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      Ellis Thomas History


      Found on pp.238-39 of The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families by Howard Leckey
      .."One branch of the Thomas Family of the Tenmile Counrty is descended from Ellis Thomas      , a native of Frederick County, Virginia, who made his will 4-Aug.1760, which was probated at Winchester on 4-Oct.1763. His wife was Elizabeth, who survived him. He could be the Ellis Thomas, mentioned in Kerchaval's History of the Valley, as having been killed by the Indians, and his wife miraculously saved.(pp 100).


      1...Ellis THOMAS married Elizabeth ___.
      ......2. i Evan Thomas, a minor child.
      ....+3. ii John THOMAS, from info furnished by the late Florin Thomas of Smith Creek,
      .............and family traditions of his family, it seems, certain that this was the John Thomas
      .............that on 10-Dec.1811, received a warrent for "Aberdeen," a tract of
      .............264 acres of land near White's Church. His wife as Cassandra.
      .....4. iii William Thomas, married Elizabeth Vanmeter      . He was a Frontier Ranger in the
      ............. Revolution.(Pa. Archives Series III, Vol. 23, pp.219) was killed by the Indians on Mirical
      .............Run on 21-Apr.1789. For more info on this line:      hsdurbin@alltel.net

      

New info on William THOMAS:
From Matt W. Cumberledge
Thank you, Matt!!
I saw on you Family Histories Home Page, that you have William 
Thomas Death Date as April 21st 1789, that is a Very Common 
mistake. His Headstone at The Thomas Cemetery, in Monongalia 
Co, WVa says that...But that is Wrong.  If you Look through the 
Pittsburgh Gazette Newspapers for the year 1789, you will find 
in the May 2 or 9 edition, that William Thomas and 2 Children 
and Joseph & Alice Cumberledge were Murdered on the Headwaters 
of Dunkard Creek, And Absalom VanMatre and 
Gabriel Eakins were the ones to Bury the % 
People.
      .....5. iv Ellis Thomas married Phobe Vanmeter, daughter of (d/o) Henry and Martha Vanmeter.
      .............Went to       Ohio County, (West) Virginia and then to Tyler County, where he and wife
      .............made a deed. His home for a time was on Grave Creek. One Ellis and William Thomas
      .............are linked together in the Militia Company of Charles Gobin       in Berks County, Pa. (Pa.
      .............Archives, Series V., Vol. 5, pp 237      . For more info on this line:      hsdurbin@alltel.net
      .....6... v Elizabeth Thomas
      .....7.. vi Isaac Thomas, a minor child.
      .....8. vii Rachel Thomas.
      .....9. vii Mary Thomas, a minor child in 1760.
      3. John THOMAS, married Cassandra DUNN.
      (Children:(Greene County, Pa. Deed Book 9, pp 50)
      ....10....i Eli Thomas, married Sarah Knight.
      ....11.. ii Eleanor Thomas, married Hiram Hughes      .
      ....12. iii Isaac Thomas, married Mary ___.
      ..+13.. iv Joshua THOMAS, married 1. Catherine LIVENGOOD      , m2. Margaret ___.
      ....14... v Cassandra Thomas, married James Knight.
      ....15.. vi George Thomas, married Catherine Sellers.
      13. Joshua THOMAS, b. 11-Mar.1787 d. 12-Oct.1873 (pp434) m1. Catherine LIVENGOOD b. 1-Mar.1790 d. 3-Aug.1848. m2. Margaret ___.
      ....16... i Anna Thomas, married William McFann      .
      ....17.. ii Cassandra Thomas, married James       Dye.
      ....18. iii Harriet Thomas, married William Pratt      .
      ....19.. iv Maria (Lucy?) Thomas, married Aliff Neal      .
      ....20... v Susannah Thomas married Abraham Eisenminger      .
      ....21.. vi Inda Thomas married Isaac Eisenminger.
      ...+22. vii Eleanor THOMAS married Rememberance NEAL (O'NEIL).
      ....23. viii Rees Thomas married Priscilla Crago      .
      22. Eleanor THOMAS, married Rememberance NEAL. For more on this line #11:

      I quote from the History written by Gregg Livingstone Neel, pp 47 and 48.

      The Author is indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Russell       of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. They have visited the sites Thomas Family cemeteries and have photographed the extant gravestones existing in 1947. One cemetery was in Center Township, about five miles south of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Joshua Thomas and his two wifes are buried in a little plot north on the John Thomas Cemetery. Mrs Russell is a descendant of Ellen Thomas Huffman (Mrs. Spenser Blatchley Huffman), who was a daughter of Remembrance Hughes Neel and Eleanor Thomas Neel. Below are inscriptions from the stones that the Russells photographed:
      John Thomas -- In memory of John Thomas who departed this life ____6th ____aged 6____
      Cassander Thomas -- Wife of John Thomas, died January 12, 1830 in the 76th year of her age.
      Joshua Thomas --Died October 12, 1873 aged 86 yr, 7 mo 1 da
      Catherine Thomas -- Wife of Joshua Thomas died Aug. 3, 1848 aged 58 yr, 4 mo, 26 da.
      Margaret Thomas -- Wife of Joshua Thomas died March 14, 1874 aged 87 yr, 11 mo, 26 da.
      The wife of Joshua Thomas was born Catherine Livingood      , daughter of Peter and Mary Provator Livingood, who were said to have come from Eastern Pennsylvania. Peter Livingood was in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1783. It is presumed that the Thomas' came from Eastern Pennsylvania. The Joshua Thomas family lived in Center Township, Greene County, in 1820, but later moved to the farm in Franklin Township, Greene County, where they lived until the death of Joshua Thomas in 1873.
      Eleanor Thomas was buried at Goshen Church Cemetery, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
       Will Book IV, P. 446, Number 2731, Greene County Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, contains the will of Joshua Thomas dated November 7, 1872. In it he names..."daughter Elender [Eleanor] who married Rememberance Neel."

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