Cornelius Thames1

Male, #47390, (say 1730 - say 1760)

Parent*Thomas Thames1 (c 1710 - a 6 Mar 1758)
Parent*Prudence (?)1 (c 1710 - c 1760)
Cornelius Thames|b. say 1730\nd. say 1760|p47390.htm|Thomas Thames|b. circa 1710\nd. after 6 Mar 1758|p47386.htm|Prudence (?)|b. circa 1710\nd. circa 1760|p47387.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*say 1730 He was born say 1730.1 
 He was the son of Thomas Thames and Prudence (?).1 
Relocationcirca 1749 Family member(s) Prudence (?), Joseph Thames, Priscilla Thames and Cornelius Thames, accompanying Thomas Thames, relocated circa 1749 at Bladen Co., North Carolina, (Thomas & Prudence Thames with their family came to Bladen Co. from Craven Co. NC by 1750 and bought land there. There is a court record of Thomas Thems in Craven Co. as late as 1748.).1 
Deed*12 Jun 1750 He witnessed a deed grant to Thomas Thames on 12 Jun 1750 at Bladen Co., North Carolina.
(Bladen Co. DB 23, pg 184 - 12 June 1750 Robert Dunn to Thomas Thimbs, for pds 100, 100 acres on sw/s of NW River a short distance below Dunn's Creek, part of a patent to John Dunn, by him conveyed to Richard Dunn. Wit: Richard Dunn, Cornelius Thims -- Recorded, 4 July 1750. [The witnessing of this deed by Cornelius Thims may indicate he was the oldest son of Thomas Thimbs.]

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Marriage*say 1752 He married Mary Evans at Bladen Co., North Carolina, say 1752.1 
Death*say 1760 He died at Bladen Co., North Carolina, say 1760.1 
Biography* Walt Gabennesch says: "Probably died young in NC. I base my supposition that Cornelius was the oldest son of Thomas Thames on the fact he was the son who witnessed the first purchase of land by Thomas in Bladen Co. I speculate that a strong case can be made for the demise of Cornelius, wife Mary, mother Prudence and brother Samuel to have occurred very close to the same date. This would not be uncommon because of the many diseases which regularly visited the low lying areas along the Cape Fear River, to include Malaria. This would account for the land that Samuel inherited passing to Joseph and not Cornelius. This would also account for the 1763 poll tax showing 'three Thems' in the household of Jno. Mclendel. I would further speculate that these 'three Thems' could have been Thomas, John and Amos."1
 

Family

Mary Evans (say 1733 - )

Last Edited 7 Apr 2003

Citations

  1. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 22 May 2002.