Samuel Thomas1
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Samuel Thomas married Margaret Morgan, daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth (—?—) (Morgan), 3 3m 1713 (3 May 1713) in Gwynedd Meeting House, Haverford Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.2,3
Samuel Thomas was among the Friends (Quakers) who united in 1709/10 to raise money to build a new meeting house at Gwynedd, to replace the original log meeting house built in 1700. He signed the subscription paper dated "the sixth day of the first monthy in the year one thousand seven hundred and nine-ten," pledging £1 payable in four installments. The stone structure, completed in 1712, was torn down and a new one was built on the same site in 1823. The stone steps are all that remains of the 1712 meeting house.4
Samuel Thomas was among the Friends (Quakers) who united in 1709/10 to raise money to build a new meeting house at Gwynedd, to replace the original log meeting house built in 1700. He signed the subscription paper dated "the sixth day of the first monthy in the year one thousand seven hundred and nine-ten," pledging £1 payable in four installments. The stone structure, completed in 1712, was torn down and a new one was built on the same site in 1823. The stone steps are all that remains of the 1712 meeting house.4
Additional Data
Samuel Thomas witnessed the marriage of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan 23 7m 1720 (23 September 1720) in Gwynedd Meeting House, Gwynedd, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.1,5 
Children of Samuel Thomas and Margaret Morgan
- Elizabeth Thomas1 b. 5 Mar 1714/15, d. 6 Mar 1773
- Catherine Thomas1 b. 31 Dec 1715, d. 12 Jul 1770
- Samuel Thomas1 b. 14 Oct 1717
- Thomas Thomas1 b. 2 Mar 1719/20, d. 12 Oct 1780
- John Thomas1 b. 19 Feb 1720/21, d. 30 Nov 1805
- Edward Thomas1 b. 23 Jan 1722/23, d. 4 Apr 1782
- Eleanor Thomas1 b. 19 Jan 1724/25, d. 6 Jun 1800
- Mary Thomas1 b. 10 Dec 1726, d. Jan 1728/29
- Sarah Thomas1 b. 1728, d. 25 Jan 1786
- Mary Thomas1 b. 8 Sep 1730, d. 27 Feb 1756
- Samuel Thomas1 b. 19 Jun 1732
- Margaret Thomas1 b. 3 Jun 1734, d. 30 Mar 1802
- William Thomas1 b. 13 Feb 1736/37, d. 12 Apr 1815
Citations
- [S367] Stuart Baldwin, online <http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/e_morgan.htm>, Stuart Baldwin (unknown location), downloaded 2004.
- [S367] Stuart Baldwin, 2004, 1 3mo. 1713.
- [S356] Howard Malcolm Jenkins, Historical collections relating to Gwynedd, a township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, settled, 1696, by immigrants from Wales, with some data referring to the adjoining township, of Montgomery, also settled by Welsh (Philadelphia: Howard Malcolm Jenkins, 1897), Chapter 12, online. <http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/jenkinschapter12.htm
- [S356] Howard Malcolm Jenkins, Historical collections relating to Gwynedd, Chapter 9, online <http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/jenkinschapter9.htm>, Chapter 28, online. <http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/jenkinschapter28.htm
- [S368] Morgan-Boone marriage, 23th day of the 7th month 1720, in Minutes of the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, unpaginated, arranged by date, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
