Thomas Thames1

Male, #47293, (1764 - after 1830)

Parent*Joseph Thames1 (1732 - 1780)
Parent*Martha Elizabeth Newberry1 (c 1737 - 1815)
Thomas Thames|b. 1764\nd. after 1830|p47293.htm|Joseph Thames|b. 1732\nd. 1780|p47288.htm|Martha Elizabeth Newberry|b. circa 1737\nd. 1815|p47289.htm|Thomas Thames|b. circa 1710\nd. after 6 Mar 1758|p47386.htm|Prudence (?)|b. circa 1710\nd. circa 1760|p47387.htm|John Newberry|b. say 1707|p47380.htm|Elizabeth Matthews|b. say 1710|p47381.htm|

Birth*1764 He was born in 1764 at Cumberland Co., North Carolina.2 
 He was the son of Joseph Thames and Martha Elizabeth Newberry.1 
Tax roll*1781 William and Thomas registered to pay taxes at Bladen Co., North Carolina, in 1781. William and Thomas are shown jointly paying polls on the 1781 Bladen Co. Tax Exempt List. They are probably still living together in 1784 since William is paying two polls that year..3 
Deed6 May 1799 A deed was granted to them and with Elizabeth Newberry as an adjacent landowner on 6 May 1799 at Bladen Co., North Carolina.
(Cumberland Co. deed book 18, page 199, May 6, 1799: Martha Theams Senr, Thomas Theames, Malica Barges (sic) & Martha his wife, John Theames & Samuel Theames of Cumberland to William Barry Grove of - whereas Joseph Theames, Senr, decd. Late of Bladen County - by his last will and testament bequeathed among other things to his wife Martha and his children Thomas, Martha, John & Samuel - a tract of land which he the said Joseph purchased from John Stevens & wife 15 November 1771, registered in Bladen Book A, page__ & Cumberland Book __, page 216 part of a patent to Henry Sims & by him conveyed to ___ Gray between Gray's & Dunn's … beginning at Newberry's lower … Newberry's upper back corner … to Dunn's line … to include all the wt (west) part … Sims old survey containing about 400 acres… for 250 dollars … 50 acres of above land to be laid off of the above tract so as to include the improvements made by Champion now owned by Elizabeth Theames widow of Jesse Theames
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Will11 Feb 1814 In Martha Elizabeth Newberry's will on 11 Feb 1814 at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, Joseph, Thomas, John and Samuel was named as an heir.
(Will Book A page 218, 14 February 1814/June 1815. In her will, Martha divided her lands equally between her four surviving sons, viz: Joseph Thames, Thomas Thames, John Thames, and Samuel Thames. Joseph and John were named executors, and the witnesses were Charles and Elizabeth McAllister (daughter of Joseph Thames and the Granddaughter of Martha Thames). Martha made her mark.
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Death*after 1830 He died at Georgia after 1830.3 

Charts Joseph Thames Descendants
Last Edited 6 Apr 2003

Citations

  1. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    pp. 63-64. Mentioned in mother's will.
  2. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 6 Nov 2001: "Thomas born 1764 Bladen Co. died after 1814 place unknown. Based on Bladen Co. tax list & mother Martha's Will written Feb. 11, 1814."
  3. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 22 May 2002.
  4. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 7 Oct 2001.
  5. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    p. 64.