Rev. David Thames1

Male, #47272, (18 Oct 1780 - 15 Nov 1840)

Parent*Rev. William Thames1 (b Oct 1759 - 10 Jan 1813)
Parent*Lucy (?)1 (1761 - 23 Nov 1812)
Rev. David Thames|b. 18 Oct 1780\nd. 15 Nov 1840|p47272.htm|Rev. William Thames|b. before Oct 1759\nd. 10 Jan 1813|p43343.htm|Lucy (?)|b. 1761\nd. 23 Nov 1812|p43344.htm|Joseph Thames|b. 1732\nd. 1780|p47288.htm|Martha E. Newberry|b. circa 1737\nd. 1815|p47289.htm|||||||

Birth*18 Oct 1780 He was born on 18 Oct 1780 at Cumberland Co., North Carolina.1 
 He was the son of Rev. William Thames and Lucy (?).1 
Marriage*circa 1795 He married Hannah (?) circa 1795.1 
Deed23 Mar 1812 He was an adjacent landowner in the deed granted by Rev. William Thames to Rev. Cornelius B. Thames on 23 Mar 1812 at Cumberland Co., North Carolina.
(Cumberland County Deed Book 20; page 472. March 23, 1812 William Thames to Cornelius Thames for love and affection 77 and 1/2 acres along the Fayetteville to Wilmington Road between the land of David Thames and the land William retains.).2 
Will10 Jan 1813 In Rev. William Thames's will, David and Joseph was named by William to handle his estate on 10 Jan 1813 at Bladen Co., North Carolina.
(Nuncupative (oral) Will. Died 10 Jan 1813 at house of Joseph Cain, Esq. of Bladen Co. Previous to death, William Thames called in Joseph Thames & Joseph Cain, sons William & James, "We the underwritten subscribers the first of kin and sole heirs of William Thames dec'd do hereby relinquish our right of adm on the estate of our father unto our brother David Thames." Jan 20, 1813. Stephen Wiggins, James Newberry, William Thames, Jonathan Coore, Correch Thames. Wit: Chas McAllester, Jas. Thames.

When the Reverend William Thames died, he had an abundance of "Worldly Goods". The administrators of his estate David Thames (son), Joseph Thames (his brother) and Charles McAllester (Joseph's son-in-law) were required to post a bond of 1000 pounds, current money to the Cumberland Co. NC Court. This Administrators Bond was executed on 1 March 1813.
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Will28 Feb 1818 In Joseph Thames's will on 28 Feb 1818 at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, David, Cornelius, William, James, Nancy, Martha and Lucy was named as an heir.
(Will made February 28, 1818, Probated September 1819 Cumberland Co. NC. Names Hannah Thames, wife, as widow of Needham Gause (son Bryant Gause). He states in Will "If either Elizabeth McAlester or John Thames Gilmore (grandson) dies without issue then to brother William Thames' children: David Thames, Cornelius Thames, William Thames, James Thames, Ann Wiggins, Martha Cooper & Lucy Newberry". Elizabeth McAlester is his daughter; Stephen Gilmore was the husband of daughter Mary (Molly) Thames Gilmore, deceased.).3 
Marriage*circa 1824 He married Nancy (?) circa 1824.1 
Marriage*19 May 1826 He married Dorothy Autery at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, on 19 May 1826.1 
Death*15 Nov 1840 He died at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, on 15 Nov 1840.1 
Burial*after 15 Nov 1840 His body was interred after 15 Nov 1840 at Thames-McAllister Cemetery on Dunn's Creek, near, Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., North Carolina.1 

Family 1

Hannah (?) (say 1780 - 9 May 1823)

Family 2

Nancy (?) (say 1785 - 26 Oct 1825)

Family 3

Dorothy Autery (22 Sep 1800 - 21 Aug 1840)

Charts Joseph Thames Descendants
Last Edited 7 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    p. 105.
  2. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 6 Nov 2001.
  3. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 22 May 2002.