THOMAS ANNEX
Mary Jane (Thomas) Cowen Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Origin of
the surname “Thomas:”
Generation
10
9 William Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1573 in England; perhaps the son of John Thomas of
Wiltshire. Died 4 August 1651, age 78, at
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony; will dated 9 July 1651. Employed as a merchant and entrepreneur; one
of the group that organized, resourced, and managed Plymouth Colony.
2. Wife: (?)
Born . Died before her husband
and son emigrated to America.
3. Child:
a. Nathaniel Thomas: See generation 8,
below.
8 Captain Nathaniel Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1606 in England. Died
13 February 1674/75. Probably immigrated
to America with his father before November 1636.
2. Wife: Mary (?)
Born . Died .
3. Children:
a. William Thomas:
b. Mary Thomas:
c. Nathaniel Thomas, Jr.: See generation 7,
below.
d. Elizabeth Thomas:
e. Dorothy Thomas:
f. Bethia Thomas:
7 Nathaniel Thomas, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Born ; baptized 26 November 1643 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. Died there 22 October 1718, age 75; interred
Winslow Cemetery.
2. Wife #1: Deborah
Jacob
Born ; baptized 26 November 1643 at Hingman, Massachusetts; daughter of
Nicholas and Mary
(Gilman) Jacob. Died 17 June 1696, age 53, at Marshfield,
Massachusetts; interred there in Winslow Cemetery. Married Nathaniel Thomas, Jr. on 19 January
1663/64 at Marshfield.
3. Children:
a. Nathaniel Thomas, III:
b. Joseph Thomas:
c. Deborah Thomas:
d. Dorothy Thomas:
e. William Thomas:
f. Elisha Thomas:
g. Joshua Thomas:
h. Caleb Thomas:
i. Isaac Thomas: See generation 6, below.
j. Mary Thomas:
2. Wife #2: Elizabeth
(Wilkie)(Condey) Dolbery
Born 1652/53; daughter of John and Elizabeth (?) Wilkie. Died 11 October 1713, age 61, at Marshfield,
Massachusetts. Married (1st) Captain
William Condey about 1681 and had a son (b. 2 Jan 1682/83). Widow Elizabeth (Wilkie) Condey married (2nd)
Andrew Dolberry on 31 December 1689 at Boston, Massachusetts. Married (3rd) Nathaniel Thomas on 3 November
1696.
2. Wife #3: Elizabeth
(Dunster) Wade
Born 7 February 1637 at Charlestown, Massachusetts; daughter of
Reverend Henry Dunster. Died 1729 at
Medford, Massachusetts. Married (1st)
Jonathan Wade (d. 24 Nov 1689). Married
(2nd) Nathaniel Thomas in 1714.
6 Isaac Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born 19 October 1682 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. Died .
2. Wife #1: Anna
Tompson
Born 31 December 1689 at Simsbury, Connecticut; daughter of Reverend Edward
and Sarah (Webster) Tompson. Died 1
March 1722/23 at Pembroke, Massachusetts, age 33 years, 3 months; interred
Pembroke Cemetery. Married Isaac Thomas
25 October 1711 at Newbury, Massachusetts.
3. Children:
a. Edward Thomas: See generation 5, below.
b. Anne Thomas:
c. Mary Thomas #1:
d. Mary Thomas #2:
e. Ruth Thomas:
f. (unnamed) Thomas:
2. Wife #2: Abigail
Cushing
Born 31 January 1703/04 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony; daughter of
Joshua and Mary (Bacon) Cushing. Died
. Married (1st), as his 2nd wife, Isaac
Thomas on 14 January 1723/24 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Abigail (Cushing) Thomas married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Captain Isaac
Little (b. 21 Feb 1677/78 at Marshfield, MA, d. 2 Feb 1758 at Pembroke, age
80), son of Lieutenant Isaac and Bethia (Thomas) Little, who had married (1st)
Mary Otis of Hingham, and had the following children:
a. Lemuel Little:
b. Isaac Little:
c. Marcy Little:
3. Children:
a. Abigail Thomas #1:
b. Abigail Thomas #2:
c. Hannah Thomas:
d. Isaac Thomas
e. Abigail Thomas #3:
5 Captain Edward Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
2. Wife: Rachel
Cushing
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Rachel Thomas:
b. Edward Thomas:
c. John Thomas:
d. Anne Thomas:
e. Isaac Thomas:
f. Nathaniel Thomas: See generation 4,
below.
g. Joseph Thomas:
h. Sarah Thomas:
4 Nathaniel Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born 16 September 1750 at Pembroke, Massachusetts. Died 1 May 1811 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.
2. Wife: Betty House of Abington, Massachusetts
Born March 1755. Died 27
September 1842, age 87 years and 6 months.
Married Nathaniel Thomas on 20 February 1774 at Abington, Massachusetts.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Nathaniel Thomas #1:
b. Nathaniel Thomas #2:
c. Betty Thomas:
d. Ira Thomas:
e. Robert Thomas:
f. Mary Thomas:
g. Wealthy Thomas:
h. Calvin Thomas #1:
i. Calvin Thomas #2: See generation 3,
below.
j. Luther Thomas:
k. Deborah Thomas:
3 Captain Calvin Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born 16 September 1791 at Pembroke, Massachusetts. Died 10 August 1864, age 72 years, 10 months,
24 days, at Freetown; interred East Freetown Cemetery. Employed as a farmer in Freetown Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1850 US Census: Calvin Thomas, age 61 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Freetown Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. His real estate
was valued at $4,350. The household also
included his wife, Lois Thomas, age 40 (b. MA); daughter, Jane Thomas, age 30
(b. MA); daughter, Frances Thomas, age 21 (b. MA); son, Charles H. Thomas, age
16 (b. MA) and employed as a mariner; and Henry J. Snow, age 24 (b. MA) and
employed as a carpenter.
1860 US Census: Calvin Thomas, age 69 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Freetown Township (E. Freetown
PO), Bristol County, Massachusetts. His
real estate was valued at $5,000 and his personal property was valued at
$1,000. The household also included his
wife, Lois M. Thomas, age 63 (b. MA); son, Charles H. Thomas, age 26 (b. MA)
and employed as a farmer; daughter-in-law, Mary E. Thomas, age 21 (b. MA);
granddaughter, Mary J. Thomas, age 7 months (b. MA); granddaughter, Ellen M.
Thomas, age 11 (b. MA); and son, Calvin Thomas, age 36 (b. MA) and employed as
a stone cutter.
2. Wife: Lois Maria
Washburn
Born 15 July 1797 at Middleboro, Massachusetts; daughter of Salmon
and Ruth (White) Washburn of Middleboro, Massachusetts. Died 8 August 1866, age 69 years, 24 days, at
Freetown from complications of a fever; interred with Calvin.
2. Wife: Mary E.
Harper
Born ; daughter of (?) and Nancy
(Fuller) Harper. Died .
3. Children:
a. Jane Thomas: Born about 1823. Died 9 November 1856, age 33, at Freetown;
interred East Freetown Cemetery. Married
Noah Edminster (b. 24 Jul 1805, d. 18 Dec 1845, age 40 yrs, 4 mo., 25 days;
interred with Jane), son of Lemuel and Chloe (?) Edminster, on 1 January 1843
at Freetown.
b. Calvin Thomas, Jr.: Born 1 February 1825 at
Freetown. Died 28 November 1863;
interred East Freetown Cemetery. Employed as a stone cutter.
Veteran of the American Civil War.
1850 US Census: Calvin Thomas, age 23 (b. MA) and
employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Freetown Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. The household
also included his wife, Hope A. Thomas, age 18 (b. MA); and daughter, Ellen M.
Thomas, age 1 (b. MA).
Calvin Thomas, Jr., age 23, married Hope Ann
Richardson (b. 28 Jan 1830 at Freetown), age 16, son of William B. and Elizabeth
(Clark) Richardson, on 4 June 1848 at Freetown and had the following children:
(1. Ellen Maria Thomas: Born 27 April 1849 at
Freetown.
(2. Frank Irving Thomas: Born 7 August 1851 at
Freetown.
Hope Ann (Ricardson) Thomas married (2nd) Newell R.
Raymond and had the following daughter:
(3. Annie Newell Raymond: Born 27 December
1870. Die 1 August 1915. Married William E. Alton (b. 1868, d. 1947).
b. Frances Thomas: (female) Born about 1829. Died after 1850.
c. Cornelius Thomas: Born about September 1832. Died 31 May 1833, age 8 months; interred East
Freetown Cemetery.
c. Charles H. Thomas: See generation 2,
below.
2 Charles H. Thomas
1. Biographical notes:
Born 12 July 1834. Died 8 August
1905, age 71; interred East Freetown Cemetery.
In 1850 employed as a mariner. In
1860 employed as a farmer.
1860 US Census:
1870 US Census: Charles H. Harper, age 36 (b. MA)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Freetown Township (N.
Dartmouth PO), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
His real estate was valued at $4,000 and his personal property was
valued at $1,000. The household also
included his wife, Mary E. Thomas, age 31 (b. MA); daughter, Mary J. Thomas,
age 10 (b. MA); son, Calvin L. Thomas, age 5 (b. MA); and Betsey Cole, age 68
(age 68). Of interest, Charles' close
neighbor was John Rounsville, age 65, and employed as
a laborer.
1880 US Census: Charles Thomas, age 45 (b. MA;
parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Mary Thomas, age 41 (b. MA; father
b. England; mother b. MA); daughter, Mary Thomas, age 20 (b. MA) and employed
as a teacher; son, Calvin L. Thomas, age 15 (b. MA); son, Charles A. Thomas,
age 8 (b. MA); boarder, William Pittsley, age 50 (b.
MA; parents b. MA); boarder, Henry Gilman, age 50 (b. ME; father b. ME; mother
b. NH); boarder, Henry Spooner (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b. Ireland) and
employed as a teamer; and boarder, James Delano (b. MA; father b. MA; mother b.
NH) and employed as a teamer.
1900 US Census: Charles H. Thomas, age 65 (b. Jul
1834 in MA; parents b. MA), widowed, and employed as a mail carrier, was a
boarder in the household headed by his son, Calvin L. Thomas, age 35, in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
2. Wife: Mary E. Harper
Born September 1838; daughter of James J. and Nancy H. (Fuller) Harper of New Bedford.
Died 24 June 1895, age 57; interred with Charles. Intent to marry Charles H. Thomas recorded 25
January 1859 at Freetown.
1850 US Census: James J. Harper, age 32 (b. England)
and employed as a rigger, was heading a household in New Bedford Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. The
household also included his wife, Nancy W. Harper, age 32 (b. MA); daughter,
Mary E. Harper, age 11 (b. MA); son, James J. Harper, age 10 (b. MA); daughter,
Elisabeth C. Harper, age 8 (b. MA); daughter, Isadore D. Harper, age 6 (b. MA);
and son, William E. Harper, age 4 (b. MA).
1860 US Census: No record found for the James J.
Harper family anywhere in the US.
1870 US Census: James J. Harper, age 53 (b. England)
and employed as a ship keeper, was heading a household in New Bedford Township,
Bristol County, Massachusetts. The
household also included his wife, Nancy W. HarperBowye s
Mary E. Harper's sister, Addie Harper, lost her
husband when her two children were small.
She resided at Black Mountain, North Carolina, where she worked in the
hospital.
3. Children:
a. Mary Jane Thomas: See generation 2,
below.
b. Calvin "Cal" L. Thomas: Born about 1865
in Massachusetts. Died
November 1934; interred 19 November 1934 in the Congregational Church Cemetery at Lund’s Corner, Bristol County,
Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Calvin L. Thomas, age 35 (b. Apr
1865 in MA), widowed, and with no occupation recorded, was heading a household
in Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his father,
Charles H. Thomas, age 65 (b. Jul 1834 in MA), widowed, and employed as a mail
carrier.
1910 US Census: Calvin L. Thomas, age 45 (b. MA) and
employed as a laborer doing odd jobs, was heading a household in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
He had been married twice. The household
also included his wife of 3 years (her 1st marriage), Lottie Thomas, age 21 (b.
MA), who had had no children.
Calvin Thomas married Lottie (?).
c. Charles A. Thomas: Born June 1871 in
Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Charles A. Thomas, age 28 (b. Jun
1871 in MA) and employed as a teamster, was heading a household in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included his wife, Annie J. Thomas, age 30 (b. Mar
1870 in MA).
1910 US Census: Charles A. Thomas, age 38 (b. MA;
parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on East
Freetown Railroad Station Road in Freetown Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. He had been married
twice. The household also included his
wife, Mary S. Thomas, age 33 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had had 2 children,
both still alive; "son-in-law," James B. Archer, age 15 (b. MA) and
single; and "daughter-in-law," Doris Archer, age 13 (b. MA) and
single.
1920 US Census: Charles A. Thomas, age 48 (b. MA)
and employed managing his own farm, was heading a household on Chace Road in
Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, Mary F.
Thomas, age 43 (b. MA); and daughter, Mary J. Thomas, age 12 (b. MA).
Charles A. Thomas married Annie J. (?) (b. Mar 1870
in MA) and had the following daughter:
(1. Mary J. F. Thomas: Born about 1908 in
Massachusetts. Per Grace (Cowen) Howard
in a letter to her sister-in-law, Mabel (Froome)
Cowen, Mary (Thomas) Chace "made quite a study" of her family's history.
1910 US Census: Earnie Chace, age 3, resided in the household headed by his
father, Elijah D. Chace, age 49 (b. MA; parents b. MA) and employed as a lumber
merchant. The household also included
his wife of 28 years, Alberta B. Chace, age 48 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who had
had 13 children, 10 of whom were still alive; son, Leroy M. Chace, age 20 (b.
MA) and employed in a saw mill; son, Martin Chace, age 18 (b. MA); daughter,
Isabel Chace, age 16 (b. MA); daughter, Agnes Chace, age 13 (b. MA); daughter,
Marian Chace, age 8 (b. MA); and daughter, Doris Chace, age 5 (b. MA).
1920 US Census: Ernest D. Chace, age 12, resided in
the household headed by his father, Elijah D. Chace, age 57 (b. MA; parents b.
MA) and employed as a jointer in a saw mill, on Chace Road in East Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The household also included Ernest's mother, Albeta
B. Chace, age 57 (b. MA; parents b. MA); and sister, Dorris
F. Chace, age 14 (b. MA).
1930 US Census: Ernest D. Chace, age 23 (b. MA;
parents b. MA) and employed as a trucker (general work), was heading a
household on Chase Road in Freetown Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. He was married at age
18. The household also included his
wife, Mary J. F. Chace, age 23 (b. MA; parents b. MA), who was married at age
18; son, Merrill E. Chace, age 4 years and 3 months (b. MA); and son, Malcolm
A. Chace, age 1 year and 3 months (b. MA).
1940 US Census: Ernest Chase, age 33 (b. MA) and
employed as a log trucker, was heading a household on Chase Road in Freetown
Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
He had completed 1 year of high school, and he was living in the same
township on 1 April 1935. The household
also included his wife, Mary Chase, age 33 (b. MA), who had completed 4 years
of high school; son, Merrell Chase, age 14 (b. MA) and in school; son, Malcolm
Chase, age 11 (b. MA) and in school; daughter, Nancy Chase, age 10 (b. MA) and
in school; son, Thomas Chase, age 7 (b. MA) and in school; and daughter, Irene
Chase, age 5 (b. MA).
Mary J. F. Thomas married Ernest D. Chace (b. abt
1907 in MA) and had the following children:
(a. Merrill E. Chace: Born
about 1926 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(b. Malcolm A. Chace: Born
about 1929 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
In 1951 was serving in the US Army, stationed at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky. Married (?) and had the
following son:
(1) David Arthur Chace.
(c. Nancy Chace: Born about
1930 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Married Everett Ellis, who served in the US military in Texas. Nancy and Everett had the following daughter:
(1) Sherry Ellis.
(d. Thomas Chace: Born
about 1933 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(e. Irene Chace: Born about
1935 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Charles A. Thomas married (2nd),
as her 2nd husband, Mary S. (?)
Archer (b. abt 1877 in MA), who had the following children from her 1st
marriage to (?) Archer:
(1. James B. Archer: Born about 1895 in
Massachusetts.
(2. Doris Archer: Born about 1897 in Massachusetts.
d. Grace Thomas: Died ; interred East Freetown
Cemetery.
1 Mary Jane Thomas:
"Jennie"
Born 8 February 1860 in
East Freetown Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Died there 30 April 11893. Married Edward Kilton Cown, generation 2 of the Cowen Annex on 15/18 March 1881 in Freetown Township, Bristol
County, Massachusetts.
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