Lt. Philip Thomas

Just because he immigrated from Bristol does NOT mean that he was born there. He may actually have been born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

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Thomas, Philip, A. A. County, 9th Sept., 1674; 10th July, 1675. To sons Philip and Samuel and their hrs., 500 A., "The Clifts," in Calvert County, equally. To dau. Martha, 3 grandchild, viz., Mary, dau. of John Meers, Philip and Eliza:, child, of William Cole, and to the Quakers, personalty. To 5 child., viz., Philip, Samuel, Sarah, Eliza:, and Martha, personalty, equally. To wife Sarah, execx., and residuary legatee of estate, including 120 A., "Fuller's Point," A. A.Co., and1,200 A., "The Plains," on Patapsco R., BaltimoreCo.;the latter tract to pass to son Samuel afsd. Test: Jno. Ricks, Marmaduke Noble. 2. 330.

Sources

1. Genealogical Records and Sketches of the Descendants of William Thomas of Hardwick, Mass. ... (Google eBook) Amos Russell Thomas F. A. Davis, 1891 - 221 pages. Page 5. Philip Thomas, the progenitor of the Maryland branch of the family, came from Wales in 1651. Soon after arriving in the country he joined the Friends, and many of his descendants are still members of that body. He was a man of much influence in the colonies, and his descendants are not only numerous, but have been influential in the State, and by intermarriage have become related to many prominent families in that and adjoining States. "26th. John Philip THOMAS,t who inherited the lands of his father, and left a son. 27th. Evan Thomas, b. about 1580. He d. in 1650. leaving three sons,—Captain Evan Thomas, Philip, and Eice. Philip Thomas came to the Province of Maryland in 1651, with his wife, Sarah Harrison, and three children. Captain Evan may have been the same Evan Thomas who came to Boston, in 1635, as master of the ship "William and Francis," and settled in that place in 1639 or 1640, with a wife and four children, and is believed to have been the ancestor of William of Hardwick. Any claim that might be made for the identity of these two persons rests, however, solely upon the correspondence in names and dates.

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Philip THOMAS “immigrated” to Anne Arundel County in 1651, bringing with him his wife Sarah HARRISON, four children Caleb, Philip Jr., Sarah, and Elizabeth, and two servants Thomas Bateson & Ann Jackson.