Manasseh Thomas1 
b. 1721, d. 7 February 1802
Manasseh Thomas|b. 1721\nd. 7 Feb 1802|p2410.htm|Reverend William Thomas|b. 1678\nd. 6 Oct 1757|p2402.htm|Ann Griffith|b. 1680\nd. 5 Nov 1752|p2403.htm|||||||||||||
3rd great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
5th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Manasseh Thomas was born in 1721 in Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1,2 He was the son of Reverend William Thomas and Ann Griffith.1 He married Elizabeth Evans on 22 May 1771.2,3 He died on 7 February 1802.4 His will was proved on 2 March 1802.5 He was buried in Lower Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery.1 
Additional Data
Manasse Thomas was mentioned in his father William Thomas's will dated 11 December 1753 in Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.6 
In 1757 Manasseh inherited inherited from his father 150 acres on the northward slope of the Perkiomen Valley. This was half of the 300 acre tract bought from James Logan in 1723. Ephraim inherited the other half. The 300 acres adjoined the land inherited by John.6,7
Elias Thomas was named as a trustee in his brother Ephraim Thomas's will dated 14 January 1775 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.8
When Hilltown Baptist was constituted as a separate church from Montgomery Baptist on 10 November 1781, Manasseh Thomas was one of fifty-four members dismissed to Hilltown.
Manasseh Thomas made a will on 17 December 1796 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in which he mentioned his children Eber Thomas and Emma Lunn, and grandson Ely Thomas; executor, son Eben.5
In 1757 Manasseh inherited inherited from his father 150 acres on the northward slope of the Perkiomen Valley. This was half of the 300 acre tract bought from James Logan in 1723. Ephraim inherited the other half. The 300 acres adjoined the land inherited by John.6,7
Elias Thomas was named as a trustee in his brother Ephraim Thomas's will dated 14 January 1775 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.8
When Hilltown Baptist was constituted as a separate church from Montgomery Baptist on 10 November 1781, Manasseh Thomas was one of fifty-four members dismissed to Hilltown.
Manasseh Thomas made a will on 17 December 1796 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in which he mentioned his children Eber Thomas and Emma Lunn, and grandson Ely Thomas; executor, son Eben.5
Children of Manasseh Thomas and Elizabeth Evans
- Eber Thomas9 b. c 1772, d. 16 Oct 1807
- Amy Thomas9
- Alice Thomas9
Citations
- [S348] Manasseh Thomas tombstone, Lower Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hilltown, Pennsylvania; photographed by Roland Morris October 1999.
- [S372] Edward Mathews, The Thomas Family of Hilltown, Bucks Co., Penn'a (Lansdale, Pennsylvania: Arthur K. Thomas, 1884), 46.
- [S349] John B. Linn and William H. Egle, comp., Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania Previous to 1790 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Volume II, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, 1890), 83.
- [S372] Edward Mathews, The Thomas Family of Hilltown, Bucks Co., Penn'a, 47.
- [S393] Thomas Thomas will (1796), Bucks County Will Book 6: 381, The Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
- [S373] William Thomas will (1753), Bucks County Will Book B: 315 #919, The Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
- [S371] Mildred L Lewis, comp., A Walk Through Historic Hilltown with Edward Mathews (n.p.: Adams Apple Press, 1994), 134.
- [S392] Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819 (Provo: Ancestry.com, 2000), citing Q: 337.
- [S372] Edward Mathews, The Thomas Family of Hilltown, Bucks Co., Penn'a, 48.
