Nancy ElizaThomas

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-QKQ : 12 December 2017), Nancy Thomas in entry for Maria F Thomas, 1860.

Residence in 1860. Family Relationships

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVC-JWP : accessed 28 April 2019), Eliza De Luce in household of Robert De Luce, Castle Dome, Yuma, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 6B, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 41; FHL microfilm 1,374,054.

This census show Robert and his wife. Roberts mother is living with them as well as a niece Iris.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-DYXH : 11 July 2016), Nancy Eliza Thomas Loose, 1945; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 119061167, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Individual or family possessions: female

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Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Name:

Nancy Eliza Thomas

Relationship to Primary Person:

Child

Birth Date:

25 Dec 1858

Birth Place:

Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA

Household Members:

Preston Thomas Self (Head)

Sarah Ann Jane Morehead Spouse

Ann Thomas Child

Joseph Daniel Thomas Child

Jane M Thomas Child

Susan Catherine Thomas Child

Martha Thomas Child

Maria Thomas Child

Preston Thomas Child

Angeline Thomas Child

Immogene Thomas Child

Maria Amanda Foscue Smith Spouse

Anna Maria Thomas Child

Benjamin David Thomas Child

Nancy Eliza Thomas Child

Marion Agusta Thomas Child

Omni Thomas Child

Maria Hadlond Spouse

Sara Ann Jane Thomas Child

Ella Elizabeth Thomas Child

Pinckney Preston Thomas Child

Seth Hadlond Thomas Child

Mary Alice Hadlond Thomas Child

Rachael Thomas Child

Rosabel Thomas Child

Daniel Hadlond Thomas Child

Letitia Dolly Thomas Child

Roberta Thomas Scott created a web page and placed much of Preston's biography in this page. See the source entitled "Preston's Biography written by his son Daniel". Roberta adds her own "Short Life Sketch of Each of His Three Wives." The following are genealogical items from these sketches. Unfortunately, Roberta provides no evidence for them. We can't say that the data is wrong or that there exists no evidence. We are merely saying that Roberta doesn't provide this evidence. It should be used as a guideline to search for evidence, and, in many cases, we will assume that it is true until proven false.

o Maria Foscue was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1822.

o She was 17 when she married John Smith and moved to Texas in 1844.

o They were converted by Preston Thomas, a Mormon missionary.

o They started for Utah in 1850.

o They had four children by that time:

. Cordelia

. Lois

. Rebecca

. Wickliffe

o They had one other child who died in infancy.

o John Smith caught Cholera. Before dying he urged Maria and children to continue to Utah. It was still 1850

o They settled in Tooele.

o Baby born on Jan 1, 1851 but died in infancy.

o She married Preston Thomas and they all moved to Lehi.

o By Preston Thomas she had the following children:

. Ann Maria who died in infancy

. Daniel Benjamin who never married

. Nancy Eliza

. Marion Augusta

o In 1860 when the rest of the family moved to Franklin, she chose to remain behind.

o Her father had left her $1500 with which she had bought land and cattle. She was well fixed financially.

o Marion Augusta, a girl, was her last baby born about eight month after the others had left.

o Marion Augusta died she she was about fourteen years old.

o She moved to Smithfield to the home of her daughter, Cordelia Morehead, to get work done in the Logan Temple for her husband, John Smith.

o She died on 25th March 1886 when she was 64.

Suggests her name and her birthplace and approximate birthdate.

Preston Thomas' biography, written by his youngest son, Daniel, contains a wealth of genealogical information. Unfortunately, Daniel provides no evidence for much of it. The following is a enumeration of this unconfirmed data. We can't say that the data is wrong or that there exists no evidence for it. We are merely saying that Daniel doesn't provide this evidence. It should be used as a guideline to search for evidence, and, in many cases, we will assume that it is true until proven false.

o Descended from Urien Rhaged, a British prince, who lived in the early part of the Sixth Century.

o Descended from Sir Rysap Thomas in the reign of Henry VIII, created Knight of the Garter in 1507.

o Descended from Tristram Thomas, born in Sundridge, Kent, England, 1580.

o Tristram Thomas, great grandson of the above Tristam Thomas, left England and went to Talbot County, MD between the years 1666 when he was born and 1690 when he was married.

o Preston's grandfather, Reverend Daniel Thomas, fought in the Revolutionary war.

o Preston's father was Daniel Thomas Jr, a well to do plantation owner with many slaves.

o Preston was born in North Carolina.

o Pinckney Preston Thomas was a grandson of Daniel Thomas Jr.

o Preston's grandfather, Daniel Thomas Sr, moved to Richmond County North Carolina

o The plantation was 8 miles NE or Rockingham.

o Daniel Jr. died when he was 54 years old and Preston was 16 years old.

o All of Daniel Jr. and Nancy Ann Morehead's children were born at Rockingham.

. Joseph Morehead

. Elizabeth (aka Betsy or Aunty)

. Preston (himself)

. Daniel Claiborne Thomas

o Preston was born Feb 16, 1814 (Later on, Preston, in his own journal, confirms this.)

o Preston's father died Nov 7, 1830

o The family moved to Tipton County, Tennessee

o Joseph was married

o Everyone moved to Somerville, Kemper, Miss

o Preston, in Tennessee, married Sarah Ann Jane Morehead, May 10, 1838. Children:

. Ann Elizabeth Feb 19, 1839

. Joseph Daniel Mar 13, 1841

. Jane Morehead Mar 5, 1843

o Nancy Ann Morehead Thomas died Nov 7, 1843 at Somerville, Miss

o Preston and family moved to Somerville, Miss.

o Daniel Claiborne moved to Texas and married Jane Gaither.

o Preston and "others of the Thomas family" were converted to Mormonism in Jan 1844 by Benjamin Clapp

o Preston had an uncle named Benjamin Thomas to whom he sold his slaves.

o Abner W. Thomas is mentioned but there is no indication who he was.

o Joseph went to Nauvoo with Preston.

o So "probably" did Elizabeth who married James Morehead

o Susan Catherine was born in Nauvoo Jun 6, 1845

o They fled Nauvoo and went back to Memphis Tennessee where Sarah Ann Jane Morehead's mother and people lived.

o They lost three of their children because of the mobbings:

. Ann Elizabeth Feb 15 1845

. Joseph Mar 5, 1845

. Susan Catherine Oct 9, 1845

o In Memphis, Martha was born Sep 20, 1846.

o They moved to Winter Quarters in spring of 1847

o Preston went on his first mission in Dec 1847.

o He married Maria Foscue Smith, a widow, in November 1851. She was his second wife.

o Preston Morehead, his 7th child and Jane's only living son (when?) born in Lehi Feb 9, 1852.

o His and Maria's first child, Ann Marie, born "a few months after he left on his 4th mission on the 1st of January, 1853".

o Maria's second child, Daniel Benjamin, born Nov 28, 1854.

o Jane's 8th child, Angeline, born Dec 10, 1854.

o His fifth mission to Texas in 1856 was to help Texas saints emigrate to Utah. In this company was Maria Hadlond, 17 years old.

o Maria's parents were Thomas Hadlond and Rachel Franklin Hadlond.

o Preston married Maria Hadlond, his 3rd wife, on Oct 18, 1856. They were married by Brigham Young in Brigham's office in Salt Lake City.

o "Preston Thomas and his families continued to reside at Lehi, Utah until 1860. During this period four more children were born to him. "

. Sarah Ann Jane, October 6, 1857, Maria Hadlond's first child

. Nancy Eliza, December 25th, 1858, Maria (Foscue)'s third child (born to Preston).

. Ella Elizabeth, October 9, 1859, Maria Hadlond's 2nd daughter.

. Imogene, May 19, 1860, Jane's last child. Jane was 43 at this time.

Suggests her birthplace and date.