Nicholas THOMAS

1753 - 1838  (84 years)

• Name	Nicholas THOMAS
  Birth	22 Mar 1753  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jan 1838  [1]
  Person ID	I1823	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	John THOMAS
  Mother	Elizabeth PECK
  Family ID	F853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy SOMES,   b. 4 May 1759, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 18 Mar 1792, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1780	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [1]
  Children	1. Nicholas THOMAS, Jr.,   b. 18 May 1780, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 18 Oct 1865, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 85 years)   2. Lucy THOMAS,   b. 2 Jul 1782, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 29 Sep 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 11 years)   3. Betsy THOMAS,   b. 13 Feb 1784, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 30 Sep 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 9 years)   4. Abraham THOMAS,   b. 14 Nov 1785, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 15 Nov 1838 (Age 53 years)   5. Isaac THOMAS,   b. 20 Nov 1787, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   6. Jacob THOMAS,   b. 2 Nov 1789, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 5 Oct 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Jane RICHARDSON,   b. 25 Sep 1758, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Mar 1820, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1792	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Lucy THOMAS,   b. 20 Jun 1793, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 26 Apr 1836 (Age 42 years)   2. Betsy THOMAS,   b. 24 Aug 1794, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 31 Mar 1826 (Age 31 years)   3. Jacob S THOMAS,   b. 17 Mar 1796, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   4. Amos THOMAS,   b. 13 Jun 1798, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 7 Sep 1803, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 5 years)   5. James THOMAS,   b. 9 Jan 1800, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 24 Feb 1804, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 4 years)   6. David THOMAS,   b. 3 Nov 1802, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. Sep 1832 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Lydia HIGGINS
  Marriage	21 Dec 1820	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Family ID	F498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Old Hancock County Families states, "Nicholas and Lucy (somes) Thomas settled on the farm which in recent years was owned by James K. Garland. Nicholas Thomas was the first person baptized by immersion at Mount Desert; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving under Col. John Allan; his marriage to Lucy Somes was the second recorded at Mount Desert, the first being that of Davis Wasgatt and Rachel Richardson, and the record signed by the bridal couple, and the town clerk, who was the bride's father...On April 6, 1789, Nicholas Thomas and Andrew Tarr were chosen surveyors of highways of Mount Desert; in 1797, Nicholas Thomas paid a property tax of $11.67, this being the sixth largest property tax paid in Eden, that year; he was, for thirty years, deacon of the baptist church, Eden (Bar Harbor)...

  
  

• Sources

  [S1490] BOOK: Old Hancock County Families, pp. 53-55. [S152] Eden, Maine, Town and vital records, 1796-1891, p. 74, family record for children of Nicholas Thomas, FHL microfilm 10616. [S1490] BOOK: Old Hancock County Families, p. 54.