as  the  latter  is 
known  to  have  had  other  children.  This  will  be  made 
more  plain  by  placing  the  two  families  in  parallel  lines. 
Thus,  on  the  first  theory  : — 

b.  1600,  ^ 

_  '  ,,,„,„   I  Peter,3  b.  1682  ;  Moses,4  b.  1712;  Isaiah,5  b.  1749. 

Evan,1  Geo.,2  b.  1610,  Y 

,    ,     '  I  Wm.  of  Hdk,3  b.  1687  ;  Amos,4  b.  1707  ;  Dr.  Win,5  b.  1743. 

a.  lobl.  J 

This  scheme  leaves  William  of  Newton  out  of  con- 
sideration, and  his  son,  William,  b.  the  same  year  as 
WTilliam  of  Hardwick,  unaccounted  for.  On  this  plan 
also  the  grandparents  of  Isaiah  and  Dr.  William  would 
have  been  brothers. 

On  the  other  hand,  admitting  the  claims  of  William 
of  Newton,  then  we  have  :  — 

b.  1600,  i 

_,  '      George,2  b.  1640  ;  Peter,3  b.  1682  ;  Moses,4  b.  1702  ;  Isaiah,'  b.  1749. 

Evan,1    Y 

,    ,  J.       Wm.  of  N,2  b.  1656 ;  Wm.  of  H ,3  b.  1687  :  Amos,4  b.  1707  ;  Dr.  Win.,5  b.  1743. 
d.  1661.  J 

In  this  case  William  of  Hardwick  and  Peter  would 
have  been  cousins  instead  of  brothers,  as  in  the  former. 
In  either  case  Evan  Thomas  would  have  been  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  families  of  both  William  of  Hardwick 
and  Isaiah  Thomas.  Should  authentic  records  ever  be 
discovered,  we  believe  they  will  substantiate  one  or  the 
other  of  these  theories. 


THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

AUTHENTIC    HISTORY. 

FIRST    GENERATION. 

"  That  life  is  long  wliicli  answers  life's  great  end." — Young. 

William  Thomas,1  the  progenitor  of  the  family  of 
Hardwick,  accepting  the  claim  of  the  previous  chapter, 
was  a  son  of  William  Thomas  and  grandson  of  Evan 
Thomas,  who  came  from  Wales  in  1639  or  '40,  and 
was  h.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Aug.  31,  1687.  His  father, 
William  Thomas,  having  d.  in  1697,  when  William,  Jr., 
was  about  11  years  old,  Nathaniel  Hancock  was 
appointed  his  guardian.  Nothing  is  known  of  his  history 
from  that  time  until  his  settlement  in  Hardwick,  some 
time  previous  to  Hoc,  1732,  at  which  date  he  is  known 
to  have  had  a  house  erected  and  to  have  been  living 
therein  with  his  family.  He  is  considered  by  Mr.  Paige 
as  one  of  the  earliest,  if  not  the  very  earliest,  white 
inhabitant  of  Hardwick. 

The  town  of  Hardwick,  Mass.,  was  formed  from  a 
portion  of  a  tract  of  land  8  by  12  miles  square,  purchased 
from  the  Indians  in  1686  for  the  sum  of  <£20.  No 
effort  was  made  to  settle  this  tract  for  many  years.  In 
1726  the  heirs  of  the  original  proprietors  petitioned  the 
courts  for  a  legal  recognition  of  their  claims.  After  five 
years'  delay,  in  June,  1732,  they  succeeded  in  acquiring 
a  title  to  a  tract  6  miles  square,  including  but  about  one- 
third  of  the  original  purchase.  Immediately  following 
this,  inducements  were  offered  by  the  proprietors  for 
(22) 


FIEST   GENEKATION.  23 

settlers  to  enter,  and  as  early  as  Dec.  13,  1732,  William 
Thomas  had  erected  a  house  and  was  living-  in  the  town. 

In  Dec,  1733,  the  proprietors  and  first  settlers  made 
a  division  among  themselves  by  lot  of  certain  tracts  into 
which  a  portion  of  the  town  had  been  divided,  William 
Thomas  drawing  lOi  acres,  located  between  the  present 
villages  of  Gilbertville  and  Furnace.  On  this  farm  he 
lived  until  his  death,  in  May,  1747. 

The  town  thus  formed  was  first  known  as  Lambstown, 
from  Joshua  Lamb,  one  of  the  original  purchasers  from 
the  Indians.  Upon  its  incorporation,  in  1738,  the  name 
was  changed  to  Hardwick,  in  compliment  to  Lord 
Hardwick,  an  English  nobleman.* 

William  Thomas  was  at  this  time  elected  one  of  the 
first  Board  of  Selectmen. 

The  first  church  in  Hardwick  was  organized  in  1736  ; 
but  previous  to  that  time,  there  being  no  public  place  of 
worship,  the  house  of  William  Thomas  was  used  for  that 
purpose.  On  his  farm,  also,  was  located  the  first  place 
of  burial,  f  As  this  was  only  a  private  burial  place  for 
the  family  and  probably  a  few  of  the  earlier  settlers,  after 
the  sale  of  the  farm  in  1749  and  its  passing  out  of  the 
possession  of  the  Thomas  family,  all  trace  of  graves 
became  gradually  effaced  and  all  knowledge  of  the 
matter  became  mere  tradition.  However,  in  1871, 
during  the  construction  of  the  Ware  River  Railroad, 
which  passed  through  this  farm,  the  original  site  of  the 
grounds  was  discovered  by  the  exposure  of  a  number  of 
skeletons,  of  both  children  and  adults.  The  coffins  of 
some  of  these  were  sufficiently  preserved  to  show  that 

*  Philip  York  Hardwick  was  born  at  Dover,  England,  Dec.  1,  1600.  He  was 
an  eminent  lawyer,  and  made  Attorney-General  in  17:24.  In  ]!'■'>'■'>  In-  was  blade 
Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  Lord  Chancellor  in  1736. 

,  f  This  place  of  burial  was  on  a  gravelly  knoll,  but  a  few  rods  to  the  southeast 
of  the  buildings,  and  was  largely  cut  away  in  the  excavations  lor  the  railroad. 


24  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

they  had  been  made  of  slabs  or  plank  split  out  of  logs, 
indicating  that  the  burial  had  been  made  at  a  time  when 
saw-mills  and  lumber  were  necessarily  scarce.  After  due 
inspection  by  the  town  authorities,  the  remains  were  placed 
together  in  a  box  and  re-buried  in  the  same  grounds. 

William  Thomas  was  undoubtedly  bur.  in  these 
grounds,  and  his  remains,  very  likely,  were  included  in 
those  exhumed  at  this  time.* 

William  Thomas  m.  1st  Patience.  Date  of  mar.  un- 
known, but  probably  not  later  than  the  early  part  of 
1707,  and  before  he  was  21.  But  one  of  his  children — 
Israel,  the  youngest — could  have  been  b.  in  Hardwick, 
as  Mary,  next  to  the  youngest,  was  b.  in  1731,  the  year 
before  he  is  supposed  to  have  come  to  the  latter  place. 
Patience,  his  wife,  cl.  Oct.,  17-46,  and  he  m.  2d  Susanna 
Stow,  published  April  11,  1747.f 

At  his  death,  William  Thomas,  for  those  times,  left  a 
comparatively  large  estate,  as  indicated  by  the  following- 
documents,  found  on  record  at  the  court-house  at 
Worcester  J : — 

Worcester,  July  7,  1747. 
Amos  Thomas,  Administrator,  presented  an  appraisement,  and  made  oath 
that  it  contained  a  full  inventory  of  the  estate  of  William  Thomas,  late  of 
Hardwick,  so  far  as  hath  come  to  his  knowledge  ;  and,  if  anything  more  should 
appear,  he  will  add  the  same. 

Sworn  before  J.  Chandler, 

Judge  of  Probate. 

*  Mrs.  Moses  Smith,  the  present  owner,  and  for  many  years  resident  on  this 
place,  relates  that,  in  1844,  upon  tearing  down  the  chimney  of  a  house  that  was 
burned  on  the  place  in  1810,  in  removing  a  flat  stone,  forming  a  portion  of  the 
kitchen-hearth,  the  underside  revealed  the  initial  letters,  W.  T.,cut  in  the  stone. 
It  is  quite  probable  that  this  stone  was  from  the  old  graveyard,  and,  very  possibly, 
from  the  grave  of  William  Thomas. 

t  Mr.  Paige  says  that,  as  he  died  May  22,  1747,  the  marriage  was  probably 
not  consummated  ;  but  good  evidence  that  it  was  is  found  in  the  fact  that  his  son 
Amos,  in  his  bill  of  charges  for  settling  the  estate,  enters  the  following : — 
"  To  cash  paid  to  E.  G.  Whitman  for  taking  the  acknowledgement  of  my  mother's 
quit  claim,  4s." 

J  These  documents  were  copied  from  records  on  file  at  the  court-house  in 
Worcester  by  Mrs.  Hattie  E.  Kuowlton,  of  Westboro,  Mass. 


FIRST   GENERATION.  25 

This  inventory,  as  recorded,  runs  as  follows : — 

A  true  inventory  of  all  and  singular,  the  goods,  chattels,  and  credits  of 
William  Thomas  of  Hardwick,  aforesaid,  June  19,  1747,  made  by  Messrs. 
Joseph  Allen,  Constant  Merrick,  and  Jonathan  Warner,  as  follows  : — 

Imprimis.  £  s.  d. 

To  his  wearing- apparel 14  08  00 

"  Beds  and  bedding 24  17  00 

"  Cloth  and  yarn 11  04  09 

"  Powder  and  lead 14  00 

"  Gunpowder-horns  and  belts 06  10  00 

"  Sickle 01  00 

"  Razor,  brass  warming-pan,  and  kettle 9  15  00 

"  Iron  ware,  cart-wheels,  and  tire 18  16  00 

"  Spectacles,  5s.,  horn  combs,  2s.  6d 07  06 

"  Foot-wheel 15  00 

"  Wooden  ware 1  14  00 

"  Pewter 2  01  00 

"  Flax 2  14  00 

"  Sheep's  wool 11  01  00 

"  Hetcheled  tow 08  00 

"  Live-stock 84  03  00 

"  Sundry  books 2  02  00 

"  Saddle  and  bridle 3  14  00 

"  Knives  and  forks 18  00 

"  Grain  and  meal 6  18  03 

"  Plow  and  irons 3  10  00 

"  Bags 04  00 

"  Geese  feathers 5  12  06 

"  Wool-cards 03  00 

"  House  and  homestead 1400  00  00 

Total £1606    01    00 

Joseph  Allen,  ) 

Constant  Merrick,    >  Appraisers. 

Jonathan  Warner,  ) 

This  appraisement  of  the  real  estate  was  evidently  not 
satisfactory  to  Amos,  the  eldest  son  and  administrator, 
who  desired  to  arrange  with  the  rest  of  the  heirs  and 
become  possessor  of  the  farm ;  and,  as  .£14:00  would  be 
at  the  rate  of  about  $70  per  acre,  this  was  certainly  a 
high  valuation  for  the  rough  and  stony  hills  of  Hard- 
wick at  that  early  day.  In  evidence  of  this  dissatisfac- 
tion, we  find  on  record  that  by  a  decree  of  court  a  new 


26  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

appraisement  was  ordered,  the  same  to  be  made  by 
"  Benjamin  Ruggles  and  Samuel  Robinson,  gentlemen; 
and  Christopher  Paige,  Joseph  Warner,  and  Samuel 
Whitcomb,  yeomen."  This  decree  bears  date  of  "  Feb. 
9th,  in  the  22d  year  of  His  Majesty's  reign,  a.d.  17-L8." 

On  the  15th  of  Feb.  following,  these  "gentlemen" 
and  "  yeomen  "  re-appraised  the  real  estate  at  £425,  be- 
ing at  the  rate  of  about  $21  per  acre.  On  the  19th  of 
Apr.,  1748,  the  same  "made  oath  to  the  just  and 
impartial  appraisement  of  the  real  estate  of  William 
Thomas,  late  of  Hardwick,  deceased,"  before  Josiah  Con- 
verse, Justice  of  Peace.  The  recorded  deed  given  to 
Amos  Thomas  recites,  as  a  condition,  that  he  should  pay 
to  each  of  the  heirs  the  sum  of  £-12  10s. 

In  the  absence  of  other  sources  of  information,  from 
this  inventory  and  from  the  few  facts  given  us  by  Mr. 
Paige,  we  may  make  a  reasonable  estimate  of  the  char- 
acter of  William  Thomas.  From  his  position  on  the 
Board  of  Selectmen,  with  the  circumstance  of  his  house 
having  been  for  four  years  a  place  of  public  worship,  we 
may  conclude  that  he  was  a  man  of  position  and  influ- 
ence in  the  town.  He  was  manifestly  a  man  of  energy, 
industry,  and  thrift.  The  shiftless,  careless  farmer  of 
those  times,  with  so  large  a  family,  could  scarcely  have 
accumulated  what  this  inventory  reveals.  He  was  evi- 
dently well  clad,  and  the  J624  17s.  in  beds  and  bedding, 
with  the  hrass  warming-jpan,  are  suggestive  items  in  the 
list  of  household  goods. 

Had  we  been  given  the  titles  of  the  volumes  contained 
in  the  item  of  "  sundry  books,"  it  would  have  made  an 
interesting  revelation  of  the  character  of  his  reading. 
We  may  imagine  the  collection  to  have  included,  in 
addition  to  the  Bible  and  Psalm-book,  a  copy,  perhaps, 
of  "  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  Foxe's  "  Book  of  Martyrs,"  and 


FIRST   GENEEATION.  27 

possibly  some  of  the  works  of  Increase  and  Cotton  Mather 
on  "  Witchcraft,"  which  were  published  during-  his  day. 
Of  works  of  fiction,  there  were  at  that  time  practically 
none,  as  both  Richardson  and  Fielding-,  the  earliest  Eng- 
lish novelists,  did  not  commence  to  publish  until  about 
the  time  of  or  after  the  death  of  William  Thomas.  Of 
newspapers,  also,  those  potent  factors  in  the  education 
of  the  people  of  the  present  day,  he  could  have  seen  but 
very  little.* 

It  is  not,  however,  reading  alone  that  forms  the  char- 
acter and  develops  the  man  ;  and,  whatever  may  have 
been  the  scholastic  training  of  William  Thomas,  his 
courage  in  seeking  a  home  for  himself  and  family  in  the 
primeval  forest,  scarcely  yet  forsaken  by  the  treacherous 
savage  ;f  his  overcoming  the  numerous  obstacles  of  the 
pioneer  in  an  unbroken  wilderness,  and  his  success  in 
surrounding  himself  and  family  with  so  many  of  the  com- 
forts as  well  as  the  essentials  of  life,  evinces  an  amount 
of  self-reliance,  of  enterprise  and  force  of  character  that 
would  have  been  but  little  aided  by  the  study  of  alge- 
braic equations  or  the  construction  of  dead  languages. 

The  life  of  William  Thomas  commenced  far  back  in 
the  early  history  of  this  country.     He  was  born  (1687) 

*  The  first  newspaper  in  America,  The  Boston  News  Letter,  did  not  appear 
until  1704,  and,  at  the  time  of  William  Thomas's  death,  in  1747,  but  six  were  in 
existence  in  the  entire  country  :  The  Boston  Gazette,  started  in  1719  ;  The  Penn- 
sylvania Gazette,  Philadelphia.  1729,  by  Benjamin  Franklin;  The  Evening  Post, 
Boston,  1731 ;  The  Weddy  Journal,  N.  T.,  1733  ;  The  Virginia  Gazette,  1736,  and 
The  Maryland  Gazette,  1745. — History  of  Printing,  by  Isaiah  Thomas. 

f  The  last  molestation  of  the  whites  in  that  section  of  the  country  by  the  In- 
dians occurred  near  Hardwick,  about  1731  or  1732.  Captain  Warner  had  in- 
curred the  displeasure  of  an  Indian.  One  day,  while  in  the  forest  with  his 
musket,  he  discovered  this.  Indian,  who,  with  his  gun  in  hand,  stepped  behind  a 
tree.  The  captain  dropped  behind  a  log,  and,  resorting  to  a  common  stratagem, 
placed  his  hat  on  a  stick  and  cautiously  raised  it  above  the  log  as  if  to  recon- 
noitre. Almost  instantly  a  bullet  passed  through  it.  Springing  to  his  feet,  the 
Indian  was  seen  rushing  forward  with  scalping-knife  in  hand  ;  but  his  race  was 
soon  ended,  and  his  body  consigned  to  a  pond  near  by.— Paige's  History  of 
Hardwick. 


28  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

during-  the  reign  of  William  and  Mary,  sovereigns  of 
England,  and  liis  life  extended  through  the  reign  of 
Queen  Ann  and  twenty-two  years  into  the  reign  of 
George  I.  Milton  died  hut  a  few  years  before  his  birth, 
and  John  Bunyan  the  year  following.  He  was  contem- 
porary with  Cowper,  Dryden,  Pope,  Sir  Isaac  Newton, 
Steele,  Addison,  Fielding,  and  Smollett, — that  galaxy 
of  literary  worthies  that  distinguished  the  reign  of 
Queen  Ann.  Franklin,  Washington,  Lafayette,  Samuel 
Johnson,  and  Oliver  Goldsmith  were  not  born  until 
many  years  after  William  Thomas.  Indeed,  he  was  old 
enough  to  have  been  the  father  of  each  of  these,  and 
might  have  been  the  grandfather  of  Napoleon  Bona- 
parte. New  York  City  was  but  a  small  village,  and 
had  just  passed  from  the  control  of  the  Dutch  to  that  of 
the  English.  Philadelphia  was  but  six  years  old  at  his 
birth,  and,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  scattering  settle- 
ments alons?  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts,  our  whole 
country  was  one  unbroken  wilderness. 

It  is  a  curious  and  interesting  fact  that,  notwithstand- 
ing this  long  lapse  of  time,  one  intervening  personal  link 
connected  William  Thomas  of  the  dead  past  with  the 
living  present ;  Amos  Thomas,3  "  the  Patriarch,"  many 
of  the  grandchildren  of  whom  are  still  living  and  who 
remember  him  well,  had  seen  William,  his  grandfather, 
thus  uniting  that  distant  point  with  the  present, — a 
period  of  over  two  hundred  years. 

William  Thomas1  d.  May  22,  1747.  He  had  ten 
children — five  sons  and  five  daughters  : — 

2.  Amos  Thomas,  b.  1707;  m.  Abigail ;  d.  July  31,  1754,  and  had 

issue. 

3.  Zerviah  Thomas,  b.  1709  ;  m.  1st  Samuel  Marsh,  2d  Isaiah  Pratt,  and 

had  issue. 

4.  Temperance  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Edmund  Jordan  Mar.  12,  1734,  and 

had  issue. 


FIKST   GENEEATION.  29 

5.  Hannah  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Josiah  Glazier  Nov.  8,  1T3S,  and  had 

issue. 

6.  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Edmund  Grover ;  nfr. 

7.  Daniel  Thomas,  b. . 

8.  Nathan  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Hepzibah and  had  issue. 

9.  Aaron  Thomas,  b.  1728  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Marvill  Jan.  27,  1749  or  '50;  nfr. 

10.  Mart  Thomas,  b.  Mar.  3, 1731 ;  probably  d.  young. 

11.  Israel  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  17,  1735;  d.  at  Dana,  Mass.,  1821,  aged  86, 

and  had  issue. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 


-All  that  tread 


The  globe  are  but  a  handful  to  the  tribes 
That  slumber  in  its  bosom." — Bryant. 

2.  Amos  Thomas2  (son  of  William1)  was  b.  in  1707. 
Place  of  birth  unknown.  lie  probably  came  to  Hard- 
wick  with  bis  father,  William   Thomas,  in  173*2  or  soon 

after.     He  m.  Abigail about  1736.     He  was  made 

administrator  of  bis  father's  estate  at  his  death  in  1747, 
and,  having  paid  the  other  heirs  each  £42  10s.,  the  old 
homestead  came  into  his  possession  in  1748.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year,  however,  he  sold  this  place.  He  lived  on  a 
farm  about  half  a  mile  south  of  his  father's  place  on  the 
road  to  Gilbertville,  where  he  d.  July  31,  1754,  aged 
47.  lie  was  probably  buried  on  the  old  homestead,  and 
his  remains  disinterred  with  those  of  others  in  1871  in 
the  construction  of  the  AVare  River  Railroad. 

He  had  ten  children : — 

12.  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  July  4,  1738. 

13.  William  Thomas,  b.  Sept,  18,  1739;  d.  young. 

11.  Abigail  Thomas,  b.  Mar.  3,  1711  ;  m.  Major  Samuel  Beals  July  31, 1 767. 
He  was  Deputy  Quartermaster-General  in  General  Warren's  di- 
vision in  1787,  with  the  rank  of  Major.  He  adopted  Beals  Thomas, 
a.  nephew  of  his  wife  and  son  of  Amos,3  who  inherited  the  greater 
part  of  his  estate.  She  d.  May  6,  1813,  aged  72.  He  d.  Nov.  21, 
1827,  aged  81,  having  m.  a  second  time.     No  issue. 

15    Olive  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  1,  1712;  d.  young. 

10.  William  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  G,  1713;  m.  Abiel  Collins;  d.  Mar.  2, 
L805,  and  had  nine  children. 

17.  Amos  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  6,  17.46;  m.  Eunice  Bangs;  d.  Apr.  29,  1831, 

aged  85,  and  had  fifteen  children. 

18.  Joseph  Thomas,  b.  May  24,  1748;  m.  Mary  Billings  Mar.  17,  1774;  d. 

Mar.  9,  1811,  aged  93  ;  had  five  children. 

19.  Daniel  Thomas,   b.  May  5,  1750;  m.   Mercy   Bartlett ;  d.  after 

L824;  had  seven  children. 

20.  Mercy  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  6,  1752  ;  m.  Luke  Bonney  Nov.  5,  1772;  nfr. 

21.  Isaac  Thomas,  b.  July  13,  1754;  d.  Dec.  18,  1755. 

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SECOND   GENERATION.  31 

3.  Zeryiaii  Thomas2  (dan.  of  William1)  was  b.  1709. 
She  m.  1st  Samuel  Marsh,  son  of  Samuel  Marsh  and 
Mary  Trumbull,  Jan.  18,  1731-32. 

They  had  nine  children  : — 

22.  Eunice  Marsh,  b.  Jan.  15,  1733  ;  d.  young;  probably  the  first  white 

child  b.  in  Hardwick. 

23.  Amos  Marsh,  b.  Nov.  15,  1733  ;  m.  Beulah  Leonard,  probably  July  16, 

1757,  and  had  two  children. 
21.  Mary  Marsh,  b.  June  13,  1735;  m.  Solomon  Emmons  Jan.  31, 1751;  nfr. 
25.  Eunice  Marsh,  b.  Nov.  20,  1737. 
26    Patience  Marsh,  b.  July  20,  1710:  m.  Henry  Gilbert  Apr.  5, 1764  :  nfr. 

27.  Thankful  and 

28.  Submit  Marsh  (twins),  b.  Feb.  1,  1741. 

29.  Miriam  Marsh,  b.  Jan.  IS,  1743. 

30.  Samuel  Marsh,  b.  Feb.  18,  1744. 

Samuel  Marsh,  the  father,  d.  in  1745,  and  his  wile 
Zerviah  m.  2d  Isaiah  Pratt  Mar.  2,  1746.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  French  War,  and  d.  while  in  service,  Oct. 
20,  1756.     His  wife  d.  April  18,  1798,  aged  89. 

They  had  two  children  : — 

31.  Bathsheba  Pratt,  b.  Jan.  30,  1747. 

32.  Temperance  Pratt,  b.  Aug.  7,  1750;  d.  unm.  Dec.  17,  1814. 

4.  Temperance  Thomas2  (dau.  of  William1),  date  of 
birth  unknown  ;  m.  Edmund  Jordan,  Mar.  12,  1734,  who 
was  a  corporal  in  the  army  in  the  French  War,  and  d. 
while  on  a  campaign,  Nov.  18,  1756,  aged  45. 

They  had  eight  children  : — 

33.  Elizabeth  Jordan,  b.  April  27,  1735;   m.  John  Mellard,  pub.  April 

19,  1761 ;  nfr. 
31.  William  Jordan,  b.  Dec.  13,  1737. 

35.  Submit  Jordan,  b.  April  19,  1710;  m.  David  Hastings,  pub.  July  22, 

1746,  and  had  issue. 

36.  Mary  Jordan,  b.  Dec.  23,  1743. 

37.  Sarah  Jordan,  b.  Aug.  13,  1746;  d.  Oct.  25,  1746. 

38.  Sarah  Jordan,  b.  July  21,  1718;  d.  unm.  March  24,  1771. 

39.  Eleazar  Jordan,  b.  March  2,  1750. 

40.  Meites  (a  son)  Jordan,  b.  May  1,  1752. 

5.  Hannah  Thomas2  (dau.  of  William1),  date  of  birth 


32  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

unknown;  m.  Isaiah  Glazier  Nov.  8,  1738,  and  d.  Jan. 
20,  1759. 

They  had  ten  children  : — 

41.  Thankful  Glazier  (twin),  b.  Aug.  8,  1739;  d.  }roung. 

42.  Submit  Glazier  (twin),  b.  Aug.  8, 1739  ;  m.  Elisha  Gilbert,  of  Oakham, 

Nov.  26,  1768  ;  nfr. 

43.  David  Glazier,  b.  March  1,  1741 ;    m.  Sarah  Pratt,  relict  of  Ezekiel 

Pratt,  Feb.  6,  1766;  had  two  children. 
44    Olive  Glazier,  b.  March  16,  1744. 

45.  Joseph  and 

46.  Benjamin  Glazier  (twins),  b.  Jan.  31,  1745. 

47.  Thankful  Glazier,  b.  March   10,  1747;    m.  Stephen  Pice   Oct.  23, 

1770;  nfr. 

48.  Jonathan  Glazier,  b.  May  13,  1751 ;  m.  Azubah  Nye  June  23,  1774  ; 

49.  William  Glazier,  b.  Sept.  1,  1753. 

50.  Benjamin  Glazier,  b.  June  20,  1757. 

8.  Nathan  Thomas2  (son  of  William1)  was  b. , 

and  m.  Hepziba ,  1741. 

They  had  three  children  : — 

52.  Mart  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  11,  1743. 

53.  Nathan  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  12,  1745. 

54.  Patience  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  31, 1747. 

11.  Israel  Thomas2  (youngest  son  of  William1)  was 
b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Aug.  7,  1735.  At  the  death  of 
his  father  in  1747,  being  a  minor,  Constant  Merrick  was 
appointed  his  guardian.  May  9,  1751,  his  brother  Amos 
was  appointed  in  place  of  the  former.  Amos  Thomas 
having  d.  in  Aug.  1754,  on  petition  of  the  boy,  Nathaniel 
Whitcomb  was  appointed  guardian.  He  removed  to  the 
town  of  Dana,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  Oct.,  1821,  aged  86. 
It  is  not  known  who  he  m.,  but  he  had  at  least  two 
children  b.  in  Dana : — 

55.  Israel  Thomas,  b.  in  1797;  m.  Gracia  Cobb,  and  had  issue. 

56.  Fanny  Thomas,  b  in  1801. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

"  Time  is  hastening  on,  and  we 
What  our  fathers  are  shall  he — 
Shadow-shapes  of  memory." — Whittier. 

16.  Dr.  William  Thomas3  (son  of  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Hardwick  Aug.  6,  1743.  Of  his  early  life 
nothing  is  known.  His  father  having-  d.  in  1754,  he 
was  left  an  orphan  at  11  years  of  age,  with  two  older 
sisters,  and  with  four  brothers  and  one  sister  younger. 
Having  relations  in  Boston,  it  is  very  likely  that  he  spent 
some  time  with  these,  and  there,  probably,  studied  his  pro- 
fession. At  least,  it  is  known  that,  after  settling  in  Brook- 
field,  he  was  accustomed  to  make  visits  to  that  city  and 
to  receive  visits  from  relatives  from  the  same  place, — a 
circumstance  much  less  likely  to  have  occurred  had  he 
never  lived  in  Boston.  As  there  were  no  medical  schools 
in  New  England  at  that  early  day,  he,  like  all  others 
entering  the  profession,  must  have  served  a  term  of  pupil- 
age with  some  physician,  and  would  most  naturally  have 
sought  one  in  the  city  of  Boston.* 

Dr.  Thomas  was  a  man  of  marked  ability,  and  his 
practice  covered  a  radius  of  twenty  miles  from  his  home, 
giving  him  prominence  among  the  successful  men  of  his 
time  and  profession.  In  an  epidemic  of  small-pox  which 
occurred  in  Brookfield  in  1776,  on  the  30th  of  September 
of  that  year,  William  Thomas  and  Jacob  Kitridge  were 
placed  in  charge  of  the  same.  He  served  in  the  Conti- 
nental Army  as  surgeon  in  Colonel  Keyes's  regiment.  He 
not  only  gave  his  time,  but  used  his  means  also,  to  further 

*The  oldest  medical  school  in  the  country — the  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania — was  opened  in  1765.  No  William  Thomas  appears, 
however,  among  the  list  of  graduates  of  the  last  century.  The  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  Harvard  was  organized  in  1782. 

3  (33) 


di         THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

the  cause  he  espoused,  and,  in  consequence  of  the  finan 
cial  condition  of  the  country,  lost  much  of  his  property. 

Aug.  23,  1765,  when  22  years  of  age,  he  m.  Abiel 
Collins,  of  Cape  Cod.  She  was  a  woman  of  unusual 
ability  and  energy,  and  found  time,  besides  attending  to 
her  family  duties,  to  accompany  her  husband  frequently 
and  assist  him  in  his  professional  work.  She  outlived 
the  doctor  twelve  years,  and  after  his  death  practiced 
medicine  considerably  among  women  and  children.  It 
was  supposed  that  the  disease  which  caused  her  death 
was  produced  by  being  so  much  in  the  saddle. 

In  a  narrow  valley,  extending  about  three  miles  in  a 
northwesterly  and  southeasterly  direction  between  Coy's 
Hill  and  Ragged  Hill,  in  the  town  of  West  Brookfield, 
stands  the  house,  which  for  more  than  a  century  has  been 
retained  in  the  family,  and  has  been  a  shelter  and  "  city 
of  refuse  "  for  the  descendants  of  William  Thomas. 

Very  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  struggle, 
Dr.  William,  impressed  with  the  necessity  of  haying  a 
larger  and  permanent  place,  which  would  furnish  a  home 
and  occupation  for  his  family  of  active  boys,  began  look- 
ing for  a  spot  on  which  to  locate  his  family  hearthstone. 
After  his  marriage,  and  before  the  war,  it  appears  that  he 
lived  on  the  plain  of  West  Brookfield,  where  all  of  his 
children  were  b.  and  baptized,  who  were  b.  previous  to 
1777.  At  about  the  latter  date  they  moved  on  to  a  small 
place  on  Coy's  Hill,  although  he  already  owned  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  the  valley. 

The  selection  of  a  site  for  a  home  in  the  valley  is  re- 
lated to  have  occurred  in  the  following  manner:  A 
relative  from  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  who  came  annually 
to  visit  the  doctor  and  hunt  the  game,  which  was  then 
abundant,  was  attracted  during  his  strolls  by  the  beauty 
of  a  sunny  spot,  lying  on  a  little  eminence  at  the  loot  of 


THIRD    GENERATION.  35 

the  hill,  with  a  tiny  sheet  of  water  in  front,  and,  calling 
the  doctor's  attention  to  the  place,  remarked:  "There 
is  the  spot  for  your  new  home."  Equally  impressed  with 
the  possibilities  of  the  place,  the  doctor  adopted  his  rela- 
tive's suggestion,  and  began  to  clear  the  land  and  build 
the  house,  which  was  first  occupied  as  a  family  residence 
in  1783.  Various  improvements  have  since  been  made, 
as  the  needs  of  the  family  required  or  the  gratification 
of  their  tastes  suggested ;  but  the  original  structure  still 
stands,  with  its  sunny  windows  looking  southward  and 
its  roof  shaded  by  the  boughs  of  elms  and  maples  planted 
by  members  of  the  family  in  different  generations.  Its 
hospitable  doors  are  still  quick  to  respond,  as  in  all 
previous  years  of  its  existence,  to  the  timid  knock  of  the 
stranger  and  the  needy,  wayfaring  man.  The  farm,  how- 
ever, has  been  changed  by  the  sale  of  several  tracts  of 
land,  sufficient  for  other  smaller  homesteads  and  the 
construction  of  a  road  through  it,  which  was  for  many 
years  the  direct  highway  between  Boston  and  Albany. 
The  place  still  comprises  160  acres  of  hill  and  dale  ad- 
joining the  house,  and  though  rocky  and  rough,  like 
most  New  England  farms,  it  yet  retains  unchanged  the 
beauty  of  location  which  first  claimed  the  admiration  of 
the  sportsman. 

After  the  death  of  the  doctor  the  property  was  held 
by  Argalus  and  Sylvanus,  his  two  younger  sons.  About 
1820  Argalus  sold  his  interest  to  Sylvanus.  At  the 
death  of  the  latter,  in  1  863,  the  title  passed  to  Mandley 
Pierce,  who  m.  Emily  Thomas,  dau.  of  Sylvanus,  and  by 
whom  it  is  still  held. 

Dr.  William  Thomas  d.  March  2,  1805,  aged  62. 
His  wife  d.  Nov.  17,  1817,  aged  76.  His  remains  lie 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  West  Brookfield,  and  on  the  head- 
stone of  his  grave  is  found  the  following : — 


&' 


1146124 


36  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY    OF    HARDWICK. 

THIS  STONE 

IS    ERECTED    TO    THE   BLESSED    MEMORY   OF 

DR.  WILLIAM  THOMAS, 

who  died  March  2,  1805,  in  his  62d  year. 
He  WAS  BORN  IN  Hardwick,  and  was  in  the  practice 

OF    PHYSIC    UPWARDS   OF   40   YEARS,    TO    THE    SATIS- 
FACTION    OF     HIS    EMPLOYEES,     AND     DIED 
LAMENTED    BY    NUMEROUS   FRIENDS 
AND    ACQUAINTANCES. 

Within  the  sacred  honors  of  the  tomb, 
In  awful  silence  and  majestic  gloom, 
The  man  of  mercy  here  conceals  his  head, 
Amid  the  silent  mansions  of  the  dead. 

No  more  his  liberal  hand  shall  help  the  poor, 
Relieve  distress  and  scatter  joy  no  more  ; 
While  he  from  death  did  others  seek  to  save, 
Death  threw  a  dart  and  plunged  him  in  the  grave. 

Dr.  William  Thomas  had  nine  children, — seven  sons 
and  two  daughters  : — 

57.  Naaman  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  12,1765;  m.  Sally  Allen  ;  d.  Dec.  23, 1841,  aged 

79,  and  left  issue. 

58.  Cynthia  Thomas,  b.  May  20,  1768;   m.  John  Phipps;   d.  Oct.  12,  1823, 

aged  55,  and  had  issue. 

59.  Argalus  Thomas,  b.  March  7,  1770;  d.  Oct,  13,  1776. 

60.  Orsamcs  Thomas,  b.  May  18,  1772;  m.  Thankful  Nickerson ;  d.  Oct.  22, 

1822,  aged  50,  and  left  issue. 

61.  Seneca  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  24,  1774;    m.  1st  Asenett  Gibbs,  2d  Hannah 

Gibbs;  d.  April  2,  1860,  aged  86,  and  left  issue. 

62.  William  Thomas,  b.  May  2,  1775;  m.  Jerusba  Rich  Jan.  20,  1798;  d. 

April  15,  1857,  aged  82,  and  left  issue. 

63.  Ruth  Thomas,  b.  May  25,  1777  ;  m.  Thomas  Brown  Cutler;  d.  Jan.  28, 

1856,  aged  79,  and  had  issue. 

64.  Argalus  Thomas  (Samuel  Beals),  b.  Aug.  28,  1779;  m.  Sarah  Kellogg; 

d.  Aug.  21,  1840,  aged  61,  and  had  one  child. 

65.  Sylvanus  Thomas,  b.  Oct,  26, 1781 ;  m.  1st  Rachel  Robinson,  2d  Bertha 

Collins,  3d  Sarah  Dunbar;  d.  July  31,  1863,  aged  82,  and  left  issue. 

17.  Amos  Thomas3  (son  of  Amos,2  William1)  I  have  de- 
nominated the  Patriarch  of  the  family,  and  his  numer- 
ous progeny,  with  his  great  age  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
fairly  entitles  him  to  that  designation.     With  15  children, 


AMOS     THOMAS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE. 


THIED   GENERATION.  37 

85  grandchildren,  and  not  less  than  250  great-grand- 
children, he  stands  at  the  head  of  a  family  rarely  equaled 
in  size,  and  one  seldom  excelled  in  all  the  qualities 
essential  for  establishing  a  hardy,  intelligent,  and  endur- 
ing race.  He  was  b.  in  Hardwick  April  6,  1746.  On 
the  20th  Dec,  1770,  he  m.  Eunice  Bangs,  dau.  of  Adnah 
Bangs,*  who  removed  to  Hardwick,  in  1768,  from 
Falmouth,  Casco  Bay.  In  1774,  soon  after  the  birth  of 
his  third  son,  they  removed  from  Hardwick  to  New 
Salem,  Franklin  County.  Here  he  purchased  a  farm 
near  the  present  village  of  North  Prescott.  All  .his  re- 
maining children,  twelve  in  number,  were  born  on  this 
farm.  In  1810  he  sold  this  place  (the  recorded  deed 
bears  the  date  of  Nov.  12,  1810)  and  purchased  another 
about  two  miles  away,  a  place  since  known  as  the  "  Poor 
Farm,"  it  having  been  subsequently  purchased  by  the 
town,  and  since  then  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  town's 
poor. 

During  the  month  of  Aug.,  1888,  the  writer  made  a 
trip  to  Prescott,  in  company  with  Judge  E.  A.  Thomas, 
of  Amherst,  and  A.  O.  Thomas,  of  Waltham,  visiting, 
among  other  places,  the  old  farm  near  North  Prescott, 
now  owned  by  Milo  Abbott.  The  present  dwelling  is  a 
large,  double,  two-story  house,  built  probably  thirty  or  forty 
years  ago,  and  presenting  a  better  appearance  than  the 
majority  of  farm-houses  of  the  present  day.  In  the  rear, 
and  forming  a  back-kitchen  to  the  present  house,  stands 
a  portion  of  the  original  building  occupied  by  Amos 
Thomas,  consisting  of  a  single  large  room  with  low 
ceiling,  and  a  wood-shed, — all  in    excellent    condition. 

*  The  mother  of  Eunice  Bangs  lived  to  the  age  of  nearly  104  years.  On  the 
anniversary  of  her  100th  birthday,  a  sermon  for  the  occasion  was  preached  in  the 
church  of  which  she  was  a  member.  Her  hearing  being  much  impaired,  she  took 
a  seat,  with  her  son,  in  the  pulpit,  that  she  might  hear  the  sermon.  It  is  related 
that  when  100  yearsold  she  could  spin  a  day's  work.    She  died  in  Wilmington,  Vt. 


38 


THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 


Evidences  of  the  antiquity  of  this  portion  of  the  building 
were  seen  most  notably  in  the  heavy  outside  door,  with 
massive  hand-made  wrought-iron  hinges,  thumb-latch, 
and  handle. 

This  room  was  undoubtedly  the  common  living-room 
of  the  family.  It  is  not  likely,  however,  that  the  whole 
fifteen  children  were  often  here  assembled,  as  some  of 
the  older  children  left  home  before  the  younger  came 
on  the  stage.     Isaac,  the  oldest,  was  m.  about  the  time 


View  of  the  Home  of  Amos,  the  ' 
Twelve 


Patriarch,"  from  1774  tc 
)F  his  Fifteen  Children. 


UlRTHI'LACE    OF 


of  the  birth  of  Alpheus,  the  youngest.  Nathaniel  .and 
Beals  both  left  home  some  time  before  the  birth  of  the 
younger  children,  the  former  to  live  with  his  grand- 
parents (Bangs)  in  Vermont,  and  the  latter  to  live  with 
his  uncle,  Major  Samuel  Beals  of  Hard  wick,  by  whom 
he  was  adopted.  Still,  the  family  must  always  have  been 
large,  and  when  assembled  around  the  family-table  must 
have  presented  a  spectacle  rarely  seen  at  the  present 
day. 


THIED    GENERATION. 


39 


The  house  and  form-buildings  stand  at  the  foot  of  a 
hill,-  at  the  junction  of  two  roads  and  upon  the  banks  of 
a  small  stream,  which  shows  evidence  in  the  ruined  dam 
and  old  shop  of  having-  at  one  time  afforded  power  for 
running  some  kind  of  machinery.  The  view  from  the 
house  up  and  down  the  stream,  and  across  the  valley  to 
the  Pelham  Hills  in  the  distance,  is  not  only  interesting 
but  quite  picturesque.  About  100  rods  southwest  of  the 
house — 

"  Beside  yon  straggling  fence  that  skirts  the  way," 


The  Same  from  th 


stands  the  old  school-house  where  the  children  of  the 
Patriarch  acquired  at  least  the  rudiments  of  their  educa- 
tion. The  heavy  frame  of  the  building  has  stood  the 
wear  of  over  100  years.  The  roof  and  weather-board- 
ing have  been,  perhaps,  more  than  once  renewed,  while 
the  floor  at  the  present  time  is  composed  of  four  thick- 
nesses of  boards,  each  renewal  having  been  placed  over 
that  previously  in  position. 

Here  were  spent    the    youthful   days  of  our  fathers. 
With  the  landscape  and  surrounding  objects,  so  new  to 


40        THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HAKDWICK. 

us,  they  were  once  familiar.  Upon  the  boulders  in  the 
adjoining  fields  and  in  the  water  of  the  passing-  stream 
they  had  often  played.  From  the  well  in  the  yard  they 
had  quenched  their  thirst,  and  their  hands  had  often 
grasped  the  same  iron  door-handle  that  Ave  were  now 
permitted  to  touch.  But  their  voices  and  footsteps  are 
heard  no  more.  They  have  acted  their  parts  and 
passed  off  the  stage.  Others  now  fill  their  places,  and 
the  drama  of  life  still  moves  on. 

Upon  a  naturally  terraced  portion  of  the  hillside  east 
of  the  house  is  the  burying-ground,  where  were  found 
not  only  the  graves  of  our  grandparents,  but  those  of 
several  members  of  the  family.  Upon  the  headstone  of 
Amos,  the  Patriarch,  in  addition  to  the  usual  inscription, 
were  found  the  following  lines : — 

"  Here  in  the  ground  my  body  lies, 
Till  Christ  the  Lord  shall  bid  it  rise ; 
Then  shall  it  leave  this  mortal  dust, 
And  sing  in  Glory  with  the  just." 

Amos  Thomas  was  an  earnest  and  active  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church  of  New  Salem.  The  church  was 
organized  in  1771,  three  years  before  he  settled  in  the 
place,  and  for  more  than  half  a  century  was  large  and 
prosperous,  being  the  only  church  in  the  town.*  After 
the  organization  of  the  Methodist  and  Congregational 
Churches,  however,  the  Baptist  Church  gradually  de- 
clined, and  has  now  for  some  years  been  extinct. 

During  the  visit  above  referred  to,  Judge  Thomas  se- 
cured the  records  of  the  old  church,  an  examination  of 
which  brought  to  light  many  interesting  facts.  It  would 
appear  from  these  that  this  church,  like  many  others  in 
those  early  days,  was  not  exempt  from  difficulties  grow- 

*  At  a  sale  of  church-pews,  held  Feb.  15,  1786,  pew  No.  1  was  sold  to  Amos 
Thomas  for  £8  6s,  beiug  nearly  £2  more  than  was  paid  for  any  other  pew. — 
Church  Records. 


THIRD    GENERATION.  41 

ing  out  of  conflicting-  interests,  doctrinal  disputes,  neigh- 
borhood gossip,  etc.,  and  that  the  Thomas  family  came 
in  for  their  full  share  of  these  experiences. 

The  first  indication  of  difficulty  appears  under  date  of 
Sept.  25,  1807,  when,  at  a  church-meeting,  Amos  and 
Eunice  Thomas,  and  their  son,  Heman  Thomas, — who, 
it  would  seem,  had  some  difficulty  with  Elder  Davis,  the 
nature  of  which  does  not  appear, — were  called  upon  "to 
support  their  accusations,  or  dismiss  the  same  and  travel 
with  the  church."  After  some  consideration  of  the  sub- 
ject, the  records  state,  "  The  Lord  (as  we  trust)  drew 
near  and  melted  our  hearts  into  contrition,  and  all  con- 
fessed their  faults  one  to  another  with  weeping,  and  a 
spirit  of  forgiveness  seemed  to  run  through  the  whole 
body."  At  this  meeting  Amos  and  Heman  Thomas 
were  liberated  from  an  admonition  under  which  they 
were  laid  by  a  vote  of  the  church,  16th  June,  1807. 

Again,  Oct.  14,  1809,  at  a  church-meeting  held  at  the 
house  of  Amos  Thomas,  it  was  "  voted  not  to  receive  into 
the  church,  as  a  matter  of  labor,  allegations  brought 
against  Amos  Thomas  by  sister  Sampson."  What  these 
allegations  were  does  not  appear  in  the  records.  Not- 
withstanding this  action,  in  May,  1810,  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  "converse  with  brother  Amos  Thomas" 
upon  this  same  difficulty.  The  trouble,  it  appears,  was 
not  adjusted,  and  Amos  Thomas  discontinued  his  walk 
with  the  church.  In  Nov.  of  the  same  year,  a.  letter  of 
admonition  was  sent  to  him,  urging  his  return  to  the 
fellowship  of  the  church.  Feeling,  evidently,  that  he 
was  right  in  the  position  he  had  taken,  he  declined  to 
heed  the  admonition  and  refused  to  resume  his  church 
relations.  On  Jan.  17,  1811,  it  was  "  voted  that  a  letter 
of  excommunication  be  sent  to  brother  Amos  Thomas." 
A  copy  of  this  letter  was  found  in  the  records.    It  alludes 


42  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDAVICK. 

in  general  terms  only  to  the  trouble  with  Elder  Davis 
and  sister  Sampson,  and  alleges  that,  as  he  was  disposed 
to  continue  "  in  a  course  of  non-subjection  to  the  body, 
it  is  our  indispensable  duty  to  exclude  you  from  our  fel- 
lowship.    Signed  :    Tristram  Aldrich,  Clerk." 

From  this  time  until  1821,  a  period  of  ten  years,  Amos 
Thomas  had  no  church  connections.  On  July  1,  1821, 
it  was  voted  at  a  church-meeting  that  he  be  re-instated 
unconditionally.  This,  it  seems,  was  not  satisfactory  to 
him,  and  at  a  subsequent  meeting  the  vote  was  recon- 
sidered and  the  resolution  so  modified  as  to  admit  that 
the  church  in  its  original  action  had  done  him  injustice. 
A  vote  was  taken  upon  this,  and  Amos  Thomas  "was 
cheerfully  taken  back  into  the  church  in  full  fellowship."* 

*  The  following  additional  extracts  from  these  records  may  be  of  interest  to 
many  members  of  the  family  at  the  present  day : — 

April  18,  1811.  Isaac  Thomas  chosen  one  of  committee  on  church  business. 
(First  appearance  of  his  name.) 

Thursday,  Nov.  28,  1811.  Committee  chosen  to  visit  sister  Eunice  Thomas, 
on  account  of  her  not  walking  with  the  church. 

March  22,  1817.  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  reports  against  sister 
Eunice  Bigelow  (formerly  Eunice  Thomas). 

Sept.,  1818.  Voted  to  invite  brethren  from  other  churches  to  discuss  the  case 
of  sister  Bigelow. 

Aug.  19,  1819.  Voted  to  receive  sister  Bigelow  into  fellowship,  believing 
we  had  no  sufficient  evidence  to  proceed  in  laboring  with  her. 

Aug.  23,  1821.     Isaac  Thomas  chosen  deacon. 

Sunday,  Jan.  27,  1822.  Ellis  Thayer  (m.  Eunice  Thomas,  dau.  of  Nathaniel) 
was  admitted  to  church  by  baptism. 

July  30,  182fi.     Eunice  Thayer  joined  .the  church. 

Nov.  11,  1827.     Received  sister  Lydia  Ann  Thomas,  by  baptism. 

May  1,  1830.     Received  Hannah  Thomas  and  Mary  Thomas,  by  baptism. 

Aug.  28,  1831.     Received  Martin  Thomas  andStillman  Thomas,  by  baptism. 

March  27,  1833.  Voted  to  build  a  new  meeting-house.  Chose  Alpheus 
Thomas  clerk. 

April  8,  1831.  Met  and  sold  the  pews  of  the  new  church.  Isaac  Thomas 
bought  two  ;  Winslow  Packard,  one;  Ellis  Thayer,  two  ;  Ardon  Thomas,  one  ; 
Heman  Thomas,  one;  Alpheus  Thomas,  two. 

Oct.  24,  1835.     Ellis  Thayer  chosen  one  of  the  deacons  of  the  church. 

Sept.  29,  1836.  Received  Winslow  Packard,  Samantha  Thomas,  and  Caro- 
line Bigelow,  by  baptism. 


THIED    GENEEATION.  43 

Of  the  fifteen  children  of  Amos  Thomas  hot  two  d. 
in  early  life, — one  in  infancy  and  one  at  the  age  of  19. 
Thirteen — nine  sons  and  four  daughters — lived  to  marry 
and  have  children.  Inheriting  vigorous  constitutions, 
they  lived  to  remarkable  ages.  Several  became  octo- 
genarians. The  average  age  of  the  thirteen  that  married 
was  72,  and  their  combined  ages  amounted  to  945  years. 

While  Amos  Thomas  may  not  have  left  fortunes  to 
his  children  nor  been  able  to  have  secured  them  many 
of  the  advantages  of  the  young  of  the  present  day,  he 
was  enabled  to  transmit  to  each  what  was,  perhaps,  of 
more  value,  viz.,  mens  sana  in  corpore  sano,  and  such  a 
regard  for  honor  and  principle  as  to  have  enabled  them 
to  become  useful  members  of  society  and  to  win  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  the  communities  in  which  they 
lived.  Of  his  nine  sons  all  were  at  some  period  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits.  Some  acquired  trades  which 
they  pursued  in  connection  with  farming.     Thus,  Amos 

Sept.  2,  1837.     Martin  Thomas  chosen  clerk. 

May  21,  1840.  Voted  letter  to  sister  Lucy  Thomas,  recommending  her  to 
First  Baptist  Church,  in  Wilmington,  Vt. 

July  3,  1812.     Eeceived  Electa  Bigelow,  by  baptism. 

Nov.  27,  1812.  Gave  letter  of  dismissal  to  Amos  Thomas  (son  of  Nathaniel), 
and  recommendation  to  Baptist  Church  in  Wilmington,  Vt. 

Dec.  24,  1842.  Eeceived  Henry  Thomas,  he  having  been  baptized  in  State 
of  New  York. 

Dec.  25,  1842.     Eeceived  Hannah  Thomas,  by  baptism. 

June  18,  1843.  Eeceived  by  baptism  Ardon  Thomas,  Sarepta  Thomas,  and 
Sarepta  E.  Thomas. 

Jan.  21,  1844.     Voted  letter  to  sister  Mary  Bailey  (formerly  Bigelow). 

March  3,  1844.     Eeceived  Sylvia  A.  Thayer,  by  baptism. 

Aug.  24,  1844.     Voted  letter  to  Ardon  Thomas. 

Sept.  10, 1846.  Heard  report  of  committee  appointed  to  visit  sisters  Bigelow 
and  Parkhurst,  which  was  that  the  report  was  not  sustained. 

Saturday, ,  1847.     Voted  letters  to  Ardon  Thomas,  his  wife,  Sarepta, 

and  daughter,  Sarepta  E.,  to  church  in  Burre. 

April  21,  1847.     Voted  letter  of  dismissal  to  Ann  Thomas. 

Nov.  5,  1847.  Voted  letters  to  Eunice  Bigelow  and  her  daughters,  Caroline 
Kenney  and  Electa  Bigelow,  to  Baptist  Church  in  Wendell. 

April  6,  1848.     Voted  letters  to  Stillman'  Thomas  and  Hannah  Thomas. 


44  THE  THOMAS   FAMILY  OF   HAEDWICK. 

was  a  shoemaker,  David  and  Azariah  were  carpenters. 
The  younger  sons,  Ardon  and  Alpheus,  enjoying,  per- 
haps, better  educational  advantages  than  the  elder 
brothers,  were  for  several  years  school-teachers.  Later 
in  life  they  engaged  successfully  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
while  Heman  became  a  cattle  dealer  and  drover. 

Amos  Thomas,  the  Patriarch,  formed  a  connecting- 
link  between  the  early  history  of  this  country  and  the 
present  time.  With  one  hand  lie  could  grasp,  as  it 
were,  the  early  pioneers  of  our  country  and  with  the 
other  reach  down  to  those  of  the  present  time.  Many 
of  his  grandchildren  still  living  remember  him  distinctly, 
and  from  him  have  heard  the  interesting  and  exciting- 
story  of  events  leading  to  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
while  he  at  the  same  time  could  repeat  to  them,  as 
related  to  him  by  his  father  and  grandfather,  the  events 
of  the  French  and  Indian  Wars. 

The  marvelous  development  of  our  country  since  1746, 
the  increase  of  population  from  probably  less  than 
1,000,000  to  over  60,000,000  at  the  present  time,  the  won- 
derful accomplishments  of  steam  and  electricity,  with  the 
almost  endless  discoveries  and  inventions  calculated  to 
benefit  and  improve  the  condition  of  mankind,  are 
scarcely  less  astonishing  to  us  than  they  would  have 
been  to  Amos,  the  Patriarch,  could  the  veil  have  been 
lifted  and  he  been  permitted  to  view  the  condition  of 
things  at  the  present  time. 

Amos  Thomas  was  manifestly  a  man  of  strong  will 
and  indomitable  purpose,  persistent  in  his  opinions  on  all 
questions  of  right  and  wrong,  and  not  easily  diverted  by 
the  views  of  either  individuals  or  church  from  what  he 
may  have  considered  the  right, — traits  of  character  more 
or  less  conspicuous  in  many  of  his  numerous  descendants. 

Amos  Thomas  d.  at  the  house  of  his  daughter,  Eunice 


THIKD    GENERATION.  45 

Bigelow,  with  whom  he  lived  for  some  years,  on  April 
29,  1831,  aged  85  years.  His  wife,  Eunice,  d.  June  26, 
1830,  aged  78. 

They  had  fifteen  children, — nine  sons  and  six  daugh- 
ters : — 

66.  Isaac  Thomas,  b.  July  13,  1771;  m.  1st  Patience  Pearce,  2d  Martha 

Whipple;  d.  April  19,  1842,  aged  71 ;  had  eleven  children. 

67.  Nathaniel  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  13,  1773;  m.  Hannah  Cummings;  d.  Dec. 

8,  1851,  aged  78  ;  had  eight  children. 

68.  Amos  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  24,  1774;    m.  1st  Sally  Hudson,  2d  Mrs.  Patty 

Miller  (Jones) ;  d.  July  29,  1853,  aged  79;  had  eight  children. 

69.  Abigail  Thomas,  b.  March  13,  1776;  ni.  Nathan  Bangs;   d.  Sept.  11, 

1862,  aged  86 ;  had  seven  children. 

70.  Eunice  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  11,  1778;  m.  Artemus  Bigelow;  d.  April  8, 

1852,  aged  74  ;  had  four  children. 

71.  David  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  24,  1779;  m.  Mary  Kinney;  d.  May  22,  1865, 

aged  86;  had  eleven  children. 

72.  Beals  Thomas,  b.  June   29,  1781 ;  m.  1st  Nancy  Bigelow,  2d  Dolly 

Washburn,  3d  Sarah  Weston  Gorhani;  d.  Aug.  24,  1854,  aged  73; 
had  five  children. 

73.  Azariah  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  15,  17S2;  m.  Sarah  Avery;  d.  Sept.  14, 1831, 

aged  49;  had  eight  children. 

74.  Heman  Thomas,  b.  June  21,1785;  m.  Anna  Martin;  d.  June  29, 1843, 

aged  58  ;  had  four  children. 

75.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  9,  17S6;   m.  James  Ludden ;  d.  Nov.  9,  1840, 

aged  54  ;  had  four  children. 

76.  Rhoda  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  29,  1788;  d.  July  25,  1789. 

77.  Rhoda  Thomas  2d,  b.  Dec.  22, 1790;  m.  Benj.  Phillips;  d.  Oct.  21, 1865, 

aged  75;  had  four  children. 

78.  Aedon  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  24,  1793  j  m.  Sarepta  Holmes  ;  d.  Nov.  4, 1874, 

aged  81  ;  had  five  children. 

79.  Rhoba  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  7,  1795;  d.  Sept.  1,  1814,  aged  19;  unm. 

80.  Alpheus  Thomas,  b.  April  2,  1797;  m.  Electa  Bangs  ;  d.  May  17,  1879, 

aged  82;  had  seven  children. 

18.  Joseph  Thomas3  (son  of  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  May  24,  1748;  m.  Mary  Billings 
(b.  Oct.  1,  1754,  daughter  of  Elisha  Billings  and  Doro- 
thy Billings)  March  17,  1774.  Joseph  Thomas  did  ser- 
vice in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  He  is  described  in 
the  muster-roll  (1779)  as  31  years  old,  5  feet  8  inches 
high,  and  of  dark  complexion.  In  what  campaign  or 
how  long  he  served  is  unknown.     In  February,  1806, 


46         THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HAEDWICK. 

he  removed  to  Hardwick,  Vt.,  where  he  died  March  9, 
1841,  aged  93.     His  wife,  Mary,  died  September    11, 
1819,  aged  65.     He  was  a  farmer,  as  were  his  sons. 
They  had  ten  children  : — 

81.  Isaac  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  20, ;  d.  Feb.  23,  1778. 

82.  Polly  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  9, . 

83.  Isaac  Thomas  2d,  b.  July  2, ;  m.  Cynthia  Washburne    Nov.  27, 

1805;  nfr. 

84.  Sabea  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  29,  1780;  m.  Levi  Goodrich  Nov.  27,  1803;  d. 

May  28,  1856. 

85.  Joseph  Thomas,  b. ;  went  into  western  States  early  in  the  century, 

and  has  not  been  heard  from  since. 

86.  Susan  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Jesse  Goodrich;  had  twelve  children. 

87.  Dolly  Thomas,  b.  ,  1785;  m.    1st   Jonathan   French,    2d   Daniel 

French;  two  children;  d.  Sept.  16,  1871,  aged  86. 

88.  Diantha  Thomas,  b. ,  1778;  d.  May  22;  1838;  unrn. 

89.  Benjamin  Franklin  Thomas,  b. ,  1791 ;  rn.  Ella  Curtis;  d.  Oct.  3, 

1858,  aged  67  ;  had  eight  children. 

90.  Elisha  Billings  Thomas,  b.  June  1,  1792;  m.  Temperance  Lucas,  d. 

Jan.  31,  1871,  aged  82  ;  left  issue. 

19.  Daniel  Thomas3  (son  of  Amos,2  William1)  was 
born  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  May  5,  1750.  Daniel  Thomas 
enlisted  in  the  army  immediately  after  the  battle  of  Lex- 
ington (April  19,  1775),  to  serve  for  eight  months  from 
May  4,  1775.  He  was  at  this  time  25  years  old.  He 
enlisted  a  second  time  in  August,  1777,  and  with  his 
company  marched  for  Bennington,  Vt.  Before  their  ar- 
rival, Gen.  Burgoyne  had  been  defeated  by  Gen.  Stark, 
when  his  company  returned  home.  Daniel  Thomas  was 
somewhat  noted  as  a  practical  joker.  Some  of  his  pranks 
have  been  handed  down  to  the  present  day.  The  Rev. 
Lucius  II.  Paige,  of  Cambridge,  a  native  of  Hardwick 
(born  March  8,  1802),  remembers  Daniel  Thomas  well, 
and  related  to  the  writer  the  following  story  :  At  one 
time  Daniel  Thomas  lived  with  his  brother-in-law,  Maj. 
Samuel  Beals.  The  latter  offered  to  wager  that  he  could 
wear  a  pair  of  shoes  longer  than  Daniel.  The  wager 
was  taken,  and  both  got  a  pair  of  new  shoes  the  same  day. 


THIKD    GENERATION.  47 

The  major  one  day  going  from  home  left  his  new 
shoes  behind.  Daniel,  putting-  them  on,  went  down  into 
the  field  away  from  the  house  and  spent  the  day  danc- 
ing on  a  flat  rock.  The  major's  shoes  wore  out  first, 
much  to  his  surprise  and  disgust,  and  Daniel  won  the 
wager. 

Another  story  handed  down  in  the  family  is  to  the 
effect  that  on  one  occasion  Daniel  was  at  the  house  of  a 
neighbor.  A  daughter  was  making  a  hasty  pudding- 
over  the  fire.  After  salting  and  stirring  the  pudding 
carefully,  she  left  the  room.  Soon  the  mother  came  in, 
commenced  to  stir  the  pudding,  and  inquired  if  Mary 
had  salted  it.  Daniel  said  "  Xo,  I  think  not."  The 
mother  then  gave  it  a  dose  of  salt  and  left  the  room. 
The  grandmother  next  came  in  and  "  wondered  if  the 
pudding  had  been  salted."  Daniel  was  sure  it  had  not. 
After  giving  it  a  third  salting  she  retired,  leaving  Daniel 
alone.  To  make  sure  the  pudding  was  sufficiently  sea- 
soned, he  now  gave  it  a  fourth  handful  of  salt,  but  did 
not  remain  to  learn  what  was  thought  of  it  when  served 
at  the  meal. 

He  m.  Mercy  Bartlett,  who  died  April  24.  1824. 
Daniel  died  not  many  years  later  (about  1827). 

They  had  seven  children  : — 

91.  Samuel  Beals  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  2,  1771. 

92.  Betty  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  9.  1772. 

93.  Berthenia  Thomas,  b.  May  31,  1774;  m.  Joseph  CrowellOct.  24,  1793; 

had  eight  children. 

94.  Daniel  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  28, 1776;  m.  Mary  Buggies  Sept.  3,  1798  :  nfr. 

95.  Luoinda  Thomas,  b. .  177S;  m.  Abel  Buggies  May  8,  1799,  and  had 

isfcue. 

96.  Mercy  Thomas,  b.   ,1780-  m.  Isaac  Warner  Oct.  19,  1800;  had 

eight  children. 

97.  Abigail  Thomas,  b.  ,  1"S81  ;  in.  1st.  Gersham  Cobb  May  2,   1811; 

2d  David  Blackmer,  Oct.  13,  1823;  d. 22,  1832,  aged  51  ;  no 

issue. 

23.  Amos  Marsh3  (son  of  Zerviah  [Thomas]  Marsh,2 


43  THE   THOMAS    FAMILY   OF    HAEDWICK. 

William1),  b.  in  Hardwick  Nov.  15,  1733;   m.  Beulah 
Leonard,  pub.  July  16,  1757.     Date  of  death  unknown. 
They  had  two  children: — 

98.  Samuel  Maksh,  bap.  Sept.  24,  1758. 

99.  Mercy  Marsh,  bap.  Oct.  5,  17G0. 

35.  Submit  Jordan,3  (dau.  of  Temperance  [Thomas] 
Jordan,'2  William1),  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  April  19, 1740 ; 
m.  Daniel  Hastings,  pub.  July  22,  1764.  Date  of  death 
unknown. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

100.  Theophilus  Hastings,  b.  Dec.  25,  1764;  m.  Betsy  Prince  Ames,  and 

bad  issue. 

101.  Jacob  Hastings,  b.  July  17,  1767. 

102.  Stephen  Hastings,  b.  Feb.  7,  1771. 

103.  Lucinda  Hastings,  b.  May  19,  1773. 

43.  David  Glazier3  (son  of  Hannah  [Thomas]  Glazier,2 
William1),  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  March  1,  1741;  m. 
Sarah,  dau.  of  Ezekiel  Pratt,  Feb.  6,  1766. 

They  had  two  children: — 

104.  Hannah  Glazier,  b.  Sept.  20,  1766. 

105.  Ezekiel  Glazier,  b.  April  12,  1769. 

55.  Israel  Thomas3  (son  of  Israel,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Dana,  Mass.,  in  1797.  He  m.  Gracia  Cobb 
March  11,  1827.  She  was  b.  in  Colerain,  Mass.,  in  1800; 
d.  in  Greenwich  Sept,  25, 1877.  Israel  d.  in  Greenwich 
May  3,  1879,  aged  82. 

They  had  two  children  : — 

106.  Charles  Henry  Thomas,  b.  in  Hardwick  May  10,  1832 ;  m.  Harriet 

A.  Spooner,  and  had  issue. 

107.  Susan  Cordelia  Thomas,  b.  in  Greenwich  June  6,  1834;  m.  Andrew 

C.  Record  Nov.  23,  1852,  and  had  several  children  ;  nfr. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

"  Swiftly  our  pleasures  glide  away, 
Our  hearts  recall  the  distant  day 

With  many  sighs  ; 
The  moments  that  are  speeding  fast 
We  heed  not,  but  the  past — the  past 
More  highly  prize." 

— From  the  Spanish,  by  Longfellow. 

57.  Naaman  Thomas4  (eldest  son  of  William,  M.D.,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass,  Dec. 
22,  1765;  m.  Sally  Allen  Dec.  10,  1794;  she  d.  May 
13,  1802;  he  m.  2d  Nancy  Gilbert,  who  d.  Dec.  8,  1846. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  a  man  of  precise  business  habits,  of 
dignified,  courteous  bearing,  of  refined  and  gentle  man- 
ners, a  great  lover  of  flowers  and  successful  cultivator 
of  the  same.  He  d.  in  W.  Brookfield,  where  he  had 
spent  his  life,  Dec.  23,  1844,  aged  79. 

He  had  four  children  : — 

108.  Allen  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  20,  1795;  m.  March  14, 1820,  Eliza  W.  Young, 

of  Newport,  R.  I.  After  the  birth  of  several  children  they  removed 
from  W.  Brookfield  to  Newport,  R.  I.,  since  which  time  nothing  can 
be  learned  of  them. 

109.  Luke  Thomas,  b.  May  20,  1798;    d.  in  New  York,  of  small-pox,  in 

1825.     His  occupation  was  that  of  printer. 

110.  Sylvanus  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  23,  1800;  d.  Sept.  5,  1805. 

111.  Sally  Allen  Thomas  (by  2d  wife),  b.  Dec.  2,  1815;  d.  about  1886; 

unm. 

58.  Cynthia  ThOxMAS4  (dau.  of  William,  M.D.,3  Amos,2 
William1),  b.  May  20,  1768;  m.  John  Phipps  Jan.  10. 
1790.  After  residing  several  years  on  a  farm  adjoining 
those  of  their  parents,  they  removed  to  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont, where  he  died.  She  returned  to  Mass.,  where  she 
d.  at  the  homestead  Oct.  12,  1823,  of  cancer. 

They  had  five  children,  two  of  whom  lived  some  time 
at  the  old  home  in  W.  Brookfield.     After  their  mother's 

4  (49) 


50  THE   THOMAS    FAMILY   OF    HAKDWICK. 

death  they  removed  with  the  father's  family  to  Illinois, 
and  nothing-  has  been  learned  of  their  subsequent  career. 

112.  Thomas  Phipps,  b.  1792. 

113.  Samuel  Phipps,  b.  1794. 

114.  Rachel  Phipps,  b.  1796;  d.  Feb.  24,  1872;  m.  Leonard  Upbam,  of 

Brookfield,  Mass.,  wlien  she  was  72  years  old  ;  no  issue. 

115.  Solon  Phipps,  b.  Nov.  9,  1798 ;  d.  Dec.  20,  1862.     He  was  so  crippled 

and  deformed  that  he  was  never  able  to  support  himself,  yet  of  such 
eminent  piety,  cheerfulness,  and  courage  that  his  pastor  said  he  was 
to  be  envied. 

116.  Ruth  Thipps,  b. ;  m.  John  Colby,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  a  man  or 

influence  and  wealth.  They  had  children,  two  sons  and  a  dau.,  but 
nothing  is  known  of  them  at  present. 

60.  Orsamus  Thomas4  (son  of  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  May  18, 
1772.  He  studied  with  his  father  to  be  a  physician,  but 
his  mother  was  so  opposed  to  his  adopting  that  profession 
that  he  exchanged  it  for  that  of  law.  He  went  to  Boston 
from  W.  Brookfield,  where  he  spent  several  years,  after- 
ward removing  to  Provincetown  (about  1803),  where  he 
m.  Miss  Thankful  Nickerson,  dau.  of  Seth  and  Isabella 
(Eldridge)  Nickerson. 

He  became  the  principal  man  of  the  place,  holding  the 
office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  under  commission  from 
Gov.  Caleb  Strong,  said  commission  bearing  date  Feb. 
2I-,  1813.  He  held,  also,  the  offices  of  postmaster, 
selectman  for  five  years,  and  town  clerk  eight  years.  He 
belonged  to  King  Hiram's  Lodge  of  the  Masonic  order 
in  Provincetown,  and  received  the  degree  of  Master 
Mason  Jan.  2,  1806. 

He  attended  every  term  of  Court  at  Barnstable  in  the 
interests  of  his  clients,  and  acted  as  referee  in  any  dispute 
arising  among  the  townspeople,  who  were  always  content 
to  abide  by  his  wise  and  impartial  decision ;  among 
them  his  word  was  law,  and  "  Squire  Thomas  said  so  " 
was  enough  to  silence  the  strongest  objection  to  any 
measure  he  approved.     During  the  war  of  1812  he  was 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  51 

constantly  called  upon  by  American  captains  who  had 
vessels  in  the  harbor,  to  visit  the  British  vessels  anchored 
there  and  learn  the  intentions  of  their  commanders  con- 
cerning the  American  vessels  as  well  as  the  town,  much 
alarm  being  felt  by  the  inhabitants  on  that  score,  a  dozen 
at  a  time  sometimes  besieging  him  for  assurance  that 
their  houses  would  not  be  burned.  Provincetown  and 
its  harbor  being  neutral  ground  did  not  prevent  a  band 
of  British  soldiers  or  sailors  from  appropriating  certain 
movable  property,  such  as  cows  and  calves,  and  to  Squire 
Thomas's  tact  and  legal  ability  the  despoiled  and  fright- 
ened owners  looked  for  redress,  and,  owing  to  his  prompt 
and  pacific  measures,  never  in  vain.  His  house  was  in 
the  centre  of  the  town,  and  the  British  men-of-war 
obtained  their  supplies  of  water  from  his  well,  the  neigh- 
bors being  afraid  to  have  the  British  soldiers  and  sailors 
on  their  premises,  and  it  was  no  unusual  sight  to  see  his 
yard  well  filled  with  the  war-like  invaders  in  a  state  of 
the  most  perfect  neutrality  and  good  humor. 

After  the  war  he  continued  his  busy,  useful  life, 
always  enacting  the  part  of  a  peace-maker  when  right 
and  justice  would  permit  him  to  do  so. 

He  d.  of  consumption,  Nov.  22,  1822,  in  his  fifty-first 
year. 

Orsamus  Thomas  was  of  a  most  affectionate  disposition 
in  his  home-circle,  and  had  that  far-reaching  and  rare 
gift  of  good  will  to  his  fellow-men  which  made  them  all 
his  brotlfers.  In  person,  he  was  tall  and  portly,  with 
dark-brown  hair,  blue  eyes,  and  remarkably  fine  teeth, 
only  one  of  which  had  been  removed  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

A  most  pathetic  and  significant  index  to  his  lovable 
character  was  the  devotion  of  his  little  dog  Embargo, 
so  named  for  the  famous  embargo  of  1807.     The  dog 


52         THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

was  his  constant  companion,  sharing  his  visits  to  the 
British  men-of-war,  and  in  his  long  walks  to  Truro, 
where  he  obtained  the  horse  that  carried  him  to  the 
court  sessions  at  Barnstable,  Embargo  still  bearing  him 
company.  After  his  death,  the  faithful  four-footed  friend 
could  not  be  induced  to  leave  his  master's  grave,  and 
when  taken  away  returned  to  it  and  there  mourned 
away  his  life. 

The  grave  of  Orsamus  is  on  the  slope  of  a  wind-swept 
hill,  where  the  western  sunbeams  touch  it  lovingly  with 
their  golden  fingers  and  the  voice  of  the  Atlantic  chants 
its  ceaseless  requiem. 

Orsamus  Thomas  had  nine  children,  all  b.  in  Province- 
town,  Mass. : — 

117.  Ruth  Cutler  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  17,  1804;  m.  William  Allerton,  of  Bir- 

mingham, Eng.,  and  had  issue. 

118.  Orsamus   Thomas,  b.  June   17,  1807.     He  was  a  sea-captain  and  d. 

unm.  June  10,  1841,  at  Port-au-Prince,  W.  I. 

119.  Abigail  Beals  Thomas,  b.  May  28,  1809;  m.  Phineas  Warner  Wait; 

d.  Sept.  24,  1879,  and  had  issue. 

120.  Pauline  Nickerson  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  11,  1811  ;   m.  George  Gale,  and 

had  issue. 

121.  Isabella  Nickerson  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  9,  1814;  m.  1st  John  Stone,  2d 

Nathan  Stone,  and  had  issue. 

122.  Abiah  Thomas,  b.  May  12,  1816  ;  m.  Reuben  Collins.     She  d.  July  31, 

1871,  and  left  issue. 

123.  William  Argalus  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  23,  1819  ;  d.  Nov.  18,  1819. 

124.  John  Eldridge  Thomas,  b.  March  10,  1820;    m.  Emma   Josephine 

Pemberton  ;  d.  June  24,  1868,  and  left  issue. 

125.  Sarah  Kellogg  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  10, 1822  ;  m.  John  F.  Locke,  and  had 

issue. 

61.  Seneca  Thomas4  (son  of  Dr.  William,3  Amos,'2 
William1),  b.  at  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  24,  1774, 
and  was  the  fifth  son  of  Dr.  WTilliam.  He  first  m. 
Aseneth  Gibbs,  of  Greenwich,  Mass.  When  first  m. 
he  removed  to  Northern  Vermont,  where  he  remained  a 
few  years.  When  the  war  of  1812  broke  out,  we  find 
that  his  family  was  living  in  Queenstown,  Ont,  and  that 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  53 

he  was  doing  mason-work  on  the  English  fortifications  at 
that  place.  He  fled  into  the  State  of  New  York  and 
joined  the  American  forces ;  was  wounded  and  taken 
prisoner  at  Queenstown,  Oct.  12,  1812,  on  the  morning 
of  which  day  his  wife,  Aseneth  Gibbs,  d.,  leaving  four 
children,  the  oldest  less  than  10,  the  youngest  a  babe. 
Mr.  Thomas  attended  the  funeral  under  guard.  The 
British  army  officers  claimed  that,  inasmuch  as  he  was 
working  on  the  fortifications,  he  was  either  a  deserter  or 
a  spy.  He  managed  to  escape,  either  by  the  connivance 
of  his  captors  or  by  his  own  shrewdness,  ever  after  giving 
Canada  a  wide  berth.  His  family  was  broken  up,  the 
two  oldest  boys  remaining  together  till  the  second  boy, 
Charles  A.,  came  to  Eastern  Mass.,  in  his  sixteenth  year. 

Mr.  Thomas  afterward  m.  Hannah  Gibbs,  a  maiden 
sister  of  his  first  wife,  and  settled  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
where  she  d.  without  issue.  It  was  this  second  wife 
who,  after  the  honeymoon,  was  asked  by  her  husband 
where  all  the  money  was  that  she  had  boasted  of,  and 
who  replied :  "  Oh  !  that  was  courting  talk.  Where 
are  all  the  houses  and  canal-boats  that  you  were  pos- 
sessed of?"  He  said  :  "  Well,  Hannah,  that  was  courting 
talk,  too." 

He  married  a  third  wife,  who  outlived  him.  In  his 
latter  days  he  spent  much  of  his  time  with  his  son  in 
Boston.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  pioneer  until  the 
death  of  his  first  wife.  He  was  a  man  of  great  inde- 
pendence of  character,  caring  little  for  others'  opinions  of 
his  doings,  and  was  inclined  to  be  sarcastic  in  his  own 
defense.  To  illustrate  this,  we  will  mention  that,  on  an 
occasion  soon  after  the  building  of  the  Boston  and  Albany 
Railroad,  he  was  visited  by  a  nephew  who  had  been 
down  to  Boston.  Seneca  asked  whether  he  came  up 
first  Or  second  class,  and  was  answered  "  first  class." 


54  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

"  Well,"  he  said,  "  when  I  go  on  the  cars  I  go  second 
class ;  it  is  cheaper ;  and  I  don't  care  what  people  think 
about  me ;  besides,  I  would  rather  be  the  head  •  of  a 
mouse  than  the  tail  of  a  rat."  He  was  pensioned  by  the 
United  States  for  services  rendered  during  the  war  of 
1812.  He  d.  in  Worcester,  Mass,,  April  2,  1860,  aged 
86  years. 

Seneca  Thomas  had  four  children,  all  by  his  first 
wife : — 

126.  Merrick  Thomas,  b.  at  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  May  26,  1803;    m.  Esther 

Silverthorn  ;  d.  Aug.  25,  1856,  and  left  issue. 

127.  Charles  Augustus  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  14,  1809,  at  Irasburg,  Vj;. ;  m. 

Adrienne  Josephine  Charrier;  d.  March  9,  1864,  and  left  issue. 

128.  Emerson  Gibbs  Thomas,  b.  .     He  was  a  colonel  in   the  Texan 

army  during  their  war  of  Independence.     Was  awarded  land,  but 
the  Texan  records  were  burned  and  he  cannot  be  traced. 

129.  Abigail  Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  Liscome,  of  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. ; 

removed  to  the  Upper  Mississippi ;  residence  unknown  ;  had  issue  ; 
nfr. 

62.  William  Thomas4  (son  of  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  May  2,  1715. 
In  his  youth  he  desired  to  follow  his  father's  profession, 
especially  the  practice  of  surgery,  but  his  mother  would 
not  consent.  He  showed  an  interest  and  inclination  that 
way  all  his  life.  It  is  said  that  he  made  himself  gener- 
ally useful  while  at  home,  being  a  sort  of  genius,  which 
is  a  family  trait  bordering  on  "Jack  at  all  trades;"  how- 
ever, pretty  good  at  all.  He  was  generally  liked  by  the 
brothers,  and  was  their  leader  in  doing  those  things  for 
which  the  busy  doctor  had  no  time.  What  "  Bill "  pro- 
posed or  did  was  right  with  the  boys,  and  with  the  father, 
too,  for  that  matter.  Long  lines  of  wall  now  standing, 
superannuated  fruit-trees,  and  grand  old  elms,  planted  by 
them  a  century  ago  around  their  old  home  and  still 
known  by  their  names,  attest  to  their  activity.  Before 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  21    he  was  teaching  a 


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school  at  Wave,  Mass.  Undoubtedly,  the  adventurous 
spirit  of  his  race  had  begun  to  possess  him,  for  "  Ho  for 
the  Northward  !"  was  a  voice  from  the  frontier  to  which 
he  listened,  and  New  Hardwick,  Vt.,  where  his  uncles 
Joseph  and  Daniel  had  settled  as  pioneers,  became  his 
home,  and  where,  I  believe,  he  was  the  first  teacher. 

Jan.  20,  1798,  he  m.  Jerusha  Rich,  of  Ware,  Mass., 
b.  at  Truro,  on  the  Cape,  Jan.  23,  1778.  She  was  the 
dan.  of  Apollos  Rich  and  Abigail  Collins  of  Truro,  who, 
soon  after  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  removed  from  that 
place  to  Ware.  In  Feb.,  1800,  Mrs.  Thomas  joined  her 
husband  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  where  he  had  prepared  a 
home  and  commenced  the  life  of  a  farmer.  Here,  in 
Sept.  of  that  year,  was  b.  their  first  child,  Dwight ;  here 
they  lived,  subject  to  all  the  vicissitudes  and  trials  of 
pioneer  life,  until  March,  1819,  when  they  removed  from 
what  they  thought  an  inhospitable  climate  to  Pownal, 
the  southwestern  town  of  the  same  State,  where  two 
other  children,  Mary  and  Martha,  were  born.  In  1821, 
they  removed  to  the  Noble  Place,  in  Williamstown, 
Mass.,  where  their  twelfth  child,  Lucy,  was  born.  In 
April,  1825,  they  purchased  the  Seeley  farm,  in  the  same 
town,  where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  days;  he 
dying  in  1857,  from  injuries  received  some  time  previous. 

Soon  after  the  last  removal,  the  oldest  son,  Dwight, 
who  had  grown  to  manhood,  and  who,  after  the  manner 
of  the  times,  had  been  selected  to  remain  at  home  and 
interweave  his  life  with  theirs,  purchased  a  saw-mill,  with 
appurtenances  and  lands  attached.  These  joined  his 
father's  lands,  and  were,  by  mutual  consent,  merged  with 
them  in  one  property.  These  conditions  and  the  want 
of  a  more  extended  market  for  their  lumber  led  to  the 
manufacturing  by  them  of  water-proof  dry-goods  boxes 
out  of  the  abundant  pine  growing  on  the  farm.     These 


56  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

boxes  were  used  at  the  neighboring  mills  in  shipping 
calico,  for  the  most  part  by  open  conveyance,  to  New 
York  and  Philadelphia.  Naturally,  too,  they  conceived 
the  idea  of  making  a  home  market  for  their  hay  and 
grain,  by  going  into  the  carrying  trade  between  North 
Adams  and  the  Hudson  River  and  North  Adams  and 
New  Haven.  Of  course,  this  meant  both  freighting  and 
expressing  by  horse-power.  Thus,  a  combination  of 
interests — the,  forest,  the  mill,  the  workshop,  the  farm, 
and  the  road — were  to  aid  one  another  and  form  a  har- 
monious whole ;  a  business  employing  much  labor,  and 
one  which  required  for  success  energy,  tact,  and  strict 
attention  to  details. 

That  they  were  fairly  successful  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  they  supported  a  large  and  somewhat  expensive 
family  and  met  their  obligations.  We  must  take  into 
consideration  that  this  venture  Avas  made  before  railroads 
were  thought  of,  and  that  when  they  were  built  and  had 
come  into  competition  with  the  old  order  of  things, 
cheapening  transportation  and  rendering  their  kind  of 
manufactures  no  longer  necessary,  Mr.  Thomas  and  his 
associate,  like  the  country  inn-keepers,  kept  up  a  fight 
against  conditions  they  did  not  as  yet  comprehend,  with 
continual  losses  and  with  constantly  depreciating  invest- 
ments on  their  hands.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  in  the  care  of  bees,  wintering  one  season  as  many 
as  a  hundred  swarms.  He  not  only  enjoyed  the  profits  of 
their  labor,  but  was  interested  in  studying  their  habits. 
They  seemed  to  know  him,  and  would  allow  almost  any 
familiarity  on  his  part.  When  he  d.  they  dwindled 
away. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  six  feet  in  height  and  very  erect, 
with  broad,  square  shoulders,  and,  though  not  spare, 
never   a   fleshy   man.     His   head   was  very   large,  his 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  57 

features  large  but  attractive,  his  lips  firmly  closed,  and 
his  teeth,  all  double,  were  without  the  sign  of  decay. 
Even  at  80  his  face,  though  showing  strong  lines,  was 
fair,  and  his  darkish  hazel  eyes  were  full  of  intelligence 
and  inquiry.  He  was  slow,  deliberate,  and  methodical ; 
a  good  reasoner,  never  given  to  speech  without  weighing 
his  words,  but  too  precise  to  be  called  a  good  talker. 
However,  he  was  generally  listened  to  with  respect  and 
made  many  good  hits,  one  of  which  is  well  remembered. 
There  was  a  question  before  his  town  of  discontinuing, 
over  a  hill,  a  part  of  a  principal  road,  and  of  building  a 
new  one  around  the  base.  After  much  sentimental 
speech-making  about  the  road  of  the  fathers  and  the 
grand  views  to  be  had  from  that  hill,  of  which  they  were 
to  be  deprived  forever,  a  learned  opponent  made  this 
telling  point :  that  the  distance  was  much  greater  by  the 
proposed  road.  Mr.  Thomas  replied  by  saying  that  he 
came  prepared  to  make  a  speech,  but  saw  no  necessity, 
since  the  petitioners  were  practical  men  who  knew  what 
they  wanted,  and  would  not  be  influenced  by  sentiment ; 
but,  before  a  vote  was  taken,  he  would  like  to  propound 
to  his  learned  friend  this  question  :  "  How  much  further 
is  it  around  the  bail  of  a  kettle  when  lying  down  than 
over  it  when  standing  upT'  When  the  laugh,  in  which 
his  opponents  joined,  had  subsided,  the  question  was  put 
to  a  vote  and  carried  by  a  sufficient  majority. 

He  was  a  temperance  man ;  not  so  much  by  talk  and 
pretense,  as  by  precept  and  example.  Nothing  intoxi- 
cating was  used  in  his  family  or  in  his  fields,  unless  pre- 
scribed by  a  physician,  even  when  to  take  "a  little  for 
the  stomach's  sake  "  was  thought  to  be  in  the  form  of  a 
command.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  and  in  doctrine,  like  his  wife,  a  Calvin ist. 

He  was  a  Whig ;  his  political  gods,  George  Washing- 


58  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

ton,  the  Adamses,  Henry  Clay,  and  Daniel  Webster  until 
his  "seventh  of  March  speech."  He  was  conservative, 
but  was  an  anti-slavery  man,  joining  the  Republican 
party  when  it  was  organized. 

There  was  a  dignity  in  his  manner  and  a  reserve, 
above  easy  approach,  that  distinguished  him.  Perhaps 
this  was  somewhat  owing  to  the  times,  when,  to  the 
worthy  parent,  was  conceded  a  lofty  position  now  essen- 
tially eliminated  from  American  life.  The  father  no 
longer  fills  the  role  of  "patriarch,"  "fountain  of  wisdom," 
and  "  ruler  over  all."  The  democratic  idea,  as  expressed 
by  the  Irishman,  that  one  man  is  as  good  as  another,  if 
not  a  little  better ;  also  the  rapid  advance  of  scientific 
discovery  and  the  wide  dissemination  of  knowledge  by 
the  press,  have  bridged  the  gulf  of  a  life's  experience  and 
advanced  the  young  and  vigorous  to  the  forefront.  The 
gray-haired  sire  seems,  in  most  cases,  to  have  accepted 
the  situation  gracefully,  and  now  occupies  a  place  more 
honorable  than  commanding. 

This  sketch  would  be  incomplete  without  something- 
more  than  a  mere  mention  of  Mrs.  Thomas,  who  was  a 
typical  New  England  woman  of  superior  ability.  How- 
ever much  she  may  have  differed  from  her  husband  in 
temperament,  they  were  harmonious  in  their  lives,  work- 
ing together  for  the  good  of  their  family,  the  needs  of 
society,  and  God's  kingdom  as  they  believed  it  was  set 
up  in  the  world.  With  them  this  kingdom  was  an  intel- 
lectual one  of  great  respectability,  in  which  there  was  no 
piety  in  forms,  no  rant,  nor  any  construing  of  the  King's 
laws  to  suit  men's  purposes.  In  their  last  place  of  resi- 
dence, the  faculty  and  students  of  Williams  College 
worshipped  with  the  Congregational  people,  and  gave 
them  not  only  the  productions  of  such  minds  as  those  of 
Griffin  and  the  Hopkinses,  but  also  the  efforts  of  noted 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  59 

clergymen  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  So  their  pulpit 
was  an  educating-  and  an  elevating-  one,  from  which  came 
the  best  thoughts  of  that  time.  They  and  their  family 
were  attendants,  and  after  their  return  from  the  services 
discussed  the  sermons,  and  sometimes  dissected  the 
ministers. 

Her  early  reading  was  confined  to  the  Bible,  "  Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  Fox's  "  Book  of  Martyrs,"  and  the  sermons  of 
Jonathan  Edwards.  After  her  husband's  death,  her 
reading  became  more  general,  including  history,  biogra- 
phy, travel,  and  popular  scientific  works,  especially  those 
of  Dr.  Dick.  She  was  familiar  with  most  of  the  facts  of 
astronomy,  in  which  she  was  interested,  and  by  which 
her  mental  vision  was  broadened.  She  was  well  informed 
— "  keeping  up  with  the  times  "  she  expressed  it — by 
reading  the  current  news  of  the  day.  For  some  years 
before  the  war  of  1861  she  entered  into  politics  with  all 
the  earnestness  of  a  voter.  If  she  could  not  act  herself, 
she  could  influence  others.  Nothing  could  exceed  her 
hatred  for  the  institution  of  slavery  or  her  scorn  for  the 
Northern  men  who,  from  selfish  motives,  apologized  for 
it.  Yet  she  was  full  of  sympathy  for  those  kind  masters 
who,  finding  themselves  in  the  midst  of  such  environ- 
ments, knew  not  how  to  free  their  bondmen,  much  less 
themselves.  She  was  83  years  of  age  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Southern  Rebellion,  but  entered  into  the 
defense  of  the  Union  and  into  the  war  upon  slavery  with 
the  enthusiasm  of  youth  ;  in  spirit,  going  with  the  boys 
to  the  front,  fighting  with  them,  sympathizing  and  sor- 
rowing with  them.  Woe  to  the  man  who,  in  her  pres- 
ence, apologized  for  the  leaders  in  the  Rebellion,  or  had 
any  sympathy  with  their  cause.  So  earnest  was  her 
patriotism,  and  so  severe  her  denunciations,  that  one  of 
her  facetious  Democratic  friends  said  that,  without  any 


60  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

other  aid  than  the  New  York  Tribune,  she  took  charge 
of  the  management  of  the  war,  and,  being  in  harmony 
with  Lincoln  and  Grant,  carried  it  to  a  successful 
conclusion. 

Mrs.  Thomas  was  unlike  her  husband  in  her  build  and 
in  her  intense  activity.  She  was  only  of  medium  height, 
quite  stout,  but  of  pleasing  form  ;  was  handsome  in  her 
youth  and  fine  looking  in  her  womanhood.  She  had 
soft,  beautiful  hands,  a  strong  but  fair  face,  expressive 
gray  eyes,  and  a  mouth  showing  great  determination. 
She  was  a  ready  and  interesting  talker,  the  life  of  any 
company  of  which  she  was  a  part.  Coming  from  a 
hardy  race  inured  to  severe  toil,  made  necessary  by  the 
struggle  for  existence  upon  the  inhospitable  shores  of  the 
Cape,  and  by  the  hardships  and  dangers  of  the  ocean, 
she  inherited  great  energy  and  great  endurance,  with  a 
fund  of  resources  which  enabled  her  to  rear  to  maturity 
twelve  children,  performing  herself  all  the  duties  of 
mother,  housekeeper,  spinner,  weaver,  and  dairy-maid. 

Of  course,  as  these  children  became  capable  they  were 
installed  as  aids  in  her  busy  life.  When  she  was  almost 
54:  years  of  age  the  wife  of  her  oldest  son  died,  leaving  a 
sickly,  puny  boy,  three  days  old,  in  her  promised  care,  to 
rear,  through  sleepless  nights  and  weary  days,  to  con- 
sciousness and  manhood ;  making  the  thirteenth  child 
who  called  her  mother.  That  she  was  true  to  her  charge 
in  untiring  devotion,  in  loving  kindness,  in  precept  and 
by  example,  the  writer  can  testify,  as  he  was  that  unfor- 
tunate and  fortunate  boy.  In  her  seventy-fourth  year, 
her  son  brought  home  a  second  wife,  when,  after  a 
struggle,  and  through  the  influence  of  her  children,  she 
abdicated  first  place,  and  for  a  while,  I  fear,  assumed 
that  of  critic  ;  but  gradually  accepted  the  situation,  and, 
when  not  making  herself  useful,  gave  herself  to  her 
books,  her  thoughts,  and  the  entertainment  of  others. 


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A  few  weeks  before  her  death,  which  occurred  in  her 
ninety-sixth  year,  she  was  visited  by  a  granddaughter  by 
marriage,  who  had  never  seen  her  before,  and  who  was 
astonished  to  find  her  so  strong,  and  with  a  face  so  fair, 
making  for  herself  a  dress.  After  much  talk  and  many 
surprises,  she  said  to  her  grandmother :  "  I  shall  next 
expect  to  hear  that  you  have  been  getting  married." 
"  Well,"  she  said,  "  there  is  an  old  gentleman  of  84, 
somewhat  younger  than  I,  with  lots  of  money,  who 
comes  to  see  me  often ;  if  he  should  propose,  there  might 
be  some  danger." 

The  day  before  she  died,  she  ate  of  some  vegetable 
food  which  caused  her  to  complain  of  feeling  weak  and 
tired.  Desiring  rest,  she  laid  herself  down  for  a  short 
nap  before  dinner.  When  called,  she  did  not  respond, 
and  when  approached  she  seemed  in  a  sweet  sleep.  But, 
with  all  her  senses  unimpaired,  she  had  reached  the 
"  Pearly  Gates  "  she  had  so  long  talked  about.  Hers 
was  a  useful  life  and  a  peaceful  death,  in  which  there 
was  no  "  King  of  Terrors  " — only  the  angel  of  repose. 

William  Thomas  d.  April  15,  1857,  aged  82.  He  had 
twelve  children,  as  follow  : — 

130.  Dwight  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  17,  1800;  m.  1st  Mabel  Townsend,  2d  Dorcas 

Brimmer;  d.  Oct.  27,  1878,  and  left  issue. 

131.  Abigail  Thomas,  b.  April  3,  1802;  d.  Nov.  20,  1881,  unm,  aged  79. 
She  had  a  very  good  education  for  a  woman  of  those  days;  was  early  a 

member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and  was  engaged  to  go  out  as  the  wife 
of  a  young  missionary  to  some  far-off  and  savage  land,  but,  failing  to  convince 
her  parents  that  she  should  make  such  a  sacrifice,  she  remained  behind:  while 
he  went,  unmarried,  to  his  field  of  labor.  Sometime  after  this  she  was  engaged 
in  millinery  and  dressmaking  at  Troy  and  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  After  a  few  years 
she  retired  from  business  and  ever  after  was  housekeeper  where  most  needed,  in 
one  or  another  of  her  brothers'  or  sisters'  families.  She  aspired  to  more  than 
she  realized,  but  her  life  was  a  useful  one. 

132. 'William  B.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  24,  1804. 

He  early  showed  a  taste  for  mechanical  work,  and,  after  the  removal  of  his 
father  and  family  to  Williamstown,  Mass.,  apprenticed  himself  to  Ainassa  Shal 
tuck,  the  leading  cabinetmaker  in   that   place.     After   serving   his   time  and 


62  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

winning  the  reputation  of  best  in  his  trade,  he  worked  as  a  journeyman  at 
Ware  and  Worcester,  Mass.  ;  New  Haven,  Conn.;  and  Albany.  N.  Y. ;  finally 
settling  down  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  during  his  active  business-life. 
It  appears  that  he  was  ambitious  to  get  ahead  in  the  world,  was  industrious  and 
saving  After  accumulating  a  considerable  property,  which  he  had  invested  in 
the  low  lands  which  are  now  the  business  part  of  Buffalo,  he  met  with  reverses, 
caused  by  a  decision  of  the  courts  in  favor  of  the  Holland  Land  Company,  by 
which  he  lost  title  to  his  lands.  He  has  said  that  at  the  end  even  his  watch 
was  gone  ;  nothing  but  his  jack-knife  was  left.  Commencing  work  again  at  the 
bench,  he  pushed  to  the  front,  and.  out  of  the  picture-frame  business  and  his 
connection  with  the  manufacture  of  mowing-machines  he  retrieved  his  fortune. 
In  Nov.,  1859,  the  harvested  crops,  together  with  the  uninsured  buildings  of 
the  old  homestead  at  Williamstown,  occupied  by  his  brother  Dwight,  with 
whom  his  mother  was  living,  was  burned.  He  immediately  came  to  the  rescue, 
which  action,  in  connection  with  the  bad  faith  of  men  in  whom  he  trusted, 
resulted  in  his  retiring  from  business  and  Buffalo.  The  balance  of  his  life,  since 
about  1860,  has  been  spent  at  Williamstown,  where  he  now  (1891)  lives  at  the 
ripe  age  of  87  years.  Though  a  man  born  to  command,  and  positive  in  his  con- 
clusions, he  possesses  a  kind  heart;  and  though,  from  dear-bought  experience, 
looking  with  suspicion  upon  the  motives  of  men,  he  has  been  quick  to  respond 
to  the  cry  of  distress  from  those  who  had  his  confidence.  He  is  a  Unitarian; 
was  a  Whig  in  politics;  has  been  a  Republican  since  the  organization  of  the 
party  ;  unmarried. 

133.  Sylvanus  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  28,  1805;   m.  Sophia  J.  Kent;   not  heard 

from  since  1851;  left  two  children. 

134.  Lewis  Avery  Thomas,  b.  May  22,  1807;  m.  Jane  Farrington  Sept. 

8,  1848  ;  d.  Aug.  6,  1882,  aged  76.     (See  134,  next  generation.) 

135.  Jerusha  R.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  10,  1809;  d.  April  15,  1886. 

She  was  a  very  earnest  Christian,  and  placed  her  religion  before  all  other 
duties,  and  was  called  a  "  crank  "  upon  that  subject.  She  was  first  a  Congre- 
gationalism then  a  Baptist;  afterward  she  joined  the  Oneida  Perfectionists. 
After  living  in  that  faith  for  thirty  years,  she  died  Apnl_15,  1886,  in  her  77th 
year,  unmarried,  but  believing  that  she  had  reached  perfection. 

136.  Frances  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  15,  1810;  m.  Timothy  Graves,  of  Hoosick 

Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  there  March  4,  1847 ;  left  issue. 

137.  Andrew  Collins  Thomas,  b.  March  19,  1812;  m.  Minerva  Smedley 

(then  widow  Norton);  he  now  (Oct.,  1890)  lives  at  South  Williams- 
town, Mass. ;  had  issue. 
13S.  Seraph  Thomas,  b.  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Nov.  25,  1818;  m.  Harvey  D. 
Penniman  April  29,  1845;  he  d.  Oct  21,  1866;  she  d.  Jan.  4,  1889, 
at  their  home  in  Williamstown,  Mass. 
They  left  no  children  of  their  own,  bul  she  reared  to  manhood  the  baby- 
boy  of  a  dear  friend,  who,  when  dying,  had  given  him  into  her  charge  with  her 
blessing.     This  boy,  Charles  Sanderson,  of  New  York  City,  is  now  editor  and 
manager  of  the   Gaslight,  a  journal  devoted  to  the  interests  which  its  name 
implies.     She  also  reared  another,  an  orphan,  Miss  Jennie  Kane,  who  graduated 
from  a  normal  school,  was  a  teacher,  and  is  now  the  wife  of  Rev.  H.  W. 


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Winkley,  Episcopal  clergyman  at  Saco,  Me.  For  some  years,  beginning  about 
1850,  sbe  carried  on  millinery  and  dressmaking  at  Williaraatown,  doing  quite  a 
large  business.     Afterward  was  engaged  in  boarding  students. 

She  was  a  woman  of  high  character,  and  endeavored  to  govern  all  her 
actions  by  Christian  principles.  It  has  been  said  that  she  first  received  the 
name  of  Sarah,  but  that  her  father,  on  account  of  her  sweet,  childish  disposi- 
tion and  his  love  for  her,  insisted  on  calling  her  Seraph. 

She  was  rather  tall  and  slight  in  form,  well  poised,  with  very  dark  brown 
hair  and  eyes.  She  was  "  the  friend  of  those  in  heed,  and  a  friend  in  deed." 
She  was  somewhat  of  an  invalid  in  the  last  years  of  her  life,  but  kept  the  har- 
ness on  until  a  few  weeks  before  her  death.  The  doors  of  her  ample  house  were 
ever  open  to  relatives  and  friends.  It  was  the  resting-place  of  returning  kin, 
who  came  to  breathe  the  pure  air  of  Berkshire  and  feast  upon  the  beauty  of 
the  hills  and  mountains  about  them.     Who  of  them  will  forget  Aunt  Sarah? 

139.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  May  14,  1819;  m.  Edgar  M.  Brown,  of  Williams- 

town,  and  d.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Sept.  9,  1885  ;  left  issue. 

140.  Martha  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  30,  1821,  at  Williamstown,  Mass. ;  d.  there, 

nnm.,  Dec.  25,  1839,  much  lamented. 

141.  Lucy  Thomas,  b.  June  12,  1824;  m.  John  M.  Shattuck,  of  Williams- 

town,  Mass.,  and  d.  at  Manchester,  Vt.,  Jan.  18,  1879;  left  issue. 

C.  D.  T. 

63.  Ruth  Thomas4  (youngest  dau.  of  William,  M.D.,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  May  24,  1777  ;  m.,  about  1797, 
Thomas  Brown  Cutler,  of  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  son 
of  Dea.  Joseph  Cutler  and  Martha  Brown,  who  d.  May 
3,  1826.     She  d.  Jan. -68,  1856,  aged  79. 

Their  children  were  nine  in  number  : — 

142.  William  Thomas  Cutler,  b.  Oct.  1,  1799;  d.  April  8,  1801. 

143.  William  Thomas  Cutler,  b.  April  13,  1801  ;  d.  May,  1823. 

144.  Lucy  Cutler,  b.  April  18,  1803;  d.  Jan.  27.  1830;  m.  M.  Waterman 

Wood,  of  West  Brookfield,  Mass.  ;  no  children. 

145.  Charles  Cutler,  b.  July  15,  1805;  d.  April  25,  1869;  unm. 

146.  Thomas  Brown  Cutler,  b.  July  23,  1808;  m.  April  19,  1839,  Harriet 

Sophia  Judd,  of  West  Hampton,  Mass.,  dau.  of  David  Judd  and 
Sarah  Cook,  b.  Oct.  1807,  d.  Feb.  19,  1889.  His  present  residence  is 
at  West  Brookfield,  Mass.     They  had  no  children. 

147.  George  Cutler,  b.  April  2,  1811;  m.  1st  Sarah  Venica,  2d  Amelia  B. 

Howe,  3d  Harriet  Lears,  of  Barre,  Mass. ;  had  is.-ue. 

148.  Orsamus  Cutler,  b.  Dec.  1,  1813;  m.  1st  Abbie  E.  Wood.  2d  (Feb. 

5,  1857)  Lydia  H.  Russell,  and  had  issue. 

149  Martha  Collins  Cutler,  b.  Aug.  17,  1816;  d.  March  1,  1856;  rn. 

Elijah  Chapp,  of  West  Brookfield  ;  no  issue. 

150  P-hebe  Cutler,  b.  Feb.  8,  1821 ;  d.  Aug.  5,  1856:  m.  Luther  Stone,  or 

West  Brookfield,  brother  of  Lucy  Stone,  the  noted  woman's  rights 
advocate.     They  had  no  children. 


64  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

64.  Argalus  Thomas  (Samuel  Beals)4  (son  of  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Aug.  28,  1779,  in 
West  Brookfield,  Mass.  He  resembled  his  brother 
Orsamus  very  closely,  with  the  exception  of  his  eyes, 
which  were  black.  Visiting  Provincetown  after  the 
death  of  Orsamus,  this  similarity  of  looks  excited  much 
interest  among  the  people  there  who  so  missed  and 
mourned  their  friend.  In  disposition  they  were  also 
alike,  with  charity  and  kindness  for  all,  yet  with  that 
strong,  clear  sense  of  justice  that  made  right  right  and 
wrong  wrong,  without  one  thought  of  compromise.  The 
same  habits  of  thought  and  expression  and  the  same 
gentle  yet  dignified  bearing  belonged  to  both. 

Argalus  Thomas  taught  school  before  his  marriage, 
and  remained  on  his  father's  farm  for  several  years  after 
that  event.  After  the  latter's  death,  he  shared  the  farm 
with  his  brother  Sylvanus  for  some  time,  but  finally  sold 
out  his  interest  in  it  to  Sylvanus  and  became  proprietor 
of  the  hotel  in  West  Brookfield,  on  the  Plain. 

Before  leaving  the  farm,  his  name  was  changed  by  act 
of  Legislature  from  Argalus  to  Samuel  Beals.  This  was 
done  at  the  request  of  Major  Samuel  Beals,  of  Hard  wick, 
with  whom  he  was  a  great  favorite.  Major  Beals  m. 
Abby,  sister  of  Dr.  William  Thomas  and  aunt  of 
Argalus,  and  had  no  children. 

After  remaining  at  West  Brookfield  a  year  or  two,  he 
removed  to  AVestern,  afterward  Warren,  at  the  solicita- 
tion of  friends.  He  next  took  charge  of  the  hotel  in 
South  Brookfield,  and  a  few  years  later  settled  perma- 
nently in  Worcester. 

Colonel  Sykes,  proprietor  of  the  hotel  in  Sheffield, 
Conn.,  at  which  Miss  Sarah  Kellogg  boarded,  and  at 
which  her  marriage  with  Argalus  Thomas  took  place, 
afterward  removed  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  purchased 


FOURTH   GENERATION. 


65 


the  Exchange  CofFee-House.  About  1823  he  sent  for 
Samuel  Beals  Thomas  and  proposed  that  he  should  pur- 
chase the  hotel,  to  which  the  latter  at  once  agreed. 

His  family  at  that  time  consisted  of  himself  and  wife, 
and  his  niece,  Abby  Beals  Thomas,  the  second  dau.  of 
Orsamus,  whom,  with  the  consent  of  her  parents,  he  had 
adopted  the  previous  year.  The  next  year  he  adopted 
Pauline  Nickerson  Thomas,  the  third  dau.  of  Orsamus. 

Samuel  Beals  and  Sarah  Kellogg  Thomas  had  but  one 
child,  a  son,  Argalus,  who  died  at  birth,  in  1801.  This 
was  a  great  grief  to  the  parents,  but  in  the  faithful  care 


Exchange  Coffee-House,  Worcester,  Mass. 

of  their  adopted  daugthers,  upon  whose  education  they 
spared  no  expense,  they  found  much  consolation  and 
pleasure.  The  genial  disposition  of  Samuel  Beals  Thomas, 
the  grace  and  beauty  of  his  wife,  and  the  thorough  edu- 
cation of  his  adopted  daughters,  made  them  much  sought 
for  in  Worcester  society  and  rendered  their  house  a 
very  popular  place  of  resort. 

The  Exchange  Coffee-House  was  nearly  opposite  the 
Court-House,  and  judges  and  jurors,  lawyers  and  clients, 
all  found  hospitable  entertainment  there.  Next  to  the 
Court-House  was  the  Unitarian  Church  which  Samuel 


66  THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HAEDWICK. 

B.  Thomas  attended,  and  of  which  Dr.  Aaron  Bancroft, 
father  of  the  historian,  was  pastor. 

The  Exchange  Coffee-House  was  conducted  on  tem- 
perance principles,  and  the  favorite  argument  of  Samuel 
B.  Thomas  in  support  of  this  doctrine  was  of  a  peculiarly 
practical  nature,  viz.,  an  offer  to  every  confirmed  ine- 
briate who  came  in  his  way  to  provide  food  for  his 
family  for  one  year  on  condition  that  such  inebriate  would 
renounce  the  vice  that  was  ruining  him  and  become  a 
sober,  self-supporting  man. 

He  served  several  terms  as  representative  in  the  State 
Legislature,  was  one  of  the  Selectmen  of  Worcester, 
and  had  the  first  piece  of  brick  sidewalk  in  that  place 
laid  in  front  of  his  hotel.  He  belonged  to  the  Masonic 
order,  being  a  member  of  Mount  Zion  Lodge,  of  Hard- 
wick,  of  which  he  was  elected  Right  Worshipful  Master 
9th  Sept.,  1807. 

He  was  one  of  the  largest  real-estate  owners  in  Wor- 
cester, but  the  financial  panic  of  1837  greatly  depreciated 
its  value  and  seriously  affected  his  already  failing  health. 

He  died  of  consumption,  in  1840,  and  was  buried  in 
Rural  Cemetery,  Worcester.  His  wife  survived  him 
about  eleven  years,  dying  also  of  consumption  on  the 
night  of  the  terrible  storm  that  carried  away  the  light- 
house on  Minot's  Ledge. 

Samuel  Beals  Thomas  had  one  child : — 

151.  Argalus  Thomas,  born  and  died  in  1801. 

65.  Sylvanus  Thomas4  (youngest  son  of  William,3 
M.D.,  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Western  (now 
Warren)  Massachusetts,  Oct.  26,  1781;  d.  July  31, 
1863,  aged  82.  He  m.  1st  (in  1806)  Rachel  Robin- 
son, dau.  of  Isaac  Robinson  and  Hannah  Collins,  of 
Pownal,  Vt,  who  was  b.  1778  ;  she  d.  Oct.  4, 1832.  Her 
father  was  a  descendant  of  John  Robinson,  the  famous 


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FOURTH   GENERATION.  67 

preacher  to  the  Pilgrims  at  Leyden.  Sylvanus  m.  2d, 
April  9,  1831,  Bethia  Collins,  of  Eastham,  Mass.,  who 
was  b.  1794  and  d.  April  18,  1837;  m.  3d,  May  29, 
1839,  Sarah  Dunbar,  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  who  was  b. 
Jan.,  1794,  and  d.  Aug.#26,  1867. 

Sylvanus  Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  Dr.  William, 
was  2  years  old  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  the 
home  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Possess- 
ing a  mild,  affable  disposition,  he  was  a  favorite  among 
the  brothers  and  sisters,  and  the  youthful  "  Venie  "  be- 
came "  Uncle  Venie  "  to  those  with  whom  he  afterward 
came  in  contact.  Unaffected  simplicity  and  courtesy  of 
manner,  with  dignity  and  gentleness  of  bearing  toward 
all,  won  for  him  the  respect  of  his  townsmen,  who  hon- 
ored him  with  positions  of  trust  in  the  town  and  sent 
him  to  represent  their  interests  in  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature  of  1837.  In  1824  he  opened  his  house  as 
"  a  tavern  "  for  the  accommodation  of  travelers  between 
Boston  and  Albany.  In  the  capacity  of  host  his  genial 
nature  served  him  well,  gaining  for  him  many  friends. 

Men  of  note  were  thus  brought  to  his  door.  When 
General  Lafayette  was  on  his  way  to  Boston  to  lay  the 
corner-stone  of  Bunker  Hill  Monument,  he  was  enter- 
tained by  Mr.  Thomas,  whose  descendants  look  with 
some  pride  upon  the  room  and  chair  in  which  he  sat. 
John  Quincy  Adams  is  also  known  to  have  been  a  guest 
at  the  old  "Thomas  Tavern." 

In  1840  his  business  as  innkeeper  was  discontinued^ 
but  for  many  years  his  old  patrons  continued  to  call  on 
him  for  shelter  and  entertainment;  and  when  with 
memories  of  "  Lang  Syne  "  they  made  the  walls  resound, 
it  was  pleasant  to  watch  his  smiling  face,  and  the  in- 
voluntary exclamation  of  all  was,  "The  right  man  in 
the  right  place." 


68  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

His  father's  skill  in  medicine  had  brought  to  the  house 
young  Isaac  Robinson,  who  studied  for  a  time  with  Dr. 
Thomas.  He  afterward  established  himself  in  Hard- 
wick,  but  removed  thence  to  Vermont,  where  he  con- 
tinued the  practice  of  medicine. 

In  later  years  his  daughter,  Hachel,  became  the  wife 
of  Sylvanus  Thomas.  Though  having  had  but  limited 
educational  advantages,  even  for  those  times,  Rachel 
Robinson  was,  before  her  marriage,  a  successful  teacher 
in  Adams,  Mass.,  and  in  several  towns  in  Vermont.  She 
brought  no  small  amount  of  energy  and  cultivation  to 
her  husband's  home,  over  which  she  presided  with  dig- 
nity and  helpfulness  between  the  years  1806  and  1832, 
when  her  death  occurred.  Five  children  came  to  the 
household  during  that  time,  all  of  whom  lived  to  mature 
years. 

Sylvanus  Thomas  was  married  twice  afterward,  the 
third  wife,  Sarah  Dunbar,  surviving  him. 

In  the  last  years  of  his  life  all  his  beautiful  traits  of 
character  seemed  intensified,  and  the  writer  can  testify 
that  to  none  were  these  words  of  the  poet  more  applic- 
able : — 

"  None  knew  thee  but  to  love  thee, 
Nor  named  thee  but  to  praise." 

Sylvanus  Thomas  d.  July  31,  1863,  aged  82. 
He  had  five  children,  all  by  1st  wife,  and  all  born  on 
the  old  homestead  in  West  Brookfield: — 

152.  Caroline  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  22,  1806  ;  m.  Carlton  Cushman  and  had 

issue. 

153.  Eliza  Doty  Thomas,  b.  June  27,  1809  ;  m.  William  Balcom  and  had 

issue. 

154.  William  Robinson  Thomas,  b.  May  10,  1811  ;  d.  April  13,  1890;  m. 

Oq.ha  Bartlett,  dau.  of  John  and  Sarah  Bartlett,  Oct.  3,  1842.     She 

was  b.  in  Granby,  Mass.,  Sept.  26,  1816 ;  d.  April  22,  18S9.     They 

had  no  children. 

William  Robinson,  the  only  son  of  Sylvanus  and  Rachel  Thomas,  inherited 

irom  both  families  of  his  ancestors  a  desire  and  taste  for  study  and  imparting 


WILLIAM     R.    THOMAS. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  69 

knowledge  to  others.  This  led  him  in  early  life  to  adopt  the  profession  of  teach- 
ing, which  he  continued  successfully  till  nearly  60  years  of  age  in  his  own  and 
adjoining  towns,  on  Cape  Cod,  and  in  the  then  far  Western  States  of  Michigan 
and  Minnesota.  His  original  methods  of  instruction  were  far  in  advance  of 
those  employed  by  the  educators  of  the  time,  and  his  manner  of  imparting  ideas 
so  pleasing  and  impressive  that  his  pupils,  in  after  years,  would  refer  to  the  time 
spent  with  him  as  the  happiest  days  of  their  lives.  He  was  a  proficient  mathe- 
matician and  surveyor,  an  easy  extemporaneous  speaker,  and  a  pleasing  social 
companion,  being  a  ready  story-teller.  He  served  his  town  in  the  various  offices 
of  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Assessor,  and  School  Committee  for  many  years,  his 
State  in  the  Legislature  of  1855,  and  his  country  in  the  Civil  War. 

Though  over  50  years  of  age  when  the  call  for  more  men  came,  in  1862,  he 
thought  himself  not  too  old  to  follow  the  example  of  his  grandfather  and  take 
up  arms  in  defense  of  his  country  and  principles.  He  enlisted  in  Company  F., 
Fifty-first  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  which  he  was  famil- 
iarly known  as  "  Father  Thomas."  At  the  end  of  his  term  of  service  he  was 
honorably  discharged,  and  reached  home  only  in  time  to  receive  his  father's 
last  words  and  parting  blessing. 

Orpha  Bartlett,  his  wife,  was  a  woman  of  rare  and  noble  qualities  of  heart 
and  mind.  She  combined  with  patience  and  kindness  such  industry,  perse- 
verance, and  executive  ability  as  furnished  the  necessary  complement  to  the 
qualities  of  the  teacher  and  scholar.  His  life  was  incomplete  without  hers,  and 
he  survived  her  death  less  than  a  year.  His  last  years  were  spent  on  a  small 
farm  adjoining  that  of  his  grandfather,  Dr.  William. 

155.  Arminda  Robinson  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  2,  1814;  d.  Oct.  20,  1865;   unm. 

156.  Emily  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  23,  1816;  m.  Mandly  Pierce,   of  Hardwick, 

Mass.,  and  had  issue. 


66.  Isaac  Thomas4  (oldest  son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  July  13,  1771.  When 
but  5  years  old  he  moved  with  his  brother  to  New  Salem. 
He  m.  for  his  1st  wife  Patience  Pierce,  who  was  b.  in 
New  Salem  Nov.  22,  1776.  The  marriage  took  place  in 
1799.  She  d.  June  6,  1806,  at  birth  of  youngest  child. 
They  had  four  children.  He  m.  2d  Martha  Whipple 
about  1807,  by  whom  he  had  six  children.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  was  appointed 
deacon  Aug.  23,  1821.  He  was  a  man  of  devoted  piety, 
loved  and  respected  by  all.  He  d.  April  19,  18-42, 
aged  71.     Farmer. 


70  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

His  ten  children  were  as  follow.     By  first  wife : — 

157.  Chester  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  May  31,  1800;  m.  Lucy  Sanderson;  d.  Jan. 

16,  1852,  and  had  issue. 

158.  William  Thomas,  b.  in  1802;  d.  in  infancy. 

159.  Henry  Thomas,  b.  in  1804;  d.  in  infancy. 

160.  Patience  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  6,  1806;  m.  David  Reed  Wait;  d.  Oct.  16, 

1881,  aged  75,  and  had  issue. 

By  second  wife: — 

161.  Freeman  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  6,  1808  ;  m.  Louisa  Lee  ;  d.  April  30,  1864, 

and  had  issue. 

162.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  in  1810;  d.,  unm.,  April  2,  1834. 

163.  Henry  Thomas,  b.  March  20,  1812;  m.  1st  Mary  Shaw,  2d  Hannah 

Norton,  and  had  issue. 

164.  William  Thomas,  b.  in  1814  ;  d.  young. 

165.  Samantha  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  1, 1817;  m.  Rev.  Thomas  Rand  ;  had  issue. 

166.  Stillman  Thomas,  b.  March  27,  1820;  m.  Elizabeth  Alma  Burnham 

and  had  issue. 

67.  Nathaniel  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Hard  wick,  Mass.,  Feb.  13,  1773.  When 
quite  young  he  went  to  live  with  his  grandfather,  Bangs, 
in  Wilmington,  Yt.  Here  he  m.  Hannah  Cummings, 
dan.  of  Moses  Cummings,  May  1,  1800.  She  was  b.  at 
Wilmington,  Aug.  22,  1774.  It  was  for  a  long  time  a 
common  remark  in  Wilmington  that  Nathaniel  Thomas 
and  Hannah  Cummings  were  the  best-looking  couple 
that  had  ever  stood  up  to  be  married  in  that  place.  He 
kept  a  hotel  for  a  number  of  years,  but  finally  engaged 
in  farming,  which  he  followed  for  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  He  d.  in  Wilmington  Dec.  8, 1857,  aged  nearly  79. 
His  wife  d.  in  Orange,  Mass.,  Aug.  3,  1866,  aged  93. 

They  had  eight  children,  all  b.  in  Wilmington,  Vt. : — 

167.  Ruhama  Thomas,  b.   at  Wilmington,  Vt ,  March  5,  1802;  d.,  unm., 

Nov.  4,  1839,  at  same  place. 

168.  Eunice  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  7,  1803  ;  m.  Ellis  Thayer  and  had  issue. 

169.  Hannah  Thomas,  b.  July  14,  1806;  d.,  unm.,  May  8,  1831. 

170.  Samantha  Thomas,  b.  May  20,  1808;  d.  Oct.  5,  1812. 

171.  Reuben  Cummings  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  20,  1809  ;  m.  Mary  Ann  Bassett, 

of  Wilmington,  Vt.,  and  had  issue. 

172.  Lucy  Thomas,  b.  July  17,  1812;  m   Oman  Prescott;  d.  Jan.  5,  1844, 

and  had  issue. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  71 

173.  Amos  B.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  1,  1815  ;  m.  Letitia  H.  Merchant ;  d.  Jan.  120, 

1883;  no  issue: 

174.  Ardon  Harrison  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  23,  1822;  m.  Sabra  B.  Dickinson, 

and  had  issue. 

68.  Amos  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Oct.  24,  1774;  m.  1st  Sally 
Hudson  July  8,  1798,  in  New  Salem,  who  d.  Oct.  19, 
1841,  aged  69  ;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Patty  Miller  (maiden  name 
Patty  Jones),  in  1843,  of  Pike,  N.  Y. 

Soon  after  his  birth,  his  father  moved  from  Hardwick 
to  New  Salem,  Mass.  About  1804  he,  with  probably 
his  younger  brother  David,  moved  to  Nelson,  Madison 
Co.,  N.  Y.;  about  1836,  he  moved  to  Pike,  Allegheny 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  the  balance  of  his  days.  In 
his  younger  days  he  carried  on  shoemaking  in  connection 
with  farming.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
and  a  Whig.     He  d.  July  25,  1853,  aged  79. 

He  had  eight  children,  all  by  his  first  wife,  and  born 
in  Nelson,  N.  Y.: — 

175.  Alvin  Hudson  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  30,  1800;  m.  1st  Sarepta  Wheeler 

April  17,  1826.  2d  Chloe  Wilder,  and  had  issue. 

176.  Edmund  West  Thomas,  b.  Nov.   6,   1803;    m.  Feb.  17,  1725,  Polly- 

Bacon,  of  Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  had  issue. 

177.  Horace  Thomas,  b.  July  26,  1805 ;  m.  1st  Amy  C.  Irish  (May  31,  1827), 

2d  Mary  Ann  Redman,  and  had  issue. 

178.  Lewis  Augustus  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  5,  1808;  m.  Mary  Johnson  Oct.  14, 

1834;  d.  Dec.  11,  1888,  and  had  issue. 

179.  Drusilla  Amelia  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  28,  1810;  d.  Sept.  27,  1841;  no 

children. 

180.  Climena  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  10,  1812  ;  m.  Edward  Kendall.    He  d. . 

She  lives  in  Hume,  N.  Y.;  no  issue. 

181.  Emeline  Thomas,  b.  April  2,  1815;  m.  Wm.  Loomis  Jan.  6,  1835,  and 

had  issue. 

182.  Sarah   Arvilla   Thomas,  b.  Sept.  30,  1820;    m.   Jefferson   Metcalf 

July  4.  1843  ;  d.  Feb.  10,  1867,  and  had  issue. 

69.  Abigail  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  March  5,  1776,  in  New  Salem,  Mass. ;  m.  Nathan 
Bangs  May  27,  1799.  He  was  b.  Aug.  1,  1778,  and 
d.  Feb.  12,  1862,  aged  87.     Soon  after  their  marriage 


72  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

they  moved  to  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  engaged 
in  milling  and  manufacturing  of  agricultural  implements. 
About  1834-35  they  moved  to  Brooklyn,  Jackson  Co., 
Mich.,  where  he  again  engaged  in  milling  and  farming. 
In  1847  they  moved  to  Napoleon,  Mich.,  where  they 
spent  the  remainder  of  their  days.  Both  were  members 
of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  greatly  loved  and  respected 
by  all  who  knew  them.  Abigail  (Thomas)  Bangs 
d.  Sept.  8,  1862,  aged  86. 
They  had  six  children  : — 

183.  Ira  N.  Bangs,  b.  Aug.  27,  1800;  d.  Aug.  8,  1803. 

184.  Ora  B.  Bangs,  b.  March  1,  1803;  m.  Phcebe  D.  Beebe ;  d.  Aug.  24, 

1843,  and  had  issue. 

185.  Ira  N.  Bangs  2d,  b.  Dec.  22,  1804;  d.  April  6,  1810. 

186.  Louisa  Bangs,  b.  April  27,  1807;  m.  1st  Dexter  Slack,  2d  Seth  Case; 

d.  Feb.  2,  1885,  and  had  issue. 

187.  Emily  Bangs,  b.  Jan.  6,  1810;  d.  Jan.  8,  1867;  unm. 

188.  Sophronia  W.  Bangs,  b.  June  9,  1819  ;  d.  Oct.  1,  1866  ;  unm. 

70.  Eunice  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1), 
b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1778,  was  the  second 
dau.  and  fifth  child  of  Amos  and  Eunice  Thomas.  A 
short  term  of  six  weeks  was  the  limit  of  her  school-days, 
but  she  made  the  most  of  her  opportunity.  In  early  life 
she  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  at  New  Salem.  A 
devout  Bible  student,  it  was  to  her  the  book  of  books,  a 
great  deal  of  which  she  could  repeat.  At  one  time,  being 
in  a  family  in  Hadley  where  they  kept  Saturday  night, 
she  was  requested  to  bring  out  her  spinning-wheel  at 
sunset  on  Sabbath  evening.  This  was  contrary  to  her 
early  training,  and  she  replied :  "  I  am  willing  to  work 
from  Monday  morning  till  Saturday  night,  but  will  go 
home  to-morrow  morning  rather  than  work  on  Sunday." 
She  did  not  go  home. 

Dec.  23,  1810,  she  m.  Artemas  Bigelow,  of  Brookfield, 
son  of  Asa  Bigelow,  and  b.  Oct.  14,  1781.  They  lived 
at    her    father's    about   a  year,  when  they  removed  to 


MRS.     EUNICE     iTHOMAS)     BIGELOW. 


PHOTO-COLLOTrPE.         MOPE 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  73 

Greenwich;  there  they  remained  till  April,  1820.  At 
Dana  they  lived  three  years,  then  two  years  in  Peter- 
sham, and  then  again  at  New  Salem.  Wherever  she 
lived  she  had  many  friends.  She  was  ever  ready  to  go 
among  the  sick  or  afflicted,  and  aid  hy  deeds  or  words  of 
comfort.  A  natural  peace-maker,  her  kind  words  and 
wise  counsels  were  calculated  to  calm  the  troubled  waters. 
She  was  a  kind,  affectionate  wife  and  mother,  managing 
her  family  with  Christian  principle  and  firmness,  ever 
setting  before  them  a  godly  example.  Of  a  sunny  dispo- 
sition, always  looking  on  the  bright  side,  believing  that 
all  things  were  wisely  ordered,  she  never  murmured  or 
complained  of  the  trials  and  hardships  of  her  lot,  but 
often  said  she  had  great  cause  for  thankfulness  that  she 
had  so  many  blessings.  She  was  a  woman  whom  the 
world  honored,  whom  Christians  loved,  and  whose  piety, 
tastes,  and  moral  worth  rendered  worthy  for  walking  in  a 
higher  sphere.  In  1848  they  moved  to  Wendell.  Two 
years  before  her  death  she  was  thrown  from  a  carriage 
and  badly  hurt.  From  this  injury  she  never  fully  recov- 
ered. In  1852  she  had  a  paralytic  shock,  from  which 
she  d.  April  8,  1852,  aged  7-1.  He  d.  Feb.  8,  1860. 
They  had  four  children  : — 

189.  Mary  Bigelow,  b.  at  Greenwich,  Mass.,  April  9,  1813  ;  m.  Eber  Oshea 

Bailey  and  had  issue. 

190.  Caroline  Bigelow,  b.at  Greenwich,  Mass.,  May  23, 1817;  m.  1st  Ber- 

nard Kenney  and  2d  Benjamin  Badger;  d.  Aug.  23,  1886,  and  had 
issue. 

191.  Electa  Rosamond  Bigelow,  b.  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Sept.  3,  1820;  m.  1st 

Abner  Sykes  and  2d  Hezekiah  Stratton,  and  had  issue. 

192.  Nancy  Bigelow,  b.  in  Dana,  Mass.,  April  8,  1822;  m.  David  Kenney, 

Jr.,  of  Northfield,  who  d.  Aug.  13,  1886.     She  d.  March  17,  1888, 
without  issue.     She  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

71.  David  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Oct.  24,  1779.  As  early 
as  1802-03  he  migrated  to  what  was  then  considered  the 


74  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

"  far  West,"  the  Mohawk  country  in  New  York  State, 
settling  first  in  Madison  Co.,  where  he  worked  at  his 
trade,  that  of  carpenter.  On  Jan.  15,  1804,  he  m. 
Mary  Kinney,  who  was  b.  in.  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  7,  1784.  Soon  afterward  he  moved  to  the  town 
of  Rutland,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where,  on  his  farm, 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  David  Thomas  was 
the  only  uncle  known  by  the  writer,  he  having  spent  the 
summer  of  1838  in  his  family.  As  a  farmer  he  was  tidy 
and  thrifty.  He  had  a  place  for  everything  and  kept 
everything  in  its  place.  His  barns  and  fences  were 
always  in  good  repair,  his  fields  were  well  tilled,  and  his 
crops  of  the  best.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church  and  an  earnest,  sincere  Christian.  He  d.  May 
22,  1865,  aged  86.  His  wife  d.  Dec.  15,  1853,  aged  66. 
They  had  eleven  children  : — 

193.  Hiram  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  12,  1801;  m.  Caroline  Perkins;  d.  Dec.  18, 

1856,  and  had  issue. 

194.  Alpheus  Thomas,  b.  March  5,  1807;  m.  Olive  Ralph  and  had  issue. 

195.  Maria  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  11,  1808  ;  m.  Rev.  Sherman  Maltby  and  had 

issue. 

196.  Marietta  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  10,  1810;  m.  1st  Bosworth  Scovil  and  had 

issue;  d.  Jan.  26,  1884,  aged  74. 

197.  Almeron  Thomas,  b.  June  25,  1812 ;  m.  1st  Joanna  Wilder,  2d  Lois 

Paine  and  had  issue. 

198.  Marinda  Thomas,  b.  July  22,  1814 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

199.  Ebenezer  K.  Thomas,  b.  June  2,  1816;  m.  Isabel  Boyd  and  had  issue. 

200.  Almasson  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  23,  1821 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

201.  Nancy  Bigelow  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  30,  1823;  m.  Isaac  Clements  and  had 

issue. 

202.  Sarepta  Thomas,  b.  July  23,  1827;  m.  Darwin  C.  Bates;  d.  Oct.  22, 

1851,  and  left  issue. 

203.  Platt  Thomas,  b.  March  24,   1829;  m.  Lenora  Remington  and  had 

issue. 

72.  Beals  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  June  29,  1781.  At  the 
age  of  12  or  14  he  went  to  Hard  wick  to  reside  with  his 
uncle,  Major  Samuel  Beals  (15),  who  adopted  him  and 


BEALS     THOMAS. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  75 

made  him  heir  of  his  estate.  When  Major  Eeals  died, 
in  1827,  lie  left  Beals  Thomas  in  possession  of  one  of 
the  best  farms  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town,  near  the 
village  of  Gilbertville.  He  remained  upon  this  place 
until  1835,  when  the  failing  health  of  his  second  wife 
induced  him  to  sell.  He  then  purchased  a  beautiful 
home  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  In  1831  Beals  Thomas  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  Selectmen  of  the  town.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  Prudential  Committee  of  the  School  Board 
and  one  of  the  Assessors  of  the  parish,  and  Clerk  of  the 
Board  for  many  years.  He  was  a  strong  temperance 
advocate  and  an  earnest  supporter  of  educational  inter- 
ests. Beals  Thomas  was  married  three  times.  He  m. 
1st  Nancy  Bigelow,  Jan.  19,  1815,  who  d.  May  12,  1821 ; 
2d,  Dolly  W.  Egery,  April  10,  1824,  who  d.  June  23, 
1836;  and,  3d,  Sarah  Weston  Gorham,  Nov.  28,  1837, 
who  d.  Dec.  18,  1857.  He  d.  in  Hardwick,  Aug.  24, 
1854,  aged  73.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  and  a  Republican. 

He  had  five  children.     By  first  wife: — 

204.  Jason  Bigelow  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1817;  m.  Phila  Mandell; 

d.  Nov.  25,  1880,  and  had  issue. 

By  second  wife  : — 

205.  Nancy  Bigelow  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  15,  1825;  m.  Geo.  J.  Newton,  M.D., 

Feb.  8,  1855;  d.  at  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  June  23,  1858,  aged  32;  no 
issue. 

206.  Clara  Egery  Thomas,  b.  July  21,  1828  ;  m.  Addison  Augustus  Hunt 

and  had  issue. 

207.  Edwin  Egery  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  24,  1831  ;  d.  unm.  at  Saratoga  Springs, 

Jan.  16,  1868  ;  druggist. 

By  third  wife  : — 

208.  Sarah  Jane  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  21,  1840;  m.  Franklin  Wait;  d.  Feb. 

5,  1878,  and  had  issue. 

73.  Colonel  Azariah  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1782. 


76  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

While  a.  young  man,  about  the  year  1804,  he  followed 
his  older  brothers,  Amos  and  David,  to  New  York  State. 
He  first  settled  in  Madison  Co.,  where,  in  Brookfield,  he 
m.  Sarah  Avery,  Jan.  18,  1812.  She  was  b.  in  Stoning- 
ton,  Conn.,  Sept.  27,  1794;  dau.  of  Joseph  Avery  and 
Ann  Leffingwell,  his  wife.* 

Soon  after  he  removed  to  Perch  River,  Jefferson  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  he  purchased  a  large  farm,  and  where  he 

*  The  pedigree  of  Sarah  Avery  has  been  traced  back  to  Christopher  Avery, 
who  came  from  England  in  16+0,  locating  first  in  Gloucester,  Mass.  ;  later  living 
in  Boston  ;  finally  settling  in  New  London,  Conn.,  in  1665,  and  dying  in  Groton 
in  1687. 

James  Avery,2  only  son  of  Christopher,  was  b.  in  England  about  1620.  He 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father  in  1640,  and  settled  with  him  in  New 
London.     He  m.  Joanna  Greenstead,  Nov.  10,  1643,  and  had  ten  children. 

John  Avery,3  third  son  of  James,2  was  b.  Feb.  10,  1654.  He  m.  Abigail 
Cheesborough  and  had  thirteen  children, — seven  sons  and  six  daughters. 

William  Avery,4  son  of  John,3  was  b.  in  1687.  He  m.  1st  Anna  Richard- 
son, by  whom  he  had  four  children  ;  2d,  Mary  Walker,  by  whom  he  had  ten 
children. 

Richardson  Avery,5  son  of  William,4  was  b.  Jan.  25,  1717.  He  m.  Sarah 
Plumb,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children, — Samuel,  Richardson,  Anna,  Sarah, 
Prudence,  Hosthena,  and  Christopher.  The  latter  was  killed  at  the  massacre  of 
Wyoming,  July,  1778. 

Richardson  Avery,6  son  of  Richardson,5  was  b.  Oct.  6,  1742.  He  m.  Louis 
Maxon  and  had  seven  children, — Joseph  and  Joel,  twins;  Frederick,  Richard- 
son, Emma,  Sally,  and  Lydia. 

Joseph  Avery,7  son  of  Richardson,6  was  b.  in  Stonington,  Conn.,  in  1768. 
Soon  after  his  birth,  his  father,  with  his  family,  moved  to  the  Wyoming  Valley 
in  Pennsylvania.  At  the  massacre,  in  July,  1778,  he  was  8  years  old.  The 
whole  family  were  prisoners  in  Forty  Fort.  After  their  release  by  the  Tories 
and  Indians,  they,  with  nearly  two  hundred  others,  returned  to  Connecticut, 
walking  the  whole  distance,  over  200  miles.  Joseph  Avery  m.  Lydia  Ann 
Leffingwell  and  had  eight  children, — Sarah,  b.  in  Stonington,  Conn.,  Jan.  26, 
1794;  Mary  (Mrs.  Green),  b.  Jan.  26,1796;  Joseph,  b.  in  Paris,  Oneida  Co., 
N.  Y.,  April  7,  1798  ;  Annis  (Mrs.  Kingsley),  b.  in  Paris,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  9,  1801 ; 
Joel,  b.  in  Brookfield,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  8,  1803;  Amos  Read,  M.D., 
b.  in  same  place,  May  8,  1805 ;  Joel  Handy,  b.  Oct.  24,  1808  ;  Melora,  b.  March 
28, 1811. 

Sarah  Avery,8  oldest  child  of  Joseph,7  was  m.  to  Azariah  Thomas  Jan. 
18,  1812. 

Nine  Averys,  descendants  of  Christopher,  fell  at  the  massacre  of  Fort  Gris- 
wold,  at  Groton  Heights,  Conn.,  Sept.  6,  1781. 


FOUKTH   GENERATION.  77 

resided  until  the  foil  of  1821,  when  he  moved  to  Water- 
town,  in  the  same  county,  and  engaged  in  building  and 
manufacturing  of  wooden  ware  by  machinery. 

During  the  war  of  1812,  at  the  time  of  the  invasion 
of  the  northern  frontier,  he  entered  the  service  as  a 
volunteer,  and  at  the  battle  of  Sackett's  Harbor,  May 
29,  1813,  he  had  command  of  a  company.  In  evidence 
of  his  coolness  in  battle,  it  was  related  by  an  eye-witness 
to  an  elder  brother  of  the  writer,  in  1853,  that,  during 
the  engagement,  and  while  the  bullets  were  thickly  fly- 
ing, his  men  were  ordered  to  protect  themselves  behind 
trees,  fences,  etc.,  which  they  proceeded  to  do;  while  he, 
apparently  unconscious  of  danger,  remained  exposed  to 
the  fire  of  the  enemy  until  reminded  of  his  duty  to  pro- 
tect himself. 

After  the  war  he  was  promoted  to  the  colonelcy  of  his 
regiment,  which  position  he  retained  until  some  years 
before  his  death.  It  was  generally  understood  that  had 
he  not  resigned  he  would  have  been  made  general  of  his 
brigade,  he  having  been  a  very  popular  officer  and  in 
the  direct  line  of  promotion.  A  contemporary  met  by 
the  writer  in  the  summer  of  1886  related  that  he  never 
saw  a  finer  looking  officer  on  horseback  than  Colonel 
Thomas.  That  he  was  imbued  with  something  of  the 
military  spirit  would  appear  from  the  fact  that  on  the 
night  of  his  death,  in  his  delirium,  his  mind  apparently 
wandering  back  to  the  exciting  scenes  of  battle,  he  sud- 
denly exclaimed,  with  considerable  force :  "  Stand  by 
your  posts ;  let  every  man  do  his  duty," — forcibly 
reminding  one  of  the  last  words  of  Lord  Nelson  at  the 
battle  of  Trafalgar,  "  England  expects  every  man  to  do 
his  duty ;"  or  of  those  of  Napoleon,  "  Tete  de  l'armee." 

Possessing  some  argumentative  ability,  in  the  early 
days  of  the  country,  when  lawyers  were  few,  Colonel 


78  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

Thomas  was  accustomed  to  plead  before  a  Justice  in 
some  simple  suits  among  his  neighbors.  He  was  of  a 
generous,  whole-souled  disposition,  ever  ready  to  assist 
those  in  need.  This  trait  of  character  finally  cost  him 
dearly,  as,  by  indorsing  for  a  neighboring  country  store- 
keeper, he  finally  lost  his  farm. 

Colonel  Thomas  d.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  14, 
1831,  aged  49.  His  wife  d.  in  Sheridan,  Chaut.  Co., 
N.  Y.,  April  21,  1846.  They  were  both  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church. 

They  had  eight  children, — four  born  at  Perch  River 
and  four  in  Watertown,  N.  Y. : — 

209.  Louisa  Thomas,  b.  1814-15;  d.  1819. 

210.  Avery  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  3,  1817;  m.  Lovina  D.  Bacon  and  bad  issue. 

211.  Harriet  Thomas,  b.  June  1,  1819;  m.  Wm.  Barnes  and  bad  issue. 

212.  Melinda   Thomas,   b.  June  3,  1821;    m.    Horace  Ottoway   and  left 

issue. 

213.  Charles  Thomas,  b.  1823;  d.  in  infancy. 

214.  Amos  Russell  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1826 ;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Bacon 

and  bad  issue. 

215.  Jane  M.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  3,  1829;  m.  Kendrick  Scovil ;  d.  in  Monroe 

Wis.,  May  19,  1855,  aged  26 ;  no  issue.     K.  Scovil  d.  Jan.  23,  1885. 

216.  Charles  Azariah  Thomas,  b.  April  1, 1831 ;  d.  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 

18,  1848,  aged  17. 

74.  Heman  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  June  21,  1785  ;  m.  Jan.  21, 
1808,  Anna  Martin,  who  was  b.  in  Norton,  Mass.,  July 
7,  1774.  He  remained  at  the  old  homestead  even  after 
he  reached  manhood,  and  to  this  place,  at  the  age  of  22, 
he  brought  his  bride.  Here  the  same  room  in  which  he 
was  born  served  as  birthplace  for  each  of  his  four 
children,  and  the  same  physician  officiated. 

In  1818  he  removed  to  Hardwick,  where  he  lived  six 
years.  After  three  years'  residence  in  New  Braintree,  he 
returned  to  his  native  town,  this  time  making  a  home  in 
the  same  house  where  his  wife  had  lived  and  at  which 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  79 

they  were  married.  Here  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
earthly  life. 

His  occupation  was  farming,  like  that  of  most  of  the 
inhabitants  in  the  region  where  he  resided ;  at  times, 
also,  he  added  to  it  that  of  drover  and  cattle  dealer. 

He  was  a  man  of  stern  exterior,  but  those  who  knew 
him  intimately  found  him  remarkably  kindly  in  feeling 
and  generous  and  noble  in  heart — a  true  Christian.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  in  politics  a 
Whig.     He  d.  June  29,  1843,  aged  58. 

They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  New  Salem : — 

217.  Martin  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  18,  1S09 ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1813. 

218.  Lydia  Ann  Thomas,   b.  Dec.  29,  1810;  m.  1st  Winslow  Fackard  and 

had  issue,  2d  M.  Deacon   Perley  Howard,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  May  30, 
1858.     He  d.  Dec.  5,  1871  ;  no  issue. 

219.  Almira  Thomas,  b.  May  25,  1812;  m.  Daniel  Freeman  Oct.  7,  1851, 

who  d.  April  18.  1887  ;  no  issue. 

220.  Martin  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  8,  1815  ;  m.  Ann  Fisher,  of  Colerain,  Mass. ; 

d.  May  8,  1871 ;  had  issue. 

75.  Mary  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1786;  m.  James 
Luddon,  Oct.,  1808.  Soon  after  their  marriage  they 
moved  to  Rutland,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  their  first 
two  children  were  born.  Some  time  in  181-1-15,  they, 
with  the  family  of  llhoda  Phillips  (77),  moved  to  Henri- 
etta, Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  1838  they  moved  to  Murray, 
in  same  county,  where  she  d.  Nov.  9,  1840,  aged  53. 
James  Luddon  d.  Aug.  14,  1849. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

221.  Amos  Luddon,  b.  in  Rutland,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  25,  1809;  d. 

Feb.,  1867;  unm. 

222.  Eunice  Luddon,  b.  in  Rutland  Feb.  23,  1812;  d.  Feb.  14,  1859;  unm.  ; 

was  a  teacher. 

223.  Mary  Ann  Luddon,  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1816;  m.  Jamns 

M.  Curtis  Oct.  13,  1839;  had  nine  children. 

224.  Rhoda  Sarepta  Luddon,  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,   Aug.  10,  1831  ;  in. 

George  L.  Stone  and  had  five  children. 


80  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

77.  Rhoda  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1), 
b.  Dec.  22, 1790,  at  New  Salem,  Mass.;  m.  1st  Benjamin 
Phillips  in  1813  or  '14.  Soon  after  settled  in  Rutland, 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  her  sister,  Mary  Luddon  (75), 
was  then  living.  After  remaining  in  Rutland  for  a  short 
time,  they  removed  with  the  •Luddons  to  Henrietta, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  Benjamin  Phillips  was  killed  at  the 
raising  of  a  barn  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  April  23,  1831 ; 
and  she  m.  2d  Samuel  Whitcomb,  a  very  popular  hotel- 
keeper  of  Parma  Corners,  N.  Y.,  early  in  1833.  Samuel 
Whitcomb  d.  in  1843,  and  she  m.  3d  Miner  Brown,  of 
Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  in  1848,  whom  she  survived.  Miner 
Brown  d.  in  1860.  She  d.  Oct.  21,  I860,  in  Henrietta, 
N.  Y.,  aged  75. 

Rhoda  Thomas  was  a  woman  of  marked  traits  of  char- 
acter, gentle  and  loving  in  her  disposition,  and  highly 
esteemed  by  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church. 

She  had  the  following  children.  By  Benjamin  Phillips, 
her  first  husband  : — 

225.  Rhoda  Phillips,  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1815 ;  m.  George  W. 

Brown  and  had  issue. 

226.  Lura  Emily  Phillips,  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  1817 ;  m.  Sereno  Stone 

and  had  issue. 

227.  Harvey  Thomas  Phillips,  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  1824  ;  m. 

1st  Bettie  Brackner,  2d  Kate  Dyson,  3d  Bettie  Wharton,  and  had 
issue. 

By  Samuel  Whitcomb,  her  second  husband : — 

228.  Dwight  Whitcomb,  b.  Nov.  30,  1833  ;  d.  July  9,  1852,  aged  19. 

78.  Ardon  Thomas4  (son  of  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  New  Salem  (now  Prescott),  Mass.,  Sept.  24, 
1795.  He  m.  Sarepta  Holmes,  dau.  of  James  and  Da- 
maris  Holmes,  of  New  Braintree,  Mass.,  June  12,  1822. 
In  his  younger  days  he  taught  school.  After  his  mar- 
riage he  moved  to  Western  New  York,  where  a  brother 


MRS.     RHODA     (THOMAS)     PHILLIPS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE.         HO"E    M'F'G    CO. 


ARDON     THOMAS. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  SI 

and  three  married  sisters  had  previously  settled.  At  the 
end  of  about  two  years  he  returned  to  Massachusetts, 
and  with  his  younger  brother,  Alpheus,  settled  upon  the 
old  homestead  with  the  view  of  caring  for  their  aged 
parents.  Later,  the  old  people  went  to  live  with  their 
daughter,  Eunice  Bigelow,  with  whom  they  spent  the 
residue  of  their  days  ;  and  Ardon  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits,  opening  a  general  country  store  in  Prescott. 
Selling  out  to  his  brother,  Alpheus,  he  again  engaged  in 
farming  about  1840.  In  1846  he  sold  his  farm  in  Pres- 
cott and  purchased  another  in  Barre,  Mass.,  where  he 
lived  until  the  death  of  his  wife,  in  1865.  After  this 
he  lived  with  his  oldest  son,  Alpheus  O.  Thomas,  at 
Waltham.  For  ten  years  before  his  death  he  was  afflicted 
with  blindness,  which  he  bore  with  Christian  fortitude. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  an  hon- 
ored and  respected  citizen  wTherever  he  lived. 

Ardon  Thomas  met  with  such  a  number  of  remarkable 
escapes  from  violent  death  as  to  have  led  to  the  claim 
of  his  possessing  a  charmed  life.  On  one  occasion,  a  pair 
of  young  colts  running  away  with  him,  he  was  thrown 
with  great  violence  against  a  stone  gate-post,  escaping 
with  but  a  fractured  rib.  Again,  while  at  the  bottom  of 
a  deep  well,  which  he  was  stoning  up,  the  "  boat,"  by 
means  of  which  the  stones  were  bein<>-  lowered  bv  the  aid 
of  a  windlass,  from  some  cause  upset,  the  contents  falling 
around  him;  yet  he  escaped  uninjured.  On  another 
occasion,  in  attempting  to  cross  a  stream  in  a  boat,  the 
strong  current  swept  him  to  the  edge  of  a  dam  thrown 
across  the  stream,  and  he  was  saved  from  being  carried 
over  by  catching  the  branches  of  an  overhanging  tree. 
At  another  time  he  fell  into  a  saw-mill  race  in  the 
winter,  breaking  through  the  ice.  Fortunately,  the  mill- 
gate   was   closed,  otherwise   the  current  would  at  least 


82  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HARDWICK. 

have  carried  him  under  the  ice,  if  not  to  the  wheel. 
Coming  up  at  the  opening  in  the  ice  made  by  the  fall 
he  was  safely  rescued.  Again,  in  hauling  a  load  of  hay 
into  the  barn  with  an  ox-team,  by  accident  he  fell  beneath 
one  of  the  cart-wheels.  The  wheel,  instead  of  rolling 
over  him,  slid  upon  the  floor,  pushing  his  body  in  ad- 
vance, and  thus  he  again  escaped  what  might  have  been  a 
fatal  injury.  He  d.  in  Waltham,  Nov.  4,  1874,  aged  81. 
He  had  five  children  : — 

229.  Alpheus  Orlando  Thomas,  b.  at  Prescott,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1826;  in. 

Elizabeth  Ocfovd  Hill  and  has  issue. 

230.  James  Holmes  Thomas,  b.  at  Prescott  Feb.  S,  1827;  m.  Lucy  A.  Wel- 

lington and  has  issue. 

231.  Rosannah  Sarepta  Thomas,  b.  at  New  Salem  Nov.  29,  1829;  m.  Chas 

Webb  and  has  issue. 

232.  Rufina  Finetta  Thomas,  b.  at  New  Salem  May  20,  1834;  m.  Alden 

B.  Woodis  and  has  issue. 

233.  Charles  Marshman  Wade  Thomas,  b.  at  New  Salem  Nov.  29,  1837; 

m.  Mary  E.  Howard,  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  March  22,  1870;  no  issue. 
He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder,  and  resides  at  Brocton,  Mass. 

80.  Alpheus  Thomas4  (ninth  and  youngest  son  of 
Amos,:'  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
April  2,  1797;  m.  Electa  Bangs,  dau.  of  Nathaniel 
Bangs,  in  1820.  She  was  b.  Dec.  6,  1795,  and  d.  Sept. 
21,  1867. 

'  Alpheus  Thomas  taught  school  twenty  winters  and 
was  regarded  an  excellent  disciplinarian  as  well  as 
teacher.  He  had  the  reputation  of  always  succeeding  as 
"  master,"  and  was  sought  for  by  committees  for  the  most 
difficult  places.  He  became  extensively  engaged  in 
farming,  often  possessing  large  tracts  of  land  and  was  the 
owner  of  several  farms  at  a  time.  He  was,  also,  a  mer- 
chant at  North  Prescott  for  many  years,  and,  though 
never  rich,  he  acquired  a  comparatively  large  estate.  He 
held  at  different  times  various  town  offices,  and  was  fre- 
quently called  upon  in  the  settlement  of  disputes  and 
difficulties  so  often  arising  among  neighbors.     He  died 


ALPHEUS     THOMAS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE.         MOPE     W'F'G    CO. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  83 

at  the  residence  of  his  son,  Charles  U.  Thomas,  in  Boston, 
May  17,  1878,  aged  81,  and  was  buried  at  North  Pres- 
cott.*  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
a  Republican  in  politics. 

They  had  eight  children  : — 

234.  A  son,  b.  May  6,  1821 ;  d.  May  8,  1821. 

235.  Eliza  Ann  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  5,  1822;  m.  Rev.  Rodney  Gage-,  she  d.  Oct. 

25,  1852,  and  left  issue. 

236.  Sarah  Newcomb  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  4,  1825;  m.  Rev.  Rodney  Gage;  she 

d.  April  13,  1880,  and  left  issue. 

237.  Alpheus  C.  W.  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  15,  1827;  d.  Feb.  1,  1843,  aged  15. 

238.  Edward  Augustus  Thomas,  b.  April  10,  1829;  m.  Betsy  Maria  Bacon 

and  has  issue. 

239.  Rev.  Chauncy  Boardman  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  7,  1834;   m.  Catharine 

Storm;  d.  Jan.  20,  1881,  and  left  issue. 

240.  Charles  Utley  .Thomas,  b.  Feb.  10,  1836;  m.  Harriet  F.  Fifield  and 

has  issue. 

241.  Edwin  Augustine  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  13,  1841 ;  m.  Lucy  A.  Parkhurst 

and  has  issue. 


84.  Sabra  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Joseph,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Aug.  29,  1780;  m.  Levi 
Goodrich  Nov.  27,  1803.  She  moved  to  Hardwick,  Vt., 
early  in  the  century.  She  d.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  May  28, 
1856,  aged  76.     She  had  five  children  : — 

242.  Louisa  Goodrich. 

243.  Susan  Goodrich. 

244.  Augustus  Goodrich. 

245.  Frederick  Goodrich. 

246.  Arseneth  Goodrich. 

*  The  following  notice  appeared  in  an  Amherst  paper:  "Mr.  Alpheus 
Thomas,  whose  remains  were  brought  to  this  town  on  Saturday  last,  was  known 
to  many  of  the  people  of  Amherst  as  the  aged  gentleman  who  has  spent  a  number 
of  summers  with  his  son,  Hon.  E.  A.  Thomas,  on  Prospect  Street.  He  died  of 
pneumonia,  May  17,  at  the  age  of  81,  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  Mr.  C.  L'. 
Thomas,  in  Boston.  Mr.  Thomas  was  the  youngest  of  fifteen  children,  none  of 
whom  to-day  survive  him.  Brief  services  were  held  Sabbath  morning  in  this 
town,  and  his  remains  then  carried  to  his  old  home  at  North  Prescott,  where  he 
had  lived  for  seventy  years.  Rev.  Mr.  Hatch,  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  Church  of 
which  Mr.  Thomas  was  a  member,  and  Rev.  N.  B.  Jones,  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
an  acquaintance  of  forty -five  years,  conducted  the  services  in  that  place.  A  large 
assemblage  of  people,  many  coming  from  a  long  distance,  met  his  sons  at  the 
old  home,  and  mingled  with  them  their  sympathy  and  their  tears,  and  assisted 
in  the  burial  of  their  dead." 


84  THE    THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

86.  Susan  Thomas4  (dan.  of  Joseph,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  March  23,  1187.  She  m. 
March  1,  1808,  Jesse  Goodrich,  b.  June  5,  1781.  She 
cl.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  June  19,  186— 

She  had  twelve  children  : — 

247.  Ira  T.  Goodrich,  b.  April  4,  1809;  d.  Jan.  6,  1889.     He  m.  Rosette 

Wells  Feb.  8,  1843,  who  d.  June  22,  1852;  m.  2d  Mary  Thompson 
April  4,  1854. 

248.  Noah  L.  Goodrich,  b.  May  15,  1810;  m.  M.  Davis  Sept.  30,  1847. 

249.  Mary  B.  Goodrich,  b.  Nov.  18,  1811;  m.  Adams  Amsden  June  10, 

1835;  d.  Nov.  27,  1877. 

250.  Juvenus  J.  Goodrich,  b.  Jan.  18,  1814;  d.  Oct.  11,  1815. 

251.  Juvenus   J.   Goodrich,   b.   Nov.    25,    1815;    m.    Mary    C.    Jennison 

June  11,  1840. 

252.  Harriet  L.  Goodrich,  b.  Aug.  9,  1817;  m.  Bernard  Powers,  Jr.,  Feb. 

9,  1S46  ;  cl.  Aug.  28,  1858. 

253.  Levi  R.  Goodrich,  b.  Feb.  9,  1819. 

254.  Frederick  A.  Goodrich,  b.  Jan.  10,  1822. 

255.  Susan  A.  Goodrich,  b.  July  11,  1824;  m.  James  Nelson  June  26,  1835. 

256.  Hiram  A.  Goodrich,  b.  Aug.  25,  1826. 

257.  Edwin  Goodrich,  b.  June  27,  1828. 

258.  Cordelia  E.  Goodrich,  b.  May  13,  1830 ;  m.  Geo.  B.  Bush  Jan.  1,  1848. 

87.  Dolly  Thomas4  (dan.  of  Joseph,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass., ,  1785;  m.  1st 

Jonathan  French,  2d  Daniel  French  ;  d.  in  Hardwick, 
Vt.,  Sept,  16,  1871,  aged  86. 

She  had  two  children  : — 

259.  Jonathan  French. 

260.  French. 

89.  Benjamin   Franklin    Thomas4  (son   of  Joseph,3 

Amos,2  William1)   was    b.    in    Hardwick,   Mass.,  , 

1791;  m.  Ella  Curtis;  d.  in  Hardwick,  Vt,  Oct.  3,  1858, 
aged  67. 

He  had  eight  children  : — 

261.  Sally  Thomas. 

262.  B.  Franklin  Thomas. 

263.  Elisha  Billings  Thomas. 

264.  Fanny  Thomas. 

265.  Elizabeth  Thomas. 

266.  Elsie  Thomas. 

267.  died  young;  no  name. 

268.  died  young  ;   no  name. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  85 

90.  Eltsha  Billings  Thomas4  (son  of  Joseph,3  Amos,'2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  June  1,  1792;  m. 
Temperance  Lucas ;  date  of  marriage  unknown.  He 
lived  and  died  upon  the  farm  that  had  been  cleared  up 
by  his  father,  Joseph  Thomas,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
in  Hardwick,  Vt.  He  d.  June  31,  1874,  aged  82.  His 
wife  d.  May  4,  1881. 

They  had  seven,  children: — 

269.  Joseph  Warren  Thomas,  b.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Jan.  4,  1820;  m.  Cor- 

delia Gilman  Nov.  25,  18-45,  and  d.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Oct.  11, 1888, 
aged  68,  from  injuries  received  by  falling  from  and  being  run  over 
by  a  load  of  lumber ;  no  issue. 

270.  Cordelia  Em.eline  Thomas,  b.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  April  17,  1821;  d. 

July  3,  1844;  unm. 

271.  Mary  Billings  Thomas,  b.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Jan.  1,  1824;  m.  Orrin 

B.  Hall  Jan.  1,  1850,  and  bad  issue;  nfr. 

272.  Andrew  Jackson  Thomas,   b.  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,   Nov.  9,    1827;  m 

Miranda  P.  Thurber  March  31,  1851,  and  had  issue. 
■273.  A  son  died  in  infancy. 
274.         "       " 


93.  Perthenia  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Daniel,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  May  31,  1774;  m. 
Joseph  Crowell  Oct.  24,  1793.  They  had  the  care  of 
an  insane  brother  of  Joseph,  her  husband,  who  set  fire 
to  the  house  Jan.  22,  1812,  and  Thomas  Crowell,  the 
insane  brother,  perished  in  the  flames.  Some  years  later 
the  family  moved  to  Broome,  N.  Y.  Date  of  death 
unknown. 

They  had  eight  children,  born  in  Hardwick,  Mass.: — 

276.  Pauline  Crowell,  b.  Dec.  3,  1794 ;  m.  Jesse  Shaw  Dec.  19,  1813. 

277.  Adolphus  Crowell,  b.  Feb.  3,  1797. 

278.  Maurice  Crowell,  b.  March  25,  1798. 

279.  Erastus  Crowell,  b.  May  10,  1799;  m.  Rebecca  Botherell. 

280.  Saphronia  Crowell,  b.  April  14,  1801. 

281.  Jerusha  Crowell,  b.  April  16,  1803. 

282.  Harvey  Crowell,  b.  Dec.  15,  1804. 

283.  Pliny  Thomas  Crowell,  baptized  Sept.  16,  1810. 


86  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

95.  Lucinda  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Daniel,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  born  in  Hardwick,  Mass., ,  1778;  m. 

Abel  Ruggles  May  8,  1799,  son  of  Edward  Ruggles,  and 
b.  March  26,  1776.  They  moved  to  Carmel,  Me.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  convention  for  framing  the  consti- 
tution of  Maine. 

She  had  eight  children  : — 

284.  Daniel  Ruggles,  b.  March  9,  1800;  m.  Sarah  Mayo,  of  Hampden, 

Me.,  and  d.  Sept.,  18G2,  aged  62,  and  had  issue. 

285.  Lucinda  Ruggles,  b.  ;  m.  Enoch  Mayo  and  had  issue. 

286.  Asa  Ruggles,  b. ;  unm.  ;  was  drowned  April,  1827. 

287.  Mercy  Ruggles,  b. ;  m.  Elisha  Mayo  and  had  issue. 

288.  Betsy  N.  Ruggles,  b. ;  m.  Prince  Gorham. 

289.  Aeel  Ruggles,  b. ;  m.  Jane and  had  issue. 

290.  Luthera  R-uggles,  b. ;  d.  July,  1844  or  '45. 

291.  Anna  D.  Ruggles,  b. ;  m.  Joseph  Getchell ;  d.  in  1859  and  had 

issue. 

96.  Mercy  Thomas4  (dau.  of  Daniel,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  1780;  m.  Isaac  Warner  Oct.  19, 
1800.  He  was  a  mechanic,  and  lived  near  Gilbertville, 
Mass.,  but  removed  to  Weathersfield,  Yt.,  about  1817. 
Date  of  death  unknown. 

They  had  eight  children  : — 

292.  Minerva  Warner,  b.  July  6,  1801. 

293.  Anson  Warner,  b.Sept.  20,  1802. 

294.  Cyrus  Warner,  b.  in  1804. 

295.  William  Warner,  b.  Nov.  1,  1805  ;  d.  Sept.  8,  1814. 

296.  Lucinda  Warner,  b.  Feb.  25,  1807. 

297.  Marie  Warner,  b.  March  29,  1809.     . 

298.  Henry  Warner,  b.  March  9,  1812. 

299.  Marie  Emeline  Warner,  b.  July  4,  1814. 


100.  Theophilus  Hastings4  (son  of  Submit  Jordan,3 
Temperance  [Thomas]  Jordan,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Hardwick,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1764.  He  m.  Betsy  Prince 
Ames,  of  Bane,  Mass.,  Dec.  22,  1785.  He  d.  Oct.  31, 
1842,  aged  78.     She  d.  Aug.  14,  1844,  aged  76. 


FOURTH   GENERATION.  87 

They  had  eight  children  : — 

300.  Betsy  Hastings,  b.  1786  ;  m.  Timothy  P.  Anderson  Oct.  17,  1811,  and 

d.  Nov.  25,  1868,  aged  82,  and  had  issue. 

301.  Annie  Hastings,  b. ;  in.  Sevvell  Marsh,  of  Ware,  May  11,  1815; 

nfr. 

302.  Walter  Hastings,  b.  ;  m.  Mary  Babbell,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  pub. 

May  22,  1822;  nfr. 

303.  John  Ames  Hastings,  b.  1798  ;  d.  June  9, 1801. 

304.  Hiram  Hastings,  b«  1801 ;  d.  Dec.  27,  1831. 

305.  Harriet  Hastings,  b.  1805  ;  m.  William  Frost  Feb.  5,  1843,  and  d. 

June  29,  1845,  aged  40;  bad  issue. 

306.  Barnabus  Hastings,  b.  1807 ;  d.  May  9,  1807. 

307.  Henrietta  Hastings,  b.  1810;  m.  William  Frost  (whose  first  wife  was 

Harriet  Hastings),  Sept.  22,  1846. 


106.  Charles  Henry  Thomas4  (son  of  Israel,3  Israel,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Hardwiek,  Mass.,  May  10,  1832; 
m.  Harriet  A.  Spooner,  of  Dana,  Feb.  8,  1855. 

They  had  two  children,  both  b.  in  Greenwich : — 

'308.  William  Henry  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  3,  1856. 

309.  Clara  Sara  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  8,  1857;  d.  May  11,  1858. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

"  How  loved,  how  honored  once,  avails  thee  not; 
To  whom  related  or  by  whom  begot ; 
A  heap  of  dust  alone  remains  of  thee  ; 
'Tis  all  thou  art,  and  all  the  proud  shall  be." — Pope. 

117.  Ruth  Cutler  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown  Dec. 
17,  1804;  m.  June  15,  1823,  to  William  Allerton,  b.  in 
Birmingham,  Eng.,  June  8,  1801.  He  d.  at  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  April  13,  1880.  She  d.  at  Gloucester  Sept.  4, 
1874. 

They  had  twelve  children,  all  born  in  Provincetown  : — 

310.  Caroline  Allerton,  b.  Nov.  7,  1824;  d.,  unm,  1844. 

311.  Orsamus  Thomas  Allerton,  b.  Aug.  17,  1825.     He  m.  1st  Louisa  L. 

Perham  July  17,  1853;  she  d.  Feb.  15,  1857.  He  m.  2d  Louisa 
Wonson,  still  living.  He  d.  at  Gloucester  in  the  fall  of  1868.  He 
had  two  children  ;  nfr. 

312.  Helen  Allerton,  b.  Oct.  6,  1828  ;  m.  David  Sanford  Hopkins,  of 

Orleans,  Mass.,  where  she  now  lives  ;  has  four  children  ;  nfr. 

313.  Abbie  Beals  Allerton,  b.  Dec.  4,  1830;  m.  Joseph  M.  CatonNov.  24, 

1823  ;  his  parents  were  b.  in  Lisbon,  Portugal ;  both  now  living  in 
Provincetown  ;  had  one  child  ;  nfr. 

314.  Ruth  Hinckley  Allerton,  b.  Aug.  20,  1833  ;  d.  Pec.  12,  1841. 

315.  Elizabeth  Scott  Allerton,  b.  June  25, 1836;  m.  Benjamin  Wonson  ; 

she  d. ;  had  five  or  six  children  ;  nfr. 

316.  William  James  Allerton,  b.  July  10,  1838  ;  d.  Nov.  12.  1838. 

317.  Caroline  Allerton  (twin),  b.  same  date  ;  d.  Dec.  1,  1838. 

318.  Mary  Caroline  Allerton,  b.  June  20,  1839;  m.  at  Beverly,  Mass., 

to  Addison  Allen  ;  she  d.  at  Gloucester. 

319.  William  Allerton,  b.  April  26,  1842;  d.  Jan. 4,  1845. 

320.  Ruth  Allerton,  b.  Feb.  14,  1845  ;  m.  George  Douglass  Sept.  10, 1872; 

she  d.  at  Gloucester  April  10,  1887;  had  three  children;  nfr. 

321.  William  Allerton,  b.  July  27/1848;  d.  Aug.  14,  1849. 

119.  Abigail  Beals  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,'2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  May  28,  1809.  After  the  death  of  her  father, 
Nov.  22,  1822,  she,  with  her  sister,  Pauline,  was  adopted 

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FIFTH    GENERATION.  89 

by  her  uncle,  Samuel  Beals  Thomas,  hotel-keeper,  of 
Worcester,  Mass.  She  m.  Phineas  Warner  Wait  May  21, 
1838,  son  of  Elmer  Wait  and  Betsy  Warner.  After  the 
death  of  Samuel  B.  Thomas,  Mr.  Wait  became  proprietor 
of  the  Exchange  Hotel.  Later,  they  moved  to  Zanes- 
ville,  O.,  where  he  d.  in  the  same  business.  She  d.  Sept. 
24,  1878,  having  had  three  children: — 

322.  William  Thomas  Wait,  b.  May  13,  1839,  in  Worcester,  Mass.  In 
1858  he  went  to  New  Orleans  to  take  a  position  as  book-keeper  in  the  business 
house  of  his  uncle,  John  E.  Thomas.  A  painful  mystery  surrounds  the  circum- 
stances of  his  death.  In  1863  he  was  sent  on  a  business  trip  to  Mexico  by  Ins 
employers.  Here  he  found  many  men  who  had  left  New  Orleans  to  escape  the 
Confederate  draft.  Knowing  his  trustworthy  character,  these  men  took  ad- 
vantage of  the  opportunity  for  sending  money  to  their  families  on  his  return 
to  New  Orleans.  He  was  never  seen  after.  Strong  suspicions  were  felt  that  he 
had  been  murdered  for  this  money.  A  detective  was  sent  to  investigate  the 
matter.  Some  of  his  personal  effects  were  recovered  and  sent  to  his  mother, 
but  no  clue  was  ever  obtained  as  to  his  fate. 

323.  Sarah  Thomas  Wait,  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass  ,  Sept.  21, 1812  ;  m.  Daniel 
Crowell  Nov.  10,  1869,  and  had  one  dau.,  Willietta  Crowell. 

324.  Charles  Arthur  Wait,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  2,  1851;  d.  March 
11,  1874,  at  Fanuel,  Mass.  He  was  a  young  man  of  unusual  ability,  manifest- 
ing such  business  capacity  and  such  traits  of  character  as  to  have  promised  much 
for  his  future. 

120.  Pauline  Nickerson  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown 
Dec.  11,  1811.  She  was  adopted  by  her  uncle,  Samuel 
Beals  Thomas,  with  her  older  sister,  Abigail,  upon  the 
death  of  her  father,  in  1822.  She  m.  April  12,  1848, 
Geo.  Gale,  of  lloxbury,  son  of  Isaac  Gale  and  Anna 
Norcross.  Geo.  Gale  held  the  office  of  Registrar  in  the 
city  of  Worcester,  Mass.  He  d.  in  1855.  She  is  now 
living  with  her  niece,  Mrs.  Crowell,  at  Montvale,  Mass. 
She  forms  one  of  the  connecting-links  between  the 
present  and  the  early  part  of  the  century,  and  gives 
many  reminiscences  of  old  times  and  of  family  connec- 
tions.    She  has  one  child  : — 


90  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HARDWICK. 

325.  Emma  Josephine  Thomas  Gale,  b.  March  14,  1849,  at  Boston,  Mass. 

She  resides  with  her  mother  at  Montvale,  Mass.     Miss  Gale  is  a 
writer  of  ability,  of  both  prose  and  verse. 

121.  Isabella  Nickerson  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4 

Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1814;  m.  1st  John  Stone,  a  merchant  at 
Provincetown,  about  1837.  He  d.  about  1842.  She  m.  2d 
Nathan  Stone,  a  carpenter,  about  1845.  He  d.  Feb.  18, 
1881.  She  is  still  living  at  Dennis,  Mass.  She  had  two 
children,  b.  in  Dennis : — 
By  first  husband : 

326.  John  Murry  Stone,  b.  Sept.,  1839  ;  m.  Cynthia Crowell ;  had  two  chil- 

dren ;  nfr. 

By  second  husband : 

327.  Sarah  Emeline  Stone,  b.  May  1850;  m.  Sept.,  1870,  James  Howes 

a  farmer  of  Dennis,  Mass. ;  had  four  children  ;  nfr. 

122.  Abiah  Nickerson  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  July  12,  1816;  m.  Reuben  Collins,  a  sea-captain, 
son  of  Richard  Collins,  of  Truro,  Mass.,  in  1836.  He  d. 
Aug.  12,  1883.     She  d.  at  Provincetown  July  31,  1871. 

She  had  three  children  : — 

328.  Richard  Freeman  Collins,  b.  March  2,  1837;  a  mariner;  unm. 

329.  Minnie    Thomas    Collins,    b.    Sept.    15,    1839 ;    unm. ;     residence, 

Provincetown. 

330.  John  Eldridge  Collins,  b.  Feb  24,1847;  m.  Sept.  6, 1868,  Ella  Fran- 

ces Sholes,  dau.  of  Henry  Sholes,  of  Truro,  Mass. ;  mariner ;  he  d. 
May  3,  1SS2.     She  resides  at  Provincetown. 

124.  John  Eldridge  Thomas5  (son  of  Orsamus,4  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown 
March  20,  1820.  In  1849  he  m.  Emma  Josephine  Pem- 
berton,  dau.  of  Captain  Henry  Pemberton,  of  Liverpool, 
England,  and  Elizabeth  O.  Pye,  his  wife.  He  went  to 
New  Orleans,  La.,  about  1850,  and  engaged  in  the  ship- 
ping business  ;  was  of  the  firm  of  Thomas  &  Foley.  He 
was  drowned  June  24,  1868,  by  the  foundering  of  one 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  91 

of  their  vessels  at  the  mouth  of  the  Brazos  River  while 
on  a  trial  trip.  A  New  Orleans  paper  contains  the  fol- 
lowing account  of  this  disaster : — 

"  We  are  pained  to  hear  of  the  death  of  our  esteemed  friend,  Captain  John 
Eldridge  Thomas,  of  this  city,  who  lost  his  life  by  the  foundering  of  the  steamer 
"  Selma"  off  Velasco,  near  the  mouth  of  the  Brazos  River,  Texas,  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  24th  inst.  (June  24,  1868).  The  "  Selma"  was  formerly — before  the 
war — one  of  the  mail-boats  running  between  this  port  and  Mobile.  During  the 
war  she  was  converted  into  a  Confederate  gun-boat.  Recently,  a  number  of 
enterprising  citizens,  among  whom  was  Captain  Thomas,  purchased  the 
"  Selma  "  and  fitted  her  out  for  a  cattle  transport  to  run  between  Indianola  and 
New  Orleans.  Saturday  morning  a  dispatch  was  received  from  Captain 
McLean,  at  Galveston,  stating  that  the  "  Selma "  had  foundered  in  the  Gulf, 
and  that  his  son,  with  Captain  Thomas,  two  cooks,  the  steward,  and  a  passenger. 
were  lost.     Captain  Thomas's  body  had  been  recovered  and  buried. 

"  Captain  Thomas  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Thomas  &  Foley,  well-known 
shippers  of  this  city.  As  a  merchant,  he  was  high-toned  and  honest  in  his 
dealings  with  his  fellow-men.  He  was  brimful  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and 
a  most  useful  and  valuable  member  of  our  commerc'al  community.  In  private 
life  he  was  remarkable  for  his  geniality  of  manner  and  liberality  of  sentiment. 
All  of  his  associates  and  acquaintances  esteemed  him  highly,  and  there  are 
many  in  this  city  and  elsewhere  who  will  sincerely  lament  his  loss." 

John  Eldridge  Thomas  had  four  children : — 

331.  Emma  Louisa  Thomas,  b.  Aug.,  1852. 

332.  Elizabeth  Pemberton  Thomas,  b.  March,  1854  ;  d.  in  New  Orleans. 

333.  Henrietta  Pemberton  Thomas,  b.  Jan.,  1856  ;  d.  in  New  Orleans. 

334.  Ida  Josephine  Thomas,  b.  1858;  d.  in  New  Orleans. 

125.  Sarah  Kellogg  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Orsamus,4  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1822.  She  m.  John  F.  Locke,  son  of 
Ward  Locke,  of  Ashby,  N.  H.,  in  1845.  Mr.  Locke 
was  an  architect.  About  1849  he  moved  to  New 
Orleans,  and  later  to  Mexico.     Lost  sight  of  since. 

They  had  five  children  : — 

335.  Samuel  Thomas  Locke,  b.  Sept.,  1846,  in  Boston. 

336.  Emma  Locke,  b.  Sept.,  1848,  in  Boston. 

337.  Ida  Isabella  Locke,  b.  Nov.  19,  1851,  in  New  Orleans. 

338.  Ada  Elizabeth  Locke,  b.  same  date;  twins. 

339.  Frank  Monroe  Locke,  b.  Feb.,  1859. 


92  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

126.  Merrick  Thomas5  (son  of  Seneca,4  Dr.  William,? 
Amos,2  William1),  b.  at  what  is  now  called  St.  Albans,  Vt, 
May  26,  1803,  was  the  oldest  son  of  Seneca,  and,  it  is 
said,  was  the  first  white  child  b.  in  that  place.  When 
his  father  was  taken  prisoner  of  war,  and  when  his 
mother  d.,  he  was  less  than  10  years  of  age. 

From  that  time  forward  he  had  to  do  battle  for  him- 
self. In  after  years,  among  his  earliest  recollections  was 
that  of  driving  an  army  cart  in  the  rear  of  the  British 
forces  on  their  way  to  Burlington  Heights.  About  this 
time  he  commenced  living  with,  and  was  employed  by, 
a  Mr.  William  Kent,  who  lived  at  a  place  at  the  head 
of  Lake  Ontario,  called  Saltfleet,  where  he  had  a  store, 
salt-works,  and  a  saw-mill.  He  also  owned  vessels  on 
the  lake.  Here  the  boy  worked  his  way  as  a  sawyer, 
sailor,  and  clerk  to  the  position  of  general  manager. 

When  he  left  Mr.  Kent  he  became  general  manager 
for  William  Chisholm,  who  was  engaged  in  a  very  ex- 
tensive mercantile  and  lumber  business  at  Nelson,  Ont., 
rafting  timber  and  staves  clown  the  St.  Lawrence  to 
Quebec,  also  running  a  line  of  vessels  over  the  same 
route.  Mr.  Chisholm  purchased  what  is  now  the  town 
of  Oakville,  Ont.,  and  put  Mr.  Thomas  in  charge  of  the 
settlement.  He  became  main  mover  in  the  enterprise, 
clearing  up  the  forest,  erecting  buildings,  improving  the 
harbor,  building  piers,  also  vessels,  and  freighting  them 
to  other  ports.  Here,  it  is  claimed,  was  built  the  first 
steam-boat  on  Lake  Ontario.  A  very  extensive  business 
was  carried  on  at  Oakville  for  many  years.  Mr.  Thomas 
purchased  lands  adjoining  the  town  site,  where  he  erected 
buildings  and  made  such  improvements  as  his  tastes 
dictated.  To  this  place  he  retired  about  1834.  He  was 
a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  united  counties  of  Went- 
worth  and  Halton,  District  of  Gore.     He  held  a  com- 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  93 

mission  as  captain  of  artillery,  and  was  a  Government 
Commissioner  of  Light-houses  and  Harbors.  He  was  a 
man  of  much  influence,  and,  had  his  tastes  led  him  into 
politics,  would  have  been  successful  as  a  popular  leader. 
His  wife  was  Esther  Silverthorn,  of  Lundy's  Lane,  who, 
in  1890,  still  lives  with  the  youngest  son  on  the  old 
place  called  Mulberry  Hill. 
They  had  seven  children  : — 

340.  Charles   "William    Thomas,   b.  Sept.  23,  1830;    m.  1st   Mary  Ann 

Smith,  of  Blockey,  Worcestershire,  Eng. ;  2d  m.  Martha  E.,  widow 
of  Thomas  Q.  Mears,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  has  issue. 

341.  Esther  Thomas  (twin),  b.  Nov.  8,  1832;  d.  Nov.  23,  1832. 

342.  Aseneth  Thomas  (twin),  b.  Nov.  8,  1832;  d.  Nov.  21,  1832. 

343.  George  Chisholm   Thomas,  b.   Jan.  28,   1834  ;    in.  Sarah  Elizabeth 

Hollis,  of  Boston,  Mass ;  has  issue. 

344.  Rebecca  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  28,  1838  ;  d.  April  28,  1S40. 

345.  John  Alexander  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  25,  1841 ;    m.   Caroline  Augusta 

Boynton,  who  d.  May  7,  1889  ;  he  is  a  plumber,  living  at  71  Cbap- 
man  St.,  Boston  ;  no  issue. 

346.  Robert  Murray  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  12,  1846.     He  had  the  misfortune, 

at  the  age  of  3  or  4  years,  to  become  deaf  and  dumb ;  he  was  edu- 
cated at  Hartford,  Conn.,  is  a  good  farmer,  and  lives,  unmarried,  with 
his  mother  on  the  old  homestead  at  Oakville,  Ont. 


127.  Charles  Augustus  Thomas5  (son  of  Seneca,4  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Sept.  14,  1809,  at 
Irasburg,  Vt.  He  was  less  than  three  years  old  at  the 
death  of  his  mother,  and,  we  think,  lived  with  his  brother 
Merrick,  at  Mr.  Kent's,  until  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he 
tramped  for  the  home  of  his  ancestors,  in  Eastern  Massa- 
chusetts. Stopping  at  Williamstown  a  few  weeks  with 
his  uncle  William,  he  left  a  reputation  for  studiousness 
impelled  by  earnest  motives.  He  stopped  a  while  at  the 
old  homestead  at  Brookfield,  again  at  Worcester,  but 
finally  went  into  Boston  and  into  the  employ  of  a  grocer, 
with  whom  he  remained  as  clerk  and  afterward  partner 
till  his  associate's  death,  when  he  continued  the  business 


94  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

in  his  own  name.  He  was  located  in  Chickering  Build- 
ing when  it  was  burned,  about  1850  ;  losing  everything, 
he  started  in  again  at  the  corner  of  Beech  and  Wash- 
ington Streets,  taking  his  head  clerk  as  partner,  under 
the  name  of  Thomas  &  Merriam.  Here  he  did  a  suc- 
cessful business  until  a  little  before  his  death,  which 
occurred  March  9,  1864,  when  he  sold  his  interest  to  his 
partner.  He  managed,  somehow,  to  get  an  excellent 
business  education,  and  was  a  man  of  note  among  busi- 
ness men  in  his  day.  His  credit  among  merchants  was 
unlimited,  because  of  his  good  judgment  and  his  absolute 
integrity. 

His  correspondence  shows  that  he  was  actuated  by  the 
highest  motives,  and,  though  at  times  an  irascible  man, 
was  very  companionable  with  those  who  understood  him. 
He  was  self-reliant  and  original.  At  the  burial  of  his 
father,  the  sexton  asked  if  he  wished  to  bury  the  plate 
with  the  casket.  He  replied  :  "  I  don't  know.  What  is 
the  custom  I  I  never  buried  my  father  before."  When, 
still  at  his  business,  his  physician  told  him  that  his  life 
was  limited  and  the  bounds  only  a  little  way  off,  he 
seemed  unmoved  ;  wanted  the  limits  of  his  business  pos- 
sibilities fixed,  and  settled  up  his  affairs  ;  then — not  till 
then — laying  himself  down  for  the  last  time,  telling  his 
family  what  he  had  done  and  what  the  fates  had  in  store 
for  him. 

May  12,  1839,  he  m.  Adrienne  Josephine  Charrier,  of 
Paris,  France,  a  woman  of  good  education  and  great 
personal  beauty  and  worth.  She  d.  Dec.  27,  1884,  out- 
living Mr.  Thomas  nearly  twenty  years. 

They  had  seven  children  : — 

347.  Adrienne  Josephine  Thomas,  b.  May  23,  1840;  m.  James  Whitney, 
foreign  buyer  for  Arnold  Constable  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  She  d. 
Dec.  3,  1864,  leaving  one  son,  George,  a  stock-broker  in  New  York, 
who  has  since  d.  unm. 


FIFTH   GENEKATION.  95 

348.  Charles  John  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  2,  1S43  ;  d.  April  11,  1843. 

349.  Emma  Thomas,  b.  March  4,  1845,  andd.,  uurn,  Jan.  25,  1869. 

She  had  a  fine  education,  marked  abilities,  and  moved  in  literary  circles; 
was  speechless  for  nearly  a  year  before  her  death. 

350.  George  Gibbs  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  11,  1848;  was  killed  while  playing 

with  the  cars,  about  1861  or  '62.     He  was  a  fine  scholar  and  was 
intending  to  enter  Harvard. 

351.  Charles  Charrier  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  5,  1851. 

He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Boston  and  of  Berlin,  Prussia.  He  was 
a  fine  English  scholar,  and  spoke  German  and  French  with  ease.  After  his 
return  to  Boston  he  went  into  a  wool-store  to  learn  the  business,  where 
he  remained  about  two  years.  Possessed  by  inheritance  of  a  love  of  adven- 
ture, and  having  a  desire  to  establish  himself  in  the  wholesale  wool  busi- 
ness, he  conceived  the  idea  of  going  to  Cape  Town  to  open  up  a  trade  with 
Boston.  He  could  not  be  persuaded  nor  reasoned  out  of  this  venture  ;  and  so, 
pecuniarily  equipped  by  his  mother,  he  went  out  to  Africa  only  to  find  that  the 
business  was  controlled  by  English  monopoly,  and  that  he  would  not  even  be 
tolerated.  Smarting  under  the  anticipated  "  I  told  you  so  "  awaiting  him  at 
home,  he  joined  a  trading  party  going  into  Central  Africa,  and  was  with  them 
in  the  interior  for  a  year.  After  his  return  to  Cape  Town  he  fitted  out  an  expe- 
dition of  his  own,  which,  I  think,  was  not  altogether  successful,  as  he  was 
prostrated  with  a  fever,  from  which  he  got  up  with  partially  paralyzed  lower 
limbs,  and  on  account  cf  which  he  returned  to  Boston.  Not  getting  help  here; 
he  went  to  England  to  consult  an  eminent  surgeon  who  had  practiced  in  Africa, 
and  who  told  him  that  lie  could  do  him  no  good  ;  that  to  get  help  he  must  go 
back  into  the  African  climate.  On  account  of  this  advice  he' concluded  to  return 
to  Africa.  Some  merchants,  associating  themselves  with  him,  took  a  venture, 
and,  chartering  a  vessel,  loaded  it  with  such  goods  as  he  thought  most  profitable 
for  trading  on  the  coast  of  Africa.  He  went  out  as  supercargo,  but  to  remain 
and  establish  a  trading-post  on  the  west  coast.  Arriving  off  St.  Helena,  he  was 
taken  with  coast  fever  and  was  carried  to  the  hospital.  The  Englis-h  authorities 
reported  his  death  to  the  captain,  who,  having  no  one  aboard  acquainted  with 
trade,  weighed  anchor  and  returned  to  Boston.  Charles,  however,  got  well,  and, 
finding  that  his  vessel  had  returned,  proceeded  in  disgust  to  the  Continent  in 
perfect  health,  having  recovered  the  use  of  his  limbs.  There,  on  the  west  coast, 
about  latitude  22°  south,  he  went  into  .the  employ  of  a  noted  Dane  by  the  name, 
I  think,  of  Erickson,  who  controlled  things  in  that  region,  and  was  a  trader 
with  the  interior  through  the  medium  of  expeditions,  differing  from  the  cara- 
vans of  the  East  in  having  oxen  instead  of  camels  for  beasts  of  burden.  Charles, 
on  account  of  his  abilities,  his  education,  especially  the  linguistic  part  (since  he 
already  spoke  two  or  three  of  the  native  languages),  and  his  winning  address,  was 
put  in  charge  of  the  most  important  expedition  into  Central  Africa,  to  be  gone 
two  or  more  years.  He  was  so  successful  that,  after  his  return,  his  employer 
took  him  and  his  capital  in  company  with  him.  At  this  time  he  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  British  Geographical  Society,  who  became  interested  in  him, 
and  who,  after  his  death,  applied  for,  and  had  for  some  time  in  London,  his  very 
full  and  interesting  journals,  since,  unfortunately,  destroyed  by  fire. 


96  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK.  « 

After  this  partnership  was  established,  they  fitted  out  an  extensive  trading 
expedition,  which  was  through  the  Damara,  Ovampo,  and  Mokololo  countries 
into  the  regions  beyond.  Charles  again  went  out  in  charge  of  it.  In  the  second 
year  of  the  expedition  he  was  invited  by  a  chieftain  in  the  country  somewhere 
to  the  northeast  of  Lake  Ngami  to  visit  and  hunt  with  him.  Having  trade  in 
view,  he  accepted  the  invitation  ;  but,  on  arriving  at  the  boundary,  which  at 
this  point  was  a  river,  he  met  the  tribe  in  hostile  array,  who,  instigated  by  a 
rival  (Portugese)  expedition,  refused  to  allow  them  to  enter  their  country  under 
the  plea  that  their  big  Elephant  guns  would  frighten  away  the  game.  As  has 
been  related  by  associate  Americans  in  his  employ,  and  by  his  younger  brother 
who  was  with  him  at  this  time,  he  not  only  had  tact  in  managing  the  natives, 
but  was  possessed  of  unflinching  nerve  when  circumstances  called  for  decisive 
action.  It  had  been  a  custom  with  him,  when  danger  presented  itself  in 
the  form  of  threatening  by  the  natives,  to  march  directly  up  to  and  overawe 
them.  It  had  served  him  well  through  all  the  years  of  his  contact  with  the 
negro  race  ;  but  it  failed  him  on  the  following  day,  when,  alone  and  unarmed, 
he  rode  into  the  river  and  into  the  face  of  his  now  hostile  friends,  horse  and 
rider  going  down  under  a  shower  of  assegais,*  while  his  well-armed  friends 
stood  paralyzed  upon  the  opposite  shore. 

352.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  May  14,  1854;  d.  June  9,  1854. 

353.  John  Louis  Thomas,  b.  June  13,  1855. 

He  graduated  at  the  Boston  schools ;  was  for  a  time  in  the  Agricultural 
College  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  but  left  and  went  to  Central  Africa  in  pursuit  of  his 
brother,  Charles  Charrier,  who  had  not  been  heard  from  for  more  than  two 
years.  He  was  successful,  and  remained  with  him  until  Charles's  death,  which 
occurred  two  or  three  years  later.  Returning  to  America,  he  remained  for  awhile 
in  Boston,  but  the  force  of  new  habits  made  city  life  intolerable  to  him  ;  so,  having 
promised  his  mother  that  he  would  not  leave  this  continent  while  she  lived,  he 
went  out  to  Colorado,  where  he  remained  until  her  death.  Afterward  he  went 
to  California,  and  when  he  left  Boston  expressed  the  intention  of  going  either 
to  Africa  or  Australia.  c.  i>.  T. 


130.  Dwight  Thomas"  (son  of  William,4  Dr.  William,3 
Amos2,  William1),  b.  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Sept.  17,  1800; 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Pownal,  Yt. ;  afterward  to 
Williamstown,  Mass.,  where  he  was  associated  with 
them  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives.' 

Born  and  reared  to  manhood  on  a  frontier  farm,  his 
young  life  was  a  struggle  with  adverse  conditions,  which, 
though  stimulating  self-reliance,  were  little  calculated  to 
make  him  a  scholar.     However,  through   the  aid  and 

*  Darts  used  in  warfare  among  the  Kaffirs. 


FIFTH   GENEKATION.  97 

influence  of  his  parents,  he  received  a  fair  rudimentary 
education ;  yet  not  enough  to  keep  him  from  saying  to 
his  boys,  when  in  after  life  he  felt  the  need  of  a  higher 
education,  that  he  hoped  they  would  not  grow  up  such 
big  blockheads  as  he. 

Having  never  left  the  family  nest,  his  actions  were 
somewhat  circumscribed  ;  at  least,  until  the  introduction 
of  steam  as  a  motive  power  had  displaced  old  conditions 
and  presented  to  the  people  new  problems  for  the  solu- 
tion of  which  there  was  no  key.  To  tell  the  story  of  his 
business  life  previous  to  this  event  would  be  to  repeat 
what  has  already  been  said  in  the  sketch  of  his  father's 
doings  in  Williamstown. 

He  was  tall  (about  6  feet)  and  well  proportioned ;  had 
dark-brown  hair,  blue  eyes,  high  forehead,  straight  and 
prominent  nose,  and  a  pretty  strong  mouth  and  chin. 
He  was  an  enterprising  man,  full  of  energy,  of  quick 
perceptions,  rapid  in  action,  industrious  ;  finding  no  time 
in  the  last  half  of  his  adult  life  for  recreation,  or  even 
the  civilities  of  social  life.  He  was  glad  to  have  his 
friends  visit  him  ;  wanted  them  pleasurably  entertained 
by  the  family;  but  he,  himself,  must  be  excused — he  was 
always  too  busy.  And  this  was  true.  He  had  so  many 
irons  in  the  fire  that,  for  all  his  vigilance,  some  were 
burned.  Whoever  visited  with  him  must  follow  after  in 
the  routine  of  his  business. 

He  was  m.  in  Sept.,  1830,  to  Mabel  N.,  daughter  of 
Martin  Townsend,  of  Hancock,  Mass.,  and  Mabel 
Norton,  of  Worthington,  Mass.  After  completing  her 
education,  and  until  her  marriage,  she  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  Williamstown.  After  she  became  Mrs. 
Thomas,  she  fell,  receiving  injuries  from  which  she 
finally  died,  four  days  after  the  birth  of  a  son,  Charles 
TJwight  Thomas,  who  was  named  by  her  and  committed 


98  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

to  the  care  of  the  paternal  grandmother,  in  the  faith  that 
he  would  grow  up  to  manhood  and  make  their  hearts 
glad.  The  hoy  is  now  writing  these  lines ;  but  they 
who  were  to  he  made  glad,  where  are  they  1  It  has  been 
said  that  she  was  a  plain  woman,  but  of  brilliant  parts, 
pleasing  manners,  and  very  companionable.  Thirty 
years  after  her  death  her  memory  was  still  cherished  in 
that  part  of  the  country. 

Not  many  years  after  these  events  came  the  transition 
period  before  referred  to  ;  when  it  was  ended,  business 
methods  had  changed  and  everywhere  were  strewn  the 
wrecks  of  a  certain  class  of  enterprises,  among  them 
those  in  which  he  and  bis  father  had  been  engaged. 
From  this  time  they  seem  to  have  traveled  opposite  ways  ; 
the  father  in  a  quiet  and  conservative  path;  the  son, 
giving  loose  reins  to  his  pent-up  tendencies,  bought  more 
land  and,  among  other  things,  went  into  wool-growing, 
feeding  his  sheep  off  the  mountain  pastures  in  summer 
and  from  his  well-filled  barns  in  the  winter.  For  several 
years  he  followed  this  up  with  varying  fortune,  having 
some  success  but  more  disappointments,  arising  from 
cheap  wool,  predatory  dogs,  and  all  the  diseases  in  suc- 
cession to  which  sheep  are  liable.  When  he  went  out 
of  the  business  he  was  more  of  a  sheep-doctor  than  a 
capitalist.  During  this  period  he  gained  much  knowl- 
edge of  fine  wools,  and  was  employed  as  an  expert 
during  the  buying  season  by  one  of  the  (Harris)  wool 
manufacturers  of  Rhode  Island. 

At  this  time  Mr.  Thomas  was  frequently  employed  by 
his  neighbors  in  the  adjustment  of  their  accounts,  and 
often  acted  as  arbiter  in  those  cases  of  disagreement  now 
usually  settled  by  the  courts.  If  these  tribunals  of 
mutual  consent  did  not  administer  much  law,  they  were 
inexpensive,  and  a  just  verdict  was  as  often  arrived  at  as 
when  the  case  was  mystified  by  paid  attorneys. 


FIFTH   GENEKATION.  99 

He  was  guardian  for  Toussaint  Louis,  an  old  French 
soldier  who  came  over  with  Lafayette  and  served  with 
him  during  the  Revolution.  Louis  was  a  pensioner,  and 
lived  opposite  Mr.  Thomas,  in  a  house  built  by  Colonel 
Simonds,  of  Indian- War  fame.  This  old  Frenchman  was 
a  good  story-teller,  and  was  never  so  happy  as  when  his 
neighbors  were  gathered  around  his  big,  open  fireplace, 
blazing  from  front  to  back,  listening  to  his  tales  of  what 
he  had  seen  and  knew  of  La  belle  France. 

One  dark  evening  Mr.  Thomas  went  to  visit  his  ward. 
Arriving  at  the  gate,  which  was  attached  to  the  open 
curb  of  a  well,  he  was  unable  to  open  it ;  so  he  at- 
tempted to  climb  over.  Being  tired,  he  balanced  himself 
for  a  while,  as  he  supposed,  upon  the  gate  ;  then  leisurely 
jumped  down — into  the  well,  22  feet  deep,  with  4  feet 
of  cold  water  at  the  bottom. 

He  was  early  interested  in  horticulture,  introducing 
many  new  fruits  into  the  orchards ;  and  by  the  distribu- 
tion of  grafts  spread  the  Baldwin  apple  through  the 
Hoosick  Valley,  in  which  lay  his  lands.  He  was  gen- 
erally at  the  front  in  procuring  new  and  improved  seeds, 
and  was  one  of  the  so-called  "  Immortal  Three,"  who,  in 
that  first  American  tuber  craze,  paid  $30  for  a  barrel  of 
worthless  llohan  potatoes. 

He  was  called  a  particular  farmer, — too  much  so  to 
make  money  out  of  the  soil ;  in  fact,  his  tastes  were 
artistic  without  his  knowing  it.  Perhaps  this  had  some- 
thing to  do  with  his  next  venture,  which  was  market- 
gardening  on  quite  an  extensive  scale.  In  this  he  had  a 
better  opportunity  for  displaying  his  taste,  and  his  fields, 
in  their  season,  were  as  attractive  as  if  they  were  for  beauty 
instead  of  utility.  A  few  years  after  entering  upon  this 
last  business,  he  commenced  shipping  fruit  and  farm 
products  to  Boston,  which  he  continued  for  several  years, 


100  THE    THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HARDWICK. 

making,  on  the  whole,  hut  little  money ;  the  market-men 
made  that. 

In  Nov.,  1859,  Mr.  Thomas  had  the  misfortune  to 
have  his  house  burned,  with  the  buildings  attached. 
The  insurance  was  in  a  bankrupt  company  ;  the  loss  was 
heavy,  as  it  included  all  the  grain  and  winter  vegetables 
grown  upon  tbe  farm  that  year.  He  never  recovered 
financially,  nor  did  he  rebuild,  but  occupied  the  house 
opposite,  which  was  formerly  the  home  of  his  ward. 
Here  he  lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Oct.  22, 
1878,  a  few  hours  after  receiving  a  blow  upon  the  back 
of  the  head,  while  returning  from  market,  in  the  evening, 
upon  an  unfrequented  highway. 

lie  was  first  a  Whig,  then  a  Republican,  of  the 
strictest  scbools;  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  and  had  a  reputation  second  to  no  man's  for 
virtue  and  integrity  ;  yet  he  seems  to  have  given  offense 
in  bis  latter  days  by  neglect  of  church  duties.  He  was 
strictly  a  business  man,  and  gave  employment  to  a  large 
number  of  laboring  men  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  so 
kind-hearted  that  he  was  continually  overpaying  them, 
out  of  sympathy.  He  had  lots  of  friends,  not  the  least 
among  them  his  old  mother,  who  never  entirely  weaned 
him  from  her  side. 

After  tbe  death  of  his  first  wife  he  remained  a  widower 
for  more  than  twenty  years,  marrying,  in  May,  1852, 
Dorcas  E.  Brimmer,  dan.  of  John  Brimmer  and  Eliza- 
beth Moon,  of  Petersburg,  N.  Y.  Slie  d.  in  April,  1858, 
having  been  a  good  wife  and  faithful  mother. 

By  his  first  wife,  Mabel  N.  Townsend,  Mr.  Thomas 
had  one  child  : — 

354.  Charles  Dwight  Thomas,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  Nov.  16,  1831 ; 
m.  Emma  Josephine  Temple  and  has  issue. 

By  his  second  wife,  Dorcas  E.  Brimmer,  he  had  four 
children : — 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  101 

355.  Clark  Roger  Thomas,  b.  at  Petersburg,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  13,  1853. 

He  graduated  from  the  commercial  college  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. ;  was  in  a 
store  at  North  Adams,  Mass.;  afterward  was  a  clerk  in  Boston,  where  ho  d. 
March  22,  1876,  from  injuries  received  at  his  place  of  employment.  It  was  said 
of  him  that  he  undoubtedly  had  faults  like  other  men,  but  managed  to  conceal 
them  ;  was  a  Unitarian  and  Republican  ;  unm. 

356.  William  Jacob  Thomas,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  May  1,  185-1. 

He  received  his  education,  after  leaving  the  public  schools,  at  Greylock  Insti- 
tute. He  was  a  successful  clerk  in  Boston,  but,  after  four  years,  his  health 
failed,  when  he  went  to  the  Azores  and  England.  Soon  after  his  return  he 
went  into  the  employ  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  was 
killed  by  Greasers  a  few  years  after.  He  was  an  amateur  painter,  a  pupil  of 
John  Johnson ;  was  a  Republican  and  was  unm. 

357.  John  Edgar  Thomas,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  Oct.  21,  1855. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  afterward 
received  a  mercantile  education  in  the  store  of  B.  F.  Mather,  in  the  same  place; 
was  for  some  time  in  business  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  is  now  connected  (1890)  with 
a  hardware  store  in  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  is  at  present  in  Europe,  where  he  is  intro- 
ducing a  new  American  type-writing  machine  ;  unm. 

358.  Robert  Brimmer  Thomas,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  April  21,  1858; 

d.  Aug.  29,  1865,  from  being  thrown  into  the  river  when  he  was 
overheated.  c.  d.  t. 

133.  Sylvantjs  Thomas5  (son  of  William,4  Dr.  Wil- 
liam,3 Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Hardwick,  Vt,  Oct. 
28,  1805.  He  removed,  with  bis  father's  family,  to 
Williamstown,  where  he  finished  bis  education.  He 
commenced  active  life  in  Boston,  and  was,  for  a  time, 
Assistant  Keeper  of  the  House  of  Correction.  While 
in  that  capacity  be  m.,  on  the  30th  day  of  Oct.,  1837, 
Sophia  Johnson  Kent,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Nov. 
8,  1808 ;  and  who  d.,  a  faithful  wife  and  mother,  April 
23,  1860.  She  was  the  dan.  of  Samuel  Kent,  of 
Charlestown,  and  Lucy  Johnson,  of  Burlington,  Mass. 

After  leaving  his  public  position  he  was,  for  a  time,  in 
the  market  business  in  Boston,  but  soon  engaged  unsuc- 
cessfully with  some  cousins  in  the  cattle  business,  with 
headquarters  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  He  finally  went  to  the 
Mississippi  Valley,  which  was  at  that  time  the  Western 
frontier,  where,  in  the  bluffs  west  of  Dubuque,  he 
undertook  prospecting  for  lead  ore.     The  mining  season 


102  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

of  1848-49  brought  him  success  in  the  discovery  of 
what  afterward  proved  to  be  only  a  small  deposit  of 
lead. 

At  this  time  the  California  gold  craze  was  sweeping- 
over  this  country.  He  sold  his  mine,  and,  having  in- 
vested the  money  in  teams,  tools,  clothing,  and  provisions 
suitable  for  frontier  and  mining  life,  collected  around  him 
a  company  of  adventurers  who  were  willing  to  work 
their  passage,  and,  turning  his  face  toward  the  golden 
Eldorado,  and  las  back  upon  family  and  friends,  dared, 
for  wealth  and  adventure,  the  almost  insurmountable 
obstacles  that  confronted  the  overland  pioneers  to  the 
Pacific. 

It  is  known  that  his  journey  was  successfully  com- 
pleted, but  with  food-stores  mostly  consumed  by  the 
starving  column  of  adventurers  who  had  started  out, 
some  on  horseback,  others  on  foot,  trusting  to  their  rifles 
and  fishing-tackle  for  their  sustenance.  It  is  known, 
too,  that  his  tarry  in  the  diggings  was  short ;  and  that 
having  sold,  for  the  fabulous  prices  of  those  California 
days,  his  teams  and  remaining  goods,  he  invested  in 
certain  fishing  rights  on  the  Sacramento,  where,  it  is 
in  evidence,  he  made  much  money.  After  the  sale  of 
these  rights  and  the  withdrawing  of  money  from  bank, 
he  mysteriously  disappeared. 

In  1857  there  lived,  in  the  Northwest,  a  man  who 
went  out  with  Mr.  Thomas,  and  was  with  him  in  Cali- 
fornia. It  was  not  known  that  he  was  ever  other  than 
rather  hard  up ;  but,  at  the  disappearance  of  Mr.  Thomas, 
he  returned  to  Wisconsin,  bringing  a  good  deal  of  money, 
and,  it  was  thought,  knew  more  about  the  mystery  than 
any  one  else,  and  more  than  he  cared  to  have  others 
know. 

They  had  two  children  : — 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  103 

359.  Mary  Sophia  Thomas,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  June  15,  1839.    She 

is  a  teacher  in  theBoston  schools,  where  she  has  taught  for  thirty 
years;  unm. 

360.  Charles  Warren  Thomas,  b.  at  Boston  July  26,1849;  m.  Ophelia 

Bolton  ;  lives  at  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  and  has  issue.  c.  d.  t. 

134.  Lewis  Ayery  Thomas"  (son  of  William,4  Dr.  Wil- 
liam,3 Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  May 
22,  1807.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Williams  College  and 
was  also  a  student  in  the  Yale  Law  School. 

His  course  in  life  was  so  erratic  and  so  many  of  those 
contemporary  with  him  are  dead  or  lost  sight  of,  that  it 
would  be  impossible  to  give  a  concise  biography  without 
investigating  the  early  records  of  Iowa,  where,  after 
receiving  his  education,  and  a  short  sojourn  in  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  he  made  his  home  the  rest  of  his  days.  Some 
time  in  the  last  half  of  the  "thirties"  he  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  at  Dubuque,  on  the  Upper  Mississippi, 
and  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  that  region  and  of 
that  territory  after  it  was  organized.  He  was  early 
District  Attorney  for  Dubuque  and  State's  Attorney  for 
Iowa.  Although  from  an  unbroken  line  of  Whig  stock, 
he  early  advocated  Democratic  doctrines  as  best  for  that 
western  world.  He  established  a  newspaper  which  was 
called  the  Miners'  Express,  of  which  he  was  the  editor 
and  ran  it  in  the  interest  of  the  Democratic  party. 

After  Iowa  became  a  State  he  was  a  candidate  for 
Congress,  and,  starting  a  campaign  paper  called  the 
Spike,  facetiously  remarked  in  the  prospectus  that  it  was 
given  that  name  because  it  was  intended  to  spike  the  big 
guns  of  Whiggery.  However,  he  was  not  elected,  and 
was  never  an  M.C. ;  but  spent  many  winters  in  Wash- 
ington, advocating  Western  enterprises — among  them  a 
railroad  to  the  Pacific.  A  company  was  finally  organized, 
composed  of  wealthy  and  influential  men  in  all  parts  of 
the  country,  North  and  South,  many  of  them  members 


104  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

of  Congress;  Stephen  A.  Douglas  was  President.  The 
object  the  influencing  of  the  largest  number  of  the 
Northern  people  in  their  scheme  and  to  overcome  the 
opposition  of  the  South  and  the  slave  power  to  such  a 
railway.  Congress  was  to  be  asked  to  aid,  by  land- 
grants  and  money,  in  building  one  road  north  of  40°  to 
the  Pacific  and  another  south  of  that  point  through 
Southern  California  to  the  Pacific.  It  was  concluded  to 
make  a  preliminary  survey  to  determine  the  feasibility  of 
the  Northern  route,  and  in  the  spring  of  1857  this  associa- 
tion sent  out  a  party,  fully  equipped,  to  make  an  exami- 
nation of  the  country  west  as  far  as  the  mountains,  with 
instructions  to  keep  as  close  as  possible  to  latitude  42° 
and  42|°  North.  This  line  passed  westward  across  the 
State  of  Iowa  to  a  point  about  20  miles  north  of  the 
mouth  of  the  Big  Sioux  River,  crossing  what  is  now 
South  Dakota  and  the  Missouri  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Neobrara,  following  up  that  stream  toward  the  Rockies. 
Mr.  Thomas  was  in  charge  of  this  expedition. 

There  was  another  company  organized,  and  going 
along  with  this;  not  responsible  to  it,  yet  overlapping 
and  feeding  upon  it, — "a  wheel  within  a  wheel," — a 
land  and  building  company,  composed  of  the  same  parties 
as  the  railroad  incorporators,  whose  intention  was  to 
gobble  all  and  leave  nothing  to  outsiders;  neither 
eligible  town-sites,  forests,  water-powers,  mines  of  coal, 
or  quarries  of  stone.  This  was  the  inception  of  the  cele- 
brated American  Credit  Mobilicr,  which  was  afterward 
adopted,  in  principle,  by  the  builders  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad.  This  survey  was  partially  completed  and  a 
report  made  by  Mr.  Thomas;  but  further  work  was 
delayed  by  the  financial  panic  of  that  year  and  the  political 
struggle  going  on  between  the  institution  of  slavery  and 
its  opposers. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  105 

After  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  the  withdrawal  of 
the  power  and  influence  of  the  extreme. South  from  the 
National  Legislature,  two  roads  were  no  more  thought 
of.  However,  as  a  war  and  defensive  measure,  Congress 
soon  passed  what  is  known  as  the  Pacific  Railroad  Bill, 
and  the  different  interests  compromised  on  the  Piatt 
Valley  route,  leaving  the  association  of  which  Mr.  Thomas 
was  a  member  up  North,  and  without  patronage.  He 
believed  in  this  route,  that  it  would  be  built,  and,  having 
kept  their  franchise  alive,  clung  to  his  stock  to  the  last. 

He  became  an  ardent  Republican  on  the  organization 
of  that  party,  and  when  the  war  broke  out  enlisted  and 
served  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

Sept.  8,  1848,  he  m.  Jane  Farrington.  After  his  re- 
turn from  the  war  they  both  Avent  South,  he  some  way 
in  the  service  of  the  Christian  Commission,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  surrender  of  Lee;  she  into  the  kitchen 
department  of  the  Adams  Hospital,  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 
She  was  pensioned  by  Congress,  and  is  now  living  in  the 
Old  Ladies'  Home,  at  Dubuque,  and  is  remembered  with 
gratitude  for  her  generosity  in  the  clays  of  her  prosperity, 
and  for  her  self-sacrifice  to  the  soldiers  of  the  Union. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  were  at  one  time  the  possessors 
of  considerable  wealth,  and,  besides  their  homestead,  built 
and  rented  a  large  block  in  Dubuque.  But  the  speculative 
fever  of  the  "fifties  "  got  hold  of  them,  and  they  invested 
from  St.  Paul  to  Omaha,  hiring  money  at  a  large  interest 
and  giving  security  on  what  they  actually  possessed.  We 
need  not  relate  the  result,  when  we  consider  that  specu- 
lative city  site  property  collapsed  from  a  fabulous  inflation 
to  nothing,  and  that  interest  on  good  securities  went  on. 

After  the  Avar  was  over  Mr.  Thomas  became  interested 
in  the  building  of  a  ship-canal  from  the  Lakes  to  the 
Mississippi,  by  the  way  of  the  Fox  and  Wisconsin  rivers. 


106       THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

He  spent  two  winters  in  Washington  fruitlessly,  urging 
this  project  upon  members  of  Congress,  and  spent  much 
time  and  money  lecturing  upon  the  subject  before  the 
boards  of  trade  in  the  sea-port  as  well  as  inland  cities. 

Partly  from  opinion,  and  partly  from  fear  that  it  would 
divert  trade  from  Eastern  channels  down  the  Mississippi, 
it  was  called  visionary.  Its  value  to  the  commerce  of  the 
Lakes  is  now  generally  conceded,  and  the  accomplishment 
of  this  enterprise  seems  to  be  in  the  near  future.  He  left 
Washington  discouraged,  and,  having  met  with  further 
reverses  and  failing  health,  returned  to  Dubuque,  and 
accepted  the  first  thing  that  offered  to  give  the  old  couple 
their  daily  bread — the  position  of  a  locomotive  engineer. 
This  was  his  last  effort.  After  a  lingering  illness  he  d. 
Aug.  6,  1882,  in  his  seventy-sixth  year.  He  was  a  man 
possessed  of  great  resources;  could  do  anything  and  talk 
well  upon  almost  any  subject;  was  generally  considered 
to  be  a  good  speaker, — always  an  interesting  one.  He 
won  first  prize  in  declamation  at  college.  He  was  pretty 
large,  with  black  hair,  black  or  brown  eyes,  and  a  rather 
dark  skin;  was  a  handsome  and  commanding  man;  great 
in  an  emergency;  bold,  knowing  no  fear,  and  submitting 
to  no  indignities.  He  was  a  member  all  his  life  of  the 
Congregational  Church.     He  had  no  children,     c.  d.  t. 

136.  Frances  Thomas5  (dan.  of  William,4  Dr.  Wil- 
liam,3 Amos,2  William1)  was  born  Nov.  15,  1810,  at 
Hardwick,  Vt.  She  was  very  tall  and  erect;  had  red- 
dish dark-brown  eyes,  and  brown  hair  which,  when  left 
free,  trailed  upon  the  floor.  Her  face,  though  dignified 
and  benign,  was  considered  handsome.  She  left  a  void 
when  she  went  out  of  her  father's  house,  but  entered  a 
broader  field,  where,  by  her  goodness  and  her  kind- 
ness, she  conquered  all.  She  m.  Timothy  Graves  in 
1837  or  1838,  and  d.  March  4,  1817.     Mr.  Graves  was 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  107 

a  successful  farmer  at  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y.  After  the 
death  of  his  wife,  Frances  Thomas,  he  m.  again  ;  he 
d.  May  31,  1881,  leaving  the  second  wife  a  widow,  with 
two  children. 

By  the  first  wife,  Frances  Thomas,  he  had  two 
children : — 

361.  Warren  Henry  Graves,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839;  served  in  the  Union  Army 
during  the  Rebellion;  m.  Clara  A.  Farnsworth,  and  is  a  successful 
farmer  at  Rockton,  Winebago  County,  111.,  and  has  two  children : — 

362.  Walter  T.  Graves,  b.  July  24,  1871. 

363.  Nettie  C.  Graves,  b.  Oct.  27,  1871 

364.  Elizabeth  Frances  Graves,  b.  March  24,  1842;  m.  Charles  M.  Piatt, 
who  d.  May  24, 1880,  at  Wichita,  Kan.,  where  his  widow  now  lives. 
They  had  five  children  : — ■ 

365.  Albert  Hetwood  Platt,  b.  in  York,  Pa.,  Oct.  27,  1865;  is  m. 

and  (1890)  living  at  Wichita,  Kan. 

366.  Eleanor  Platt,  b.  in  Germantown,  Pa.,  Feb.  8,  1867. 

367.  William  Thomas  Platt,  b.  in  Beverly,  N.  J.,  Jan.  5,  1870;  d. 

there  Jan.  13,  1890. 

368.  Julia  Platt,  b.  in  Beverly,  N.  J.,  Sept.  27,  1871  ;  d.  at  Wichita, 

Kan,  July  5,  18S0. 

369.  Timothy  Graves  Platt,  b.  at  Wichita,  Kan,  Feb.  9,  1879. 

137.  Andrew  Collins  Thomas5  (son  of  William,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1),  b.  at  Hardwick,  Vt., 
March  19,  1812.  Being  only  9  years  old  when  his  father 
removed  to  Williamstown,  Mass.,  he  received  most  of 
his  education  in  that  place,  working  on  the  farm  in  the 
summer  and  attending  the  district  school  in  the  winter. 
It  is  said  that  he  had  the  opportunity  of  going  through 
Williams  College,  but  chose  the  life  of  a  farmer. 

Having  m.  Aug.  22,  1836,  Minerva  Smedley  (then 
widow  Norton,  with  one  dau.,  Emily),  he  removed  to 
Medina,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  two  years.  Return- 
ing on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his  wife,  he  took, 
upon  shares,  the  Bingham  farm,  at  Bennington,  Yt., 
where  he  remained  three  years.  Rather  discouraged 
at  results,  he  went  into  the  employ  of  a  shoe  concern  at 
Williamstown,  doing    piece-work    in   some   department, 


108  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

where  he  remained  and  was  successful  until  the  failure 
of  the  firm,  in  1850.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  Florida,  Mass.,  directly  over  the  Hoosick 
funnel,  since  constructed  through  the  mountain.  Sell- 
ing this  farm  in  1861,  he  again  returned  to  Williams- 
town,  where  he  purchased  lands  and  is  now  living. 
He  has  grayish  eyes,  and,  when  young,  had  light,  flaxen 
hair,  but  was  bald  at  thirty, — an  unusual  thing,  it  is  said, 
among  the  descendants  of  Dr.  William. 

He  was  early  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
and  is  a  Republican. 

He  had  one  child,  a  daughter : — 

370.  Martha  Adeline  Thomas,  b.  at  Williamstown  May  22,  1845 ;  was 
for  a  while  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  ;  m.  James  Monroe  Cole, 
May  18,  18G7,  and  d.  Feb.  8,  1871,  at  South  Williamstown,  leaving 
a  son,  Albert  Thomas  Cole,  b.  June  3,  1869,  and  who  d.  Feb.  11, 
1871,  three  days  after  the  mother's  death.  c.  D.  T. 

139.  Mary  Thomas5  (dau.  of  William,4  Dr.  William,3 
Amos,2  William1),  b.  at  Pownal,  Vt.,  May  14,  1819  ;  was 
graduated  from  the  Academy  at  Williamstown,  Mass.; 
afterward  was  a  teacher  until  she  m.  (Sept.  10,  1814) 
Edgar  M.  Brown,  a  graduate  of  Williams  College,  who 
also  taught  school.  About  1847  they  removed  to  Nunda, 
N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  About  1855, 
at  the  urgent  solicitation  of  Mr.  Brown's  parents,  he  re- 
moved, with  his  family,  to  South  Adams,  Mass.,  where  his 
father  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cotton  cloth,. 
There  he  opened  a  store  in  connection  with  the  factory, 
and  not  long  after  entered  into  the  weaving  of  cotton  with 
his  father  under  the  name  of  Caleb  Brown  &  Son.  Failing 
in  business  during  the  National  bankruptcy  of  1857,  he 
entered  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  in  the  capacity  of 
Door-keeper  of  the  House,  where  he  remained  until  his 
appointment,  in  1861,  to  a  position  in  the  Boston  Custom 
House.     There  he  continued  in  the  service  of  the  govern- 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  109 

ment  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Reading,  Mass., 
Dec.  18,  1870. 

Mrs.  Brown  was  tall  and  slim  when  a  girl,  but  became 
stout  in  after  life.  Was  a  woman  of  much  ability,  un- 
demonstrative, and  well  balanced,  but  underneath  it  all 
there  was  a  proud  spirit.  When  the  great  change  in 
their  circumstances  came,  produced  by  the  loss  of  their 
property,  the  annihilation  of  their  business,  and  the  death 
of  their  eldest  daughter,  she  seemed  to  lose  her  poise,  and 
was  never  quite  herself  again.     She  d.  Sept.  9,  1885. 

They  had  five  children: — 

371.  Mart  Frances  Brown,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  July  25,  1846 ;  d. 

at  South  Adams,  Sept.,  1860. 

372.  Alice  Sophia  Brown,  b.  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  10,  1850. 

She  was  educated  at  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School,  in  Boston,  and 
was  a  teacher;  m.  Albert  M.  Isbell  and  has  one  child,  Vera  Belle  Isbell. 

373.  Katherine  Louise  Brown,  b.  at  South  Adams,  Mass.,  May  9,  1857. 
She  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater,   Mass.,  is  a 

teacher  in  the  schools  of  Milton,  Mass.,   and  is  a  writer  of  some  note.     She 
has  also  published  some  juvenile  text-books. 

374.  Frederick  Edgar  Brown,  b.  at  South  Adams,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1860. 
After  leaving   the  public  schools  he  completed  his  education  in  printing- 
offices.     He  is  now  (1890)  on  the  New  York  Sun;  unm. 

375.  Helen  Grace  Brown,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Jan.  20, 1864. 

She  graduated  from  the  High  School  in  Reading,  Mass.,  and  is  by  profession 
a  book-keeper.  c.  d.  t. 

141.  Lucy  Thomas5  (dau.  of  William,4  Dr.  William,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  June 
12,  1824;  m.  John  M.  Shattuck,  of  Williamstown.  He 
was  a  daguerrian  artist,  and  practiced  his  profession  first 
in  his  native  town,  then  for  some  time  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 
In  1860  he  removed,  with  his  family,  to  Manchester,  Vt, 
where  he  d.  Oct.  15,  1884. 

Mrs.  Shattuck,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  a  tall, 
well-formed  woman,  decidedly  a  brunette,  having  black 
hair,  black  eyes,  and  a  not  very  light,  but  ruddy  skin. 
She  was  of  the  nervous  temperament,  proud-spirited,  and 


110  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HAEDWICK. 

quick  to  take  offense ;  but  resourceful,  energetic,  and 
enduring-.  She  was  very  entertaining,  as  her  conversa- 
tion was  well  spiced  with  wit  and  mimicry.  She  was 
not  only  a  noted  housekeeper,  but  she  was  unsurpassed 
in  the  sick-room,  where  her  special  talents  and  sym- 
pathetic nature  had  full  play.  She  d.  Jan.  18,  1879. 
She  and  her  husband  were  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church. 

They  had  three  children  : — 

376.  Charles  Ashley  Shattuck,  b.  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  April  30, 1847 ; 

has  been  for  more  than  twenty  years  connected  with  the  publication 
of  the  Manchester  (Vt.)  Journal;  unm. 

377.  Martha  Frances  Shattuck,  b.  at  Williamstown,  April  5, 1849.     Lives 

(1890)  at  Manchester,  Vt.,  and  is  housekeeper  for  herself  and  brother, 
Charles ;  unm. 

378.  Rollin  Mathewson  Shattuck,  b.  at  Manchester,  Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1864; 

m.  Jennie  S.Rigney  June  27, 1888,  and  lives  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  is  engaged  in  the  sale  of  type-writing  machines.     Has  one  child. 

c.  D.  T. 


117.  George  Cutler5  (son  of  Ruth  [Thomas]  Cutler,4 
Dr.  William/'  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  April  2,  1811  ; 
m.  1st  Sarah  Venica,  of  Hardwick,  Mass.;  2d  Amelia  B. 
Howe,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  dan.  of  Artemus  and  Sophia 
Howe.  She  d.  Sept.  30,  1821.  He  m.  3d  Harriet  Sears, 
of  Barre,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides.  She  d.  March 
19.  1871. 

He  has  had  four  children: — 

By  his  first  wife: 

379.  William  Thomas  Cutler,  b.  Oct.  15,  1813;    m.  April  12,  1864,  Miss 

Anna  Morse. 
He  enlisted  July  12,  1864.  from  his  native  town,  West  Brookfield,  Mass.; 
went  out  in  the  Forty-second  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  K,  and 
d.  at  Alexandria  Oct.  21,  1864  ;  no  issue. 

380.  Charles  Edwin  Cutler,  b.  June  8,  1845;  enlisted  in  Thirty-fourth 
Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  I,  March  14,  1864,  and 
d.  in  service  July  30,  1864  ;  unm. 

381.  Elbridge  Pratt  Cutler,  b.  1847 ;  d.  young. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  Ill 

By  his  second  wife  : 

382.  Henry  Milton  Cutler,  b.  Oct,  1,  1819;  m.  twice  and  has  issue. 
3S3.  Nettie  S.  Cutler,  b.  Jan.  24,  1856;    m.  at  Warren,  Mass.,  June  12, 

1876,  to  Edwin   F.  Livermore;    bad  no  issue;    present  residence, 

Worcester,  Mass. 

118.  Orsamus  Cutler5  (son  of  Ruth  [Thomas]  Cutler,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  West  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1813;  m.  1st  Abbie  E.  Wood  Nov. 
28,  1850;  she  was  b.  May  28, 1817,  and  d.  Jan.  9,  1855; 
m.  2d  Lydia  H.  Russell,  b.  in  North  Hudley  July  18, 
1831;  d.  Oct.  29,  1876.     He  d.  Oct.  27,  1876. 

He  had  one  child  by  first  wife  : — 

384.  Abbie  Elizabeth  Cutler,  b.  Dec.  29,  1854;  ra.  George  W.  Tyler  and 
bad  issue. 


152.  Caroline  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  Wil- 
liam,15 Amos,2  William1),  b.  in  Wrest  Brookfield  Dec.  22, 
1806;  m.  Nov.  23,  1835,  Carlton  Cushman,  of  Paw- 
tucket,  R.  I.,  son  of  Jacob  Cushman  and  Mary  TifFany, 
an  aunt  of  the  widely-known  jewelers  of  New  York  City. 
He  wras  b.  June  22,  1803;  was  a  wheelwright  and 
cabinet-maker  by  trade;  a  Republican,  Methodist,  and 
fine  singer.     He  d.  Jan.  30,  1886.     She  d.  June  20,  1883. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

385.  Osmond  Tiffany  Cushman,  b.  Feb.  24,  1837;  d.  Sept.  26,  1837. 

386.  Thomas  Carlton  Cushman,  b.  July  22,  1839;  d.  Aug  8,  1840. 

387.  Mary  Frances  Cushman,  b.  Marcb  16, 1842 ;  m.  Warren  0.  Cooper,  in 

Flatbusb,  L.  I.,  June  26,  1884.     They  reside  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
and  bave  no  children . 

388.  Oscar  Richards  Robinson  Cushman,  b.  Jan.  11,  1844  ;  ra.  Julia  Rice 

Wood  Marcb  25, 1868,  dau.  of  Waterman  Wood,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 
They  reside  at  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  where  they  keep  the  West  Brookfield 
House,  one  of  the  oldest  hotels  in  the  vicinity,  having  stood  a  century  and  more. 
They  have  no  children. 

153.  Eliza  Doty  Thomas,5  (dau.  of  Sylvanus,4  Dr. 
William,3  Amos,2  William1),  b.  June  27,  1809;  d. 
May  28, 1885  ;  m.  William  Balcom,  of  Cumberland,  R.  I. 


112  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

They  had  six  children  : — 

3S9.  Charlotte  Jane  Balcom,  b.  Sept,  17,  1826;  m.  David  E.  Holman,  of 
Attleboro,  Mass.,  and  had  four  children. 

390.  Amelia  Ann  Balcom,  b.  March   17,  1S2S;  m.  Lucius  Reed,  of  West 

Brookfield,  Mass.     Had  children. 

391.  Orville  Balcom,  b.  Feb.  16,  1840.     Had  four  children. 

392.  Maria  Balcom,  b.  June,  1811 ;  d.  1811. 

393.  Baylis  Greenwood  Balcom,  b.  Aug.  31, 1847;  had  four  children  ;  nfr. 
391.   Maria  Elizabeth  Balcom,  b.  Oct,  2,  1850;  m.  S.  M.  Sheldon  April 

1884;  residence,  Chicago,  111.     No  children. 

156.  Emily  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  Wil- 
liam/5 Amos,2  William1),  b.  Feb.  23,1816;  d.  June  20, 
1889;  m.  Mandly  Pierce,  of  Hardwick,  Mass.,  son  of 
Samuel  Pierce  and  Persis  Billings,  May  3,  1842.  He 
is  a  farmer  and  miller,  a  Republican,  and  Methodist. 
Present  residence,  West  Brookfield,  Mass. 

Emily  Thomas,  youngest  child  of  Sylvanus  and  Rachel 
Thomas,  was  timid  and  shy,  as  a  child,  and  shrank  from 
intercourse  with  outside  associates.  She  found  in  the 
family  circle  occupation  for  heart  and.  hands  during  the 
younger  years  of  her  liie.  She  lost  her  mother  at  an 
early  age,  which  necessarily  brought  care  and  responsi- 
bility to  her.  Educational  advantages,  for  which  she  had 
a  great  desire,  were  few,  the  district  school  near  her 
home  being  the  only  available  assistance  to  her  mental 
development ;  supplementing  this  with  a  short  term  at 
Hadlcy,  she  commenced  to  teach  school,  the  taste  for 
which  she  evidently  possessed  in  common  with  other 
members  of  her  own  and  preceding  generations.  She 
possessed,  in  mature  years,  courage,  resolution,  and  per- 
severance in  a  marked  degree.  Her  life,  though  unpre- 
tending and  quiet,  was  one  of  rare  beauty  in  its  devotion 
to  family  and  friends,  its  entire  self-forgetfulness,  and  its 
sunny  cheerfulness  in  the  midst  of  perplexing  cares. 

Although  of  a  retiring  disposition  and  scarcely  known 
outside  her  native  town,  her  influence  was  far-reaching. 


* 


EMILT     (THOMAS)     PIERCE. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE.,        HOPE     M'F'G 


FIFTH   GENEEATION.  113 

These  few  words  of  tribute  do  scanty  justice  to  the 
memory  of  a  life  and  qualities  so  beautiful  and  rare, 
which  would  scarce  find  a  place  in  history,  yet  which 
human  nature  can  still  appreciate  and  delight  to 
honor. 

She  was  m.  in  1842  to  Mandly  Pierce,  of  Hard  wick, 
Mass.,  who  was  of  such  a  generous  nature  and  pleasing- 
social  qualities  that  he  was  pre-eminently  the  one  to  sus- 
tain the  prestige  the  old  house  had  gained  for  hospitality 
and  good  cheer.  He  remained  upon  the  farm  at  the 
earnest  request  of  the  father,  with  whom  he  always  lived 
in  relations  as  loving,  respectful,  and  helpful  as  an  own 
son.  The  succeeding  years  have  been  passed  in  the  same 
pleasant  home  till  the  death  of  the  wife  and  mother, 
June  20,  1889,  when  she  left  the  husband  and  five 
daughters  to  mourn  their  loss  and  recall  her  noble 
life. 

They  had  five  children,  all  b.  on  the  old  homestead  at 
West  Brookfield:— 

395.  Rachel  Jane  Pierce,  b.  April  23,  1843;  m.  William  A.  Sturdy,  of 

Attleboro,  Mass.,  and  lias  six  children. 

396.  Ella  Velona  Pierce,  b.  April  27,  1845. 

Following  the  example  and  inclination  of  her  ancestors  and  family,  she 
taught  school  with  ability  and  success,  until  obliged  by  ill  health  to  refrain  from 
all  kinds  of  mental  and  manual  labor.  While  taking  daily  walks  to  benefit  her 
health,  she  acquired  by  observation  (being  unable  to  read  or  write  five  consecu- 
tive minutes)  a  knowledge  of  the  birds,  insects,  and  reptiles  of  that  section  of 
country  possessed  by  few. 

By  accident  she  was  led  to  attempt  taxidermy,  in  which  she  became  pro- 
ficient, giving  to  birds  the  delicacy  of  finish,  with  life-like  gracefulness  and 
accuracy  of  position,  unequalled  by  most  taxidermists. 

Her  health  restored  in  great  measure  by  persistent  personal  effort,  she  was 
especially  fitted  to  help  others  to  do  the  same,  and  has  had  peculiar  success  in 
nursing  chronic  cases. 

397.  Emma  Frances  Pierce,  b.  Dec.  10,  1847  ;  m.  Watson  E.  Rice,  M.D.,  of 

Grafton,  Mass.;  has  three  children. 
39S.  Leutheria  Robinson  Pierce,  b.  Dec.  2,  1850 ;  m.  James  E.  Hills,  of 

New  York  ;  has  one  child. 
399.  Louise  Thomas  Pierce,  b.  Feb.  18,  1852;  m.  Charles  A.  Wetberill,  of 

Attleboro,  Mass.;  has  three 'children. 


114  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARD  WICK. 

157.  Chester  Thomas,  M.D.,5  (son  of  Isaac,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  May  31, 
1800.  lie  studied  medicine,  and  graduated  about  1825. 
He  located  and  practiced  his  profession  in  Thorndyke, 
Mass.,  Oct.  20,  1828;  be  m.  Lucy  Sanderson,  who  was 
b.  Oct.  3,  1801,  and  d.  May  3,  1870.  He  el.  Jan.  16, 
1852,  aged  52. 

They  had  six  children,  all  born  in  Thorndyke : — 

400.  Charles  Mason  Tully  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  30,  1829;  m.  Sarah  E.  Rams- 

dell  and  had  issue. 

401.  Josephine  Thomas,  b.  Dee.  1,  1831;  d.  Oct.  13,  1834. 

402.  Helen  Maria  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  5,  1834;  m.  Charles  Isaac  Fuller  and 

had  issue. 

403.  Marion  Sophia  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  13,  1836 ;  d.  Sept.  8,  1840. 

404.  Laura  Josephine  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  10,  1839;  m.  Joseph  T.  Lovering, 

of  Andover,  Mass.,  May  25,  1865  ;  d.  March  3,  1866;  no  issue. 

405.  Martha  Ann  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  11,  1843;  m.  Thomas  Bryer,  Jr.,  Jan. 

3,  1867  ;  present  residence,  Manchester,  England ;  no  issue. 

160.  Patience  Thomas"  (dan.  of  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Jan.  6,  1806. 
Her  mother,  first  wife  of  Isaac  Thomas,  d.  at  her  birth. 
She  m.  (May  22,  1827)  David  Reed  Wait,  of  Greenfield, 
Mass.  At  the  time  of  their  marriage  he  was  engaged  in 
running  a  freight  express,  with  teams,  from  Greenfield  to 
Boston.  After  the  railroad  was  built,  he  purchased  an 
extensive  and  valuable  farm,  on  the  Connecticut  River, 
near  Deerfield,  which  he  carried  on  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  force  of  character,  and 
accumulated  a  considerable  fortune.  He  d.  Oct.  28, 
1875,  aged  76.* 

*  A  local  newspaper  contained  the  following  notice  of  his  death  :  "  David  R. 
Wait,  the  well-known  Cheapside  farmer,  died  on  Thursday  morning,  after  an 
illness  of  some  twelve  days.  He  took  a  bad  cold  at  first,  when  about  his  work, 
which  finally  took  the  form  of  bronchial  pneumonia.  He  was  unconscious  during 
much  of  his  illness.  Mr.  Wait  has  been  an  industrious,  hard-working  man. 
Before  the  days  of  railroads  he  was  a  teamster  to  Boston,  and  on  one  occasion,  in 
crossing  the  Connecticut,  on  the  ice,  his  six-horse  team  went  to  the  bottom  and 
Mr.  Wait  narrowly  escaped.  He  was  afterward  a  drover  to  the  Brighton  market 
for  some  twenty  years.     Of  late  years  he  has  kept  to  his  farm  work,  and  it  has 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  115 

Patience  Thomas,  his  wife,  was  a  woman  of  great  love- 
liness of  character  and  sweetness  of  disposition.  One  of 
her  daughters  writes :  "  I  have  no  remembrance  of  ever 
seeing-  her  angry.  I  never  heard  her  speak  unkindly  or 
thoughtlessly  to  or  of  any  one.  She  was  loved  by  all  who 
knew  her,  and  mourned  at  her  death  by  young  and  old." 
She  d.  at  Deerfield  Oct.  16,  1881,  aged  75. 

They  were  both  Methodists,  and  he  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

They  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Greenfield  except 
the  youngest,  who  was  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass.: — 

406.  Martha  Abigail  Wait,  b.  Feb.  15,  1828 ;  ra.  Charles  Richmond  and 

has  issue. 

407.  Henry  Wait,  b.  Dec.  13,  1829 ;  m.  Marion  Elizabeth  Wright  and  has 

issue. 

408.  Franklin  Wait,  b.  Dec.  17,  1833;   m.  Sarah  Jane  Thomas,  dau.  of 

Beals  Thomas,  and  had  issue. 

409.  Julia  T.  Wait,  b.  Feb.  13,  1835;  m.  1st  C.  Augustus  White  Dec.  24, 

1856,  a  dry-goods  merchant  of  Worcester,  Mass. ;  she  m.  2d  Hobart 
D.  Mann,  a  dry-goods  merchant  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  10,  1868. 
Mrs.  Mann  is  an  earnest  student  of  art,  working  in  both  water-colors  and 
oil.  With  natural  talent  and  great  love  for  the  profession,  she  has  enjoyed  the 
advantages  of  two  years  of  study  in  Paris  under  the  best  instructors  in  figure 
and  landscape  painting  and  portraiture,  and  has  received  high  commendations 
for  work  in  all  these  specialties.     Present  address,  Los  Angelos,  Cal.     No  issue. 

410.  Mary  Ann  Wait,  b.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  May  25,  1837 ;  m.  F.  Leon 

Stebbins  and  has  issue. 

161.  Freeman  Thomas5  (son  of  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  "New  Salem,  Mass.,  Feb.  6,  1808; 
m.  Louisa  Lee,  b.  in  Stamford,  Vt,  Feb.  26,  1809.  Date 
of  marriage  unknown,  probably  in  1830.  She  d.  Jan.  30, 
1 886.  Freeman  Thomas  was  a  farmer,  and  d.  in  Barre 
Plains,  Mass.,  April  30,  1864,  aged  56. 


been  said  that  he  accomplished  more  before  breakfast  than  ordinary  men  could 
in  a  day.  His  farm  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  Connecticut  Valley.  His  funeral 
was  from  his  late  residence,  Sunday,  and  was  largely  attended.  He  was  70  years 
of  age." 


116  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  had  throe  children  : — 

411.  Louisa  Abigail  Thomas,  b.  in  Deerfield  Aug.  21,  1831 ;  m.  Frederick 

L.  Baggs  and  had  issue. 

412.  Samantha  Jane  Thomas,  b.  in  Deerfield  Sept.  6, 1842  ;  unm. ;  resides  in 

Deerfield  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Baggs. 

413.  John  Emory  Lee  Thomas,  b.  in  Deerfield  June  16,  1844  ;  m.  1st  Nancy 

F.  Shepard,  2d  Ida  May  Kidder,  3d  Mary  Evelyn  Blanchard,  a/id 
has  issue. 

163.  Henry  Thomas5  (son  of  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  March  20,  1812. 
He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder.  For  fifteen  years  he 
carried  on  that  business  in  New  Salem  and  Greenfield ; 
was  five  years  in  New  York ;  moved  to  Sterling,  111.,  in 
1855,  where  he  continued  the  same  business  for  twenty- 
five  years.  In  1882  he  moved  to  Tampico,  111.,  where 
he  still  resides.  He  m.  for  his  first  wife  Mary  Shaw, 
of  New  Salem,  Mass.,  April  5,  1836.  She  d.  June  6, 
1838,  leaving-  one  child.  He  m.  2d  Hannah  Norton 
Oct.  20,  1810,  by  whom  he  had  four  children.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

The  five  children  of  Henry  Thomas  are : — 

By  first  wife : 

414.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1837,  in  New  Salem,  Mass. ;  m.  John  Wad- 

elton  and  had  issue. 

By  second  wife : 

415.  Norman  Thomas,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  April  15,  1842;  m.  Elizabeth 

Lennox  and  had  issue. 

416.  Antoinette  Thomas,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  June  18,  1846;  m.  Justus 

Reynolds;  d.  Nov.  26,  1876,  and  left  issue. 

417.  Roger  Henry  Thomas,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  July  28, 1849  ;  m.  Sarah 

Jane  Deyo  and  has  issue. 

418.  Frank  Thomas,  b.  in  Sterling,  111.,  May   20,  1858;    m.  Ida  Black 

May  29,  1879,  and  has  issue. 

165.  Samantha  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1817. 
She  m.  Rev.  Thomas  Band  Aug-.  13,  1838.  He  was  b.  in 
West  Springfield,  Mass.,  July  10,  1813.     He  graduated 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  117 

at  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary  in  1838;  was  ordained 
July  4,  1841,  at  Bayou  Chicot,  La.,  where  he  had  located 
the  year  before.  He  was  for  many  years  engaged  in 
'teaching  in  the  Spring  Hill  Academy  and  other  schools, 
preaching  at  the  same  time  on  the  Sabbath,  and  was 
deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  education.  He  d.  Jan. 
29,  1869.  She  resides  at  Lafayette,  La.  Baptist. 
They  had  eight  children  : — 

419.  Isaac  Thomas  Rand,  M.D.,  b.  in  New  Salem  June  13,  1839 ;  m.  Louisa 

Young;  d.  April  29,  1806,  and  left  issue. 

420.  Henry  Rand,  b.  at  New  Salem,  Mass.,  May  16,  1811  ;  d.  July  7,  1813, 

in  Spring  Hill,  La. 

421.  John  Stillman  Rand,  b.  in  Spring  Hill,  La.,  March  27, 1813  ;  m.  Ellen 

Saul,  of  Lafayette,  La.,  Aug.  27,  1873 ;  no  issue. 

422.  Robert  Henry  Rand,  b.  Dec.  28,  1846,  at  Bayou  Chicot,  La, ;    m. 

Celestine  Duga  and  has  issue. 

423.  Maey  Thomas  Rand,  b.  March  2,  1849,  at  Bayou  Chicot,  La.;  unm. ; 

teacher  at  Lafayette,  La. ;  Baptist. 
424    William  Albert  Rand,  b.  May  20,  1851,  at  Opelousas,  La. ;  d.  Feb. 
27,  1853. 

425.  Martha  Salome  Rand,  b.  March  5,  1854 ;  m.  1st  Rufus  Stevens,  2d 

Isham  Vest,  and  has  issue. 

426.  Kate  Nydia  Rand,  b.  June  4,  1859,  at  Lafayette,  La. ;  unm. ;  teacher 

at  Rayne,  La. ;  Methodist. 

166.  Stillman  Thomas5  (youngest  son  of  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
March  17,  1820.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Alma  Bnrnham,  of 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1814;  b.  Oct.  6,  1821.  She 
d.  at  San  Jose,  Gal.,  Aug.  16,  1868.  He  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia about  1852  or  '53.  Mechanic;  Baptist.  Present 
address,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

He  has  had  eight  children  : — 

427.  William  Wallace   Thomas,   b.   Oct.   15,    1845 ;    m.   Mary    Lesley 

McGrew  and  has  issue. 

428.  Clarabell  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1847;  m.  1st  James  N.  Pratt  and  had 

issue,  2d Handscom  and  has  issue. 

429.  Edwin  S.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  17,  1849;  d.  April  11,  1850. 

430.  Franklin  Miner  Thomas,  b.  July  15, 1851 ;  m.  Ella  Burdetl  May  15, 

1875;    she  d.  July  3,  1876;    m.  2d  Elizabeth  Woodward   Feb.  9, 
1880 ;  no  issue. 


118  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

431.  Ella  Stone  Thomas,  b.  July  14,  1857;  m.  Joseph  Hollis  Josselyn  and 

has  issue. 

432.  Frederick  Stillman  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  9,  1860 ;  m.  Miss  Nancy  Ella 

Finley  and  has  issue. 

433.  Julia  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  21,  1861 ;    ra.  William  J.  Street 

1890.     Present  address,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


168.  Eunice  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3 
Amos,'2  William1)  was  h.  in  Wilmington,  Vt,  Aug-.  7, 
1803.  When  about  13  years  old  she  came  to  New 
Salem,  Mass.,  to  live  with  her  grandfather,  Amos  the 
Patriarch.  There  she  met  Ellis  Thayer,  to  whom  she 
was  m.  Jan.  28,  1824.  Ellis  Thayer  was  a  prominent 
member  and  for  many  years  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
Church  in  New  Salem.  He  was  killed  by  falling  from 
the  frame  of  a  new  building,  Dec.  7,  1866.  He  is  spoken 
of  as  a  model  deacon,  an  earnest  Christian,  devoted  to 
his  family,  and  with  a  kind  word  for  all  in  trouble  or 
distress,  rich  or  poor  and  of  whatever  denomination. 
Eunice  Thayer,  the  widow,  is  still  living  (Jan.,  1891) 
at  Prescott,  Mass.,  in  her  eighty-eighth  year,  in  good 
health,  and  one  of  the  oldest  living  descendants  of  Amos 
the  Patriarch. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

434.  Sylvia  Augusta  Thayer,  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  March  27,  1829;  m. 

Frederick  Ebenezer  Chamberlain;    d.  May    15,  1882,   at   Orange, 

Mass.,  aged  53  ;  no  issue. 
Both  Mr.  Chamberlain  and  his  wife  died  from  blood-poisoning.  Their  cases 
were  unusual  and  remarkable.  In  the  month  of  May,  1882,  Mr.  Chamberlain, 
after  having  been  engaged  in  applying  to  his  lands  some  commercial  form  of 
fertilizer  (probably  bone-dust  which  may  have  contained  some  form  of  animal 
poison),  was  taken  with  pain  and  inflammation  in  one  of  his  hands.  This 
rapidly  extended  up  the  arm,  and  in  a  few  days  he  died  with  every  symptom  of 
blood-poisoning.  Before  his  death  his  wife,  who  nursed  him  through  his  illness, 
was  taken  with  similar  symptoms  and  died  in  a  few  days  in  the  same  manner. 

435.  Addison  Thayer,   b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,   Sept.  4,   1833;    m.  Salinda 

Martha  Vaughan  Nov.  18,  1856,  and  has  issue. 

436.  Angeline  Freeman  Thayer,  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  June  20,  1838 ;  m. 

Frederick  N.  Pierce  Jan.  10,  1856,  and  has  issue. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  119 

437.  Cephas  Martin  Thayer,  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1840;  m.  1st 

Mary  Annetta  Putnam  Dec.  3,  1S64,  2d  Mary  L.  Howe,  and  has 
issue. 

171.  Reuben  C.  Thomas5  (son  of  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Wilmington,  Vt.,  Sept.  20, 
1809.  He  m.  Mary  Ann  Bassett  April  6,  1835,  also  ol 
Wilmington.  He  moved  to  Iowa.  He  d.  at  Hardin, 
Pottowatamie  Co.,  Iowa,  July  10,  188G.  He  was  a 
farmer,  Baptist,  and  Republican. 

They  had  six  children  : — 

438.  Henry  B.  Thomas. 

439.  Sarepta  Thomas. 

440.  Samantha  Thomas. 

441.  Charles  Thomas. 

442.  Hannah  Thomas. 

443.  Herbert  Thomas. 

172.  Lucy  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Wilmington,  Vt.,  July  17,  1812; 
m.  Oman  Prescott,  of  Dummerston,  Vt.,  April  7,  1842. 
She  d.  Jan.  5,  1841,  aged  32,  leaving  one  son: — 

444.  Oenan  Prescott,  Jr.,  of  Brattleboro,  Yt. 

174.  Ardon  Harrison  Thomas5  (son  of  Nathaniel,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Wilmington,  Vt., 
Dec.  23,  1822.  He  m.  Sabra  B.  Dickinson,  of  Hadley, 
Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1846.  He  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and 
still  lives  in  Hadley,  Mass. 

Has  had  five  children  : — 

445.  A  daughter,  d.  soon  after  birth. 

446.  Henry  Ardon  Thomas,  b.  April  15,  1849 ;  unm.  j  residence,  Hadley, 

Mass. 

447.  Ellen  Estella  Thomas,  b.  June  19, 1851 ;  m.  Lonen  A.  Ware  and  has 

issue. 
418.  Charles  Davenport  Thomas,  b.  March  10,  1854;  in.  Nelly  Roome 

and  has  issue. 
449.  William  Eslar  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  3,  1857  ;  m.  Hannah  Barstow  and 

has  issue. 


120  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

175.  Alvin  Hudson  Thomas5  (oldest  son  of  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
Nov.  30,  1800.  He  m.  1st  Sarepta  Wheeler  April  17, 
1826  ;  she  d.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  Aug-.  21,  1849.  He  m.  2d 
Mrs.  Chloe  Wilder  (maiden  name  Hntchinson),  who 
d.  in  1883.  He  moved  from  Madison  Comity  to  Pike, 
Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  about  1838.  Alvin  H. 
Thomas  was  a  farmer,  and  held  for  some  years  the  posi- 
tions of  postmaster  and  town  assessor.  He  d.  April  9, 
1881,  aged  81. 

He  had  four  children,  all  by  first  wife : — 

450.  Perleyette  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  26,  1827;  m.  1st  Marcus  D.  Tiffany  Feb. 

12,  1852;  he  d.  Dec.  5,  1858;  she  m.  2d  Jefferson  Metcalf  Jan.  23, 
1868;  he  d.  Jan.  23,  1882;  no  issue.     Present  address,  Pike,  N.  Y. 

451.  Cooley  Hudson  Thomas,  b.  in  Nelson,  N.  Y.,  June  23, 1829;  m.  Elmira 

Trail  and  had  issue. 

452.  Collins  Wheeler  Thomas,  b.  March  26,  1838;  m.  Ann  Slusson  and 

had  issue. 

453.  Corbin  James  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1840;  m.  Eliza  A. 

Merville  and  has  issue. 

176.  Edward  West  Thomas5  (son  of  Amos,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Nov.  6, 
1802.  In  1804,  when  2  years  old,  his  father  moved  to 
Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
wagon-  and  carriage-  making,  and  carried  on  that  busi- 
ness in  Nelson  until  1836,  when  he  moved  to  Pike, 
Wyoming  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1845 
he  moved  to  Hayesville,  Ohio,  where  he  again  resumed 
his  business  of  carriage-making.  In  1851  he  moved  to 
Plattcville,  Wis.,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  still 
resides.  Feb.  17,  1825,  he  m.  Polly  Bacon,  who  was  b. 
in  Nelson,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  22,  1803,  and  d.  in  Platteville, 
Wis.,  Sept.  10,  1884.  He  is  the  oldest  living  descendant 
of  Amos  Thomas  the  Patriarch,  being  in  his  eighty-ninth 
year.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  for 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  121 

many  years  was  leader  of  the  choir,  playing  the  bass  viol, 
an  instrument  of  his  own  make.     Republican. 
They  had  seven  children  : — 

454.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1828 ;  m. 

Titus  Hayes  and  had  twelve  children. 

455.  Hudson  Thomas,  b.  in  Nelson  June  5,  1829 ;  m.  Fanny  Daggett  and 

has  two  children. 

456.  Huron  Lewis  Thomas,  b.  in  Nelson  March  4, 1831 ;  m.  Eunice  Gorham 

and  had  four  children. 

457.  Homer  Amos  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1836;  m.  Sarah  Jane 

Daggett,  sister  of  Fanny  Daggett,  wife  of  Hudson  Thomas ;  present 
address,  Gennessee,  Idaho  ;  no  issue. 

458.  Martha  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike  Nov.  26,  1838  ;  d.  Feb.  26,  1839. 

459.  Martha  S.  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike  April  7,  1842;  Congregationalist ;  unm. 

460.  Hadley  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike  Dec.  12,  1843  ;  m.  Sarah  Bastine  and  has 

two  children. 

177.  Horace  Thomas5  (son  of  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  26, 
1805.  He  m.  1st  Amy  C.  Irish,  of  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y., 
May  31,  1827,  by  whom  he  had  four  children;  she  d. 
May  23,  1845.  He  m.  2d  Mary  Ann  Redman,  of  Nelson, 
Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  3, 1846,  by  whom  he  had  three 
children.  He  moved  from  Nelson  to  Pike,  N.  Y.,  about 
1844,  to  Michigan  in  1866,  and  to  Pine  Flat,  Sonora 
Co.,  Cal.,  in  1876,  where  he  still  resides. 

His  children  were  as  follow  : — 
By  first  wife : 

461.  Mart  Ann  Thomas,  b.  May  18,  1828 ;  m.  Roswell  Percival  Clement,  a 

lawyer,  May  7,  1853  ;  d.  June  22,  1883  ;  no  issue. 

462.  Edward  Weslet  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  14,  1831 ;  d.  Nov.  10,  1858  ;  unm. 

463.  Climena   Lovina   Thomas,   b.   Feb.   28,   1834;    m.    Lucian   Gridley 

Clement  and  had  issue. 

464.  Earle  Bean  Thomas,  b.  July  16,  1843;  d.  Sept.  25,  1845. 

By  second  wife : 

465.  Earle  F.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  21,  1847;  d.  Sept.  30,  1864. 

466.  Eugenia  Estella  Thomas,  b.  March  2,  1853 ;  m.  Frank  Barton  and 

had  issue ;  d.  Aug.  10,  1882. 

467.  Charles  C.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  14,  1867,  in  Michigan;  unm. 

178.  Lewis  Augustus  Thomas5  (fourth  son  of  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co., 


122  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARD  WICK. 

N.  Y.,  Aug.  5,  1808.  He  m.  Mary  Johnson,  dau.  of 
William  Johnson,  of  Nelson,  Oct.  14,  1835.  In  1837  he 
moved  to  Pike,  Wyoming  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  He  d.  Dec.  11,  1888,  aged  80.  He  was  a 
farmer,  a  member  and  deacon  in  the  Baptist  Church,  and 
in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  had  three  children  : — 

46S.  William  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  29,  1838;  d.  Oct.  17,  1850. 

469.  John  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  7,  1840;  m.  1st  Eunice  F.  Felch,  2d  Annie  P. 

Felch,  and  had  issue. 

470.  Mary  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  28,  1851 ;  m.  Frank  A.  Curtiss  and  has  issue. 

181.  Emeline  Thomas'  (dau.  of  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  2, 
1815;  m.  Win.  Loomis,  son  of  George  and  Rhoda 
Loomis,  July  6,  1835  ;  he  was  b.  in  Lennox,  N.  Y.,  July 
24,  1811.  They  moved  to  Hartwellville,  Mich.,  where 
he  still  lives.     She  d.  July  5,  1889,  aged  74. 

They  have  had  eleven  children  : — 

471.  Lewis  W.  Loomis,  b.  Jan.  11,  1836,  in  Lennox,  N.  Y. ;   m.  Jane  Cur- 

tiss and  has  issue. 

472.  Sarah  A.  Loomis,  b.  April  12,  1838  ;  m.  Geo.  Parks  and  has  issue. 

473.  Horace  E.  Loomis,  b.  March  21,  1840  ;  m.  Hulda  Parks  and  has  issue. 

474.  Isaac  Newton  Loomis,  b.  June  10,  1842  ;  in.  Emma and  lias  issue. 

475.  B.  Frank  Loomis,  b.  Jan.  17,  1845,  at  Pike,  N.  Y. ;  d.  May  28,  18S4, 

at  Woodland,  Cal.,  unm.,  aged  39. 
He  was  in  the  fruit-growing  business  ;  an  earnest  temperance  worker  ;  State 
Deputy  of  the  I.  O.  of  G.  T.,  and  a  Prohibitionist. 

476.  Drusilla  A.  Loomis,  b.  Nov.  8,  1847 ;  m.  Gideon  Whitney,  of  Hart- 

wellville and  has  issue. 

477.  Lovica  E.  Loomis,  b.  Sept.  2,  1850 ;  m.  George  Crane  and  has  issue. 

478.  George  W.  Loomis,  b.  Jan.  21,  1853;  d.  at  Hartwellville,  Mich.,  Sept. 

17,  1867,  aged  14. 

479.  Mary  E.  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  10,  1855;    member  of  Methodist  Church; 

present  address,  Hartwellville,  Mich. ;  unm. 

480.  Flora  A.  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  25,  1859 ;  member  of  Methodist  Church  ; 

present  address,  Hartwellville,  Mich  ;  unm. 

481.  Ansell  F.  Loomis,  b.  March  17,  1862;  member  of  Methodist  Church  ; 

Prohibitionist;  farmer;  present  address,  Hartwellville,  Mich.;  unm. 

182.  Sarah  Arvilla  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Amos,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y., 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  123 

Sept.  30,  1820  ;  m.  Jefferson  Metcalf,  of  Pike,  N.  Y.,  July 
•1,  1813,  and  had  six  children.     She  d.  Feb.  10,  1867. 

4S2.  Millard  Fillmore  Metcalf,  b.  June  12, 1844  ;  m.  Maggie  K.Mearns 

and  has  issue. 
483.  Milton  F.  Metcalf,  b.  Sept.  5,  1846;  d.  Aug.  31,  1806. 
4S4.  Theodore  Fp.elinghuysen  Metcalf,  b.  July  8,  1848;    m.  Minerva 

Beade  and  has  issue. 

485.  Delett  Metcalf,  b.  Jan.  14,  1851  ;  m.  Lucius  Ford  and  has  issue. 

486.  Ella  Metcalf,  b.  March  2,  1854;  m.  Henry  Sharp  and  has  issue. 

487.  Darwin  Metcalf,  b.  July  26,  1857  ;  m.  Ella  Nelson  and  has  issue. 


181.  Ora  B.  Bangs5  (son  of  Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  probably  in  Prescott, 
Mass.,  March  1,  1803;  went  with  his  parents  to  Herki- 
mer Co.,  N.  Y.;  m.  Phoebe  D.  Beebe,  of  Oswego  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  29,  1830.  In  1833  he  moved  to  Brooklyn, 
Mich.  Is  a  Baptist  and  Republican,  and  is  still  living 
with  his  son,  Chester  H.  Bangs,  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  in  his 
eighty-eighth  year.     His  wife  d.  Aug.  24,  1813. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

488.  Nathan  W.  Bangs,  b.  March  25,  1833;  d.  Sept.  5,  1853. 

489.  Albert  M.  Bangs,  b.  Dec.  12,  1835 ;  d.  Dec.  12,  1858. 

490.  Levant  Bangs,  b.  March  25,  1838. 

491.  Chester  H.  Bangs,  b.  July  3,  1840;  m.  and  has  issue. 

186.  Louisa  Bangs5  (dau.  of  Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y., 
April  27,  1807;  m.  Dexter  Slack  Sept.  30,  1830,  by 
whom  she  had  five  children;  he  cl.  Sept.  21,  1813.  She 
m.  2d  Seth  Case,  by  whom  she  had  one  child.  She  d. 
Feb.  2,  1885,  aged  78.     Baptist. 

The  following  are  her  children : — 

By  Dexter  Slack,  her  first  husband : 

492.  Ellen  C.  Slack,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831 ;  ra.  1st  William  D.  Moulton,  2d  John 

R.  Cheesrnan,  and  had  issue. 

493.  Armenia  Abigail  Slack,  b.  Feb.  16,  1833 ;  m.  Rev.  George  Ransom 

and  had  issue. 

494.  Delevan  D.  Slack,  b.  June  16,  1534;  m.  Jane  Bentley. 


124  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

495.  Dwight  C.  Slack,  b.  April  30,  1838.     He  enlisted  in  7th  Reg.  Mich. 

Vol.  and  was  killed  at  battle  of  Antietam  Sept.  17,  1862. 

496.  Marietta  Josephine  Slack,  b.  June  24,  1843  ;  m.  Samuel  Gordon  and 

has  issue. 

By  her  second  husband,  Seth  Case  : 

497.  Preston  Manning  Case,  b.  June  7,  1848;  m.  Eda  Plummer  April  4, 

1877,  and  had  issue. 


189.  Mary  Bigelow5  (dau.  of  Eunice  [Thomas]  Bige- 
low,4 Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenwich, 
Mass.,  April  9,  1813.  She  m.  Ebor  O'Shea  Bailey,  b. 
in  Greenwich  July  12,  1812,  son  of  Ebor  William 
Bailey  and  Elizabeth  Powers,  his  wife.  E.  O.  Bailey  d. 
at  Westboro  Aug.  17,  1883.  Mrs.  Bigelow  is  a  woman 
of  much  force  of  character,  greatly  interested  in  the 
preparation  of  this  volume  of  family  records,  and  has 
rendered  valuable  assistance  in  tracing  some  of  the  lost 
branches.  She  resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  H.  E. 
Knowlton,  at  Westboro,  Mass. 

They  had  two  children: — 

498.  Harriette  Emily  Bailey,  b.  Aug.  11,  1837;  ra.  Nathan   Maynard 

Knowlton  and  has  issue. 

499.  Henry  Willard  Bailey,  b.  at  Ewing,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1839;  d.  at  Port 

Townsend,  Washington  Territory,  Dec.  9,  1861  ;  unin. 

190.  Caroline  Bigelow5  (dau.  of  Eunice  [Thomas] 
Bigelow,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenwich, 
Mass.,  May  23,  1817;  m.  1st,  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
Jan.  4,  1842,  to  Bernard  Kenney,  who  was  b.  Aug.  23, 
1809,  and  d.  Oct.  28,  1844.  She  m.  2d,  in  1847,  Ben- 
jamin Badger,  of  Wendell,  who  was  b.  in  Natick  Dec. 
22,  1806,  and  d.  at  Templeton  Jan.  15,  1883.  Caroline 
Badger  was  a  Baptist,  and  d.  at  Westboro  Aug.  23, 
1886,  aged  69. 

She  had  one  child  only,  by  her  second  husband : — 

500.  Caroline  Ella  Badger,  b.  Sept.  5,  1848  ;  in.  James  II.  Parkhurst  and 

had  issue. 


FIFTH   GENEEATION.  125 

191.  Electa  Rosamond  Bigelow5  (dau.  of  Eunice 
[Thomas]  Bigelow,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Dana,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1820;  m.  1st,  Oct.  5,  1852,  to 
Abner  Sykes,  of  Pelliam,  who  d.  Aug.  7,  1864;  m.  2d, 
at  Northfield,  April  15,  1865,  to  Hezekiah  Stratton,  who 
was  b.  June,  1804,  and  d.  at  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  February, 
1884.  Mrs.  Stratton  is  a  Baptist.  Present  home  with 
her  sister,  Mary  Bailey,  of  Westboro,  Mass. 

She  had  two  children,  both  by  her  first  husband : — 

501.  Jennie  Eunice  Sykes,  b.  at  Pelham  Jan.  2,  1854.     Present  address, 

Worcester,  Mass. 

502.  Julius  Hamilton  Sykes,  b.  in  Pelham  Sept.  27,  1855 ;  d.  at  North- 

field,  Mass,  Jan.  29,  1880,  aged  25. 


193.  Hiram  Thomas5  (oldest  son  of  David,4* Amos,3 
Amos,'2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  Jefferson  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1804.  He  m.  Caroline  Perkins  Sept.  12, 
1830.  She  was  b.  Mar.  25,  1806.  In  1834  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Canada  West,  50  miles  from  Toronto, 
where  he  lived  at  the  time  of  the  Canadian  Rebellion. 
In  May,  1837,  he  moved  to  Cleveland,  O.,  and  soon  after 
settled  in  Lorraine  Co.,  O.  In  1843  he  moved  to  DeCalb 
Co.,  Ind.,  and  in  1853  again  moved  to  Fairview,  Jones 
Co.,  la.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  18,  1856,  aged  52.  Farmer 
and  Free- Will  Baptist.  She  d.  in  Lincoln,  Neb.,  May  8, 
1887,  aged  81. 

He  had  three  children  : — 

503.  Orren  E.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  25, 1832  ;  was  m.  three  times  and  had  issue. 

504.  Albert  H.  Thomas,  b.  April  17,  1835;    in.  Catherine   Kay  ton  and 

has  issue. 

505.  Harriet  M.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  23,  1837;    m.  Samuel  Gonser  and  has 

issue. 

194.  Alpheus  Thomas5  (son  of  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1),  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  March  5,  1807; 
m.  Olive  Ralph  in  1828.  She  was  b.  Feb.  12.  1804. 
For  several   years  he  lived  in  the  town  of  Pinckney, 


126  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  not  far  from  the  old  homestead. 
At  that  time  the  country  was  sparsely  settled,  and  his 
chief  occupation  was  that  of  manufacturing-  potash  from 
wood-ashes.  He  was  a  member  of  and  a  deacon  in  the 
Baptist  Church.  He  moved  to  the  West,  where  he  d.  Feb. 
28,  1875,  aged  68.  His  wife  d.  Jan.  31,  1887,  aged  83. 
They  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Pinckney,  N.  Y. : — 

506.  Almanson  D.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  18,  1829  ;  m.  Helen  Green  and  has  issue. 

507.  Ezelda  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  27,  1830 ;  m.  Ainer  Spencer,  and  d.  July  10, 

1855;  had  one  dau.,  Aura  Spencer,  fc.  1853,  m.  Joseph  Tait. 

508.  Cornelia  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  27,  1831;  m.  Charles  Chapin;  d.  Feb.  1, 

1876 ;  had  one  son,  Eugene,  b.  1862,  unm. 

509.  George  Geary  Thomas,  b.  July  27,  1833. 

lie  enlisted  in  the  3d  Wisconsin  Cavalry  Feb.,  1865,  and  d.  while  in  service 
at  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  m.  Louis  Odel;  had  two  children,  Emeline  and  Ervin 
Thomas. 

510.  Denning  Thomas  b.  Feb.  22,  1835. 

He  enlisted  in  the  3d  Wisconsin  Cavalry  and  was  shot,  while  on  picket  duty, 
by  a  "  bush-whacker,"  April  13,  1865.  He  m.  Augusta  Wicks  and  had  two 
children:  Frank  Thomas,  b.  Sept.,  1861,  and  d.  in  1868;  and  Josephine  Olive 
Thomas,  b.  Aug.  19,  1863,  m.  Nov.  12,  1887,  and  d.  Dec.  21,  1888,  leaving  one 
child,  a  daughter. 

195.  Maria  Thomas"  (dau.  of  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  11, 
1808;  m.  the  Rev.  Sherman  Maltby  Oct.  5,  1826.  Her 
husband  was  a  Baptist  minister,  but  in  those  times 
country  pastors  were  obliged  to  earn  their  own  living  to 
a  large  extent,  and  he  was  often  found  in  the  field  caring 
for  the  growing  crops  or  helping  to  gather  in  the  harvest. 
He  d.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  26,  1871,  having  been 
a  faithful  minister  of  the  gospel  over  forty  years.  She  is 
still  living  with  one  of  her  daughters  at  the  age  of  four- 
score years. 

They  had  six  children: — 

511.  Deals  Maltby,  b.  March  14,  1829 ;  m.  twice  and  has  issue. 

512.  Calvin  Maltby,  b.  Aug.  15,  1831;  d.  1845. 

513.  Albert  F.  Maltby,  b.  Feb.  14,  1834;  twice  m.  and  had  issue. 

514.  Rev.  Clark  O.  Maltby,  b.  July  19,  1836,  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y. ; 

m.  Fannie  E.  Clark,  dau.  of  Milton  Clark,  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
22,  1859 ;  she  was  b.  April  23,  1838. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  127 

He  graduated  at  the  Normal  School,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  taught  one  year  in 
the  Polytechnic  Institute,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  After  his  marriage  lie  entered 
the  employment  of  his  father-in-law,  who  was  engaged  in  the  leather  and  wool 
business.  In  the  spring  of  1864  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Milton 
Clark  &  Co.  He  continued  in  business  until  the  spring  of  1874,  when  he  sold 
his  interest  and  commenced  the  study  of  theology  at  the  Rochester  Theological 
Seminary.  After  graduating,  in  1877,  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Baptist 
Church  in  Madison,  Wis.,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1S83.  He  has  since  been 
pastor  at  Millard  Ave.,  Chicago;  Batavia,  111.;  and  of  the  Nicetown  Church, 
Philadelphia.  Having  had  no  children  of  their  own,  they  adopted  first  a  boy, 
who  d.  at  the  age  of  12  years,  and  second  a  girl,  Cora  Evelyn  Maltby,  b.  Oct.  18, 
1870,  and  m.  H.  C.  Howell,  of  Philadelphia,  Dec,  1890;  present  residence,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.  Rev.  C.  0.  Maltby  has  manifested  much  mechanical  ingenuity, 
having  invented  a  type-writer,  in  which  new  principles  are  brought  out;  also  a 
combination  door-lock,  dispensing  with  the  use  of  a  key.     Republican. 

515.  Martette  Maltby,  b.  May  9,  1838;  m.  Charles  V.  Harmon  and  has 

issue. 

516.  Horatio  S.  Maltby,  b.  Sept,  14,  1841 ;  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  Sept. 

1861,  and  was  killed  in  battle  near  Winchester,  W.  Va.,  Sept.,  1864. 

196.  Marietta  Thomas5  (dau.  of  David,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
10,  1810;  m.  Feb.  26,  1834,  to  J.  Harvey  Bosworth, 
who  was  b.  Nov.  10,  1810,  and  d.  Jan.  25,  1840,  leaving 
three  children ;  she  m.  2d  Nathaniel  C.  Scovil  May  27, 
1843,  who  was  b.  June  6,  ]800,  and  d.  Aug.  29,  1856, 
leaving  three  children.     She  d.  Jan.  16,  1884. 

Her  six  children  were  as  follow : — 
By  first  husband : 

517.  Marixda  W.  Bosworth,  b.  Dec.  22,  1834;  m.  Henry  F.  Clements  and 

had  issue. 

518.  George  D.  Bosworth,  b.  Jan.  5, 1S37;  m.  Mary  Ford  and  had  issue. 

519.  Mary  B.  Bosworth,  b.  March  6,  1840;  m.  John  Van  Dusen  and  had 

issue. 

By  second  husband : 

520.  Nancy  Jane  Scovil,  b.  April  18, 1843  ;  m.  1st  Benjamin  Wicks,  and  2d 

Henry  Pearsons,  and  had  issue. 

521.  Laura  Ann  Scovil,  b.  Jan.  30,  1847 ;  m.  Denison  W.  Tenney  and  had 

issue. 

522.  Frank   B.  Scovil,  b.   Dec.  20,  1850;  m.  Eunice  C.  Rogers  and  had 

issue. 

197.  Almeron  Thomas5  (son  of  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  South   Rutland,  N.  Y.,  June  25, 


128  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

1812;  m.  1st  Joanna  Wilder  Oct.  18,  1832  (b.  Jan.  1, 
1813,  and  d.  March  14,  1818,  having  been  the  mother  of 
six  children);  he  m.  2d  Lois  Payne  May  18,  1818  (b. 
March  1,  1831).  She  has  had  two  children.  Almeron 
Thomas  has  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortune  and 
has  achieved  success.  A  large  portion  of  his  early  mar- 
ried life  was  spent  in  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
owned  a  large  tract  of  timbered  land,  which  he  cleared, 
converting  the  logs  into  lumber.  He  also  kept  a  grist- 
mill and  general  country  store.  About  1850  he  sold  his 
property  in  St.  Lawrence  Co.  and  located  at  Pulaski, 
Oswego  Co.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  milling  business. 
He  soon  after  moved  to  Mexico,  Oswego  Co.,  where  he 
has  resided  the  past  thirty-four  years.  Here  he  has 
been  engaged  in  milling,  farming,  and,  for  a  time,  in 
merchandize.  He  has  owned  fifteen  different  flour-mills 
in  different  parts  of  the  country.  For  several  years  past 
he  has  left  the  care  of  the  mills  to  his  oldest  son',  Amos. 
He  has  been  shrewd,  industrious,  enterprising,  and  fru- 
gal, and  now,  in  his  old  age,  has  no  lack  of  material 
good  to  minister  to  his  comfort.  He  is  an  earnest  advo- 
cate of  temperance  and  a  Republican. 

He  has  had  eight  children  : — 

By  first  wife : 

523.  Amos  Clakk  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  1,  1836 ;  twice  m.  and  has  issue. 

524.  Janette  Louisa  Thomas,  b.  May  26,  1838  ;  m.  Rufus  Calkins  March 

10,  1857  ;  no  issue.     Residence,  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

525.  Avery  A.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  2,  1810;  d.  March  18,  1811. 

526.  Dexter  Wilder  Thomas,  b.  May  19,  1812;  num. 

527.  Mary  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  June  11,  1845;  ni.  Milton  T.  Parsons 

and  has  issue. 

528.  Maria  Maltby  Thomas,  b.  July  21,  1847;  m.  Dr.  H.  H.  Dobson  and 

has  issue. 

By  second  wife : 

529.  Emma  Louisa  Thomas,  b.  May  23,  1856;  m.  Dr.  E.  M.  Manwaren  and 

has  issue. 

530.  Frederick  Almeron   Thomas,  b.  Sept.  10,  1867;    m.  Anna  Taylor 

Nov.  6,  1888.     She  was  b.  July  28,  1S67.     No  issue. 


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ALMERON     THOMAS. 


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FIFTH   GENERATION.  129 

Frederick  A.  Thomas  is  a  graduate  of  the  Mexico  Academy  and  proprietor 
of  a  weekly  newspaper,  The  Mexican.  He  is  also  a  dealer  in  stationery  and 
fancy  articles.  He  is  a  young  man  of  enterprise,  and  possesses  much  of  his 
father's  capacity  for  business.     Residence,  Mexico,  N.  Y.     Republican. 

199.  Ebenezer  K.  Thomas5  (son  of  David,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  June 
2,  1816.  He  m.  1st  Lois  Brown,  of  same  place,  June  7, 
1811 ;  she  d.  Feb.  10,  1855,  leaving-  one  son.  He  m. 
2d  Isabel  Boyd,  of  Blackberry,  111.,  June  7,  1855,  who 
was  b.  Xov.  6,  1825.  '  He  has  lived  in  Wisconsin  and 
Illinois.  Present  residence,  Le  Mais,  la.  Farmer. 
Republican. 

He  had  six  children  : — 

By  first  wife: 

531.  James  B.  Thomas,  b.  July  28,  1813;  m.  Elizabeth  H.  Vinz  and  has 

issue. 

By  second  wife : 

532.  Elsie  M.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  12,  1856  ;  m.  M.  Henry  Calhoun  and  has 

issue. 

533.  Platt  Thomas,  b.   Aug.  24,   1858  ;  unm.     Residence,  Le  Mars,    la. 

Traveling  salesman.     Republican. 
531.  Ai  Thomas,  b.  May  18,  1861;  d.  Sept.  30,  1862. 

535.  Esther  M.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  24,  1863 ;  d.  Feb.  10,  1865. 

536.  Mat  A.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  2,  1869. 

201.  Nancy  Bigelow  Thomas5  (dau.  of  David,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
30,  1823  ;  m.  Isaac  Clements  Sept.  19,  1845.  He  was  b. 
in  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,  1811;  me- 
chanic, and  resides  in  Tylerville,  N.  Y. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

537.  Harriet  Clements,  b.  Aug.  31,  1846;  m.  1st  John  Snyder,  and  2d 

Hiram  C.  Oatman,  and  has  issue. 

538.  Ann  S.  Clements,  b.  Sept.  28,  1851 ;  m.  D.  L.  Cornwell  and  has  issue. 

202  Sarepta  Thomas5  (dau.  of  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  July  23, 
1827;  m.  to  Darwin  H.  Bates,  of  same  place,  Jan.  11, 
1816.  He  was  b.  Dec.  23,  1820,  and  d.  at  Suspension 
Bridge  Sept.  3,  1862.     She  d.  Oct.  22,  1851. 


130  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

539.  Julia  Bates,  b.  July  18,  1847.     She  is  reported  to  have  married  and 
settled  somewhere  in  the  West. 

203.  Platt  Thomas'  (son  of  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  March  4, 
1829;  m.  Caroline  Macomber  in  1851 ;  she  d.  May  20, 
1857.  He  m.  2d  Leonora  Remington  Jan.  9,  1859; 
she  was  b.  Oct.  22,  1836.  They  reside  on  a  farm  near 
Mexico,  N.  Y.     Republican. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

By  first  wife  : 

510.  Cabbie  E.  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  21,  1861. 

By  second  wife : 

541.  Herbert  H.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  18,  1872. 


204.  Jason  Bigelow  Thomas,  M.D.5  (son  of  Beals,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass., 
Aug-.  6,  1817.  His  mother  was  Nancy  Bigelow,  first 
wife  of  Beals  Thomas.  He  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  Joseph  N.  Bates,  of  Barre,  Mass. ; 
attended  his  first  course  of  lectures  at  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
and  his  second  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  graduated  in  1843.  He  com- 
menced practice  in  Warren,  Mass.,  but  removed  to  Thorn- 
dike,  Mass.,  before  his  marriage.  He  m.  Phila  Mandell, 
dan.  of  Capt.  Martin  Mandell,  of  Hardwick,  Mass.,  April 
17,  1850;  she  was  b.  April  5,  1824.  Dr.  J.  B.  Thomas 
combined  dentistry  with  medicine  and  was  reputed  a  man 
of  skill  and  judgment  in  both  branches  of  his  profession. 
He  d.  in  Thorndikc,  Nov.  25,  1880,  aged  63.  His  widow- 
and  only  living  son  still  reside  in  Thorndike. 

He  had  three  children  : — 

542.  A  son.  b.  Aug.  31,  1855;  d.  Sept.  20,  1855. 
513.  A  daughter,  b.  April  21,  I860;  d.  Aug.  14,  1SG0. 
544.  Martin  Mandell  Thomas,  b.  June  28,  1S61 ;  m.  Eva  Johnson  Jan.  24, 
1889.     Residence,  Thorndike,  Mass. 


FIFTH   GENEKATION.  131 

206.  Clara  Egery  Thomas5  (dan.  of  Bonis,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  July  21, 
1828.  She  was  educated  in  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary, 
having-  been  a  pupil  in  that  institution  during  the  life  of 
Miss  Mary  Lyon,  the  founder,  and  whose  successful  man- 
agement made  it  one  of  the  most  celebrated  educational 
institutions  in  the  country.  She  m.  Addison  Augustus 
Hunt,  A.M.,  March  16,  1852.  He  was  b.  in  Hardwick, 
Mass.,  June  20,  1822;  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in 
1853;  Principal  of  Ware  High  School  four  years,  from 
1851  ;  Principal  of  Worcester  Grammar  School  from 
1855  to  '74.  In  1867,  on  account  of  his  health,  he 
purchased  a  farm  at  Barre  Plains,  Mass.,  where  he  spent 
his  vacations  and  where  he  now  resides.  Congre- 
gationalists. 

They  have  had  six  children  : — 

545.  Frederick  Addison  Hunt,  b.  in  Ware,  Mass.,  July  26,  1853;  d.  Feb. 

25,  1856. 
516.  Frank  Thomas  Hunt,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Aug.  16,  1855;  present 

address,  Barre  Plains  ;  unm. 

547.  Carrie  Washburn  Hunt,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Sept.  2,  1857. 

For  several  years  she  has  been  a  teacher.  In  1884,  she  went  to  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  to  take  charge  of  a  school  in  that  city.  After  three  years'  service, 
she  was  appointed  by  the  New  West  Educational  Commission  (a  society  of  the 
Congregational  Church)  to  travel  in  California  and  the  East,  lecturing  in  the 
churches,  and  in  various  ways  interesting  the  people  in  and  raising  funds  for 
the  cause  of  education  in  Utah.  She  possesses  decided  talent  as  speaker,  holds 
her  audience  in  rapt  attention,  and  has  met  with  marked  success  in  her  mission. 
She  spent  the  summer  and  fall  of  1890  in  making  a  general  lour  of  Great  Britain 
and  Europe  with  her  sister  and  husband,  Rev.  George  P.  Knapp.  Congre- 
gationalist. 

548.  Edwin  Newton  Hunt,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Feb.  17,  I860;  d.  Feb. 

12,  1862. 

549.  Anna  Jane  Hunt,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  30,  1862. 

She  graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary  June  26,  1886.  In  1887  she  went 
to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  her  sister  had  preceded  her,  and  took  charge,  as 
principal  of  the  Plymouth  School,  returning  to  Mass.  in  1889.  She  m.,  July  2, 
1S90,  Rev.  George  Perkins  Knapp,  son  of  Rev.  George  C.  Knapp,  missionary  at 
Bitlis,  Turkey,  where  Geo.  P.  was  born ;  he  graduated  at  Harvard  College  and 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  ordained  at  Farmington,  Conn.,  May 


132  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

28,  1890.     They  sailed  for  Europe  July  19,  1890  ;  he  locates  as  missionary  at 
Bitlis,  Turkey  ;  Congregationalist. 

550.  William  Addison  Hunt,  b.  June  13,  1865.     Resides  with  his  parents, 

at  Barre  Plains,  Mass. 

208.  Sarah  Jane  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Beals,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Iiardwick,  Mass.,  Sept.  21, 
1840  ;  m.  Franklin  Wait,  her  cousin,  son  of*  David  Wait 
and  Patience  Thomas,  his  wife,  Feb.  18,  1862.  He  is 
a  farmer  in  Deerfield,  Mass. ;  Republican  and  Episcopa- 
lian.    She  d.  in  Deerfield  Feb.  5,  1878. 

They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  (Deerfleld  : — 

551.  Agnes  Thomas  Wait,  b.  April  24,   1863;    m.  Wyman  Smith  Clapp 

Nov.  28,  1888,  of  Greenfield  Mass. 
552    Elizabeth  Jones  Wait,  b.  July  10,  1865. 

553.  Edith  Wyman  Wait,  b.  June,  18,  1872, 

554.  Ida  Patience  Wait,  b.  Feb.  6,  1874. 


210.  Avert  Thomas5  (son  of  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Perch  River,  Jeff.  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3, 
1817.  When  at  the  age  of  about  4  years  his  father 
moved  to  Watertown,  same  county.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  common  school,  and  in  the  Black  River 
Institute.  It  was  his  purpose  at  one  time  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  ministry,  but  the  impaired  state  of  his 
health  led  him  to  abandon  the  idea.  He  learned  the 
drug-,  paint,  and  oil  business,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
carried  on  a  general  painting  business  in  Watertown. 
In  1859  he  moved  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  engaged  in  the 
same  business;  in  1866  he  moved  to  New  Jersey,  pur- 
chased a  fruit-farm  at  Hammonton,  and  engaged  in  fruit- 
raising,  greatly  to  the  benefit  of  his  health;  in  1867  he 
returned  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  to  take  charge  of  one  of  the 
largest  varnish  manufactories  in  the  United  States,  which 
position  he  still  holds.  He  is  a  member  and  deacon  of 
the  Baptist  Church ;  he  has  always  been  an  earnest 
Sunday-school   worker,   and    was,   for  a    time,  superin- 


F.     W.    THOMAS,     M.     D. 


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FIFTH   GENERATION.  133 

tendcnt  of  the  school  in  the  church  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  He  is  a  man  of  extensive  reading,  of  wide 
information,  and  has  an  unusually  retentive  memory.  He 
m.  Lovina  Dolly  Bacon,  dau.  of  Deacon  Isaac  Bacon  and 
Eleanor  Schull,  his  wife,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  30, 
1842.     Republican. 

They  have  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Watertown, 
N.  Y. :— 

555.  Isaac  Bacon  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  19.  1843. 

He  enlisted  for  three  months  upon  the  call  for  troops  at  the  breaking  out  ol 
the  Kebellion ;  lie  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  ;  later  in  the  war  he  again 
enlisted  in  the  124th  Regiment  of  Ohio,  while  still  a  minor,  and  was  with  Sher- 
man in  Tenn.,  where  he  contracted  camp  fever.  His  mother,  with  much  diffi- 
culty, procured  passes  through  the  lines  and  succeeded  in  getting  him  home, 
where  he  d.  July  9,  1863,  aged  19. 

556.  Eleanor  Bacon  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  10,  1845 ;  m.  Judge  James  Linden 

and  has  issue. 

557.  Frank  William  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1846. 

In  1864  he  came  to  Philadelphia  and  served  an  apprenticeship  with  a  drug- 
gist ;  he  entered  the  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  fall  of  1866  and  graduated  in 
the  spring  of  1868  ;  in  1869  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  uncle, 
Dr.  A.  R.  Thomas;  he  matriculated  at  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  in  Oct., 
1869,  and  graduated  March,  1871.  The  following  year  he  was  Resident  Physi- 
cian of  the  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Homoeopathic  Hospital ;  in  1872  he  located  in 
Dayton,  Ohio.,  where  he  acquired  a  very  large  and  lucrative  professional  busi- 
ness.    He  was  for  two  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health,  of  Dayton. 

Dr.  Thomas  d.  Sept.  16, 1890,  aged  44,  from  the  effects  of  burns  received  from 
an  explosion  of  gasoline.  Stopping  at  the  house  of  one  of  his  patients,  while  wait- 
ing to  be  announced  he  stepped  into  the  parlor,  where  the  father  of  his  patient 
was  engaged  in  saturating  the  carpet  and  upholstered  furniture  with  gasoline 
for  the  purpose  of  destroying  moths.  In  an  adjoining  room,  separated  by  a 
closed  door,  was  an  open-grate  fire.  Just  at  this  moment,  the  gas  having 
reached  the  fire,  an  explosion  took  place.  Blinded  by  the  flames  with  which  he 
was  surrounded,  and  with  the  flesh  of  his  face  and  hands  burned  to  a  crisp,  and 
with  clothing  on  fire,  he  groped  his  way  to  the  door  and  fell  to  the  ground. 
Assistance  was  immediately  at  hand,  the  burning  clothing  extinguished,  and  he 
taken  into  the  nearest  house,  where,  in  great  suffering,  he  expired  in  eight  hours. 

Dr.  Thomas  was  undoubtedly  the  most  pcpularand  best-known  physician 
in  the  city  of  Dayton.  His  skill  and  success  in  his  profession,  with  his  devotion 
to  his  patients,  gave  him  a  reputation  acquired  by  few,  while  the  shocking 
manner  of  his  death  produced  a  profound  sensation  in  that  community,  and 
rarely  has  one  been  more  deeply  or  more  sincerely  mourned. 

The  following  is  copied  from  a  New  York  paper,  the  editor  of  which  was  at 
one  time  a  patient  of  Dr.  Thomas : — 


134  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

"Southern  Ohio  and  the  medical  profession  meet  with  an  irreparable  loss  in 
the  tragic  death  of  Dr.  Thomas,  of  Dayton.  Though  his  practice  was  in  the 
most  aristocratic  circles,  no  one  was  more  kind  to  the  poor.  They  were  always 
with  him  and  he  blessed  them.  He  was  not  only  a  thoroughly  educated  but  a 
natural-born  physician.  He  had  at  once  the  logical  and  intuitive  mind,  the 
keen  power  of  analysis,  and  the  perceptive  faculties  so  essential  to  one  of  his 
profession.  As  a  syrnptomatologist  the  writer  has  yet  to  meet  his  equal.  His 
was  a  well-formed,  symmetrically-rounded  character.  To  the  writer  and  his 
family  he  was  more  than  the  words  '  physician  and  friend'  express,  and  those 
who  with  us  mourn  his  loss  may  well  do  so,  for  '  we  ne'er  shall  look  upon  his 
like  again.'  " 

He  was  unmarried,  and  lived  with  his  parents  and  unmarried  sisters,  to  all 
of  whom  he  was  deeply  devoted.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and 
Republican. 

558.  Marie  Sarah  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  1,  1849;  unm. 

559.  Hattie  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  29,  1852;  unm. 

Both  these  daughters  of  Avery  Thomas  have  exhibited  high  artistic  talent, 
the  former  in  water-coloring,  the  latter  in  wood-carving;  her  work  in  this  line 
has  been  much  admired,  some  pieces  showing  a  high  degree  of  taste  and  skill  in 
execution. 

211.  Harriet  Thomas5  (dan.  of  Azariah,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Perch  River,  N.  Y.,  June  1, 
1819.  She  m.  William  Barnes,  of  Sheridan,  Chautauqua 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct,  11,  1813,  who  was  b.  in  Chautauqua 
Co.  Aug-.  7,  1819.  He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder.  They 
moved  to  Kane  Co.,  111.,  immediately  after  their  mar- 
riage, where  they  now  reside  at  Kaneville,  Kane  Co. 
He  was  a  Methodist  and  Republican. 

They  have  had  seven  children,  all  born  in  Black- 
bury,  111.:— 

560.  Sarah  Barnes,  b.  March  25,  1846  ;  m.  Henry  Hibbard  and  has  issue. 

561.  Florence  Barnes,  b.  March  21,  1816  ;  d.  Sept.,  1851. 

562.  Pauline  Barnes,  b.  Sept.  3,  1850;  d.  June,  1852. 

563.  Mary  Barnes,  b.  Sept.  7,  1852 ;  d.  Sept.,  1854. 

564.  Charles  Barnes,  b.  Feb.  3,  1854.     Stenographer. 

565.  William  Henry  Barnes,  M.D.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1856,  in  Kane  Co.,  111. 
He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  R.  Thomas,  and  graduated  at  Hahnemann 

Medical  College  March,  1881.     Now  settled  in  practice  in  Philadelphia,  Penna. 

566.  George  Barnes,  b.  Oct.  8,  1864  ;  m.  Miss Stevens,  Dec.  31,  1890. 

Address,  Kaneville,  111.     Runs  a  creamery. 

212.  Melinda  Thomas5  (dan.  of  Azariah,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Perch  lliver,  Jefferson  Co., 


FIFTH    GENEKATION.  135 

N.  Y.,  June  3,  1821.  In  1839  she  moved  to  Chautau- 
qua Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  she  m.  Horace  Ottoway,  of 
Illinois,  Oct.  3,  1811.  Horace  Ottoway,  son  of  James 
Ottoway  and  Elizabeth  Wood,  his  wife,  was  b.  April  21, 
1815,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  England.  He  came  to 
America  with  his  father  when  8  years  of  age,  and  settled 
in  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  1836  he  went  West  and 
settled  in  Illinois,  and  has  lived  in  Kane,  McHenry,  and 
Whiteside  Cos.  in  that  State.  In  1883  he  moved  to 
Kirkman,  Shelby  Co.,  la.,  where  he  now  resides.  He 
has  always  been  engaged  in  farming  and  land  speculat- 
ing. Melinda  Thomas  Ottoway  d.  Oct.  3, 1858,  aged  37. 
They  had  five  children  : — 

567.  Albert  Horace  Ottoway,  b.  in  Blackbury,  Kane  Co.,  111.,  Sept.  27, 

1846;  m.  Adelia  Adelaide  Hanes  and  had  issue. 

568.  Charles  Thomas  Ottoway,  b.  in  Blackbury  Nov.  21, 1819  ;  m.  Nannie 

Been  and  had  issue. 

569.  Herbert  James  Ottoway,  b.  Feb.  26,  1852,  in  Algonquin,  McHenry 

Co.,  111. ;  m.  Celeste  Sutherland  and  has  issue. 

570.  Edgar  Russell  Ottoway,  b.  in  Erie,  Whiteside  Co.,  111.,  April  5,1854. 
In  July,  1887,  he  left  his  home  for  the  purpose  of  looking  up  a  location  for 

starting  the  hardware  business  in  Nebraska.     He  has  never  been  seen  or  heard 
from  since.     It  is  generally  supposed  that  he  was  murdered  for  his  money. 

571.  Ida  Jane  Ottoway,  b.  in  Blackbury,  Kane  Co.,  111.,  Aug.  3,  1856  ; 

m.  Newton  I.  Snow  and  has  issue. 

211.  Amos  Russell  Thomas,  M.D.5  (son  of  Azariah,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  3,  1826.  He  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  in  the  Jefferson  County  Institute.  He  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  pursuits  in  the  village  of  Ogdens- 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  in  1850.  Finding  this  employment  uncon- 
genial, and  having  a  strong  predilection  for  the  medical 
profession,  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1852, 
matriculating  at  the  Syracuse  Medical  College  in  the  fall 
of  the  same  year  and  graduating  in  the  spring  of  1851. 
Coming  to  Philadelphia  in  the  same  year,  he  took  another 
course  of  lectures  and  graduated  at  the  Penn  Medical 


136  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

University.  Being  offered  the  position  of  Demonstrator 
of  Anatomy  in  that  institution,  he  accepted  the  same, 
and  made  Philadelphia  his  future  home.  In  1856  he 
was  appointed  to  the  chair  of  Anatomy,  which  position 
he  held  for  ten  years. 

In  1856  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Artistic  Anat- 
omy in  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts. 
He  held  this  position  for  fourteen  years.  In  1863  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Artistic  Anatomy  in  the  School 
of  Design  for  Women,  which  position  he  held  for  eight 
years. 

He  served  as  volunteer  surgeon  during  the  late  war, 
and  was  placed  in  charge  of  one  of  the  wards  in  the 
Armory  Square  Hospital  at  Washington. 

Becoming  interested  in  the  examination  of  the  merits 
of  homoeopathy  soon  after  settling  in  Philadelphia,  he 
was  led  to  adopt  that  system  of  practice.  In  1867  he 
was  appointed  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  the  Hahnemann 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  which  position  he  still 
holds.  He  lias  also  heen  Dean  of  the  Faculty  since 
1874.  During  this  time,  and  largely  through  his  per- 
sonal efforts,  new  college  and  hospital  buildings  have 
been  erected  at  a  cost  of  nearly  a  half-million  of  dollars, 
the  curriculum  of  study  has  been  extended,  the  term  of 
study  prolonged,  and  the  college  brought  to  a  degree  of 
prosperity  never  before  attained. 

He  has  published  a  work  on  "  Post-Mortem  Examina- 
tions and  Morbid  Anatomy"  (1872),  besides  various 
addresses  and  numerous  contributions  to  medical  jour- 
nals, and  for  five  years  served  as  general  editor  of  the 
American  Journal  of  Homoeopatliic  Materia  Medica. 
He  is  a  member  of  various  medical  societies,  and  has 
been  President  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  and  Philadel- 
phia County  Medical  Societies.     He  is  a  life-member  of 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  137 

the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  mem- 
ber of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania ;  honorary 
member  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Dallas,  Texas ; 
member  of  the  Horticultural  Society  of  Pennsylvania 
and  of  the  Fairmount  Park  Art  Association. 

Sept.  26,  1847,  he  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Bacon,  of  Water- 
town,  N.  Y.,  dau.  of  Isaac  Bacon  and  Eleanor  Schull, 
his  wife.     Republican. 

They  have  had  two  children  : — 

572.  Charles  Monroe  Thomas,  M.D.,  b.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  May  3, 1849  ; 

m.  Marion  E.  Tumbull  and  has  issue. 

573.  Florence  L.  Thomas,  b.  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  16, 1853  ;  m.  to  J. 

Nicholas  Mitchell,  M.D.,  Oct.  3,  1877;  d.  May  17,  1880,  leaving 
issue. 


218.  Lydia  Ann  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Heman,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Dec.  29, 
1810.  She  m.  1st  Winslow  Packard  and  had  issue.  He 
d.  April  10,  1852,  and  she  m.  2d  Deacon  Perley  Howard, 
of  Barre,  Mass.,  March  30,  1858,  in  New  Salem,  Mass. 
He  d.  Dec.  5,  1871  ;  shed.  Jan.  16,  1889,  at  New  Salem, 
Mass.,  aged  78.     Baptist. 

She  had  one  child,  by  first  husband : — 

574.  Mary  J.  Packard,  b.  Nov.  7,  1848,  in  New  Salem. 

Miss  Packard  has  for  several  years  been  Secretary  of  the  Spelman  Seminary 
at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  of  which  her  half-sister,  Sophia  B.  Packard,  is  Principal.  The 
Spelman  Seminary  was  organized  and  successfully  established  by  Miss  Packard 
ia  1881.  It  is  probably  the  largest  and  most  successful  institution  for  the  edu- 
cation of  colored  girls  in  the  South.  It  has  over  seven  hundred  pupils  and 
thirty  teachers.  The  course  of  study,  of  four  or  six  years'  duration,  embraces 
various  industrial  pursuits,  as  well  as  a  thorough  English  education,  including 
the  higher  mathematics,  astronomy,  and  the  sciences  generally,  and  music.  The 
Normal  Department  graduates  a  large  class  every  year. 

Miss  Sophia  B.  Packard,  the  originator  of  the  Spelman  Seminary  at  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  is  a  woman  of  wonderful  energy  and  executive  ability,  and  is  still  at  the 
head  of  the  Institution. 

220.  Martin  Thomas5  (son  of  Heman,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Dec.  8,  1815; 


138  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

m.  Ann  Fisher,  of  Colerain,  Feb.  12,  1839.  He  d.  in 
New  Salem  June  26,  1816.  He  was  a  farmer,  Baptist, 
and  Republican. 

He  had  two  children  : — 

575.  Esther  Ann  Thomas,  b.  Jan.   27,   1840 ;  d.  in  Wauwatosa,  Wis.,  in 

1863,  aged  22. 

576.  Mary  Jane  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  1,  1844;  m.  Charles  Dwight  Watson  and 

lias  issue. 


223  Mary  Ann  Luddon5  (dan.  of  Mary  [Thomas] 
Luddon,4  Amos,3  Amos,'2  William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1816.  She  m.  James  M. 
Curtis  Oct.  13,  1839,  who  was  b.  April  12,  1817;  d. 
July  16,  1880.  Lived  in  Murray  when  first  married; 
later,  settled  in  Kendall,  N.  Y.,  where  most  of  the  chil- 
dren were  born.  J.  M.  Curtis  was  a  farmer  and  "Repub- 
lican.    Both  Methodists. 

They  had  nine  children  : — 

577.  James  Henry  Curtis,  b.  April  23,  1811 ;  in.  Amanda  Cook  and  has 

issue. 

578.  Mary  Arvilla  Curtis,  b.  March  11,  1813  ;  m.  Allen  Spencer  and  has 

issue. 

579.  Rhoba  Emeline  Curtis,  b.  Nov.  4,  1844 ;  m.  Wallace  Buell  and  had 

issue. 
5S0.  Ellen  Kate  Curtis,  b.  Jan.  20,  1817 ;  m.  Fayette  J.  Carrington  and 
has  issue. 

581.  George  Harvey  Curtis,  b.  Feb.  21,  1850. 

582.  Amelia  Jane  Curtis,  b.  April  12,  1852. 

583.  Dollie  Elizabeth  Curtis,  b.  Oct.  2,  1854 ;  m.  William  Fletcher ;  no 

issue. 
581.  William  Andrew  Curtis,  b.  Aug.  14,  1857 •;  m.  Ida  Slater  and  has 

issue. 
585.  Jessie  Nora  Ccrtis,  b.  July  22,  I860;  m.  Sylvester  Case  and  has  issue. 

221.  Bhoda  Sarepta  Luddon5  (dan.  of  Mary  [Thomas] 
Lnddon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  10,  1831  ;  m.  George  L.  Stone 
in  Murray,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  19,  1851.  He  was 
b.  Oct.  3,  1828.     G.  L.  Stone  is  a  farmer. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  139 

They  had  five  children  : — 

5S6.  Emma  Stone,  b.  March  13,  1852;  m.  Sanford  Hinckley  and  has  issue. 

587.  George  Fenn  Stone,  b.  Sept.  12,  1856;  m.  Ella  Lockwood;  no  issue 

Gardener.     Rochester,  N.  Y. 

588.  Lewis  Ferdinand  Stone,  b.  Sept.  23,  1862,  in  Darlington,  C.  W.;  in. 

Lillie   Coons,   of   Napl.es,    N.  Y.,   Dec,    1888.     Farmer.     Address, 
Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 

589.  Harriet  Sybil  Stone,  b.  in  Murray,  N.  Y.,  March  22,  I860 ;  d.  March 

29,  1864. 

590.  Edwin  James  Stone,  b.  Sept,  26,   1867 ;    unm.      Farmer.     Address, 

Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 


225.  Rhoda  Phillips5  (dan.  of  Rhoda  [Thomas] 
Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1815.  She  m.,  March  4, 
1 835,  George  W.  Brown  (son  of  Miner  Brown,  3d  hus- 
band of  Rhoda  Thomas),  who  was  b.  in  Lenox,  Madison 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1813.  He  was  a  farmer  and  Re- 
publican and  both  were  Congregationalists.  Rhoda 
Phillips  Brown  d.  Nov.  21,  1881 ;  he  d.  May  7,  1882. 

They  had  five  children,  all  b.  in  Henrietta : — 

591.  George  Henry  Brown,  b.  Aug.  16,  1837;  m.  Martha  Ann  Collar;  no 

issue;  address,  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  ticket-agent  in  railroad-office. 

592.  Ellen  Malissa  Brown,  b.  March  24,  1840;  m.  Wirt  Matthews  Oct.  2, 

1861,  and  had  issue. 

593.  William  Jay  Brown,  b.  May  6,  1843 ;  m.  Ella  Pierce  April,  1S69, 

and  had  issue. 

594.  Frances  Adeline  Brown,  b.  June  1,  1846;  m.  Gurdon  E.  Pendleton 

Feb.  13,  1868,  and  has  issue. 

595.  Harvey  Clarence  Brown,  b.  July  3,  1849;  d.  June  28,  1867. 

226.  Lura  Emily  Phillips5  (dau.  of  Rhoda  [Thomas] 
Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1817  ;  she  m.  Sereno  Stone 
(brother  of  George  L.  Stone)  Aug.  28,  1834;  he  d.  Nov. 
23,  1889,  aged  76  years.  Present  address,  Holley, 
Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 

They  had  nine  children  : — 

596.  Benjamin  Harvey  Stone,  b.  Sept.  23, 1835 ;  m.  Jan.  15, 1865,  to  Sarah 

J.  Darling,  and  had  issue. 


140  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

597.  William  Fenn  Stone,  b.  Dec.  30,  1837;  m.  Oct.,  1865,  to  Marion  E. 

Stone;  no  issue  ;  Michigan. 

598.  Franklin  Myron  Stone,  b.  July  22,  1840;  d.  Dec.  28, 1864. 

599.  Mary  Emily  Stone,  b.  July  13,  1842;  m.  Jeremiah  West  Dec,  1880; 

no  issue. 

600.  Charles  Sereno  Stone,  b.  Dec.  12,  1844  ;  m.  Annie  M.  Morse  Nov.  18, 

1867,  and  has  issue. 

601.  Elbert  Earl  Stone,  b.  Sept.  12,  1S46 ;  m.  Adell  Friese  July,  1872, 

and  has  issue. 

602.  Josephine  Arabella  Stone,   b.   March   29,   1849;    m.  Willard  H. 

Hawkins  and  has  issue. 

603.  Atlie  Dwight  Stone,  b.  April  6,  1852 ;  m.  Hannah  Burdick,  in  1879, 

and  has  issue. 

604.  Adelbert  DeWitt  Stone,  b.  July  14,  1855;  m.  Carrie  Daisy  Buell 

Jan.  9,  1889 ;  she  was  b.  June  9,  1867. 

227.  Harvey  Thomas  Phillips5  (son  of  Rhoda 
[Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Henrietta,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  1824.  His  father, 
Benjamin  Phillips,  dying  in  1831,  his  mother,  in  1833, 
married  her  second  husband,  Samnel  Whitcomb,  after 
which  time  Harvey  T.  Phillips  lived  with  his  eldest  sister, 
Mrs.  George  W.  Brown,  working-  on  the  farm  in  the 
summer  and  going  to  school  in  the  winter.  At  18  years 
of  age  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  and  attended 
a  full  course  of  lectures  at  the  Geneva  Medical  College, 
Geneva,  N.  Y.  Not  satisfied  with  his  general  education, 
he  fitted  himself  for  college  and  entered  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, Dartmouth,  N.  H.,  in  1845.  Here  he  spent  four 
years,  teaching  some  portion  of  each  year,  and  graduating 
in  1849.  Having  abandoned  the  idea  of  continuing  the 
study  of  medicine  and  having  exhausted  his  resources,  he 
at  once  accepted  an  offer  of  a  position  as  tutor  in  a 
private  family  in  Mississippi ;  here  he  remained  for  one 
year,  when  he  settled  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  taking  a 
position  as  teacher  in  an  academy.  Resigning  this 
position,  he  next  took  editorial  charge  of  a  Democratic 
newspaper  for  a  year  or  two,  when  he  received  the 
appointment  of  postmaster  of  the  city  of  Chattanooga ; 


HARVEY     THOMAS     PHILLIPS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE.         HOPE 


ALPHEUS     O.    THOMAS. 


FIFTH   GENERATION".  141 

this  position  he  held  until  the  evacuation  of  the  city  by 
the  Confederates,  in  1863  ;  then,  as  Postmaster  of  the 
Army  of  Tennessee,  he  moved  with  the  headquarters  of 
the  army  until  the  surrender  at  Greensboro,  N.  C.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  visited  his  relatives  in  New  York 
State,  after  which  he  returned  to  the  South  and  located 
at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  where  he  still  resides;  here  he  at  first 
engaged  in  newspaper  editorial  work,  but  soon  started 
the  book  and  stationery  business,  under  the  firm  of 
Phillips  &  Crew,  later  adding  music  and  musical  instru- 
ments;  in  1883  they  sold  out  the  book  and  stationery 
department,  continuing  as  dealers  in  pianos,  organs,  and 
music  generally. 

Harvey  T.  Phillips  has  been  married  three  times.  The 
first  marriage  was  in  1854,  to  Bettie  Bruckner,  of  La., 
by  whom  he  had  two  children;  she  d.  in  1861.  He  m. 
2d  Katie  Dyson,  of  Va.,  July  20,  1865;  she  d.  in  June, 
1866,  leaving  no  issue.  He  m.  3d  Bettie  Wharton, 
of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  Jan.  20,  1869,  by  whom  he  has  had 
three  children. 

The  five  children  of  Harvey  T.  Phillips  are  : — 

By  first  wife : 

605.  Fanny  Sara  Phillips,  b.  April  15,  1856;  d.  Nov.  19,  1857. 

606.  James  Bruckner  Phillips,  b.  Nov.  29,  1858;  m.  Carrie  Richards  and 

has  issue. 

By  third  wife : 

607.  Henry  Wharton  Phillips,  b.  June  9,  1872;  d.  Jan.  19,  1S74. 

608.  Harvey  Hudnut  Phillips,  b.  March  7,  1874. 

609.  Nellie  Wharton  Phillips,  b.  June  30,  1876. 


229.  Alpheus  Orlando  Thomas5  (son  of  Ardon,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  Jan. 
29,  1826.  When  about  2h  years  old  his  father  moved 
to  New  Salem,  Mass.  At  the  age  of  18  he  entered  the 
woolen-mills  of  Bane  Plains,  Mass.,  where  he  learned  the 


142  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

dyeing  branch  of  the  woolen  business ;  becoming  an 
expert  in  that  branch  of  the  business,  he  was  placed  at 
its  head  and  ultimately  made  superintendent  of  the  mills. 
After  having  held  this  position  for  several  years,  he 
moved  to  Waltham,  Mass.,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
express  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  Weeks  & 
Thomas;  he  continued  in  this  business  for  ten  years, 
when  he  sold  out  and  engaged  in  the  nursery  business, 
which  he  has  followed  for  the  past  thirteen  years.  He 
m.  Elizabeth  Ocford  Hill  July  28,  1847,  by  whom  he 
has  had  four  children.     Methodist  and  Republican. 

610.  John  Bradford  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  11,  1850,  in  Barre,  Mass.;  m.  Ruth 

Etta  Wellington  Sept.  28,  1882,  and  lias  issue. 

611.  Jane   Elizabeth   Thomas,   b.    Nov.   8,   1853,   in   Barre,   Mass.;    m. 

Frederick  K.  Hurxthal  Oct.  7,  1880,  and  has  issue. 

612.  Rufina  Finetta  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  25,  1855;  d.  Aug.  20,  1860. 

613.  Francis  Harvey  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  21,  1857;  d.  March  18,  1861. 

'230.  James  Holmes  Thomas5  (son  of  Ardon,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Feb.  8,  1827,  in  Prescott,  Mass.; 
m.  Lucy.  A.  Wellington,  at  Rutland,  April  20,  1851  ; 
she  was  b.  Oct.  17,  1833,  at  West  Boyleston,  Mass.  He 
is  a  photographer,  and  now  resides  in  North  Grafton, 
Mass. ;  Methodist  and  Republican. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

614.  Carrie  M.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  15,  1864,  at  North  Grafton,  Mass. ;  unm. 

231.  Rosannah  Sarepta  Thomas5  (dan.  of  Ardon,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Nov.  29,  1829,  at  New 
Salem,  Mass. ;  m.  Charles  Webb,  of  Hardwick,  Mass., 
March  15,  1849,  at  Barre,  Mass.  Charles  Webb  was  b. 
April  6,  1822,  and  d.  April  20, 1887,  in  Worcester,  Mass. 
He  was  an  earnest  worker  in  the  cause  of  temperance. 
Present  address,  Charlestown,  Mass.     Methodist. 

They  had  six  children  : — 

615.  Emma  Frances  Webb,  b.  Jan.  30,  1850,  at  Barre.  Mass.;  m.  Benjamin 

Nourse  July  27,  1874,  and  had  issue. 

616.  Jonathan  Webb,  b.  June  2,  1852,  at  New  Braintree,  Mass. ;  m.  Ida 

Frances  Hodgkiss  and  had  iesue. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 


143 


617.  George  Daland  Webb,  b.  April  16,  1854  ;  m.  Abfie  Holman  and  had 

issue. 

618.  Anna  Estella  Webb,  b.  July  29,  1859 ;  m.  Henry  Willard  Watkins 

and  has  issue. 

619.  Ardon  Alberto  Webb,  b.  Dec.  25,  1867,  at  Barre,  Mass. ;  d.  March  30, 

1869,  at  Petersham,  Mass. 

620.  Rossie  Maud  Webb,  b.  June  2,  1872,  at  Worcester,  Mass. 

232.  Rufina  Finetta  Thomas5  (dau.  of  Ardon,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  May  20, 
1832.  She  m.  Alden  B.  Woodis  March  24,  1862,  at 
West  Brookfield,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  New  Braintree, 
Mass.,  Oct.  6,  1836.  Baptist.  Present  address,  Danvers, 
Mass. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

621.  Allie  Arthur  Woodis,  b.  April  7,  1869,  at  New  Salem,  Mass. 


235.  Eliza  Ann  Thomas5  (dan.  of  Alpheus,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Oct.  5, 
1822.  She  m.  Rev.  Rodney  Gage,  son  of  Asahel  Gage, 
of  Hadley,  Mass.,  April  23,  1819.  He  was  b.  in  Had- 
ley  Ang.  7,  1821.  She  d.  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct.  25, 
1852,  while  her  husband  was  a  student  of  the  Methodist 
Theological  Institute  in  that  city. 

They  had  one  child,  a  daughter  :— 

622.  Mary  Kebecca  Gage,  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  April  17,  1851;  m. 
Jason  T.  Owen,  of  Orion,  Mich.,  and  has  issue. 

236.  Sarah  Newcomb  Thomas5  (2d  dau.  of  Alpheus,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
Dec.  4,  1825;  m.  Rev.  Rodney  Gage,  whose  1st  wife 
was  Eliza  A.  Thomas,  an  older  sister,  at  New  Salem, 
Mass.,  June  6,  1853.  While  living  in  Massachusetts 
Mr.  Gage  was  stationed  at  the  following  places :  North 
Prescott,  South  Hadley  Falls,  Holyoke,  Sutton,  North 
Andover,  Chicopee  Falls,  and  Hubbardstown.  In  Aug., 
1862,  he  was  appointed  Chaplain  in  the  Army  at  Alex- 


144  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HARDWICK. 

andria,  Va.,  and  served  until  June,  1867.  After  his 
discharge  from  the  United  States  Service  he  resumed  his 
pastoral  work  in  the  State  of  Michigan,  and  was  stationed 
in  Augusta,  Washington,  Orion,  Dryden,  Almont,  Utica, 
Grand  Blanc,  Seymore  Lake,  and  Ruby.  Present  resi- 
dence, with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Owen,  at  Orion,  Mich. 
Mrs.  Gage  d.  at  Seymore,  Lake  Michigan,  April  13, 
1880.  She  was  an  excellent  scholar  and,  previous  to  her 
marriage,  a  successful  teacher,  an  earnest,  devoted  Chris- 
tian woman,  and  a  rare  model  for  a  minister's  wife. 
They  had  two  children  : — 

623.  Channing  Thomas  Gage,  b.  at  Sutton,  Mass.,  Feb.  1,  1858  ;  m.,  Oct. 

18,  1887,  Ida  Early,  of  Detroit, 
621.  Lilian  Eliza  Gage,  b.  in  Cbicopee  Falls,  Mass.,  June  12,  1863. 

238.  Edward  Augustus  Thomas5  (son  of  Alpheus,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass., 
April  10,  1829.  He  was  educated  at  the  New  Salem  and 
Wilbraham  Academies.  He  taught  school  for  several 
winters,  and  for  five  years  was  Principal  of  one  of  the 
grammar  schools  in  the  city  of  Lynn,  Mass.  In  1855 
he  removed  to  North  Prescott,  where  for  fifteen  years  he 
was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  1864  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, and  was  appointed  by  its  Speaker,  the  late 
Governor  Bullock,  a  member  of  the  State  Valuation 
Committee  for  1865.  In  1869  he  was  elected  to  the 
Massachusetts  Senate,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  moved 
to  Amherst,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides.  During  the 
following  year  he  was  commissioned  a  Trial  Justice,  and 
for  more  than  a  dozen  years  was  magistrate  for  that  part 
of  the  county.  At  present  he  is  engaged  in  insurance 
and  real  estate  business. 

Edward  A.  Thomas  was  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church,  but  on  removing  to  Amherst  con- 


HON.     EDWARD     A.    THOMAS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE.         HO°E    M'F'G    CO. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  145 

nected  himself  with  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
and  for  four  years  was  one  of  its  deacons. 

Feb.  22,  1852,  he  m.  Betsy  Maria  Bacon,  dau.  of 
Henry  and  Julia  Bacon,  of  Barre,  Mass.  She  was  b. 
Jan.  13,  1834. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

625.  Miner  Raymond  Thomas,  b.  at  North  Prescott  Aug.  2,  1856. 

He  fitted  for  college  at  the  New  Salem  Academy  and  the  Amherst  High 
School,  and  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  the  class  of  1878.  He  afterward 
studied  law  at  the  Boston  University  for  three  years,  and  is  now  practicing  law 
in  the  city  of  Boston  in  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Thomas;  unm. 

626.  Marion  Maria  Thomas,  b.  at  Amherst  Aug.  1,  1873. 

239.  Rev.  Chauncy  Boardman  Thomas5  (3d  son  of 
Alplieus,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New 
Salem,  Mass.,.  Sept.  7,  1834.  He  fitted  for  college  at 
the  New  Salem  and  Amherst  Academies,  and  entered 
Amherst  College  in  1851.  After  graduating,  he  taught 
one  year  in  a  boarding-school  in  Ellington,  Conn., 
and  one  year  in  a  select  school  in  Westfield,  Mass. 
In  Sept.,  1857,  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Andover.  The  summer  of  1859  he  spent  in  traveling  in 
Europe  for  his  health.  He  graduated  at  Andover  in 
Aug.,  1860.  In  Oct.  of  the  same  year  he  accepted  an 
appointment  as  City  Missionary  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
June  6,  1862,  he  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln 
Hospital  Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army.  He 
served  one  and  a  half  years  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  two 
and  a  half  years  at  New  Orleans,  La.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  he  was  chosen  acting  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Chicago.  Subsequently,  for  three 
and  a  half  years,  he  served  as  acting  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Peru,  111.  In  1872,  owing  to  ill 
health,  he  resigned  his  pastorate  in  Peru  and  removed  to 
Amherst,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  about  four  years. 
In    1876    he  settled   as   pastor  of   the  Congregational 


146  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

Church  in  Glover,  Vt.  In  the  summer  of  1880  he  gave 
up  his  pastoral  work  entirely,  and  spent  the  last  six 
months  of  his  life  with  his  brother  at  Amherst,  where  he 
d.  on  the  20th  day  of  Jan.,  1881.  He  was  a  man  of 
fine  culture,  and,  as  a  preacher,  much  above  the  average. 
He  m.  Catherine  Storm,  dau.  of  Jacob  and  Maria  R. 
Storm,  Jan.  28,  1863. 
He  left  one  son  : — 

627.  Chauncy  R.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  21, 1876. 

240.  Charles  Utley  Thomas5  (son  of  Alpheus,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Feb.  10, 
1836.  He  taught  school  for  a  number  of  years  in  the 
towns  of  Hardwick,  Barre,  and  Leverett.  In  1856  he 
commenced  mercantile  life  in  Boston,  Mass.  In  1870 
he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Taylor,  Thomas  &  Co., 
wholesale  dry-goods  merchants.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr. 
Taylor,  in  1881,  the  firm  became  that  of  Bradford, 
Thomas  &  Co.,  and  still  so  exists.  Their  business 
amounts  to  several  million  dollars  a  year,  and  their 
annual  sales  are  said  to  be  in  excess  of  any  other  dry- 
goods  jobbing-house  in  the  city  of  Boston.  Feb.  5,  1868, 
Mr.  Thomas  was  m.  to  Harriet  F.  Fifield,  who  was  b.  in 
Monroe,  Mich.,  March  28,  1843,  dau.  of  Major  Benja- 
min F.  and  Harriet  M.  Fifield.  They  are  members  of 
the  Congregational  Church.     Republican. 

They  have  one  son: — 

628.  Paul  Fifield  Thomas,  b.  May  5,  1881. 

241.  Edwin  Augustine  Thomas5  (youngest  son  of 
Alpheus,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem, 
Mass.,  Aug.  13,  1841.  He  received  his  education  at  the 
Salem  Academy,  Wilbraham  Academy,  and  Phillips 
Academy,  at  Andover,  Mass.  He  received  his  early 
business  training  in  his  father's  store,  at  North  Prescott. 


CHARLES     UTLEY     THOMAS. 


PHOTO-COLLOTYPE. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  147 

111  1877  he  removed  to  Amherst,  Mass.,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  dry-goods  husiness ;  in  the  spring  of  1887 
he  removed  to  Milford,  Mass.,  where  he  is  doing  husiness 
under  the  firm  name  of  Thomas  &  Woolcott,  continuing 
his  business  at  the  same  time  in  Amherst.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Amherst 
and,  at  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Milford,  was  one  of  the 
deacons  of  that  church.  March  29,  1865,  he  m.  Miss 
Lucy  A.  Parkhurst,  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  dau.  of  Paul 
K.  and  Almira  J.  Parkhurst. 

They  have  had  three  children : — 

629.  Herbert  Edwin  Thomas,  b.  April  13,  1S72;  d.  Dec.  6,  1874. 

630.  Grace  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  6,  1875. 

631.  Harry  P.  Thomas,  b.  March  4,  1878. 


284.  Daniel  Ruggles5  (son  of  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  March  9, 
1800;  m.  Sarah  Mayo,  of  Hampden,  Me.;  d.  Sept., 
1862. 

He  had  three  children  : — 

632.  Sarah  B.  Ruggles,  d.  in  infancy. 

633.  Mary  L.  Ruggles,  b.  Dec.  2,  1S27,  in  Carmel,  Me. ;  m.  J.  G.  Croxford 

Jan.  1,  1849,  and  had  issue. 

634.  Sarah  D.  Ruggles,  d.  young. 

285.  Lucinda  Ruggles5  (dau.  of  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Carmel, 
Me. ;  m.  1st  Enoch  Mayo,  2d  John  Gillison,  of  Orano, 
Me.,  by  whom  she  had  one  child. 

She  had  by  her  first  husband  nine  children,  three  of 
whom  died  in  infancy  : — 

635.  Enoch  Mayo. 

636.  Daniel  T.  Mayo. 

637.  Lucinda  A.  Mayo. 

638.  Melinda  Mayo. 

639.  George  A.  Mayo. 

640.  Almira  Mayo. 

By  second  husband : 

641.  Kate  Gillison. 


148  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

287.  Mercy  Ruggles5  (dan  of  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Carmel, 
Me. ;  m.  Elisha  Mayo,  of  Hampden,  Me. 

They  had  two  children  : — 

642.  Edward  E.  Mayo,  b.  Dec.  16,  1827;  m.  Lizzie  Rounds  and  had  issue. 

643.  Angie  Ester  Mayo,  d.  young. 

291.  Anna  D.  Ruggles5  (dan.  of  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Carmel, 
Me.;  m.  Joseph  Getchell ;  she  d.  in  1859;  her  husband 
was  killed  in  the  mills. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

644.  Frank  Herbert  Getchell. 

300.  Betsy  Hastings5  (dau.  of  Theophilus  Hastings,4 
Submit  [Jordan]  Hastings,3  Temperance  [Thomas]  Jor- 
dan,2 William1)  was  b.  in  1786 ;  m.  Timothy  P.  Ander- 
son Oct.  17,  1811 ;  d.  Nov.  25,  1868. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

645.  Elvira  Anderson,  b.  in  1813  ;   m.  1st  Charles  Alexander,  of  Win- 

chester, N.  H.,  Sept.  21,  1834,  and   2d  John  Severance,  of  same 
place,  Nov.  24,  1844. 

646.  Eliza  Anderson,  b.  in  1820;  d.  unm.  May  24,  1841. 

647.  Almeda  Anderson,  b.   in  1825 ;    m.   Joseph  D.  Dexter,  Jr.,   March 

8,  1846. 

648.  Maria  Anderson,  m.  Festus  Spooner,  of  Jericho,  Vt.,  May  25,  1836. 

305.  Harriet  Hastings5  (dau.  of  Theophilns  Has- 
tings,4 Submit  [Jordan]  Hastings,3  Temperance  [Thomas] 
Jordan,2  William1)  was  b.  in  1805;  m.  William  Frost 
Feb.  5,  1843;  d.  June  29,  1845. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

649.  Henrietta  Frost,  b.  Dec.  15,  1843  ;    m.  Alonzo  L.  Alden  April  15, 

1868,  and  had  issue. 
Alonzo  L.  Alden  was  a  direct  descendant  of  John  Alden,  who  came  over  in 
the  "  Mayflower  "  with  the  Pilgrim  Fathers. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

"  Catch  !  then  oh  !  catch  the  transient  hour  ; 
Improve  each  moment  as  it  flies  ; 
Life's  a  short  summer — man  a  flower, 
He  dies — alas  !  how  soon  he  dies." — Dr.  Johnson. 

340.  Charles  William  Thomas6  (eldest  son  of  Mer- 
rick,5 Seneca,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Oakville,  Ont.,  Canada,  Sept.  23,  1830.  At  the  age  of 
18  he  entered  the  employ  of  Melancton  Sampson,  ship- 
builder, at  Oakville.  He  later  went  to  New  York  City 
for  the  purpose  of  perfecting-  himself  in  draughting,  and 
there  became  foreman  of  the  steam-frigate  "Niagara," 
then  bein^  built ;  also  foreman  of  the  yacht  "  America." 
Returning  to  Oakville,  he  there  made  his  first  venture 
as  ship-builder  and  owner,  in  1855,  by  building  the 
schooner  "  Crescent,"  which  was  afterward  lost,  with 
all  hands,  on  Lake  Ontario.  He  afterward  built  and 
was  owner  of  the  schooners  "  Mary,"  "  Chieftain,"  and 
"Junius."  In  1859  he  sold  out  his  shipping  interest 
and  settled  as  one  of  the  pioneers  at  his  present  residence, 
Anderdon  Mills,  Gordon  P.  O.,  Essex  Co.,  Ont.  Here  he 
built  a  lumber-  and  flour-  mill,  which  he  still  operates. 
In  1866-7  he  built  a  lumber-  and  flour-  mill  in  the  town 
of  Amherstburg,  Essex  Co.  ;  these  were  burned  in  1868, 
at  a  loss  of  $20,000;  he  rebuilt  in  1869,  and  in  1876 
they  were  again  burned;  in  Dec,  1877,  he  again  rebuilt 
the  flour-mill  and  then  sold  out.  In  1878  he  built  a 
lumber-mill  at  Texas  Landing,  on  the  Detroit  River, 
which  he  operated  one  year  and  then  sold.  He  has 
since  operated  his  lumber-  and  flour-  mills  at  Anderdon 

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150  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

Mills.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  magistrates  in  Essex  Co., 
and  has  been  Reeve  and  Co.  Councillor  for  town  of 
Anderdon  for  four  years  and  Deputy  for  town  of  Amherst- 
burg  for  three  years. 

Charles  William  Thomas  m.  1st  Mary  Ann  Smith,  b. 
in  Blockley,  Worcestershire,  Eng. ;  she  d.  May  14,  1868, 
and  left  issue.  He  m.  2d  the  widow  of  Thomas  O. 
Mcars,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Salmoni ;  she  d.  March  4,  1879  ;  no  issue.     Episcopalian. 

Mr.  Thomas  had  six  children,  all  by  his  first  wife : — 

650.  Charles  Merrick  Smith  Thomas,  b.  at  Oakville,  Ont.,  Aug.  31, 1855; 

rn.  Margaret  Heard  and  has  issue. 

651.  Rebecca  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  at  Oakville,  Ont.,  Aug.  11,  1S57;  d. 

April  23,  1859. 

652.  Samuel  Smith  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  30,  1859,  near  Amherstburg,  Ont. ;  d. 

Jan.  29,  1864. 

653.  Aaron  Silverthorn  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  5, 1862,  near  Amherstburg,  Ont. ; 

is  now  a  scholar  in  the  Mercantile  School  at  Detroit,  Mich. 

654.  Mary  Jane  Thomas,  b.  Sept.,  1864,  near  Amherstburg,  Ont;  d.  Sept., 

1864. 

655.  Alfred  Thomas,  b.  July  8,  1868,  at  Amherstburg,  Ont.;  d.  Aug.  20, 

1868. 

343.  George  Chisholm  Thomas0  (son  of  Merrick,5 
Seneca,4  Dr.  William,"  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at  Oak- 
ville, Ont.,  Canada,  Jan.  28,  1834.  When  about  16  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Thomas  &  Merriam,  West  India 
grocers,  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  he  remained  with  them  for 
several  years  and  then  started  business  for  himself  in 
Boston.  About  1869  he  removed  to  Chicago  and 
engaged  in  the  sewing-machine  business  ;  he  was  burned 
out  in  the  great  fire  of  Oct.,  1871,  losing  everything; 
now  in  the  real-estate  business  at  Mayfair,  near  Chicago, 
and  has  charge  of  stereotype-works  in  Chicago. 

The  children  by  this  union  have  been  four : — 

656.  Esther  Crease  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  1,  1856;  d.  Jan.  1,  1856. 

657.  Susie  Torry  Thomas,  b.  July  10,  1857 ;  d.  May  25,  1863. 

658.  Addie  Louise  Thomas,  b.  July  19,  1865;  d.  March  12,  1868. 

659.  Georgianna  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  15,  1872. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  151 

354.  Charles  Dwight  Thomas6  (son  of  Dwight,6 
William,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  at 
Williamstown,  Mass.,  Nov.  16,  1831. 

His  mother  was  Mabel  N.  Townsend,  dan.  of  Martin 
Townsend,  of  Hancock,  Mass.,  and  Mabel  Norten,  of 
Worthington,  Mass.,  who  had  removed  to  Dunham,  Can., 
where,  in  1802,  this  dau.  was  born.  She  d.  Nov.  20, 
1831,  four  days  after  the  birth  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  whose  prospects,  it  was  then  thought,  favored  a 
short  voyage  to  a  near  shore.  However,  in  spite  of 
physic  and  indulgent  young  aunts,  he  grew  up  a  happy 
but  rather  obstinate  youth. 

Like  all  farmers'  boys  at  that  time,  he  found  plenty  of 
hard  work  at  hand  ;  but  the  kind  father  was  lenient, 
and,  among  other  things,  the  boy's  gun  and  fishing- 
rod  came  into  frequent  use,  making  his  world  a  very 
attractive  one.  At  IT  he  entered  the  Mills  School  at 
South  Williamstown,  Mass.,  where,  and  afterward  at 
Wright's,  in  Easthampton,  Mass.,  he  received  an  educa- 
tion preparatory  for  college.  However,  his  course  was 
diverted  into  other  channels.  After  some  time  spent  in 
his  father's  interests,  failing  health  and  an  offer  of  em- 
ployment caused  him  to  go  into  the  Missouri  Valley  and 
the  Indian  country  West,  where  he  was  engaged  both  in 
land  and  railroad  surveying  until  the  beginning  of  1858, 
when,  on  account  of  the  financial  crisis,  all  engineering- 
work  ceased  in  the  West. 

He  soon  after  returned  to  the  East,  having  regained  his 
health  and  increased  his  weight  from  less  than  100  to 
200  pounds.  He  then  took  charge  of  the  mill  at  Wil- 
liamstown, furnishing  it  and  selling  the  products  until 
1861,  when,  having  received  an  injury  which  called  for 
the  aid  of  a  specialist,  he  went  to  Boston.  While  under 
treatment  he  was  offered  a  situation  in  the  Boston  Custom 


152  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

House,  which  he  accepted,  and  in  which  service  he  has 
remained  continuously  for  nearly  thirty  years. 

Charles  D.  Thomas  is  a  man  of  marked  ability,  a 
vigorous  writer,  and,  with  his  ready  pen,  had  he  given 
his  attention  to  literature,  would  undoubtedly  have  made 
for  himself  an  enviable  reputation.  He  is  an  ardent 
lover  of  nature,  takes  great  pleasure  in  floriculture  and 
horticulture,  and  the  tasteful  grounds  of  his  home  at 
Heading,  Mass., — visited  by  the  writer  in  August,  1890, — 
present  many  rare  and  beautiful  specimens  of  shrubbery, 
fruit,  and  ornamental  shade-trees.  He  is  a  Republican 
and  took  part  in  the  organization  of  that  party ;  is 
nominally  a  Congregationalist. 

He  m.  May  31,  1865,  Emma  Josephine  Temple,  dau. 
of  Roswell  N.  Temple,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  and  Zibiah 
Fisher,  of  Francestown,  N.  H. ;  Mrs.  Thomas  was  b.  in 
the  latter  town  Oct.  23,  1842. 

The  children  by  this  marriage  are : — 

660.  Mark  Irving  Thomas,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Jan.  17,  1868. 

After  leaving  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  was  for  some  time  employed  in 
the  engineers'  department  of  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R. ;  afterward  graduated  from  the 
Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial  College,  at  Boston. 

661.  Arthur  Fisher  Thomas,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Dec.  19,  1S69. 
Graduated  from  the  High  School ;  was  two  years  in  Phillips  Academy,  at 

Andover,  Mass. ;  afterward  graduated  from  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial 
College,  Boston ;  now  book-keeper  for  Carter,  Rice  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

662.  Mabel  Thomas,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Oct.  10,  1871. 

Graduated  from  the  High  School  in  1888,  and  is  now  (1890)  living  at  home. 

663.  Percy  Thomas,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Oct.  12,  1873;  d.  June  13,  1871. 

664.  Adrienne  Josephine  Thomas,  b.  at  Reading,  Mass.,  April  9,  1878. 
Is  still  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  town. 


360.  Charles  Warren  Thomas1''  (son  of  Sylvanus,"' 
William,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1).  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  b.  in  Boston  July  26,  1841.  His  early  life 
was  mostly  spent  in  that  city,  where  he  attended  school. 
At  the  age  of  15  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  uncle, 


SIXTH   GENEKATION.  153 

Edgar  M.  Brown,  of  South  Adams,  Mass.,  who  was  at 
that  time  running-  a  store,  in  connection  with  the  cotton 
manufactory  of  Caleb  Brown  &  Sons.  On  account  of 
the  failure  of  that  concern,  in  1857,  Charles  returned  to 
Boston  and  took  a  position  in  the  dry-goods  jobbing- 
house  of  Jewetts,  Tebbetts  &  Co.,  on  Franklin  St.  Here 
he  remained  till  July,  1862,  when,  on  the  25th  of  that 
month,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  for  three  years,  and  was 
assigned  to  the  2d  Mass.  Infantry,  a  regiment  which  had 
already  gained  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  short  year 
it  had  been  in  the  field. 

Private  Thomas  joined  his  regiment  in  September, 
1862,  after  the  battle  of  Antietam,  and  afterward 
participated  in  the  engagements  at  Fredericksburg  and 
Chancellorville.  In  May,  1863,  after  the  last  battle,  he 
was  promoted  on  the  field  to  a  lieutenancy  for  services 
rendered  in  that  fight.  At  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  the 
2d  Mass.  rendered  valuable  service  in  holding  the 
extreme  right  of  the  Union  line,  and,  with  the  3d  Wis- 
consin and  the  22d  Indiana,  met  and  repelled  the  terrible 
assaults  of  the  Rebel  Gen.  D.  H.  Hill's  division  ;  Captain 
Robeson,  of  Co.  E,  was  killed  early  in  the  action  and 
Lieutenant  Thomas  commanded  the  company  through 
the  battle.  After  this  engagement  his  regiment  was 
ordered,  with  others,  to  New  York,  to  enforce  order  in 
that  city,  a  part  of  whose  citizens  were  arraying  them- 
selves against  the  execution  of  the  draft  then  going  on  ; 
here  they  remained  two  weeks,  patrolling  the  city  and 
restoring  order,  after  which  they  returned  to  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  and  joined  their  corps,  the  12th,  then 
under  General  Slocum  ;  soon  after,  this  corps,  to  which 
Mr.  Thomas  belonged,  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of 
the  West,  under  Gen.  W.  T.  Sherman,  where  they  ren- 
dered valuable  services  up  to  the  close  of  the  war.     In 


154       THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

1865  Mr.  Thomas  went  West  and  settled  at  Jefferson 
City,  Mo.,  where  he  entered  into  mercantile  business  and 
is  now  one  of  the  leading  merchants. 

He  m.  Ophelia  Bolton,  dau.  of  Dr.  William  Bolton,  of 
Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  who  was  b.  at  Milton,  N.  C,  and 
Sarah  Lansdown,  of  Danville,  Ya.  He  is  a  Unitarian 
and  Republican. 

They  have  had  four  children,  all  born  at  Jefferson 
City  :— 

605.  Charles  Kent  Thomas,  b.  July  27,  1867;  d.  Nov.  8,  1868. 

666.  William  Edgar  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  26,  1869. 

Graduated  from  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  is  now  (Oct.,  1890) 
in  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

667.  Cecil  Thomas,  b.  May  18,  1871. 

He  also  graduated  from  the  public  schools  of  Jefferson  City  and  afterward 
entered  a  real-estate  office  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  (713  Chestnut  St.),  where  (Oct., 
1890)  he  now  is. 

668.  Theodore  Bolton  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  2,  1878. 

Is  with  his  parents  and  is  an  undergraduate  of  the  schools.  c.  D.  T. 


382.  Henry  Milton  Cutler6  (son  of  George  Cutler,5 
Ruth  [Thomas]  Cutler,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1), 
b.  Oct.  1,  1819;  m.  July  17,  1875,  Sarah  Louise  Slay- 
ton,  of  Brookfield,  Mass.;  she  d.  Aug-.  28,  1877;  m.  2d 
Amelia  M.  Lewis,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  He  is  editor  of 
the  Electro- Mechanic,  a  journal  printed  at  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  where  he  resides. 

He  has  had  four  children : — 

669.  Lewis  Howe  Cutler,  b.  April  19,  1882;  d.  July  16,  18S6. 

670.  May  Louise  Cutler,  b.  March  25,  1881;  d.  July  21,  1886. 

671.  Henry  Milton  Cutler,  b.  Nov.  16,  1885;  d.  Dec.  10,  1S86. 

672.  Archie  Bryce  Cutler,  b.  Sept.  7,  1887. 


381.  Abbie  Elizabeth  Cutler0  (dau.  of  Orsamus 
Cutler,5  Ruth  [Thomas]  Cutler,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1),  b.  Dec.  29,  1851;  m.  Nov.  20,  1875,  George 
Warren  Tyler,  son  of  George  Tyler  and  Caroline  Pepper, 
b.  Oct.  10,  1853.     Residence,  West  Brookfield. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  155 

Children  :— 

673.  Flora  Isabella  Tyler,  b.  Dec.  13,  1876;  d.  Dec.  21,  1S79. 

674.  Cora  M.  Tyler,  b.  1879. 

675.  Anna  B.  Tyler,  b.  1881. 

676.  Arthur  W.  Tyler,  b.  1883. 

677.  Herbert  F.  Tyler,  b.  1886. 


389.  Charlotte  Jane  BALCOMr>  (dau.  of  Eliza  Doty 
[Thomas]  Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1),  b.  Sept.  17,  1826;  m.  July  27,  1848,  David 
Emory  Holman,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan  and  Lctitia  Morey 
Holman,  of  Attleboro,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  Oct.  12, 1805; 
d.  Dec.  10,  1883. 

With  the  brief  space  at  our  command,  we  can  best 
illustrate  the  characteristics  of  Mr.  Holman  by  quoting 
a  few  extracts  from  the  Chronicle,  a  paper  published  in 
his  native  town  : — 

"  Another  honest  soul,  filled  with  love  for  all  things  human  and  reverence  for 
the  divine,  has  returned  to  the  Author  of  its  being.  .  .  He  was  educated  at 
Wrentham  Academy  and  entered  upon  a  successful  career  as  teacher.  .  . 
While  still  young  he  established  a  store  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  was  interested 
in  the  manufacture  of  straw  goods.  .  .  He  represented  his  district  in  General 
Court  in  1835  and  '36.  .  .  June  15, 1861,  he  was  commissioned  Major  of  the 
7th  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.,  but  was  soon  compelled  to  resign,  from  a  sun-stroke.  .  . 
The  climate  of  England  proving  beneficial  to  his  health,  he  removed  his  business 
there  and  continued  it  till  1873.  .  .  In  person  Major  Holman  was  of  com- 
manding presence,  being  tall  and  vigorous  in  frame,  with  marked  military  bear- 
ing. .  .  He  was  a  most  courteous  gentleman  of  the  old  school  of  etiquette, 
his  manners  being  informal,  yet  genial  and  hearty." 

His  death  was  caused  by  heart  disease  and  took  place 
in  the  house  where  he  was  born  and  spent  the  most  of 
his  life. 

Mrs.  Holman  is  a  woman  of  pleasing  manners  and 
marked  ability.  Since  her  return  from  England  and 
France,  in  1868,  she  has  devoted  much  time  and  atten- 
tion to  the  cultivation  of  a  talent  apparent  in  childhood, 
and  has  acquired  a  reputation  for  painting,  especially 


156  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

flowers.  The  following-  is  from  the  Providence  Journal 
of  April  7,  1889,  in  notice  of  a  piece  she  painted  while 
in  Paris  a  year  ago  : — 

"  Among  the  pictures  accepted  at  the  Exposition  des  Femmes  Peintres,  in 
Paris,  opened  at  the  Palais  de  Hndustrie,  by  President  Carnot,  Feb.  15,  was  a 
painting  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Holman,  of  New  York,  who  is  well  known  in  tins  city, 
where  she  formerly  lived.  The  picture  was  a  study  of  red  and  tea  roses  care- 
lessly thrown  on  a  richly -carved  table  ;  the  background  of  gray  plush.  It  was 
much  remarked  and  received  highly  complimentary  notices  from  the  Parisian 
press." 

The  view  of  the  home  of  Dr.  William  Thomas  found  in 
this  volume  was  reproduced  from  a  painting  by  Mrs. 
Holman.  Residence,  New  York  City.  Congrega- 
tionalist. 

The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holman  are : — 

678.  Nathan  Emory  Holman,  b.  May  29,  1819;  d.  April  12,  1851. 

679.  David  Emory  Holman,  M.D.,  was  b.  April  17,  1852. 

Inheriting  with  his  father's  name  his  stately  form  and  courteous  bearing, 
this  gentleman  is  making  a  brilliant  career  and  wresting  from  fortune  every- 
thing called  success  in  life.  Gifted  by  nature  in  feature  and  physique,  he  has 
added  to  his  acquisitions  by  every  opportunity  of  education,  travel,  and  social 
life,  until  he  stands  a  prominent  figure  among  a  large  circle  of  musical  and  liter- 
ary people  in  New  York  City,  where  he  has  been  established  as  a  physician  for 
several  years.  He  graduated  from  the  Attleboro,  Mass.,  High  School,  Mowery 
&  Goff's  Preparatory  School,  in  Providence,  and  Brown  University,  in  Provi- 
dence, from  which  he  has  received  the  degrees  A.B.  and  A.M.  He  taught  school 
two  years  in  Wisconsin  and  California.  He  then  returned  to  New  York  and 
studied  medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  receiving  his  M.D. 
from  Long  Island  College  Hospital.  He  was  Deputy  Health  Officer  in  Lower 
Bay  in  1880,  and  on  the  Board  of  Health  of  New  York  City  in  1884.  Dec.  29, 
1885,  he  m.  Sarah  Palmer  Pound,  dau.  of  Dr.  B.  M.  Round,  of  Norton,  Mass., 
a  gifted  and  noble  woman,  who  d.  in  Oct.  of  the  following  year.     No  issue. 

680.  Mary  Amelia  Holman,  b.  May  6,  1855 ;  d.  Nov.  23,  1857. 

681.  Samuel  Francis  Holman,  b.  Jan.  15,  1859. 

This,  her  youngest  child,  inherits  from  the  mother  his  love  and  ability  for 
art,  and  is  already  on  a  brilliant  career  as  a  painter.  The  following  is  quoted 
from  the  Indianapolis  News:  "Mr.  Holman  is  a  young  man  of  great  talents; 
added  to  that  of  painting,  he  plays  the  piano,  sings,  is  an  excellent  swordsman, 
a  fascinating  conversationalist,  quick  at  repartee,  and  a  noted  wit.  He  is  dis- 
tinguished looking,  generous,  and  willing  to  extend  a  helping  hand  to  all  who 
come  to  him.  He  studied  three  years  at  the  Ecole  des  Beaux"  Artes  and  was  a 
pupil  of  the  celebrated  Cabanel.  His  chosen  line  in  painting  is  the  figure.  He 
paints  with  breadth  and  vigor  and  is  remarkable  for  his  color.     His  piece 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  157 

entitled  'Morocco,'  a  brilliantly-painted  African  exhibited  in  New  York,  was 
disposed  of  before  the  close  of  the  exhibition."  A  later  work,  the  "  Rose  of  the 
Alhambra,"  has  received  flattering  commendation  from  Messonier;  unm.  Resi- 
dence, Paris. 

390.  Amelia  Ann  Balcom6  (dau.  of  Eliza  [Thomas] 
Balcom,6  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  March  17,  1828;  m.  Lucius  C.  Reed,  of  West  Brook- 
field,  where  they  resided  a  few  years,  then  removed  to 
Illinois.     He  d.  in  Blooming-ton,  111.,  June,  1888. 

There  are  five  children  : — 

682.  Lila  Reed,  b.  June  31,  1550;  m.  Chauncey  Hamilton  and  has  issue. 

683.  Florence  A.  Reed,  b.  July  25,  1853 ;  m.  Edward  L.  Poole  and  has 

issue. 

684.  Estella  Thomas  Reed,  b.  Nov.  13,  1860 ;  m.  Hubert  A.  Heath  and 

has  issue. 

685.  Emily  Lou.  Reed,  b.  Oct.  1,  1862. 

686.  George  Burt  Reed,  b.  Sept.  25,  1869;  m.  Dora  Hodge  Dec.  18,  1889. 

391.  Orville  Balcom6  (son  of  Eliza  [Thomas] 
Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  Feb.  16,  1810;  m.  Jan.  23,  1873,  to  Emma  H. 
Groves.  He  went  out  in  the  Civil  War  for  three  years 
in  the  1st  Rhode  Island  Light  Artillery.  He  is  a  jeweler 
by  trade  and  resides  in  Attleboro,  Mass.. 

They  have  four  children: — 

687.  Agnes  Leonard  Balcom,  b.  Jan.  21,  1876. 

688.  Grace  Ethel  Balcom,  b.  Jan.  8,  1878. 

689.  Fred.  Orville  Balcom,  b.  Oct.  21,  1879. 

690.  Chester  Thomas  Balcom,  b.  June  8,  1884. 

393.  Batlis  Greenwood  Balcom0  (son  of  Eliza 
[Thomas]  Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Aug.  31,  1817 ;  m.  Sept,  3,  1876,  at 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Edward  Leed- 
ham  and  Elizabeth  Saetler,  b.  Oct..  9,  1851,  at  Brierly 
Hill,  Staffordshire,  England.  When  but  18  years  old 
he  went  out  for  one  hundred  days  with  the  4 2d  Regt. 
Mass.  Vol.  Infantry,  Co.  B.     He  has  been  in  the  West 


158  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

for  many  years   and   now  resides  in  Santa   Anna,  Cal. 
He  is  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Orange,  in  that  State. 
Names  of  children  : — 

691.  Edward  Emory  Balcom,  b.  Nov.  29,  1877,  at  Williams,  Cal. 

692.  Maria  Estelle  Balcom,  b.  Jan.  6,  1880,  at  Williams.  Cal. 

693.  Homer  Ray  Balcom,  b.  April  9,  1882,  at  Santa  Anna,  Cal. 

694.  Irene  Elizabeth  Balcom,  b.  Feb.  21,  1884,  at  Santa  Anna,  Cal. 


395.  Rachel  Jane  Pierce6  (dan.  of  Emily  [Thomas] 
Pierce,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  April  23,  1843;  m.  May  1,  1867,  to  William  Allen 
Sturdy,  b.  in  Blackstone,  Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1840,  son  of 
William  Sturdy  and  Mercy  Ann  Keach.  He  enlisted 
July  27,  1861,  in  18th  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Infantry,  was 
wounded  in  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  confined  in 
hospital  until  discharged,  Aug.  16,  1863.  He  was  a 
successful  jewelry  manufacturer  and  amassed  quite  a 
property  ;  he  is  now  retired  on  account  of  health.  Their 
residence  is  Chartley,  Mass. 

They  have  had  seven  children : — 

695.  William  Mandly  Sturdy,  b.  April  5,  1868 ;  d.  Sept.,  186S. 

696.  Emily  Velona  Sturdy,  b.  July  26,  1869. 

697.  Alice  Winifred  Sturdy,  b.  Aug.  16,  1871. 

698.  AVilliam  Mandly  Sturdy,  b.  Sept.  27,  1873. 

699.  Arthur  Thomas  Sturdy,  b.  Nov.  28,  1875. 

700.  Louis  Allen  Sturdy,  b.  April  4,  1877. 

701.  Harry  Pierce  Sturdy,  b.  Dec.  31,  1879. 

397.  Emma  Frances  Pierce"  (dau.  of  Emily  [Thomas] 
Pierce,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  Dec.  10,  1847;  m.  June  23,  1875,  Watson  Emmons 
Rice,  M.D.,  son  of  Gardner  and  Sarah  Rice,  of  Shrews- 
bury, Mass.  (b.  Dec.  15,  1847).  He  graduated  from 
Ann  Arbor  University  and  is  a  successful  physician  in 
the  vicinity  of  Worcester,  Mass.  He  is  a  person  ot 
varied  and  pleasing  attainments  ;  his  magnetic  influence, 
soothing  presence,  and  ready  sympathy  indicate  his  pre- 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  159 

eminent  fitness  for  the  profession  he  has  chosen,  while 
his  cultivated  intellect,  fine  musical  ability,  and  charm- 
ing social  manners  make  him  a  leader  in  every  place. 
His  residence  is  North  Grafton. 
Names  of  children  : — 

702.  Winthrop  Merton  Rice,  b.  Aug.  25,  1878. 

703.  Philip  Bernard  Rice,  b.  July  22,  1880. 

704.  Rowland  Greenville  Rice,  b.  March  17,  1882. 

398.  Leutheria  Robinson  Pierce0  (dau.  of  Emily 
[Thomas]  Pierce,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Dec.  2,  1850;  m.  July  1,  1874,  James 
Edwin  Hills,  son  of  James  M.  Hills  and  Nancy  Stanley, 
of  Orange,  Mass.  (b.  Oct.  3,  1841).  He  was  an  enthusi- 
astic student  and  teacher  and  such  a  proficient  mathe- 
matician that  he  would  undoubtedly  have  engaged  in 
scientific  work  had  not  his  career  been  changed  by  the 
Civil  War.  After  passing  his  examinations  for  entrance 
to  Amherst  College  he  enlisted  Aug.  4,  1862,  while  under 
age,  in  Co.  H,  36th  Regt.  Mass.  Vol.  Infantry,  and  served 
to  the  close  of  the  war.  Being  of  frail  physique  and 
delicate  health,  his  life  was  probably  saved  by  his  removal 
to  the  Commissary  Department,  where  he  served  most 
of  this  time.  After  his  return  he  did  not  resume  the 
studies  which  had  been  interrupted  three  years,  but  en- 
tered business.  He  is  manager  of  a  jewelry  office  at  237 
Broadway,  New  York. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

705.  James  Mandly  Hills,  b.  April  28,  1875. 

399.  Louise  Thomas  Pierce6  (dau.  of  Emily  [Thomas] 
Pierce,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  Feb.  18,  1852;  m.  Charles  Abner  Wetherell,  son  of 
Abner  and  Emily  Wetherell,  of  Attleboro,  Mass.  (b. 
April  17,  1851).  Mr.  Wetherell  possessed  an  inclina- 
tion and  ability  for  scientific  pursuits,  being  especially 


160  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

interested  in  chemistry.  Circumstances,  however,  led 
him  to  adopt  a  business  career.  He  is  a  student  and 
great  reader,  having-  a  memory  remarkable  for  the  accu- 
racy with  which  it  stores  the  abundant  matter  which  he 
scans.  His  business  is  the  manufacture  of  jewelry.  Resi- 
dence, Attleboro,  Mass. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

706.  Robert  Pierce  Wetherell,  b.  Dec.  1,  1883. 

707.  Alice  Mildred  Wetherell,  b.  Aug.  12,  1885. 

708.  Hermon  Thomas  Wetherell,  b.  Aug.  24,  1887. 


400.  Charles  Mason  Tully  Thomas6  (son  of  Chester, 
M.D.,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Thorn- 
dyke,  Mass.,  Nov.  30,  1829  ;  m.  Sarah  E.  Ramsdell,  dan. 
of  Anson  and  Roxanna  Ramsdell,  of  Hard  wick,  Mass., 
June  11,  1850. 

They  have  had  three  children  : — 

709.  Hattie  Isabel  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  27,  1852 ;  d.  Feb.  4,  1855. 

710.  Charles  Homer  Thomas,  b.  May  4,  1857. 

711.  Hattie  Emma  Thomas,  b.  March  10,  1863 ;  m.  Delbert  N.  Haskell  and 

has  issue. 

402.  Helen  Maria  Thomas'  (dau.  of  Chester,  M.D.,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Thorndyke, 
Mass.,  Nov.  5,  1834  ;  m.  Charles  Isaac  Fuller,  of  Palmer, 
Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1856.  He  d.  Oct.  26,  1860.  She  now 
resides  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

They  had.  one  child  : — 

712.  Charles  Isaac  Fuller,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1860. 

He  is  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  unm. 


406.  Martha  Abigail  Walt0  (dau.  of  Patience 
[Thomas]  Wait,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1),  b.  in 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  15,  1828.  She  m.  in  Deertield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  16,  1848,  Charles  Richmond,  of  Springfield. 
Mass.     Present  residence,  Greenfield,  Mass. 


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They  have  had  two  children  : — 

713.  Clara  Louise  Richmond,  b.  Oct.  1,  1850;  m.  T.  Henry  Morgan  and 

has  issue. 

714.  Annie  Dale  Richmond,  b.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  March  5,  I860;  unm. 

407.  Henry  Wait0  (son  of  Patience  [Thomas]  Wait,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1829  ;  m.  Marion  Elizabeth  Wright,  dan. 
of  Darustus  and  Jane  Wright,  of  Sterling,  111.,  Jan.  1, 
1859.  He  is  employed  in  the  freight  depot  of  the  Fitch- 
burg  Railroad  at  Greenfield,  Mass.  He  is  a  Democrat 
and  an  Episcopalian. 

They  have  had  six  children,  all  born  in  Deerfield, 
Mass. : — 

715.  William  Wait,  b. ;  d.  1860. 

716.  David  Reed  Wait,  b.  Jan.  3,  1861. 

717.  Annie  Stebbins  Wait,  b.  Jan.  22,  1865;  m.  Thomas  N.  Buddington, 

of  Greenfield,  Jan.  20,  1886,  and  has  issue. 

718.  Harry  Wallace  Wait,  b.  Jan.  31,  1867;  m.  Aug.  28,  1888,  Jennie 

Barclay,  of  North  Adams,  Mass.,  dau.  of  Robert  and  Margaret  Bar- 
clay, of  Manchester,  Eng.  Residence,  North  Adams,  Mass.  Book- 
keeper. 

719.  Bernard  Farren  Wait,  b.  Oct.  13,  1869.     In  employ  of  Fitchburg 

Railroad. 

720.  Walter  Sherman  Wait,  b.  Dec.  23,  1874. 

408.  Franklin  Wait6  (son  of  Patience  [Thomas] 
Wait,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Green- 
field, Mass.,  Dec.  17,  1833;  m.  his  cousin,  Sarah  Jane 
Thomas,  dau.  of  Beals  and  Sarah  Thomas,  of  Hardwick, 
Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1862.  She  d.  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Feb. 
5,  1878.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Deerfield,  a  Republican,  and 
an  Episcopalian. 

They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Deerfield : — 

721.  Agnes  Thomas  AVait,  b.  April  24,  1863;  m.  Wyman  Smith  Clapp,  oi 

Deerfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1888;  residence,  Kearney,  Neb.;  book- 
keeper. 

722.  Elizabeth  Jones  Wait,  b.  July  10,  1865. 
Has  charge  of  Telephone  Exchange  in  Greenfield. 

723.  Edith  Wyman  Wait,  b.  June  18,  1872. 

724.  Ida  Patience  Wait,  b.  Feb.  6,  1874. 

ll 


162  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

410.  Mary  Ann  Wait6  (dan.  of  Patience  [Thomas] 
Wait,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Deer- 
field,  Mass.,  May  25,  1837;  m.  Sept.  3,  1856,  F.  Leon 
Stebbins,  of  Conway,  Mass.,  agent  of  American  Express 
Co.  at  Greenfield.     She  d.  in  Deerfield,  Aug.  11,  1869. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

725.  Lovell  Wait  Stebbins,  b.  Dec.  28,  1857  ;  m.  Bertha  Elizabeth  Kehlor 
and  has  issue. 


411.  Louisa  Abigail  Thomas0  (dan.  of  Freeman,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  Salem, 
Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1831  ;  m.  Frederick  L.  Baggs,  at  New 
Salem,  Nov.  25,  1857,  who  was  b.  in  Bernardston, 
Mass.,  Nov.  17,  1835.  He  enlisted  in  the  37th  Regt. 
Mass.  Volunteers  and  served  through  the  war.  Present 
address,  South  Deerfield,  Mass. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

726.  Jessie  Viola  Baggs,  b.  in  New  Salem  Sept.  19,  1858  ;  m.  Henry  D. 

Brayman  and  has  issue. 

413.  John  Emory  Lee  Thomas0  (son  of  Freeman,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Deerfield, 
Mass.,  June  16,  1844;  m.  1st,  Oct.  3,  1863,  Nancy  F 
Shepard,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  dau.  of  Charles  and  Nancy 
Shepard;  she  d.  May  5,  1876,  aged  31,  leaving  one 
child.  He  m.  2d  Ida  May  Kidder  Dec.  23,  1880,  dau. 
of  John  and  Hannah  Kidder;  she  d.  July  5,  1833,  aged 
22,  and  left  one  child.  He  m.  3d  Mary  Evelyn  Blan- 
chard  July  11,  1885,  dau.  of  Edward  and  Amanda 
Blanchard,  of  Jlinsdale,  N.  H. ;  she  has  one  child. 

The  three  children  of  John  Emory  Lee  Thomas  are  : — 

By  first  wife : 

727.  Charles  Henry  Clay  Thomas,  b.  May  8,  1864;  d.  Aug.  17,  1864. 

By  second  wife : 

728.  Frank  Tracy  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  15,  1882. 

By  third  wife : 

729.  Charles  Edward  Thomas,  b.  March  21,  1887. 


SIXTH    GENEEATTON.  163 

414.  Mary  Thomas'"'  (dau.  of  Henry,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Dec.  25,  1837,  in  New  Salem, 
Mass.  In  1855  she  moved,  with  her  father,  to  Sterling, 
111.     She  m.  John  Wadelton  June  24,  1855. 

They  have  six  children,  all  born  in  Sterling,  111. : — 

730.  Joseph  Henry  Wadelton,  b.  Sept.  13, 1852  ;  m.  Lilian  Lynch  Feb.  12, 

1885,  and  has  issue. 

731.  Mary  Frances  Wadelton,  b.  April  8,  1861. 

732.  Sophia  Louisa  Wadelton,  b.  Feb.  27,  1863 ;  d.  May  8,  1863. 

733.  Annie  Wadelton,  b.  Oct.  5,  1864. 

734.  Elizabeth  Wadelton,  b.  May  3,  1869. 

735.  Frank  Wadelton,  b.  Feb.  27,  1872. 

415.  Norman  Thomas'3  (son  of  Henry,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  April  15, 
1842;  moved  to  Sterling,  111.,  with  his  father,  in  1855, 
where  he  still  resides.  He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder  by 
occupation  ;  was  one  year  in  the  gunboat  service  during 
the  late  war ;  has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council  for 
eight  years  and  at  present  time  is  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  directors.  He  m.  Sept.  7,  1865,  Eliza- 
beth Lenox,  of  Sterling,  111.,  dau.  of  George  and  Sarah 
Lenox,  who  were  both  born  in  Ireland.     Republican. 

They  have  nine  children  : — 

736.  Burton  Roger  Thomas,  b.  June  26,  1868. 
Graduate  of  the  Sterling  Business  College. 

737.  Emma  May  Thomas,  b.  May  7,  1870;  d.  Aug.  IS,  1870. 

738.  Frank  Leon  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  4,  1871. 

739.  William  Henry  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  28,  1873. 

740.  George  Harry  Thomas  (twin),  b.  April  9,  1876. 

741.  Harry  George  Thomas  (twin),  b.  April  9,  1876. 

742.  Ralph  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  18,  1878. 

743.  Mary  Frances  Thomas,  b.  April  7,  1S83. 

744.  Melvina  Thomas,  b.  July  17,  1S86. 

416.  Antoinette  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Henry,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass., 
June  18,  1846.  In  1855  she  moved  to  Sterling,  111., 
with  her  father.  She  m.  Justus  Reynolds  Jan.  17,  1870. 
She  d.  Nov.  26,  1876,  leaving  one  child:— 

745.  Reynolds  ;  now  living  in  Oregon. 


164  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

417.  Roger  Henry  Thomas'5  (son  of  Henry,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass., 
July  28,  1849.  He  moved  to  Sterling-,  111.,  with  his 
father,  in  1855.  He  m.  Sarah  Jane  Deyo  Sept.  10, 
1872;  she  was  b.  in  Ogle  Co.,  111.,  Jime  28,  1853. 
Present  address,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

They  have  five  children  : — 

746.  Carey  Norton  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  31,  1873. 

747.  Henry  Alexander  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  9,  1875. 

748.  James  Robert  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  18,  1876. 

749.  Elizabeth  Antoinette  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  10,  1878. 

750.  Nettie  Mabel  Thomas,  b.  April  23,  1880. 

418.  Frank  B.  Thomas6  (son  of  Henry,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Sterling,  111.,  May  20,  1858. 
He  m.  Ida  M.  Bullock  May  29,  1879.  Present  address, 
Tampico,  111.  Farmer,  deacon  in  Baptist  Church,  and 
Republican. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

751.  Mabel  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  3,  1881. 

752.  Alfred  Monroe  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  18,  1882. 

753.  Aschel  Clarence  Thomas,  b.  March  17,  1886. 


419.  Isaac  Thomas  Rand,  M.D.6  (son  of  Sementha 
[Thomas]  Rand,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 
in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  June  13,  1839.  He  moved  to 
Spring  Hill,  La.,  with  his  parents,  about  1842.  He 
studied  medicine  and  graduated  at  Tnlane  Medical  Col- 
lege, New  Orleans,  in  1861.  He  m.  Louisa  Young- 
No  v.  7,  1865,  of  Abbeville,  La.  He  d.  April  29,  1866, 
at  Perry's  Bridge,  La. 

He  left  one  child  : — 

751.  Isaac  Thomas  Rand,  Jr.,  M.D.,  b.  Oct.,  1866. 

He  studied  medicine  and  graduated  at  Tulane  Medical  College,  New  Orleans, 
in  1885,  and  is  now  practicing  near  Rayville,  La. 

422.  Robert  Henry  Rand6  (son  of  Sementha 
[Thomas]  Rand,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  165 

at  Bayou  Chicot,  La.,  Dec.  28,  18 — .  He  m.  Celestine 
Duga  Jan.  10,  1882. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

755.  William  Cleveland  Rand,  b.  June  8,  1884. 

756.  Nathaniel  Judson  Rand,  b.  April  27,  1887. 

757.  Mabel  Irene  Rand,  b.  June  8,  1889;  d.  June  27,  1890. 

425.  Martha    Salome    Randg    (dau.    of    Sementha 

[Thomas]  Rand,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  at  Opelousas,  La.,  March  5,  1854.  She  m.  1st  Rufus 
Stevens,  of  La  Fayette,  La.,  in  1881 ;  he  d.  April  14, 
1884,  leaving  two  children.  She  m.  2d  Isham  Vest 
April  20,  1887,  by  whom  she  has  one  child.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

Her  three  children  are  as  follow  : — 

By  first  husband : 

758.  Aubrey  Stevens,  b.  1882. 

759.  May  Stevens,  b.  1884. 

By  second  husband : 

760.  Isham  Vest,  b.  1888. 


427.  William  Wallace  Thomas6  (son  of  Stillman,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  15,  1845.  He  moved  West,  with  his  father, 
about  1852.  He  m.  Mary  Lesley  McGrew,  of  San  Jose, 
Cal.,  Feb.  11,  1868.  Present  address,  Fresno  Flats,  Cal. ; 
business,  lumbering ;  Republican. 

They  have  had  eight  children  : — 

761.  Cora  Thomas  (twin),  b.  and  d.  Jan.  31,  1869. 

762.  Alma  Thomas  (twin),  b.  and  d.  Jan.  31,  1869. 

763.  Mabel  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  May  15,  1871. 

764.  Lela  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  27,  1872  ;  d.  July  4,  1876. 

765.  Mary  Edith  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  22,  1876;  d.  June  19,  1880. 

766.  Clarabelle  Thomas,  b.  Eeb.  26,  1883. 

767.  Emma  Wurman  Thomas,  b.  July  4,  18S5. 

768.  William  Wallace  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  29,  1887. 

428.  Clarabell  Thomas"  (dau.  of  Stillman,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass., 


166        THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HARDWICK. 

Aug.   21,    1847.     She   moved   to   California,   with    her 
father,  about   1852,  and  m.  1st  James  M.  Pratt  May  1, 

1865,  by  whom  she  had  two  children;  he  d.  ,  and 

she  m.   2d Handscom.     Her  children  are  by  first 

husband.     Residence,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

769.  Pratt. 

770.  Pratt. 

771.  Pratt. 

431.  Ella  Stone  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Stillman,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  California,  July  14, 
1857.  She  m.,  Jan.  18,  1875,  Joseph  Hollis  Josselyn, 
Jr.,  of  San  Francisco  (son  of  Joseph  Hollis  Josselyn,  M.D., 
of  that  city),  b.  April  27,  1849  ;  Mr.  Josselyn  is  a  chemist 
by  profession.     Present  address,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

They  have  five  children  : — 

772.  Walter  Thomas  Josselyn,  b.  Oct.  11,  1875. 

773.  Alma  Elizabeth  Josselyn,  b.  Jan.  31,  1877. 

774.  Julia  May  Josselyn,  b.  May  5,  1879. 

775.  Lulu  Mabel  Josselyn,  b.  Oct.  5,  1880. 

776.  William  Frederick  Josselyn,  b.  Aug.  1,  1883. 

432.  Frederick  Stillman  Thomas6  (son  of  Stillman,5 
Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  San  Jose, 
Cal.,  Feb.  9,  1860.  He  m.  Nancy  Ellen  Finley,  in 
Tucson,  Arizona  Ter.,  April  30,  1882;  she  was  b.  in 
Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  Dec.  8,  1863.  He  is  a  mechanic  and 
in  politics  a  Republican.     Present  address,  San  Jose,  Cal. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

777.  Pearl  Jennievive  Thomas,  b.  in  Tombstone,  Arizona  Ter.,  Feb.  9, 

1883. 


435.  Addison  Thayer6  (son  of  Eunice  [Thomas] 
Thayer,5  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Prescott,  Mass.,  Sept.  4,  1833.  He  m.  Salinda  Martha 
Vaughan  Nov.  18,  1856.  Farmer.  Republican.  Resi- 
dence, N.  Prescott. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  167 

They  had  seven  children,  all  born  in  Prescott : — 

778.  Wilfred  Thayer,  b.  July  26.  1858 ;  d.  Aug.  2,  1858. 

779.  Milfoed  D.  Thayer,  b.  Dec.  1,  1859;  d.  Jan  18,  1884. 

780.  Martha  J.  Thayer  (twin),  b.  Jan.  9,  1863;  m.  C.  P.  Harrington  and 

has  issue. 

781.  Milton  D.  Thayer  (twin),  b.  Jan.  9,  1863 ;  d.  Oct.  23,  1873. 

782.  Minnie  E.  Thayer,  b.  Feb.  16,  1868. 

783.  Ellis  A.  Thayer,  b.  Dec.  9,  1869. 

784.  Grace  B.  Thayer,  b.  Nov.  10,  1876. 

436.  Angeline  Freeman  Thayer6  (dan.  of  Eunice 
[Thomas]  Thayer,5  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  June  20,  1838.  She  m. 
Frederick  Pierce  Jan.  10,  1856.  Address,  Cooleyville, 
Mass.     He  is  a  farmer. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

785.  Lula  A.  Leach  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  2,  1856. 

786.  Herbert  E.  Pierce,  b.  June  28,  1861. 

437.  Cephas  Martin  Thayer6  (son  of  Eunice 
[Thomas]  Thayer,5  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Prescott,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1840.  He  m.  1st 
Mary  Anita  Putnam  Dec.  3,  1864;  she  d.  May  9,  1873, 
at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  and  he  m.  2d  Mary  L.  Howe, 
of  Orange,  Mass.,  Nov.  26,  1874.  Present  address, 
North  Adams,  Mass.  Carpenter,  Baptist,  and  Repub- 
lican. 

One  child,  by  second  wife: — 

787.  Lewis  E.  Thayer,  b.  Jan  5,  1877. 


447.  Ellen  Estella  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Ardon  Harri- 
son,5 Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Hadley,  Mass.,  June  19,  1851.  She  m.  Loren  Adelbert 
Ware,  son  of  Schuyler  and  Harriet  Ware,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Vt.,  Oct.,  1873.  They  now  reside  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

788.  Edith  E.  Ware,  b.  July  12,  1882. 


168  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWIOK. 

448.  Charles  Davenport  Thomas6  (son  of  Ardon 
Harrison,5  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 
in  Hadley,  Mass.,  March  10,  1854.  He  m.  Nellie 
Roome,  of  New  York  City,  May,  1876.  He  is  engaged 
in  the  baking  business  in  the  above  city. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

789.  William  Ardon  Thomas,  b.  in  New  York  City  March  25,  1877. 

790.  Charles  Davenport  Thomas,  b.  in  New  York  City  May,  1879. 

449.  William  Eslar  Thomas"  (son  of  Ardon  Harri- 
son,5 Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Hadley,  Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1857.  He  m.  Hannah  Barstow, 
dan.  of  Luther  and  Elizabeth  Barstow,  of  Hadley,  Mass., 
Aug.  12,  1880;  she  was  b.  Nov.  3,  1857.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  halving  business  in  New  York  City  for 
six  years,  when  he  moved  to  Chelsea,  Mass.,  where  he 
still  resides  and  continues  the  same  business.  He  is  a 
Congregationalist  and  Republican. 

They  have  had  one  child : — 

791.  Florence  Adelle  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  6,  1881 ;  d.  Sept.  7,  1882. 


451.  Cooley  Hudson  Thomas0  (son  of  Alvin  H.,5 
Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  N.  Y., 
June  23,  1829.  He  m.  Almira  Trail,  of  Hume,  Alle- 
gany Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  7,  1854;  she  was  b.  Dec.  4,  1831. 
In  his  young  days  he  learned  the  harness-making  trade 
and  followed  that  business  about  eleven  years.  In  Dec, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  144th  New  York  Volunteers, 
for  three  years ;  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service 
he  re-enlisted  in  the  field  and  was  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  July  17,  1865.  In  June,  1866,  he  moved 
from  Pike,  Wyoming  Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  Bennington,  Shia- 
wassee Co.,  Mich.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He 
has  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  past 


SIXTH   GENEKATION.  169 

four  years  (March,  1889).    Republican.    Present  address, 
Hartwellville,  Mich. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

792.  Frank  E.  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  Wyoming  Co,  N.  Y.,  July  20,  1853 ;  d. 

Oct.  9,  1860. 

793.  Rosa  L.  Thomas,  b.  in  Freedom,  Cattaraugus  Co,  N.  Y,  Oct.  14,  1858. 
Has  been  a  teacher  for  the  past  ten  years. 

794.  Nina  M.  Thomas,  b.  in  Bennington,  Mich,  March  4,  1870. 

452.  Collins  Wheeler  Thomas6  (son  of  Alvin  H.,5 
Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike, Wyoming 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  26, 1838.  He  m.  Ann  Slusson  Nov.  6, 
1861 ;  she  was  b.  Dec.  13,  1839.  He  was  a  mechanic, 
and  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  saw-mill  by  a  blow  on 
his  head  from  a  board.  He  d.  May  25,  1883,  aged  45. 
Republican.     She  d.  July  13,  1889. 

He  had  four  children  : — 

795.  Elmer  C.  Thomas,  b.   in  Pike,  N.  Y,  Oct.  8,  1863 ;   m.  Addie  Skiff 

Sept.  22,  1887,  and  has  issue. 

796.  Charles  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y,  March  25,  1867;  d.  Aug.  23, 1870. 

797.  Abb.  M.  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y,  Sept.  3,  1871. 

798.  Perley  I.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  2,  1879. 

453.  Corbin  James  Thomas6  (son  of  Alvin  H.,5  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike,  Wyoming  Co., 
N.  Y.,  July  10,  1840.  He  m.  Eliza  A.  Merville  Jan.  20, 
1875.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  D  of  130th  New  York  Volun- 
teers Aug.  6,  1862;  after  one  year  the  regiment  was 
transferred  to  the  cavalry  service  and  was  afterward 
known  as  the  1st  New  York  Dragoons,  commanded  by 
Col.  Alfred  Gibbs ;  the  regiment  was  sent  into  the  Shen- 
andoah Valley  and  formed  a  portion  of  the  division  com- 
manded by  General  Sheridan.  Corbin  J.  Thomas  saw 
General  Sheridan  on  the  battle-field  after  his  memorable 
ride  of  20  miles,  from  Winchester.  Mechanic  and  Pro- 
hibitionist.    Present  address,  Pike,  N.  Y. 

He  has  one  child  : — 

799.  Smith  Thomas,  b.  June  18,  1878. 


170  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

454.  Mary  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Edward  W.,5  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co., 
N.Y.,  March  28,  1828;  m.  to  Titus  Hayes,  in  Hayes- 
ville,  Ohio,  April  28,  1846.     Baptist. 

They  had  twelve  children  : — 

800.  Scott  Hayes,  b.  at  Sciota,  Wis.,  April  1,  1847.     Address,  Chamber- 

lain, Dak. 

801.  Irene  Hayes,  b.  Aug.  14,  1848,  in  Wyota,  Wis. ;  m.  Aug.  6,  1887,  to 

Ira  Northway.     Address,  Chamberlain,  Dak. 

802.  Edward  Hayes,  b.  Aug.  28,  1850,  at  Platteville,  Wis. ;  m.  Oct.  25, 

1877,  to  Nellie  Eldridge,  of  Iowa.     Address,  Caldwell,  Kansas. 

803.  Jay  Hayes,  b.  April  15,  1852,  at  Platteville,  Wis.;  d.  Sept.  18,  1858. 

804.  Lee  Hayes,  b.  Oct.  13,  1854,  at  Platteville,  Wis.;  m.  Aug.  8,  1884,  to 

Jennie  Russel,  of  Columbia,  Mo. 

805.  Ida  Hayes,  b.  Dec.  2,  1856. 

At  present  teacher  in  the  Female  College  at  Lexington,  Mo. 

806.  Kate  Hayes,  b.  March  11,  1859,  at  Minnehaha  Falls,  Minn. 
At  present  teacher  in  the  Hawthorne  Institute,  Liberty,  Mo. 

807.  Frank  Hayes,  b.  May  2,  1861,  at  Minnehaha  Falls,  Minn.;  m.  May  1, 

1S87,  at  Caldwell,  Kan.,  to  Jennie  Mead.     Address,  Wichita,  Kan. 

808.  Gretta  Hayes,  b.  June  13,  1863,  at  Minnehaha  Falls,  Minn. ;  m.  May 

2,  1887,  to  Judge  Robert  G.  Withers,  at  Aspen,  Col.,  where  they 
now  reside. 

809.  Emma  Hayes,  b.  July  19,  1866,  at  Greenleaf,  Minn. ;  m.  June  21, 188S, 

at  Salina,  Kan.,  to  Dr.  Ewing  Guthrie.     Address,  Camden,  Mo. 

810.  Henry  Hayes,  b.  Feb.  20,  1869,  at  Springfield,  Mo. ;  d.  April  24,  1879. 

811.  Lester  Everett  Hayes,  b.  in  Springfield,  Mo. :  d.  Nov.  8,  1878. 

Of  the  above  children  Scott,  Irene,  Edward,  Lee,  Ida,  Kate,  and  Gretta  all 
graduated  at  the  State  University,  at  Columbia,  Mo. 

455.  Hudson  Thomas0  (son  of  Edward  W.,5  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Nelson,  Madison  Co., 
N.  Y.,  June  5,  1829.  He  moved  to  Platteville,  Wis., 
with  his  father,  in  1851,  where  he  m.  Fanny  Daggett,  in 
1854.  He  served  in  33d  Wisconsin  Volunteers  during 
the  late  war.     Republican  and  Congregationalist. 

They  have  had  two  children  : — 

812.  Thomas,  b.  in  Platteville,  Wis. 

813.  Thomas,  b.  in  Platteville,  Wis. 

456.  Huron  Lewis  Thomas6  (son  of  Edward  W.,5 
Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2    William1)    was    b.    in   Nelson, 


SIXTH   GENEKATION.  171 

Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  4,  1831.  Ho  moved  to 
Platte ville,  Wis.,  with  his  father,  in  1851,  and  m.  Eunice 
Goreham  Oct.  18,  1854,  and  d.  in  Platteville,  Wis., 
Feb.  4,  1887.  He  served  in  25th  Wisconsin  Volunteers 
for  three  years  during  the  late  war.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  following  battles:  Resaca,  Ga.,  May  13  and  14, 
1864;  Dallas,  Ga.,  May  28,  29,  30,  1864;  Kenesaw 
Mountain,  June  22,  1864;  Decatur,  Ga.,  July  22,  1864, 
and  was  in  several  skirmishes  in  front  of  Atlanta  and 
Savannah,  and  marched  with  Sherman  through  the  Con- 
federacy to  the  sea.  He  was  a  Republican  and  Congre- 
gationalist. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

814.  Walter  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  28,  1856,  at  Platteville,  Wis.;  ra.  Dec.  20, 

1886,  to  Kate  Golden.     Address,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

815.  Elmer  Wilton  Thomas,  b.  June  4,  1858,  at  Shakopee,  Minn.;   m. 

to  Hattie  Caldwell,  of  Platteville,  Wis.,  1884. 

816.  Annie  Adell  Thomas,  b.  March  19,  1860,  at  Henderson,  Minn. 
Graduated  at  the  State  Normal  School,  1885 ;  teacher  in  Platteville,  Wis. 

817.  Edward  Leavis  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  28,  1873,  in  Platteville,  Wis. 

460.  Hadley  Thomas"  (son  of  Edward  W.,5  Amos,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12, 
1843 ;  m.  in  Spring  Lake,  Mich.,  Oct.  6,  1869,  to  Sarah 
Bastine.  Merchant,  Republican,  and  Congregationalist. 
Residence,  Doronsville,  Wis. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

818.  Clara  Pearl  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  28,  1871. 

819.  Eula  May  Thomas,  b.  July  9,  1874. 


463.  Climena  Lovina  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Horace,5 
Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  York 
State  Feb.  28,  1834.  She  was  m.  to  Lucian  Gridley 
Clement,  Superintendent  of  Mines  in  Alameda  Co.,  Cal. 
(brother  to  Roswell  Percival  Clement),  April  9,  1865. 


172  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

She  has  five  children  : — 

820.  Mary  Elizabeth  Clement,  b.  Oct.  24,  1866;  d.  May  9,  1876. 

821.  Jabisii  Thomas  Clement,  b.  June  29,  1868. 

822.  Amy  Belle  Clement,  b.  Dec.  13,  1872;  d.  in  infancy. 

823.  Minnie  Elizabeth  Clement,  b.  April  15,  1874. 

824.  Lucius  Wesley  Clement,  b.  Feb.  24,  1876 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

466.  Eugenie  Estella  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Horace,5 
*Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  York 
State  March  2,  1853.  She  was  m.  to  Frank  Barton,  an 
engineer,  in  Bennington,  Mich.,  Sept.  9,  1871. 

She  has  five  children  : — 

825.  Mary  Belle  Barton,  b.  June  1,  1872. 

826.  Amy  I)ell  Barton,  b.  March  10,  1874. 

827.  Guy  Barton,  b.  Feb.  8,  1876. 

828.  Mina  L.  Barton,  b.  Sept.  15,  1878. 

829.  Archer  Earle  Barton,  b.  Jan.  12,  1881. 


469.  John  Thomas0  (son  of  Lewis  A.,5  Amos,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Aug.  7,  1840,  in  Pike,  N.  Y. 
He  m.  1st  Eunice  F.  Felch,  dau.  of  Nelson  Felch,  March 
7,  1866,  by  whom  he  had  four  children  (she  d.  Jan.  16, 
1879);  m.  2d  Anna  P.  Felch,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  Sept. 
3,  1879,  by  whom  he  had  three  children.  John  Thomas 
is  a  deacon  in  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Pike,  N.  Y., 
a  farmer  and  Prohibitionist. 

His  children  are  : — 
By  first  wife : 

830.  Clarence  H.  Thomas,  b.  June  6,  1868. 

831.  Grace  Thomas,  b.  Oct:  6,  1870. 

832.  Edward  Thomas,  b.  July  13,  1873. 

833.  Mary  E.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  13,  1876. 

By  second  wife : 

834.  Ruth  F.  Thomas,  b.  July  25,  1880. 

835.  Adra  Thomas,  b.  May  5,  1882. 

836.  Albert  Nelson  Thomas,  b.  March  22,  1885. 

470.  Mary  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Lewis  A.,5  Amos,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Sept.  28,  1851,  in  Pike,  N.  Y.; 


SIXTH    GENEKATION.  173 

m.  Frank  A.  Curtiss,  son  of  A.  I.  Curtiss,  of  Pike.  N.  Y., 
Sept.  11,  1872.     Address,  Pike,  N.  Y.     Baptist. 
They  have  one  child  : — 

837.  Mary  E,  Curtiss,  b.  Feb.  20,  1883. 


471.  Lewis  W.  Loomisg  (son  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Lenox,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  11,  1836  ;  m.  Jane  Curtiss,  of  Canan- 
daigua,  N.  Y.,  June  3,  1863.  He  served  for  nearly  two 
years  in  the  late  civil  war,  and  has  been  for  twenty  years 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Cuyahoga  Falls,  Ohio. 
Republican. 

They  have  five  children  : — 

838.  Lilian  M.  Loomis,  b.  March  21,  1865. 

839.  Byron  H.  Loomis,  b.  Sept.  18,  1868. 

840.  Irving  L.  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  21,  1871. 

841.  Melvin  C.  Loomis,  b.  July  4,  1873  ;  d.  Nov.  4,  1880. 

842.  Arthur  N.  Loomis,  b.  Sept.  1,  1876;  d.  Oct.  SO,  1880. 

472.  Sarah  A.  Loomis0  (clau.  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  April 
12,  1838,  in  Lenox,  N.  Y. ;  m.  George  Parks,  of  Cuya- 
hoga Falls,  Ohio,  Dec.  14,  1876.  He  is  Justice  of  the 
Peace  at  that  place.  They  are  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church. 

They  have  one  child : — 

843.  Laura  Louise  Parks,  b.  July  27,  1880. 

473.  Horace  E.  Loomis0  (son  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  March 
21,  1840,  at  Lenox,  N.  Y.;  m.  Hulda  Parks,  of  Cuya- 
hoga Falls,  Ohio,  in  1865.  He  d.  Nov.  17,  1878,  at 
Piqua,  Ohio.  He  was  owner  of  a  paper-mill  at  that 
place  and  also  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  Repub- 
lican. 

He  had  four  children  : — 

844.  Julius  Loomis,  b.  March,  1866,  at  Piqua,  Ohio. 
At  present  a  student  in  Cornell  University. 


174  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HAEDWICK. 

845.  George  P.  Loomis,  b.  Oct.,  1868;  d.  1872. 

846.  Mary  E.  Loomis,  b.  1872;  d.  Sept.  28,  1881. 

847.  Nellie  Loomis,  b.  1874;  d.  Sept.  22,  1881. 

474.  Isaac  Newton  Loomis6  (son  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  June 
10,  1842,  at  Lenox,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Emma  Frain,  of  Hart- 
wellville,  Mich.,  Feb.  2,  1868;  d.  Oct.  20,  1883,  at 
Woodland,  Cal.  lie  served  for  four  years  in  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  and  lor  about  ten  years  before  his  death 
was  traveling-  salesman  for  a  paper  firm  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  a 
Republican. 

He  had  four  children  : — 

848.  Merlin  A.  Loomis,  b.  Jan.  17,  1869,  at  Hamilton,  Ohio;  d.  Oct.  1886, 

in  Woodland,  Cal. 

849.  Hattie  E.  Loomis,  b.  April  16,  1871,  at  Hamilton,  Ohio. 

850.  Grace  Isoline  Loomis,  b.  March  6,  1874,  at  Piqua,  Ohio. 

851.  Florence  Louisa  Loomis,  b.  Nov.  3,  1876,  at  Piqua,  Ohio. 

476.  Drusilla  A.  Loomis6  (dau.  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Nov. 
28,  1847,  at  Pike,  N.  Y.;  m.  Gideon  Whiting,  of  Hart- 
wellville,  Mich.,  April  2,  1873.  They  reside  at  Benning- 
ton, Mich.     She  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

852.  Myron  Whiting,  b.  Jan  25,  1874;  d.  Sept.  7,  1874. 

853.  Bertha  E.  Whiting,  b.  Sept.  8,  1879,  at  Bennington,  Mich. 

854.  Earl  C.  Whiting,  b.  Oct.  15,  1880,  at  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 

477.  Lovica  E.  Loomis1'  (dau.  of  Emeline  [Thomas] 
Loomis,"  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Sept.  2, 
1850,  at  Pike,N.Y.;  m.  George  H.  Crane,  of  Hartwellville, 
Mich.,  March  2,  1870.  Residence,  at  the  latter  place. 
He  is  a  farmer.    Both  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

They  have  five  children : — 

855.  Hiram  A.  Crane,  b.  Feb.  17,  1871 ;  d.  March,  1877. 

856.  Hannah  A.  Crane,  b.  Feb.  3,  1S73. 

857.  Bertha  E.  Crane,  b.  Dec.  23,  1875. 

858.  Anna  Lois  Crane,  b.  Aug.  18,  1878. 

859.  Raymond  C4.  Crane,  b.  Sept.  10,  1880. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  175 

482.  Millard  Fillmore  Metcalf0  (son  of  Sarah  A. 
[Thomas]  Metcalf,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  June  12,  1844 ;  m.  Maggie  K.  Mearns 
March  14,  1866.     Residence,  Pike,  N.  Y. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

860.  Lillian  B.  Metcalf,  b.  Nov.  2,  1870. 

861.  Leland  M.  Metcalf,  b.  April  2,  1872. 

862.  Lula  Metcalf,  b.  March  5,  1879. 

484.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen  Metcalf0  (son  of 
Sarah  A.  [Thomas]  Metcalf,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  July  8,  1848;  m. 
Minerva  Beede  June  30,  1869.  Residence,  Wolcott, 
Wayne  Co.,  Ohio. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

863.  Mabel  Estelle  Metcalf,  b.  Sept.  5,  1871. 

864.  Claude  Theodore  Metcalf,  b.  June  22,  1874. 

485.  Delett  Metcalf6  (dau.  of  Sarah  A.  [Thomas] 
Metcalf,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  14,  1851 ;  m.  Lucius  Ford  Oct.,  1871.  She 
d.  at  Berkley,  Lucas  Co.,  Ohio,  April  24,  1889,  where 
he,  with  the  children,  still  resides. 

They  have  had  twelve  children : — 

865.  Maria  Lucinda  Ford,  b.  Dec.  1,  1872. 

866.  Son  (no  name),  b.  Jan.  10,  1875;  d.  March  3,  1875. 

867.  Sarah  Arvilla  Ford,  b.  Feb.  23,  1876. 

868.  Daughter  (no  name),  b.  July  19,  1878  ;  d.  Sept.  6,  1878. 

869.  Lyman  H.  Ford,  b.  June  13,  1879.        % 

870.  Garfield  Ford,  b.  Nov.  6,  1880;  d.  Jan.  25,  1881. 

871.  Amos  Jefferson  Ford,  b.  Nov.  26,  1881. 

872.  Son  (no  name),  b.  Jan.  6,  18S3;  d.  Jan.  15,  1883. 

873.  Son  (no  name),  b.  Jan.  29,  1884;  d.  Sept,  28,  1884. 

874.  Mary  Delett  Ford,  b.  Nov.  11,  1885. 

875.  Son  (no  name),  b.  April  14,  1887 ;  d.  Aug.  14,  1887. 

876.  Ella  Ford,  b.  Oct.  9,  1888. 

486.  Ella  Metcalf0  (dau.  of  Sarah  A.  [Thomas] 
Metcalf,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike, 
N.  Y.,  March  2,  1854;  m.  Henry  Sharp,  April,  1876. 
Residence,  Sylvanus,  Lucas  Co.,  Ohio. 


176  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  have  four  children  : — 

877.  Floyd  Elwin  Sharp,  b.  May  1,  1877. 
'      878.  Roy  D.  Sharp,  b.  April  12,  1879. 

879.  Mabel  Estelle  Sharp,  b.  Sept.  5,  1882. 

880.  Clyde  T.  Sharp,  b.  March  19,  1886. 

487.  Darwin  Metcalf0  (son  of  Sarah  A.  [Thomas] 
Metcalf,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pike, 
N.  Y.,  July  26,  1857 ;  m.  Ella  Nelson  Oct.  24,  1879. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

881.  Elizabeth  Metcalf,  b.  June  29,  1882. 

882.  Blanche  Metcalf,  b.  Dec.  21,  1884. 

883.  Leo  Metcalf,  b.  March  6,  1887. 
8S4.  Max  Metcalf,  b.  Nov.  26,  1888. 


491.  Chester  H.  Bangs6  (son  of  Ora  B.  Bangs,5  Abi- 
gail [Thomas]  Bangs,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 
July  3,  1840,  in  Brooklyn,  Mich.  He  enlisted  in  the 
army  (7th  Regt.  Mich.  Vol.)  at  the  beginning  of  the  late 
war  (Aug.  22,  1861)  and  served  three  years.  He  was 
severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  Sept.  17, 
1862;  he  was  six  months  in  bed  and  six  on  crutches 
before  he  fully  recovered.  He  m.  Rhoda  L.  Harvey,  of 
Napoleon,  Mich.,  Nov.  1,  1866;  she  was  b.  Nov.  22, 
1846.  Present  address,  Jackson,  Mich.  Baptists  and 
Republican. 

He  has  three  children  : — 

885.  Bertha  Bangs,  b.  Jan.  25,  1869,  at  Napoleon,  Mich. 

886.  Nellie  Bangs,  b.  Nov.  22,  1870,  at  Jackson,  Mich. 

887.  Flora  Bangs,  b.  March  9,  1871,  at  Jackson,  Mich. 


492.  Ellen  C.  Slack0  (dan.  of  Louisa  [Bangs]  Slack,5 
Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  Oct.  30,  1831,  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.  She  m.  1st  William 
D.  Moulton  (who  was  b.  March  6,  1824)  July  26,  1851, 
in  Napoleon,  Mich;  he  d.  May  31,  1853.     She  m.  2d 


SIXTH    GENEEATION.  177 

John  Rowling  Cheesman,  M.D.  (b.  in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y., 
March  10,  1820),  Sept.  26,  1858.  Dr.  John  R.  Chees- 
man was  first  Probate  Judge  of  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich.  His 
father,  Joseph  B.  Cheesman,  b.  in  New  York  City  Feb.  4, 
1788,  d.  in  Orange,  N.  J.,  July  29,  1869  ;  his  wife,  Sarah 
Rowling,  b.  in  England  Sept.  24,  1799,  d.  in  New  York 
City  Aug.  17,  1826.  Residence,  St.  Louis,  Mich. 
Baptist. 

She  had  two  children  : — 

By  first  husband : 

888.  Dana  Nelson  Moulton,  b.  in  Napoleon,  Mich.,  March  2,  1853;  d. 
March  5,  1854. 

By  second  husband : 

8S9.  Minnie  May  Cheesman,  b.  in  St.  Louis,  Mich.,  May  20, 1862.    Baptist. 

493.  Armenia  Abigail  Slack6  (dau.  of  Louisa  [Bangs] 
Slack,5  Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  Feb.  16,  1883,  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.  She  m. 
Rev.  George  Ransom  June  27,  1860,  at  Mexico,  N.  Y. ; 
he  was  b.  in  Clinton  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  graduated  at  the  Auburn 
Theological  Seminary  in  1 860 ;  preached  in  Redford, 
N.  Y.,  from  1860  to  '64,  and  at  Muir,  Mich.,  since  the 
latter  date.     Presbyterian  and  Republican. 

They  have  four  children : — 

890.  Carrie  Louisa  Ransom,  b.  in  Redford,  N.  Y.,  July  9,  1861 ;  unm. 

891.  Ellen  Sophia  Ransom,  b.  in  Redford,  N.  Y.,  May  21,  1864;  unm. 

892.  Charles  Dwight  Ransom,  b.  in  Muir,  Mich.,  Sept.  26,  1865;  m.  Carrie 

A.  O'Keefe  Dec.  23,  1886. 

893.  Herrick.  Johnson  Ransom,  b.  in  Muir,  Mich.,  May  15,  1870. 

496.  Marietta  J.  Slack6  (dau.  of  Louisa  [Bangs] 
Slack,5  Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  June  24,  1843,  in  Brooklyn,  Mich.  She 
m.  Samuel  Gordon  (dealer  in  coal,  lime,  and  hides) 
April  17,  1865.  Residence,  St.  Louis,  Mich.  Presby- 
terian. 


178  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  had  five  children  : — 

894.  Frank  Walter  Gordon,  b.  April  9,  1866;  d.  Sept  25,  1873. 

895.  Charles  Henry  Gordon,  b.  Dec.  6,  1868;  d.  Sept.  22,  1873. 

896.  Perley  Willett  Gordon,  b.  Sept.  26,  1870;  d.  Sept.  23,  1873. 

897.  William  John  Gordon,  b.  Jan.  26,  1872. 

898.  Robert  Hilton  Gordon,  b.  Aug  7,  1883. 

497.  Preston  M.  Case0  (son  of  Louisa  [Bangs]  Case5 
[2d  husband],  Abigail  [Thomas]  Bangs,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  June  7,  1848;  m.  Eda  Plummer 
April  4,  1877.  He  is  a  hardware  merchant  in  Brainerd, 
Neb.     Presbyterian. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

899.  Frank  Dwight  Case,  b.  Oct.  24,  1878. 

900.  Louie  Case  (daughter),  b.  Dec.  3,  1882. 

901.  Dell  Case  (son),  b.  Oct.  7,  1884. 


498.  Harriette  Emily  Bailey6  (dau.  of  Mary  [Bige- 
low]  Bailey,5  Eunice  [Thomas]  Bigelow,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1),  b.  Aug.  11,  1837,  in  Ewing,  Mass.  She  m. 
Nathan  Maynard  Knowlton  (son  of  Swan  Knowlton  and 
Sarah  Eddy  Beard,  his  wife)  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Nov. 
22,  1862;  ne  was  b.  in  Auburn,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1836. 
Mrs.  Knowlton  has  devoted  much  time  to  searching 
court  records  and  to  the  collection  of  family  histories, 
thus  rendering  valuable  aid  in  the  preparation  of  this 
volume,  in  which  she  has  been  greatly  interested.  He  is 
a  farmer  and  Republican.  Both  are  Congregationalists. 
Residence,  Westboro,  Mass. 

They  have  had  three  children  : — 

902.  Henry  AVillard  Knowlton,  b.  April  28,  1864,  in  Worcester,  Mass.; 

d.  Aug.  6,  1884. 

903.  Mary  Bigelow  Knowlton,  b.  Dec.  26,  1865,  in  Westboro,  Mass. 

904.  Stephen  Bailey  Knowlton,  b.  Nov.  24,  1867. 


500.  Caroline  Ella  Badger6  (dau.  of  Caroline  [Bige- 
low] Badger,' Eunice  [Thomas]  Bigelow,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  179 

William1)  was  b.  Sept.  5,  1848,  in  Wendell,  Mass.;  m. 
James  H.  Parkhurst,  of  Templcton,  Mass.,  Nov.,  1877 ; 
Mr.  Parkhurst  is  brother  of  Mrs.  Edwin  A.  Thomas,  of 
Milford,  Mass.  She  d.  at  Templeton  Aug.  11,  1880. 
Unitarian. 

They  had  two  children  : — 

905.  Charles  Henry  Parkhurst,  b.  in  Templeton  Oct.  10,  1878. 

906.  Caroline  Ella  Parkhurst,  b.  in  Templeton  July  27,  1880. 


503.  Orren  E.  Thomas'5  (son  of  Hiram,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland,  Jef- 
ferson Co.,  N.  Y.j  April  25,  1832.  He  went  to  Canada 
West,  with  his  parents,  when  2  years  old.  In  1837  he 
moved,  with  his  parents,  to  Cleveland,  Ohio.  In  1854 
he  settled  in  Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  where  he  m.  Irene  Nickols 
Nov.  29,  1854,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons.  In  1862  he 
enlisted  for  three  years  in  the  37th  Iowa  Volunteers ;  he 
served  in  the  Mississippi  campaign  and  was  at  the  siege 
of  Vicksburg;  he  was  discharged  for  disability  Sept., 
1864.  He  was  divorced  from  his  first  wife  April,  1866, 
and  m.  2d  Eleanor  Scott  Nov.,  1866,  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa;  she  d.  June  8,  1882,  leaving  one  child.  He  m. 
3d  Mrs.  A.  M.  Willing,  at  Fayette,  Iowa,  Dec.  26,  1887. 
Engaged  at  present  as  a  temperance  lecturer.  Address, 
Fayette,  Iowa.     Methodist;  Prohibitionist. 

He  has  had  three  children ; — 
By  first  wife : 

907.  George  W.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  22,  1857;  unm. 

908.  Frank  E.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  9,  1860;  unm. 

By  second  wife : 

909.  Martha  Thomas,  b.  June  28,  1870. 

504.  Albert  H.  Thomas0  (son  of  Hiram,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Canada  West  April 
17,  1835  ;  m.  Catharine  Kayton,  in  Glenwood,  Mills  Co., 
Iowa,  Sept.  18,  1864.     Residence,  Butler  Co.,  Neb. 


180  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

They  have  had  eight  children  : — 

910.  George  H.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  3,  1865;  drowned  June  29,  1877. 

911.  Nora  M.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  3,  1866. 

912.  Emma  E.  Thomas,  b.  July  11,  1868. 

913.  Charles  A.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  3,  1871. 

914.  Harriet  M.  Thomas,  b.  March  5,  1873. 

915.  Arthur  F.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  4,  1875. 

916.  Christie  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1S77. 

917.  Mabel  Thomas,  b.  July  21,  1888. 

505.  Harriet  M.  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Hiram,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Canada  West  Oct.  23, 
1837;  m.  Sept.,  1857,  at  Fairview,  Jones  Co.,  Iowa,  to 
Samuel  Gonser.  She  d.  Dec.  8,  1872,  leaving-  four 
children : — 

91S.  A  son. 

919.  A  son. 

920.  A  daughter. 

921.  A  daughter. 


506.  Almanson  D.  Thomas"  (son  of  Alpheus,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pinckney,  Lewis  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1829.  He  m.  Helen  Green,  of  same 
place;  she  was  b.  April  29,  1832.  In  1854  they  moved, 
with  his  father's  family,  to  Marquette,  Wis.;  in  1886  he 
again  moved  to  Bookings,  Bookings  Co.,  Dakota,  where 
he  now  resides.     Mechanic  and  Democrat. 

They  have  had  five  children : — 

922.  Russell  Thomas,  b.  Sept,  4,  1851 ;  d.  May  4,  1863. 

923.  Frank  Thomas,  b.  July  12,  1853  ;  d.  Nov.  20,  1854. 

924.  Lester  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  26,  1855 ;  m.  Olive  Cooper  and  has  issue. 

925.  Mabel  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  27,  1858;  d.  Oct.  16,  1860. 

926.  Estelle  Thomas,  b.  March  6,  1862;  m.  Ole  J.  Larsen  and  has  issue. 


511.  Beals  Maltby6  (son  of  Maria  [Thomas]  Maltby,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Jefferson  Co., 
N.  Y.,  March  14,  1829  ;  m.  Laura  Huson  July  2,  1851  ; 
she  d.  Sept.  14,  1865,  having  had  three  children.  He 
m.  2d  Mrs.  Pamelia  A.  Robinson  Dec.  31,   1866;  she 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  181 

was  b.  Oct.  18,  1829,  and  has  no  children.  He  practiced 
dentistry  for  several  years,  but  is  now  engaged  in  life- 
insurance  business.  Present  address,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Baptist  and  Republican. 

Had  three  children  by  first  wife : — 

927.  A  son  (twin),  b.  May  9,  1865;  d.  in  infancy. 

928.  A  son  (twin),  b.  May  9,  1865;  d.  in  infancy. 

929.  Helen  Marion  Maltby,  b.  in  Denmark,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  8, 

1858 ;  m.  John  F.  Tate  and  had  issue. 

513.  Albert  F.  Maltby6  (son  of  Maria  [Thomas] 
Maltby,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Feb.  11, 
1831;  m.  Feb.  23,  1858,  to  Mary  Noble,  who  was  b. 
Dec.  10,  1836,  d.  May  22,  1867,  having  had  one  child. 
He  m.  2d  Carrie  Jones  Jan.  2,  1868;  she  was  a  school- 
teacher, b.  March  3,  1837.  He  is  engaged  in  the  furni- 
ture business  at  Plymouth,  Ind.     Republican. 

Had  one  child  by  first  wife : — 

930.  Fannie  A.  Maltby,  b.  May  5,  1862;  d.  June  30,  1863. 

515.  Maryette  Maltby6  (dau.  of  Maria  [Thomas] 
Maltby,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  May  9, 
1838;  m.  Jan.  1,  1861,  to  Charles  V.  Harmon,  son  of 
Eben  Harmon;  he  was  b.  April  19,  1835.  He  lives  on 
the  old  homestead,  in  Edwards,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  frugal, 
industrious  farmer.     Baptist. 

They  have  had  four  children  : — 

931.  Erwin  C.  Harmon,  b.  May  20, 1864. 

He  is  a  student  in  Madison  University  and  is  preparing  for  the  ministry ; 
Baptist. 

932.  Bertie  C.  Harmon,  b.  Sept.  16,  187- ;  d.  in  infancy. 

933.  Alice  G.  Harmon,  b.  Oct.  23,  1873. 
93-4.  Rolla  C.  Harmon,  b.  Nov.  15,  1876. 


517.  Marinda  W.  Bosworth6  (dau.  of  Marietta 
[Thomas]  Bosworth,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Lowville,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  22,  1831. 
She  m.  Henry  F.  Clements  Jan.  23,  1855;  he  was  b. 
May  18,  1825,  and  d.  Jan.  28,  1887. 


182  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY    OF   HAEDWICK. 

They  had  four  children  : — 

935.  Frank  J.  Clements,  b.  Feb.  26,  1856;  m.  Dec.  14,  1879,  Eunice  Todd 

who  was  b.  Jan.  1,  1856 ;  no  issue  living. 
Has  a  store  and  grist-mill  at  Tylerville,  N.  Y. 

936.  Feed.  W  Clements,  b.  Aug.  21,  1859 ;  m.  Mary  Jacobs  and  lias  issue. 

937.  Nettie  M.  Clements,  b.  Dec.  4,  1866;  m.  Otis  Waldo  and  bad  issue. 

938.  Nellie  L.  Clements,  b.  Nov.  19,  1870;   m.  Warren  Day  Nov.  21, 

1888.     He  was  b.  in  Soutb  Rutland,  N.  Yr.,  Oct.  25,  1867 ;  farmer 
no  issue. 

518.  George  D.  Bosworth0  (son  of  Marietta  [Thomas] 
Boswovth,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Jan. 
5,  1837;  m.  Mary  Ford  Feb.  2,  1862.  She  was  b. 
Nov.  2,  1812. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

939.  Mattie  Boswoeth,  b.  Jan.  26,  1864;  m.  Joel  North  Jan.  26,  1884. 

910.  Haevey  Boswoeth,  b.  June  2,  1867. 

519.  Mary  B.  Bosworth0  (dau.  of  Marietta  [Thomas] 
Bosworth,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 
March  6,  1810;  m.  Sept.  6,  1860,  to  John  Van  Dnsen, 
who  was  b.  May  14,  1838. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

941.  Watson  Van  Ddsen,  b.  Jan.  30,  1863. 

912.  Julian  Van  Dtsen,  b.  March  19,  1865;  m.  Josie  Sineser. 

913.  Maeinda  M.  Van  Dusen,  b.  July  29,  1867;  m.  Hiram  C.  Cross. 

520.  Nancy  Jane  Scovil0  (dan.  of  Marietta  [Thomas] 
Scovil,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pit- 
cairn,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  18,  1813;  she  m. 
1st  Benjamin  Wicks ;  he  died,  leaving  one  child.  She 
m.  2d  Henry  Pearsons.  She  d.  May  29,  1881,  leaving 
one  child  by  last  husband. 

By  first  husband : 

911.  Thomas  S.  Wicks,  b.  Sept,  8,  1866. 

By  second  husband : 

915.  Waed  Peaesons. 

521.  Laura  Ann  Scovil6  (dan.  of  Marietta  [Thomas] 
Scovil,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in'  Pit- 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  183 

30,  1847;    m.  Denison  W.  Tenney 
Nov.  14,  1867. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

946.  Samuel  C.  Tenney,  b.  Sept.  12,  1872. 

947.  Fred.  J.  Tenney,  b.  Dec.  23,  1877. 

522.  Frank  B.  Scovil6  (son  of  Marietta  [Thomas] 
Scovil,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pit- 
cairn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  20,  1850 ;  m.  Eunice  C.  Rogers 
Dec.  29,  1870.  She  was  b.  in  Champion,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
29,  1851.     Present  address,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

They  have  had  eleven  children  : — 

948.  Frank  Albert  Scovil,  b.  March  21,  1872. 

949.  James  Dow  Scovil,  b.  July  2,  1874. 

950.  Eva  Maude  Scovil,  b.  Sept.  24,  1876 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

951.  Lena  Blanche  Scovil,  b.  Oct,  18,  1878  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

952.  Ola  Page  Scovil,  d.  in  infancy. 

953.  Edna  Eawalt  Scovil,  b.  Jan.  9,  1883. 

954.  Marion  Ida  Scovil,  b.  Dec.  4,  1884. 

955.  Lester  Eugene  Scovil  (twin),  b.  Jan.  9,  1887;  d.  in  infancy. 

956.  Esther  Mary  Scovil  (twin),  b.  Jan.  9,  1887;  d.  in  infancy. 

957.  Daniel  Washington  Scovil  (twin),  b.  Feb.  22, 1888 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

958.  Nathaniel  Curtis  Scovil  (twin),  b.  Feb.  22,  1888. 


523.  Amos  Clark  Thomas6  (son  of  Almeron,5  David,4 
Amos,3Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.Y., 
Feb.  1,  1836;  m.  Delia  M.  Snell  Dec.  29,  1863.  She 
was  b.  Oct.  30,  1844,  and  d.  Dec.  9,  1866,  leaving  one 
child.  He  m.  2d  Mary  C.  Crosby  Sept.  9,  1868;  she 
was  b.  April  16,  1844.  Residence,  Mexico,  N.  Y. 
Republican. 

He  has  two  children  : — 

By  first  wife : 

959.  Fanny  L.  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  22,  1864. 

By  second  wife : 

960.  Ralph  Crosby  Thomas,  b.  March  15,  1873. 

527.  Mary  Elizabeth  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Almeron,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  June  11,  1845; 


184  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARD  WICK. 

m.  William  T.  Parsons  June  4,  1865.     He  was  b.  Dec. 
26,  1845.     Residence,  Mexico,  N.  Y. 
They  have  four  children  : — 

961.  Clark  T.  Parsons,  b.  June  7,  1867;  m.  Eva  R.  Benson  Aug.  7,  1887. 

She  was  b.  Nov.  27,  1867. 

962.  John  N.  Parsons,  b.  Aug.  17,  1868 ;  m.  Mattie  F.  Gardner  June  6, 

1888.     She  was  b.  June  10,  1871. 

963.  Frank  A.  Parsons,  b.  Dec.  26,  1870 ;  m.  Carrie  M.  Holden  and  has 

issue. 

964.  Mattie  L.  Parsons,  b.  Aug.  24,  1875. 

528.  Maria  Maltby  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Almeron,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  EdAvards, 
N.Y.,  July  21,  1847;  she  m.  Dr.  Herbert  H.  Dobson 
(dentist)  Dec.  18,  1867.  He  was  b.  Nov.  25,  1840. 
Residence,  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

They  have  one  child : — 

965.  Florence  Lois  Dobson,  b.  Sept.  1,  1869. 

529.  Emma  Louisa  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Almeron,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Mexico, 
N.  Y.,  May  23,  1856 ;  m.  Dr.  E.  M.  Manwaren  May  14, 
1879.  He  was  b.  Sept.  20,  1851.  They  reside  in 
Oswego,  N.  Y. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

966.  Lois  Hattie  Manwaren,  b.  in  New  Haven,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 

4,  1885. 

967.  Ralph  James  Manwaeen,  b.  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1887. 


531.  James  Brown  Thomas6  (son  of  Ebenezer  K.,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  South  Rutland, 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.Y.,  July  28,  1843;  m.  Elizabeth  H. 
Vinz  Dec.  27,  1866.  She  was  b.  June  5,  1850.  He 
enlisted  and  served  nearly  four  years  during  the  late  war, 
and  was  wounded  and  discharged  for  disability.  Resi- 
dence, Sheldon,  O'Brien  Co.,  Iowa.  Congregationalist, 
Republican,  and  farmer. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  185 

They  have  had  nine  children  : — 

968.  Lillie  M.  Thomas,  b.  March  22,  1868  ;  m.  Jesse  W.  Waters  June  25, 

1888.     He  was  b.  Dec.  6,  1864. 

969.  Lama  E.  Thomas,  b.  July  1,  1869.    Congregationalist. 

970.  Clara  E.  Thomas,  b.  March  26,  1872.    Congregationalist. 

971.  George  K.  Thomas,  b.  May  26,  1874 ;  d.  Feb.  14,  1879. 

972.  Cora  A.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  15,  1877. 

973.  James  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1880;  d.  Feb.  1,  1882. 

974.  William  A.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  26,  1882;  d.  Nov.  28,  1885. 

975.  Myrtle  E.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  10,  1886. 

976.  Maud  B.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  19,  1888. 

532.  Elsie  M.  Thomas6  (dan.  of  Ebenezer  K.,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Wisconsin  Dec.  12, 
1856;  m.  Henry  Calhoun  July  18,  1875.  He  was  b. 
Jan.  25,  1812.  He  is  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  in 
Plymouth  Co.,  Iowa. 

They  have  had  five  children  : — 

977.  Nettie  Estella  Calhoun,  b.  April  12,  1876. 

978.  Andrew  Homer  Calhoun,  b.  July  15,  1877. 

979.  Laura  Elizabeth  Calhoun,  b.  March  2,  1883. 

980.  Esther  Calhoun,  b.  Jan.  24,  1885;  d.  July  9,  1885. 

981.  Bessie  Jane  Calhoun,  b.  June  24,  1887. 


537.  Harriet  Clements6  (dau.  of  Nancy  B.  [Thomas] 
Clements,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
South  Rutland  Aug.  31,  1816.  She  m.  1st  John  R. 
Snyder  May  16,  1864,  in  Lowville,  N.  Y.;  he  d.  Dec.  7, 
1867.  She  m.  2d  Hiram  C.  Oatman  May  1,  1873.  Mr. 
Oatman  is  a  hotel  and  livery-stable  keeper  at  Lowville, 
N.  Y.     Methodist. 

She  has  two  children,  both  born  in  Lowville : — 
By  first  husband : 

982.  Jay  C.  Snyder,  b.  Jan.  18,  1867. 

By  second  husband : 

983.  Fred.  Fowler  Oatman,  b.  May  6,  1S74. 

538.  Ann  S.  Clements6  (dau.  of  Nancy  B.  [Thomas] 
Clements,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 


186  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAKDWICK. 

South  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1851;  m.  Demestis  L. 
Corn  well  July  17,  1872.  Mr.  Corn  well  served  in  the 
186th  Regiment  New  York  Volunteers  during  the  late 
war ;  he  was  in  several  hattles,  and  was  present  at  the 
surrender  of  Lee  at  Appomattox  April  9,  1865  ;  he  is  at 
present  commander  of  a  post  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Water- 
town,  N.  Y.  * 
They  have  two  children  : — 

984.  Fay  D.  Cornwell,  b.  April  4.  1873. 

985.  Alma  H.  Cornwell,  b.  April  8,  1877. 


556.  Eleanor  Bacon  Thomas0  (dau.  of  Avery,5  Aza- 
riah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  10,  1815 ;  m.  Judge  James  Linden,  of 
Dayton,  O.,  Nov.  19,  1874.  He  was  b.  in  New  York 
City  Aug.  5,  1844;  he  studied  law  and  entered  into 
practice  in  Dayton,  O.  He  moved  to  Dakota  and  was 
appointed  Probate  Judge  of  Ramsay  County,  where  he 
had  settled  in  practice.  They  moved  to  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
in  1883,  and  in  1890  to  Chicago,  where  they  now  reside. 
Mrs.  Linden,  like  her  sisters,  possesses  a  high  degree  of 
artistic  ability,  her  landscapes  and  flowers,  in  oil,  having 
received  high  commendation.     Baptists. 

They  have  had  four  children  : — 

986.  Thomas  Bacon  Linden,  b.  May  30,  1876. 

987.  Frank  William  Linden,  b.  Feb.  13,  1878. 

988.  Florence  M.  Linden,  b.  July  30,  1880;  d.  April  30,  1882,  from  burns 

received  from  clothing  taking  fire. 

989.  Eleanor  Elizabeth  Linden,  b.  Feb.  4,  1884,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


560.  Sarah  Barnes6  (dau.  of  Harriet  [Thomas] 
Barnes,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b. 
March  25,  1846.  She  m.  Henry  Hibbard,  who  was  b.  in 
Massachusetts    Oct.    26,    1836.     He   was  in   the  army 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  187 

during  the  war  and  now  receives  a  pension.     Residence, 
Lohrville,  Iowa.     Photographer. 
They  have  had  seven  children  : — 

990.  Hattie  May  Hibbard,  b.  Oct.  6,  1870;  d.  Jan.  6,  1877. 

991.  Gertrude  F.  Hibbard,  b.  Aug.  15,  1872. 

992.  Albert  Hibbard,  b.  Dec.  15,  1874;  d.  Jan.  4,  1877. 

993.  Maude  Hibbard,  b.  July  20,  1877 ;  d.  Dec.  26,  1879. 

994.  Flora  Belle  Hibbard,  b.  May  2(3,  1880. 

995.  Daisy  May  Hibbard,  b.  May  20,  1883. 

996.  Mary  Louisa  Hibbard,  b.  Jan.  26,  1886. 


567.  Albert  Horace  Ottoway6  (son  of  Melinda 
[Thomas]  Ottoway,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  h.  Sept.  27,  1846,  in  Kane  Co.,  Illinois;  m.  Sept. 
10,  1870,  at  Olathe,  Johnson  Co.,  Kansas,  to  Adelia 
Adelaide  Hanes  (b.  April  26,  1851),  dau.  of  James 
Hanes  and  Margaret  McKinley,  his  wife.  Farmer  and 
Republican.     Residence,  Umque,  Iowa. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

997.  Alfred  Albert  Ottoway,  b.  Dec.  22,  1871,  at  Marion,  Douglas  Co., 

Kansas. 

998.  Lester  A.  Ottoway,  b.  Dec.  18,  1873,  at  same  place. 

999.  Clara  Lydia  Ottoway,  b.  April  9,  1888. 

568.  Charles  Thomas  Ottoway6  (son  of  Melinda 
[Thomas]  Ottoway,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Kane  Co.,  Illinois,  Nov.  21,  1849 ;  m.  Nannie 
Bear  June  15,  1874,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  She  was  b.  in 
Douglass  Co.,  Mo.,  May  10,  1857,  and  d.  at  Olathe, 
Kansas,  June  14,  1877.  Residence,  Olathe,  Kansas. 
Merchant  and  Republican. 

He  has  one  child  : — 

1000.  Ida  Melinda  Ottoway,  b.  at  Olatbe,  Kansas,  March  30,  1875. 

569.  Herbert  James  Ottoway6  (son  of  Melinda 
[Thomas]  Ottoway,5  iYzariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  at  Algonquin,  McHenry  Co.,  Illinois,  Feb.  26, 


188  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

1852;  m.  March  2,  1881,  Celeste  Sutherland.     Farmer. 
Residence,  Kirkman,  Iowa. 
They  have  had  one  child  : — 

1001.  Edna  M.  Ottoway,  b.  March  18,  1883;  d.  May  16,  1883. 

571.  Ida  Jane  Ottoway6  (dan.  of  Melinda  [Thomas] 
Ottoway,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Aug. 
3,  1856,  in  Kane  Co.,  Illinois;  m.  Norton  I.  Snow,  at 
Maple  Park,  Illinois,  Oct.  16,  1877.  He  was  b.  at 
Sodus,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  17,  1843.  Dairyman  and  Republican. 
Residence,  Maple  Park,  Illinois. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1002.  Margaret  Frances  Snow,  b.  at  Maple  Park,  111.,  April  21,  1883. 


572.  Charles  Monroe  Thomas,  M.D.6  (son  of  Amos 
R.,  M.D.,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  May  3,  1849.  He  came  to  Philadel- 
phia, with  his  father,  in  1854,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  graduating 
at  the  High  School  and  receiving  his  degree  of  A.B.  in 
June,  1869,  and  A.M.  in  1874.  Having  won  the  first 
honor  of  his  class,  he  was  made  valedictorian  at  the 
public  commencement.  After  taking  a  course  at  a  com- 
mercial college,  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine, 
with  his  father,  in  1869,  and  graduated  at  the  Hahne- 
mann Medical  College  in  March,  1871.  After  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  he 
went  abroad  in  March,  1872,  spending  two  years  and  a 
half  in  pursuing  his  professional  studies  in  Heidelberg, 
Vienna,  and  Edinburgh,  and  in  making  a  general  tour 
of  Europe  and  Great  Britain.  He  returned  to  Philadel- 
phia in  the  summer  of  1874  and  engaged  in  practice. 
He  received  the  position  of  Demonstrator  of  Surgery  in 
his  Alma  Mater  in  1875,  and  the  Professorship  of  Oper- 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  189 

ative  Surgery,  Ophthalmology,  and  Otology  in  1877, 
which  position  he  still  holds.  He  made  a  second  trip  to 
Europe  in  the  summer  of  1886,  mainly  for  rest  and  the 
benefit  of  his  health. 

Dr.  C.  M.  Thomas  devotes  himself  exclusively  to 
surgery,  with  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear  as  specialties. 
His  skill  in  his  profession  has  given  him  a  wide  reputa- 
tion, with  a  very  large  and  remunerative  practice.  He 
has  made  numerous  contributions  to  medical  literature ; 
his  report  of  cases  of  Supra-Pubic  Lithotomy  attracted 
much  attention  both  at  home  and  abroad,  having  been 
copied  into  the  English  and  German  medical  journals. 
April  18,  1876,  he  m.  Marion  Elmslie  Turnbull,  dau.  of 
Laurence  Turnbull,  M.D.,  of  Philadelphia.*  His  country- 
seat  (Llangollen)  is  beautifully  located  at  Devon,  Chester 
Co.,  Pa.,  sixteen  miles  from  Philadelphia.  Here,  with  his 
family,  he  spends  six  months  of  the  year,     Republican. 

They  have  six  children  : — 

1003.  Russell  Elmslie  Thomas,  b.  July  18,  1878. 
1001.  Florence  Paleske  Thomas,  b.  May  23,  1880. 

1005.  Christine  Laurence  Thomas,  b.  June  2,  1882. 

1006.  Alice  Louise  Thomas,  b.  June  1,  1884. 

1007.  Laurence  Avert  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  6,  1886. 

1008.  Carl  Bacon  Thomas,  b.  July  16,  1890. 

573.  Florence  Lovina  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Amos  P., 
M.D.,5  Azariah,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  Nov.  16,  1853.  She  was  educated  in  the 
Chegary  Institute  of  Philadelphia,  and  acquired  a  high 
grade  of  scholarship  and  great  proficiency  in  music.  Oct. 
3,  1877,  she  m.  J.  Nicholas  Mitchell,  M.D.,  of  Phila- 
delphia, son  of  John  C.  Mitchell,  Esq.,  of  the  Philadel- 
phia bar.  Dr.  Mitchell  studied  his  profession  with  Dr. 
A.    P.    Thomas   and   graduated   March,    1873,  at   the 

*  Dr.  Laurence  Turnbull  is  of  Scotch  birth,  and  brother  of  the  late  Robert 
Turnbull,  D.D.,  a  Baptist  clergyman  of  Hartford,  Conn. 


190  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  in  which 
institution  he  now  holds  the  position  of  Professor  of 
Obstetrics.  In  a  high  degree  Mrs.  Mitchell  possessed  all 
the  traits  of  character  calculated  to  qualify  her  for  the 
position  of  wife  and  mother  and  to  endear  her  to  all  with 
whom  she  came  in  relation.  She  died,  after  a  brief 
illness,  from  pneumonia,  May  17,  1880,  deeply  lamented 
by  her  family  and  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  acquaint- 
ances. Episcopalian. 
She  left  one  child  : — 

1009.  Charles  Thomas  Mitchell,  b.  Aug,  4,  1878,  who  has  since  lived 
with  his  grand-parents  (Thomas). 


576.  Mary  Jane  Thomas0  (dan.  of  Martin,5  Heman,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Nov.  1,  1844,  in  Pres- 
cott,  Mass.  She  moved  West,  with  her  mother,  in  1846. 
She  m.  Capt.  Charles  D wight  Watson  Oct.  14,  1869  ;  he 
was  b.  in  1841  in  Granville,  Wis.  He  served  three 
years  in  the  late  war,  in  the  24th  Wisconsin  Regiment ; 
was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Chicamauga.  Residence, 
Wauwatosa,  Wis.     Farmer,  Baptist,  Republican. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

1010.  Robert  Ingraham  Watson,  b.  July  17,  1870. 
Student  in  University  of  AVisconsin,  Madison. 

1011.  Stanley  Edward  Watson,  b.  April  3,  1880. 

1012.  Ralph  Dwight  Watson,  b.  March  24,  1883. 


577.  James  Henry  Curtis"  (son  of  Mary  Ann  [Lud- 
don]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,*  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  April  23,  1841,  in  Murray,  N.  Y.;  he 
m.  Amanda  L.  Cook  May  5,  1865.  She  was  b.  Feb.  2, 
1847.     Address,  Kendall*  N.  Y. 

They  have  had  ten  children  : — 

1013.  Hattie  E.  Curtis,  b.  Oct.  22,  1866;  d.  Aug.  31,  1881. 

1014.  Cora  L.  Curtis,  b.  Sept.  25,  1869 ;  d.  May  22,  1884. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  191 

1015.  Feed.  M.  Curtis,  b.  Dec.  19,  1871. 

1016.  Willie  A.  Curtis,  b.  Feb.  12,  1878;  d.  Aug.  25,  1881. 

1017.  Mary  E.  Curtis,  b.  Dec.  7,  1876;  d.  May  10,  1878. 

1018.  Frank  Curtis,  b.  March  17,  1880;  d.  July  5,  1880. 

1019.  James  A.  Curtis,  b.  Aug.  10,  1881. 

1020.  Bertie  P.  Curtis,  b.  March  11,  1884. 

1021.  Grace  B.  Curtis,  b.  Oct.  13,  1886. 

1022.  Pearl  P.  Curtis,  b.  July  5,  1889. 

578.  Mary  Arvilla  Curtis0  (dau.  of  Mary  Ann 
[Lnddon]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,* 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  March  11,  1813;  was  m.  to 
Allen  Spencer. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1023.  Minnie  Spencer. 

579.  Rhoba  Emeline  Curtis6  (dau.  of  Mary  Ann 
[Luddon]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Nov.  4,  1811;  m.  Wallace 
Buell;  d.  Dec.  31,  1873. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

1021.  Ida  M.  Buell,  b.  Feb.  7,  1864;  m.  William  H.  G.  Hill  and  bas  issue. 

1025.  Carrie  Daisey  Buell,  b.  June  9,  1867 ;  m.  Adelbert  D.  Stone,  of 

Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.,  Jan.  9,  1889. 

1026.  Ada  Buell,  b.  March  28,  1871 ;  d.  Feb.  6,  1877. 

580.  Ellen  Kate  Curtis6  (dau.  of  Mary  Ann  [Lud- 
don] Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Jan.  20,  1817;  m.  to  Fayette  J.  Car- 
rington  Oct.  1,  1871.     Residence,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

They  have  had  two  children  : — 

1027.  A  son,  b.  Oct.  9,  1876;  d.  Nov.  8,  1876. 

1028.  Mart  Fannie  Carrington,  b.  Jan.  10,  1879. 

581.  William  Andrew  Curtis6  (son  of  Mary  Ann 
[Luddon]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Aug.  11,  1857,  in  Carlton, 
N.  Y.;  m.  Ida  Slater,  of  Hulburton,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  25.  1878.  Farmer  and  Republican.  Address, 
KendalLN.  Y. 


192  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  have  five  children,  all  born  in  Kendall : — 

1029.  George  Henry  Curtis,  b.  May  1,  1879. 

1030.  Ella  Louisa  Curtis,  b.  June  28,  1881. 

1031.  Walter  Earl  Curtis,  b.  April  7,  1883. 

1032.  Ruby  Ella  Irene  Curtis,  b.  Aug.  17,  1885. 

1033.  Fayette  Carrington  Curtis,  b.  June  26,  1887. 

585.  Jessie  Nora  Curtis6  (dan.  of  Mary  Ann  [Lud- 
don]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  July  22,  1860;  m.  Sylvester  Case 
Nov.  25,  1881. 

They  have  one  child: — 

1034.  Maude  Elizabeth  Case,  b.  Nov.  3,  1882. 


586.  Emma  Stone6  (dau.  of  Rhoda  S.  [Luddon]  Stone,5 
Mary  [Thomas]  Luddon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  March  13,  1852,  in  Murray,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Sanford 
Richard  Hinckley,  of  Naples,  Out.  Co.,  N.  Y.  Fruit- 
grower.    Residence,  Naples,  N.  Y. 

They  have  three  children : — 

1035.  Maud  Ella  Hinckley,  b.  Aug.  19,  1875. 

1036.  Frederick  Sanford  Hinckley,  b.  June  24,  1877. 

1037.  Gertrude  Lydia  Hinckley,  March  6,  1881. 


592.  Ellen  Malissa  Brown6  (dau.  of  Rhoda  [Phil- 
lips] Brown,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1840; 
m.  Oct.  2,  1861,  to  Wirt  Matthews,  of  Pittsford,  N.  Y., 
who  was  b.  Feb.  27,  1838.    Presbyterian  and  Republican. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1038.  Irving  Ellsworth  Matthews,  b.  in  Pittsford,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3,  1865 ; 
m.  Harriet  Hodges  Dec.  28,  1887,  and  has  issue. 

593.  William  Jay  Brown6  (son  of  Rhoda  [Phillips] 
Brown,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  May  6,  1813,  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.;    m. 


SIXTH   GENEKATION.  193 

April,  1869,  Ella  Penn,  at  Hopewell,  N.  Y.     Residence, 
Flint,  Mich.     Farmer. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

1039.  George  William  Brown,  b.  in  Henrietta  Sept.  19,  1870. 

1040.  Frank  Alfred  Brown,  b.  in  Pittsford  Nov.  8,  1876. 

1041.  Harriet  Brown,  b.  in  Pittsford  Jan.  28,  1879. 

594.  Frances  Adaline  Brown0  (dan.  of  Rhoda  [Phil- 
lips] Brown,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1846  ;  m. 
Feb.  13,  1868,  in  Henrietta,  to  Guerdon  E.  Pendleton, 
who  was  b.  Feb.  13,  1844.  Merchant,  Methodist,  and 
Republican.     Residence,  New  York  City. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

1042.  Nellie  Mat  Pendleton,  b.  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  19,  1873. 

1043.  Arthur  G.  Pendleton,  b.  at  Pittsford,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1878. 

1044.  Howard  M.  Pendleton,  b.  at  Pittsford,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  25,  1883. 


596.  Benjamin  Harvey  Stone6  (son  of  Lura  E.  [Phil- 
lips] Stone,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Sept.  23,  1835;  m.  Jan.  15,  1865,  to 
Sarah  J.  Darling,  who  was  b.  in  New  York  State  March 
18,  1847.  Mechanic.  Republican.  Residence,  Sioux 
Falls,  Dakota. 

They  have  had  six  children : — 

1045.  S.  Franklin  Stone,  b.  in  Rushford,  Wis.,  Nov.  15,  1865. 

1046.  Charles  Emory  Stone,  b.  in  Rushford,  Wis.,  April  16,  1869. 

1047.  Lewis  D.  Stone,  b.  in  Rushford,  Wis.,  May  12,  1871  ;  d.  Feb.  22, 1879. 

1048.  Bertie  Sereno  Stone,  b.  in  Murray,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  11,  1876. 

1049.  Atlie  William  Stone,  b.  in  Minnehaha  July  22,  1878. 

1050.  Florence  Pearl  Stone,  b.  in  Minnehaha  Jan.  5,  1886. 

1051.  Norton  A.  Stone,  b.  in  Sioux  Falls  June  27,  1888. 

600.  Charles  Sereno  Stone6  (son  of  Lura  E.  [Phil- 
lips] Stone,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  in  Murray,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1844;  m. 
Anna  Miranda  Morse  Nov.  18,  1867  (b.  Dec.  5,  1847). 


194  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARD  WICK. 

Republican.     Residence,  Kendall  Corners,  Orleans  Co., 
New  York. 

They  have  two  children  living : — 

1052.  Ferna  B.  Stone,  b.  Sept,  5,  1876. 

1053.  Franklin  M.  Stone,  b.  Feb.,  1878. 

601.  Elbert  Earl  Stone6  (son  of  Lura  E.  [Phillips] 
Stone,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  Sept.  12,  1846,  in  Murray,  N.  Y.;  m.  Adell 
Fries  July,  1872.  Farmer  and  Republican.  Residence, 
Kendall  Mills,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y. 

They  have  had  six  children,  two  of  whom  are  living : — 

1054.  Mary  J.  Stone,  b.  Feb.  24,  1874. 

1055.  Arthur  Stone,  b.  Feb.,  1880. 

602.  Josephine  Arabella  Stone6  (dau.  of  Lura  E. 
[Phillips]  Stone,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  March  29,  1849;  m.  Willard 
H.  Hawkins  Feb.  18,  1866.  Residence,  North  Parma, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. 

They  have  four  children  : — 

1056.  Myra  F.  Hawkins,  b.  Sept.  17,  1866 ;  m.  Wygand  Corman  and  has 

issue. 

1057.  William  H.  Hawkins,  b.  June  15,  1870. 

1058.  Charles  S.  Hawkins,  b.  Aug.  16,  1872. 

1059.  Eva  L.  Hawkins,  b.  June  29,  1884. 

603.  Atlie  Dwight  Stone6  (son  of  Lura  E.  [Phillips] 
Stone,5  Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  April  6,  1852;  m.  Hannah  Burdick  1879. 
Farmer,  Republican.     Residence,  Sioux  Falls,  Dakota. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1060.  Lura  E.  Stone,  b.  Oct.,  1881. 


606.  James  Bruckner  Phillips6  (son  of  Harvey  T.,5 
Rhoda  [Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  195 

b.  Nov.  29,  1858 ;   m.  Carrie  Richards,  of  Fort  Scott, 
Kan.,  Dec.  29,  1885. 
They  have  one  child : — 

1061.  Helen  Elizabeth  Phillips,  b.  June  2,  1887. 


610.  John  Bradford  Thomas6  (son  of  Alpheus  O.,5 
Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Barre,  Mass., 
Sept.  11,  1850;  m.  Ruth  Etta  Wellington  Sept.  28, 
1882.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Durgin  &  Thomas, 
grocers,  in  Waltham,  Mass.     Methodist  and  Republican. 

They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Waltham : — 

1062.  Bertha  Elizabeth  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  7,  1884. 

1063.  William  Alpheus  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  27,  1885. 

1064.  Edith  Frances  Thomas,  b.  July  25,  1887. 

611.  Jane  Elizabeth  Thomas6  (dau.  of  Alpheus  O.,5 
Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Nov.  8,  1853, 
in  Barre,  Mass.;  m.  Frederick  K.  Hurxthal,  of  West 
Virginia,  Oct.  7,  1880.  She  is  an  artist  of  considerable 
merit,  her  paintings  having  taken  the  first  premium  at 
an  exhibition  of  art  in  West  Virginia.  She  was  at  one 
time  teacher  of  penmanship  in  the  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Business  College  of  Boston.  Her  husband  is  a  merchant 
in  Ronceverte,  West  Virginia. 

They  have  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Ronceverte : — 

1065.  John  Finley  Hurxthal,  b.  Feb.  13,  1882. 

1066.  Ferdinand  Thomas  Hurxthal,  b.  May  25,  1884. 

1067.  Natalie  Marf  Hurxthal,  b.  Nov.  17,  1886;  d.  Sept.  11,  1887. 

1068.  Alpheus  Orlando  Hurxthal,  b.  Oct.  17,  1887. 

1069.  Arline  Marguerite  Hurxthal,  b.  Dec.  6,  1889. 


615.  Emma  Frances  Webb6  (dau.  of  Rosannah  S. 
[Thomas]  Webb,5  Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Barre,  Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1850 ;  m.  Benjamin  Nourse, 


196        THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF  HAEDWICK. 

of  Oakham,  Mass.,  May  2,  1868.     She  d.  July  27,  1874, 
in  Worcester,  Mass. 
She  left  one  child  : — 

1070.  Addie  Mabel  Nouesb,  b.  Feb.  2,  1869,  at  Oakham,  Mass. 

616.  Jonathan  Webb0  (son  of  Rosannah  S.  [Thomas] 
Webb,5  Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  June  2, 
1852,  at  New  Brain  tree,  Mass.;  m.  Ida  Frances  Hodg- 
kins,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  May  26,  1877. 

They  have  three  children  : — 

1071.  Ardie  Daniel  Webb,  b.  in  Worcester  March  8,  1878. 

1072.  George  Garfield  Webb,  b.  in  Worcester  Sept.  24,  1881. 

1073.  Charles  Edward  Webb,  b.  at  Marlboro,  N.  H.,  May  21,  1887. 

617.  George  Daland  Webb6  (son  of  Rosannah  S. 
[Thomas]  Webb,5  Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Barre,  Mass.,  April  16,  1854;  m.  Abbie  Holman 
Barnard,  of  New  York,  July  27,  1875,  at  Worcester, 
Mass.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  granite  dealers  in  New 
England ;  he  has  quarries  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
Fitzwilliam  and  Marlboro,  N.  H. ;  he  employs  from  600 
to  800  men,  and  his  pay-roll  amounts  to  $200,000  a 
year ;  he  has  erected  monuments  of  granite  in  many  of 
the  cities  of  the  United  States,  and  furnished  granite  for 
building  purposes  in  nearly  all  of  the  cities  from  Maine 
to  Texas  and  California.     Residence,  Worcester,  Mass. 

They  have  five  children,  all  born  in  Worcester : — 

1074.  Charles  Frederick  Webb,  b.  May  30,  1876. 

1075.  John  Webb,  b.  July  27,  1878. 
107G.  Juliet  Jane  Webb,  b.  Oct.  30,  1880. 
1077.  Marie  Gale  Webb,  b.  Nov.  19,  1882. 
107S.  Rossie  Maude  Webb,  b.  Sept.  27,  1884. 

618.  Anna  Estella  Webb0  (dan.  of  Rosannah  S. 
[Thomas]  Webb,5  Ardon,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  Barre,  Mass.,  July  29,  1859;  m.  Henry  Willard 
Watkins  (dentist),  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  23,  1876. 
Residence,  Worcester,  Mass. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  197 

They  have  had  three  children,  all  bom  in  Worcester  : — 

1079.  Henry  Eugene  Watkins,  b.  April  6,  1878. 

1080.  Arthur  Osgood  Watkins,  b.  June  20,  1879. 

1081.  Dora  May  Watkins,  b.  May  1,  1882;  d.  April  21,  1888. 


622.  Mary  Rebecca  Gage6  (dau.  of  Eliza  Ann 
[Thomas]  Gage,5  Alpheus,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was 
b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  April  17,  1851;  m.  Jason  T. 
Owen,  of  Orien,  Mich. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1082.  Lucien  H.  Owen. 


633.  Mary  L.  Ruggles6  (dau.  of  Daniel  Ruggles,5 
Lucinda  [Thomas]  Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  Dec.  2,  1827,  in  Carmel,  Me. ;  m.  J.  G.  Croxford 
Jan.  1,  1849. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

1083.  Cora  Estella  Croxford;   m.  James  M.  Robinson  March  1,  1870, 

and  has  issue. 

1084.  Wilbur  Preston  Croxford;  m.  Lois  Farrington  Lamb  Jan.  1,  1881, 

and  has  issue. 


619.  Henrietta  Frost6  (dau.  of  Harriet  [Hastings] 
Frost,5  Theophilus  Hastings,4  Submit  [Jordan]  Hastings,3 
Temperance  [Thomas]  Jordan,2  William1)  was  b.  Dec. 
15,  1843;  m.  Alonzo  L.  Alden  April  15,  1868.  Alonzo 
L.  Alden  is  a  descendant  of  John  Alden,  one  of  the 
"  Mayflower  "  pilgrims. 

They  had  one  child  : — 

1085.  Lilian  Maria  Alden,  b.  Nov.  6,  1870. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION* 

"One  generation  passes  away,  and  another  generation  cometh." — Eccles. 

650.  Charles  Merrick  Smith  Thomas7  (son  of  Charles 
William,6  Merrick,5  Seneca,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Oakville,  Ont.,  Can.,  Aug.  31,  1855. 
He  is  a  druggist  at  Amherstburg,  Ont.  He  m.  Margaret 
Heard,  of  Lambeth,  Ont,,  Aug.  17,  1881,  and  has  four 
children : — 

1086.  Charles  Merrick  Smith  Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1883. 

1087.  Frank  Corwin  Heard  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  7,  1884. 

1088.  Charles  William  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  14,  1887. 

1089.  Llewellyn  Murray  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  1,  1888. 


682.  Lila  Reed7  (dan.  of  Amelia  A.  [Balcom]  Reed,6 
Eliza  [Thomas]  Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3  Amos,2 
William1)  Avas  b.  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  June  31, 
1850;  m.  Chauncey  Hamilton  March  31,  1874.  Resi- 
dence, Bloomington,  Illinois. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

1090.  Ina  Estelle  Hamilton,  b.  July  7,  1878. 

1091.  Everett  R.  Hamilton,  b.  Aug.  18,  1884. 

683.  Florence  A.  Reed7  (dau.  of  Amelia  A.  [Balcom] 
Reed,6  Eliza  [Thomas]  Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4  Dr.  William,3 
Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  North  Brookfield,  Mass., 
Feb.  25,  1853;  m.  Edmund  L.  Poole  Sept.  9,  1885. 
Resides  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1092.  Lucius  Gordon  Poole,  b.  Nov.  2G,  1889. 

*  The  children  of  this  generation   constitute  the  eighth   generation  from 
William  Thomas  of  Hardwick. 
(198) 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  199 

684.  Estella  Thomas  Reed7  (dau.  of  Amelia  A. 
[Balcom]  Reed,6  Eliza  [Thomas]  Balcom,5  Sylvanus,4 
Dr.  William,3  Amos,2  William1),  b.  in  North  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  Nov.  13,  1860;  m.  Hubert  A.  Heath,  editor  of 
Kansas  Farmer,  Dec.  23,  1886.  Resides  at  Topeka, 
Kansas. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

1093.  Isabel  R.  Heath,  b.  Feb.  20,  1888. 

1094.  Louise  R.  Heath,  b.  Nov.  2,  1890. 


711.  Hattie  Emma  Thomas7  (dau.  of  Charles  M.  Tully 
Thomas,6  Chester,  M.D.,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  March  10,  1863 ;  m.  Delbert  N.  Haskel,  son  of 
Winner  and  Miranda  Haskel,  of  Winterport,  Me.,  July 
16,  1883. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1095.  Edwin  Newell  Haskel,  b.  March  16,  1884. 


713.  Clara  Louise  Richmond7  (dau.  of  Martha  A. 
[Wait]  Richmond,6  Patience  [Thomas]  Wait,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Oct.  1,  1850,  in  Green- 
field, Mass.  She  m.  T.  Henry  Morgan,  April  18,  1876, 
a  commission  merchant  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  She  d.  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  5,  1878,  having  had  one  child : — 

1096.  Harey  Richmond  Morgan,  b.  and  d.  March  31,  1878. 


717.  Annie  Stebbins  Wait7  (dau.  of  Henry  Wait,6 
Patience  [Thomas]  Wait,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1865;  m. 
Thomas  M.  Buddington,  of  Greenfield,  Jan.  20,  1886. 

They  have  one  child,  a  son  : — 

1097.  Ralph  Wells  Buddington,  b.  May  20,  1889. 


200  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

725.  Lovell  Wait  Stebbins7  (son  of  Mary  Ann 
[Wait]  Stebbins,6  Patience  [Thomas]  Wait,5  Isaac,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Mass., 
Dec.  28,  1859  ;  m.  Bertha  Elizabeth  Kehlor,  of  Kenosha, 
Wis.,  Jan.  28,  1886.  Is  of  the  firm  of  Cochran  & 
Stebbins,  provision  and  grain  brokers,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Episcopalian  and  Republican. 

They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  St.  Louis : — 

1098.  Loulie  Bichmond  Stebbins,  b.  Nov.  21,  1886. 

1099.  John  Kehlor  Stebbins,  b.  Nov.  10,  1890. 

This  is  the  youngest  descendant  of  William  of  Hardwick  of  whom  I  have 
record.  A.  e.  t. 


726.  Jessie  Viola  Baggs7  (dan.  of  Louisa  Abigail 
[Thomas]  Baggs,6  Freeman,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1858;  m. 
Henry  David  Bray  man  June  21,  1881.  He  was  b.  in 
Vermont  Nov.  30,  1853.     Residence,  Vernon,  Vt. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1100.  Guy  Edward  Brayman,  b.  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  Sept.  24,  1884. 


730.  Joseph  Henry  Wadelton7  (son  of  Mary 
[Thomas]  Wadelton,6  •Henry,5  Isaac,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Sept.  13,  1852,  in  Sterling,  Illinois  ;  m. 
Lilian  Lynch  Feb.  12,  1885. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1101.  Wadelton. 


780.  Martha  J.  Thayer7  (clau.  of  Addison  Thayer,6 
Eunice  [Thomas]  Thayer,5  Nathaniel,4  Amos,3  Amos,2 
William1)  was  b.  Oct.  23,  1873,  in  Prescott,  Mass.;  m. 
Clinton  P.  Harrington  April  15,  1885. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1102.  Robert  A.  Harkington,  b.  in  Prescott,  June  14,  1886. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  201 

795.  Elmer  C.  Thomas7  (son  of  Collins  Wheeler,6 
Alvin  H.,5  Amos,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Pike,  N.Y.,  Oct.  8,  1863  ;  m.  Addie  Skiff  Sept.  22,  1887. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1103.  Mildred  Thomas,  b.  in  Pike,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1888. 


924.  Lester  Thomas7  (son  of  Almanson  D.,6  Alpheus,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  Feb.  26,  1855, 
in  Marquette,  Wis.;  m.  Alice  Cooper  1878.  Present 
address,  Doland,  Spink  Co.,  Dakota.  Farmer  and 
Democrat. 

They  have  five  children  : — 

1104.  Lilian  May  Thomas,  b.  April  13,  1879. 

1105.  Vernon  Clyde  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  29,  1883. 

1106.  Leon  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  3,  1887. 

1107.  Guy  Thomas,  b.  May,  1888. 

1108.  A  son,  b.  Oct.  21,  1890. 

926.  Estelle  Thomas7  (dau.  of  Almanson  D.,6  Alphens,5 
David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b!  March  6,  1862, 
in  Marquette,  Wis.;  m.  Feb.  27,  1881,  to  Ole  J.  Larson, 
a  Norwegian  by  descent.  He  was  b.  Oct.  13,  1857. 
Farmer  and  Republican.  Both  Methodists.  Residence, 
Brookings,  Dakota. 

They  have  four  children : — 

1109.  Lloyd  Shirley  Larson,  b.  Oct.  14,  1885. 

1110.  Maude  Mabel  Larson,  b.  March  8,  1887. 

1111.  Lynne  Cecil  Larson,  b.  Dec.  2,  1888. 

1112.  Vinton  Larson,  b.  Oct.  14,  1890. 


929.  Helen  Marion  Maltby7  (dau.  of  Beals  Maltby,6 
Maria  [Thomas]  Maltby,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  Wil- 
liam1) was  b.  in  Denmark,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  8,  1858;  she  m. 
John  F.  Tate  Dec.  1,  1881.  He  was  b.  Oct.  11,  1849. 
He  is  a  hardware  merchant,  and  resides  in  WTinterset, 
Iowa.     Both  members  of  Baptist  Church. 


202  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

They  have  four  children  : — 

1113.  Glenn  Beals  Tate,  b.  Oct.  29,  1882. 

1114.  Laura  Elizabeth  Tate,  b.  Aug.  28,  1884. 

1115.  Dean  Clark  Tate,  b.  June  30,  1886. 

1116.  John  Mortimer  Tate,  b.  Jan.  6, 1889. 


936.  Fred.  Ward  Clements7  (son  of  Marinda  W. 
[Bosworth]    Clements,6   Marietta    [Thomas]    Bosworth,5 

David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in ,  N.  Y., 

Aug.  24,  1859 ;  he  m.  Mary  Jacobs,  of  Watertown, 
N.Y.,  Dec.  17,  1882.  She  was  b.  Oct.  6,  1860.  Farmer. 
Residence,  East  Rodman,  N.  Y. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

1117.  Mabel  Clements,  b.  March  9,  1883:  d.  July  22,  1887. 

1118.  Guy  Clements,  b.  March  23,  1888. 

937.  Nettie  M.  Clements7  (dau.  of  Marinda  W.  [Bos- 
worth] Clements,6  Marietta  [Thomas]  Bosworth,5  David,4 
Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Pinckney,  Lewis  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  4,  1866  ;  m.  Otis  Waldo,  of  Champion,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  22,  1886.     He  was  b.  Aug.  1,  1863. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1119.  Ethel  Waldo,  b.  in  Copenhagen,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  19,  1887. 


963.  Frank  A.  Parsons7  (son  of  Mary  E.  [Thomas] 
Parsons,6  Almeron,5  David,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1) 
was  b.  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  .26,  1870;  m.  Carrie  M. 
Holden  July  25,  1886.     She  was  b.  Dec.  1,  1868. 

They  have  two  children  : — 

1120.  Ella  M.  Parsons,  b.  Nov.  24,  1887. 

1121.  Lulu  M.  Parsons,  b.  Oct.  22,  1888. 


1024.  Ida  M.  Buell7  (dau.  of  Rhoba  E.  [Curtis] 
Buell,6  Mary  Ann  [Ludden]  Curtis,5  Mary  [Thomas] 
Ludden,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  New  York 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  203 

State,  Feb.   7,   1864;    m.   William  H.   Goodwin   Hill 
Jan.  18,  1888. 

They  have  one  child: — 

1122.  Harrison  Albert  Hill,  b.  March  17,  1889. 


1038.  Irving  Ellsworth  Matthews7  (son  of  Ellen  M. 
[Brown]  Matthews,6  Rhoba  [Phillips]  Brown,5  Rhoda 
[Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Pittsford,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3,  1865;  m.  Harriet  Hodges 
Dec.  28,  1887.  She  was  b.  in  Raisin,  Mich.,  Nov.  14, 
1865.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Troy  Polytechnic  College, 
and  resides  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

They  have  one  child  : — 

1123.  Stanley  Wirt  Matthews,  b.  Oct.  2,  1888. 


1056.  Myra  F.  Hawkins7  (dau.  of  Josephine  A. 
[Stone]  Hawkins,6  Lura  E.  [Phillips]  Stone,5  Rhoda 
[Thomas]  Phillips,4  Amos,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1866 ;  m.  Wygand  Gorman 
in  November,  1885. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1124.  Grace  Gorman,  b.  Sept.  13,  1887. 


1083.  Cora  Estella  Croxford7  (dan.  of  Mary  L. 
[Ruggles]  Croxford,6  Daniel  Ruggles,5  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Carmel, 
Maine;  m.  James  M.  Robinson  March  1,  1870.  Resi- 
dence, Carmel,  Maine. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1125.  Everette  Franklin  Robinson,  b.  June  4,  1874. 


204 


THE  THOMAS  FAMILY  OF   HAEDWICK. 


1084.  Wilbur  Preston  Croxford7  (son  of  Mary  L. 
[Ruggles]  Croxford,6  Daniel  Ruggles,5  Lucinda  [Thomas] 
Ruggles,4  Daniel,3  Amos,2  William1)  was  b.  in  Carmel, 
Maine;  he  m.  Lois  Farrington  Lamb  Jan.  1,  1881. 

They  have  one  child : — 

1126.  Wilbur  L.  Croxford,  b.  in  Carmel,  Maine,  Jan.  17,  1884. 


Summary  of  Generations. 


The  number  of  individuals  in  the  several  generations 
as  recorded  in  this  volume  are  as  follow : — 


First  Generation, 

1 

Second  Generation, 

10 

Third  Generation, 

45 

Fourth  Generation, 

52 

Fifth  Generation, 

202 

Sixth  Generation, 

340 

Seventh  Generation, 

436 

Eighth  Generation, 

Total 

40 
1126 

APPENDIX  A. 


Roll  of  Honor. 

The  following  list  contains  the  names  of  those  descend- 
ants of  William  Thomas  of  Hardwick — with  their  num- 
ber in  this  volume — who  have  served  their  country  in 
the  several  wars  : — 

War  of  the  Revolution. 
16.  Dr.  William  Thomas.3 

18.  Joseph  Thomas.3 

19.  Daniel  Thomas.3 

War  of  1812-14. 
61.  Seneca  Thomas.4 
73.  Col.  Azariah  Thomas.4 

War  of  the  Rebellion. 

134.  Louis  Avery  Thomas.5 

154.  William  R.  Thomas.5 

214.  Dr.  A.  R.  Thomas.5 

227.  Harvey  T.  Phillips.5 

239.  Rev.  Chauncey  Boardman  Thomas.5 

360.  Charles  Warren  Thomas.'; 

379.  William  Thomas  Cutter." 

380.  Charles  Edwin  Cutter.11 

391.  Orville  Balcom.(! 

(205) 


206  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF    HARDWICK. 

393.  Bayles  G.  Balcom.6 

415.  Norman  Thomas.0 

451.  Cooley  Hudson  Thomas.'1 

453.  Corbin  James  Thomas.0 

455.  Hudson  Thomas.6 

456.  Huron  Lewis  Thomas.0 
471.  Lewis  W.  Looms.6 
474.  Isaac  N.  Loomis.0 
491.  Chester  H.  Bangs.0 
503.  Orren  E.  Thomas.6 

509.  Geo.  Geary  Thomas.6 

510.  Denning  Thomas.6 
516.  Horatio  S.  Maltby.6 
531.  James  Brown  Thomas.0 
555.  Isaac  Bacon  Thomas.6 


notes. 

On  page  33,  fifth  line  from  the  bottom  of  the  page,  between  "  17715"  and 
"  on,"  insert:  a  hospital  was  opened  in  West  Brookfield,  and, 

As  this  page  is  about  to  go  to  press,  we  learn  that  Ardor  Harrison 
Tuomas5  (171)  d.  of  pneumonia  at  Hadley,  Mass.,  March  18, 1891,  and  that  his 
wife  d.  the  week  before;  also,  that  Henry  Wait  (107)  of  Greenfield,  Mass., 
was  struck  by  a  train  on  the  Fitchburg  Road,  on  Thursday,  the  19th,  and 
probably  fatally  injured. 


APPENDIX  B. 


List  of  members  of  the  Thomas  family  who  came  to  or 
were  born  in  New  England  previous  to  the  year  1699, 
arranged  alphabetically.  The  dates  following  many  of 
the  names  indicate  the  year  of  their  arrival  or  of  which 
first  information  is  had,  and  not  date  of  birth.  Mainly 
from  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England. 

Benjamin  Thomas,  of  Springfield,  son  of  Rowland,  b. 
May  23,  1653;  m.  Ann  Belding,  of  Hartford,  1688. 
Had  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  2,  1690;  Mary,  Dec.  26,  1692; 
a  son,  Dec.  20,  1694;  Ann,  Nov.  2,  1696;  Samuel,.  Jan. 
7,  1699.  Removed  soon  afterward  and  the  name 
became  extinct  at  Springfield. 

Daniel  Thomas,  of  New  Haven,  eldest  son  of  John,  of 
the  same  place,  was  propounded  for  freeman  1670;  m. 
Rebecca  Thompson  Feb.  3,  1670.  Had  Dorothy,  b. 
1672(]);  Jol™>  !674;  Daniel,  Feb.  14,  1677;  Dinah, 
Dec.  26,  1678;  Samuel  B.,  Jan.,  1681  (died  young); 
Recompense,  March  27,  1683;  Israel,  1689.  He  d. 
Feb.,  1694,  and  his  widow  married  a  Perkins. 

David  Thomas,  of  Marblehead,  1648  to  '68. 

Edward  Thomas,  Boston,  1685,  agent  of  Joseph 
Thompson,  of  London,  merchant. 

Evan  Thomas,  Boston,  1640,  came  from  Wales, 
bringing  his  wife,  Jane,  and  four  children,  among  whom 

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208  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HAEDWICK. 

was  believed  to  have  been  George,  b.  about  1640. 
Admitted  to  the  church  April  4,  1641,  and  freeman 
June  2d  following.  Had  dau.,  Jane,  baptized  May 
16,  1641;  Dorcas,  baptized  Feb.  5,  1643  (d.  28th  of 
same  month) ;  and  probably  William  (William  of  New- 
ton), b.  in  1656.  The  wife  joined  the  church  March  7, 
1646,  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1659.  Had  another  wife,  Alice, 
widow  of  Philip  Kirkland  or  Catlin,  of  Lynn,  whom  he 
married  1659  or  '60.  Joined  artillery  company,  1653. 
He  was  a  wine  dealer  and  left  a  good  estate  ;  d.  Aug.  25, 
1661.  His  dau.  Jane  m.  John  Jackson  Nov.  14,  1657. 
The  widow  seems  to  have  been  less  acceptable  in  her  con- 
trol at  the  Kings  Arms,  public  hotel,  for  she  was  warned 
to  leave  town  as  late  as  1672,  and  was  not  restored 
before  1676.  But  she  had  a  stout  heart;  relieved  the 
tavern  in  May,  1680,  from  mortgage  of  £300,  and  lived 
on  till  1697 ;  her  will  of  June  26th,  proved  Oct.  21st 
of  that  year,  names  plenty  of  children  and  grandchildren  ; 
of  the  latter  class  one,  Abigail,  was  then  wife  of  Rev. 
Joseph  Belcher. 

Francis  Thomas,  of  Boston  ;  m.  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Mat- 
thew Lyons.  Had  John,  b.  1665.  Was  living,  with 
wife,  in  1674. 

George  Thomas,  of  Salem,  1668. 

George  Thomas,  of  Boston,  supposed  to  have  been  son 
of  Evan.  By  wife,  Rebecca,  had  Peter,  b.  Feb.  5,  1683 
(grandfather  of  Isaiah,  LL.D.) ;  George,  March  16, 1685 ; 
Mavarick,  March  19,  1694. 

Hugh  Thomas,  of  Roxbury,  of  whom  I  can  find  no 
more  than  that  he  was  admitted  freeman  1651  ;  probably 
had  no  children,  as  he  gave  his  estate  to  strangers  in 


APPENDIX.  209 

blood,  for  the  good  of  Roxbury  schools.     He  d.  May  6, 
1683,  aged  76  years. 

James  Thomas,  of  Salem,  1646-49. 

Jeremiah  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  son  of  the  first 
Nathaniel.  Had  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  2,  1686 ;  Sarah, 
Dec.  25,  1687 ;  Jeremiah,  Feb.  14,  1689  ;  Eliza,  Nov. 
19,  1690;  Mary,  June  5,  1692;  Lydia,  March  26, 
1694;  Thankful,  June  30,  1695;  Jedediah,  Aug.  19, 
1698;  Bethiah,  March  27,  1701;  Ebenezer,  Nov.  1, 
1703;  Priscilla,  Oct.  13,  1705;  Sophia,  1707. 

John  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  came  in  the  ship  "  Hope- 
well," September,  1635.  He  was  then  only  14  years  old. 
He  was  reared  in  the  family  of  Gov.  Edward  Winslow. 
He  m.  Sarah  Pitney  Dec.  21,  1648.  He  had  John,  b. 
1648;  Elizabeth,  Sept.  12,  1652;  Samuel,  Nov.  6,  1655; 
Daniel,  Nov.  20,  1659;  Sarah,  Sept.  20,  1661;  James, 
Nov.  30,  1663;  Ephraim,  Oct.,  1667;  Israel,  in  1670. 

John  Thomas,  of  New  Haven.  By  wife,  Tabitha,  had 
Elizabeth,  b.  March  15,  1649  ;  Samuel,  Sept.  5,  1651 ; 
Tabitha,  Dec.  18,  1653;  Joseph,  Nov.  10,  1661.  He 
was  freeman,  1669;  a  proprietor,  1685;  and  father  also 
of  Daniel,  John,  and  Sarah,  all  named  with  the  other 
four  children  in  his  will  of  1670.  He  d.  Dec.  15,  1671. 
Sarah  m.  William  Wilmot  Oct.  14,  1658,  and  Elizabeth 
m.  John  Holt  Jan.,  1674. 

John  Thomas,  New  Haven,  son  of  the  preceding ;  m. 
Lydia,  dau.  of  Edward  Parker,  of  the  same  place,  1671. 
Had  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1672;  Abigail,  Nov.  21,  1674; 
John,  March  4,  1676  ;  Hannah,  April  26,  1678  ;  Isaiah, 
Jan.  15,  1680;  Rebecca,  Sept.  20,  1681  or '82;  Jere- 
miah, Feb.  16,  1685;  and  perhaps  others. 


210  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARD  WICK. 

John  Thomas,  Stratford,  1665. 

John  Thomas,  Woodbury,  1690 ;  possibly,  but  not 
probably,  son  of  the  preceding.  Had  John,  baptized 
Aug.  30,  1695;  Samuel,  Sept.  10,  1699;  Thomas, 
March  5,  1701. 

John  Thomas,  from  Wales,  settled  in  Boston,  where 

he  m.   Elizabeth  ,   March   30,   1667.     Had,  with 

perhaps  others,  John,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Viall,  of  Provi- 
dence, 1695.  John  Thomas,  grandson  of  the  latter, 
moved  to  Eden,  Maine,  about  1750;  from  him  has 
descended  a  very  large  family,  now  scattered  through  the 
State  of  Maine. 

Joseph  Thomas,  of  Springfield,  son  of  Rowland.  By 
wife,  Mary,  had  Mary,  b.  1674;  a  child,  1675;  another, 
1676  (who  all  died  young);  Samuel,  1677.  The  pre- 
ceding were  &11  born  at  Hatfield,  whence  he  removed 
probably  to  Springfield,  and  lastly  to  Lebanon,  but  at 
Springfield  may  have  been  born  most  of  the  other  chil- 
dren:  Mary,  Dec.  29,  1679;  Joseph,  June  14,  1682; 
Rowland,  March  29,  1685;  Sarah,  Feb.  5,  1687;  Eben- 
ezer,  Nov.  24,  1688;  Josiah,  Oct.  7,  1690;  Mercy,  Dec. 
12,  1692.  Swore  allegiance  Feb.  8,  1679,  and  was 
admitted  freeman  1690. 

*> 
Nathaniel  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  1643,  son  of  Wil- 
liam, b.  in  England,  1606;  probably  came  with  his 
father.  1640  ;  may  have  brought  wife  and  child,  William, 
b.  1638,  d.  num.;  Nathaniel,  b.  1643;  and  daughters, 
certainly  Mary,  Elizabeth  (b.  1646),  and  Dorothy;  also 
Jeremiah.     He  d.  Feb.  13,  1675. 

Nathaniel  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  son  of  the  preced- 
ing; m.  Deborah,  youngest  dau.  of  Nicholas  Jacobs,  of 


APPENDIX.  211 

Hingham,  Jan.  19,  1664.  Had  Nathaniel,  Joseph,  Debo- 
rah, Dorothy  (b.  Nov.  6,  1670),  William  (b.  1672'?), 
Elisha,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Isaac,  Mary;  of  whom  Dorothy, 
b.  Nov.  6,  1670,  m.  Joseph  Otis  Nov.  20,  1688.  His 
wife  d.  June  17,  1696,  and  he  took,  Nov.  3d  following, 
second  wife,  at  Boston,  Eliza,  widow  of  Capt.  William 
Condy  (married  by  Cotton  Mather).  She  d.  Oct.  11, 
1713.  Served  in  King  Philip's  War  as  a  captain,  on  the 
first  outbreak,  and  was  of  the  Massachusetts  Council ;  d. 
Oct.  22,  1718,  in  his  seventy-sixth  year,  by  the  grave- 
stone.    His  dau.  Deborah  m.  John  Croad  Dec.  1,  1692. 

Peter  Thomas,  of  Boston,  son  of  George ;  m.  Eliza- 
beth, dau.  of  Rev.  George  Burroughs  (who  had  on  Aug. 
19,  1692,  suffered  by  judicial  murder  under  Stoughton, 
at  which  Cotton  Mather  assisted).  Had  George,  Elias, 
Peter,  William,  Moses.  This  last  was  father  of  Isaiah, 
LL.D.,  and  head  of  a  numerous  and  distinguished 
progeny. 

Rice  or  Pise  Thomas,  of  Kittery,  Me.,  1647;  was  c< 
Boston,  1654;  then  38  years  old. 

Rowland  Thomas,  of  Springfield,  1646 ;  m.  Sarah,  da 
of  Samuel  Chapin,  April  14,  1647.  Had  Joseph,  b.  Jan 
6,  1648,  d.  next  year ;  Samuel,  March  2,  1649,  d.  in  few 
days;  Mary,  March  25,  1650,  d.  in  few  days;  Joseph 
again,  March  25, 1651 ;  Benjamin,  May  23, 1653  ;  Josiah, 
April  4,  1655,  d.  soon;  Josiah  again,  Oct.  28,  1657,  d. 
in  few  days ;  Samuel  again,  May  6,  1662,  d.  at  39  years, 
unmarried;  another  daughter,  Sept.  14,  1666,  who  m. 
James  Warriner  1692;  the  second  Mary,  Jan.  9,  1669, 
d.  next  year;  and  Mercy,  May  15,  1671,  who  m.  John 
Bagg,  March  30,  1689 ;  besides  two  others,  of  whom 
neither  lived  long  enough  to  find  a  name ;  so  that  of 
thirteen,  only  five  children  lived  to  adult  age.     He  took 


212  THE   THOMAS   FAMILY   OF   HARDWICK. 

oath  of  allegiance  Dec.  31,  1678;  had  been  at  Hadley 
1669  and  at  Westfield  1670.  His  wife  d.  Aug.  5, 
1684,  and  he  d.  at  Springfield  Feb.  21,  1698. 

Samuel  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  son  of  John,  b.  Nov.  6, 
1655  ;  m.  Mercy,  dau.  of  Deacon  William  Ford,  May  27,* 
1680.  They  had  Bethiah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1681  ;  John, 
Nov.  8,  1683;  Samuel,  Dec.  7,  1685;  Nathan,  Nov.  21, 
1688;  Joseph,  in  1690;  Gideon,  1692;  and  Josiah, 
1694(1). 

William  Thomas,  of  Newbury,  came  in  the  "  Mary 
Ann,"  of  Yarmouth,  1637  ;  embarked  in  May,  aged  26  ; 
unmarried  ;  husbandman  of  Great  Comberton,  in  County 
Worcester;  m.  March  8,  1666,  Susanna,  widow  of 
Robert  Rogers,  who  by  this  marriage  had  no  children 
and  d.  March  29,  1677.     He  d.  Sept.  30,  1690. 

William  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  about  1610;  made 
freeman  of  the  colonies  March  17,  1642.  He  was  chosen 
assistant  to  Gov.  Bradford  in  1642,  and  so  continued  to 
his  death;  d.  Aug.,  1651,  aged  78,  nearly. 

William  Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  son  of  the  first 
Nathaniel,  b.  in  England  in  1638,  of  whom  we  know 
only  that  he  d.  unmarried  March  30,  1718,  aged  80 
years. 

William  Thomas,  of  Newton,  probably  son  of  Evan, 
of  Boston,  by  wife,  Elizabeth,  had  William,  b.  Aug.  31, 
1687  (William  of  Hardwick);  and  by  second  wife,  Ann, 
widow  of  Thomas  Lovering,  of  Watertown  (m.  Aug.  29, 
1695),  had  Joanna,  b.  Oct.  28th  following  (d.  young).  He 
d.  Dec.  24,  1697. 

Seventeen  of  this  name  at  Harvard,  three  at  Yale,  and 
seventeen  at  other  New  England  colleges,  are  found  by 
Farmer  as  graduates,  in  1834. 


INDEX* 


PAGE 

Alden,  Alonzo  L., 197 

Lilian  M., <  .  197 

Allen,  Sally, 49 

Allerton,  Abbie  Beals  (Caton),  .  88 
Elizabeth  S.(Wonson),  88 
Helen  (Hopkins),  .  .  88 
Mary  0.  (Allen),  . 
Orsamus  Thomas 
Ruth  (Don 
William,   . 


88 


Badger,  Caroline  E.  (Parkhurst) 
Baggs.  Jesse  V.  (Brayman),     . 


Bailey, 


Balcom, 


Ebor  O'Shea, 

Henry  Willard 

Harriette  E.(Knowlton), 

Agnes  Leonard,  .  .  .  . 
"  Amelia  Ann  (Reed),  .  . 
"         Baylis  Greenwood,      .    . 

Charlotte  J.  (Holman),  . 

Chester  Thomas,  .  .  .  . 
"         Edward  Emorv,  .    .    .    . 

Fred.  Orville," 

"         Grace  Ethel, 

"  Irene  Elizabeth,  .  .  .  . 
"  Maria  E.  (Sheldon),  .  . 
"         Maria  Estelle, 

Orville 

"         William, 

Bangs,  Bertha,    . 

"      Albert  M., 

"      Chester  H. 

"      Emily, 

"      Electa, 

"      Flora, 

"      Louisa  (Slack) 

"      Levant, 

"      Nathan, 

"      Nathan  W 

"      Nellie 

OraB 

Sophronia  W., 

Charles 

George, 

Sarah  (Hibbard),    .    .    . 

William  H.,  M.D.,  .    .    . 

William, 


,178 
,  200 
.  124 
.  124 
178 
157 
157 
157 
155 
157 
158 
157 
157 
158 
112 
158 
157 
111 
176 
123 
176 
72 
82 
176 
123 
123 
71 
123 
176 
123 
72 
134 
134 
186 
134 
134 


PAGE 

Bartlett,  Mercy, 47 

Barton,  Archer  Earle 172 

Amy  Dell 172 

Frank, 172 

Guy 172 

Mina  L 172 

Mary  Belle, 172 

Bates,  Darwin  H. 129 

Julia, 130 

Beals,  Samuel  Major, 30 

Bigelow,  Artemus, 72 

Asa, 72 

Caroline  (Badger),    .    .  124 

Electa  R.  (Sykes),    .    .  125 

Mary  (Bailey),  ....  124 

"         Nancy  (Kenney),     .    .    75 

Billings,  Elisha 45 

Blackmer,  David, 47 

Bosworth,  George  D., 182 

J.  Harvey 127 

Harvey, 182 

Mary  B.  (Van  Dusen),  182 
Mattie  (North),  ...  182 
MarindaW.(Clements)  181 

Brayman,  Henry  D., 200 

Guy  Edward,   ....  200 

Brown,  Alice  Sophia, 109 

Edgar  M 108 

Ellen  M.  (Matthews),  .    .  192 

Frank  Alfred, 193 

Frederick  Edgar,  ....  109 
Frances  A.  (Pendleton),  .  193 

George  Henry, 139 

George  W 139 

"       George  William,   ....  193 

Harriet 193 

Helen  Grace, 109 

"       Katherine  Louisa,    .    .    .  109 

Mary  Frances 109 

Miner 80 

William  J., 192 

Bryer,  Thomas, 114 

Buddington,  Thomas  M 199 

Ralph  Wells,    ...  199 

Buell,  Wallace 191 

"       Carrie  Daisy  (Stone),    .    .  191 
"       Ida  M.  (Hill) 202 


The  names  of  children  who  died  in  infancy  or  early  youth  do  not  appear  in  this 


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214 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Calhoun,  Andrew  Homer,    .    .    .  1S5 
"         Bessie  Jane,   .    .        .    .  185 

Henry, 185 

"         Laura  E. 185 

Nettie  Estella,    ....  185 

Cabrington,  Fayette  J.,    .    .    .    .191 

Mary  Francise,    .    .191 

Case,  Dell,  178 

Frank  Dwight ;  178 

Louie, 178 

Maude  E, 192 

Preston  Manning,     ....  178 

Seth, 124 

Sylvester, 192 

Chamberlain,  Ebenezer,  .    .    .    .118 

Cheeseman,  John  R.,  M.D.,  .    .    .  177 

Minnie  May,     .    .    .177 

Clements,  Ann  S.  (Cornwell),     .  186 

Frank  J. 182 

Fred.  Ward,     ...      202 

Guy,  202 

"  Harriet  (Oatman),  .    .  185 

Henry  F. 181 

Isaac,    .......  129 

Jarish  Thomas,    .    .    .  172 
"  Lucien  Gridley,  .    .    .171 

Minnie  Elizabeth,  .  .  172 
Nellie  L.  (Day),  ...  182 
Nettie  M.  (Waldo),     .  202 

Cobb,  Gersham, 47 

"      Gracia, 48 

Colby,  John, 50 

Cole,  James  Monroe 108 

Collins,  John  Eldridge,    ....    90 
Minnie  Thomas,  ....    90 

Reuben 90 

Richard  Freeman,  ...     90 

Corman,  Grace, 203 

Wygand, 203 

Cornwell,  Alma  H., 186 

Demestis  L. 186 

Fay  D.,    ......    .  186 

Crane,  Anna  Lois 174 

"       Bertha  E. 174 

"       George  H., 174 

"       Hannah  A 184 

"       Raymond  G., 174 

Crowell,  Erastus, 85 

Joseph, 85 

Pauline  (Shaw),    ...    85 
Croxford,  Cora  E.  (Robinson),    .  203 

J.  G  ,         197 

Wilbur  L 204 

Wilbur  Preston,  ...  204 

Curtis,  Amelia  Jane 138 

Bertie  P., 191 

Dollie  Elizabeth,  ....  138 

Ellen  K.  (Carrington),     .191 

"       Ella  Louisa 192 


PAGE 

Curtis,  Frank  A 173 

"       Fred.  M 191 

"       George  Harvey,     ....  138 

"       George  Henry 192 

"       Grace  B. 191 

James  A., 191 

"       James  Henry, 190 

James  M., 138 

"       Jessie  Nora  (Case),   .    .    .  192 

Mary  A.  (Spencer),  .    .    .191 

"       Rhoba  Emeline  (Buell),  .191 

"       Walter  Earl 192 

William  Andrew,  ....  191 

Cushman,  Carlton, Ill 

Mary  F.  (Cooper),    .    .  Ill 
Osmond  Tiffany,    .    .    .111 

Oscar  R.  R. Ill 

Cutler,  Abbie  E.  (Tyler),    .    .    .  154 

"        Archie  Bryce, 154 

"        Charles,  63 

Charles  Edwin 110 

"        George, 110 

Henry  Milton. 154 

"         Lucy,     .    . 63 

"         Martha  Collins,    ....     63 

Nettie  S Ill 

Orsamus, Ill 

Phebe, 63 

Thomas  Brown,   ....    63 
William  Thomas,     .    .    .110 

Dobson,  Florence  L., 184 

Herbert  H, 184 

Ford,  Amos  Jefferson, 175 

Garfield, 1 75 

Lucius,       175 

Lyman  H., 175 

Maria  Lucinda 175 

Sarah  Arvilla,      175 

Frost,  Henrietta  (Alden),     .    .    .  197 

Fuller,  Charles  Isaac, 160 

"         Charles  Isaac,  Jr.,  .    .    .  160 

Gage,  Rev.  Rodney, 143 

Channing  Thomas,  ....  144 

"      Mary  B.  (Owen) 197 

Lilian  Eliza 144 

Gale,  Emma  Josephine  T.,   .    .    .    90 

George, 89 

Glazier,  Benjamin, 32 

David,      48 

Ezekiel, 48 

Hannah,      48 

Isaiah, 32 

"         Jonathan, 32 

Submit 32 

William 32 

Goodrich,  Cordelia  E. 84 


INDEX. 


215 


PAGE 

Goodrich,  Harriet  L., 84 

IraT 84 

"         Juvenus  J., 84 

"  Jesse 84 

Levi  R 84 

Mary  B, 84 

Noah  L., 84 

"  Susan  A., 84 

Gordon,  Frank  Walter 178 

Robert  Hilton,     .    .    .    .178 
William  John,     .    .    .    .178 

Graves,  Elizabeth  F., 107 

Nettie  C. 107 

Timothy 106 

"         Warren  Henry,    ....  107 

Hamilton,  Chauncey, 198 

Everett  R.,     ....  198 
Ina  Estelle,    ....  198 

Harmon,  Alice  C, 181 

Chas.  V 181 

Erwin  C. 181 

Rolla  C, 181 

Harrington,  Clinton  P. 200 

Robt.  A. 200 

Haskel,  Delbert  N., 199 

Edwin  Newell,   ....  199 

Hastings,  Annie  (Marsh),    ...    87 

Betsy  (Anderson),   .    .  148 

Daniel, 48 

Harriet  (Frost),    .    .    .  148 

"  Jacob, 48 

"  Lucinda, 48 

"  Stephen 48 

Theophilus, 86 

Walter 87 

Hawkins,  Chas.  S. 194 

EvaL 194 

Mira  F.  (Corman),  .    .  203 

Willard  H., 194 

William  H. 194 

Hayes,  Edward 170 

Emma  (Guthrie),  .    .    .    .170 

"       Frank,    170 

Gretta  (Withers),      .    .    .170 

Ida 170 

Irene  (North way),    .    .    .170 

Kate 170 

Lee 170 

Scott, 170 

Titus,      170 

Heath,  Hubert  A., 199 

Isadel  R., 199 

Louisa  R 199 

Hibbard,  Daisv  May, 187 

Flora  Belle 187 

Gertrude  F. 187 

Henry,        186 

"         Mary  Louisa,     .    .    .    .187 


PAGE 

Hill,  Harrison  Albert,     ....  203 
"       Wm.  H.  Goodwin,  ....  203 

Hills,  Jas.  Edwin, 159 

Jas.  Mandly, 159 

Hinckley,  Fred.  Sanford,     ...  192 

"  Gertrude  Lydia,      .    .  192 

Maude  Ella,    ....  192 

Sanford  R.,  .....  ...  192 

Holman,  David  E., 155 

David  Emory,  M.D.,     .  156 
"         Samuel  Francis,     .    .    .  156 

Hunt,  Addison  A., 131 

Anna  Jane  (Knapp),  .    .    .131 

"       Carrie  W., 131 

"       Frank  Thomas, 131 

"       Wm.  Addison, 132 

Hurxthal,  Arline  Marguerite,  .  195 
Alpheus  Orlando,  .  195 
Ferdinand  Thomas,  .  195 
Frederick  K,     .    .    .  195 

John  Finley 195 

Natalie  Mary,    .    .    .  195 

Jordan,  Edmund, 31 

Elizabeth 31 

"         Eleazar 31 

Mary 31 

Submit, 48 

William 31 

Josselyn,  Joseph  H.,  Jr.,      .    .    .  166 
Walter  Thomas,    ...  166 

Kendall,  Edward, 71 

Knowlton,  Mary  B., 178 

Nathan  M.,     .    .    .    .178 
"  Stephen  Bailey,      .    .  178 

Larson,  Loyd  S., 201 

Lynne  C. 201 

Maude  M., 201 

Ole  J., 201 

"         Vinton, 201 

Linden,  Eleanor  Elizabeth,  .  .  .  186 
Frank  Wm 186 

"        James, 186 

"        Thos.  Bacon, 186 

Loomis,  Ansell  F., 122 

B.  Frank, 122 

Byron  H 173 

Drucilla  A.  (Whiting),   .  174 

Flora  A., 122 

Florence  Louisa,      .    .    .174 

"        Grace  Isoline, 174 

Hattie  E. 174 

Horace  E. 173 

Irving  L., 173 

"        Isaac  Newton,      ....  174 

Julius 173 

■     "        Lewis  W., 173 


216 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Loomis,  Lilian  M.,      173 

Lovica  E.  (Crane),  .    .    .174 

Mary  E.,  . 122 

Sarah  A.  (Parks),    .    .    .  173 

William 122 

Lovering,  Joseph  T., 114 

Luddon,  Amos ,     79 

"         Eunice, 79 

"         James, 79 

Mary  Ann  (Curtis),   .    .  138 
"         Rhoda  Sarepta  (Stone),   138 

Maltby,  Albert  F. 181 

Beals, 180 

Rev.  Clark  0.,    .    .    .    .  126 
Helen  N.  (Tate),   ...  201 

Horatio  S., 127 

Maryette  (Harmon),     .  181 

Rev.  Sherman 126 

Mann,  Hobart  D. 115 

Manwaren,  Dr.  E.  M.,     ....  184 

Lois  Hattie 184 

Ralph  Jas.,    ....  184 

Marsh,  Amos 47 

Eunice,      31 

Mary, 31 

Mary, 48 

Miriam, 31 

Patience 31 

Samuel,      31 

Samuel,  ....     48 

Matthews,  Irving  E .  203 

Stanley  Wirt,     ...  203 

Wirt,        192 

Metcalp,  Claude  Theodore,      .    .175 

Darwin, 176 

Delett  (Ford),  ....  175 

Ella  (Sharp.) 175 

Jefferson,   ....  120,  123 

Lilian  B 175 

"         Leland  M., 175 

"         Lula,       175 

Mabel  Estelle,  .    .    .    .175 

Millard  Fillmore,  .    .    .175 

Milton  F.,  ....  123 

Theodore  F.,      ...       175 

Mitchell,  Chas.  Thomas,     .    .    .  190 

J.  Nicholas,  M.D.,  .    .  189 

Morgan,  Harry  Richmond,  .    .    .  199 

T.  Henry, 199 

Nourse,  Addie  Mabel 196 

Benj. 195 

Oatman,  Hiram  C,    ......  185 

Fred.  Fowler 185 

Ottoway,  Albert  Horace,  .  .  .  187 
Alfred  Albert,  ....  187 
Chas.  Thomas,  ....  187 


PAGE 

Ottoway,  Clara  Lydia 187 

Edgar  Russell,  ....  135 

Edna  M., 188 

Herbert  James,     .    .    .187 

Horace, 135 

Ida  Jane  (Snow),     .    .  188 

Ida  Melinda 187 

Lester  A. 187 

Owen,  Jason  T 197 

Lucien  H., 197 

Packard,  Mary  J., 137 

Sophia  B., 137 

Winslow, 137 

Parkhurst,  Caroline  Ella,   .    .    .179 
Chas.  Henry,     .    .    .179 

Jas.  H. 178 

Parks,  George 173 

Laura  Louisa 173 

Parsons,  Clark  T., .184 

Ella  M 202 

Frank  A., 184 

Frank  A, 202 

John  N., 184 

Lulu  M. 202 

Mattie  L 184 

Wm.  T 184 

Pearsons,  Henry, 182 

Ward, 182 

Pendleton,  Arthur  G 193 

Guerdon  E 193 

Howard  M. 193 

Nellie  May 193 

Phillips,  Benjamin,  ......    80 

Harvey  Thomas,  .    .    .  140 

"  Harvey  Hudnut,  .    .    .  141 

Helen  Elizabeth,      .    .  195 

"  Laura  Emily  (Stone),  .  139 

"  Jas.  Bruckner,  .    .    .    .194 

Nellie  Wharton,    .    .    .141 
Rhoda  (Brown),  ...  139 

Phipps,  John 49 

Rachel, 50 

Ruth, 50 

"        Samuel, 50 

Solon 50 

Thomas 50 

Pierce,  Ella  Velona 113 

Emma  Frances  (Rice),  .  158 
Leutheria  R.  (Hills),  .  .  159 
Louisa  T.  (Wetherill),    .  159 

Mandly 112 

Rachel  Jane  (Sturdy),     .158 

Piatt,  Albert  H 107 

Charles  M 107 

"       Eleanor, 107 

Julia, 107 

Timothy  Graves 107 

William  Thomas 107 


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PAGE 

Poole,  Edmund  L., 198 

Lucius  Gordon, 198 

Pratt,  Bathsheba 31 

Isaiah, 31 

Temperance, 31 

Rand,  Carrie  Louisa, 177 

"      Chas.  Dwight 177 

"      Ellen  Sophia 177 

Isaac  Thomas,  M.D.,      .    .  164 
"      Isaac  Thomas,  Jr.,  M.D.,    .  164 

"      John  Stillman, 117 

Kate  Lydia, 117 

'■      Mary  Thomas, 117 

Martha  Salome  (Stevens),    165 

"      Robert  Henry, 164 

':      Rev.  Thomas,       116 

Ransom,  Rev.  George 177 

Herrick  Johnson,    .    .    .177 

Record,  Andrew  C, 48 

Reed,  Emily  L., 157 

"       Estella  Thomas  (Heath),  .  199 
Florence  A.  (Poole),  .    .    .  198 

"       Geo.  Burt, 157 

Lila  (Hamilton),    ....  198 

Lucius  C, 157 

Rice,  Philip  Bernard, 159 

Rowland  Greenville,    .    .    .  159 
"     Watson  E.,  M.D.,     ....  158 

Winthrop  Merton 159 

Richmond,  Annie  Dale,     .    .    .    .  16  L 

Chas., 160 

Clara  L.  (Morgan),    .  199 

Robinson,  Everett  F 203 

Jas.  M  , 203 

Ruggles,  Abel, 86 

Anna  D.  (Getchel),  .    .  148 

Betsy  N., 86 

Daniel 147 

Lucinda  (Mayo),  .  .  .147 
Mercy  (Mayo),  ....  148 

Mary,  47 

Mary  L.  (Croxford),    .  197 

Scoville,  Edna  Ewalt,  ....  183 
Frank  Albert,   ....  183 

Frank  B 182 

Jas.  Dow, 183 

Laura  Ann  (Tenney),  182 
Marion  Ida,  .  .  .".  .183 
Nancy  Jane  (Wicks),  182 
Nathaniel  C 127 

Sharp,  Floyd  Elwyn,    ....      176 

Henry,        175 

Mabel  Estelle, 176 

"       Roy  D., 176 

Shattuck,  Chas.  Ashley,  .    .    .    .110 

John  M., 109 

Martha  Frances,      .    .110 


PAGE 

Shatttjck,  Rollin  M., 110 

Slack,  Armenia  A.  (Ransom),    .  177 

"       Dexter 123 

"       Delevan  D 123 

"       Dwight,  C, 123 

"       Ellen  C.  (Moulton),  .    .    .176 
"       Marietta  J.  (Gordon),  .    .  177 

Snow,  Margaret  F. 188 

"      Newton  I. .  188 

Snyder,  Jay  C 185 

Jno.  R., 185 

Stebbins,  Jno.  Kehlor, 200 

Lovell  Wait, 200 

"  Loulie  Richmond,     .    .  200 

Stone,  Adelbert  DeWitt,  ....  140 

"      Arthur 194 

"      Atlie  Win, 193 

"      Atlie  Dwight, 194 

Bertie  Sereno, 193 

"      Benj.  Harvey 193 

"      Chas.  Emory 193 

"      Chas.  Sereno, 193 

"      Emma  (Hinckley),    .    .    .  192 

"      Elbert  E 194 

Edwin  James 139 

"      Ferna  B 194 

"      Franklin  M. 194 

"       Florence  Pearl 193 

"      Geo.  L., 138 

"      Geo.  Fenn 139 

"      Josephine  A.  (Hawkins),  .  194 

John  Murray 90 

"      John 90 

"      Lewis  D. 193 

"      Lura  E., 194 

Luther,     .  63 

"      Lewis  Ferdinand,  ....  139 

"      Mary  J 194 

"      Mary  Emily  (West),  ...  140 

"      Nathan, 90 

"      Norton  A., 193 

"      Sarah  Emeline  (Howes),  .    90 
"      S.  Franklin,     ......  193 

"      Sereno, 139 

Wm.  Fenn, 140 

Street,  Wm.  J 118 

Sturdy,  Alice  Winifred,    ....  158 

Arthur  Thomas,  ....  158 

"         Emily  Velona,     ....  158 

"         Harry  Pierce, 158 

"        Lewis  Allen 158 

Wm.  Allen, .158 

Wm.  Mandly 158 

Sykes,  Jennie  Eunice, 125 

Julius  Hamilton 125 

Tate,  Dean  Clark 202 

"       Glenn  Beals, 202 

"      John  F., 201 


218 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Tate,  John  M., 202 

"      Laura  E., 202 

Tennet,  Denison  W., 183 

Fred.  J., 183 

Samuel  C, 183 

Thayer,  Addison, 166 

Angeline  F.  (Pierce),  .    .  167 

Cephas  Martin 167 

Ellis, 118 

Martha  J.  (Harrington),  200 

Sylvia  A.  (Chamberlain),  118 

Thomas,  Aaron  Silverthorn,     .    .150 

Abb.M., .169 

Abiah  N.  (Collins),     .    .    90 

Abiah, 52 

Abigail  (Beals),  ....    30 

"         Abigail, 47 

"         Abigail  (Bangs),     ...     71 

"         Abigail, 61 

"         Abigail, 51 

Abigail  Beals  (Wait),  .  .    88 

Adrienne  J.  (Whitney),  .     94 

"         Adrienne  Josephine,  .    .  152 

Albert  H., 179 

Alice  Louisa, 189 

Allen, 49 

Almira  (Freeman),     .    .    79 

Almeron, 127 

Almanson  D., 180 

Alpheus, 82 

Alpheus,   . 125 

Alpheus  Orlando,    .    .    .  141 

Alvin  Hudson 120 

Amos, 30 

"         Amos, 36 

Amos, 71 

Amos  B., 71 

"  '      Amos  Clark 183 

Amos  Russell,  M.D.,  .    .  135 
Andrew  Collins,  .    .    .    .107 

Annie  Adell, 171 

Antoinette  (Reynolds),  .  163' 

Ardon, 80 

Ardon  Harrison,     .        .119 
Arthur  Fisher,     ....  152 

Arthur  F., 180 

Avery 132 

"         Azariah, 75 

Beals, 74 

Bertha  E., 195 

"  Benjamin  Franklin,  .  .  13 
Benjamin  Franklin,  .  .  84 
Burton  Roger,  .  .  .  .163 
Carl  Bacon,  ...  .  .  189 
Caroline  (Cushman),  .    .  Ill 

Carrie  M, 142 

Carrie  E., 130 

Carey  Norton, 164 

Cecil", 154 


PAGE 

Thomas,  Charles, 169 

Charles  A., 180 

"  Charles  Azariah,  ...  78 
Charles  Augustus,  ...  93 
Charles  C 121 

"         Charles  Charrier,     ...    95 

"         Charles  Davenport,     .    .  168 

Charles  Dwight 151 

Charles  Edward,  ...  162 
Charles  Henry,    ....     87 

"  Charles  Homer,  ...  160 
Charles  Merrick  Smith,  .  198 
Charles  Monroe,  M.D.,  .  188 
Charles  M.  Wade,  ...  82 
Charles  Mason  Tully,  .160 
Charles  R 146 

"  Charles  Warren,  ....  152 
Charles  William,  ...  149 
Charles  Utley 146 

"         Rev.ChauncyBoardm'n,  145 

Chester,  M.D., 114 

Christie, 180 

Christine  L., 189 

Clara  E.  (Hunt),     ...  131 

Clara  E.,      185 

Clarabell  (Pratt),    .    .    .165 

Clark  Roger 101 

Clarence  H., 172 

Climena, 71 

ClimenaL.  (Clement),  .  171 
Cooley  Hudson,  .    .    .    .168 

Collins  Wheeler 169 

Corbin  James, 169 

Cora  A., 185 

Cornelia  (Chapin),  .  .  .  126 
Cynthia, 49 

"         Daniel,  46 

Daniel, 47 

David, 73 

Denning 126 

Dexter  Wilder 128 

Diantha, 46 

Dolly  (French),  ....    84 

Dwight, 96 

Ebenezer  K., 129 

"  Ebenezer  Smith,  .  ...  13 
Edith  Frances,  .  .  .  .195 
Edward, 172 

"  Edward  Augustus,  .  .  .  144 
Edwin  Augustine,  .  .  .  146 
Edwin  Egery,      ....     75 

Edward  Lewis 171 

Edward  West,     .    .    .    .120 

"  Edward  Wesley,  .  .  .121 
Eleanor  Bacon  (Linden),  186 
Elisha  Billings,    ....    85 

Elmer  C 201 

Elmer  Wilton 171 

Ellen  Estella  (Ware),     .  167 


INDEX. 


219 


PAGE 

Thomas,  Ella  Stone  (Josselyn),  .  166 
Elsie  M.  (Calhoun),    .    .185 

"  Eliza  Ann  (Gage),  .  .  .  143 
Eliza  Doty  (Balcom),  .111 
Elizabeth  Antoinette,     .  164 

Emma, 95 

Emma  E ISO 

Emily  (Pierce) 112 

Emma  L.  (Manwaren),  .  184 
Emeline  (Loomis),  .  .  .  122 
Emerson  Gibbs,  ....    54 

Esther  Ann, 138 

Estelle  (Larson),  .  .  .201 
Eugenia  E.  (Barton),  .172 
Eunice  (Thayer),  .  .  .118 
Eunice  (Bigelow),  ...  72 
Ezelda  (Spencer),  .  .  .126 
Fanny  L., 183 

"         Frances, 106 

Frank, 126 

Frank  B 164 

Frank  Corwin 198 

Frank  E., 179 

Frank  Tracy, 162 

Frank  Leon, 163 

Franklin  Miner,  .  .  .  .117 
Frank  William,  M.D.,  .  133 
Frederick  Stillman,     .    .  166 

"  Frederick  Almeron,  .  .  128 
Frederick  William,     .        14 

"         Freeman, 115 

Florence  L.  (Mitchell),   .189 

Florence  P., 189 

Georgiana, 150 

George  W, 179 

"  George  Harry,  ....  163 
George  Chisholm,    .    .    .  150 

George  Geary, 126 

Grace, 147 

Grace 172 

Guy, 201 

Hadley 171 

"         Hannah, 31 

Harriet  (Barnes),    .    .    .  134 

Harriet  M., ISO 

Harriet  M 180 

Harriet  H., 130 

"  Harry  George,  ....  163 
Henry  Alexander,  .    .    .  164 

Harry  P 147 

Hattie  Elizabeth,  .  .  .  134 
Hattie  Emma  (Haskel),  199 

"         Heman, 78 

Henry 116 

Henry  Ardon,  ....  119 
Helen  Maria  (Fuller),    .  160 

Hiram 125 

Horace, 121 

"         Homer  Amos 121 


PAGE 

Thomas,  Hudson 170 

Huron  Lewis, 170 

Isabella  N.  (Stone),    .    .    90 

"         Isaac 46 

Isaac, 69 

Isaac  Bacon, 133 

Israel, 32 

Israel, 48 

Isaiah,  LL.D 13 

James  Brown, 184 

James  Holmes 142 

James  Robert,  ....  164 
Jane  E.  (Hurxthal),  .  .  195 
Jane  M.  (Scovill),  ...  78 
Janette  Louisa  (Calkins),  128 
Jason  Bigelow,  M.D.,  .  130 
Jerusha  R.,  ...  62 
Jesse  Burgess, 14 

"         Joseph 45 

Joseph, 46 

Josephine  Olive,  .  .  .126 
John 172 

"         John  Alexander,     ...    93 

John  Bradford 195 

John  Edgar, 101 

John  Eldridge,     ....    52 

John  Louis, 96 

John  Marshfield,  ...  9 
Joseph  Warren,  ....  SC> 
Julia  Elizabeth  (Street),  118 
Laurence  Avery,     .    .    .  189 

Lama  E., 185 

Laura  J.  (Lovering),  .    .114 

Leon, 201 

Lewis  Avery,  .....  62 
Lewis  Augustus,      .    .    .121 

li         Lewis  Foulke,      ....    14 

Lester, 201 

Lillian  May, 201 

"  Llewellyn  Murray,  .  .  198 
Louisa  Abigail  (Baggs),  162 
Lucy  (Shattuck),  .  .  .  109 
Lucy  (Prescott),  ....  119 
Lucinda  (Ruggles),     .    .    86 

Luke, 49 

Lydia  Ann  (Packard),   .    79 

Mabel, 152 

Mabel, 164 

Mabel 180 

Mary  (Curtiss),   .    .    .    .172 

"  Mary  Ann  (Clement),  .  121 
Mary  Billings,     ....     85 

Mary  E 172 

Mary  Frances 163 

Mary  E.  (Parsons),     .    .  183 

"  Mary  (Brown),  ....  108 
Mary  Jane  (Watson),     .  190 

"         Mary  (Hayes) 170 

Mary  (Luddon) 79 


220 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Thomas,  Mary  (Wadelton),  .  .  .163 
Marion  Maria,  ....  145 
Maria  Maltby  (Dobson),  184 

Mark  Irving, 152 

Martha, 179 

Martha, 63 

Martha  Ann  (Bryer),  .114 
Martha  Adeline,      .    .    .  108 

Martha  S., 121 

Maria  (Maltby) 126 

Marie  Sarah, 134 

Marietta  (Scoville),    .    .  127 

Martin, 137 

Martin  Mandell,  ■  •  .  .  130 
Melinda  (Ottoway),    .    .  134 

Melvina, 163 

Mercy  (Warner),     .    .    .    86 

Merrick, 92 

Mildred, 201 

Miner  Raymond,     .    .    .  145 

Naaman, 49 

Nancy  B.  (Clements),     .  129 

"         Nancy  B.  (Newton),  .    .    75 

Nathan, 32 

Nathaniel 70 

Nettie  Mabel, 164 

Nina  M., 169 

Nora  M., .  ISO 

Norman, 163 

Orrin  E„ 179 

Orsamus,  .......    50 

"         Orsamus,  . 52 

Patience  (Wait),      .    .    .114 

Paul  Fifield, 146 

Pauline  N.  (Gale),  ...  89 
Perleyette  (Metcalf),  .  120 
Perthenia  (Crowell),  .  .  85 
Perley  I., 169 

"         Philemon, 9 

Philip,  M.D.,    .....      6 

Piatt, 130 

Piatt 129 

Ralph, 163 

Ralph  Crosby,     ....  183 

Reuben  C, 119 

Rhoba, 45 

Rhoda  (Phillips),  ...  80 
Robert  Murray,   ....    93 

Roger  Henry, 164 

Rosa  L., 169 

Rosannah  S.  (Webb),  .  142 
Rufina  F.  (Woodis),  .'  .  143 
Ruth  Cutler  (Allerton),      88 

Ruth, 63 

Ruth  Cutler, 52 

Russell  E. 189 

Sabra  (Goodrich),    ...     83 

"        Samantha  Jane 116 

Samantha  (Rand),      .    .  116 


Thomas,  Sarah  Arvilla  (Metcalf), 
"         Samuel  Beals,  ...... 

Sarepta  (Bates),  .  .  .  . 
"  Sarah  Kellogg  (Locke), 
"         Sarah  Jane  (Wait),     .    . 

Sarah  -N.  (Gage),     .    .    . 

"         Seneca, 

"         Stillman, 

"         Susan  Cordelia 

"  Susan  (Goodrich),  .  . 
"  Sylvanus,  ....  66 
"  Theodore  Bolton,  .  .  . 
"  Temperance,  .  .  .  . 
"         Vernon  C 

William,  M.D.,    .    .    .    . 

William, 

"         William  of  Hardwick,    . 

William  of  Newton,    .    . 

William,       

William  B ,      

Wm,  Eslar 

"         Wm.  Edgar,     .  ■     ,    .    . 

"         Win.  Henry, 

"  Wm.  Jacob,  .  .  .  .  . 
"  Wm.  Robinson,  .  .  .  . 
"         Wm.  Wallace,      .    .    .    . 

Walter, 

Zerviah, 

Tyler,  Anna  B 

Arthur  W., 

Cora  M., 

"        Geo.  Warren, 

Herbert  F., 


AGE 
122 

47 
129 

91 
132 
143 

52 
117 

48 

84 
101 
154 

31 
201 

33 

54 

22 

17 
195 

61 
168 
154 
163 
101 

68 
165 
171 

31 
155 
155 
155 
154 
155 


Van  Dusen,  Jno. 182 

Julian, 182 

Marinda  M.  (Cross),  182 
Watson, 182 

Wadelton,  Annie 163 

Elizabeth 163 

Frank 163 

John 163 

Jos.  Henry,    ....  200 

Mary  Frances,    .    .    .  163 

Wait,  Agnes  Thomas  (Clapp),     .  132 

Anna  S.  (Buddmgton),  .    .  199 

Bernard  F., 161 

Chas.  Arthur, 89 

David  Reed 114 

David  Reed 161 

Edith  Wyman, 132 

Elizabeth  Jones,      ....  161 

Franklin 161 

Henry 161 

Harry  Wallace 161 

Ida  Patience, 123 

Julia  T.  (Mann),    .    .    .    .115 
Mary  Ann  (Stebbins),    .    .  161 


INDEX. 


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PAGE 

Wait,  Martha  A.  (Richmond),  .  160 
"  Sarah  Thomas  (Crowell),  .  89 
"       Walter  Sherman,     ....  101 

"       Wm.  Thomas 89 

Waldo,  Ethel,    . 202 

Otis 202 

Ware,  Edith  E., 167 

Loren  Adelbert,     .    .    .    .167 

Watkins,  Arthur  Osgood,     .    .    .  197 

Henry  Eugene,     .    .    .  197 

Henry  Willard,    ...  196 

Watson,  Chas.  Dwight 190 

Ralph  Dwight 190 

Robt.  Ingraham,     ...  190 

Stanley  Edward,    .    .    .  190 

Webb,  Anna  Estella  (Watkins),  .  196 

Ardie  Daniel 196 

Charles,    .    .    . 
Chas.  Frederick, 
Ella  Frances 
Geor 


.  142 
.  196 
.  195 
Daland,  .....  196 


PAGK 

Webb,  George  Garfield,      ....  196 

John, 196 

Jonathan, 196 

Juliet  Jane 196 

Marie  Gale 196 

Rossie  Maude, 143 

Rossie  Maude, 196 

Wetherill,  Alice  Mildred,  .  .  160 
Chas  Abner,  .  .  .  159 
Herman  Thomas,  .  160 
Robt.  Pierce,     .    .    .  160 

Whitcomb,  Dwight, 80 

Samuel 80 

Whiting,  Bertha  E., 174 

Earle  C, 174 

Gideon 174 

Wicks,  Benjamin, 182 

Thomas  S 182 

Woodis,  Alden  B.,      143 

Allie  Arthur 143 


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